A light brown encyclopedia titled "Revised Encyclopædia Britannica." The front and back covers have a band of patterned illustration running next to the spine. In the centre of the band is a circle containing an illustration of a vessel with a spout and a handle with steam coming out. At the very top the front cover reads, "Household Educational Serious. No.9. September 8, 1891. / Published weekly. Subscription price, 825 per year. Entered at the Chicago post-office as second-class matter." Below in larger sizes and styles of font the cover reads "Revised Encyclopædia Britannica / Adapted from the Ninth Edition Encyclopaedia Britannica / for the use of / American Readers / To which is added about four thousand / Biographies of Distinguished People / Chicago. Educational Publishing Co." The spine of the book indicates that this is the "Vol. IX.", "Geo - Han" part of the series. The back cover is nearly identical to the front, with the exception of the exclusion of the first small text at the top.