New York: Albert & Charles Boni, [co. 1930]. First edition. The origin of “Frankie and Johnny”. Read More about Frankie and Johnny

[Montreux, Switzerland: ca. 1965]. The Wingèd Coward. A famous image of the playwright in his Swiss chalet, taken by the celebrated Swiss photographer Horst Tappe, INSCRIBED to the novelist (aka "Patrick Quentin") and librettist HUGH WHEELER, who wrote the book for musicals SWEENEY TODD, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, and CANDIDE:"For..... Read More about Portrait photograph of Noel Coward seated in his living room, framed by angel's wings

Dublin: John Barlow, 1804. Second edition with considerable additions. Irish Theatre. "These celebrated Epistles... raised a tremendous storm in Dublin theatrical society, and were the cause of many pamphlets" (Lowe). Read More about Familiar Epistles of Frederick J---S, Esq. on the present state of the Irish stage

Philadelphia: Dorance and Company, 1925. First edition. Inscribed to Douglas Fairbanks. Inscribed to Douglas Fairbanks: "To Douglas Fairbanks in hearty good will from the Author. Oct/25." With stamp on pastedown of Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Corp. Read More about Bogus or Bonus Lives

London: 12, 13, 14, November, 1951. Three Distinguished Brits. Incriptions to Life photographer Eisenstaedt from three distinguished Brits: (1) Henry Hallett DALE , co-winner of the Nobel Prize in 1936 with Loewi for identifying the chemical acetylcholine as a neuro-transmitter ("for a relatively painless operation"); (2) Whitney STRAIGHT, the American-born..... Read More about Autograph inscriptions signed, to photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt

Los Angeles, Calif: February 15, 1955. Dorothy Dandridge in Hollywood. A complex contract with the legendary Dandridge and the studio, coming on the heels of her triumph in Carmen Jones, for which she won an Academy Award nomination for best actress — the first Afro-American woman to be so honored..... Read More about Typed Contract signed between Dorothy Dandridge and Twentieth-Century Fox, to "render...

[California: 1947-ca.1954]. SCRAPBOOK KEPT BY BETTE DAVIS. A scrapbook kept by Hollywood star Bette Davis (1908-1989) following the birth of her only biological child, Barbara Davis Sherry (b.1947), documenting her first seven years of life and providing a portrait of Davis as affectionate mother. Sherry's father was William Grant Sherry..... Read More about Childhood srapbook of Barbara Davis (B.D.) Sherry, daughter of Bette Davis, documenting her first...

New York: March 18, 1941. Published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten, (1978), edited by Saul Mauriber. Fine portrait of the young choreographer in her first major successful work. Read More about Portrait photograph of Agnes de Mille in "Three Virgins and a Devil"

New York: September 25, 1962. Read More about Portrait photograph of Ruby Dee

Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1982. A Wonderful Association. Inscribed on half-title to Canadian Actress Colleen Dewhurst who played Marilla Cuthbert in "Anne of Green Gables" and "Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel" from Kevin Sullivan, the Executive Producer and Writer: "Colleen, I am indebted to you for your influence in..... Read More about Spirit of Place. Lucy Maud Montgomery and Prince Edward Island

New York: Alfred Knopf, 1921. First edition. An unusual anthology of poems on the dance from ancient times up to the present, with 15 halftone plates from photos by photographer Edward Dickson, pupil of Clarence H. White. The style of the photography, the poses, the costumes, all very much reflect..... Read More about Poems of the Dance: an Anthology [1500 B.C - 1920 A.D

n.p: Ca. mid-1940s. Exotic Signed Photograph of Costumed Marlene Dietrich. The legend: gorgeous, exotic, inscrutable. Read More about Fine black and white portrait photograph of Marlene Dietrich

[London]: “Drawn, Etched & Pub. by Dighton”, December, 1806. Angelica Catalini (1780-1849) was one of the leading sopranos of the day. Read More about Hand-colored engraved caricature: “Madame Catalani in Semiramide. her first Appearance in...