VGC plus. Bantam Press, 2005. Special Illustrated Collector's Edition. First edition-first printing (1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2). Large format black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, two small dents and nicks on the edges of the cover and spine) with Dj(a couple of creases, small nicks and scratch on the edges of the Dj cover, small pen mark on the edges of the back Dj cover), both in VGC plus. Illustrated with many colour photos, drawings. diagrams, maps. Nice and clean pages but with some creases on the edges, light shelf wear on the Dj cover. 516pp including Author's note, list of images. Price un-clipped. A collectable first edition. Please note:This is very heavy book(approx. 1.9 Kg). A collectable book.