Eighteen Of Them - Singular Stories By Warwick Simpson. by [RIDGE (W. Pett).] - 1894

London, Published by The Leadenhall Press, Ltd.; 50, Leadenhall Street, E.C. Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd: New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 743 & 745, Broadway, N.D. [1894]. Sm.cr.8vo, printed on thick paper; half-title not called for; title-page printed in red and black; 16pp. integral advertisements followed by two integral blanks, at end; pp.250+[ii (acknowledgments, verso blank)]+[16]+[iv]; folding advertisement for ‘Stickphast Paste’ tipped onto p.14 of advertisements; pale grey coarse morocco cloth, ruled and blocked black on back cover, ruled, blocked, and lettered black, lettered gilt on front cover, down-lettered black on spine; t.e.grey, lower-edges uncut. Some light dust-marking to covers and slight fading to cloth of spine; owners neat ink inscription “A L / Dec. 1894” and two minute self-caricatures in pencil on front end-paper; a few creases where corners have been turned; small abrasions to one page with loss of all or part of half-a-dozen scattered letters; otherwise a very nice copy. Pett Ridge’s very scarce first book, published pseudonymously. Fantasy involving talking horses, statues, etc., recounting what they have observed. Two of the stories involve cricketers. Young, 1894.2; NCBEL 4:722. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated.