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Lot #757
Silent Film

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Estimate: $400+
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Description

Signed book: A Pictorial History of the Silent Screen. NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1953. Hardcover, 9.25 x 12.25, 334 pages. Signed inside in ink or fountain pen over 200 times by 35 classic performers from the silent age, including: Richard Arlen (10), Tallulah Bankhead, Richard Barthelmess (28), Joan Bennett , Joe Bonomo, William Boyd (3), Nancy Carroll (3), Claudette Colbert (2), Richard Cortez (14), Jack Dempsey (4), Janet Gaynor (2), Dorothy Gish (23), Lillian Gish (21), Hedda Hopper (5), Edward Everett Horton (5), Buster Keaton (3), Beatrice Lillie, Myrna Loy (2), Paul Lukas, Enid Markey (9), Mickey McGuire, Chester Morris, James Morrison (10), Carmel Myers (8), Conrad Nagel (7), Pola Negri, Ann Pennington (4), Buddy Rogers (8), Mickey Rooney, Helen Rosson, Edith Storey (8), Gloria Swanson (2), Ernest Truex (2), Wally Vans (4), and Lois Wilson (16). In very good to fine condition, with electrical tape to the edges of the well-worn covers; inner pages are all fine and clean.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Fine Autographs and Artifacts
  • Dates: #539 - Ended November 07, 2018