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The traditional measure is standing straight, arm straight down at your side, and your knuckles of a closed fist just touching the surface of the anvil (anvil plus base). Some folks find this too...

There is a calculation involved for height of the anvil face off the ground that blacksmiths would consider standard, but it's really individualizing the height of the anvil for the most common user....

Some folks deaden an anvil with a magnet on the side. Sand has been used for a long time in anvils of all kinds. I build my anvil stands out of 6x6 timber and inlet the base of the anvil. Works...

From the close up, and I'm not a welder, but that looks like someone took an arc welder to the edge and tried to repair it by building it up. That is a very common type of repair. All you may need...

I don't see anything obvious from the pix. Do you have any blacksmiths groups near where you live? Personally I wouldn't commit to an opinion unless I could inspect it close up. I'm pretty sure...

You won't want perfectly square corners. I've seen a lot of anvils with slightly different radii on each side to accommodate the smith's choice for inside corners. Tools are meant to be modified....