Books by Ernest Bramah

This is a complete bibliography. It contains (to the best of my knowledge) all of his books, including all of the various editions. Question marks indicate missing information.

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The bulk of this information comes from the writings of William White, through the kindness of the University of Virginia Library. Additional information comes from the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library at the University of Toronto. Special thanks to Cosma Shalizi, Kathy Li, Michael McKenny, John Webb and Ray Lisle. I would greatly appreciate any additions, corrections and comments about both style and content.

A.1 English Farming and Why I Turned It Up Tongue-in-cheek autobiographical first book. Bramah gave up farming after three years. Noted by John Carter in his essay "Off-Subject Books" as one of the exemplary books in that field.

a. London: The Leadenhall Press, Ltd., 1894. 181 pp., plus 16 pp. of ads. The book has never been reprinted, and there was no American edition. The title-page gives Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd. as London agents, and Charles Scribner's Sons as New York agents. Grey imitation leather boards. Stamped in black on upper cover: ENGLISH FARMING | AND WHY I TURNED IT UP [last five words in gilt, with rule in black underneath] | [decoration] | [The whole enclosed within rules]. Stamped in black on lower cover: [decoration] | [The whole enclosed within rules]. Stamped in black on spine: reading downwards: ENGLISH FARMING | AND WHY I TURNED IT UP |. All edges trimmed. The leaves measure 7.1875" by 4.75".

A.2 A Handbook for Writers and Artists: A Practical Guide to the Press and to Literary and Artistic Publications "By a London Editor". This entry appeared in The British Library General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1975, Vol 305 (London, München, Paris, 1985) on page 285, identifying the "London Editor" as E. B. Smith.
	a. London: Charles Wilson Deacon & Co., 1898, pp. 191. 21 cm. The book has never been reprinted, and there was no American edition. The title-page gives Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd. as London agents, and Charles Scribner's Sons as New York agents.

