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Unique leatherbound autograph album stamped "Livre d'Or" on the front cover, evidently from the Hotel Royal Monceau, 8 x 12, signed inside by a variety of noteworthy individuals between 1926 and 1956, highlighted by Charles A. Lindbergh (June 1945); Ho Chi Minh (June 1946); Walt Disney (April 1953); and Edmund Hillary, John Hunt, and Alfred Gregory (June 23, 1953—just 25 days after their expedition became the first to summit Mount Everest).
Other signers include: French diplomat Joseph Avenol, tennis stars Helen Wills and Suzanne Lenglen, Ohio Governor James M. Cox, actress Pola Negri, theatre director Max Reinhardt, Vice Admiral Alan Goodrich Kirk, Admiral Harold Raynsford Stark, Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, pianist Eugene List, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia, Admiral William Fechteler, Francis Cardinal Spellman, director John Ford, Admiral Arthur W. Radford, and others. In overall fine condition, with some wear and rubbing to the leather covers. A remarkable compendium filled with an eclectic group of important 20th century figures.
