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    Sale 5280

    The Sunday Sale - Property from the Collection of The Late The Hon. Mrs. Angela Lascelles

    London, South Kensington

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    28 October 2007

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    • AUTOGRAPHS -- AN ALBUM OF THEA
    Lot 138

    AUTOGRAPHS -- AN ALBUM OF THEATRICAL AND OTHER PERSONALITIES. CIRCA 1895-1901. Oblong 8o (130 x 200mm.), including autograph sentiments with signatures by Sarah Bernhardt, Henry Irving, Ellen Terry, Adelina Patti, Mrs. Patrick Campbell, Johnston Forbes Robertson, Mrs. John Wood, Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Gerald du Maurier and others, many with photographic portraits mounted on leaves, a few leaves loose, original brown morocco, facsimile signature of R. Dowding in gilt on upper cover, g.e.; together with another album of miscellaneous autograph letters, cut signatures etc., late 18th and 19th Century, in brown floral silk; and a sketchbook, including a pen and ink cartoon by Phil May, in brown cloth (3)

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    GBP 875

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    GBP 500 - GBP 800

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    AUTOGRAPHS -- AN ALBUM OF THEATRICAL AND OTHER PERSONALITIES. CIRCA 1895-1901. Oblong 8o (130 x 200mm.), including autograph sentiments with signatures by Sarah Bernhardt, Henry Irving, Ellen Terry, Adelina Patti, Mrs. Patrick Campbell, Johnston Forbes Robertson, Mrs. John Wood, Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Gerald du Maurier and others, many with photographic portraits mounted on leaves, a few leaves loose, original brown morocco, facsimile signature of R. Dowding in gilt on upper cover, g.e.; together with another album of miscellaneous autograph letters, cut signatures etc., late 18th and 19th Century, in brown floral silk; and a sketchbook, including a pen and ink cartoon by Phil May, in brown cloth (3)

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