Command Performance by Jane Alexander, First Edition (29 results)

Condition: Good. 1st. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Very Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hard Back. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition First Printing Stated. 335 Pages Indexed. No noted defects to book. Straight clean no marks or stamps. The author was happily engaged in her actiong career when she was asked to consider becoming head of the ever-embattled National Endowment for Arts. Thisis her witty, opinionated, and wisememoir of her years at the NEA. She had won Tony and Emmy Awards, was a four-timeOscar nominee, starred in dozens o movies and plays, nothing had quite prepared for the role of Madame Chairman. Contents in 14 Chapters: Early Training, The Audtion, The Rehearsal, Curtain Up, The Production, The Scene, The Players, On the Road, Intermission, Act II, The Critics, Hollywood, Backstage, and Curtain Down. Dust jacket has unclipped price $25 and minor stain on bottom inside.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st. xiii, 335 pages, [8] pages of plates, illustrations; 23 cm. Tight, clean copy. Wraps rubbed. Stated First Da Capo Press Edition. Remainder mark/tail edge. *** Actress Jane Alexander headed the NEA during the Clinton years. *** "Jane Alexander had never been involved in mainstream politics and was happily engaged in her acting career when she was asked to consider becoming head of the embattled National Endowment for the Arts in the early 1990s. When, during her first visit to the Hill, Senator Strom Thurmond barked at her, 'You gonna fund pornography?' she knew it would be a rough ride. Nothing had quite prepared her for the role of madame chairman. Her tenure coincided with the ascent of the infamous 104th Congress, presided over by Speaker Newt Gingrich, and its campaign to eliminate the Endowment completely. In Command Performance, Alexander brings a Washington outsider's perspective and an actor's eye for the telling human detail to an anecdote-filled story of the art of politics and the politics of art. And at the start of a new administration in Washington, she reminds us why we need art and why government should be in the business of supporting it. / Jane Alexander has starred in dozens of movies, including The Great White Hope, All the President's Men, Kramer vs. Kramer, Eleanor and Franklin, Testament, and The Cider House Rules. She was chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts from 1993 to 1997. She lives in New York State." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed by author on title page. Minor shelf wear. **SHIPPING** Book will be bubble wrapped and boxed for shipment W/tracking to your location. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. BB4 - A first edition (stated with complete numberline) hardcover book SIGNED by Jane Alexander on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has label on the front, some wrinkling on the edges and corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners, wrinkling on the spine edges, some dog-eared pages, light tanning and shelf wear. 9.5"x6.5", 335 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Jane Alexander is an American-Canadian actress and author. She is the recipient of two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, and nominations for four Academy Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards. From 1993 to 1997, Alexander served as the chairwoman of the National Endowment for the Arts. Alexander won the 1969 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in the Broadway production of The Great White Hope. Other Broadway credits include 6 Rms Riv Vu (1972), The Night of the Iguana (1988), The Sisters Rosensweig (1993) and Honour (1998). She has received a total of eight Tony Award nominations and was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1994. Her film breakthrough came with the romantic drama The Great White Hope (1970), which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Her subsequent Oscar nominations were for her roles in All the President's Men (1976), Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), and Testament (1983). An eight-time Emmy nominee, she received her first nomination for playing Eleanor Roosevelt in Eleanor and Franklin (1976), a role that required her to age from 18 to 60. She has won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Playing for Time (1980) and Warm Springs (2005). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition with full number line. Hardback with dust jacket in good condition. Prior library item with normal library markings.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A few black and white photographs Pictures on request.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Signed. First Edition. Signed by the author. 1st printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Remainder mark. Signed by Alexander on the title page. Dust jacket is protected with a mylar cover . Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition, First Printing. As new, unread copy, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. A77.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. **WILL SHIP WITHIN 24-48 HOURS WITH TRACKING**.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. NF/NF. First edition, first printing. Signed by author on title page. 335 pp. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. Signed by the author, without any inscription. COLLECT SIGNED BOOKS. Signed by Author(s).

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Uncorrected proof. Fine copy in wrappers.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition (so stated). 8vo. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Dust jacket designed by Evan Gaffney Design (unclipped). Fine. 355 pages. No other signatures or bookplates. Signed by Jane Alexander on the title page. Provenance: from the estate of Charles Williamson. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Light bumping to the spinal extremities else fine in fine dustwrapper.

