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This auction features a fine collection of stage & screen and music-related items, including a collection of books, photographs and ephemera, much of which is signed by stars of the Golden Age of cinema. Also included are a fine selection of antique and vintage books alongside an assortment of artwork.

The stage and screen collection includes signed pieces from Laurel & Hardy, Paul Newman, Judy Garland, Katharine Hepburn, Mae West, Dean Martin, Lauren Bacall, Charlie Chaplin and Bob Hope, among others. Featured is a three-panel folding screen from the famous Mama Leone's restaurant, bearing dozens of autographs by the likes of Montgomery Clift, Carol Channing, Jack Lord, Betty Field, Imogene Coca, Diana Barrymore, and more. Also included is the book "Pictorial History of the American Theatre" signed by many actors and actresses featured in the book, including Helen Hayes, Jackie Gleason, John Caradine, Jessica Tandy, Kim Hunter, Lee Grant, Robert Preston, Ed Begley, Ralph Bellamy and Barbara Bel Geddes.

The music collection features a handsome, antique Victrola record player, and two scarce engraved antique music volumes, including a mid-18th century private compilation featuring music by Handel, as well as Bononcini, Woodcock and others, and a 1672 printing of the "Musical Companion" published by Playford. Also included is a large assortment of sheet music, with themed groups including African-American, Jazz, Christmas, theater and others.

Collectible books include signed pieces by Robert Frost and Martin Tupper, a collection of Jack London first editions, and signed first edition pieces from "Eloise." Featured are two antique volumes bearing lengthy inscriptions by the suffragette Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Also included are ornithological and botanical works, such as Asa Gray's collection of plates that were to accompany "The Forest Trees Of North America" and volumes from the "Fruits of New York" series addressing small fruits, apples, plums, cherries and other species.

Artwork in this catalog features two large format Native American-themed limited edition lithographs signed by the renowned artist R.C. Gorman, and a number of signed pieces by artist Kathleen Atkins Wilson, best known for her "Silhouette Expressions of Portraits in Black" fine art collection. The antique art in this catalog also includes several original engravings from John Boydell's late 18th century series to accompany the works of Shakespeare.

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Lot 6001: Martin Tupper PROVERBIAL PHILOSOPHY 1866 Author-Signed Letter Engravings Moralizing

Title: Proverbial Philosophy: A Book of Thoughts and Arguments Author: Martin Farquhar Tupper Publisher: E. H. Butler & Co. Printing Year: 1866 Condition/Details: Beautifully bound in leather with gilt and black embossing, raised spine [...more]

 

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Lot 6002: Elizabeth Cady Stanton THE WOMAN'S BIBLE 1898 Author-Signed & Inscribed

Title: The Woman's Bible, Part I, Comments on Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy Author: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, et al Publisher: European Publishing Company Printing Year: 1898 Condition/Details: Bound in original paper [...more]

 

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Lot 6003: 5V Decorative Covers Spines JACK LONDON FIRST EDITIONS Color Frontispieces Literature UK

This auction lot includes the following group of antique first edition titles by Jack London: - The Mutiny of the Elsinore by Jack London - Dated 1914 by The Macmillan Company - Solidly bound, and displaying a wonderfully eye-catching illust [...more]

 

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Lot 6004: 3V W. Robinson FLORA AND SYLVA 1903 Color Chromolithographs Wood Engravings Gardening Plants Period Ads

Title: Flora and Sylva Author: W. Robinson Publisher: W. Robinson Printing Year: 1903 Number of Volumes: Complete three-volume set Notes: Bound in white cloth-covered boards, this antique set is a scarce collection of Flora and Sylva [...more]

 

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Lot 6005: Hand Crank Extra Needles ANTIQUE VICTROLA RECORD PLAYER

This antique, original mahogany-cased Victrola record player is a gorgeous piece of furniture, with the turntable unit on top of the original mahogany stand. The record player comes with the original functioning crank and many extra needles. This p [...more]

 

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