Government and Politics in the United States: Problems in American Democracy by William Backus Guitteau. Cover is brown with dark brown text and borders. A bald eagle is under the title and author's name. Edges and corners are frayed. Binding is in good conditiona dn all pages are attached. "Dorthy E. Perrin March, 1924 Parkersburg, Iowa R.T.D #1" is wriiten on the first page. "Nora Caley New Hartford, Iowa" is written in blue ink on the front interior cover. There are other notes on the back side of the first page. There are a few markings and notes throughout the pages. Book is 484 pages excluding the appendix.