ARCHIVE OF FRED BASON: AUTOGRAPH BOOK CONTAINING SIGNATURES FROM 1950S ART AND ENTERTAINMENT, INCLUDING GREGORY PECK, DENZEL BACHELOR, FREDERICK ASHTON, NOEL STREATFIELD + BOXES, SINGERS, ACTORS

Autograph book with signatures from the 1950s world of Arts and entertainment: film, ballet, music. From the archive of autograph hunter Fred Bason. Signatures include: Gregory Peck, Denzel Bachelor, Frederick Ashton, Noel Streatfeild. Further research may prove rewarding, some signatures difficult to decipher. Neat h/w and charming attributions to signatures such as 'Famous Film Star' 'Noted band leader' 'A really great singer.' BOOK: dimensions 90mm x 110mm.pp. 26 signed + unused pages in yellow, pink and blue. Original boards in varnished wood with scalloped edge, brass hinge and 'Autographs'. Silvered black leather binding cord. Hand written in silver '57' on front corner. Bookplate of Mr Frederick Bason, with his London address./ Frederick Bason (1907-1973) was an English bookseller, writer and broadcaster most famously known for his collection of diaries that were published in four volumes in the early 1950s. He found his vocation in buying and selling rare, second hand books. It was through his experience, in finding that publications had a much greater re-sale value with the author's signature, that a lifelong obsession with autographs began. His essays featured in The Saturday Book 1945-1972, presenting his work on the same platform as major literary and artistic figures of postwar Britain. Very good.…