ART CARNEY - INSCRIBED BOOK SIGNED CIRCA 1969 CO-SIGNED BY: KAREN MORROW, SAM LEVENE, SELMA DIAMOND, DICK "RICKY" SHAWN, MARGARET LEIGHTON, JACK MULLANEY, DON AMECHE, VIVIAN BLAINE, SID CAESAR, MARGARET O'BRIEN, E.G. MARSHALL, LYLE TALBOT, PEGGY FLEMING, PAUL REED, GERALDINE CHAPLIN, SALOME JENS, RICHARD DWYER, DONALD JACKSON, COLIN BEATTY, RICKY INGLESI, BARBARA JO RUBIN, GLORIA BLEEZARDE, DON DRAPER, DON KEYES, GARY KRAWFORD - HFSID 266133

ART CARNEY, DON AMECHE, SID CAESAR, GERALDINE CHAPLIN, SELMA DIAMOND, SALOME JENS, MARGARET LEIGHTON, E.G. MARSHALL, KAREN MORROW, DICK SHAWN, LYLE TALBOT, MARGARET O'BRIEN, STARS OF THE 1969 ICE FOLLIES, INCLUDING PEGGY FLEMING and RICHARD DWYER, and OTHERS. Large Autograph book, 42p, 12¼x12¾. Book One from the collection of Robert White, circa 1968-1969. Collection of signatures and inscribed signatures, many with accompanying photographs, all signed in person. COMPRISES: (1) MARGARET LEIGHTON. Inscribed signature: "To Robert/Best Wishes/Margaret Leighton". Magazine photograph, b/w, 3x3¾, affixed on facing page. Signed at the Morris Mechanic Theater in Baltimore, Maryland on Friday, February 23, 1968. (2) GERALDINE CHAPLIN. Inscribed signature: "to Robert/Geraldine Chaplin". Magazine photograph, b/w, 3¼x3¼, affixed on facing page. Signed at the Morris Mechanic Theater on Friday, February 23, 1968. (3) E.G. MARSHALL. Inscribed signature: "to Robert -/E G Marshall". Signed at the Morris Mechanic Theater on Friday, February 23, 1968. (4) KAREN MORROW. Inscribed signature: "To Robert -/Many thanks,/Karen Morrow". Candid photograph, color, 5x3½, affixed on facing page. Signed at the Morris Mechanic Theater on Saturday, March 23, 1968. (5) PAUL REED. Inscribed signature: "To Robert./Paul Reed". Signed at the Morris Mechanic Theater on Saturday, March 23, 1968. 4¾-inch diagonal tear at lower blank margin. (6) SALOME JENS. Inscribed signature: "To Robert/Best Wishes,/Salome Jens". Magazine photograph, b/w, 2¾x5¼, affixed on facing page. Signed at the Morris Mechanic Theater on Saturday, March 23, 1968. Light rectangular transference from photograph at the "me" of Salome, last name and one word of writing. 4¼-inch tear at lower margin beneath lower left corner of photograph, 1¼-inch diagonal tear at lower blank margin. (7) DICK SHAWN. Inscribed signature: "To/Robert/Best/Dick Shawn". Two candid photographs, color, 5x3½, affixed to facing page. Signed at the Morris Mechanic Theater on Friday, March 29, 1968. Both pages are slightly soiled, 1¼-inch diagonal tear at lower blank margin of facing page. (8) JACK MULLANEY. Inscribed signature: "to Robert/Best Wishes/Jack Mullaney". Magazine photograph, b/w, 3¼x3¾, affixed on facing page. Signed at the Morris Mechanic Theater on Friday, May 3, 1968. Minor transference from photograph at writing (completely legible). (9) LYLE TALBOT. Inscribed signature: "To Robert/Best wishes,/Lyle Talbot". Magazine photograph, b/w, 3¼x4¼, affixed on facing page. Signed at the Morris Mechanic Theater on Friday, May 3, 1968. Minor transference from photograph beneath signature, slightly soiled at right margin. (10) MARGARET O'BRIEN. Inscribed signature: "To Robert/Best Wishes/Margaret Obrien". Magazine photograph, b/w, 3¼x4½, affixed on facing page. Signed at the Morris Mechanic Theater on Friday, May 3, 1968. Minor transference from photograph at writing (completely legible). Lightly soiled at right margin. (11) DON AMECHE. Inscribed signature: "To Robert/Don Ameche". Magazine photograph, b/w, 3¼x4, affixed on