1990. Third Printing. 418 pages. No dust jacket. Purple cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout by Peter Reddick. Pages remain bright and clean. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled. Some additional marks and staining to surfaces.