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Autograph Letter Signed from the Shakespearian actor Balliol Holloway to the artist Jean Inglis.

Author: 
Balliol Holloway (1883-1967), English stage and screen actor, specialising in Shakespeare
Publication details: 
24 June 1924; King's Theatre, Hammersmith.
£23.00
Autograph Letter Signed from the Shakespearian actor Balliol Holloway

4to, 1 p. Fourteen lines, in pencil. Text clear and complete. Good, on aged paper. In envelope addressed by Holloway to Inglis. He apologises for his 'rudeness' in not answering earlier: 'I plead rush of work'. He would be delighted to sit for her, but 'the trouble is that I may have to leave town on Monday to produce a play in the country and then on to S[tratford]-on-A[von] for the 7 weeks Festival'. Suggests a later meeting.

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[Pamphlet (proof sheet?)] Shakespearean Frauds. The Story of some famous Literary and Pictorial Forgeries. By W[illia]m. Jaggard.'

Author: 
William Jaggard (1868-1947) [William Shakespeare; frauds; forgery]
Publication details: 
Place and date not stated [The work was published by the Shakespeare Press of Stratford-on-Avon in 1911].
£56.00
William Jaggard, Shakespearean Frauds.

12mo, 15 pp. A sheet folded three times to make an unopened quire. Unbound and unstitched. Text clear and complete. Fair, on foxed and lightly-discoloured paper. The published version contained engravings of 'Lewis Theobald, George Steevens, Samuel Ireland, S. W. H. Ireland, John Payne Collier, and the Ireland forgeries caricature by James Gillray'. Uncommon: COPAC lists copies at the British Library, Oxford, National Library of Wales, Birmingham, Leeds, and the University of London.

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