Lot 405
Coward, Noel (1899-1973) English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer. Four items signed in blue ink by the delightfully witty Coward: (1) Four pages of lyrics from "Mad About the Boy / from Words and Music, 1932" with a descriptive paragraph by Coward at the beginning, signed at the bottom of the first page (2) autograph musical quotation signed, on his personal note card, 3¾ x 5 1/8 in., no place, no date. One verse of lyrics from "Dance, dance, dance little lady": "Dance, dance, dance little lady" / Life is fleeting / To the rhythm beating / In your mind. Noel Coward" (3) photograph signed and dated 1931, 8 x 6 in. A head-and-shoulders portrait by Dorothy Wilding, 22, Old Bond St. W.1.; and (4) photographed signed, 9½ x 6½ in., no place, no date. A dapper, three-quarter portrait with imprint of Islay Lyons, La Vagnola, Cetona (Siena) Italy on verso. (4 items).
Estimated Value $800 - 1,000.
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