A.3 The Wallet of Kai Lung Contains "The Transmutation of Ling", The Story of Yung Chang", "The Probation of Sen Heng", "The Experiment of the Mandarin Chan Hung", The Confession of Kai Lung", The Vengeance of Tung Fel", "The Career of the Charitable Quen-Ki-Tong", "The Vision of Yin, the Son of Yat Huang", "The Ill-Regulated Destiny of Kin Yen, the Picture-Maker."
First issue Second issue	a. London: Grant Richards, 1900. 337 pp. Reprinted 1903. The book was not entered for U. S. copyright at the time, but an American edition (using the English sheets) was issued by L. C. Page and Company. Pale green cloth boards. Stamped in black on upper cover: The Wallet | of Kai Lung | [rule] | [Oriental figure, head and shoulders, holding a wallet, in black, gray, and yellow] | [The whole enclosed within rules]. Stamped in black on spine: The Wallet | of | Kai Lung | Ernest | Bramah | GRANT RICHARDS |. All edges trimmed. The leaves measure 7.5" by 5". The first issue of the first edition measures 1.5" thick outside the covers, and has a list of recent fiction on the verso of the half-title. The second issue is in dark green cloth, it measures 1.25" thick outside the covers, has no half-title, and the spine reads: The Wallet | of Kai | Lung | [etc.]. Both issued with dust wrappers.
	ab. L. C. Page and Company, Boston, 1900. $1.50. 337 pp., plus 12 pp. of ads. The first American edition, from English sheets, first issue, without the advertisements on the verso of the half-title, with the name of the American publisher on the title-page and spine, and 12 pp. of advertisements following the text. [Note: Two copies with 20 pp. of advertisements have been found.] Pale green cloth boards. Stamped in black on upper cover: The Wallet | of Kai Lung | [rule] | [Oriental figure, head and shoulders, holding a wallet, in black, gray, and yellow] | [The whole enclosed within rules]. Stamped in black on spine: The Wallet | of | Kai Lung | Ernest | Bramah | L. C. PAGE AND COMPANY |. All edges trimmed. Top edge gilt. The leaves measure 7.5" by 5".
	ac. London: Grant Richards's Colonial Library, 1900. 337 pp. Interestingly, this edition is the thickness of the second edition, 1.25 inches, yet has the half-title page of the first issue. First discovered in 1999, and only one copy known (so far.). Possibly one of a series of "Colonial Editions", I have been unable to locate any others. Pale green cloth boards. Printed in yellow on upper cover: GRANT | RICHARDS'S | COLONIAL | LIBRARY | THE | WALLET | OF | KAI LUNG | ERNEST | BRAMAH | [The whole enclosed within rules]. Stamped in gold on spine: THE | WALLET | OF | KAI LUNG | ERNEST | BRAMAH | GRANT | RICHARDS |. The back of the half-title page states "This Edition is issued for circulation in India and the Colonies only." All edges trimmed. The leaves measure 7.5" by 5". [Added 12-Mar-1999]
April 19, 1917 Third edition, Jan 1923	b. London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., April 19, 1917. v, 254 pp. 1s. Reprinted, May 1919; Jan 1923; Mar 1923; July 1923, 2s. 6d.; February 1924; September 1926; 1927, 2s. 6d.; 1942, 3s. These were small, cheaply-bound editions. The first two printings were in a small format ("F'cap. 8vo.", first image) with red covers, the next three in a more standard size ("Crown 8vo.", bottom two images) with brown covers. The 1927 edition is "F'cap. 8vo." in light blue covers.
	c. London: Grant Richards, Ltd., 1923. xi, 299 pp. Limited edition, 42s; trade edition, 7s. 6d. Reprinted, 1936, 3s. 6d.; 1943, 1944, 1946, 1951. With an introduction by Grant Richards. The limited edition (top left) was limited to 200 copies, each signed and numbered. Issued with dust wrapper (top right.) (1946 edition dust wrapper shown below.)
	d. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1923. 313 pp. $2.50. Reprinted, Garden City, N. Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Company, n. d.
	e. The Traveller's Library, No. 18. London: Jonathan Cape 1926. 286 pp. 3s. 6d. Reprinted, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1934.
	f. Penguin Books. London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1936. 256 pp. 6d.
	g. Penguin Books, No. 39. Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books Ltd., 1937 (twice), 1939, 1940, 1954. 223 pp. 2s. and later 2s. 6d.
	h. London: John Baker, Pall Mall, 1971. 299 pp. £1.50. Bright purple cloth boards. Upper cover blank. Stamped in silver on spine: The | Wallet | of | Kai | Lung | [star] | Ernest | Bramah | [John Baker logo] |. All edges trimmed. This is a previously unrecorded edition. Issued with dust wrapper (shown.)
	i. Hong Kong, New York : Oxford University Press, 1986, 285 pp., plus 2 pp. of ads. "The author had little knowledge of China, but he succeeds in conveying a stylized vision of China, which is reminiscent of the formal designs of Chinese porcelain, screens, and wallpapers."
	j. San Diego: House of Fire Press 1988. xi, 224 pp. $8.00 With an introduction by the publisher. Paperback, silhouette of an oriental figure with staff on cover, which is brown-grey.
	k. Internet: Project Gutenberg, EText #1076, October 1997. 8399 lines. Freely available, except where prohibited by local copyright laws. Includes a short biography of the author.

A.4 The Mirror of Kong Ho A young Chinese boy's supposed letters from London to his father back home, which Bramah said was "found amusing by those who admit they cannot stand Kai Lung."
	a. London: Chapman and Hall, Limited, February 1905. 308 pp. 6s. The book was not entered for U. S. copyright at the time. Dark green cloth boards. Stamped in white on upper cover: The Mirror of | Kong Ho [these two lines enclosed within rules in black] | [Chinese figure, full-length, seated, in white, orange, black, pale blue, enclosed within rules of black, with oblong boxes on each side in black] | Ernest Bramah [enclosed within rules in black] | [The whole enclosed within rules]. Stamped in black on the spine: The | Mirror | of | Kong Ho | [ornament] | Ernest | Bramah | CHAPMAN & HALL |. All edges trimmed. The leaves measure 7.25" by 4.8125".
	b. London: Grant Richards and H. Toulmin (Cayme Press), 1929. xx, 264 pp. 7s 6d. Reprinted, 1930 3s 6d. Includes a preface by J. C. Squire.
	c. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1930. xii, 252 pp. $2.00. Issued with dust wrapper.
	d. Bath, United Kingdom: Lythway, 1971. xii, 308 pp. £1.35. Issued with dust wrapper. SBN 85046 176 6. [Added 29-May-1999]
	e. Internet: Project Gutenberg, EText #1077, October 1997. 5720 lines. Freely available, except where prohibited by local copyright laws. Includes a short biography of the author.

