Hard cover book with small amount of shelf wear. Cover has some light smudges and discolouration here and there, particularly to spine. Black lettering to spine has a few grazes,, overall remains in good condition. Light grazing to corners, creasing to spine ends. Text block is in good condition. Hinge to front cover is a little loose but remains firmly attached. Foxing to textblock edge, heavy foxing to 1st and last few pages. Pages clean and in good condition with very occasional patch of foxing here and there. Overall condition is very good. Illustrated with occasional black-and-white images.