New York: Random House, 1949. Black cloth, blue-gray top page edges, illustrated title page printed in blue and black. Light sunning to the top edges; light toning to text paper; faint damp stain to lower rear cover, not very noticable owing to the cloth colour; else a fine copy. Price-clipped dust jacket has sunning and slight tanning to spine; with rubbing, small chips, and tears to tips; rubbing to flap folds; good. Author's second book, a collection of eight stories.