1923. First Edition. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Green cloth with gilt lettering; may have been rebound. Includes signed letter from author; previous owner A J Spilsbury appears to have known the author. Spilsbury has written a key to second leaf, listing real people (including himself) on whom various characters are based. Contains ex-libris plate to front pastedown. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with visible thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front endpapers. Small tear to margin of final 2 pages not affecting text. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Mild tanning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Notable brown stains to rear board. Gilt lettering highly darkened.