Milne, A. A. — Not That It Matters

New York, E. P. Dutton, 1920. Hardcover. A tan casebound book with black text on a lighter tan plate on the spine. The pages have deckled edges. 233 pages. Contents are as follows: The pleasure of writing -- Acacia Road -- My library -- The chase -- Superstition -- The charm of golf -- Goldfish -- Saturday to Monday -- The pond -- A seventeenth-century story -- Our learned friends -- A word for autumn -- A Christmas number -- No flowers by request -- The unfairness of things -- Daffodils -- A household book -- Lunch -- The friend of man -- The diary habit -- Midsummer day -- At the bookstall -- "Who's who" -- A day at Lord's -- By the sea -- Golden fruit -- Signs of character -- Intellectual snobbery -- A question of form -- A slice of fiction -- the label -- The profession -- Smoking as a fine art -- The path to glory -- A problem in ethics -- The happiest half-hours of life -- Natural science -- On going dry -- A misjudged game -- A doubtful character -- Thoughts on thermometers -- For a wet afternoon -- Declined with thanks -- On going into a house -- The ideal author. G: Wear to the edges and corners. A stain on the front cover in the lower right side that is faintly pink in some areas. Some of the wraps over the base of the spine have peeled away. Previous owner name on first page. Foxing to the pages; the stain is present on many of them, but does not affect text.