Metcalfe (John) The Smoking Leg
£350
London, Jarrolds, 1927.
An early edition of Metcalfe’s first published book, a collection of macabre tales, including the excellent ‘Paper WIndmills’.
5th thousand on DW and 3rd impression March 1927. Priced at 3/6 on spine. Original cloth, dust-jacket.
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