Limits and Renewals was the author's last collection of short stories written not long after the death of his only son. It is therefore unsurprising that many of these stories then take on the themes of grief and suffering.

First edition; 8vo (200 x 140mm); contemporary ownership inscription in pencil to ffep; gilt top-edge, mild spotting to fore-edges, otherwise pages are clean and bright; publisher's red cloth with elephant gilt medallion to upper panel, gilt titling, binding is sound, most certainly an attractive copy in near fine condition; [viii], 400pp.