A.5 What Might Have Been: The Story of a Social War According to William White, "a rather weak forecast of England under a Socialist government." Men with mechanical wings are featured, which has led to its inclusion in several science fiction bibliographies. As a Socialist dystopia, it is apparently highly regarded by Ayn Rand enthusiasts. Originally printed anonymously.
	a. London: John Murray, 1907. viii, 380 pp., plus 4 pp. of ads. The book shown here (front cover and title page) is as described in George Locke's catalogue of his collection A Spectrum Of Fantasy (London: Ferrett, 1980): "First Edition. light brown cloth; gilt lettering and yellow panel and decoration on spine; yellow lettering, panelling and decoration on front cover; top and fore edges trimmed, lower edge rough-trimmed; white endpapers; pages (381) - (384) carry ads." A similar copy can be found in the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library at the University of Toronto. Issued with dust wrapper.
	b. London: Nelson's Library, 1907. ii, 297 pp., 7d. Published as The Secret of the League: The Story of a Social War. William White and J.H. Lethbridge list this as the first edition, but the introduction describes it as having been first published in 1907. This edition states "first published in 1907" on the copyright page, but is otherwise undated. Includes an uncredited two-page introduction, and no advertisements. Issued with dust wrapper, as shown. [DW added 9-Jun-2002.]
	c. London: Nelson's Library, 1909. 287 pp. Reprinted, 1920, 2s.; 1926, 1s. 6d. Published as The Secret of the League: The Story of a Social War. Compared to the 1907 edition, this edition does not have a date on the copyright page (indeed, the copyright page is blank except for the publishers logo), the cover design is different (stamped in gold instead of black), there is a frontispiece illustration signed "Duncan" (woman helping man with mechanical wings), the page block is thinner, and there are two lists of books that are "Uniform" with this book; one at the beginning, and a longer list at the back. The 1926 edition dust wrapper is completely different from the 1907, as shown, but the book it was wrapped in was identical in all points to the 1907 edition; the jacket may have been married to the book at a later time. [DW info added 22-Jun-2002.]
	d. Atlanta: Specular Press, 1995. 304 pp. $15.95. Re-titled The Secret Of The League, with an introduction and glossary by Daniel Jencka. Trade paperback, ISBN #1-8887207-00-7.

A.6 The Transmutation of Ling With Twelve Designs by Ilberry Lynch. Contains the first chapter from The Wallet of Kai Lung. According to White, the American edition was limited to 500 copies, and the "type distributed.", but this notice appears on both editions, so there is some doubt as to the total number printed. I suspect 500 copies of the page block were printed, and some of these were sent to the U.S.
	a. London: Grant Richards, November 1911. 80 pp. 7s. 6d. Oversized dark-brown cloth boards. Top edge trimmed and gilt, fore and bottom edges untrimmed.
	b. New York: Brentano's, 1912. 80 pp. $3.75 Oversized blue-grey cloth boards. Top edge trimmed and gilt, fore and bottom edges untrimmed.

