This is a Fine Copy of this book in red cloth boards with gilt titles to spine in a Fine Dust-Jacket.Not price clipped.Rare Association copy and a rather stellar one in that this copy has been signed to the Actress Peggy Ashcroft on the front endpaper and the inscription from Rattigan reads..... '' To Peggy Ashcroft with love and in homage Terry Rattigan November 1973 '' Peggy Ashcroft Dame Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft, known professionally as Peggy Ashcroft was an English actress whose career spanned more than six decades.Born to a comfortable middle-class family Ashcroft was determined from an early age to become an actress, despite parental opposition.She played many leading roles in Shakespeare,Chekhov and in a wide variety of tragic, comic, and in contemporary theatre.Her later career performances included her Oscar-winning portrayal of Mrs Moore in the film A Passage to India and Barbie in ITV's The Jewel in the Crown.A rare title in lovely condition and with wonderful theatrical association,8vo 102pp First UK Edition 1st Impression [1973]