Most uncommon to find with such attributes

Stoppard, Tom ~ In the Native State : Signed By The Author

Faber and Faber, London : 1991

The First UK Printing published by Faber and Faber, London in 1991. The BOOK is in near Fine condition with just some slight toning to the text-block and a tiny bump to the lower spine. 8vo., pale blue publisher's boards, lettered in white to spine together with publisher's device; in the unclipped pictorial wrapper ('£9.99 net' to the front flap) designed by Tania Willis. The WRAPPER also very near Fine, with a couple of tiny age related markings. The wrapper is protected in a removable Mylar cover. This copy signed (without dedication) by Tom Stoppard to the front free endpaper. Stoppard's 1991 play for Radio was initially broadcast on 20 April. Directed by John Tydeman, it starred Felicity Kendal, Saeed Jaffrey and Peggy Ashcroft, marking her last dramatic performance before she passed away in the June of that same year. The play was later adapted into a full-length stage adaptation which Stoppard renamed 'Indian Ink'. Set in India just before independence, and in England several years later, the plot follows protagonist Flora Crewe as she travels to India in the 1930s for her health. There, she has her portrait painted by a local artist, Nirad, and passes away shortly afterwards. Stoppard then shifts the time period to almost fifty years later, when the artist's son, Anish, visits Flora's sister in London to learn more about Flora's relationship with his father. A lovely copy and most uncommon to find with such attributes. (Warner C6 a).

BINDING: Hardcover
CONDITION: Near Fine
JACKET: Near Fine