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JOSEPH JEFFERSON CDV. Carte de visite photograph, 4 1/8 x 2 1/2", portrays the actor as Rip Van Winkle. Sarony & Co., imprint. Fine tonality, condition and clarity.(Et.202); $85.
Joseph Jefferson (1829-1905), American actor, best known for his portrayal of Rip Van Winkle. A member of a family of actors descended from the British actor Thomas Jefferson, he was born in Philadelphia. He made his stage debut at the age of three and toured with his family for a number of years. In 1865 in London he played for the first time the title role in a new theatrical version of Rip Van Winkle, adapted for him by the Irish-American playwright Dion Boucicault. For many years thereafter Jefferson continued to delight audiences all over the world as the astonished Yankee who had awakened after a 20-year nap.

EDWIN BOOTH CDV. cdv photograph, 4 1/8" x 2 1/2. waist up portrait of Edwin Booth. Gurney & Son, NY. imprint. Some light foxing in background, o/w VG-f. (Et.237); $75.
(1833-93), U.S. actor. One of the first great American actors, Edwin Booth also won great fame in England. Born in Bel Air, Md., into a family of actors, he was the brother of actor John Wilkes Booth. He was the foremost American tragedian of his day who is remembered as one of the finest performers of Shakespeare's Hamlet. His other Shakespearean roles included King Lear, Othello, Richard III, Shylock, and Macbeth.

EDWIN BOOTH CDV. Carte de visite, 4" x2 3/8" . Ca. 1860s bust view of the noted actor Edwin Booth. No photographer's imprint, however taken from the negative and not a pirated image. Good tonality and contrast, original period pen id on verso. Overall fine cond. (Et.227); $75.

CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN CDV. Cdv photograph; Sarony imprint. Fine cond, clarity .(Et.207) $65. (1816-76),
U.S. tragic actress, born in Boston, Mass.; called greatest Lady Macbeth of her age; played Meg Merrilies in 'Guy Mannering.

EDWIN FORREST CDV. Cdv photograph, 4" x 2 1/4"; C.D. Fredricks, NY backmark. Period pen id on verso. Very slight trimmed on top of mount, o/w Fine cond, with strong contrast and tones. .(Et.211) $95.
EDWIN FORREST (1806-1872), American actor, made his first stage appearance in 1820; in 1826 had a great success as Othello. His last appearance was as Richelieu in 1871. He died on the 12th of December 1872. He had amassed a large fortune, much of which he left by will to found a home for aged actors.

LESTER WALLACK CDV. Cdv photograph, 4" x 2 3/8". Period pen id on verso. NO photographer's imprint. Fine cond. ( Et. 216); $75.
Lester Wallack, born in 1820, N.Y., died 1888 was born John Johnstone Wallack, was an actor playwright, and manager of the Wallack Theatre Company, the training ground of virtually every important American stage performer of the 19th century. He was the son of the actor-manager James William Wallack.

CARLOTTA PATTI. Stereo view , 3 1/2" x 7" . Carlotta Patti was a soprano and the older sister of Adelina Patti. J. Gurney & Son, N.Y imprint. Very small flaw in paper rt image, o/w VG. (Et.241) ;$ 85.

NINA VARIAN. Cabinet Card. 6 1/2" x 4 1/4" . View of actress Nina Varian, printed on bottom of mount. Houseworth Celebrities, San Francisco photographers imprint. some light soiling and foxing, overall Very good . (Et. 215); $65. SOLD

SARAH BERNHARDT. Cabinet Card, 6 1/2" x 4 1/4". Standing portrait of Sarah Bernhardt. Copyright 1880 Sarony, New York. some light soiling and wear, t/l corner has crack, o/w VG. (Et.238); $185.

SARAH BERNHARDT. Cabinet Card, 6 1/2" x 4 1/4". Standing portrait of Sarah Bernhardt. Copyright 1880 Sarony, New York. Mount trimmed on bottom affecting text of Sarony, o/w VG-F (Et.234); $195.

