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1. [ WORLD WAR TWO] Paul W. Tibbets, Theodore Van Kirk and Thomas Ferebee Signed 18x24 “Atomic Warfare is Born” Print.  All three officers were crew members of the Enola Gay B-29 bomber that dropped the atomic bomb “Little Boy” on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945, effectively ending World War II. Offered are a trio of color “Atomic Warfare is Born” print, signed by Tibbets, Van Kirk and Ferebee in blue felt pen with very fine signatures. The print pictures the Enola Gay in flight ready to drop “Little Boy” on Hiroshima and have the mission details identified under the print name.  Approx. 24 x 18 in. Because of size this will be mailed rolled in a tube.  Its already rolled so no problem. Condition is fine...........250-350

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2. [AVIATION] Douglas Corrigan (2907-1995)  American aviator born in Galveston, Texas. He was nicknamed "Wrong Way" in 1938. After a transcontinental flight from Long Beach, California, to New York, he flew from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, to Ireland, though his flight plan was filed to return to Long Beach. He claimed his unauthorized flight was due to a navigational error, caused by heavy cloud cover that obscured landmarks and low-light conditions, causing him to misread his compass. However, he was a skilled aircraft mechanic (he was one of the builders of Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis) and had made several modifications to his own plane, preparing it for his transatlantic flight. He had been denied permission to make a nonstop flight from New York to Ireland, and his "navigational error" was seen as deliberate. Nevertheless, he never publicly admitted to having flown to Ireland intentionally.  ANS on FDC honoring Charles Lindbergh about being an employee at the BF Mahoney Co., builder of the "Spirit of St. Louis" in 1927. Very fine.........100-150

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One of Wengenroth's More Rare Lithographs

3. [ART] Stow Wengenroth (1906-1978) American artist best known for his lithographs. Original signed lithograph,  WINTER (Greenport, NY),  image approx. 9-5/8 x 15-3/4 in. plus margins [contained in original frame], 1956, edition 60.  Signed and edition noted in pencil.  Not examined out of the frame.  Research shows that the higher priced lithographs by Wengenroth are the winter scenes and esp. the NYC scenes [Brooklyn Bridge $10,000 at auction].  This particular scene is RARE!.........700-900

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PIONEER IN COPYRIGHT LAW

4. [FRANCE] Augustin-Charles  Renouard ( 1794-1878 ) French  lawyer, moralist and politician, known for his work on intellectual property. He also wrote books about Benjamin Franklin.   ALS, 1868, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8-1/4 in. VG...............80-120

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5. [MAINE - CIVIL WAR] Francis Edward Heath  (1838-1897) Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. He began his service in the Union Army on June 4, 1861 when he was commissioned as a 1st Lieutenant in Company H, 3rd Maine Volunteer Infantry. Promoted to Captain and commander of the company on September 12, 1861, he led his men through the Spring 1862 Peninsular Campaign in Virginia. He was then tabbed to be the Lieutenant Colonel of the newly raised 19th Maine Volunteer Infantry, being commissioned on August 26, 1862. He was raised to Colonel and regimental commander on February 12, 1863, and led the unit at the July 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where it fought on Cemetery Ridge during the Second Day (July 2) of the battle. There, placed by Major General Winfield Scott Hancock, Colonel Heath directed his men as they fired eight volleys that stopped the Confederate charge on the position. He would continue to lead the regiment through the summer and fall of 1863, then resigned on November 4, 1863. On March 13, 1865 he was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers for "meritorious services". Today a monument stands for the 19th Maine Infantry on Hancock Avenue near the Copse of Trees in the Gettysburg National Military Park.  State of Maine 1874 Mortgage Deed,  signed on the verso by Heath. Normal wear..........80-120

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Involved With John F. Kennedy

6. Florence Pritchett Smith  (1920-1965) Autograph Letter Signed, Embassy of the United States of America, Havana [Cuba], not dated but circa  1957-1959, 1p., to the Rabbi Frederick Solomon, who was also a noted artist.  Here's where this gets interesting. Florence was a  model for John Robert Powers and appeared in Life Magazine. In 1940 she met and married Richard Canning. Soon afterwards she became fashion editor of New York Journal American, a journal owned by William Randolph Hearst. In 1943 Florence divorced Canning. The following year she met John F. Kennedy. The couple spent a lot of time together. Betty Spalding said that for Kennedy, "Over a long period of time, it was probably the closest relationship with a woman I know of." However, because Kennedy was a Roman Catholic, marriage was out of the question.  In 1947 Florence married Earl E. T. Smith, member of the New York Stock Exchange. In June, 1957, President Dwight Eisenhower appointed Smith as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Cuba. FBI files reveal that over the next two years John F. Kennedy made more than a dozen visits to Cuba in order to meet with  Florence. Florence also met Kennedy in Miami and Palm Beach, where their homes were conveniently adjoined.  According to one account: "JFK would elude the Secret Service on occasion in order to have trysts with women. He did this in Palm Beach when he hopped a fence to swim with Flo Smith. The Secret Service agents couldn't find him and called in the FBI. They finally turned to Palm Beach Police Chief Homer Large, a trusted Kennedy family associate. The Police Chief knew exactly where to find Jack - next door in Earl E. T. Smith's swimming pool. Jack and Flo were alone. Florence continued working as a journalist. She also became a television personality and appeared on programs such as What's My Line? It was during this time she became friendly with the journalist Dorothy Kilgallen.  In 1965 Dorothy Kilgallen managed to obtain a private interview with Jack Ruby. She told friends that she had information that would "break the case wide open".  Aware of what had happened to Bill Hunter and Jim Koethe [reporters who covered the assassination and died shortly after, Kilgallen handed her interview notes to Florence Smith. She told friends that she had obtained information that Ruby and J. D. Tippit were friends and that David Ferrie was involved in the assassination of John F. Kennedy. On 8th November, 1965, Dorothy Kilgallen, was found dead in her New York apartment. She was fully dressed and sitting upright in her bed. The police reported that she had died from taking a cocktail of alcohol and barbiturates. The notes of her interview with Jack Ruby and the article she was writing on the case had disappeared. Florence Smith, died two days later of a cerebral hemorrhage. Showing 2 photos below - one showing Flo with Kennedy at the Stork Club in 1944. Rare & fine............150-200

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Flo & JFK in 1944
Florence Pritchett



7. Eleazar Lipa Sukenik (1889-1953) Israeli archaeologist and professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In Israel his first name is popularly known as "Eliezer".   Having arrived in Palestine in 1911 he worked as a school teacher and tour guide. He participated in the "War of the Languages" that erupted among Zionist activists in Palestine in 1913.  He served in the British army in World War I in the 40th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers which became known as the Jewish Legion.  In addition to his important excavations in Jerusalem (including the "Third Wall" and numerous ossuary tombs) he played a central role in the establishment of the Department of Archaeology of the Hebrew University. He recognized the importance of the Dead Sea Scrolls to Israel and worked for the Israeli state to buy them. In 1948, he published an article tentatively linking the scrolls and their content to a community of Essenes, which became the standard interpretation of the origin of the scrolls, a theory that is still probably the consensus among scholars, but has also been widely questioned.  Offered here is a TLS, 1939, 1p, 8.5 x 11 in. Here's a rough translation.  "on your I'm very sorry to have to respond to you that I have learned in the Secretariat of the university of their senior receptive to as forschungs student could not be accepted. the requirements of the immigration Office According namely students are only aged up to 30 years included. Yours faithfully."  VG.  Rare!.............100-150

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Picture of him examining Dead Sea Scrolls [not included here]


8. [ENTERTAINMENT] Eartha  Kitt (1927-2008)  American actress, singer, cabaret star, dancer, stand-up comedienne, activist and voice artist, known for her highly distinctive singing style and her 1953 recordings of "C'est Si Bon" and the enduring Christmas novelty smash "Santa Baby", which were both US Top 10 hits. Orson Welles once called her the "most exciting woman in the world".  Signed 4 x 6 in. picture. VG.............50-75

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9. MYSTERY LOT of about 83 pieces from 19th & 20th century. Includes: letters; documents; a few autographs; and various ephemera. Oldest item in this lot is 1811. There is also an 1838 document signed by R.G. Hazard [look him up]. Also, a, 1811 NY Supreme Court document. Good lot for eBay sellers or those who like researching items.....80-120



10.  [ART] Isao Mizutani (1922-2005) Japanese artist. He was born in Nagoya. He was the recipient of the Shell art prize in 1958; exhibited Museum of Art, Tokyo, "History of Surrealism" 1960; Carnegie International, Pittsburgh, Pa. 1961; Won the Maruzen Second Pan Pacific....etc.  Original tempera paint on stretched canvas, approx. 13 x 9.5". Contained in simple wood lattice frame. Signed. This was done c. 1967. VG..............1400-1800

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First Civilian Governor of Florida Territory

11. William Pope Duval (1784-1854) was the first civilian governor of Florida Territory, succeeding Andrew Jackson who had been military governor. In his twelve-year governorship, from 1822 to 1834, he divided Florida into four territories, established the local court system, and chose Tallahassee as the territory’s capital because of its central location. Duval County, where Jacksonville is located, and Duval Street in Key West are named for him. He was born in Virginia  he was inclined to be somewhat wild in his youth.  While young (age 14) he decided to go to Kentucky and told his father, who remarked, “If I give you a Negro you will sell him the first chance and spend the money you get for him; if I give you a horse you will bet him off at the first horse race you see, and if I give you a pocket full of money you will bet it off or give it away. You love a gun and would not part with that.” With a light heart he left home telling his family he wouldn’t come back until he was a member of Congress.   So he walked to Kentucky. He arrived at Bardstown, Ky. and studied law, fell in love and married the daughter of Col. Andrew Hynes. Col. Hynes was the founder of Elizabethtown, which was named after his wife. Having sown his wild oats he began to practice law in Elizabethtown. As there were no lawyers there, he was appointed County Attorney of Hardin County. In 1812 he ran for congress and was so popular that no one opposed him. He served in congress, 1813-14. On his first trip to Washington he visited his relatives in Virginia for the first time since leaving, thus verifying his promise not to return until he was a congressman. In 1822 he was appointed Gov. of Florida by President Monroe, and re-appointed by Presidents Adams and Jackson. Offered here is an ADS, 1812, legal document concerning debt and Bleakley and Montgomery. These two men opened the first general store in Elizabethtown, Ky., doing much business with Thomas Lincoln, father of the future president.  Approx. 7-1/2 x 6-1/4 in. VG.  Quite RARE!.  Portrait of Duval is not included here.............300-400

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His portrait




To Young Pickett From His Friend Back In Richmond, Virginia
12. John G. Williams - the young friend of George E. Pickett back home in Richmond, Virginia.  ALS  [stampless folded letter], Richmond, July 31, 1840,  2 full pages plus half of a third page which does not look complete.  On the other side of this page is the address portion - also a docket in the hand of George E. Pickett.  Approx. full size 8 x 9-3/4 in. While reading this letter one can't help but think about how mature the writer sounds, esp. when you think that he was probably 14-16 years old.  Pickett was 15 when he read his friend's letter, which is mostly about school.  He also touches on national politics although briefly.  Beginning to separate at fold lines.......1200-1500   [reserved is $600]

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Bill of Sale For $75,000 Walt Kuhn Painting
13. [ART] Brenda Kuhn (1911-1993) the only child of the famous American artist, Walt Kuhn. She spent her whole life overseeing the Kuhn Estate, was a philanthropist, Kuhn scholar, amateur photographer.  Typed Document signed by Brenda Kuhn, an AGREEMENT AND BILL OF SALE, for a painting by Walt Kuhn titled "Brenda in Ogunquit."  The painting was 50 x 30 in., sold by the Midtown Galleries in New York for the Kuhn Estate.  The document has the signature of a Notary Public, dated 1989.  VG..........100-150

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14. [NEWSPAPER] LINCOLN ASSASSINATION - WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, Madison, Wis., May 9, 1865, VOL. XIII, No. 34. 8 pages, FILLED with Civil War news and bulletins. Includes: "Abraham Lincoln. Remarks at the Funeral Services...By R.W. Emerson"; "The Man who Killed Booth- Anecdotes of Sergeant Corbett"; "Indian Murders in Minnesota"; "The Assassination Plot". Illustrated advertisements. Fascinating reading. Uncommon................75-100



15. [BRITISH NAVAL] Admiral Sir Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, GCB (1757-1833) British naval officer. He fought during the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary, and the Napoleonic Wars. Pellew is remembered as an officer and a gentleman of great courage and leadership. Under the command of Captain Philemon Pownoll, he took General John Burgoyne to America in the spring of 1776. In October Pellew, together with another midshipman, Brown, was detached, under Lieutenant Dacres, for service in the Carleton tender on Lake Champlain. During the Battle of Valcour Island on 11 October, Dacres and Brown were both severely wounded, and the command devolved on Pellew, who, by his personal gallantry, extricated the vessel from a position of great danger. As a reward for his service he was immediately appointed to command the Carleton. In December Lord Howe wrote, promising him a commission as lieutenant when he could reach New York, and in the following January Lord Sandwich wrote promising to promote him when he came to England. In the summer of 1777 Pellew, with a small party of seamen, was attached to the army under Burgoyne, was present in the fighting at Saratoga , where his youngest brother, John, was killed. He, together with the rest of the force, was taken prisoner. After the surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga, he was repatriated. SIGNATURE "Exmouth" 1825 clipped from letter, still with red wax seal intact. 3x4 in. Nice example.............75-100




