It's a gift. There are scratches and stains on the pages and cover. Especially "The Little Deer's Story" has some paint peeling on the cover. I think there is no problem with reading it. There are no scribbles. Other items for sale: 1. Aesop's Fables 2. Japanese Folk Tales 3. The Ugly Duckling 4. Pinocchio 5. The Elves and the Shoemaker 6. The Three Little Pigs 7. Gulliver's Travels 8. The Little Match Girl 9. Finding Mother 10. Sleeping Beauty 11. The Story of Little Black Sambo 12. Snow White 13. Little Red Riding Hood 14. The Little Deer's Story 15. Aesop's Fables 16. Thumbelina 17. Cinderella 18. A Dog of Flanders 19. Heidi 20. The Crane's Return of a Favor