One of 775 copies numbered and signed by the author. First edition. 4to., title-page printed in blue and black, a very good copy in original illustrated limp boards, grey on blue, designed from a woodcut by Percy Smith, spare label tipped in, card slipcase chipped and split at top edge. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1929.
The polymath James Laver (1899-1975) was variously poet, fashion expert, novelist, dramatist, broadcaster and museum keeper.