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U.K.: Heinemann, 1908 Brown Boards With Gold Lettering And Black Floral Title Box In Art Nouveau Style. Corners Worn, Ink Mark On Back Cover And A Light Spot On Front Cover Probably Site Of A Sticker(?). Apparent First Uk Edition, Copyright 1908 With Same Date On Title Page. Former Owner Signature On Ffep, End Papers Foxed, Binding Quite Loose. Rear Hinge Gone. Red Mark And "Purchased From The Library" Stamp On Rear Endpaper (No Other Library Markings). Written By E.F. Benson, An Unusual British Writer And Figure Skater, Known For His Camp Humor And 'Spook Stories,' Of Which I Presume This Is One, Judging By The First Sentence: The Long And Ferocious Battle Between Those Desperate Wild Indians, Chopimalive, With His Squaw Sitonim (Otherwise Known As Jim And Daisy Rye), And The Intrepid Trader Hugh Grainger, Had Come To An End, And The Intrepid Trader Lay Dead On The Hayfield." Continues With The Corpse Giving Directions As To His Funeral Arrangements. The Ads At The Back Feature Other Novels In Which With Respect To His The House Of Defence Which Explored The Christian Science Movement, The Morning Post Remarks On The ". . . Many Bright Examples Of The Kind Of Irresponsible Chatter Of Which He Is Master." Item Description: Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Pp. [Vi]+300+[4](Advertisements); Brown Cloth, The Spine Lettered In Gilt, Upper Board Lettered & Decorated In Black, Lightly Worn, Spine Faded; Fore And Bottom Edges Uncut; Name In Ink On Upper Free Endpaper, Hinge Starting Near Centre, Some Light Foxing And Soiling, Top Edges Of Leaves Damp Stained; Heinemann, London, 1908. First U.K. Edition. *First Published In America In 1907. Bookseller Inventory # 035704