Incredible Autograph Album including Tom Thumb, Langtry, Salvini, Ristori, &c.

Incredible Autograph Album including Tom Thumb, Langtry, Salvini, Ristori, &c.

[Theatre and Opera] General Tom Thumb [Stratton, Charles Sherwood.] (1838–1883) & Langtry, Lillie. (1853–1929) & Salvini, Tommaso. (1829–1915) & Ristori, Adelaide. (1822–1906) & Irving, Henry. (1838–1905) & Terry, Ellen. (1847–1928) & Patti, Carlotta. (1840–1889) & Wilhelmj, August. (1845–1908) Incredible Autograph Album, including Tom Thumb, Langtry, Salvini, Ristori, Irving, Terry, Patti, Wilhelmj etc. A very interesting autograph album containing original photographs, signatures and signed autograph quotations from actors, opera singers, musicians and other personalities of the late nineteenth century. Signatures include: dwarf performers Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stratton (General Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren); opera singers Carlotta Patti (with obituary news clipping), Anna de Belocca ("Chi ca piano, ca sano e chi va sano, va lontano"), Emma Abbott ("Be thou faithful unto death"), Marie Roze, Annie Louise Cary, and Marie Spettini; actresses Lillie Langtry ("Au revoir"), Ellen Terry, Mary Anderson, Kate Claxton, Lilian Adelaide Neilson, Adelaide Ristori ("Art is the mirror and the emanation of life"), Mary F. Scott-Siddons, Minnie Palmer, and Ada Cavendish; actors Henry Irving, Tommaso Salvini ("Euterpe onora il Canto! Tersicore...Carole! Ed io qual merto vanto? Parole! poi...parole!"), John T. Raymond, William Florence, Thomas Whiffen "(If you please"), Joseph Wheelock Sr., Samuel W. Piercy, Henry Dixie ("I never was born I was quarried"), and Wilson Barrett ("The rest is silence - Hamlet"); violinists August Wilhelmj and Eduard Remenyi; and abolitionist and women's rights activist Anna Dickinson. The album contains 20 pp. of autographs and 17 blank pages. Red leather boards with gold embossed lettering, gold-edged pages; heavy wear to binding with spine detached. 6 x 8 inches. Schubertiade Music & Arts LLC - BUY WITH CONFIDENCE! ***ALL AUTOGRAPHS GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC WITHOUT LIMIT*** I was the President of the Professional Autograph Dealers Association from 2013-2018 and a leading and trusted authenticator of autographs, including for many of the world's auction houses and for James Spence (JSA). Schubertiade Music & Arts are also members in good standing of ABAA/ILAB, the most exclusive consortium of Rare Book and Manuscript Dealers in the world, as well as the MLA (Music Librarian Association), and MARIAB (Massachusetts and Rhode Island Antiquarian Booksellers). You can read more about us by searching for Schubertiade Music & Arts and may buy with utmost confidence! SCHUBERTIADE MUSIC & ARTS deals in Music, Entertainment, Literary and other Autographs, Antiquarian Music, Books, Prints, Photographs & Paintings and Ephemera. Please read more about us in our "about me" page by clicking next to our username / feedback listing. We issue seasonal and occasional catalogues - please contact us if you would like to receive notifications or let us know about your collection. Everything we offer is guaranteed authentic without limit and is so stated on the signed and detailed receipt which comes with every item. Because this Guarantee is attached to an actual and meaningful money-back guarantee (see our Terms for further details), this is much more significant than most COAs which are generally but worthless pieces of paper if not issued by recognized experts in the field and backed by a real authenticity return policy. We accept payment by ALL MAJOR CREDIT CARDS, Check, and by Paypal. Shipping Charges are as listed and are not subject to negotiation. We will of course be happy to combine shipments and do NOT charge multiple shipping charges except for large/heavy items which naturally affect the cost. We ship exclusively via insured FedEx and pride ourselves on our thorough and expert packaging.