$1,664
A group of 22 books relating to theater and films, stamped “Stan Laurel,” “Property of Stan Laurel,” or with a stamp of Stan Laurel’s name and address in California within each book. The books include a copy of Vaudeville Days by W.H. (Billy) Boardman (London: Jarrolds Publishers, date unknown); From Vaude to Video by Abel Green and Joe Laurie, Jr. (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1951); Top of the Bill by Ian Bevan (London: Frederick Muller Ltd, 1952); two copies of Fifty Years of Vaudeville by Ernest Short (London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1946); Sixty Years of Theater by Ernest Short (London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1951) with a letter from the author enclosed, written to “Mr. Laurel” and dated “28.8.58” stating that both Fifty Years of Vaudeville and Sixty Years of Theater are out of print and he has unearthed his spare copies as gifts to Laurel; The Melodies Linger On by W. Macqueen-Pope (London: W.H. Allen, date unknown); Town Hall Tonight by Harlowe R. Hoyt (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1955); The Modern Theater by Eric Bentley (London: Robert Hale Limited, 1950) signed on the inside “To Stan Wishing You ‘All The Best’ for 1956 Sincerely [illegible]”; Ring Up the Curtain by Ernest Short and Arthur Compton-Rickett (London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1938); A Pictorial History of the Movies by Deems Taylor (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950); Comedy Films by John Montgomery (London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd); Face the Footli
Auctioneer:
Juliens Auctions
Date:
2013-11-09