A.7 Max Carrados The first collection of stories about the celebrated blind detective. Contains: "The Coin of Dionysius", "The Knight's Cross Signal Problem", "The Tragedy at Brookbend Cottage", "The Clever Mrs. Straithwaite", "The Last Exploit of Harry the Actor", "The Tilling Shaw Mystery", "The Comedy at Fountain Cottage", "The Game Played in the Dark." A Haycroft-Queen title, and Queen's Quorum #56.
	a. London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., January 1914. v, 296 pp., plus 31 pp. of ads. 6s. Reprinted July 1915, November 1927, January 1920, 1924. Red cloth boards. Stamped in gilt on upper cover: MAX | CARRADOS | [dot] | ERNEST BRAMAH | [The whole enclosed within decorations] |. Stamped in gilt on spine: MAX | CARRADOS | [dot] | ERNEST BRAMAH | [Those four lines enclosed within decorations] | METHUEN |. Top and fore edges trimmed; bottom edge untrimmed. The leaves measure 7.4375" by 4.875". Title page of second edition shown. Note that on the second edition the front cover is blind-stamped without gilt, but is otherwise identical. The fifth edition states "FIFTH AND CHEAPER EDITION" on the title page, with a list of previous editions and dates on the copyright page, and is in brown cloth boards, stamped in black on upper cover: MAX CARRADOS | ERNEST BRAMAH | [The whole enclosed with rule]|, and stamped in black on the spine: MAX | CARRADOS | ERNEST BRAMAH | METHUEN |. [Updated 8-Jun-2002.]
	b. London: Penguin Books Ltd., 1943. Reprinted 1944 (9d.) 184 pp. [1944 edition shown.]
	c. Westport, Conn.: Hyperion Press, 1975. 296 pp. 23 cm. Blue cloth boards. Front cover blank. Printed in gold on spine: [Illustration] | [Rule] | Max | Carrados | Bramah | Rule | [Logo] | Hyperion. All edges trimmed. Offset printed from the 1914 Methuen edition. ISBN 0-88355-200-0.
	d. New York: Garland Publishing, 1976. 296 pp. 22 cm. Red cloth boards. Front cover blank. Printed in black on spine: Bramah | Max Carrados | [Garland Logo] | Garland | [The whole enclosed in within rules]. All edges trimmed. Number 6 of the Fifty Classics of Crime Fiction, 1900-1950 series. Offset printed from the 1914 Methuen edition. Short preface by Jacques Barzun and Wendell Hertig Taylor.

A.8 Kai Lung's Golden Hours Contains "The Story of Wong Ts'in and the Willow Plate Embellishment", "The Story of Ning, the Captive God, and the Dreams that Mark His Race", "The Story of Wong Pao and the Minstrel", "The Story of Lao Ting and the Luminous Insect", The Story of Weng Cho; or, the One Devoid of Name", "The Story of Wang Ho and the Burial Robe", "The Story of Chang Tao, Melodious Vision and the Dragon", "The Story of Yuen Yan, of the Barber Chou-hu, and of His Wife, Tsae-che", "The Story of Hien and the Chief Examiner", "The Story of the Loyalty of Ten-teh, the Fisherman."
Cloth cover Dust wrapper Limited edition (dw)	a. London: Grant Richards Ltd., October 1922. vii, 312 pp., 7s. 6d. Reprinted, 1922 (December), 1923 (January), 1924 (also a limited, signed edition, on large paper, a companion volume to The Wallet of Kai Lung), 1936 (limited edition also reprinted), 1942, 1946, 1947, 1957. With a preface by Hilaire Belloc. Pale green cloth boards. Stamped in black on upper cover: | [Oriental figure, seated, decorated] |. Stamped in black on spine: Kai Lung's | Golden | Hours | Ernest | Bramah | Gerant | Richards |. Top and fore edges trimmed. Bottom edge untrimmed. The leaves measure 7.375" by 4.875". Issued with dust wrapper [shown at bottom.]
	b. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1923. 333 pp., $2.50. Reprinted, Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, n.d. Issued with dust wrapper.
	c. London: Grant Richards Ltd., 1924. xv, 306 pp. Reprinted, 1936, 3s. 6d.
	d. The Traveller's Library, No. 16. London: Jonathan Cape 1926. xvi, 307 pp. 3s. 6d. Reprinted, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1936, 1939 (Copyright page from 1932 shown, dust wrapper from 1939 shown.)
1938 1940	e. Penguin Books, No. 174. London: Penguin Books, Ltd. 1938. 280 pp. 6d. Reprinted, 1939, 1940, 1949. Surprisingly, this paperback was first issued with a dust wrapper (shown.) The 1940 printing had an advertisement on the rear cover (shown.)
	f. Penguin Books, No. 174. Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books Ltd., 1954. 254pp. 2s. and later 2s. 6d. The only known difference from the previous edition is the page count, so presumably it was re-typeset.
	g. The Xanadu Library. New York: Crown Publishers, 195?. vii, 312 pp. $1.45.
	h. New York: Ballantine Books #02574-1, $1.25, 1972. xiv, 242 p. 19 cm. Paperback. Introduction by Lin Carter. Issued as part of the "Adult Fantasy" series. (Long galley proof shown.)
	i. Hong Kong, New York : Oxford University Press, 1985. xiii, 306 pp. Trade paperback with stiff covers. With an introduction by H. J. Lethbridge. ISBN 0 19 583976 5
	j. Internet: Project Gutenberg, EText #1267, April 1998. 9520 lines. Freely available, except where prohibited by local copyright laws. Includes a short biography of the author.

