2008. First Edition. 458 pages. Signed by the author. Pictorial dust jacket over purple cloth. Flat signed by author to title page. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Light thumb-marking present. Slight cracking to gutters of a few pages. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Book is slightly forward leaning. White marking to top edge of front board. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with chips, tears and creasing. Light rubbed marking overall.