16. [POLITICS] mixed lot of signatutes in various forms: [1] Giles Waldo Hotchkiss (1815-1878) U.S. Representative from New York during the American Civil War. Signature. VG. [2] DONLEY, Joseph Benton [1838-1917] Representative from Pennsylvania, entered the Union Army as a captain in the Eighty-third Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, in 1862 and served throughout the war. SIGNATURE. [3]WOODWARD, George Washington [1809-1875] Representative from Pennsylvania; nominated in 1845 by President Polk a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States but was not confirmed by the Senate. SIGNATURE. [4] ARMSTRONG, William Hepburn [1824-1919] Representative from Pennsylvania. SIGNATURE. [5] Everett Sanders (1882-1950) was an American political figure. He was secretary to President Calvin Coolidge and chairman of the Republican National Committee. SIGNED 3X5 CARD. [6] TALLMADGE, Nathaniel Pitcher, a Senator from New York; born in Chatham, Columbia County, N.Y., February 8, 1795; graduated from Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., in 1815; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1818 and commenced practice in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; member, State assembly 1828; member, State senate 1830-1833; elected as a Jacksonian to the United States Senate in 1833; reelected as a Democrat in 1839, and served from March 4, 1833, to June 17, 1844, when he resigned, having been appointed by President John Tyler to be Governor of Wisconsin Territory, with residence in Fond du Lac; served as Governor of Wisconsin Territory until his removal from office in May 1845; devoted himself to writing religious tracts; died in Battle Creek, Mich., November 2, 1864; interment in Rienzi Cemetery, Fond du Lac, Wis. CLIP SIGNATURE [quite foxed]. [7] album page signed on both sides by: SOUTHWICK, George Newell, (1863 - 1912) NY; BODINE, Robert Nall, (1837 - 1914) Mo; BURLEIGH, Edwin Chick, (1843 - 1916) US senator, congressman & Gov. of Maine. Signed on other side by: SUTHERLAND, Roderick Dhu, (1862 - 1915) Neb.; VANDIVER, Willard Duncan, (1854 - 1932) Mo.; STEPHENS, John Hall, (1847 - 1924) Texas. VG. [8]JAMES J. DAVIS (1873-1947) American steel worker and Republican Party politician in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He served as U.S. Secretary of Labor and represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate. He was also known by the nicknames of the "Iron Puddler" and "Puddler Jim." Typewritten Manuscript Signed, 1p. Re: the home is the basis of civilization as we have known it. Clean. Click to see Davis [9]FISHER, John [1806-1882] Representative from New York. SIGNATURE. [10] Omar D. Conger [1818-1898] U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Michigan. He was a member of the State military board during the Civil War, holding the rank of colonel. Senator Conger is the namesake for Fort Conger, the pioneering Arctic outpost established by Augustus Greeley's 1881 expedition and named by the explorer in gratitude for the senator's support. SIGNATURE ON ALBUM PAGE. See signature [11] McCARTY, Andrew Zimmerman [1808-1879] Representative from New York. SIGNATURE. [12] [PENN] nice clean album page signed by 2 Penn. congressmen: MORRELL, Daniel Johnson, (1821 - 1885); TOWNSEND, Washington, (1813 - 1894). Both are large clean signatures. [13] SHOBER, Francis Edwin [1831-1896] Representative from North Carolina. SIGNATURE. [14] Charles Benjamin Farwell (1823 - 1903) U.S. Representative and Senator from Illinois. Clip Signature. [15] Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg (1837-1908) nineteenth century politician, lawyer and judge from Missouri. Born near Cologne, Germany, Finkelnburg immigrated to the United States with his parents in 1848, settling in St. Charles, Missouri. During the Civil War, Finkelnburg served as a private in the Union Army and was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from 1864 to 1868, serving as speaker pro tempore in 1868. He was elected a Republican and later reelected a Liberal Republican to the United States House of Representatives in 1868, serving from 1869 to 1873. Finkelnburg was appointed judge of the eastern district of Missouri by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1905, serving until 1907. CLIP SIGNATURE, mounted. [16] Jacob Hart Ela (1820- 1884) U.S. Representative from New Hampshire. SIGNATURE, Rochester, NH, on album page. [17] Ossian Ray (1835- 1892) United States Representative from New Hampshire. SIGNATURE, Lancaster, NH...............100-150



17.  [AMERICANA] misc. mixed lot: [1] (RAILROAD) M.E.I. (Melville Ezra Ingalls) (1842-1914). important railroad man, President of the Big Four. He was one of the founders of the Cincinnati Art Museum; pres. Cincinnati Exposition; one of the pioneers in the modern playground movement, advocating more baseball and athletic fields for children. TLS, 1896, as President of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. ANS [signed with initials] at bottom of TLS by J.A. Barnard, The Peoria & Eastern Railway Co., Indianapolis, 1894, 1p, 4to. "J.A.B. I will send it to you just as soon as it comes back to us from Richmond. Rent should commence from March 1st payable first of each succeeding month. Vouchers will be made up in Mr. Axtell's office at Richmond." VG. Very scarce in autograph material. [2] Early Shipping Bill of Lading from the Rowland G. Hazard papers, dated Providence [RI], 1829. For one Hogshead Georgia Syrup being shipped on the Sloop Providence, now in Port of Providence and bound for New York. 8-3/4 x 6 in. A few light foxing spots, tattered right edge affects nothing. VG. Nice small vignette for W. R. Danforth, Printer, Providence. Master of the sloop was George L. Brown, who signs at bottom. Damaged along right side edge. [3] MITCHELL, Hugh Burnton, a Senator and a Representative from Washington; born in Great Falls, Cascade County, Mont., March 22, 1907; attended the public schools at Great Falls, Mont., and Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H.; engaged in editorial work on a newspaper in Everett, Wash., 1931-1933; elected Democratic precinct committeeman in Everett, Wash., 1931; served as executive assistant to Monrad C. Wallgren during his services in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate 1933-1945; appointed as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Monrad C. Wallgren and served from January 10, 1945, until his resignation on December 25, 1946; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1946; engaged in economic research and public relations; elected to the Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1953); was not a candidate for renomination in 1952 but was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for election as Governor of Washington; was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1954 to the Eighty-fourth Congress and in 1958 to the Eighty-sixth Congress; engaged as owner and partner in transportation and manufacturing businesses since 1953; chairman, Committee for Washington Tax Reform; was a resident of Seattle, Wash. until his death on June 10, 1996. SIGNED PROOF SHEET FOR HIS BIO. IN WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA, 1946-47. [4] [NEW HAMPSHIRE] Isaac Twombly (1735-1824] Manuscript Document Signed, Rochester [NH] Oct. 31, 1793, 1p., approx. 6x2". Rec. of Andrew Rollins....Ichebod Rollins as witness. Isaac Twombly was a Quaker and one of twenty-two belonging to the Society of Friends from Rochester, NH, that "did not choose to sign," the 1776 Revolutionary War Proposal. One hundred and ninety-eight persons in Rochester (N.H.) signed this agreement, twenty-two belonging to the Society of Friends "did not choose to sign," and twenty-two others refused to sign. This placed every man as a friend or an enemy to his country, and informed the committee of Safety what individuals to watch or disarm.". [5] Louis E. ATKINSON [1841-1910] US Representative from Pennsylvania; during the Civil War entered the medical department of the United States Army on September 5, 1861; served as assistant surgeon in the First Pennsylvania Reserve Cavalry and as surgeon of the One Hundred and Eighty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, until mustered out in December 1865; was disabled while in the Army and, being unable to practice medicine, studied law. SIGNATURE. [6] THOMAS MELVILL Jun. [1776-1845] sent to Europe as a banker at age 18; exporter; farmer in Pittsfield, Mass; uncle of the famous author Herman Melville. DS, Carriage to Liverpool and Charges - Received payment for James Tisdale. 8x3 in. Docketed 1790 on verso so he would have been 14 at the time; 4 years later a banker in Europe. Although not a valuable signature it is rare. Fine.. [7] EDWARD HAMILTON - ALS, Boston, 1885, 1p, 4to. To M.E. Ingalls, the famous railroad man. "So many years have passed since I saw you, that you may have forgotten me, and I should not now trespass on your time except by the advice of my counsel & our friend Woodbury, who feels that you like myself still think the grand principles of American government should be maintained against the wild theories of ambitious & selfish, as well as short sighted men. Your Senator Sherman last fall made a silly speech here and I thought now he again proposes to come before the people of Ohio for endorsement, it was a good time to show him up a little. I wish you would put this where it will reach your people, and have a copy sent me if used or return it to me if not used. I have headed it as to the Enquirer. If they do not want it perhaps some other paper would be better." Fine. [8] J.F. TUCKER - General Superintendent, Illinois Central Railroad Co. ALS, Chicago, 1877, 1p, 4to. To M.E. Ingalls, the famous railroad man. Mentions that the 3 mail cars are finished & they will cost about $3100 each. File punch holes left margin - no affect. [9] George Mitchell (b. 1933) American Statesman. TLS, US Senate stationery,Jan. 4, 1989, 1p, 6-1/4 x 8-1/2 in. To Guy Gannett Publishing Co., Portland, Maine. To Allan. "I appreciate your thinking of me during this holiday season. I certainly enjoy the two books, especially the Bill Caldwell book. I am looking forward to my new role in the Senate and the challenges that the 101st Congress will bring. Thank you for your kinfs words." Signed "George." In comparison with other Mitchell signatures this does not appear to be an autopen signature. [10] Henry C. Deming (1815-1872) U.S. Representative from Connecticut. He was admitted to the bar in 1839 and began practice in New York City but devoted his time chiefly to literary work. He moved to Hartford, Connecticut, in 1847. He entered the Union Army in September 1861 as colonel of the Twelfth Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers. He served as mayor of New Orleans under martial law from October 1862 to February 1863, when he resigned from the Army. Signature.............100-150



18. [MUSIC] Rudolf Kelterborn (b. 1931) Swiss musician and composer.  Kelterborn has held guest lecturerships in the United States, England, Japan, China, and Eastern Europe. His works have been performed throughout Europe, the United States, and Japan, and he has also been active as a conductor on the international scene.  AMQS from his work "Changements pour grand orchestre." Approx. 10-1/2 x 4-1/4". VG.............50-75

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19. [MUSIC] Hafliði Hallgrimsson (1941 - )  Icelandic composer, currently living in Bath. Hafliði was the Principal Cellist of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, but left that position in 1983 to pursue a full-time career as a composer. In 2008, he became composer-in-residence of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra (through 2010). AMQS from his work "Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, Op.30"  Approx. 10-1/2 x 4-1/4". VG...........60-80

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20. MYSTERY LOT of about 83 pieces from 19th & 20th century. Includes: letters; documents; a few autographs. Oldest item in this lot is 1836. Good lot for eBay sellers or those who like researching items.....80-120


21. [CIVIL WAR - MAINE] 1st Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment - Photograph of The Monument - The 1st Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment was a regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It suffered more casualties in an ill-fated charge during the Siege of Petersburg than any Union regiment lost in a single day of combat throughout the war. It was also the Union regiment with the highest number of officers killed (23).  Original circa 1900, or earlier, photograph of the monument to the 1st Maine stands on the former battlefield at Petersburg. The photograph is approx. 9-1/2 x 7-1/4” plus the mountboard.  The condition is very good with expected surface faults considered minor.  The regiment was mustered in Bangor, Maine, in 1862 as the 18th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment and consisted mostly of men and officers from the Penobscot River Valley (the area around Bangor and points east). It was commanded by Col. Daniel Chaplin, a Bangor merchant. Charles Hamlin, son of Vice President Hannibal Hamlin, was originally an officer in this regiment, but was promoted to a position on the staff of Maj. Gen. Hiram G. Berry before it saw significant action. The regiment's name was changed in 1863 to the 1st Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment, and it served in the defenses of Washington, D.C. before being reassigned to the Army of the Potomac during the Overland Campaign in the spring of 1864. At the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, the regiment took its first heavy casualties—6 officers and 76 men killed, and another 6 officers and 388 men wounded. At Petersburg, however, an ill-advised charge across an open field toward Confederate breastworks on June 18, 1864, ordered by Chaplin, resulted in the greatest single loss of life in a Union regiment to occur in the war, with 7 officers and 108 men killed, and another 25 officers and 464 men wounded. These casualties constituted 67% of the strength of the 900-man force. Chaplin survived the action but was later killed by a sharpshooter. All in all, the 1st Maine sustained one of the highest casualty rates in the war, with 421 killed, and another 260 dead of disease. A monument to the 1st Maine stands on the former battlefield at Petersburg...........250-300

