Oversized and printed on heavy paper, with a team of illustrious international writers, 39 specially commissioned maps and over 200 photographs. Not just maps, this is an impressive in-depth evaluation of the rise and fall of empire that attempts to give the perspective of the folks who were there. VG condition. Facts on File, NY, Oxford. Publ at $40. 1989. Hb, Dj. USED. $16.00