First American edition. The final group of eight detective stories by Mr. Chesterton, featuring a detective he called Mr. Pond (his first name was not disclosed by the author). Portions of this collection first appeared in magazines, but the collection wasn't published until after the author's death. --- In full blue cloth-covered boards with titling in darker blue on cover and spine. Interior features endpapers with publisher's Red Badge Detective series decorations. Jacket with illustration of Mr. Pond on cover. --- A firm, clean, nice copy but with fading to spine and cover edges. (Titling is very readable.) Very good price-clipped jacket with some light chafing and creasing; in removable archival mylar protector.; Red Badge Detective; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 231 pages