London: Herbert Jenkins, 1940

8vo, pp. 284, 4 pp. advertisements bound in at rear. Original red boards, lettered in black to spine. Illustrated dustwrapper. Offsetting to endpapers, otherwise a near fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper with just the lightest of wear to corners and head of spine.

First edition.

A wonderful collection of short stories featuring Ukridge, Mr. Mulliner, and Bingo Little -- a different roster of stories featured in the US edition of this title, published a month later -- and here presented in a beautifully preserved copy.