UPS AND DOWNS: A COLLECTION OF STORIES ... With a Foreword by John Galsworthy. London: William Heinemann Ltd, [1929]. Octavo, pp. [ii-vi] vii-ix [x] xi-xii 1-644, original burgundy cloth, front panel ruled in blind, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. Posthumously published omnibus collection of short fiction by "one of the best short story writers of all time" (John Galsworthy). Collects thirty-four stories; a companion volume to LITTLE WINDOWS (1931), the pair forming a complete collection of the author's stories, according to a publisher's note on the copyright page of the latter. This collection includes several thrillers that have been anthologized: "A Source of Irritation," "Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty," ''Old Fags'" and "A Man of Letters." See Hubin (1994), p. 37. A fine copy in a near fine later printing pictorial dust jacket (priced 3/6) with light wear at edges. (#119556).
Price: $100.00
"First published 1929" on copyright page.