One of 500 unnumbered copies only. Fine, fresh, unread copy inequally fine

One of 500 unnumbered copies only. Fine, fresh, unread copy inequally fine dust jacket. Hardcover. xxvi+ 163 pp. plus publisher's list at rear. Originally published in 1926, "The Secrets of Dr. Taverner" was the first book written by Dion Fortune, the colorful, contradictory creator of this "supernatural sleuth". The stories collected here concern some of the psychic adventures of the Holmes-like Taverner, as narrated by his assictant Dr. Rhodes. In addition to the eleven stories contained in the original edition, this volume also includes a twelfth Dr. Taverner tale, "A Son of The Night"