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...

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"

Signed as Mrs. George C. Scott. Colleen Dewhurst (1924-1991), Montreal-born stage and screen actress who made her debut in O'Neill's "Desire under the Elms" in 1952 and won acclaim for her performance in Agee's "A Death in the Family" (1961). She had prominent roles in Annie Hall (1977) and the..... Read More about U.S. Passport of Colleen Dewhurst Scott 1969-1974, Signed "Colleen D. Scott" on photo...

New York: April 23, 1948. Fine image of the dancer, and rare -- the Library of Congress collection of Van Vechten portrait contains no image of Diehl. Inscribed to Mauriber on image. Read More about Portrait photograph of Crandall Diehl in Anthony Tudor's ballet, SHADOW OF THE WIND

N.p: November 7, 1947. The letter reads: “Gentlemen: In consideration of the publicity to be given to me and which may arise herefrom, my consent is hereby irrevocably given to you, your assignees and licensees, and to the Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate, Inc., and its subscribers and licensees, to..... Read More about Typed letter signed (“Marlene Dietrich”) to the News Syndicate Co., Inc. of New York City...

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1941. Third printing. Walt Disney's Bambi. Read More about Walt Disney's Bambi

N.p. [New York]: Thursday 12 December 1907. Prototype of the ‘matinee idol’ of the American theater in the early twentieth century. “If it possesses a tithe of the interest and charm of your other works, I know I shall peruse it with delight.”John Drew (1853-1927), born in Philadelphia to a...... Read More about Autograph Letter, Signed, to author and journalist Alfred Henry Lewis, acknowledging receipt of a...

London: Printed by T. Warren for Henry Herringman and are to be Sold by Jacob Tonson, Francis Saunders, [and Thomas Bennett, 1698]. First edition published in 1668. Read More about Secret-Love: or, the Maiden Queen: As it is now Acted by His Majesty's Servants

New York: Leslie-Judge, 1916. First Edition. The Movies in 1916. A rich storehouse of movie photos, interviews, anecdotes, stills, and other material from the two-reeler days. Includes D.W. Griffith, Pickford, Fairbanks, Barrymore, Chaplin, Norma Talmadge, Fatty Arbuckle (in the days before his banishment from the silver screen) as well as..... Read More about Film Flashes: The Wit and Humor of a Nation in Pictures

Nelson Eddy and Paulette Goddard to Alfred Eisenstaedt. Gracious notes from the stars, following photo sessions, Eddy writing,“May all your dark rooms have silver linings”. Read More about Autograph Note Signed to Alfred Eisenstaedt, n.p., 1938 [with, on verso:] GODDARD, Paulette, “+...

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1940. First edition. By the author of Drums Along the Mohawk. This book was made into amovie with Dorothy Lamour and Henry Fonda. Read More about Chad Hanna