Published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1982, 1st edition. Grey cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine and front cover, gilt crest to front cover, under orange illustrated dustwrapper. 11ins x 8.75ins, li, (i), 226pp plus large folding map in rear cover. 8 plates and 132 figures within the text. As new copy, still in the cardboard case it was originally delivered in, but with slight rubbing to corners.