Octavo, pp. [1-6] 1-193 [194: blank] [195-201: ads] [202: blank], flyleaves at front and rear, original green cloth, front and rear panels ruled in blind, spine panel stamped in gold, t.e.g. First edition. First printing (printed on laid paper). The first printing was 3000 copies. This collection includes several of Stockton's best fantasy stories including "The Griffin and the Minor Canon," a classic Victorian fable. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 2-147. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1539. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 998. Bleiler (1978), p. 187. Reginald 13708. BAL 18888. Wright (III) 5232. Early owner's signature dated January 1888 on the front free endpaper. Shallow fraying to cloth at upper spine end, a bright, clean, very good copy. (#173236)