The Hammerman Collection includes first editions, inscribed books, and various issues of Behrman's plays and other writings. While not all inclusive, these serve as a descriptive bibliography of the published work of S. N. Behrman.
 

   

The Second Man, Garden City: Doubleday Page, 1927. First edition in wrappers.

 

The Second Man, New York: Samuel French, 1928. First edition in wrappers.

 

The Second Man, London: Martin Secker, 1928. First English edition in dust jacket.

 

Meteor, New York: Brentano’s, 1930. First edition in dust jacket.

 

Brief Moment, New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1931. First edition in dust jacket. Inscribed by Behrman to Ida.

 

Brief Moment, New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1931. First edition in dust jacket. Barrett H. Clark's copy.

 

Biography, New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1933. First edition in dust jacket. Inscribed by Behrman to Bill Couselman.

 

Three Plays, New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1934. First edition in dust jacket. First appearance of Serena Blandish. Inscribed by Behrman to Samuel Marx.

 

Rain from Heaven, New York: Random House, 1935. First edition in dust jacket. Inscribed by Behrman to Carl Hovey.

 

End of Summer, New York: Random House, 1936. First edition in dust jacket.

 

End of Summer, New York, Dramatists Play Service, 1938. First acting edition in wrappers.

 

Amphitryon 38, New York: Random House, 1938. First edition in dust jacket. Barrett H. Clark's copy.

 

Amphitryon 38, New York: Dramatists Play Service, [1952]. First acting edition in wrappers.

 

Amphitryon 38, London: Hamish Hamilton, [n.d.]. First English acting edition in wrappers.

 

Wine of Choice, New York: Random House, 1938. First edition in dust jacket.

 

No Time for Comedy, New York: Random House, 1939. First edition in dust jacket.

 

The Talley Method, New York: Random House, 1941. First edition in dust jacket. Inscribed by Behrman to Edgar.

 

The Talley Method, New York: Samuel French, 1942. First acting edition in wrappers.

 

The Pirate, New York: Random House, 1943. First edition in dust jacket.

 

Jacobowsky and the Colonel, New York: Random House, 1944. First edition in dust jacket. Inscribed by Behrman to Burton Tripp.

 

Dunnigan's Daughter, New York: Random House, 1946. First edition in dust jacket.

 

Jane, New York: Random House, 1952. First edition in dust jacket.

 

Duveen, New York: Random House, 1952. First edition in dust jacket. Inscribed by Behrman to Charlie.

 

The Worcester Account, New York: Random House, 1954. First edition in dust jacket. Inscribed by Behrman to Sophie and Jerome Udell.

 

Fanny, New York: Random House, 1955. First edition in dust jacket.

 

The Cold Wind and the Warm, New York: Random House, 1959. First edition in dust jacket. Inscribed by Behrman to Harold Clurman.

 

Portrait of Max: An Intimate Memoir of Sir Max Beerbohm, New York: Random House, 1960. First edition in dust jacket. Inscribed by Behrman to Charles Boyer.

 

Lord Pengo, New York: Random House, 1963. First edition in dust jacket.

 

But For Whom Charlie, New York: Random House, 1964. First edition in dust jacket. Inscribed by Behrman to Robert E. Conner.

 

The Suspended Drawing Room, New York: Stein and Day, 1965. First edition in dust jacket. Inscribed by Behrman to Mara.

 

The Burning Glass, Boston: Little, Brown, 1968. First edition in dust jacket.

 

People in a Diary, Boston: Little, Brown, 1972. First edition in dust jacket. Inscribed by Behrman to Walter Slezak.

 

Tribulations and Laughter, London: Hamish Hamilton, 1972. First English edition in dust jacket of People in a Diary.


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