Impressive binder filled with over 60 autographs of stage actors, actresses, impresarios, playwrights, and theatre managers—mostly from 19th-century Britain—primarily comprised of letters but also including a few signed photos and clipped signatures.
Names include: Fanny Abington, Mary Anderson, Squire Bancroft, Harley Granville-Barker, Wilson Barrett, Kyrle Bellew, F. C. Burnand, John Baldwin Buckstone, Alfred Bunn, Mrs. Patrick Campbell, C. Hayden Coffin, Thomas Abthorpe Cooper, Charles Walter Couldock, Robert William Elliston, Billy Florence, John Hare, John Pritt Harley, Agustus Harris, Charles Horn, Henry Irving, Charles Kemble, Fanny Kemble, John Philip Kemble, James Sheridan Knowles, Dan Leno, Cissie Loftus, Robert Loraine, Charles Mackay, William Macready, P. T. Main, Charles J. Mathews, Cyril Maude, Nellie Melba, Decima Moore, Olga Nethersole, Watts Phillips, Arthur W. Pinero, Wybert Reeve, Gertrude Forbes-Robertson, Johnston Forbes-Robertson, Lillian Russell, Kate Santley, Sarah Siddons, George Smith, Thomas Talfourd, Agnes Taylor, William Terriss, Daniel Terry, Ellen Terry, Fred Terry, John L. Toole, Hermann Vezin, Benjamin Webster, Edward S. Willard, Marie Wilton, Charles Wyndham, Frederick Henry Yates, and C. M. Young.
In overall very good to fine condition, with many rusty circular paperclip impressions, various soiling and fold splits, and scattered creases throughout the collection.
These autographs are part of a large American collection mostly assembled in the early-to-mid 20th century. Due to the large quantity, there is a small possibility of secretarial and/or printed signatures within the binder. Interested parties are encouraged to view the collection in person at our offices or call us with specific inquiries, as this collection is sold as is and no returns will be accepted.
