8vo. [8], 106pp, vii, [1]. With a preliminary leaf and terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Finely bound by Morrell (stamp-signed to front turn-in) in contemporary gilt-tooled black morocco. Gilt dentelles, A.E.G. Very lightly rubbed. Very light scattered spotting, light browning to endpapers. A fine copy.

The first edition, printed at Allahabad and finely bound by Morell, of an early short story collection by Kipling, notable for its uncomfortable subject matter; characterised by depictions of adultery, grooming, and bereavement, the compilation, in Kipling's own words, 'deals with things that are not pretty and uglinesses that hurt'.