Near fine condition.BBC,1999.First UK edition-first printing.Black hardback(silver lettering to the spine,small nick on the edge of the cover) with Dj(small tear on the edge of the back Dj cover, a couple of creases and nicks on the Dj cover),both in near fine condition.Illustrated with b/w drawings.Nice and clean pages as new with a small tear and two pencil marks impressions on the edges of the first blank page of the book,light shelf wear on the Dj cover.271pp including Foreword,appendix.Price un-clipped.