First (only?) edition. 118pp, tissue-guarded portrait plate frontispiece, plus numerous monochrome plate illustrations. Fawn cloth-covered boards with green lettering front and spine. 4to. Cloth is somewhat soiled, especially in margins, and lightly marked, gently rubbed and rounded at corners and spines head, a little crushed at spine base. Text block edges spotted (occasionally affecting pages). Some faint and occasional spotting internally, tissue-guard tanned.
This anthology contains contributions form Edward Elgar, Thomas Hardy. Austin Dobson, Arthur Morrison, W S Gilbert, Sarah Grand, George Meredith, Bram Stoker (a poem entitled The One Thing Needful) and many more.