The book is excellent like new condition considering age and fragility of large coffee table size books. The two white blanks are the hardcover front and back of the book. As you can see the dust jacket is in great condition too. When I finished the last page of the first Wheel of Time book, I said, "WOW!" That is how great a writer Robert Jordan is.
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