11-18-201211-18-2012
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2621BBoston
November 18, 2012 11:00 AMCalender
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Theater Souvenirs (1899-1902):

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Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2621BLocation: BostonDate / Time: November 18, 2012 11:00AM

Description:

Theater Souvenirs (1899-1902): A bound collection of approximately twenty printed theater souvenirs, most printed by R.H. Russell in New York, c. 1899-1902, featuring large photographs and sketches of actors in the studio, in character, and on the stage, bound together in contemporary green pebbled morocco and textured cloth boards, scratched and rubbed, 9 x 12 in.
Actors include: Viola Allen, Maude Adams, Ethel Barrymore, Olga Nethersole, Blanche Bates, Julia Marlowe, Mary Mannering, William Gillette, Julia Arthur, John Drew, Annie Russell, Amelia Bingham, Alice Nielsen, and others.
Together with: Winter's Ada Rehan: a Study, New York, 1891, one of 113 copies, illustrated, presentation copy inscribed by theater producer Augustin Daly (1838-1899) to playwright Charles Montgomery Skinner (1852-1907),with Skinner's bookplate, bound in gray Japanese fabric block-printing in blue, lacking the ribbon, 9 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. (2)
Estimate $125-175


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Keywords

Annie Russell, Blanche Bates, Alice Nielsen, Amelia Bingham, Ethel Barrymore, John Drew, Julia Arthur, Julia Marlowe, Mary Mannering, Maude Adams, Olga Nethersole, Viola Allen, William Gillette, Ada Rehan, Charles Montgomery Skinner, Augustin Daly, theater producer, fabric block-printing