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[DRAMA]. RATHBONE, Basil. Four autograph letters signed ("Basil" and "Basil Rathbone") to VINCENT STARRETT: New York, 29 March 1958; Hotel Taft, New Haven, 31 October 1959; New York, 14 January 1963; and New York, 27 September 1965. Together 11 pages, various sizes. An exuberant and entertaining group of letters, discussing several Hollywood anecdotes, theater superstition, tricks of the property department, and Rathbone's own short stories which he had sent to Starrett for review. -- Autograph letter signed ("Basil Rathbone") to Mr. Ferguson, n.p., 8 April 1944. 1½ pages, 8vo, blue paper. Excusing himself as, "...until the middle of June I shall be very busy at the Studio. I am doing Sherlock Holmes Stories, one following directly on the other."
[DRAMA]. RATHBONE, Basil. Four autograph letters signed ("Basil" and "Basil Rathbone") to VINCENT STARRETT: New York, 29 March 1958; Hotel Taft, New Haven, 31 October 1959; New York, 14 January 1963; and New York, 27 September 1965. Together 11 pages, various sizes. An exuberant and entertaining group of letters, discussing several Hollywood anecdotes, theater superstition, tricks of the property department, and Rathbone's own short stories which he had sent to Starrett for review. -- Autograph letter signed ("Basil Rathbone") to Mr. Ferguson, n.p., 8 April 1944. 1½ pages, 8vo, blue paper. Excusing himself as, "...until the middle of June I shall be very busy at the Studio. I am doing Sherlock Holmes Stories, one following directly on the other."

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[DRAMA]. RATHBONE, Basil. Four autograph letters signed ("Basil" and "Basil Rathbone") to VINCENT STARRETT: New York, 29 March 1958; Hotel Taft, New Haven, 31 October 1959; New York, 14 January 1963; and New York, 27 September 1965. Together 11 pages, various sizes. An exuberant and entertaining group of letters, discussing several Hollywood anecdotes, theater superstition, tricks of the property department, and Rathbone's own short stories which he had sent to Starrett for review. -- Autograph letter signed ("Basil Rathbone") to Mr. Ferguson, n.p., 8 April 1944. 1½ pages, 8vo, blue paper. Excusing himself as, "...until the middle of June I shall be very busy at the Studio. I am doing Sherlock Holmes Stories, one following directly on the other."

[With]: In and Out of Character: An Autobiography. Garden City: Doubleday, 1962. 8o. Cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. De Waal 5092. -- Two related reference works.

Together 8 items. Basil Rathbone's screen portrayal of Sherlock Holmes is widely considered the finest to date. (8)

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