London: Geoffrey Bles, (1929). First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Original blue gray cloth, lettered in black to the front panel and spine. Octavo, [vi], 278 pp. Previous dealer citation of complimentary assessment of this book as well as the talents of Mr. Wakefield printed in pencil to the front free endpaper. This is easily erasable. In a bright and very attractive example of the dust jacket. The original price is present on the spine. Pages evenly toned but remaining supple. This is considered the more desirable edition with gray/blue cloth and regular paper. Other editions have a thin paper cover and thinner paper. A really lovely example of this scarce volume. Contains the following stories: Old Man's Beard, The Last To Leave, The Cairn, Present At The End, "Look Up There!", "Written In Our Flesh", Blind Man's Buff, A Coincidence At Hunton, Nurse's Tale, The Dune, Unrehearsed, A Jolly Surprise For Henry, The Red Hand, Surprise Item, A Case Of Mistaken Identity. The quote on the front free endpaper reads - "Of all the great British writers of ghost stories perhaps the most overlooked is Herbert Russel Wakefield/ Mike Ashley.

Price: $3,500.00