This printing is easy to identify by the fact that the red lettering in the yellow, angled banner has black highlights and the endpapers and flyleaves are white. Note the this is the only currently known version as of 9/15/11 to have the black highlights and white flyleaves. All other black highlight covers have red flyleaves.

Within the covers of this book lurk the monsters that made the AD&D game famous. Elves, dwarves, dragons, orcs, ghosts, and werewolves come to life as you read their detailed descriptions. In fact, each individual listing has all the necessary information to perform special attacks, defenses and magical resistance. No adventurer can be without it!