VGC plus.Boxtree,1998.First edition-first printing of this edition(9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1).Purple hardback (silver lettering to the spine) with Dj(two small marks inside the Dj cover,two small nicks and scratches on the Dj cover),both in VGC plus.Nice and clean pages with two small ink marks on the outer edges,two small marks and pencil mark impression on the edge of the first blank page of the book.The book is in VGC with light shelf wear.263pp including Bibliography,index.