"Royal Heritage" by Roland Pertwee, published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1931. First Edition with Houghton Mifflin and year 1931 on the title page and copyright page.

Hard boards, original publisher's cloth, gilt lettering on front board and on spine; [some soiling and wear, fading especially spine, one small white spot on spine: see photos ]; 5" x 7.1/2"; book plate of Edna S. Yereance inside front cover, the machine typed list with names of the members of private reading club 1931-32 on the front endpaper [see photo]; 302 pages, good condition.

A romance about a poet-prince who renounces everything for the woman he loves. Their glamorous son attempts a comeback.

Roland Pertwee (1885-1963) was an English playwright, film and television screenwriter, director and actor. He was the father of Doctor Who actor Jon Pertwee and fellow playwright and screenwriter Michael Pertwee. He was also the second cousin of actor Bill Pertwee and grandfather of actors Sean Pertwee and Dariel Pertwee.

From the 1910s to 1950s, Roland Pertwee worked as a writer on many British films, providing either the basic story or full screenplay. He was one of many writers who worked on the script of A Yank at Oxford starring Robert Taylor and Vivien Leigh, the film in which his son Jon made his screen debut. While he seemingly preferred writing, he acted in ten films (1915-45) and directed Breach of Promise (1942), which he also wrote.

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