[TOOLE (J.L.)]. &
HATTON (Joseph).
Reminiscences of J. L. Toole related by himself and chronicled by Joseph Hatton.
With an ALS, stabbed through for filing, loosely inserted from the author to ‘My dear Harry’, commiserating with him on the death of his mother; inscribed above the preface, ‘With J. L. Toole’s kind regards. May 14 / 92’; tipped in a photographic portrait of Toole, inscribed, ‘With J.L. Toole’s kindest regards’. Toole (1830 - 1906) was the most popular comic actor of his day, and a lifelong friend of Henry Irving. Rebacked with the original spine laid down, some staining from the repair, the old spine with a few small holes.
