Author: SCOTT, Walter
Title: Ivanhoe
Description: Norwalk, CT, The Heritage Press, 1950. Hardcover. Illustrations by Edward A. Wilson. Small 4to. Red and blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, paper-covered slipcase. xxvi, 471pp. Color illustrations. Fine/fine. Single-volume reprint edition, tight and pristine, of the Limited Editions Club's sumptuous two-volume edition of the famed 1819 historical novel -- but with a unique autograph twist: Tipped to front flyleaf is a fine, heavy stock 5" X 3" card inscribed and signed by one of the stars of a 1958 British television series "Ivanhoe." PHYLLIS NEILSON-TERRY (1892-1977), who portrays Eleanor of Aquitaine in this series that saw the debut of Roger Moore, signs large and bold in blue fineline and dates it June 12 [1975] at upper right, adding "Yours Sincerely" in black ballpoint at upper right. Laid in is her original transmittal envelope and the appropriate "Sandglass" issue. .

Keywords: British Literature


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