WAYNE JOHN: (1907-1979) American Actor, Academy Award winner. A large folio printed cover for a menu from Maxim’s ...

WAYNE JOHN: (1907-1979) American Actor, Academy Award winner. A large folio printed cover for a menu from Maxim’s restaurant in the Sony Building, Tokyo, featuring a typically Belle Epoque printed colour image of diners and waiters by the French caricaturist Georges Goursat (Sem), signed and inscribed by Wayne in black ink to the verso, ‘Eddie, Good Luck, John Wayne’ and dated 23rd March 1974 in another hand, and again signed and inscribed by Wayne in black ink to the recto, ‘Ed – Day after tomorrow, Good Luck, again, John Wayne’ and dated 25th March 1974 in another hand. A third signature and inscription by Wayne appears at the head of the recto, although was written with a pen running out of ink and is barely visible. The menu also bears a few other signatures by other individuals including the opera singer Anna Moffo, most dated between 1972-74. Some areas of light staining and some age wear, largely at the folds, G £150-200