1872-79 AUTOGRAPH BOOK. Junius Brutus Booth, Texas Jack, Henryk Wieniawski, &c. Theater and Stage.

An excellent autograph book collected at various theater venues, ranging from St. Louis, Misourri to Dayton, Ohio and Springfield, Massachusetts, suggesting its collector was also somehow associated with the traveling circuit of actors. 

Highlights include the autograph of Junius Brutus Booth, father of John Wilkes Booth; J. B. Omohundro, i.e. Texas Jack; Henryk Wieniawski; and Yung Wing, the first Chinese student to graduate from an American University. 

The Booth signature often fetches $400 - $600 at auction, a Texas Jack autograph that lacks the additional quotation present on ours fetched over $3,300 at RR Autograph Auction; Tamino Autographs has a similar Wieniawski offered at nearly $4,000; and the Yung Wing ususally fetches $400 - $600 at auction as well. So, an excellent value on this little gem. 

The below includes a nearly full detail of the names:

Junius Brutus Booth. Full page inscription, "Yrs truly. J B Booth"

J. B. Omohundro, i.e. Texas Jack. Full page inscription, "J. B. Onohundro, Texas Jack. After Riding a thousand mustangs was lost when he mounted the Stage."

Mary F. Scott-Siddons. Full page inscription, "Yours truly Mary F. Scott-Siddons. 28th Ap. 1873"

Francis S. Chanfrau. Full page inscription, "F. S. Chanfrau. Springfield, Mass. May 15th"

Ogden Stevens. Full page inscription, "Ogden Stevens. Mary 21 / 77"

Henry A. Weaver [Harry, 1858-1922]. Full page inscription, "Henry A. Weaver. It is but a tangled yarn. Sol Smith"

Sol [Solomon] Smith. Full page autograph and original drawing, "Sol Smith"

W. H. Partello. Full page inscription, "W. H. Partello. Speed the parting guest"

Henryk Wieniawski. Full page signed musical quotation, "Polonaise. Violin. H. Wieniawski. Springfield Mass. 1873" 

Thomas Scott Scott-Siddons. Rare inscription of the alcoholic husband of Mary F. Scott-Siddons. Full page, "Have all the fund you can in this world. But don't spoil the fun in the next. T. S. Scott-Siddons"

Fanny Janauschek. Full page inscription, "Fanny Janauschek. Springfield, April 1873. 

Robert E. Graham. Full page inscription, "Never aim higher than you can reach. Yours Respectfully. R. E. Graham. Dayton, Ohio. April 14th, 1877."

Denman Thompson. Full page inscription, "Yours truly. Denman Thompson. Indianapolis, Ind. Oct. 5th / 79"

Chin Lan Pin [Chen Lanbin, First Chinese Ambassador to the United States] Inscribed "Chin Lan Pin, Kwang Tung. Sept 25, 1872" and also in Chinese script.

Yung Wing. The first Chinese student to graduate from an American University. Full page inscription, "Yung Wing. Shanghai China. Sep 25, 1872," also in Chinese script.

Plus John McGonigal [McGonigle], Abner L. Rose Jun., Livingston Robert Shewell [laid in] Lawrence [Patrick] Barrett [laid in] and a few others as of yet unidentified.