Near fine condition.Michael Joseph,2008.First UK edition-first printing.Blue hardback(silver lettering to the spine,two small nicks on the edges of the cover and spine) with Dj(small nicks and crease on the edges of the Dj cover), both in near fine condition.Illustrated with colour,b/w photos.Nice and clean pages as new with a small ink mark and nick on the outer edges,two small nicks on the edges of the pages,two pencil marks impressions on the edges of the front endpaper.408pp including List of illustrations,statistics,index.Price un-clipped.Heavy book(approx 1 Kg).