Trade paperback. Condition: Very good. xiii. [3], 335, [1] pages. Minor cover wear. Inscribed on title page. Frontis illustration. Illustrations. Acknowledgments, Prologue, Epilogue, and Index. Topics covered include Early Training; The Audition; The Rehearsal; Curtain Up; The Production; The Scene; The Players; On the Road; Intermission; Act II; The Critics; Hollywood; Backstage; and Curtain Down. The witty, no-holds-barred memoir of the acclaimed actress who became head of the National Endowment for the Arts. Jane Alexander (born October 28, 1939) is an American author, actress, and former director of the National Endowment for the Arts. She is a Tony Award winner and two-time Emmy Award winner. Alexander made her Broadway debut in 1968 in The Great White Hope and won the 1969 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. Other Broadway credits include, 6 Rms Riv Vu (1972), The Night of the Iguana (1988), The Sisters Rosensweig (1993) and Honour (1998). She has received a total of seven Tony Award nominations and was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1994. She went on to star in the film version of The Great White Hope in 1970 and received the first of four Academy Award nominations for her performance. Her subsequent Oscar nominations were for All the President's Men (1976), Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), and Testament (1983). An eight-time Emmy nominee, she received her first nomination for playing Eleanor Roosevelt in Eleanor and Franklin (1976). She has won two Emmys for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for Playing for Time (1980) and Warm Springs (2005). In 1993, President Bill Clinton appointed Alexander chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts, the organization that had provided partial funding for The Great White Hope at Arena Stage. Alexander moved to Washington, DC, and served as chair of the NEA until 1997. Her book, Command Performance: an Actress in the Theater of Politics (2000), describes the challenges she faced heading the NEA at a time when the 104th U.S. Congress, headed by Newt Gingrich, unsuccessfully strove to shut it down.[3] She was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1999. Derived from a Kirkus review: A well-written account of Alexander's 1993-97 term as head of the National Endowment of the Arts, smoothly interwoven with tales of her stage and screen life. Until the NEA appointment, Alexander's only bureaucratic experience was as a politically active citizen. Her commitment to the NEA was bolstered by her role in The Great White Hope, which earned her a Tony Award and an Oscar nomination and was developed with an NEA grant. The organizing principle of her 15 theatrical chapter titles, divided into two acts and bookended by a prologue and epilogue, smartly links Alexander's professional world onstage with her stint in the theater of politics. "The Audition," "The Rehearsal," and "Curtain Up" detail the intricate voyage through nomination and confirmation. On the heels of the swearing-in comes the process of learning the ropes and expanding her list of useful acquaintances. The many profiles of movers and shakers, for and against the NEA, reveal a dry authorial wit and add human interest. No sooner did this Washington outsider learn to deal with Beltway insiders than she was confronted with the Gingrich Congress, which turned her plan to increase NEA funding and visibility into a battle of containment-if not extinction. The agency survived, but a personal tragedy and mounting disenchantment with the time-wasting politicization of the legislative process prompted Alexander to resign. She compares the frustrating ditherings of bureaucracy to the results-oriented production of a play. The author's intelligence and personable quality, combined with her large cast of political and show-business celebrities, make for an entertaining and informative discussion of important arts issues. First Da Capo Press Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated].

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. xiii, [3], 335, [1] pages. Illustrations. Black mark on bottom edge, Includes Acknowledgments, Prologue, Epilogue, and Index. Topics covered include Early Training; The Audition; The Rehearsal; Curtain Up; The Production; The Scene; The Players; On the Road; Intermission; Act II; The Critics; Hollywood; Backstage; and Curtain Down. The witty, no-holds-barred memoir of the acclaimed actress who became head of the National Endowment for the Arts. Jane Alexander (born October 28, 1939) is an American author, actress, and former director of the National Endowment for the Arts. She is a Tony Award winner and two-time Emmy Award winner. Alexander made her Broadway debut in 1968 in The Great White Hope and won the 1969 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. Other Broadway credits include, 6 Rms Riv Vu (1972), The Night of the Iguana (1988), The Sisters Rosensweig (1993) and Honour (1998). She has received a total of seven Tony Award nominations and was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1994. She went on to star in the film version of The Great White Hope in 1970 and received the first of four Academy Award nominations for her performance. Her subsequent Oscar nominations were for All the President's Men (1976), Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), and Testament (1983). An eight-time Emmy nominee, she received her first nomination for playing Eleanor Roosevelt in Eleanor and Franklin (1976). She has won two Emmys for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for Playing for Time (1980) and Warm Springs (2005). In 1993, President Bill Clinton appointed Alexander chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts, the organization that had provided partial funding for The Great White Hope at Arena Stage. Alexander moved to Washington, DC, and served as chair of the NEA until 1997. Her book, Command Performance: an Actress in the Theater of Politics (2000), describes the challenges she faced heading the NEA at a time when the 104th U.S. Congress, headed by Newt Gingrich, unsuccessfully strove to shut it down.[3] She was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1999. Derived from a Kirkus review: A well-written account of Alexander's 1993-97 term as head of the National Endowment of the Arts, smoothly interwoven with tales of her stage and screen life. Until the NEA appointment, Alexander's only bureaucratic experience was as a politically active citizen. Her commitment to the NEA was bolstered by her role in The Great White Hope, which earned her a Tony Award and an Oscar nomination and was developed with an NEA grant. The organizing principle of her 15 theatrical chapter titles, divided into two acts and bookended by a prologue and epilogue, smartly links Alexander's professional world onstage with her stint in the theater of politics. "The Audition," "The Rehearsal," and "Curtain Up" detail the intricate voyage through nomination and confirmation. On the heels of the swearing-in comes the process of learning the ropes and expanding her list of useful acquaintances. The many profiles of movers and shakers, for and against the NEA, reveal a dry authorial wit and add human interest. No sooner did this Washington outsider learn to deal with Beltway insiders than she was confronted with the Gingrich Congress, which turned her plan to increase NEA funding and visibility into a battle of containment-if not extinction. The agency survived, but a personal tragedy and mounting disenchantment with the time-wasting politicization of the legislative process prompted Alexander to resign. She compares the frustrating ditherings of bureaucracy to the results-oriented production of a play. The author's intelligence and personable quality, combined with her large cast of political and show-business celebrities, make for an entertaining and informative discussion of important arts issues. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated].

