1998. 341 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Flat signed by Author. Pages are clean and bright with a firm binding. Endpapers and page edges are lightly tanned and foxed. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Tanning to spine and edges.