- The Complete Short Stories first published in three volumes in Great Britain by William Heinemann Ltd 1951.
- Published in four volumes in Penguin Books in Great Britain 1963.
- This volume published in Penguin Books in the United States of America by arrangement with Doubleday & Company Inc., 1977.
- Reprinted 1978, 1979.
- Preface by Maugham on pp. [7-8].
- Contains 30 stories. Only spec-fic candidates listed below.
- Cover design by Birdsall Peccinotti.
- Another price (95p) in the lower left corner of the back cover, just above the American one.
