Near fine condition.Hodder and Stoughton,2008.First UK edition-3rd printing.Black hardback(silver lettering to the spine) with Dj(a couple of creases and small nicks on the edges of the Dj cover),both in near fine condition.Illustrated with a b/w map.Nice and clean pages with two small ink marks on the outer edges,very small mark and small pencil mark impression on the edge of the first blank page of the book.Nice and clean book with light shelf wear on the Dj cover.502pp including Author's note,character list,glossary,select bibliography.Price un-clipped.Heavy book.