Title
Letters of Salutation and Felicitation
Date
November 25, 1929
Subject
Honoring Gillette at the start of his Farewell Tour
Description
Letters of Salutation and Felicitation Received by William Gillette on the Occasion of His Farewell to the Stage in “Sherlock Holmes” reproduces 62 congratulatory letters from prominent contemporaries, including John Philip Sousa, Booth Tarkington, William Allen White, and Conan Doyle, of course. It was presented as a gift to Gillette after the opening performance of the Farewell Tour. It’s an unusual wrappered book: just 6 × 4 inches, perfect bound at the top edge, printing the tributes in alphabetical order.