This is a hardcover book. The dust jacket is holographic, the cover underneath is glossy and smooth. Inside there is a fold out poster featuring artwork of the front and back cover of the dust jacket. This book is packed FULL of art work. Some pages are collages of art work. While I like that there is so much art in here, I'm not too happy with the collage pages because it's hard to discern all the finer details when the image has been shrunk down. Of course, if they had a page for every art piece in this book, then the book itself would've been that much more expensive, so it's like a compromise.