New York/London: Samuel French, 1908

8vo, pp. 169. 3pp. advertisements bound in at rear. Publisher's slip tipped in at title page. Original dark blue boards, spine label. Spine label a little chipped and faded, but a very well preserved copy.

First edition, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO FRONT FREE ENDPAPER: 'Dear Mrs. Frances Humphreys faithfully yours Henry Arthur Jones 16.IX.09'.

First produced at the Hudson theatre in New York in 1906 The Hypocrites, a satire on suburban hypocrisy, was Jones's most successful play. It was filmed in 1916 in the UK and again in 1923 in a UK/Dutch co-production. Buckinghamshire-born, Jones [1851-1929] enjoyed success on both sides of the Atlantic, and on both stage and screen.