Description: ONE OF A KIND! Presented here is a once in a lifetime opportunity to own a rare piece of american literary history. This is the rare "guest book" of the famous John Mistletoe Book shop on Lark St; Albany, NY. Starting in 1931 and spanning about 50 years, authors, actresses and artists from all over the world visited this small, widely known book shop to pay their respects. Before leaving, the two women who ran the book shop from the 1930s to the 1970s (Miss Helen T. Fay / Miss Eleanor Foote) would ask their most prolific visitors to inscribe and sign this very guest book. Some of the inscriptions included in this book are from : Robert FrostKatharine Cornell (Signed in 1934, one year before receiving the first ever Drama League Award for her role in Romeo and Juliet )Florence Reed (Starred with Katharine Cornell in Romeo and Juliet, 1935) Helene Pons (Costume Designer)Margaret Brainard Hamilton (Wizard of Oz - Wicked Witch of the West screen actor) Christopher Morley (American Novelist)Countee Cullen (Harlem Renaissance Poet and Novelist)John A. Lomax (Pioneer Musicologist & Folklorist; Father of Alan Lomax) Mary Ellen Chase (Detached signed letter)Dorothy Lathrop - *with original sketch drawing* May Lumberton Becker Lyman Beecher Stowe Louis Untermeyer Beulah Southwell Eunice Harriet Avery Frederick G. Melcher Edith A Lehman (Wife of Governor Herbert H. Lehman)Alice Morgan Wright Anne Carroll Moore Helen Fuller Orton Rudolf Besier Sidney Cox Carl Carmer Irene KuhnAlexander Finta (with original sketch drawing) Catherine Richter Anna Bird Steward Dorothy Stickney (detached inscribed letter) Harold W. Thompson Jennie D. Lindquist Edward French (Famous American Make-up Artist) ...& Many Others! The Mistletoe Book Shop was named for Christopher Morley's "John Mistletoe," one of the finest literary autobiographies ever published. In reference to the store's history : "Miss Eleanor Foote took her first unsuspected step toward acquiring a shop of her own when she helped run "The Haunted Bookshop" corner of the Co-op Book Shop at State College, Albany. It was there she met Christopher Morley, for another of whose books the shop corner was named, and which he dedicated and continued to visit frequently until his death." From Times-Union Newspaper , Nov. 10th 1959. **ALSO INCLUDED** is a signed portrait photo of Christopher Morley, which is actually mentioned on the paste-down on the interior front-end board shown in our item photos #4. **ALSO INCLUDED** is six (6) vintage original photographs of The Mistletoe Bookshop. Please view all of our listed photos, and feel free to reach out with any additional photos or questions you may have. Enjoy! Sunrise Rare Books - We ship items world-wide, daily. - Each item is carefully stored and protected in our temperature controlled library. We securely pack each item tightly in cardboard boxes to ensure safe delivery. - Returns accepted within 30 days.
Price: 18500 USD
Location: Buffalo, New York
End Time: 2024-12-24T04:29:03.000Z
Shipping Cost: 4.63 USD
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Item Specifics
Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Hardcover
Signed: Yes
Publisher: State Co-Op Book Shop
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1931
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Collector's Edition, Inscribed, Signed
Author: Robert Frost
Region: North America
Personalized: Yes
Topic: Poetry
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
