Steinsaltz, Adin.
The Essential Talmud.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1976. First printing. Translated from the Hebrew by Chaya Galai. 
Volume is bound in blue cloth, with bright stamped gilt lettering to spine. Book and dust jacket show light shelfwear, with crease at top edge of front cover. Binding is firm. Pages are clean and bright.