4to. 400 pp., colour frontispiece portrait, numerous figures, colour & b/w photographs, 1 large folding map at rear, cloth in slightly rubbed round edges d/w, remainder of sticker on front jacket, book plate of S. Dillon Ripley on half title page, oherwise copy clean and in very good condition, published by The Government Adviser for Conservation of the Environment, Muscat, 1980.