facing page. Signed at the Morris Mechanic Theater on Saturday, May 25, 1968. Transference from photograph at inscription (completely legible). Fingerprint smudge at lower right corner. (12) SID CAESAR. Inscribed signature: "To/Robert/My best to you/Sid Caesar". Magazine photograph, b/w, 3¼x4½, of Caesar and Imogene Coca affixed on facing page. Signed at the Morris Mechanic Theater on Tuesday, June 11, 1968. Light transference from photograph at signature. (13) PEGGY FLEMING. Signature: "Peggy Fleming/'69". Magazine advertisement, b/w, 2x3½, picturing Fleming as a "Special Guest Star" in the Ice Follies at the Baltimore Civic Center affixed on facing page. Signed at the Baltimore Civic Center on Sunday, January 19, 1969. (14) ICE FOLLIES: RICHARD DWYER, COLIN BEATTY, DON JACKSON and RICKY INGLESI. On page headed: "Ice Follies/1969". Inscribed signature: "To Robert,/My Very Best/Wishes/Richard Dwyer/Ice Follies"; signature: "Colin Beatty"; inscribed signature: "To Robert/Best Wishes/Always/Sincerely/Don Jackson/World Champion/1962"; and, inscribed signature: "To Robert,/Best always/hope you enjoy/our show/Ricky Inglesi/1969/Ice Follies". Signed on Sunday, January, 19, 1969 at the Baltimore Civic Center. (15) DON'T DRINK THE WATER: DON DRAPER, VIVIAN BLAINE, GLORIA BLEEZARDE, GARY KRAWFORD, SAM LEVENE and DON KEYES. Inscribed signature: "Robert -/Thanks,/Don Draper"; signature: "Vivian Blaine"; inscribed signature: "To Robert/Gloria Bleezarde"; inscribed signature: "To Robert,/Best Wishes/Gary Krawford"; inscribed signature: "To Robert/Sam Levene"; and, signature: "Don Keyes". Four candid photographs, b/w, 4¼x3½, affixed on facing page. Signed on March 15, 1969 at the Morris Mechanic Theater. Don't Drink the Water, which was written by Woody Allen, had run on Broadway in 1968. (16) SELMA DIAMOND. Signature: "Selma Diamond". Signed on March 15, 1969 at the Morris Mechanic Theater. (17) BARBARA JO RUBIN. Signature: "Barbara Jo/Rubin", 4¼x3½ sheet affixed with photo corners to album page. Magazine photograph, b/w, 4¾x10, affixed on facing page. Signed on Wednesday, March 26, 1969 at the corner of Fayette and Howard Streets in Baltimore. Signature sheet is lightly creased. Minor show through of type on verso. (18) ART CARNEY. Signature: "Best Wishes/Art Carney". Captioned magazine photograph, b/w with green hue, 3¾x3½, affixed on facing page. Signature page is headed: "Lovers". Carney was nominated for the 1969 Tony Award for Best Actor for Lovers, which ran on Broadway in 1968 and was nominated for a Tony for Best Play. Signed Saturday, April 12, 1969 at the Morris Mechanic Theater. 26 signatures in all! Covers, which are bound together with gold cord, are slightly creased and scratched. "AU" missing from "Autographs", which was affixed in gold letters on green felt rectangle on front cover. Some pages are lightly soiled, but overall fine condition except as noted above. Back of album has become detached from rest of album. With typed provenance, 2p, 8½x11. White has listed the date and place where each autograph was signed and has added his personal comments. Some sample comments: Don Ameche: "He was late for the show but he still stopped to sign my book, he was nice but much older looking than I thought"; Sid Caesar: "He was really nice, he looks a little mean, but he was'nt (sic)"; Peggy Fleming: "She was rather unfriendly but still signed at the stage door with a big signature." Lightly creased. Type has faded at upper portion of first page but is still legible. Two items.