A Sound of Hunting, A Play in Three Acts

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/very good +. John Mason BROWN, introduction. First edition. 12mo; xii, 176 + [1]; mint green cloth over board, blind stamped vignette of soldiers on front, gilt stamped spine; red stained upper edge; ownership in ink to ffep; 4 b&w photographic illustrations on glazed stock from Broadway play; light age-toning of paper; unclipped pictorial dustjacket in sepia; chipping to edges, age-toning; fine in very good plus dj. The author, Harry Brown, was a native of Portland, Maine and an Oscar winning playwright (A Place in the Sun). Published at the end of World,War II, this drama centers on a small group of American soldiers at the Italian front. The play was produced by Irving L Jacobs and opened on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre in New York, on November 20, 1945.