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22. [BRITAIN] Harold Wilson (1916-1995)  twice Prime Minister. ANS, as member of the House of Lords. VG.......40-60

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23. [AMERICANA] Mixed multiple lot: [1] Robert F. Wagner (1877-1953) American politician. He was a Democratic U.S. Senator from New York from 1927 to 1949. TLS, 1932, 1p. [2] John Bigler (1805-1871) American lawyer, politician and diplomat. A Democrat, he served as the third Governor of California from 1852 to 1856 and was the first California governor to successfully complete an entire term in office, as well as the first to win re-election. His younger brother, William Bigler, was elected Governor of Pennsylvania during the same period. Bigler was also appointed by President James Buchanan as the U.S. Minister to Chile from 1857 to 1861. CLIP SIGNATURE. [3]WILLIAM ANDREW LEONARD (1848-1930) 4th Episcopal Bishop of Ohio (1889-1930), was born in Southport, Conn. He graduated from St. Stephen's College (1866) and received his B.D. degree from Berkeley Divinity School (1871). Ordained a deacon in 1871 and priest in 1872, Leonard began a long career in the Anglican church with a rectorship in Brooklyn, N.Y. (1872-80). His popularity with national leaders such as JOHN HAY , made while a rector in Washington, D.C. (1880-89), helped overcome a Tractarian-versus-evangelical dispute that caused the Diocese of Ohio to vote 5 times before electing him bishop coadjutor. Although an evangelical himself, Leonard used his personal wealth to adopt the lifestyle of his neighbors on Euclid Ave.'s Millionaires' Row as he cajoled them to financially support the diocese. Leonard founded the Free Library in Brooklyn, N.Y.; was a trustees of Kenyon College; and helped St. John's Home for Girls in Painesville. Diocesan clergy doubled, and membership quadrupled during Leonard's episcopacy. He supervised the building of Trinity Cathedral and saved Kenyon College and Bexley Hall from enrollment disasters caused by the high church-low church dispute. He was first president of Mid-West (1914-24) and presiding bishop of the church (1929, 1930). He supervised the American Episcopal churches in Europe (1897-1906). TLS, as Bishop of Ohio, 1928, 1p, 8vo. To Miss Marguerite Thomas at Cambridge, Mass. She was a poet and connected with the famous Blackwell family. Great joy in anticipation of your coming back to us. "I expect to dedicate the new St. Paul's Church on the Heights....It is a handsome building, and the outlook is very hopeful." With envelope. See Leonard TLS [4] THE NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Washington City, August 11, 1838, No. 24 - Vol. IV, 16 pages. Includes news of Indian murders in Georgia; also Florida; death of Commodore John Rodgers, and much more. This newspaper began in 1811 and was a prime source for national political news of the first half of the19th century. VG. See Niles paper [5] Samuel Wesley Stratton (1861-1931) U.S. administrator and educator. In March 1901, President William McKinley appointed him as the first director of the Bureau of Standards. He served until 1923. He also served as the president of MIT from January 1923 until 1930. DOCUMENT SIGNED, Department of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of Standards Certificate, 1906. Granted to S.I.P. Geneve for ONE STEEL METER BAR, submitted by R.S. Woodward, Carnegie Inst. Test No. 1581. 1-page, 8.5 x 11. Folds o/w fine. [6]Arthur E. Bestor (1879 -1944) educator who served with distinction as President of Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York from 1915 to 1944. Bestor was a national force for adult education and under his twenty-five year administration, the Institution grew from an assembly for teachers and ministers with modest facilities to a wide-ranging summer program with a symphony orchestra, an opera company, a resident repertory theater company, and celebrated lecturers. TLS, 1920, 1p, 8.5 x 11". To Miss Helen Chase, Curch Sec'y, First Presbyterian Church, Buffalo, NY. Re: speakers for programs. [7] Antique Steel-engraving - Episcopal Church, Richmond, Virginia. Image 7-1/2 x 5-3/4 in. plus margins. VG. See engraving [8] Alexander Henry (1823- 1883) was the mayor of Philadelphia, Penn., during the Civil War. He was prominent in the efforts to suppress Confederate sympathizers within the city early in the war, and helped organize civilians to assist in constructing earthworks to defend the city during the 1863 Gettysburg Campaign. Clip Signature. [9] Frederic Thomas Greenhalge (1842-1896) Gov. of Mass. [1894-96]. ALS, 1893, 1-full page, 8.5 x 11". To Mr. Rice. Political content mentioning Senator {Henry Cabot] Lodge. VG. [10] (COLORADO GOLD RUSH OF 1896). JAMES F. BURNS - Financier from the time of the Colorado Gold Rush. Document Signed, The Exchange National Bank, Colorado Springs, Colorado, January 17, 1916. Check for $2,000.00 issued to The Burns Trading Company. Vignette of Eagle standing on globe of the world. Signed by Burns on the back as Treasurer.............100-150




24. [GOODYEAR COMPANY]  Charles Goodyear (1800-1860) American inventor who developed a process to vulcanize rubber in 1839 — a method that he perfected while living and working in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1844, and for which he received patent number 3633 from the United States Patent Office on June 15, 1844. Offered here is a "copy" of 1849 letter from Charles Goodyear requesting a patent for Goodyear Transparent Cement.  Two pages, contained in an elaborate mat with wooden inserts. Provenance: Goodyear Family. Overall size approx. 25-1/2 x 19".  Obviously a latter copy of the letter, probably circa 1900, possibly earlier. VG.........150-250

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25.  [ABRAHAM LINCOLN] Archive from the Herbert Wells Fay Collection.  Herbert W. Fay (1859-1949) was custodian of the Abraham Lincoln Tomb and Monument in Springfield from 1921 until his death. He is buried just 100 yards from Lincoln’s tomb.  Custodian Johnson died in 1921. Shortly afterward, Herbert Wells Fay of DeKalb, Illinois, was appointed his successor. Fay was "a noted Lincoln collector" who owned a large photograph collection, making him a logical choice at a time when Memorial Hall was used for the display of relics. Fay soon became a popular figure in Springfield. He wrote a column for a local newspaper in which he provided news of visitors to the Lincoln Tomb and details of events there. His collection of Lincoln relics and photographs, housed in glass-topped display cases in Memorial Hall, was the focal point of his lectures to visitors. He encouraged them to ask about the mementos, and when they did, he provided elaborate accounts of how each one was acquired. His entertaining lecture-tour of the tomb "abounded in dramatic incidents," as Fay retold the story of the attempt to steal Lincoln's remains. "To those of us who know him," wrote one admirer, "the venerable Custodian of the Tomb is second only to the shrine itself."  Includes: 3 signed photos: John R. Gregg, & 2 others, one of which is pictured in scan below, inscribed to Fay. Irene Bewley [Mountain Monologues] signed & inscribed to Fay, 1944. Three ALSs, one from King Hostick [the great Lincoln collector], another dated 1909 from L.D. Bradley of the Chicago Daily News, plus another unidentified. Life magazine clipping signed by noted photograph Fritz Goro. Plus TLSs by Francis Curtis, Dir. of Republican Congressional Committee, and one from Winnifred Mason Huck (1882-1936) American journalist and politician from the state of Illinois who became the third woman to serve in the United States Congress, after Jeannette Rankin and Alice Mary Robertson, the first woman to represent Illinois in Congress, and the first mother.  All in very good condition..........150-200

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Fort Leavenworth

26. [FORT LEAVENWORTH] U.S. Military Prison, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, partly-printed document dated 1883, voucher to purchase 900 stamped envelopes, signed in ink by  2nd Lieut. W.P. Evans and Clara L. Nichols, postmistress. Also appears the name of  Capt. William Badger, 6th Infantry, who signs in print. BADGER was the son of a New Hampshire Governor. Wm. Badger fought in the Civil War. After that war, he was commissioned a lieutenant, assigned to the 6th Regiment of U.S. Infantry. Often stationed in Indian territory, he was later brevetted a captain for "gallant and meritorious services during the war." For a while he served under Gen. George A. Custer in Dakota.  8 x 10-1/2 in. VG Scarce!.........100-150

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27. [VERMONT] Ebenezer J. Ormsbee (1834-1924) was the 41st Governor of Vermont. During the civil war he enlisted in the Brandon "Allen Grays" in April 1861, which became Company G of the 1st Vermont Infantry. He was elected 2nd lieutenant on April 25, 1861, and served with the regiment for its full three month term. In September 1862, he joined Company G, 12th Vermont Infantry, serving as its captain, and was mustered out with his regiment in July 1863. After he returned home, Ormsbee started practicing law in Brandon, as a partner of Anson A. Nicholson, and later with Ebenezer N. Briggs.  Document Signed, Brandan [VT], 1863, 1p, body of documentnin Ormsbee's hand, including his signature.  Signed by Sarah D. Kinsman. 7-3/4 x 4-1/4 in. VG.................80-120

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28. [ART] Blanche R. Brown  (1915 - ) classical art scholar,  Professor Emeritus of Fine Arts, New York University. Classicist and curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1942-1967.   She was awarded an M.A. at the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU, in 1938, marrying the art historian Milton W. Brown  the same year. She was an instructor at Vassar College and Hunter College during these years. In 1941, she and her husband, a budding Americanist, bought a car and toured the United States seeking out American art for his upcoming book. Back in New York, she joined the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, as a lecturer in 1942 while her husband served in the army. During these years she continued to work on her Ph.D. at the NYU, which was granted in 1967.  In 1966 she was appointed an associate professor at New York University, advancing to professor of art in 1973. Offered here  is an ALS, 1945 written on a postcard to the artist Walt Kuhn, asking  if 3 of Kuhn's paintings have ever been reproduced. She asking for "a piece of research".   The artist Walt Kuhn has himself written the date and underlined it in red pencil.  Excellent..........60-80

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29. [FILM] Walter Catlett (1889-1960)  American actor.  As a San Francisco citizen, he started out in vaudeville with a detour for a while in opera before breaking into films. He made a career by playing excitable, officious blowhards. Catlett also provided the voice of Foulfellow the Fox in the 1940 Disney animated film Pinocchio. Signed 3x5 card, Hollywood, Calif., 1938, on which he also makes a drawing of a black cat. Fine..............50-75

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Law of Electric and Magnetic Action

30. [SCIENCE] Robert Simpson Woodward (1849-1924) American physicist and mathematician. Offered here is a small archive from Woodward's papers. Includes a notebook on "Law of electric and magnetic action", containing 9-pages written by Woodward [unsigned]. In fine condition. PLUS 3 printed pamlets written by Woodward: OBSERVATION AND EXPERIMENT 1901; THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE 1901; and MEASUREMENT AND CALCULATION 1902. These are in very good condition..............100-150

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31. (KENTUCKY PIONEER) GEO. HELM (b. Virginia 1774-1822) In 1798, he appointed sheriff of Hardin County; was also justice of the peace. In 1813,14 & 16, he was representative in the Sate Legislature. He resigned temporarily in 1814 to serve on the staff of Gen. John Thomas, who commanded the Kentucky troops at the Battle of New Orleans. Geo. Helm's residence in Hardin Co. was the site of the old Helm's fort [Helm Place], which was one of the original three forts which became Elizabethtown. His son was Kentucky governor, John Helm. Offered here is an 1810 court document written & signed by Ben Helm with the signature of Geo. helm on the verso. 7-3/4 x 6-1/4". VG............150-200

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32. SAM FREEMAN (1743-1831) American jurist from Maine. He was an active patriot during the Revolutionary struggle; was secretary of the Cumberland County convention in 1774, secretary of the provincial congress [John Hancock was president] in 1775, member of the Massachusetts house of representatives in 1776 and 1778. From 1776 - 1805 he was also postmaster of Portland. The historian William Willis described Freeman: "We believe no other man ever held so many responsible trusts at one time, and none was ever more faithful in the discharge of his duties."  Commonwealth of Massachusetts court document signed 1807, approx. 8 x 9 in..........100-150

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33. [JUDAICA] Abraham Joshua "Abe"  Heschel (1907-1972) Polish-born American rabbi and one of the leading Jewish theologians and Jewish philosophers of the 20th century. Heschel, a professor of Jewish mysticism at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, authored a number of widely read books on Jewish philosophy and was active in the American Civil Rights movement.  In late October 1938, when Heschel was living in a rented room in the home of a Jewish family in Frankfurt, he was arrested by the Gestapo and deported to Poland. He spent ten months lecturing on Jewish philosophy and Torah at Warsaw's Institute for Jewish Studies.  Six weeks before the German invasion of Poland, Heschel left Warsaw for London with the help of Julian Morgenstern, president of Hebrew Union College, who had been working to obtain visas for Jewish scholars in Europe.  Heschel's sister Esther was killed in a German bombing. His mother was murdered by the Nazis, and two other sisters, Gittel and Devorah, died in Nazi concentration camps. He never returned to Germany, Austria or Poland. He once wrote, "If I should go to Poland or Germany, every stone, every tree would remind me of contempt, hatred, murder, of children killed, of mothers burned alive, of human beings asphyxiated." Heschel arrived in New York City in March 1940.  He served on the faculty of Hebrew Union College (HUC), the main seminary of Reform Judaism, in Cincinnati for five years. In 1946, he took a position at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (JTS) in New York City, the main seminary of Conservative Judaism. He served as professor of Jewish ethics and Mysticism until his death in 1972.  His biography at wikipedia shows 2 photos of him with Martin Luther King Jr., one marching wqith King at Selma.  Offered here is an extremely rare and early TLS, Frankfurt, 1939, 1p.  Written to the Rabbi-Artist Frederick Solomon, who was still living in German at that time. Not translated. VG.........200-300

