768pp, illustrated black and white frontispiece, 16 line drawn illustrations. Red cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine, blind embossed motif on front, top text block edge sprayed red; red and white patterned endpapers. 8vo. Spine ends and corners rubbed; cloth wearing. Text block edges lightly tanned. Free endpapers tanned, water stain on rear endpaper affecting the page margins of the last half of the book. Otherwise a neat, bright and tight volume. Fifty humorous tales by various authors including A J Allen, Bartimeus, Agatha Christie and A A Milne.
