VGC plus.Picador,1998.First UK edition-2nd printing (3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2). Black hardback (silver lettering to the spine, crease on the front cover, crease and dent on the edges of the spine) with Dj(small nicks and creases on the edges of the Dj cover), both in VGC plus. Illustrated with b/w photos.Nice and clean pages as new with a small crease and nick on the edges of the pages, very small tear on the edges of the first blank page of the book.Nice and clean book with light shelf wear on the Dj cover (previous owner's initials written on the edges of the back Dj coverr next to ISBN barcode). 513pp including Chronology,family tree,notes,selected bibliography,index.Price un-clipped. Heavy book.