Near fine condition.Fourth Estate,2000.First UK edition-first printing(9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1).Purple hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj(two small creases,nicks and ink marks on the edges of the Dj cover), both in near fine condition.Illustrated with b/w photos,drawings.Nice and clean pages as new but with some large ink marks on the outer edges,a couple of small nicks and creases on the edges of the pages,very small mark inside the edge of the front endpaper.Nice and clean book exempt for the ink marks on the outer edges of the pages.1292pp including List of illustrations,chronological table,introduction,manuscript of other locations,list of abbreviations,index of recipients,general index.Price un-clipped.A collectable first edition-first printing.Please note: This is very heavy book(approx 2 Kg).