Irving, Sir Henry. A large collection of approximately 135 items, with books from the library of Irving, extra-illustrated works, autograph letters signed by Irving and others, photographs, portraits signed, playbills and programmes, including:

Irving, Sir Henry. A large collection of approximately 135 items, with books from the library of Irving, extra-illustrated works, autograph letters signed by Irving and others, photographs, portraits signed, playbills and programmes, including:

[Illustrations to Cumberland's Theatre. n.d.], 51 plates, half-morocco, bookplate of henry irving-Wills, W.G. Charles the First. 1873, first edition, presentation copy inscribed by irving in 1893, half-calf gilt, original boards bound in, boards slightly rubbed-Russell, Edward R. Irving as Hamlet. 1875, first edition, autograph letter signed by the author tipped in, half calf gilt, original wrappers bound in, wrappers slightly soiled, endpapers and letter slightly spotted-Shakespeare, W. A Winter's Tale. [n.d.]; Henry The Fifth. [c.1873]; Richard the Third. 1870; The Merchant of Venice. 1871; Antony and Cleopatra. [?1866]; Twelth Night. [c.1874]; Henry the Eighth. 1877; 7 works in one, irving's bookplate and a few autograph pencil annotations, crimson half-calf, slightly worn; Twelth Night... arranged by Irving and presented at the Lyceum Theatre, 8th July, 1884. 1884, first edition, over 90 pen and ink sketches by ethel webling depicting characters in the play, original vellum, slightly soiled-The Stage in the Year 1900... 1901, edition de luxe of 300 copies, over 100 signed portraits of prominent english actors, actresses and playwrights in 1900, some with mounted signatures, autograph letter signed by irving, red morocco gilt, occasional light spotting-Brereton, Austin. The Lyceum and Henry Irving. 1903, limited to 1600 copies, 2 vol., profusely extra-illustrated, including autograph letters signed by Irving and others, with other theatrical documents, photographs, playbills and programmes, red half-morocco gilt; The Life of Henry Irving. 1908, extra-illustrated, 2 vol., signed and inscribed by the author with irving's favourite quotation, 4 autograph letters signed by Edith Craig to John Richardson and one by J. Astley Cooper to Irving with Irving's autograph comments, half-calf gilt, extremities slightly rubbed; "H.B." and Laurence Irving. 1922, first edition, loosely inserted autograph letters signed by H.B. Irving and Laurence Irving, both to the author, six by the author to [John] Richardson, typed letter to the author signed by Mabel Irving, frontispiece, plates, bookplate of John Richardson, red cloth, spine slightly faded-Stoker, Bram. Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving. 1906, 2 vol., extra-illustrated including autograph letters signed by Marion Crawford, Genevieve Ward and Annie Hughes, autograph musical quotation by Hans Richter, photographs, red half-moroccco gilt, some extra-illustrations lacking, some loose-Craig, Edward G. Henry Irving. 1930, first edition, bound in cuttings, 3 autograph and typed letters signed by the author to Wigham Richardson, printed speech with 2 manuscript additions apparently by Irving, frontispiece, plates, half-calf, dust-jacket bound in, a little soiling to lower cover-Four studio portraits: of henry irving; ellen terry as beatrice; george Alexander as faust (2 different images); various places and publishers, 8vo and 4to, together with over 120 other works and items etc. (approx. 135)

Provenance: Including: henry irving (with his bookplate) and the Henry Irving collections of John Wigham Richardson and Bertram E. Shuttleworth (with their bookplates)