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[J. Comyns Carr [Joseph William Comyns Carr], drama and art critic, theatre and gallery director.] Autograph Letter Signed, asking the dramatist Henry Herman for a box for his play ?The Silver King?.

Author: 
J. Comyns Carr [Joseph William Comyns Carr] (1849-1916), drama and art critic, theatre and gallery director [Henry Herman [Henry Heydrac D?Arco] (1832-1894), dramatist and novelist]
Publication details: 
18 February 1883; on letterhead of 19 Blandford Square, N.W. [London]
£30.00

See his entry, and Herman?s, in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 12mo. On first leaf of bifolium, with mourning border. In good condition, lightly aged, with strip of tape from mount adhering to blank second leaf. Folded once. Addressed to ?Dear Mr. Herman? and signed ?Jos Comyns Carr?. With reference to Herman?s play ?The Silver King? (co-written with H. A. Jones), which proved a huge success from its opening at the Princess?s Theatre in 1882. He begins by reminding him that he ?kindly said? he would send Carr ?a box for the Silver King when I was able to go?.

Signed Autograph Song Lyrics.

Author: 
Joseph Williams Comyns Carr
Publication details: 
Without date or place.
£42.00

English art critic and dramatist (1849-1916). One page, octavo. Very good. On grey Truslove, Hanson & Comba paper. Entitled 'Sailor's Chorus', the piece consists of two stanzas of eight lines each. It begins 'Above the mast one single star, | Still loiters in the dawn!' and ends 'Ere the swallows keel shall touch the shore | Yeo Ho! Hearts Ho! Yeo Ho! Haul away!' Signed 'J. Comyns Carr' in bottom left-hand corner.

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