Nov 5, 2025 10:00 EST
Stage & Screen featuring The Estate of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
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A great association between H.G. Wells and Anita Loos
Entertainment Community Fund
WELLS, H.G. AND ANITA LOOS
Things to Come: A Film by H.G. Wells. New York: Macmillan, 1935. First edition, inscribed by H.G. wells to Anita Loos. Original publisher's gray cloth with blue cloth spine and onlays, 5½ x 8½ inches (14 x 21½ cm). xv, 155 pp. Binding worn, with spotting and a few scuffs to both covers, hinges a bit loose. Endpapers foxed, and one small spot to the title page, but internally quite clean. With the modernist pictorial bookplate of Anita Loos to the front pastedown. Together with a Dec. 22, 1935 telegram from H.G. Wells to Anita Loos, "DESOLATED BUT WE ARE LUNCHING AT ENSENADA LOVE H.G." Also with a photograph of H.G. Wells and Anita Loos, a recent print. Gelatin silver print, 8 x 10 inches.
This lot has been generously donated to the Entertainment Community Fund and is sold on their behalf.
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Sold for $768
Estimated at $500 - $800
Includes Buyer's Premium
Entertainment Community Fund
WELLS, H.G. AND ANITA LOOS
Things to Come: A Film by H.G. Wells. New York: Macmillan, 1935. First edition, inscribed by H.G. wells to Anita Loos. Original publisher's gray cloth with blue cloth spine and onlays, 5½ x 8½ inches (14 x 21½ cm). xv, 155 pp. Binding worn, with spotting and a few scuffs to both covers, hinges a bit loose. Endpapers foxed, and one small spot to the title page, but internally quite clean. With the modernist pictorial bookplate of Anita Loos to the front pastedown. Together with a Dec. 22, 1935 telegram from H.G. Wells to Anita Loos, "DESOLATED BUT WE ARE LUNCHING AT ENSENADA LOVE H.G." Also with a photograph of H.G. Wells and Anita Loos, a recent print. Gelatin silver print, 8 x 10 inches.
This lot has been generously donated to the Entertainment Community Fund and is sold on their behalf.
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Auction: Stage & Screen featuring The Estate of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Nov 5, 2025
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Popular Stage & Screen Auction on November 5, 2025 Attracted Global Audience
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Memorabilia, Autographs, Artwork & Photographs Celebrating Theater, Hollywood, Music and Dance
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Archive of Samuel Beckett Material from the Estate of His American Director Alan Schneider Topped $75,000
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Sale Featured a Special Section Devoted to the Estate of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
NEW YORK, NY -- Doyle's popular Stage & Screen auction on November 5, 2025 attracted fans and collectors around the world vying for an exciting range of offerings celebrating the performing arts of Theater, Hollywood, Music and Dance.
The Estate of Alan Schneider
Featured in the sale was fascinating collection of early Waiting for Godot material from the Estate of Alan Schneider that topped $75,000 amid trans-Atlantic competition. “The primary American director of Samuel Beckett plays” and a close friend of the playwright, Alan Schneider died in 1984, and his widow died at 101 this past summer. This remarkable archive offered an extraordinary glimpse into the creative partnership between Schneider and Beckett, spanning decades of groundbreaking theatrical work. Highlights included Schneider’s annotated working copy of Waiting for Godot used in the landmark American production, an inscribed typescript of Eh Joe, and first editions and presentation copies of Endgame and Happy Days, many personally inscribed to Schneider by Beckett. Other treasures included manuscripts, letters, awards, recordings and posters that document a pivotal collaboration in modern theater history. Read more
The Estate of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
Doyle was honored to offer a sequel to the successful 2011 auction of property from the estate of the legendary actor. Featured in the sale were artwork, furniture, photographs and memorabilia. Read More.
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