Herbert Jenkins Limited: London. No dust jacket. Green cloth hardback, 256 pages.

In this comic novel - dedicated to Douglas Fairbanks, who starred in the stage version - Jimmy Pitt, man-about-town and former newspaper hound, takes a bet that he cannot commit burglary. He finds breaking and entering easy enough, but then discovers that he has forced his way into the home of a tough New York policeman.

Condition: Damage to the interior spine at the front of the book. Slight wear to the top of the spine. Minimal foxing and discolouration to pages. Placed in a protected plastic covering.