A.9 The Eyes of Max Carrados Contains: Introduction, "The Virginiola Fraud", "The Disappearance of Marie Severe", "The Secret of Dunstan's Tower", "The Mystery of the Poisoned Dish of Mushrooms", "The Ghost of Massingham Mansions", "The Missing Actress Sensation", "The Ingenious Mr. Spinola", "The Kingsmouth Spy Case", "The Eastern Mystery."
	a. London: Grant Richards Ltd., October 1923. 319 pp. 7s. 6d. Light blue cloth boards. Stamped in black on upper cover: The Eyes of | Max Carrados | Ernest Bramah |. Stamped in black on spine: The | Eyes of | Max | Carrados| Ernest | Bramah | Grant | Richards |. Top edge trimmed, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. The leaves measure 7.5" by 4.75".
	aa. London: Grant Richards Ltd., October 1923. 319 pp. A previously unrecorded variant, with differences in binding color, markings, and page size. Dark grey cloth boards. Front cover blank. Stamped in black on spine: The Eyes | of | Max | Carrados | Ernest | Bramah | Richards | Press. All edges trimmed. The leaves measure 7.25" by 4.75". [Added 4-Dec-1999]
	b. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1924. 354 pp. $2.00.
	c. London: Penguin Books, Ltd., 1940. 240 pp. 6d.
	d. Bath: Lythway Press, 1973. 319 pp. 19 cm. Issued with dust wrapper (shown.)[Added 30-Jul-2002]

A.10 The Specimen Case Contains: "Ming Tseuen and the Emergency", "The Delicate Case of Mlle. Celestine Bon", "The Dead March", "A Very Black Business", "The Bunch of Violets", "Revolution", "Smothered in Corpses", "Fate and a Family Council", "Lucretia and the Horse-Doctor", "The War Hawks", "The Great Hockington Find", "Hautepierre's Star", "The Goose and the Golden Egg", "The Making of Marianna", "Bobbie and Poetic Justice", "The Heart of the Pagan", "Once in a Blue Moon", "The Marquise Ring", "The 'Dragon' of Swafton", "The Dream of William Elgood", "From a London Balcony".
	a. London: Hodder and Stoughton, Limited, September 1924. 320 pp. 7s. 6d. Reprinted October 1924 Red cloth boards. Stamped in blind (raised letters) on upper cover: THE | SPECIMEN | CASE | [rule] | ERNEST BRAMAH [these four lines enclosed within light rules within heavy rules] |. [The whole enclosed within rules]. Stamped in black on spine: [Rule in blind] | THE | SPECIMEN | CASE | [rule] | ERNEST | BRAMAH | HODDER & | STOUGHTON | [rule in blind] |. All edges trimmed. The leaves measure 7.25" by 4.75". Issued with dust wrapper (not shown.)
	b. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1925. 313 pp. $2.00. Issued with dust wrapper (shown.)

