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Lot 37

[CINEMA]. Pair of Books Signed by Hollywood Actors, including:

Estimate: $150 - $300
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[CINEMA]. Pair of Books Signed by Hollywood Actors, including: [LAUGHTON, Charles (1899-1962), subject]. LANCHESTER, Elsa (1902-1986). Charles Laughton and I. London: Faber and Faber Limited, [1938]. 8vo. Illustrated. 271 pp. Publisher's full beige cloth, spine stamped in black and yellow (binding worn, soiled, spine sunned, front hinge repaired with tape, ownership markings on ffep and first blank, a few plates loose). Fair. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY LAUGHTON AND LANCHESTER ON THE FFEP. And: [MURRAY, Mae (1885-1965), subject]. ARDMORE, Jane (1912-2000). The Self-Enchanted. Mae Murray: Image of an Era. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, [1959]. 8vo. Illustrated. [263] pp. Publisher's gray cloth backstrip over boards, spine stamped in silver and red (binding worn, scuffed, text a bit toned, ink note on rfep). Good. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY SILENT FILM STAR MAE MURRAY ON THE FFEP.

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