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The Ricky Jay Collection

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Lot 10

ANDERSON, John Henry (1814 – 74). Complimentary Pass to Pro...

Estimate: $500 - $1,000

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ANDERSON, John Henry (1814 ? 74). COMPLIMENTARY PASS TO PROFESSOR ANDERSON?S SHOW. [London, 1851]. Letterpress printed ?comp pass? admitting the bearer to the show of the Great Wizard of the North at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. With a royal coat of arms and the text ?Mr. Anderson?s Season / Free List / Admit / One to Upper Boxes.? INITIALED by the Wizard, ?J.H.A.? in black ink. Mounted to thin paper, above which is pasted a contemporary newspaper account of Anderson?s show, and sold together with a contemporary engraved three-quarter length portrait of Anderson.