A.11 Max Carrados Mysteries Contains: "The Secret of Headlam Height", "The Mystery of the Vanished Petition Crown", "The Holloway Flat Tragedy", "The Curious Circumstances of the Two Left Shoes", "The Ingenious Mind of Mr. Rigby Lacksome", "The Crime at the House in Culver Street", "The Strange Case of Cyril Bycourt", "The Missing Witness Sensation".
	a. London: Hodder and Stoughton, Limited, August 1927. 318 pp. 7s. 6d. Blue cloth boards. Stamped in black on upper cover: MAX CARRADOS MYSTERIES | EB [logotype] | [The whole enclosed in rules stamped in blind] |. Stamped in black on the spine: [ornament] MAX [ornament] | CARRADOS | MYSTERIES | [rule] | ERNEST BRAMAH | H&S [logotype] | HODDER AND | STOUGHTON |. All edges trimmed. The leaves measure 7.1875" by 4.625".
	b. Penguin Books, No. C2158. Baltimore, MD.: Penguin Books Inc., 1964. 238 pp. 85c. Copyright page shows U.K., U.S. and Australian publisher's addresses. Presumably the only difference would be the price on the front cover.

A.12 The Story of Wan and the Remarkable Shrub, and The Story of Ching-kwei and the Destinies. Separate publication of two chapters from Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat.
	a. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1927. 98 pp. In paper wrappers, sewn, with title page as upper cover. All edges trimmed. The leaves measure 8" by 5.25".

A.13 Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat Contains: "The Story of Wan and the Remarkable Shrub", "The Story of Wong Tsoi and the Merchant Teen King's Thumb", "The Story of Tong So, the Averter of Calamities", "The Story of Lin Ho and the Treasure of Fang-tso", "The Story of Kin Weng and the Miraculous Tusk", "The Story of the Philosopher Kuo Tsun and of his Daughter, Peerless Chou", "The Story of Ching-kwei and the Destinies."
	a. London: The Richards Press Ltd., April 1928. vii, 344 pp. 7s. 6d. Light green cloth boards. Stamped in black on upper cover: Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat |. Stamped in black on spine: Kai Lung | Unrolls | His Mat | Ernest | Bramah | Richards |. Top edge trimmed and coloured green; fore edges trimmed; bottom edge untrimmed. The leaves measure 7.375" by 4.825". Issued with dust wrapper [shown at bottom.]
	b. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1928. viii, 320 pp. $2.50. Issued with dust wrapper.
	c. The Traveller's Library. London: Jonathan Cape 1935. 3s. 6d.
	d. London: The Richards Press Ltd., 1936. 344 pp. 3s. 6d. Reprinted, 1946, 6s. Bright yellow cloth boards. Stamped in black on upper cover: [Four Chinese ideograms]. Stamped in black on spine: Kai | Lung | Unrolls | His Mat | [star] | Ernest | Bramah | Richards | Press. Top edge trimmed and coloured green; fore and bottom edges trimmed. Copyright page shows: Printed by the Replika Process | in Great Britain by | Lund Humphries | London | Bradford. Issued with dust wrapper.
	e. Penguin Books, No. 108. London: Penguin Books, Ltd., September 1937. 249 pp. Reprinted, October 1937, July 1939, 1949, 1954. Surprisingly, this paperback was issued with a dust wrapper.
	f. New York: Ballantine Books #23787, February 1974. xi, 244 pp. $1.25. Paperback. Cover art by Ian Millar. Introduction by Lin Carter. Issued as part of the "Adult Fantasy" series. Long galley proof known to exist.

