This book is all right... it has beautiful covers of passports in full color but I believe the book should have been done a little better. Instead of the almanac/encyclopedia info on each country's GNP, pax per mile, etc. I would have preferred more information related to each country's passport system and the use of their passport. For instance, the fact that several country's not only do not recognize Israel's passport but will ban third parties who have an Israeli visa in THEIR passport. There must be several different factoids that could be incorporated in this book... whose country produces the passport LEAST LIKELY to be seen outside of their territory (I'm thinking DPRK)? Which was the first country to produce printed passports? The first country to include photos for identification? What additional information or artwork is included in the passport? And while we're on the topic, what does that country's visa look like for visitors from foreign country's? And illustration could be provided of that as well.
Perhaps the book might even include a section on defunct passports, such as those for Rhodesia, the USSR, and Manchukuo. In my opinion, that is what it would take to make this a five-star book.
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