Second edition, 1937; 5th impression 1944. 'This sardonic charade with its mixture of chorus and verse, jingles and choruses, slashes the publicity and vulgarity which attends upon Epic and Modern Heroism ... Some of the best rhetorical poetry of a generation with characters who are inhuman and monstrous puppets ... morality play' (from reviews on dust jacket) . Play first produced 1937 at Mercury Theatre. Copy stamped 'Not for Resale: for the use of H M Forces', with owner details on front flyleaf, from 'Div. Education Centre, Malis Camp, Karachi', 1946. Unclipped dust jacket worn but good condition. Bright blue boards with gilt lettering on spine, corners bumped, spine rubbed. Slight foxing to front flyleaves, inside front cover and first flyleaf tanned. Rest of text clean and clear.