A.14 Short Stories of To-day and Yesterday Reprints four stories from Kai Lung's Golden Hours, three from Max Carrados Mysteries, and four from The Specimen Case. Contains: "Hien and the Chief Examiner", "Wong Pao and the Minstrel", "Chang Tao, Melodious Vision and the Dragon", "Wong T'sin and the Willow Plate Embellishment", "The Secret of Headlam Height", "The Curious Circumstances of the Two Left Shoes", "The Missing Actress Sensation", "The Delicate Case of Mlle. Celestine Bon", "A Very Black Business", "Smothered in Corpses", and "The Goose and the Golden Egg." Introduction by F. H. P.
	a. London [etc.]: George C. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1929. 288 pp. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Stamped in gilt on spine: Short | Stories | Ernest | Bramah. Issued with dust wrapper (shown).
	aa. London [etc.]: George C. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1929. 288 pp. Red leatherette with gilt lettering and design. This state has ornate gilt design on spine and front cover. Stamped in gilt on spine: Short Stories | of | To-day | and | Yesterday | Ernest | Bramah. Most likely issued without dust wrapper.
	ab. London [etc.]: George C. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1929. 288 pp. Green leatherette with gilt lettering. This binding was produced by the department store Selbridge. Stamped in gilt on spine: Short | Stories | of | To-day | and | Yesterday | rule | Ernest | Bramah | Selbridge. Most likely issued without dust wrapper. [Added 24-Dec-1999]

A.15 A Guide to the Varieties and Rarity of English Regal Copper Coins, Charles II-Victoria, 1671-1860. The book has never been reprinted, and there was no American edition.
	a. London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., June 1929. viii, 128 pp. 7s. 6d. Blue cloth boards. Stamped in blind on upper cover: ENGLISH REGAL | COPPER COINS | ERNEST BRAMAH, [the whole enclosed within rules]. Stamped in gilt on spine: [rule] | ENGLISH | REGAL | COPPER | COINS | ERNEST | BRAMAH | METHUEN | [rule]. Top edge trimmed.

A.16 A Little Flutter According to William White: "Nonsense about the last surviving Patagonian Groo-Groo. There was no American edition." Also references Shrelock Holmes.

a. London [etc.]: Cassell and Company, Ltd., September 1930. 319 pp. 7s. 6d. Reprinted, June 1932, "Popular Edition", 2s. 6d. Green cloth boards. Stamped in blind on upper cover: [The whole enclosed within rules]. Stamped in gilt on spine: [rule] | A | Little | Flutter | Ernest | Bramah | Cassell | [rule] |. All edges trimmed. The leaves measure 7.3125" by 4.75". Dust wrapper from 2nd printing shown.

A.17 The Moon of Much Gladness, Related by Kai Lung
	a. London [etc.]: Cassell and Company, Ltd., May 1932. 316 pp. 7s. 6d. Reprinted, 1934, 2s. 6d. Green cloth boards. Stamped in blind on upper cover: [The whole enclosed within rules]. Stamped in gilt on spine: [rule] | THE | MOON | OF MUCH | GLADNESS | ERNEST | BRAMAH | CASSELL | [rule] |. All edges trimmed. The leaves measure 7.3125" by 4.75". Issued with dust wrapper (second image.)
	b. Published in the U.S. as The Return of Kai Lung New York: Sheridan House, 1937. 319 pp. $2.50. Issued with dust wrapper (shown.)

A.18 The Bravo of London The final Max Carrados book. There was no American edition.
	a. London [etc.]: Cassell and Company, Ltd., May 1934. viii, 311 pp. 7s. 6d. Reprinted, 1935, 2s. 6d (Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, Ltd. $2.00.) Pale green cloth boards. Stamped in gilt on spine: [rule] | THE | BRAVO | OF | LONDON | ERNEST | BRAMAH | CASSELL | [rule] |. All edges trimmed. The leaves measure 7.3125" by 4.75". Issued with dust wrapper [shown].

A.19 The Kai Lung Omnibus Contains: The Wallet of Kai Lung, Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat, and Kai Lung's Golden Hours.
	a. London: Philip Allen (Quality Press, Ltd), September 1936. 625 pp. 5s. Reprinted, 1938, 2s. 6d. (Toronto: S. J. Reginald Saunders, $1.50.) Issued with dust wrapper.

