First edition thus. 8vo. Pp. [vi], 313. Pictorial wraps. Cover illustration by Les Edwards.
Stamped "Proof/ Damaged" to inner cover, else Fine.
Author's definitive collection of shorter fiction. Includes the stories from Scholars and Soldiers (1989), as well as a number of tales previously unpublished in book form, all with new afterwords and topped and tailed with a specially revised version of her split story 'Cartomancy'. Includes the novella The Logistics of Carthage. "The writing is as intricate as filigree but as tough as wrought iron." –The Times