Near fine condition.Simon and Schuster,2003.First US edition-7th printing(10 9 8 7).Cream hardback with red borders(silver lettering to the spine,two small nicks and crease on the edges of the cover and spine) with Dj(small crease and nick on the edges of the Dj cover),both in near fine condition.Nice and clean pages as new with a small ink mark on the outer edges,two small nicks on the edges of the pages.Nice and clean book.Illustrated with b/w diagrams,family tree.724pp.Price un-clipped.Heavy book(approx 1.2 Kg).