A very good hardcover with bright gilt spine and cover lettering. Tight binding. Clean, unmarked pages. Very good jacket in removable mylar; price-clipped; light chipping. NOT ex-library. Indexed. 800pg. Shipped Under 1 kilogram. Middle East; 0671215647. ISBN/ 9780671215644. Inventory 017833.
I read this many decades ago after reading an earlier book of Peters. I found his knowledge and insights to be extremely informative and interesting and wish it were in my library today.