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34. [THREE PRESIDENTS]  group of 3 signed cards:  Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, and Gerald R. Ford [dated 11/13/98].  Each is fine............100-150

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35. MYSTERY LOT of about 81 pieces from 19th & 20th century. Includes: letters; documents; a few autographs; and various ephemera. Oldest item in this lot is 1815. Good lot for eBay sellers or those who like researching items.....80-120



36. [US NAVAL] The first USS Sabine was a sailing frigate built by the United States Navy in 1855. The ship was among the first ships to see action in the American Civil War. In 1862, a large portion of the USS Monitor crew were volunteers from the Sabine.  During the Civil War, Sabine was actively employed along the east coast searching for Confederate raiders. She participated in the relief and reinforcement of Fort Pickens, Florida, in April 1861, under command of Capt. Adams; the rescue of 500 marines and the crew of chartered troop transport Governor during a violent storm off South Carolina on 2 and 3 November 1861; the search for Vermont in March 1862, after the ship-of-the-line had been badly damaged by a storm while sailing to Port Royal, South Carolina; and the hunt for CSS Alabama in October 1862 and CSS Tacony in June 1863.  In 1869 and 1870, the ship conducted midshipman training cruises to European and Mediterranean ports.  Offical letter, US Receiving Ship Vermont, 1869, 1p, stating that the Sabine will be allowed 16 men in addition to their regular crew.  VG..............50-75

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37. [ART] George Biddle  (1885-1973)  American artist best known for his social realism, combat art, and his strong advocacy of government-sponsored art projects. A native of Philadelphia, Biddle was a lawyer by training whose passion for art led him to abandon his original profession and travel the world to study and compose. During World War II, Biddle was appointed chairman of the United States Department of War's Art Advisory Committee and served to recruit artists to that body. In 1950, Biddle was appointed to the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, serving until 1951 and again from 1953 to 1955.  Small ink drawing signed 1959 on 3-1/2 x 5-3/4 in. white card. Fine..............150-250

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38. [ART] Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975) American painter and muralist. Along with Grant Wood and John Steuart Curry, he was at the forefront of the Regionalist art movement. His fluid, sculpted figures in his paintings showed everyday people in scenes of life in the United States. Though his work is strongly associated with the Midwestern United States, he studied in Paris, lived in New York City for more than 20 years and painted scores of works there, summered for 50 years on Martha's Vineyard off the New England coast, and also painted scenes of the American South and West.  Signed 1971 FDC honoring 150th Anniversary of Missouri Statehood. Clean and attractive example.............100-150

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39. [HOLLYWOOD] Mr. and Mrs. Bridge s a 1990 Merchant Ivory film based on the novels by Evan S. Connell of the same name.
It starred Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward.  Offered here is a program from the premier at the Midland Theatre, Kansas City, Missouri, Nov. 15, 1990, signed on the cover by Kyra Sedgewick, Simon Cowell, Blyth Danner, Joanne Woodward, and Judy Judd.  VG............80-120

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40. [MUSIC] William Hayman Cummings  (1831-1915)  English musician, tenor and organist at Waltham Abbey. In 1847, as a teenager, he was one of the choristers when Felix Mendelssohn conducted the first London performance of his Elijah at Exeter Hall.  He is credited in 1855 with linking Mendelssohn's tune to Charles Wesley's words Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, which are now universally inextricably linked. At the Birmingham Festival he was the last-minute tenor soloist at the premiere of The Masque at Kenilworth (1866) by Arthur Sullivan, taking Mario's place (with only half-an-hour's notice to prepare).  He was Vice-President, Royal College of Organists. ALS, 1886, 1p, approx. 4 x 6 in. Slight mounting traces on verso........80-120

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41. [THEATRE]  Thomas W. Keene  (1840-1898) American actor who made his acting debut as Lucius in Julius Caesar. He performed in primarily dramatic roles in several traveling companies, performing in Ohio, New York, Maryland, and London. Other roles performed by Keene have included Major McTurk in The Overland Route, Gaspard Laroque in The Romance of a Poor Young Man, and the title character in Richard III. Playing a long list of roles, Keene was definitely a prolific actor, but never quite achieved the fame he desired.  AQS, no date.  Ink is alittle light............40-60

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42. Margaret Elizabeth Sangster (1838 – 1912)  American poet, author, and editor. She was popular in the late 19th and early 20th century.  ALS, no date, to the Editor of the Eagle as to a boy was to pick up a manuscript, he had not yet come so she will perhaps send it by mail. 5-1/2 x 5-3/4 in. VG..............150-200

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43.[MUSIC] Irving Caesar  (1895-1996)   American lyricist and theater composer who wrote lyrics for numerous song standards including "Swanee," "Sometimes I'm Happy," "Crazy Rhythm," and "Tea for Two," one of the most frequently recorded tunes ever written. He was born and died in New York. In 1972 he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.  TLS, NY, 1972, 1p,  7-1/4 x 10-1/2 in.  Mentions Jean Dalrymple (1902-1998) the theatre producer, manager. His typewriter ribbon needed more ink...............60-80

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44.  Chauncey M. Depew  (1834-1928)  attorney for Cornelius Vanderbilt's railroad interests, president of the New York Central Railroad System, and a United States Senator from New York from 1899 to 1911.  Cancelled $1000 Bond of The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Co., dated 1897. Sheet of coupons still attached. Signed by Depew as President.  Approx. 10 x 15 in. Folds but very fine condition.................125-175

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45. [CARTOON] Ted Key (1912 – 2008) American cartoonist and writer. He is best known as the creator of the cartoon panel Hazel, which was later the basis for a television series of the same name, and also the creator of Peabody's Improbable History.  Signed & inscribed sketch of Hazel, dated 1/6/03.  Drawn on 6x4 in. card.  Fine..............75-100

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46. [FILM-THEATRE]  Yul Brynner  (1920-1985) Russian-born actor of film and stage.  Signed 8x10 photo. VG.......60-80

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47.[CARTOON]  Brad Anderson  (b. 1924)  American cartoonist and creator of the comic strip Marmaduke. Signed original sketch of Marmaduke on 3x5 card, inscribed. Fine..............50-75

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Anthony Thieme Original Etching Plate - RARE!

48. [ART] Anthony Thieme (1888-1954) was a landscape and marine painter and a major figure of the Rockport (MA) School of American regional art. He was a contemporary of important Rockport artists Aldro Hibbard, Emil Gruppe, W. Lester Stevens, Antonio Cirino, and Marguerite Pierson. Born in Rotterdam on 20 February 1888, Thieme studied at the Academie of Fine Arts in Rotterdam for two years and then, briefly, at the Royal Academy, the Hague. He traveled widely in Europe, frequently finding work as a stage designer.Thieme traveled to the United States at the age of 22. He quickly found work as a stage designer at the Century Theater in New York, designing sets for the Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova. When the commission ended, he traveled to South America, primarily Brazil and Argentina. Stage work again provided his livelihood. A return to Europe followed with further work in England, France, and Italy. Returning to the United States with a contract for additional stage work, Thieme found himself in Boston. He discontinued work on the stage in 1928 and from then on made his living with the sales of his paintings and etchings. Thieme married Lillian Beckett in 1929 and moved to Rockport, MA. He established the Thieme School of Art. He exhibited his work frequently at the Grand Central Art Galleries in New York. He continued to travel widely; Mexico, Guatemala, Florida, and France were major destinations, always painting en plein air. Thieme committed suicide on 6 December 1954 in Greenwich, CT. The circumstances of his death are not fully understood. Anthony Thieme was a full member of the American Watercolor Society, Art Alliance of America, the Salmagundi Club, the Boston Art Club, North Shore Art Association, Rockport Art Association, New York Water Color Club, Art Alliance of Philadelphia and the National Arts Club. Original steel etching plate, "Old North Church". Not sure if this is the actual title - its simply what is written on the envelope.  Original etching plates are very uncommon...............800-1200

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49. [COL. Nicholas MILLER - Kentucky Pioneer]  Rare Kentucky Pioneer document 1798, approx. 7-7/8 x 5". Written and signed by MORRIS [Maurice] MILES [d. 1799] having been appointed Clerk of the Hardin Co. Court. ADS, 1798, summons for Peter Clacome.David May, the clerk, having departed this life, the court appointed John Helm to fill the vacancy, and he gave bond, with William McClung and George Helm as his securities, in the penalty of $3,000. On motion of John Helm, clerk, Maurice Miles was admitted as his deputy. Court adjourned 2nd day of the term. John Helm, who was appointed clerk on yesterday, resigned his office. Maurice Miles was appointed clerk and gave bond, with Felix Grundy and John Rowen as securities ; penalty, $3,000. Maurice Miles was a business man of fine promise, wrote a beautiful business hand, and would have made an excellent clerk, but he lived but a short time. Signed on the verso by Morris Miles, Nicholas Miller. The signature of Christopher Bush [Sr] was signed by Morris Miles.  COL. Nicholas MILLER - Kentucky Pioneer from the Elizabethtown area. Remembered as an Indian fighter. Sam. Haycraft, the Ky. historian, gives the following account: "Dan Vertrees was a stalwart young man of daring. He, with the late Colonel Nicholas Miller and others, were pursuing a band of Indians; Miller, then young, was tall, slenderly built, as active as a cat, and as fleet as hind, and as brave as Julius Caesar. This company coming upon the Indians, suddenly, a desperate fight ensued. Vertrees was killed at the first fire. A stout warrior seized a white man, wrestled his gun from him and was about to cleve his head with an axe. Miller at that moment, with a celerity of action which few men could equal, and with a power that few possessed ..... snatched the white man from the Indian as he would a chicken from a hawk, and, with an equal rapid motion, killed the Indian. This turned the tide, and the remaining Indians fled, leaving several dead on the ground."In 1793 William McCIung was sworn and admitted to the bar as attorney. William McClung, Esq., was appointed Commonwealth's Attorney for this court. Commonwealth's Attorneys were not then commissioned by the Governor, each county appointed their own prosecuting attorney, and were paid out of the county levy. VG.........400-600

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50. MYSTERY LOT of about 81 pieces from 19th & 20th century. Includes: letters; documents; a few autographs. Oldest item in this lot is 1816. Good lot for eBay sellers or those who like researching items.....80-120


51. [FRANCE] Etienne Pariset  (1770-1847)   French physician, known for being the founder of the Humane Society. Doctor at the Salpetriere hospital,   he was permanent secretary of the Academy of Medicine.  ALS, no year, 1p,  4 x 5-1/4 in. VG.........80-120

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52. [FRANCE] Paul Jamot  (1863-1939)  French painter, art critic and museum curator. He became curator of national museums, a member of the Institute , Commander of the Legion of Honour, honorary curator of the Louvre Museum , Reims museum director from 1927 to 1939.  ALS, 1930, 2pp,  5-1/4 x 8-1/2 in. He speaks about Delacroix drawings. Fine. Rare!............150-250

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53. [FRANCE] Felix Regamey  (1844-1907)  French   painter, illustrator and cartoonist. He began his career by publishing caricatures and cartoons  in many journals such as The Journal Fun, The Boulevard, The Paris Independence, La Vie Parisienne. In September 1870 , he founded the Public Hi and is involved in the Paris Commune and was forced into exile several years in London after the failure of the insurrection. Friend of Rimbaud and Verlaine,  he provided financial assistance to them. He traveled and worked for  Graphic and Harper's Weekly.  A stay in China and Japan , he performs in the company of Emile Guimet , inspires her watercolors and almost ethnographic drawings presented at the World Expo 1878 and published the same year in Japanese Walks Guimet. In 1881, he was appointed inspector drawing schools of the city of Paris. ALS, 1891, 2pp,  4 x 5-1/4 in. VG...............75-100


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54. [FRANCE] Alfred Philippe Roll (1846-1919)   French painter.  His 1875 painting of "The Flood at Toulouse" attracted huge attention, and it is now in the Havre Museum. All of his early work was romantic style, but was influenced by other styles including Bolognese and Gustave Courbet. In 1877 he exhibited "Fete of Silenus" at Salon, which is now at the Ghent Museum. It was at this point Roll decided to devote his work to painting everyday life, and his style changed as well to a more realist one.  ALS, no date, 1p,  4-3/8 x 5-3/4 in. Fine..................80-120

