AMBUSH

First Edition. Hardback. 8vo.pp.155. Signed presentation from the author:"To Maurice Stone, with the hope that he is a better critic than a hardball-player. Arthur Richman. N.Y. March 2nd 1928." Bookplate of Maurice L. Stone featuring a sculptured head in bronze. Theatre play, for a cast of ten; set in the Living room of a house in New Jersey. Original Production by The Theatre Guild. Directed by Robert Milton. Original cast included Frank Reicher, Jane Wheatley, Charles Ellis, and Florence Eldridge. Original publisher's binding in dark blue with slightly faded gilt lettering. Arthur Richman (1886 - 1944)was a Playwright and Hollywood screenwriter. Born in New York City to William and Janice (or Jennie) Reichman. His father, a native of Frth, Bavaria, became a successful merchant after coming to America in the mid 1870s at around the age of twenty. Near very good. Head of spine very slightly frayed. Slightly dull covers.