The Fothergill omnibus for which seventeen eminent authors have written short stories upon one and the same plot
By: with introductions by John Fothergill, R. G. Collingwood & Gerald Gould.
Contributors: Fothergill, John, 1876-1957.; Dodd, John, Sir, 1904-1973, former owner.; Chesterton, G. K. 1874-1936.; Bowen, Elizabeth, 1899-1973.; Kaye-Smith, Sheila, 1887-1956.
Publisher: Eyre and Spottiswoode
Published: 1931
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 398
Subjects: Short stories, English.
Notes: American edition (New York) Oxford University Press) has title: Mr. Fothergill's plot.

"Two hundred and fifty copies of this book have been printed ... Each is numbered and signed by the authors. This is No. 234."

Contains 18 short story versions, including one by Sheila Kaye-Smith, not noted in author's autograph listing.

Cover vignette, gilt-stamped, gilt top edges.

Armorial bookplate of Sir John Dodd.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / J. Fothergill; title: The Showman's Speech / R. G. Collingwood; title: Preface / G. Gould; title: Pygmalion / M. Armstrong; title: By the Last Post / H. R. Barbor; title: Flavia / E. Bowen; title: In Xanadu / G. Bullett; title: The Ivory Tower / T. Burke; title: The End of Wisdom / G. K. Chesterton; title: Variation / A. E. Coppard; title: Life is Like That / E. M. Delafield; title: Variation / L. P. Hartley; title: A Mingled Strain / S. Jameson; title: Mr. John Arnold / S. Kaye-Smith; title: Fanny Baines / M. Kennedy; title: Variation / E. Shanks; title: Mr. Right / H. Simpson; title: Blame Adam and Eve / J. C. Squire; title: Quartette for Two Voices / L. A. G. Strong; title: (cont.) Percy and Pansy / F. Swinnerton; title: They That Sit in Darkness / R. West