224pp, with occasional line drawings in text. Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on the spine. 8vo. Cloth a little pushed and faded at corners and spine ends. Foxing on text block edges. Hint of toning on endpapers else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust wrapper, shelf worn, bumped and a little discoloured at edges, rubbed at ends of a slightly sunned spine.
A collection of unusual investigations by a writer much given to exploring curious questions such as How to Measure a Woman; How to Buy a Government Horse and What Should a Golfer Do When a Bee Pushes a Ball into a Hole.
