Including: 1. BARNUM, P.T. Autograph Letter Signed ("P.T. Barnum"), 1 p, 8vo, New York, June 17, 1855, on verso of broadside for Barnum's American Museum, mentioning his partner Turner, soiling at center vertical crease. 2. DUSE, ELEANORA. Autograph Letter Signed ("E. Duse"), 1 p, 4to, n.p., n.d., on letterhead of Hotel Weidenhof. 3. KEMBLE, FANNY. Autograph Letter Signed ("Fanny Butler"), 2 pp recto and verso, 4to (with integral address leaf), St. Simons, GA, March 1, n.y., To William Macready of the Theatre Royal, responding to recipient's refusal to publish her play. 4. WEBB, CLIFTON. Typed Letter Signed ("Clifton"), 3 pp, 4to, New York, January 9, 1945, to Katharine Cornell, on Park Lane hotel stationery, reporting on Hollywood gossip, with original transmittal envelope. With letters of ANTHONY POWELL, ERNIE KOVACS, ADELAIDE RISTORI, JEAN RENOIR SIDNEY SKOLSKY, A.H. GIANNINI, EDWARD CLINE, GEORGE MELIES (envelope only), WILLIAM JACOBS, and ALBERT DIEUDONNE. See illustration. Provenance: Estate of Charles Williamson and Tucker Fleming.
Including: 1. BARNUM, P.T. Autograph Letter Signed ("P.T. Barnum"), 1 p, 8vo, New York, June 17, 1855, on verso of broadside for Barnum's American Museum, mentioning his partner Turner, soiling at center vertical crease. 2. DUSE, ELEANORA. Autograph Letter Signed ("E. Duse"), 1 p, 4to, n.p., n.d., on letterhead of Hotel Weidenhof. 3. KEMBLE, FANNY. Autograph Letter Signed ("Fanny Butler"), 2 pp recto and verso, 4to (with integral address leaf), St. Simons, GA, March 1, n.y., To William Macready of the Theatre Royal, responding to recipient's refusal to publish her play. 4. WEBB, CLIFTON. Typed Letter Signed ("Clifton"), 3 pp, 4to, New York, January 9, 1945, to Katharine Cornell, on Park Lane hotel stationery, reporting on Hollywood gossip, with original transmittal envelope. With letters of ANTHONY POWELL, ERNIE KOVACS, ADELAIDE RISTORI, JEAN RENOIR SIDNEY SKOLSKY, A.H. GIANNINI, EDWARD CLINE, GEORGE MELIES (envelope only), WILLIAM JACOBS, and ALBERT DIEUDONNE. See illustration. Provenance: Estate of Charles Williamson and Tucker Fleming.
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