Command Performance by Lane Jane (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jacket by C. Bird (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some edge wear, chipping, small loss and short closed tears to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners slightly rubbed and bruised. Not price clipped (10/6),no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg copy for its age. 432pp. Historical novel retelling theatrical incidents during the Stuart and early Hanoverian eras. Jane Lane (1905-78), was the pen name of Elaine Kidner Dakers, British historical novelist and biographer distantly related to the Jane Lane who aided Charles II after his defeat at Worcester. She is best known for her books about the Stuart period and early modern Scotland, written from a Catholic and Royalist perspective. Quite a scarce book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Bound in crisp red cloth with clear gilt titles to spine, this 1957 hardcover First Edition is VG in VG dustjacket (unclipped). 220pp with Four Parts: Poet & Patron: Cast & Production: Rehearsals: and Performance. Name on FFEP, otherwise all VG.