8vo. 74pp. Original publisher's red card wraps, lettered in black, with title label to the rubbed and marked spine. Internally bright and clean with the author's ink inscription on the half title 'To Alfred Hayes, from John Drinkwater, October, 1918'.

John Drinkwater (1882-1937) was an English poet, playwright, and critic. He is remembered best as a part of literary group the Dymock Poets, alongside contemporaries Robert Frost, Edward Thomas, and Rupert Brooke.

This play was his first major success, premiering at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre (where he was artistic director) in 1918, and opening on Broadway the following year.