A bright UK first edition, first impression - with a complete number string which includes the number 1.
WRAPPER : The wrapper on this copy is very bright, is unfaded and is complete. It is unclipped. It shows an inconsequential hint of bruising at the head of the spine. Looks very sharp.
BOOK : The book is square and very tight. There are no previous ownership inscriptions. The boards are clean and unfaded, the corners sharp. It shows a hint of bruising to the spine ends. The pages are clean and bright. The closed page edges are sound. No dog-eared pages. The binding is tight, the hinges are solid. A very nice copy in a protected wrapper.
Publisher: Sceptre, 1997
Condition: Near Fine ++. Wrapper: Near Fine ++