I debated purchasing this book a long time. Full price, it is $30 USD. However, as my interest in Hanja/Chinese characters is still going strong, I ended up going back to the bookstore to purchase.
The book contains the first 800 characters of Chinese for the HSK Level A proficiency test. It includes the characters, the stroke order, pictures or stories to help remember the characters, and the pronunciation in Chinese. At a dense 360 pages, it is a learner's dictionary ordered by frequency of use.
800 characters is enough to recognize 75% of the average Chinese text.