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near fine first edition softcover, SIGNED and inscribed by Alexander on the title page. Recipient name and location marked out. No writing or marks. Black and white photos. 335 pages. M06981. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Typical Easton binding. Note, Authentication Certificate and unused bookplate laid in. Signed by the author on the limitation page. No. 1,155 of 1,200. Trivial gilt marks. Signed By Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Warmly Inscribed by the author and actress using most of the front fly to Anne Clark Martindell, who served as United States Ambassador to New Zealand from 1979-1981.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This Easton Press Limited Edition is in Fine condition. Number 982 of 1,200 Signed Copies. The front and back covers are both in terrific condition and the gilded page edges show hardly any wear (see pictures of all gilt sides). There are no markings, bookplates, or other signs of prior ownership in this book. This book was published by Easton Press. It comes with Collector's Notes and a Certificate of Authenticity and would be a beautiful addition to your Easton Press collection. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. First Edition. Signed First Edition. Published by Easton Press, 2000. Octavo. Hardcover. Black leather with gilt page ends. Signed by author on page in front (copy #805/1200). Book is like new; clean and crisp. No writing, no bookplates. Publisher's information card and Certificate of Authenticity included. A very fine signed leatherbound copy of Alexander's bestselling chronicle of her years as the head of the NEA. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

paperback. Condition: fine. Small 8vo, 335 pages, paperback. Cambridge: Da Capo. (2001). Fine. Boldly signed in blue on the title page.

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Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. VERY FINE. Sealed without any flaws. Personally signed by Jane Alexander SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Norwalk, CT. Easton Press. Jane Alexander "Command Performance" Signed Limited First Edition. Limited to only 1,200 signed and numbered copies. No dust-jacket as issued. Full genuine leather with Certificate of Authenticity and Collector's Notes. Sealed. Jane Alexander had never been involved in mainstream politics and was happily engaged in her acting career when she was asked to consider becoming head of the embattled National Endowment for the Arts in the early 1990s. When, during her first visit to the Hill, Senator Strom Thurmond barked at her, "You gonna fund pornography?" she knew it would be a rough ride. Nothing had quite prepared her for the role of madame chairman. Her tenure coincided with the ascent of the infamous 104th Congress, presided over by Speaker Newt Gingrich, and its campaign to eliminate the Endowment completely. In Command Performance, Alexander brings a Washington outsider's perspective and an actor's eye for the telling human detail to an anecdote-filled story of the art of politics and the politics of art. And at the start of a new administration in Washington, she reminds us why we need art and why government should be in the business of supporting it. ABOUT THE AUTHOR. Jane Alexander (born October 28, 1939) is an American author, actress, and former director of the National Endowment for the Arts. She is a Tony Award winner and two-time Emmy Award winner. Alexander made her Broadway debut in 1968 in The Great White Hope and won the 1969 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. Other Broadway credits include 6 Rms Riv Vu (1972), The Night of the Iguana (1988), The Sisters Rosensweig (1993) and Honour (1998). She has received a total of seven Tony Award nominations and was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1994. She starred in the film version of The Great White Hope in 1970 and received the first of four Academy Award nominations for her performance. Her subsequent Oscar nominations were for All the President's Men (1976), Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), and Testament (1983). An eight-time Emmy nominee, she received her first nomination for playing Eleanor Roosevelt in Eleanor and Franklin (1976), a role that required her to age from 18 to 60. She has won two Emmys for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for Playing for Time (1980) and Warm Springs (2005). FEATURES. This item includes the classic Easton Press qualities: * Premium Leather * Silk Moire Endleaves * Distinctive Cover Design * Hubbed Spine, Accented in Real 22KT Gold * Satin Ribbon Page Marker * Gilded Page Edges * Long-lasting, High Quality Acid-neutral Paper * Smyth-sewn Pages for Strength and Durability * Beautiful Illustrations. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Fine, Leather Bound. Signed by Alexander, Includes COA. Book accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. Number 483 of 1,200. ; Signed Limited Edition; First Easton Press Edition.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author. Signed.