Octavo red cloth hardback dust jacket flaps tipped to pastedowns (edges rubbed/tips sl.worn) 420pp +[4]pp end of index & printer info. Ex-library with withdrawn stamp to title & verso of title & margin of a number of pages & rear free endpaper. The jacket flap to the front has corner torn away affecting some lines of publisher's blurb. No tears, no loose pages, no underlining or highlighting really a neat clean copy.