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Tue, Jun 26, 2018 08:30PM EDT
Lot 496

Pair of Books on Acting, Featuring Over 60 Signatures of Prominent Stage Actors.

Estimate: $400 - $600

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Pair of Books on Acting, Featuring Over 60 Signatures of Prominent Stage Actors. Includes Great Acting (New York, 1967) and Acting in the Sixties (London, 1970), both by Hal Burton (ed.). Notable signatures include James (Jimmy) Stewart, Albert Finney, Malcom McDowell, Dorothy Tutor, Robert Stevens, John Gielgud, Margaret Leighton, Peggy Ashcroft, Ralph Richardson and over 50 others. Signatures mostly appear on front and rear endpapers, some appear within the text of the book. A very good collection of autographs.