THESE THIRTEEN: STORIES

First UK edition, first printing. Publisher's original dark blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the very good rubbed, nicked and lightly marked dustwrapper that has some small chips (not affecting text) at the edges and some toning to the spine. Not price-clipped (7s 6d net to the lower front flap).

The author's first collection of short stories, comprising 'Victory'; 'Ad Astra'; 'All the Dead Pilots'; 'Crevasse'; 'Red Leaves'; 'A Rose for Emily'; 'A Justice'; 'Hair'; 'That Evening Sun'; 'Dry September'; 'Mistral'; 'Divorce in Naples'; 'Carcassonne'. The American edition was published in 1931 by Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith.