1998. First Printing. 279 pages. Signed by the author. Blue dust jacket with gilt lettering over blue cloth. Clean pages with firm binding. Minimal tanning to endpapers and page edges. Mild wear to spine, board edges and corners, with sunning to spine and board edges. Unclipped dust jacket. Mild wear and tear to edges and corners. Heavy sunning to spine and edges. Minor marking and soiling to DJ.