(THEATER) Two items Edwin Booth Autograph Letter Signed Ell

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(THEATER.) Two items: Edwin Booth. Autograph Letter Signed * Ellen Terry. Autograph Quotation Signed. The Booth letter, to "Dear House," complaining of sick mother. 1 1/2 pages, small 8vo, written on a folded sheet, "St. James's Hotel" stationery; small burn marks touching text and beside signature. The Terry quotation: "'There's nothing either good or ill / but thinking makes it so.' / Shakespere." 1 page, oblong 8vo; vertical folds, marginal staining. London, [6 March 1881: from docketing]; Np, December 1885

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"A very, very sick wife & the wear and tear of my nightly strain to say nothing of innumerable demands on my time makes it impossible, just now, for me to appoint a day to see you . . . ."