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55. [FRANCE] Pierre-François-Adolphe Carmouche (1797-1868)   French playwright. He wrote more than 200 successful plays, comedies, vaudevilles and texts for operas.  ALS, 1862, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8-1/8 in.  A curious letter to the famous actress Virginie Dejazet.  A tear repaired with archival paper. Scarce!..............100-150


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56. [FRANCE]  Marquis Edouard Marie Rene Bardon de Segonzac (1867 – 1962)  French army officer and explorer. He studied at the Ecole Speciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr before being commissioned and serving in the Ivory Coast where he was accused and acquitted of the murder of a fellow officer. He became renowned as an explorer and adventurer in Morocco and was also posted to Tunisia. In the First World War he became a pilot and received the Legion of Honour and the Croix de Guerre.  ALS, 1910, 1-1/2 pp, 5-1/4 x 7 in.  VG..............80-120


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57. [FRANCE] Pauline Marie Armande Aglaé Craven (1808 – 1891)  French author.  ALS, no yr., 3pp, 5-1/4 x 8 in. VG.........60-80



58. [FRANCE] Antonio Georges Lopisgich  (1854 - 1913) French Artist. ALS, 1893, 1-1/2pp, 5 x 8 in. VG..............75-100


59. [FRANCE] Jean-Baptiste-Joseph de Lubersac   (1740-1822)  French prelate of the eighteenth century.   Vicar general of Arles and the king's chaplain, was appointed bishop of Treguier in 1775.   Then he was also chaplain  to Sophie, aunt of King. Transferred to the diocese of Chartres in 1780, he published a new breviary and missal . Clerical deputy to the States-General (1789), he refused to swear allegiance to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy (1790). During the French Revolution he stayed in England and Hildesheim in Germany and resigned his seat in the 1801 Concordat.  ALS, 1882, 1p, 6 x 7-1/2 in. Very fine................100-150


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60. [FRANCE] Paul-Rene Leon Ginain  (1825-1898)  French architect.  He was a pupil of Ginain Lebas to School of Fine Arts in Paris. After winning the Premier Prix de Rome in 1852, he was a resident of the Villa Medici in Rome from 1853 to 1857.  He was the architect of the City of Paris, in charge of the 6th arrondissement , and professor at the School of Fine Arts, where he among other Emmanuel Masqueray as a student.  n 1881, he was elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts in the third section - Architecture - chair 3, after the death of Hector Lefuel.  ALS, 1886, 1p, 4-1/4 x 7 in. VG............80-120


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Balzac's "La Rabouilleuse"

61. [THEATRE] Archive of 11 letters about Balzac's "La Rabouilleuse" made into a play by Emile Fabre. These are about this play, and theatres that want it, also film adaptation [2 signed by Englishman Campbell]. None signed by Fabre. Besides the 2 by Campbel there are letters from Janvier Audier, Ferdinand Jean, H. Chretien, Georges Pellerin, Emmanuel Audisio, and Maeve Sage. None of the letters are in English. Emile Fabre (1869-1955) French dramatic author and general administrator of the Comédie-Française from December 2, 1915 to October 15, 1936............80-120



62. [ART] Stow Wengenroth (1906-1978) American artist and lithographer, born in 1906 in Brooklyn, New York. Wengenroth was once called "America's greatest living artist working in black and white" by the American realist painter Andrew Wyeth, and he is generally considered to be one of the finest American lithographers of the twentieth century. He studied at the Art Students League of New York under George Brant Bridgeman and John Carlson from 1923 to 1927, then at the Grand Central School of Art under Wayman Adams. Wengenroth was elected a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters (renamed the American Academy of Arts and Letters) in 1942 and was also a member of the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts and the Prairie Printmakers. He was elected an Associate of the prestigious National Academy of Design in 1938, and a full Academician in 1941. Wengenroth was also the author of several influential books on lithography. Wengenroth's lithographs are found in most major American collections, including the Library of Congress, Whitney Museum of American Art, and Metropolitan Museum of Art. During his career, Wengenroth became well-known for his detailed depictions of the seascapes and landscapes of New England and, particularly, Maine . As an artist, he eschewed colour in his lithographs but rather focused on shadow, light, and form to transmit detail and dimension. While his urban scenes of Manhattan and the New York City environs are especially coveted by the current market, Wengenroth was most adept at creating sincere yet vivid simulacra of the New England littoral and interior. Offered here is an unsigned 2-sided watercolor. Sand dunes on one side and a most unusual abstraction watercolor on the other. This is the last of our Wengenroths that we bought at the Bruce Collins auction in Kennebunk, Maine. These were consigned to Collins from the estate of Wengenroth. Youngs Fine Arts sold our companion piece to this in their 7/12/97 sale, lot 52. It was 1-sided, signed, almost identical scene, a little smaller, and brought $660. We saved this one because it was nicer but mainly because of the unusual abstraction on the one side. This is guaranteed, without a time limit, to be by Stow Wengenroth and we will send along a letter of guarantee to the winning bidder. This piece is approx. 14-3/4 x 19-3/4 in. Pin holes in the corners caused by Wengenroth. His watercolors & drawings are quite uncommon. CLICK BELOW TO SEE BOTH SIDES............1000-1500

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63. [ART] Alexander Liberman (1912-1999) Russian-American magazine editor, publisher, painter, photographer, and sculptor. He held senior artistic positions during his 32 years at Condé Nast Publications. When his father took a post advising the Soviet government, the family moved to Moscow. Life there became difficult, and his father secured permission from Lenin and the Politburo to take his son to London in 1921. Young Liberman was educated in Russia, England, and France, where he took up life as a "White Émigré" in Paris.  He began his publishing career in Paris with the early pictorial magazine Vu, where he worked under Lucien Vogel and with photographers such as Brassaï, André Kertész, and Robert Capa. After emigrating to New York in 1941, he began working for Condé Nast Publications, rising to the position of editorial director, which he held from 1962-1994. Only in the 1950s did Liberman take up painting and, later, metal sculpture. His highly recognizable sculptures are assembled from industrial objects (segments of steel I-beams, pipes, drums, and such), often painted in uniform bright colors. Prominent examples of his work are in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Storm King Art Center, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park, Tate Gallery, and the Guggenheim Museum. His massive work "The Way", a 65 feet x 102 feet x 100 feet  structure, is made of eighteen salvaged steel oil tanks, and became a signature piece of Laumeier Sculpture Park, and a major landmark of St. Louis, Missouri.Offered here is a large back & white lithograph, Signed A. Liberman 65, edition 7/35, approx. 35 x 24 in. flush, very good condition except for a tiny 1/4 in. tear into the upper left edge, only noticeable with close examination.............600-800

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64.  [ART] Jacques Villon (1875 - 1963) A painter and printmaker, Villon was known for his Cubist-style works, and is especially noted by art historians for "his creation of a purely graphic language for Cubism. He first came to the attention of the American public when his work was included in the 1913 New York Armory Show, which introduced modernism to the United Sates. All of his work sold at this exhibition. He was from a cultured family in the Normandy region of France, and was much influenced by his maternal grandfather, Emile Nicolle, who gave him early artistic training. Villon was born with the name of Gaston Emile Duchamp, and was the older brother of artists Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Marcel Duchamp and Suzanne Duchamp-Crotti. Honoring the French medieval poet, François Villon, and so as not to be confused artistically with his siblings, he changed his name to Jacques Villon. Jacques Villon died in his studio on June 9, 1963, and three years later, Marcel Duchamp, his last surviving brother, organized an exhibition of his work, which was held at the Musée National d'Art Moderne in Paris. In 1922 Villon was commissioned by the Galerie Bernheim-Jeune to produce a series of color aquatints after 38 major 19th and 20th century paintings. These included works after Braque, Matisse, Renoir, Manet, Picasso, Cezanne, Dufy, Modigliani, Bonnard and numerous others. Villon collaborated with these master artists and signed these prints so that they provided the public with access to works which otherwise would not be available. Color aquatint, signed in the plate (not pencil signed), 1923, title "NATURE MORTE", after Georges Braque, mat opening size 25-1/2 x 9 in. Framed. Not examined out of frame but appears to be without faults...............1000-1500

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65. [ART REFERENCE] Benezit, E., ed DICTIONNAIRE CRITIQUE ET DOCUMENTAIRE DES PEINTRES, SCULPTEURS, DESSINATEURS ET GRAVEURS De tous les temps et de tous le pays par un groupe d'ecrivains specialistes francais et etrangers.Paris: Librairie Grund, 1976. 10 vols. n. Each approx.. 700 pages. Text in French - many illustrations of signatures & monograms. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Blue cloth. Gilt lettering. Extremities very good. Interiors and exteriors clean; all quite sound. An impressive set. Very good+/No dust jacket. A MUST HAVE set for the serious art collector or dealer....................Minimum Bid..........$250


66. Joan Rivers (1933-1014) American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and television host noted for her often controversial comedic persona — where she was alternately self-deprecating or sharply acerbic, especially toward celebrities and politicians.  A page removed from some publication [2 folds] signed "Much Love Joan Rivers, 10-1/2 x 16-3/4 in.  Right edge a little ragged but generally in very good condition.............100-150

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67. CALAIS, MAINE - group of 27 documents, 1868-1914, deeds, insurance, lease, court documents etc.  From the papers of attorney Charles B. Rounds.  19 of the documents date pre-1900. Generally G-VG..............100-150


68. [MISSISSIPPI]  Lee M. Russell  (1875-1943) the 40th Governor of Mississippi.  He was born in Lafayette County, Mississippi and later attended the University of Mississippi. During his time as a student, he was the leader in a movement to abolish Greek fraternities. Russell was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1907 and to the Mississippi State Senate in 1909.   n 1912, he successfully passed a bill prohibiting secret and exclusive societies at the public institutions of higher learning. The law stayed on the books for twelve years.  Russell was elected to the office of lieutenant governor in 1915 and elected governor in 1919. His term was marked by crop failures due to the boll weevil. Russell also filed an antitrust suit against several fire insurance companies for their business practices. In 1923, he was sued for seduction and breach of promise by his former secretary Frances Birkhead.[1] Russell was acquitted and he blamed the lawsuit on the fire insurance industry.  TLS, 1919, 1p, to WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA, stating he does not wish to provide a biographical sketch of himself and noting, "We all know 'who's who' down here and that suits us."  Also, does not wish to be annoyed to death by a salesman trying to sell him a copy of the book. Includes carbon copies of several Who's Who letters to Russell...............60-80

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69. [CIVIL WAR]  The Great Locomotive Chase or Andrews' Raid was a military raid that occurred April 12, 1862, in northern Georgia during the American Civil War. Volunteers from the Union Army, led by civilian scout James J. Andrews, commandeered a train and took it northward toward Chattanooga, Tennessee, doing as much damage as possible to the vital Western and Atlantic Railroad (W&A) line from Atlanta to Chattanooga as they went. They were pursued by Confederate forces at first on foot, and later on a succession of locomotives.  Because the Union men had cut the telegraph wires, the Confederates could not send warnings ahead to forces along the railway. Confederates eventually captured the raiders and executed some quickly as spies, including Andrews; some others were able to flee. Some of the raiders were the first to be awarded the Medal of Honor by the US Congress for their actions. As a civilian, Andrews was not eligible.  Offered here:  USA TAX RECEIPT USED ISSUED  IN MAY  1862 THE YEAR OF "THE GREAT LOCOMOTIVE CHASE".  SIGNED BY BEN MAY,  CONFEDERATE OFFICIAL; TREASURER OF THE WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD AT THE TIME OF THE "GREAT LOCOMOTIVE CHASE." DOCUMENT SIGNED, THE WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, MAY, 1862. 25 CENT NOTE.  ALSO SIGNED BY WILLIAM GRISHAM, SIGNING FOR THE RAILROAD'S SUPERINTENDENT.  Quite worn as you can see.  Includes picture postcard of the locomotive...............200-250

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70. MYSTERY LOT of about 81 pieces from 19th & 20th century. Includes: letters; documents; a few autographs; 5 bank checks signed by the noted artist, Douglas Volk, known for his portraits of Abraham Lincoln, one used on postage stamp, and various ephemera. Oldest item in this lot is a 1828 bank check signed by R.G. Hazard [look him up]. Good lot for eBay sellers or those who like researching items.....125-175


