Guinness

Piece of paper, 10 x 4, black border one side, edges sl. ragged, mounts on reverse (formerly in album), text clear as follows: We remain Dr Sir | Yours very truly | Arthur E. Guinness | Jonathan Pim".

16pp., 8vo. Stapled. Printed in brown on white. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn. One correction in manuscript: on p.5 'Peter O'Toole' replaces the subject of the sentence 'Miss Jean Simmons carries the script used in the film Hamlet.' Other worthies involved in the service are: Douglas Fairbanks, Michael Caine, Maggie Smith, Paul Scofield, Derek Jacobi, Ian McKellen, Dorothy Tutin, Frank Finlay, Albert Finney, Sir John Mills, Peggy Ashcroft, Sir John Gielgud, Sir Alec Guinness. Uncommon: the only copies on COPAC at the British Library and London Library. The ticket ('No.

Great English actor of stage and screen (1914-2000). One page, 12mo. "Sir Alec Guinness regrets that as he will be abroad he is unable to accept the kind invitation for 8 July." A large tick in red pen on the recto intrudes slightly into the text area.