8vo. xii, 241pp, [3]. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in black. A trifle cocked, spine sunned with additional staining to boards. Internally bright and clean. Presentation copy, inked inscription to FFEP: 'For Laurence Olivier, whom I look forward, one day to being in a play of my own. From Bernie. Beverly Hills, Cal, Aug. 15, 1933'.

Samuel Nathaniel Behrman (1893-1973), American playwright, screenwriter, and biographer. He would get his inscribed wish when Laurence Olivier led the cast for the debut of his ninth play, No Time for Comedy, which opened on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on April 17, 1939, running for 179 performances.