London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1921. First edition, with "fried" potatoes in line 20, instead of line 12 as per McIlvaine. 8vo. 320 pp. Original light blue cloth-covered boards, cocked, lightly worn and rubbed, spine slightly faded, corners lightly worn; all edges trimmed; evidence of pencil erasure between pp. 29-33; light offsetting and toning to endpapers, scattered spotting to text; in later issue dust-jacket (McIlvaine #7), repaired with cellotape at flaps and spine, toning and spotting to same, losses to spine panel edges, chipping and creasing along front panel edge, all panels moderately worn and soiled. McIlvaine A26a.

Series of short stories originally serialized in the Strand Magazine between March and February 1921.