Original smooth green cloth, lettered in black with black border on front board, lettered in gilt on spine. A little rubbing to extremities, undated inscription on front free endpaper, a some foxing spots on prelims, good . A collection of 15 short stories: Pandora's Box, Blackmail, The Seventh Year, The Last of Marcus Hoyle, A Typical Heroine, Overheard, The Truth about George Doxley, The Badge of Servitude, The Organiser, A Man of the World, Two Words of Explanation, A Night to Remember, The Ghosts of Marston Dale, In Exile.