A.20 Kai Lung Beneath the Mulberry Tree Contains: "The Story of Prince Ying, Virtuous Mei, and the Pursuit of Worthiness", "The Three Recorded Judgments of Prince Ying, from the Inscribed Scroll of Mou Tao, The Beggar", "The Ignoble Alliance of Lin T'sing with the Outlaw Fang Wang, and How It Affected the Destinies", "The Story of Yin Ho, Hoa-mi, and the Magician", "The Story of Ton Hi, Precious Gem and the Incospicuous Elephant", "The Story of Sam-tso, the Family Called Wong, and the Willing Buffalo", "The Story of SAho Chi, the No-longer Merchant Ng Hon, and the Docile Linnets", "The Story of the Poet Lao Ping, Chun Shin's Daughter Fa, and the Fighting Crickets."
	a. London: The Richards Press Ltd., February 1940. 320 pp. 8s. Reprinted, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1951 (fifth printing.) Yellow cloth boards. Stamped in black on upper cover: [Oriental figure, seated, decorated]. Stamped in black on spine: Kai Lung | Beneath the | Mulberry- | Tree | ERNEST | BRAMAH | Richards | Press |. Top edge trimmed and coloured green. Fore and bottom edges untrimmed. The leaves measure 7.325" by 4.825". Issued with dust wrapper. (Fourth printing has top edge coloured red, and stamped in black on lower right of upper cover: [four Chinese characters arranged in a column].)
	b. New York: Arno Press, 1978. 320 pp. 21 cm. Part of the Lost Race and Adult Fantasy Fiction series. Issued without dust wrapper.

A.21 Kin Weng and the Miraculous Tusk A single chapter from Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat.
	a. Birmingham: Birmingham School of Printing, College of Arts and Crafts, 1941. 45 pp. Printed under the direction of Leonard Jay, with the permission of the author and publisher Grant Richards. Includes six illustrations.

A.22 The Celestial Omnibus Contains: "The Transmutation of Ling", "The Vengeance of Tung Fel", "The Confession of Kai Lung", "The Encountering of Six Within a Wood", "The Inexorable Justice of Mandarin Shan Tien", "The Out-passing Into a State of Assured Felicity", "The High-minded Strategy of the Amiable Hwa-mei", "The Malignity of the Depraved Ming Shu", "The Story of Prince Ying", "The Story of the Poet Lao Ping".

a. London: J. Baker for The Richards Press, c1963. 392 pp. 1 plate. Issued with dust wrapper (shown).

A.23 Best Max Carrados Detective Stories Reprints four stories from Max Carrados, four stories from The Eyes of Max Carrados, and two from Max Carrados Mysteries. Contains: "The Coin of Dionysius", "The Knight's Cross Signal Problem", "The Tragedy at Brookbend Cottage", "The Last Exploit of Harry the Actor", "The Disappearance of Marie Severe", "The Mystery of the Poisoned Dish of Mushrooms", "The Ghost of Massingham Mansions", "The Ingenious Mr. Spinola", "The Mystery of the Vanished Petition Crown", and "The Holloway Flat Tragedy." Selected and with an introduction by E. F. Bleiler.

a. New York: Dover Publications, 1972. vii. 245 pp. $3.50. 5.375" by 8". Paperbound. ISBN 0-486-20064-7.

A.24 Kai Lung: Six Six previously uncollected stories. Contains: Introduction by William White, "The Story of Lam-Hoo and the Reward of Merit", "The Story of Chung Pun and the Miraculous Peacocks", "The Story of Yeun Yang and the Empty Soo-Shong Chest", "The Story of Sing Tsung and the Exponent of Dark Magic", "The Story Kwey Chao and the Grateful Song Bird", and "The Story Li Pao, Lucky Star and the Intruding Stranger." These were the final six stories published in his lifetime (all published in Punch magazine), and also the sixth Kai Lung book.

a. Tacoma: The Non-Profit Press, 1974. xii. 58 pp. On verso of title page: "Of 250 copies for Private Distribution." Issued with dust wrapper.

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