Handsome vintage image of Presley posing casually in a striped jacket, surrounded by a border of guitars, musical notes, and hearts, on the inside of an 8 x 10 cover of Presley’s 1957 Photo Folio, signed in blue ballpoint. Reverse (which is the front cover) bears an additional red fountain pen "Elvis Presley" done in an unknown hand. In fine condition. Accompanied by a copy of a letter of provenance from the widow of Jerry Ledford, Elvis’s Second Lieutenant while at Fort Hood, stating that her husband was in the Army and assigned to basic training at Fort Hood at the same time Elvis was there, and that he occasionally helped to ‘smuggle’ Elvis off of the base in an effort to evade fans and paparazzi; near the end of his training, Elvis signed pages of a souvenir photo booklet for them. Issued in 1957, the folio was used to promote Presley’s upcoming film Jailhouse Rock. A superlative portrait of the young rock and roll icon. Pre-certified Roger Epperson/REAL and RR Auction COA.
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