A Most Interesting Man You Never Heard Of

71. [AVIATION] Alfred Lawson (1869-1954) professional baseball player, manager and league promoter from 1887 through 1916 and went on to play a pioneering role in the US aircraft industry, publishing two early aviation trade journals. In 1904, he also wrote a novel, Born Again, clearly inspired by the popular Utopian fantasy Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy, an early harbinger of the metaphysical turn his career would take with the theory of Lawsonomy. He is frequently cited as the inventor of the airliner and was awarded several of the first air mail contracts, which he ultimately could not fulfill. He founded the Lawson Aircraft Company in Green Bay, Wisconsin, to build military training aircraft and later the Lawson Airplane Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to build airliners. The crash of his ambitious Lawson L-4 "Midnight Liner" during its trial flight takeoff on May 8, 1921, ended his best chance for commercial aviation success. In 1908 he was involved in trying to start a new professional baseball league, the "Union Professional League" which took the field in April but folded one month later. In the 1920s, he promoted health practices including vegetarianism and claimed to have found the secret of living to 200. He also developed his own highly unusual theories of physics, according to which such concepts as "penetrability", "suction and pressure" and "zig-zag-and-swirl" were discoveries on par with Einstein's Theory of Relativity. He published numerous books on these concepts, all set in a distinctive typography. Lawson repeatedly predicted the worldwide adoption of Lawsonian principles by the year 2000. He later propounded his own philosophy&emdash;Lawsonomy&emdash;and the Lawsonian religion. We could go on and on but we've said enough here. This guy, it appears, was great as a starter, but not a finisher. Offered here is a signed [on title page] copy of his book "AIRCRAFT HISTORY", published in Detroit in 1947, 224 pages. Covers soiled; spine half missing but present, rest hanging on; contents inside pretty good. The book is around but we've never seen a signed copy..........200-300

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72. [SHOW BIZ] An interesting lot concerning Patty Duke.  Includes: 1] A brief TLS signed "Bill" [Wm. Peyton Marin], dated 1965, to Milton Ebbins.  Sending a contact to be signed. Marin was Joseph P. Kennedy's principal legal counsel, was acknowledged to be one of his closest advisers.  2] The actual agreement bewteen CHRISLAW PRODUCTIONS and PATTY DUKE ENTERPRISES CORP., covering the production of "TIME OUT FOR GINGER".   This agreement is signed by Milton Ebbins and John Ross. Milton Ebbins (1912–2008) Film executive, songwriter ("Yale Blues", "Basic Boogie") and composer. Ebbins helped produce JFK’s 1961 Inaugural Ball and the subsequent 1962 JFK Anniversary Gala. In May of 1962, Ebbins escorted a very late Marilyn Monroe to Madison Square Garden where she famously — and breathlessly — sang “Happy Birthday, Mr. President.” He was also the man that Lawford called after speaking to Monroe the night of her death in August of 1962. Ebbins was one of the few allowed inside the White House after the JFK assassination. As the link between Washington and Hollywood, Ebbins helped Kennedy family patriarch and former ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy navigate through the movie business, not only keeping him apprised of his son-in-law’s career moves but at one point advising him against purchasing United Artists’ movie studio. At the time of his death, Ebbins was working with his friend, actor Bill Paxton, on an HBO project about the Kennedy assassination.

Ebbins music career began in 1936, he formed his own orchestra, then became music director at CBS, and went to New York in 1938, joining an advertising agency's radio department. He also had been a road manager for the Jack Jenny and Count Basie orchestras, and then a personal manager.

He left his career as bandleader and became a talent manager, rising to become one of Hollywood’s top personal managers, guiding the careers of Count Basie, Sarah Vaughn, Billy Eckstine and singer Vic Damone. Because of Ebbins’ musical background and his adeptness at arranging scores, he had a knack for picking hit songs for his clients. He also represented actresses Elizabeth Montgomery and Patty Duke, comedian Mort Sahl and actor Peter Lawford, who Ebbins managed for 35 years.

John and Ethel Ross,  became Patty Duke's managers. The Rosses recognized her talent and promoted her as a child actress. Soon after The Miracle Worker became so successful, John and Ethel Ross spoke to Anna’s  [later know as Patty] mother telling her that they felt they needed complete control of her daughter. They needed to make sure her life was acting and little else, and the only way they could continue to teach her the skills she would need as an actress was if Anna moved in with them full time. Frances, having little financial and emotional security of her own, agreed to let her youngest daughter live with the Ross’s. Anna took this personally and for the next several years she resented her mother for giving her up to the Ross’s while all she wanted to do was stay at home with her favorite person in the world: the woman who gave birth to her.  Anna’s name had already been professionally changed to “Patty Duke” by the Ross’s, in a manner that would keep Anna occupied on her psychiatrist’s couch for many years to come.   “Anna Marie is dead” Ethel once said to her. “You’re Patty now.” As Patty’s success continued, the Ross’s behavior would become more and more distorted and dysfunctional. Condition is very good. Provenance: personal files of Milton Ebbins.  Rare and very unusual........150-250

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73. [FILM]  Layte Bowden - Pan-American Airlines stewardess who kept company with Peter Lawford for the two years he and his ex-wife, Pat Kennedy, lived at opposite ends of the country. She was a former beauty queen, a one-time receptionist and secretary to then-Sen. George Smathers (D-Fla.) who graced Roll Call’s pages in 1960 as part of a double header baseball-themed shot, went on to join the jet set — literally.  After leaving the Hill in 1962, she, whom Life Magazine once featured in an article about “pretty girls” in Washington, joined the ranks of the Pucci-clad Pan Am stewardesses. “We were treated like movie stars on Pan Am,” she said. In her role at the airline, she also flew on White House press charters as chief purser, accompanying Presidents John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon on official trips.  She was with JFK in Berlin when he gave his famous “Ich bein ein Berliner” speech and in Dallas the day he was shot. “I was on Air Force One when the word came in” that he had died, she said. “I fainted in the aisle and somebody got brandy and poured it down me.” Before she traded in her swinging-single gal status to marry Butler Aviation CEO Paul Dopp in 1971, the Floridian said she also dated a dizzying array of Congressmen, movie stars, and other high-ranking officials, including then-Rep. John Brademas (D-Ind.), Warren Beatty and Kennedy brother-in-law and Rat Packer Peter Lawford. She had a small role in the Lawford-produced film “Billie,” starring Patty Duke. In the mid-1960s, Dopp and CBS News Anchor Dan Rather began collaboration on a book based on their experiences traveling with presidents but never completed it because she “was so busy having a good time.”  Rare ALS, 1966, 1p, to Milt Ebbins, Peter Lawford's agent and business partner.........75-100

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The Samoan Crisis

74. [NAVAL HISTORY] Henry O. Rittenhouse (1851-1927) American Naval Commander.  ALS, Apia, Samoa, May 18, 1889,  2 full pages.  To naval officer Henry Lieut. Commander Henry W. Lyon. “My Dear Lyon,  The departure of the ships and the beautiful casting of the “Nipsic”  the evening you left Apia was a relief and pleasure to the Admiral.  You turned around beautifully from your narrow birth. I hope you had no difficulty in making Pago Pago, and that all goes on well. The Admiral’s heart  is constantly with you, and if good wishes are of any avail you will be abundantly successful. Your volunteering, under all the circumstances was a great support to the Admiral I know,  and I tell him constantly that there is nothing that will be left undone now to carry out his desires. He is very confident and hopeful. There is nothing on file in the office regarding your volunteering, and yesterday the Admiral mentioned it. I think it is pre-eminently due you, in fact it is very desirable for many consideration (touching yourself, not the Admiral) that your offer should be in the archives. I would suggest therefore that you reduce it to writing and date anterior to your assignment to the Nipsic.  I know the Admiral would be pleased to have it so. The Wainui arrived yesterday bringing dates May 6th. Reported fine weather all the way up from Auckland.......”  Light damp staining right edge of both pages doesn’t affect.  USS Nipsic was a gunboat.  On 15 March 1889, Nipsic rode at anchor in Apia Harbor with USS Vandalia, USS Trenton, HMS Calliope, and three German naval vessels, Adler, Olga, and Eber, along with six merchantmen. Gale-force winds arose, and preparations for leaving harbor were begun, but departure was delayed in the hope that conditions next morning would be more favorable for the sortie. However, by early morning on 16 March the harbor was a mass of foam and spray as hurricane-force winds battered the ships in the 1889 Apia cyclone.  Only Calliope, larger and more strongly powered than the others, was able to leave the harbor. Vandalia, Trenton, the three German ships, and the merchantmen were all sunk; Nipsic's captain, Cmdr. D. W. Mullin, was able by superb seamanship to beach his ship. Mullin was replaced by Henry W. Lyon. While severely damaged by the pounding she received on the beach, Nipsic's hull was intact, although much of her topside structure was battered, all of her propeller blades damaged, two boilers spread and useless, and eight of her crew lost. Refloated and her engines repaired, Nipsic cleared Apia on 9 May for Auckland, but was turned back by heavy seas. On 15 May she again sailed, for Pago Pago, Fanning Island, and Honolulu, arriving on 2 August.  Provenance: Estate of Admiral Henry W. Lyon, who had a distinguished Naval career, was honored for his service in the Spanish-American war where he commanded the U. S. S. Dolphin. Lyon and his wife, Liela, bought a house in Paris Hill, Maine in 1899 and moved there full time when he retired from the Navy in 1907..............200-250

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75. [ART] Bernard Karfiol (1886-1952) Am. artist. Karfiol grew up in Brooklyn and Long Island, New York, an American who was born in Budapest, Hungary. He attended the National Academy of Design, New York City, when he was only fourteen. He traveled by himself to Paris at the tender age of fifteen to study at the Academie Julien with Jean-Paul Laurens, and the Ecole de Beaux-Arts. He exhibited at the Grand Salon and the Salon d'Automne. In Paris, Karfiol was influenced by the work of Paul Cezanne and Pierre Auguste Renoir. Karfiol was also attracted to the painting of Andre Derain. He returned to the United States in 1906. In 1913, he participated in the famous New York City Armory show, on Lexington Avenue, where European modernism was introduced to the American public for the first time en masse, along with American artists well-known at the time. Karfiol painted nudes and still lifes in the manner of Picasso's pink and blue periods. By the late 1920s, Karfiol's style had moved toward Renoir. Karfiol, an author and teacher, as well as a painter, spent his summers in Ogunquit, Maine from 1914 until his death at Irvington-on-Hudson, New York in 1952. He was a member of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Art. His work is in the Addison Gallery, Andover, Massachusetts; Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Detroit Institute of Art; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art and Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City; Newark Museum, New Jersey; the Phillips Collection and National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Offered here is an original ink drawing signed B. Karfiol. Provenance: Estate of Chris and Jane Ritter, Ogunquit, Maine. Approx. 18 x 12 in. paper size..................350-450

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76. [DANCE] Merce Cunningham [1919-2009] American dancer and choreographer who was at the forefront of the American avant-garde for more than 50 years. Throughout much of his life, Cunningham was considered one of the greatest creative forces in American dance. Signed, inscribed 9x11 picture removed from some publication. VG........50-75

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77. Rockwell Kent (1882-1971) American artist, illustrator and author. He studied with the influential painters and theorists of his day, including Arthur Wesley Dow, William Merritt Chase, Robert Henri, Abbott Thayer, and Kenneth Hayes Miller. A transcendentalist and mystic, Kent painted remote and austere lands, including Newfoundland (1914-15), Tierra del Fuego (1922-23), and Greenland (1929; 1931-32; 1934-35).

Collotype offered here from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1925.

Not in Burne Jones. Unsigned. Image sizes approx. 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches plus clean margins. Printed on copper plates by hand on French Arches hand-made paper. These are proof printing. Fine, black impressions, on cream wove paper, with full margins (1 to 1 1/2 inches), in excellent condition. Scarce.............100-150

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78. [LINCOLN] LEONARD W. VOLK (1828-1895) American sculptor. Most famous for making a life mask of American President Abraham Lincoln. In 1857, he settled in Chicago, where he helped to establish the Academy of Design and was for eight years its head. In 1860 he made a life mask of Lincoln, of whom only one other was ever made (by Clark Mills in 1865). In the early part of spring in 1860, during Abraham Lincoln's visit to Chicago, Volk asked him to sit for a bust. When Lincoln agreed, the artist decided to start by doing a life mask. Lincoln found the process of letting wet plaster dry on his face, followed by a skin-stretching removal process, "anything but agreeable." But he endured it with good humor, and when he saw the final bust, he was quite pleased, declaring it "the animal himself." Volk later used the life mask and bust of 1860 as the basis for other editions, including a full-length statue of Lincoln. Signed 1893 bank check. VG.................100-200


79. [ART] Edmund Henry Garrett (1853 - 1929) American painter, etcher. He was an  illustrator, bookplate-maker, and author—as well as a highly respected painter—renowned for his illustrations of the legends of King Arthur. Garrett was born in Albany, New York.  While little is known of his initial art education, Garrett rose through the ranks to become a distinguished member of the Boston Art Club and the Copley Society of Art, and was an acquaintance and colleague of renowned impressionist artist Childe Hassam. He studied at the Académie Julian in Paris under Gustave Boulanger, Jules Lefebvre, John Paul Laurens, and Hector Leroux. After residing in Paris for approximately five years, he returned to America to establish a successful studio in Boston.  Garrett provided the chief influence for Childe Hassam's first study trip to Europe in July 1883. On June 30, 1883, Garrett and Hassam sailed to Europe aboard the SS Anchoria, then travelled for several months throughout Great Britain, The Netherlands, France, Italy, Switzerland and Spain studying paintings from the old masters and creating watercolors of the European countryside. In late August 1883, both Garrett and Hassam sailed aboard the SS Alsatia to several Spanish ports before crossing the Atlantic back home.  After they both returned to Boston, Garrett resumed his illustration work for various publishers, which was very much in demand, keeping him from spending energy on his watercolors. During this time, Garrett worked at a studio located at 12 West Street in Boston, which he shared with Hassam and fellow-artist Charles Henry Turner.  In 1884, Garrett exhibited two watercolors at the Pennsylvania Academy ("A Street in Granada" and "El Mirador de la Reina, Alhambra") in 1884. He also exhibited "A Street in Granada" at the "Third Annual Exhibition of the Paint and Clay Club," which was held at the Gallery of the Boston Art Club in March 1884.  During the last two decades of the nineteenth century, Edmund Garrett's paintings and etchings were widely exhibited throughout the United States and in France at the Paris Salon.  Offered here is an original pencil signed etching, title is "THE TRAGIC MUSE",  the image is approx. 5.5 x 3.5 in. plus clean margins. Copyright 1904 by the Bibliophile Society.  Fine condition.................100-150

