8vo., crushed dark burgundy morocco du cap with two gilt fillet borders and elaborate corner pieces made up of groupings of individual floral tools; spine with five raised bands and similar floral decoration within the compartments. Board edges gilt, inner dentelles, t.e.g.; stamped with the name of the binder on the lower front turn-in: THE ATELIER BINDERY.First edition. With a PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION on the flyleaf tO THE DEDICATEE, D. George Derry, Esq., dated Christmas, 1919. Laid in is a one-page ALS from Scott to Derry [20 May 1916] on the letterhead of the New York bookseller, Brentano's, thanking him for his hospitality, "In all the years of my life in America I have tasted no such enjoyment of a home and country life." The book contains nine essays including one for which the collection has been named.The binding is very attractive and in EXCELLENT CONDITION, which along with the book's close association makes for an especially desirable copy. Scott, a transplanted Englishman, was also the author of The Pleasure of Reading and The Uses of Leisure.