SIGNED LYDIA THOMPSON CDV. Cdv photograph of Lydia Thompson, signed on verso " To Captain Little in Remembrance of- Lydia Thompson, Dublin, Nov 28, 1861. Backmark of Granfield, Dublin. Fine cond.(Et. 249); $245.
Already a star in Europe, the British born Lydia Thompson made her first appearance on the American stage at Wood's Theater, New York, on 28 September in Burnand's burlesque Ixion. She made an enormous effect with her extremely sexy (but never vulgar) performances, and what had been intended to be a six-month tour eventually developed into one of more like six years. Within nights, Lydia Thompson became the unquestioned burlesque queen of her period, leading her company of `British Blondes' (several of whom were not one or the other) around the country. The blondes' trademarks were short trunks and shapely thighs, and the company thrived on a slightly scandalous reputation which Lydia and her managers fostered finely, winning nationwide publicity with the tales of her `lesbian attacker' and of her public horsewhipping of the ungentlemanly proprietor of the Chicago Times who had published a piece reflecting on the virtue of the 'blondes'.

RISQUÉ ACTRESS SYLVIA GERRISH. Cabinet card, 6 1/2" x 4 1/4", view of actress Gerrish in a rather risque outfit highlighting her ample thighs. Newsboy , New York photo imprint. Some corner and edge wear, soiling to back of mount, image fine. (Et.229);$125.

RISQUE VIEW OF ACTRESS FRANCES EVERETT. Cabinet Card. 6 1/2" x 4 1/4" . View of actress Frances Everett, printed on bottom of mount. Newsboy, New York photographers imprint. Rather risque for the period. Ca. 1890s, though there is rubber stamp on the back with a date "Nov 4, 1933" (Possibly an acquisition date of a library or newspaper morgue?). Blue pencil notation "about 1890" on back , overall Very Good.(Et.253); $75.

RISQUE VIEW OF ACTRESS AGNES EVANS . Cabinet Card. 6 1/2" x 4 1/4" . View of actress Agnes Evans, printed on bottom of mount. Newsboy, New York photographers imprint. Rather risque for the period. Ca. 1890s, though there is rubber stamp on the back with a date "Nov 4, 1933" (Possibly an acquisition date of a library or newspaper morgue?). Blue pencil notation "about 1890" on back , overall Very Good.(Et.255); $75.

RISQUÉ VIEW OF ACTRESS LEO CAMPBELL. Cabinet Card. 6 1/2" x 4 1/4" . View of actress Leo Campbell, printed on bottom of mount. Newsboy, New York photographers imprint. Rather risque for the period. Ca. 1890s, though there is rubber stamp on the back with a date "Nov 4, 1933" (Possibly an acquisition date of a library or newspaper morgue?). Blue pencil notation "about 1890" on back , light stain background t/l , overall Very Good.(Et.254); $45.

RISQUE VIEW OF ACTRESS LILY ELTON. Cabinet Card. 6 1/2" x 4 1/4" . View of actress Lily Elton, printed on bottom of mount. Newsboy, New York photographers imprint. Rather risque for the period. Ca. 1890s, though there is rubber stamp on the back with a date "Nov 4, 1933" (Possibly an acquisition date of a library or newspaper morgue?). Blue pencil notation "Comic Opera 1890" on back . Minor crease b/r corner. . overall Very Good.(Et.256); $55.

RUTH ST. DENIS SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH. 10" x 8" toned silverprint, pen inscription " To Rev.Amity(?) R Parshly with all bright(?) greeting, Ruth Denis. (I am uncertain as to a few of the words...hopefully you can take a better guess). Beautifully posed image of Denis, with strong tonality and contrast. Pencil id on verso " Ruth St Denis in "Ishtar" . Not dated, ca. 1920s, no photographer's id. Has been pasted in album, small remnants on back with accompanying minor moisture rippling along edges, o/w VG-F cond. (Et.409); $425.
Ruth St. Denis (1879-1968) was an early modern dance pioneer; founded Adelphi University's dance program in 1938 which was the one of the first dance departments in an American university. Her early works are indicative of her interests in exotic mysticism and spirituality. One of her more famous pupils was Martha Graham who attended St. Denis' school of dance.

THE CHARLIE CHAPLIN BOOK. Softcover. Publisher: New York: Sam'l Gabriel Sons & Company, 1916, 1916 12 pp., cameo portrait w/ facsimile signature of Chaplin on title page, plus 21 full-figure photo-illus. of him as The Tramp, each accompanied by a rhymed couplet. Said to be the first book on Chaplin. 6.5 x 4.5 in., pictorial color stapled wraps. First ed. Good+ condition (covers mildly scuffed, b/r corner creased.) (Et.303); $200.