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80. [ART] Harmon Neill  (1893-1980) American artist. ALS, 1972, 2pp, 8.5 x 11 in. To the artist Frederick Solomon. VG........75-100

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81. [CIVIL WAR] Daniel McCook (1798-1863) was an attorney and an officer in the Union army during the American Civil War. He was one of two Ohio brothers who, along with 13 of their sons, became widely known as the “Fighting McCooks” for their contributions to the war effort. With the outbreak of the Civil War, McCook, although 63 years old, volunteered his services to the Union. He was commissioned as a major and paymaster. When Confederate Brig. Gen. John H. Morgan led his troops through southern Ohio during Morgan's Raid, Major McCook joined in the advance of the Union pursuit. Early in the morning of July 19, 1863, Federal troops attacked Morgan at Buffington Island, where the Confederates were planning to cross the Ohio River back into Kentucky. McCook was shot and mortally wounded. He died two days later, and his body was buried with full military honors in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio.  Manuscript Document Signed, Ohio, 1833, signed as Court Clerk, approx. 8x12 in............100-150

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82. Bound For New Orleans 1837 - Early Shipping Bill of Lading from the Rowland G. Hazard papers, dated 1837. For  domestic goods [known as Hazard's Goods] being shipped from Port of New York to New Orleans. 10 x 5-1/2  in.  Roland Gibson Hazard (1801-1888) was a financier from Rhode Island who was early identified with the Free Soil and Anti-Slavery parties and was one of the founders of the Republican Party. His early connection with this party was so prominent that southern newspapers warned southern people not to buy "Hazard's goods." While in New Orleans in 1841-'2, though threatened with lynching, he obtained with great effort the release of large numbers of free negroes, who belonged to ships from the north, and who had been placed in the chain-gang. Fine..............80-120

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83. Bound For New Orleans 1840 - Early Shipping Bill of Lading from the Rowland G. Hazard papers, dated 1840. For  domestic goods [known as Hazard's Goods] being shipped from Port of Boston to New Orleans. 10-1/2 x 5-1/4  in.  Roland Gibson Hazard (1801-1888) was a financier from Rhode Island who was early identified with the Free Soil and Anti-Slavery parties and was one of the founders of the Republican Party. His early connection with this party was so prominent that southern newspapers warned southern people not to buy "Hazard's goods." While in New Orleans in 1841-'2, though threatened with lynching, he obtained with great effort the release of large numbers of free negroes, who belonged to ships from the north, and who had been placed in the chain-gang. Very fine..............80-120

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84. Bound For New Orleans 1836 - Early Shipping Bill of Lading from the Rowland G. Hazard papers, dated 1836. For  domestic goods [known as Hazard's Goods] being shipped from Port of Providence, R.I. to New Orleans. 10-1/4 x 5-1/2  in.  Roland Gibson Hazard (1801-1888) was a financier from Rhode Island who was early identified with the Free Soil and Anti-Slavery parties and was one of the founders of the Republican Party. His early connection with this party was so prominent that southern newspapers warned southern people not to buy "Hazard's goods." While in New Orleans in 1841-'2, though threatened with lynching, he obtained with great effort the release of large numbers of free negroes, who belonged to ships from the north, and who had been placed in the chain-gang. Very good..............80-120

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Bound For New Orleans 1837 - Early Shipping Bill of Lading from the Rowland G. Hazard papers, dated 1837. For  domestic goods [known as Hazard's Goods] being shipped from Port of Providence, R.I. to New Orleans. 8 x 7  in.  Roland Gibson Hazard (1801-1888) was a financier from Rhode Island who was early identified with the Free Soil and Anti-Slavery parties and was one of the founders of the Republican Party. His early connection with this party was so prominent that southern newspapers warned southern people not to buy "Hazard's goods." While in New Orleans in 1841-'2, though threatened with lynching, he obtained with great effort the release of large numbers of free negroes, who belonged to ships from the north, and who had been placed in the chain-gang. Very good..............80-120

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Pallbearer at Lincoln's Funeral

86. [ILLINOIS] Jacob Bunn  (1814-1897)  Bunn came to Illinois in 1836 and resided for a time in Springfield. He soon moved to Beardstown, and afterwards to Naples, but returned to Springfield on July 1, 1840, and established the grocery firm of McConnell, Bunn, and Company.  Bunn soon purchased the interests of his partners and established the wholesale house of Jacob Bunn. By 1850, Bunn possessed real estate valued at $17,000. In 1851, Bunn married Elizabeth Ferguson, who died in 1886. They had four sons and two daughters together. In 1856, Bunn was treasurer of the first library association in Springfield. In 1858, his business had assumed such proportions that he decided to add a separate department devoted exclusively to banking. For more than twenty years, he conducted the largest business of its kind in central Illinois. In 1860, Bunn was a banker with real estate valued at $64,000 and personal property worth $135,000. Bunn became a stockholder in the Springfield Watch Company in 1870, and in 1879, he was elected its president and filled that position until his death. Bunn was a pallbearer at Lincoln's funeral.  Jacob would be one of several Illinois Republicans who in 1863 complained to President Lincoln about the behavior of two of his patronage appointees in Springfield - Lincoln's brother-in-law, Ninian Edwards and William H. Bailhache.  Lincoln removed them from office.  Jacob. Bunn was a personal friend of Lincoln. In 1859, Bunn advanced Lincoln $400 for the purchase of the Illinois State Staats-Anzeiger, a German newspaper, published in Springfield which Lincoln later sold for the same price he paid for it.  Jacob Bunn would later perform valuable financial services and advise for Mary Todd Lincoln for which she expressed gratitude in their numerous letters.  Offered here is a 1872 document sent to Bunn but NOT signed by him. 5-1/2 x 8 in..............50-75

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87. [AVIATION]  Bernt Balchen (1899-1973) was a pioneer polar aviator, navigator, aircraft mechanical engineer and military leader. A Norwegian native, he later became a U.S. citizen, and was a recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross. His service in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II made use of his Arctic exploration expertise to help the Allies over Scandinavia and Northern Europe. After the war, Balchen continued to be an influential leader with the U.S. Air Force, as well as a highly regarded private consultant in projects involving the Arctic and aviation.  Signed special cover [type addressed] honoring International Geophysical Year 1957-1958..........50-75

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88. Dorothy Shakespear Pound (1886-1973), daughter of novelist Olivia Shakespear, was an artist who married American poet Ezra Pound. One of small number of women vorticist painters, she had art work published in the short-lived but influential literary magazine BLAST.  Dorothy and Pound first met in 1909 and after a long courtship the two married in 1914. They lived in Paris from 1920 until 1924, and in 1925 settled in Rapallo, Italy. In spite of her husband's 50 year affair with Olga Rudge, whom he met in Paris in the early 1920s, Dorothy stayed married to Pound. In 1926 she gave birth to a son Omar Pound, who was raised in England by her mother. By the 1930s she received a number of family bequests making her financially independent, but lost much of her money following Pound's advice to invest in Benito Mussolini's fascist regime.  Toward the end of World War II, Dorothy and Pound were evacuated from their home in Rapallo and for a period she lived with Pound in Rudge's home. After the war, when Pound had been arrested for treason and incarcerated on grounds of insanity in Washington, D.C., she moved there, visiting daily, taking control of his estate, and staying with him until his release. They returned to Italy in 1958; in 1961 she moved to London, leaving her husband to live out the last decade of his life with Olga Rudge.  TLS, Washington DC, no date, 1p., requesting books to be sent to various people.  Also asking if T.S. Eliot is on their mailing list. VG..............80-120

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89. [MEXICO]  Don Agustín Jerónimo de Iturbide y Huarte, Prince Imperial of Mexico (1807-1866) was the son of the first Mexican Emperor Agustín I of Mexico, the heir apparent to the First Mexican Empire and a member of the Imperial House of Iturbide; later in his life he served as a military officer in South America and also worked as a diplomat for the United Mexican States at the Mexican embassy in the United States and in London after his military career had ended in South America.  ALS, 1838,  3 pages, 7-3/4 x 9-3/4 in. Beginning to separate at middle fold. Not translated. Obviously the picture showing here is not included.............200-300

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90. Major-General Charles W. Sandford (1796-1878)  American militia and artillery officer, lawyer and businessman. He was a senior officer in the New York State Militia for over thirty years and commanded the First Division in every major civil disturbance in New York City up until the American Civil War, most notably, the New York Draft Riots in 1863. His command seriously weakened due to manpower shortages during the American Civil War, Sandford seved on active duty with the Union Army from April 19 to July 25, 1861. In May 1861, he was ordered by Brigadier General Joseph K. Mansfield to oversee the capture of Alexandria, Virginia as the vast majority the Union troops were from New York. He also served under Major General Robert Patterson for three months and took part in the Battle of Harper's Ferry. ALS, 1847, written on back of document, addressed to Nehemial Reynolds dealing with a law suit in the New York Supreme Court, in the matter of the New York & Harlem Rail Road Co. vs Nehemiah Reynolds. Signed as attorney for the Petitioner. Approx. 8-1/4 x 13-3/4". Accompanied by small picture shown in scan.......80-120

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91.  [MIXED LOT] contains: [1] Elisha Phelps (1779-1847) US Representative from Connecticut. ALS, 1885, 1p. Laid to another sheet. [2] John A. Rockwell (1803- 1861) was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut. CLIP SIGNATURE. [3] Chauncey F. Cleveland (1799-1887) US Representative and the 31st Governor of Connecticut. CLIP SIGNATURE [2 mounting stains]. [4] Philip Philbin - US congressman from Mass. ALS, 1949, 1p. [5] 1856 printed Gov. Doc. from Sec. of Treas., James Guthrie. [6] 1914 SONS OF VETERANS application card to Camp George A. Custer. [7] 1838 Bill of Lading document - NY bound for Charleston, SC. [8] R. H. Duell (1824 - 1891) US congressman from NY. Clip signature. [9] Moses G. Leonard (1809-1899) US congressman from NY. Clip Free Frank signature. [10] C.H. Calkin (1828-1913) US congressman from NY. Clip signature [half toned]. [11] Unidentified signature of congressman or senator from Hartford, Ct. [11] Royal Cleaves Johnson (1882-1939) Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from South Dakota and a highly decorated veteran of World War I. Signature. [12] Frederick Haskell Dominick (1877-1960) U.S. congressman from South Carolina. He served for eight terms from 1917 to 1933. Signed card........50-75


One of America's Earliest Western Singing Groups

92. [MUSIC] The Sons of the Pioneers are one of America's earliest Western singing groups whose classic recordings set a new standard for performers of Western music. Known for the high quality of their vocal performances, musicianship, and songwriting, they produced finely-crafted and innovative recordings that have inspired many Western music performers and remained popular through the years. Since 1933, through many changes in membership, the Sons of the Pioneers have remained one of the longest-surviving country music vocal groups in history. Between 1935 and 1984, the Sons of the Pioneers appeared in 87 films, several movie shorts, and a television series. In 1937, the Sons Of The Pioneers signed a deal with Columbia Pictures to appear in a number of movies. In 1938, Leonard Slye was offered a contract as an actor with rival Republic Pictures. Part of that deal required him to officially leave the group. Leonard Slye changed his name to Roy Rogers, and went on to achieve major success as a singing cowboy in the movies. Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers still remained close throughout the coming years. When their contract with Columbia Pictures ended, they signed a new contract with Republic Pictures to be with Roy. They were soon appearing as highly popular supporting players in many of Roy Rogers' movies. Rare Signed vintage vintage 8x10 photograph. SIGNED on the front by Pat Brady & Hugh Farr. Signed on the back by Tim Spencer & Lloyd Perryman. Crease upper left corner; small margin edge tear left middle, plus other minor faults. Very uncommon..........125-175

