Lot 1: [ Autographed ] (Actors And Actresses.) Group of 7 items. Various sizes; condition varies. Vp, vd E200-300 Laurence Eyre. TLS to an admirer, warmly thanking her for writing to him. 112 page, 4to. Philadelphia, 18 May 1919 * Otis Skinner. Signature on

Description: [ Autographed ] (Actors And Actresses.) Group of 7 items. Various sizes; condition varies. Vp, vd E200-300 Laurence Eyre. TLS to an admirer, warmly thanking her for writing to him. 112 page, 4to. Philadelphia, 18 May 1919 * Otis Skinner. Signature on card. Np, 1903 * Henry Irving. Clipped signature. Np, nd * Richard Mansfield. Clipped signature. Np, nd * Gertrude Forbes-Robertson. Clipped signature. Np, nd * Noel Coward. Signature on card. Np, nd * Maude Adams. ALS. 1 page 12mo. Np, nd. "A Good Wife Is A Blessed Thing"

Lot 2: [ Autographed ] * Adams, John, Jr. Autograph Letter Signed to Stephen Twining. 1 page, folio; usual folds, with address and remains of red wax seal on verso. Minor splitting along two folds. Canterbury,Conn., 9 July l798 E300-400 At the time, Adams

Description: [ Autographed ] * Adams, John, Jr. Autograph Letter Signed to Stephen Twining. 1 page, folio; usual folds, with address and remains of red wax seal on verso. Minor splitting along two folds. Canterbury,Conn., 9 July l798 E300-400 At the time, Adams taught at Canterbury; the letter relates interesting details of hiss school and life there. Adams writes that he has found his 'rib' (i.e., his wife, Elizabeth Ripley): ' and if I had known what happiness I should enjoy in the possession of it, I should have made diligent search before 0, Stephen I hope you will soon find employment for Hymen; for a good Wife is a Blessed thing.' Adams (1772-1863), a distant relative of President John Adams, was a classmate of Twining at Yale (1795), and went on to a distinguished someer as an educator, holding various positions in the East and in Illinois, including being Headmaster of Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. This letter dates from his first teaching position.

Lot 3: [ Autographed ] Adams, Rufus. Autograph Letter Signed to Stephen Twining. 11/2 pages, 4to, second page written on verso of integral address leaf; usual folds. Minor edge wear and remains of red wax seal on first page. Plainfield, Conn., 5 January

Description: [ Autographed ] Adams, Rufus. Autograph Letter Signed to Stephen Twining. 11/2 pages, 4to, second page written on verso of integral address leaf; usual folds. Minor edge wear and remains of red wax seal on first page. Plainfield, Conn., 5 January 1796 E300-400 Amusing look at the life of an 18th-century U.S. student reading law. Adams comments wryly on the major figures he encountered: "I breathe nothing but the affluvia which arises from Blackstone, Old Coke, Hawkins & the Devil Old Coke always sticks his Norman French exactly in my face I think I am willing to dispense with his Norman tongue. Old Hawkins stands up very well for the crown-but for my part I would not give a damning for half of the crowned heads in Europe six years from this.' An interesting letter that gives broad hints of the rising nationalism in the practice of U.S. law.

Lot 4: [ Autographed ] Addams, Charles. Group of 3 Autograph Letters Signed "Charlie" to Ken Purdy, an old friend and well-known writer on racing cars. Mostly about their mutual interest in Bugattis, but also about his work. In all, 51/2 pages, 8vo and

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Description: [ Autographed ] Addams, Charles. Group of 3 Autograph Letters Signed "Charlie" to Ken Purdy, an old friend and well-known writer on racing cars. Mostly about their mutual interest in Bugattis, but also about his work. In all, 51/2 pages, 8vo and small 8vo. New York, 1956-69

Lot 5: [ Autographed ] Addams, Charles. Two Autograph Letters Signed to Lucille Purdy, widow of Ken Purdy, whose collection of books on racing cars was sold at Swarm in 1973 In one he ". would love to have more details on Swann's auction." The other

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Description: [ Autographed ] Addams, Charles. Two Autograph Letters Signed to Lucille Purdy, widow of Ken Purdy, whose collection of books on racing cars was sold at Swarm in 1973 In one he ". would love to have more details on Swann's auction." The other explains a New Yorker cartoon in which the name "Purdy" was prominently featured. Each 1 page, small 8vo, on New Yorker stationery. The second with original envelope addressed by Addams, a draft of Mrs. Purdy's letter questioning the cartoon, and a copy of the 6 December 1976 New Yorker containing the cartoon. New York, 27 November 1973; 14 January 1977