THE LITTLE PAGAN FAUN & OTHER FANCIES ..

London: Jonathan Cape, 1927. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5 [6-8] 9-196, silhouette illustrations by L. Hummel, original blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, bottom edge untrimmed. First edition. Twenty-one stories reprinted from PUNCH, sly echoes of the Hellenism that was fashionable in England in that period; a bit like A. E. Coppard with a wink of the eye and a nudge in the ribs. Neat 1934 gift inscription on front free endpaper. A nearly fine copy in very good pictorial dust jacket with 27 mm closed tear at bottom edge of rear panel, some age-darkening to spine and rear panels, and clipped price. (#118441) (Inventory #: 118441)