W.J. MacQueen Pope — Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

London, W. H. Allen, 1945 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition in the original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper, illustrated with twenty five mostly photographic black and white plates. The first edition in the publisher's original cloth with the original bright, unclipped dust wrapper.The first edition, illustrated with twenty five mostly photographic black and white plates. Collated, complete.With a coloured frontispiece.Includes a foreword by the author's associate, Ivor Novello.Theatre Royal, Drury Lane details the history of the theatre from opening (1663) to the mid-twentieth century.  In the publisher"s original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart with shelf wear and slight creasing of the extremities.Bumping to spine head and tail. The odd light mark to the boards. Dust wrapper generally smart. Small area of loss from tear to bottom of front wrap. Further chips and minor closed tears to extremities and spine head and tail of wrap. Age toning and the odd spot to wrap, particularly reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright if slightly age toned, with the odd spot, heaviest to the first and last few. Text print designs to both paste downs. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed/Good.