Charles Fisher Autograph


Book Description

Autograph, excised from letter.




Autograph Letters Signed from William Winter to Various Recipients


Book Description

Includes 265 autograph letters signed, several fragmentary and some undated. Winter discusses Daly's theatre, particularly his Shakespearean productions; praises his actors, especially Ada Rehan; makes suggestions for his editions of plays acted at this theatre. Several mention Edwin Booth. (4) introduces Frank R. Stockton; (115) describes the funeral of Charles Fisher; (204-205) comment on Oscar Wilde's trial; (240-243) criticize "Cyrano de Bergerac". Correspondents: Augustin Daly, Joseph Daly, Richard Dorney, John Farrington, Appleton Morgan, Ada Rehan and Joseph Tooker. Also includes an epilogue to Goldsmith's "The good natured man" and a poem by Winter, his preface (manuscript and typed proof sheets) to Daly's edition of the "Taming of the Shrew", 1887, 2 dedicatory sheets of "Gray Days and Gold", and a letter to Winter from George William Curtis, Feb. 5, 1891.
















Autograph Letters Signed from Charles Farley, Bloomsbury, to Various Recipients


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Recipients: Wm. Crib, Esq. and Wm. Mo[or?], Esq. In (1), to Crib, Farley gives an account of his career. (2), to Moor, indicates that he has written letters to Mr. La[fros?]h that have gone unanswered. Farley also requests the same favor as is promised to Mr. Bartley.