Fine condition.Picador,1997.First UK edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2).Red hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,small nick on the edge of the back cover) with Dj(a couple of creases and nicks on the edges of the Dj cover),both in fine condition.Nice and clean pages with a small nick and light shelf wear on the outer edges,small pencil mark impression on the edge of thr first blank page of the book,a couple of creases on the edges of the pages.Nice and clean book.495pp.Price un-clipped.A collectable first edition. This is another paragraph Product Description: A group of childhood friends from Australia, the custodians of the title, meet again after their travels and find divisions have opened up between them. Then the discovery of ancient bones at a dried-up lake leads to a high-level battle for land and the custodians are caught in the thick of it.