Sale 2514 - The Pride Sale, June 20, 2019

54 c NOËL COWARD (1899-1973) Private Lives: An Intimate Comedy in Three Acts. Thin 8vo, publisher’s blue cloth, cloth chipped at head of spine with some lesser wear to foot, spine tanned; minor foxing, offsetting on half-title, bookplate of Anthony Zanar di Landi. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1930. [800/1,200] first edition , signed by coward and three members of the original cast (Allen, Lawrence, and Olivier). Private Lives opened at the Phoenix Theatre in London starring Noël Coward as Elyot Chase, Laurence Olivier as Victor Prynne, Gertrude Lawrence as Amanda Prynne, and Adrianne Allen as Sybil Chase. A Broadway production followed in 1931. 54 55 55 c GERTRUDE STEIN (1874-1946) Autograph Letter Signed, to Arthur Rubin (“My dear Rubin”), apologizing for a delayed reply, explaining that the telephone has not yet arrived, and inviting him to visit. 1 page, 4to, quad ruled paper; mounted to larger board, uneven toning, faint scattered staining. Np, “Thursday.” [600/900] “Sorry about that 14 year old letter. I do usually answer letters . . . . [O]ur telephone they are always promising us . . . is not here. Come in any evening we are always here in the evening and tell us about yourself and the Stars and Stripes.”