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  • Signed by Walt Disney and 13 other Hollywood Actor and Actresses

    SPEED, F. Maurice [Walt Disney].

    Film Review.

    London: Macdonald and Co, 1939.

    First edition of this overview of Hollywood. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Signed on the front pastedown and endpapers by Walt Disney and 13 other Hollywood actors and actresses, including, Chico Marx "To Pat Sincerely Chico Marx"; Pat O'Brien; "To Pat my own namesake  Love Pat O'Brien Nov 21, 1947; Deborah Kerr, "I see a dark Stranger" (on page 76) "with best wishes Deborah Kerr"; Merle Oberon "To Pat  all the best Merle Oberon"; Joe E. Brown "To Pat Joe Brown." Brown was one of the most popular American comedians in the 1930s and 1940s, with films like A Midsummer Night's Dream, Earthworm…

    Price: $6,500.00     Item Number: 112422

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  • Rare Persian Miniature Painting Depicting an ancient game of Chovgan

    Persian Miniature Painting. [Ancient Game of Polo].

    Rare Persian miniature painting depicting an ancient game of Chovgan, later adopted in the Western World as the game of polo. Affixed to an elaborately decorated paper mount, the painting depicts two opposing teams engaged in a game of Chovgan before a Persian cityscape. The ancient game of Chovgan originated in the middle of the first millennium A.D. in ancient Iran and was a Persian national sport played extensively by the nobility. Fragments of the game were periodically portrayed in ancient miniatures, and also detailed descriptions and rules of the game were also given in the ancient manuscripts. Englishmen had…

    Price: $1,800.00     Item Number: 124633

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  • First Edition of Terence Conran on London; Signed by Him

    CONRAN, Terence.

    Terence Conran on London.

    London: Conran Octopus Ltd, 2000.

    First edition. Oblong quarto, original boards. Signed by Terence Conran on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

    Price: $175.00     Item Number: 5373

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