First Edition, first printing (by Biddles Ltd) with printing sequence line '24681097531'. Publisher's black boards with gilt lettering to spine, and purple endpapers. Clear, removable, archival protective sleeve fitted to the illustrated dust-jacket. Octavo. pp. [4], 220. A book in Fine condition in a Fine dust-jacket which is not price-clipped. Winner of the Booker Prize for 1999.