I've only read this once with a cover on it, but as you can see in the third and fourth images, there are stains that look like coffee or tea. The stains haven't seeped into the pages with the content. *There is one small stain on the fifth image.* Please consider purchasing only if you are not concerned about this. "What the World's Best Do on Their Days Off" Shinji Koshikawa Price: ¥1580 #ShinjiKoshikawa #book #society/management