Lot 155 - Grouping of Four Antique and Vintage Books Including "The Royalty of Friendship" Inscribed to Actor William Gillette at the Garrick Theatre, New York City, 1906, "Captains Courageous" By Rudyard Kipling, and "Spinifex Walkabout" 3921 copyrighted 1971 by Columbia Pictures

copyrighted 1971 by Columbia Pictures Industries

The blade is stamped "William Rodgers / Sheffield / England

An antique cabinet card photograph depicting a cemetery view with multiple headstones

with the studio imprint visible along the lower mount

Pre-Auction Notes: Various wear and tear losses

Lot 155 - Grouping of Four Antique and Vintage Books Including "The Royalty of Friendship" Inscribed to Actor William Gillette at the Garrick Theatre, New York City, 1906, "Captains Courageous" By Rudyard Kipling, and "Spinifex Walkabout" 3921 copyrighted 1971 by Columbia PicturesGrouping of four antique and vintage books. "The Royalty of Friendship" by Alice L. Williams is a cream cloth hardcover with gold stamped classical column design on the front board. Published by Samuel Edson Cassino, Salem, Massachusetts, with copyright dates of 1886 and 1902. The flyleaf bears a handwritten inscription reading: "To Mr. William Gillette America's Greatest Actor With every possible good wish and in grateful appreciation of a most