Victoria Hotel, Southport: July 2d/'82. Barnum on His Reciepts from the Barnum & Bailey Circus. Barnum writes to... Read More about Autograph Letter, signed (“P.T. Barnum”), to Major James Pond
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[Philadelphia]: 1908. Among the cast of the play in addition to Carle was Dewitt Mott, Sylvain Langlois and George Bogues. This work was adapted from the French farce “Mme. Mongodin” by Carle. Read More about Broadside for the Chestnut Street Opera House presenting Richard Carle in “Mary's Lamb,”...
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New York & London: Mitchell Kennerley, 1913. First American edition. Read More about The New Spirit in Drama & Art
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New York: c. 1930. A short response in scrawled hand from the actor who immortalized “Casey at the Bat.” reading in part: “I guess whatever success I’ve achieved was born of a sense of responsibility to do all I could in anything I undertook.” American actor, singer, comedian, and theatrical producer..... Read More about Autograph letter signed "DeWolf Hopper" to "Master Halpern" (Seymour Halpern)...
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Boston: Printed [at the Apollo Press, by Belknap & Hall] for David West, no. 36, Marlborough-, [1794]. First American Edition. Read More about A Bold Stroke for a Wife: A Comedy, In Five Acts … with Alterations and Amendments. As...
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Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, 1903. First edition. Read More about The Mediaeval Stage
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Los Angeles: 29 May 1942. Chandler Sells Part of His Soul. Chandler assigns film rights for his third novel, completed in March 1942, here still bearing his original title, The Brasher Doubloon as well as the alternate title that Chandler gave it at Blanche Knopf’s suggestion. The High Window was..... Read More about Original Typed Document, signed in ink (“Raymond Chandler”), dated 29 May 1942, assigning...
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New York: January 5, 1956. Read More about Portrait photograph of Carol Channing "en chinoise"
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New York: January 5, 1956. The print used for reproduction in PORTRAITS (1978). Read More about Portrait photograph of Carol Channing in GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES
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Denver: 22 November 1959. Replying to Hartley's enquiry about her writing and education. High school was of importance to her due to her English and Latin teachers. The Latin helping her understand English grammar and the Latin teacher reciting poetry and the English teacher introducing her to Shakespeare. Of college..... Read More about Typed letter signed “Mary Chase”
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London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1867. First edition. Presentation copy. PRESENTATION COPY with “From the Author” on half-title. John Lodge Ellerton's copy. The British amateur composer wrote the opera “Domenica,”“Lucinda,”and “The Bridal of Triermain,” the first of which was produced at Drury Lany. In 1857 he published his noted oratoria..... Read More about Oswald of Deira: A Drama
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London: John C. Nimmo, 1889. Parkes, R.B. First edition thus, of a work originally published in 1740. A well illustrated edition of the dramatist's ingenuously frank autobiography and description of the Restoration and early 18th theatre. Cibber (1671-1757) was an actor, and the author of the comedies The Careless Husband..... Read More about An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Written by Himself. A new edition with notes and...
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New York: February 11, 1930. ‘It Can Be Done’. An encouraging letter by one of the founders of Universal Studios. Reading in part: “When I reached America in 1884, I was probably about your age. I was the proud possessor of $50.00 - - A world of adventure lay ahead..... Read More about Typed letter signed "Carl Laemmle" to "Mr. Halpern" (Seymour Halpern) in...
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New York: The Avondale Press, (1929). First edition. Seabury was the General Counsel to the Motion Picture Board of tarde and the National Association of the Motion Picture Indsutry. Read More about Motion Picture Problems. The Cinema and the League of Nations
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New York: Macmillan Company, 1932. First edition. Inscribed by the Last of Barnum's Clowns. Inscribed on the front free endpaper “For the members of the Boys Club of New York in the fond hope they may enjoy reading this partial record of my happy past. ‘Uncle ’ Bob Sherwood, Last..... Read More about Hold Yer Hosses! The Elephants are Coming
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Leipzig: Verlagsbuchhandlung von J.J. Weber, 1895. First Edition. Read More about Fahrend Volk. Abnormitäten, Kuriositäten und interessante Vertreter der wandernden Künstlerwelt
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London: [Henry Hills], 1709. Piracy of the First Edition (printed in the same year). Read More about The Circus: or, British Olympicks. A Satyr on the Ring in Hide-Park
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New York: Viking Press, 1935. First edition. One of the great anti-war novels to come out of the First World War and the basis for the film by Stanley Kubrick starring Kirk Douglas and Adolphe Menjou. Read More about Paths of Glory
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Paris: Charles Portal Éditeur, [1953]. #128 of 1000. Inscribed to Madame della Paolera by Lifar et al with a pen drawing. Read More about Prestige de la danse...realisation de Jean Guéritte en collaboarion avec Monique Lancelot
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[New York]: A Hugo Edition of the Bodley Press, [1949]. First American edition. Read More about The Blood of a Poet. A Film. Translated by Lily Pons with Translator's Note
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[New York]: A Hugo Edition of the Bodley Press, [1949]. First American edition. Read More about The Blood of a Poet. A Film. Translated by Lily Pons with Translator's Note
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Paris: Editrions des Chroniques du Jour, 1939. No. 328 of 600 copies. A survey of modern theatre and ballet set and costume design, with work by Bakst, Leger, Braque, Chagall , et al. Read More about Decors de Theatre
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New York: n.d. [Oct. 23, 1935]. Variant of the session portrait published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten (1978), edited by Saul Mauriber. Superb character portrait of the great entertainer, and by far the best of the portraits from the session of Oct 23, 1935 in Van Vechten's..... Read More about Portrait photograph of George M. Cohan
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Sun Valley, Idaho: Feb 8 1937. SKIING & MORMONS. With sentiments signed by: Robert Young: "I aspire to your perfection in photography." Melvyn Douglas-1936 Sun Valley Wesley Ruggles: "Knowing you has been a great pleasure-Sincerely-Wesley Ruggles-1937." On verso: Helen Meinardi: " 'I met him in Sun Valley' 1937 An original by Helen Meinardi D'Arcy Rutherfurd: "Very..... Read More about Signature
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London: Richard Bentley, 1859. First Edition. Read More about The Life and Theatrical Times of Charles Kean, F.S.A. including a summary of the English stage...
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![Portrait photograph of Leo Coleman [aka Leopoldo Savarona] as Toby in Gian-Carlo Menotti's opera,...](/pictures/thumb/222444.jpg?v=1534805104)
New York: May 18, 1946. Toby, in Menotti's THE MEDIUM, 1946. A very rare and early image (none are in the Library of Congress) of the versatile and prolific actor, choreographer, screenwriter and director who worked on stage and screen in Italy in the 50s, 60s, and 70s. Born Leopoldo..... Read More about Portrait photograph of Leo Coleman [aka Leopoldo Savarona] as Toby in Gian-Carlo Menotti's opera,...
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