First printing. A collection of seven short stories set in the same world - that is, 1870s London - and featuring some of the characters from ""The Crimson Petal and the White,"" his epic (and bestselling) masterpiece. SIGNED on the title page. Includes a foreword in which he explains how these stories came to be published. Ribbon marker bound in. xix, 190 pp. Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new) in a fine black slipcase.