First edition. Large 8vo. Pp. [vi], 408. Turquoise cloth boards, lettered in gilt to spine; amber endpapers. Illustrated dustwrapper by Andy Bridge, priced £20.00 to front flap.
Tanning to textblock edges, else Fine.
A collection of forty-one stories, ranging from the author's first published tale, 'The Seraph and the Zambezi', which won a competition in the Observer in 1951, to 'Christmas Fugue', her most recent work. "It is perhaps her short stories that demonstrate her gifts best: wit, perception, acute characterisation, elegance and precision. They mark her out as one of the finest writers of her generation." –Observer