Pp. x+418, 32 plates, printed endpapers, 3 full page maps, text decorations, bibliography, notes on sources, index; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in git; dust wrapper; pale damp stain to fore-edge of several leaves; a couple of spots of foxing; Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1999. First edition. *The book..... More