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93.   [POLITICS LOT] [1] Francis John Myers (1901-1956) American teacher, lawyer, and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Representative (1939-1945) and a U.S. Senator (1945-1951) from Pennsylvania. He was Senate Majority Whip from 1949 to 1951. TLS, 1950. [2] George Wharton Pepper (1867-1961)American lawyer, law professor, and Republican politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate and founded the law firm of Pepper Hamilton. Clip signature. [3] Edwin M. Stanton - Lincoln's Sec. of War. Engraved portrait of Stanton. [4] Selden P. Spencer [1862-1925] US senator from Missouri. Signed card. [5] Wm. B. McKinley [1856-1926] US senator from Illinois. Signed card [toned]. [6] George Henry Williams(1823-1910), United States Attorney General and a United States senator from Oregon. Clip signture. [7] James W. Wadsworth Jr. - US senator from NY. Signed card. [8] Clair Engle - US senator from Calif. Clip signature. [9] Edward F. Arn - Gov. of Kansas. Signed card. [10]John J. Ingalls - US senator from Kansas. Signature.............50-75


Original Portrait Etching
94. [HARVARD] Original portrait etching of Charles W. Eliot (1834-1926) American academic who was selected as Harvard's president in 1869. He transformed the provincial college into the preeminent American research university. Eliot served until 1909, having the longest term as president in the university's history. THIS ETCHING IS SIGNED IN PENCIL BY THE ARTIST Franklin T. Wood (American 1887-1945) American painter & etcher. He was born at Hyde Park, Mass. Studied: Art Students League in NY and abroad. Member: Chicago Soc. of Etchers; Soc. of American Etchers. Won Bronze medal at P-P Expos., San Franciso in 1915. His work in in the following museums: Art Inst. of Chicago, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Smithsonian, Library of Congress. This is an original pencil signed etching, approx. 16 x 13 plus margins, on light tan paper. Condition is very good..........150-200

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95. [CARDINAL] Hyacinthe Sigismond Gerdil, C.R.S.P. (1718-1802) was an Italian theologian, bishop and cardinal, who was a significant figure in the response of the papacy to the assault on the Catholic Church by the upheavals caused by the French Revolution.  Three manuscript pages in his hand, signature on blank 4th page. Approx. 4 x 5-1/2 in. No apparent date. Fine............100-150

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96. [SPORTS] Multiple lot comprised of the following figures from the World of Sports: [1] BICYCLING] REGGIE MCNAMARA - member US Bicycling Hall of Fame. Signed [lined side] and inscribed 3x5 card. 1950. [2] [GOLF] Cary Middlecoff (1921-1998) was a dentist who gave up his practice to become a professional golfer on what is now the PGA Tour in the 1940s. At the time, a career as a dentist would quite likely have been more lucrative. During his playing career, Middlecoff won 40 professional tournaments, including the 1955 Masters and U.S. Open titles in 1949 and 1956. He won the Vardon Trophy for lowest scoring average in 1956. He played on three Ryder Cup teams: 1953, 1955, and 1959. In 1986, Middlecoff was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. SIGNED 1957 FIRST DAY COVER HONORING HUMAN RIGHTS DAY [UN COVER]. Stamp-addressed; one middle fold crease. [3] BONNIE BLAIR - won 2 Golds in speed skating. SP, color 4 x 5-1/2. [4] John M. Gaver, Sr. (1900-1982) American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. In 1939, Gaver was appointed head trainer for Greentree Stable, a position he would hold for the next thirty-eight years. During his time with Greentree, John Gaver conditioned seventy-three stakes-winning horses. Signed 1981 bank check. [5] [GOLF] Ken Venturi (b.1931) was a prominent PGA Tour professional during the late 1950's and early 1960's. His signature on 1965 cover bearing golf sticker. Type addressed. [6] [GOLF] Marlene Hagge (b.1934) professional golfer. She was one of the thirteen founders of the LPGA and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2002. Her signature on 1961 cover bearing golf sticker. Type addressed. Several spots show.........50-75


97. [FILM] Billy De Wolfe (1907-1974)  American character actor. He was active in films from the mid-1940s until his death in 1974. He was a good friend of Doris Day from the time of their meeting during the filming of Tea for Two (1950) until his death. His signed 1965 contract to play the part of Mayor Davis in the film "BILLIE" starring Patty Duke. There are 2 signed documents here. VG...........125-175

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98. [MARYLAND] Augustus Williamson Bradford (1806-1881) he was the 32nd Governor of Maryland  from 1862 to 1866. He served as governor during the Civil War and paid a heavy price for his devotion to the Union.  In February 1861, Governor Thomas H. Hicks appointed Bradford one of Maryland’s delegates to the Washington Peace Conference, where he made a speech supporting the Union. Following the conference, the Union Party named Bradford as its candidate for governor, opposing the Democratic candidate General Benjamin C. Howard. Bradford defeated Howard by approximately 30,000 votes and took office on January 8, 1862.  During his term, he violently opposed the Federal government’s interference in Maryland’s elections, upheld the dignity of the State government and defied the harsh and arbitrary military occupation, and went to great lengths to keep the State in the Union. At the same time he upheld the Federal government's authority although he differed with its methods.  In September 1862, he was one of the many northern governors to attend the Loyal War Governors' Conference in Altoona, Pennsylvania. During the Civil War, the Confederates invaded Maryland three times. During the last of these, Bradley T. Johnson’s raiders visited Bradford’s home in July 1864, and during his absence, burned it to the ground together with all his furniture, library, and papers. This action was partially in retaliation for Union General David Hunter’s burning of the home of Governor John Letcher of Virginia, and partially because of Bradford’s "uncompromising spirit and strong leanings."  During his four years in office, Augustus Bradford released Samuel Green (freedman) from jail on the condition he leave the state. Green was an African-American slave and minister, who was jailed in 1857 for possessing a copy of the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin.  DOCUMENT SIGNED, 1865, Mechanics Bank, approx. 7-1/2 x 2-3/4.  Has the usual "slice cancel". VG example.............50-75

Portrait of Gov. Bradford


One of the attorneys for Jefferson Davis


99. [MARYLAND] Thomas G. Pratt (1804-1869) He was the 27th Governor of Maryland from 1845 to 1848 and a U.S. Senator from 1850 to 1857.  When the American Civil War began, Pratt was eyed suspiciously by Maryland authorities, as he was staunchly pro-slavery, but mostly pro-South, and even gave a son to the Confederate Army. In 1863, Pratt tried to vote in the November election. He was not allowed to vote because he would not take a loyalty oath. Pratt and his secretary Col. Nicholson were arrested because of the refusal on November 21, 1863. He was imprisoned at Fort Monroe, but was later released. He moved to Baltimore, Maryland in 1864, resuming the practice of law. The same year, Pratt served as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention. In 1866, he attended the National Union Convention in Philadelphia. Pratt was one of the attorneys for Jefferson Davis during his trial at Fortress Monroe.  DOCUMENT SIGNED as Governor, 1845, appointment of  District Justices.  Approx. 15-3/4 x 10-1/4. Also signed by Theodorick Bland (1776-1846) American lawyer, statesman, and federal judge in Maryland. Folds o/w excellent condition............80-120

Portrait of Gov. Pratt



100. (JOURNALISM). Max Gebhard SECKENDORFF (1852-1911) American journalist; chief, Washington bureau of the "New York Tribune" (1883-1911); a very influential journalist between the time of President Chester Arthur and President William Howard Taft. Signed Riggs National Bank check, 1911......25-35



101. (GEORGE) EMLYN WILLIAMS (1905-1987) Welsh Actor, Dramatist. SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 photograph as “Charles Dickens” (1953), a Sol Hurok production photograph. VG............40-60


102. SIR WALTER BESANT (1836-1901) English Novelist and Historian.   ALS 1887) 2pp............80-120


103. PADRAIC COLUM (1881-1972) Irish Poet, Novelist, dramatist and biographer.  ANS, on card (1968). With envelope.........35-45



104.  Hugh Cecil (1869-1956) The Lord Quickswood. British Conservative Party politician. During the early 20th century, Cecil (known to his friends as "Linky") was the eponymous leader of the Hughligans, a group of privileged young Tory Members of Parliament critical of their own party's leadership. Modelled after Lord Randolph Churchill's Fourth Party, the Hughligans included Cecil, F. E. Smith, Arthur Stanley, Ian Malcolm, and, until 1904, Winston Churchill. In 1908, Cecil was the best man at Churchill's wedding. Cecil dissented from the beginning from Joseph Chamberlain's policy of tariff reform, pleading in Parliament against any lowering of the idea of empire into that of a "gigantic profit-sharing business." He took a prominent position among the "Free Food Unionists", and consequently was attacked by the tariff reformers and lost his seat at Greenwich in 1906.  Signature on 3-3/8 x 2-1/2"............25-35



105.  (British Literature Lot)   Ursula Bloom (1892-1984) Prolific novelist. She wrote over 500 books, an achievement that earned her recognition in the Guinness Book of World Records. SIGNATURE on card signed on front and verso.   John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn OM, PC (1838-1923) statesman, writer and newspaper editor.  ANS, 1897.  Ernest Temple Thurston (1879-1933) Anglo-Irish poet, playwright and author of 40 novels, also plays many made into films.   ALS, 1905, 4pp.   Austin Dobson (1840-1921) poet and essayist.  AQS, on card 1908. Lady Margaret Sackville (1881 –1963) poet and children’s author.  When the Poetry Society was formed in 1912, Lady Margaret was made its first president. She had a passionate 15-year love affair with Ramsay MacDonald, recorded in letters they wrote to each other between 1913 and 1929.  Lady Margaret never married.  ALS, 1907, 3pp.  Leonard Alfred George Strong (1896 – 1958) highly popular novelist, critic, historian and poet, and published under the name "L. A. G. Strong."   ALS, 1942 2pp.  Frank Arthur Swinnerton (1884-1982) novelist, critic, biographer and essayist.  He was the author of more than 50 books, and as a publisher's editor helped other writers including Aldous Huxley and Lytton Strachey. His long life and career in publishing made him one of the last links with writers including H. G. Wells, John Galsworthy and Arnold Bennett born in the nineteenth century.  SIGNED, inscribed card 1948.  H. M. Tomlinson (1873-1958) writer and journalist. He was known for anti-war and travel writing, novels and short stories, especially of life at sea. biographies of that scandalous but then much admired writer. SIGNED presentation title page from his book “Gallions Reach” (1927).........100-150




106.  [AVIATION] Giuseppe Mario Bellanca (1886-1960) Italian-American airplane designer and builder who created the first enclosed cabin monoplane in the United States in 1922. This aircraft is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. Closely cropped clip signature mounted to card.........40-60

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107. (MIXED LOT)   Sir Edwin Arnold (1832 –1904) English poet and journalist, who is most known for his work, The Light of Asia. SIGNATURE, mounted to card.    TITO GUIZAR (1908 –1999) Mexican singer and actor. Together with Dolores del Río, José Mojica, Ramón Novarro and Lupe Vélez, Guízar was among the few Mexican people who made history in the early years of Hollywood. In a career that spanned over seven decades. TLS, 1988.   HAROLD TAYLOR (1914-1993) American Philosopher of education, college president, and social activist, . He was a recognized spokesperson for Progressive education at the postsecondary level. TLS, 1974.   ARTHUR BURNS (1904-1987) American Economist  who served as Chairman of the Federal Reserve (1970-1978). SIGNED FDC on Banking.    Clara McBride Hale (1905 –1992) known as Mother Hale, was an American humanitarian who founded the Hale House Center, a home for unwanted children and children who were born addicted to drugs.  SIGNED 5x7 photograph.     Harold Herman Greene (1923-2000) federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. He was nominated by President Jimmy Carter in 1978. Judge Greene presided over United States v. AT&T, the antitrust suit that broke up the AT&T. In 1990, Greene sentenced the 1983 United States Senate bombing suspects, Laura Whitehorn and Linda Evans, to prison. SIGNED, inscribed 10x8 photograph.   Hanna Holborn Gray -  historian of political thought in the area of the Renaissance and Reformation, and an emerita professor and former President of the University of Chicago. TLS, 1990...........100-150



108. [RUSSIA] Konstantin A. Umansky (1902-1945) Soviet diplomat. In 1936, Umansky was posted to Washington, D.C. where he was an Adviser at the Soviet Embassy. When the diplomatic mission of Alexander Troyanovsky was completed, Umansky acted as chargé d'affaires of the embassy, when on 11 May 1939, Umansky was appointed by Joseph Stalin as Ambassador of the Soviet Union to the United States and he presented his Letters of Credence to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 6 June 1939, becoming, at the time, the youngest Ambassador in Washington, D.C. TLS, 1943, as newly appointed Ambassador to Mexico. On 25 January 1945, Umansky was to have travelled to San José in Costa Rica to present his Letters of Credence to Costa Rican President Teodoro Picado Michalski, however the Mexican Air Force plane which he was aboard crashed on take-off in Mexico City, killing the Ambassador, his wife (Raisa Umanskaya) and three embassy officials...........75-100



109. [THEATRE] Josephine Victor [1885-?] turn of the century actress, appearing in Britain, America, and on Broadway. She was married to theatre manager Freancis Reid. She appeared in many of Channing Pollock's plays. AQS, 1908. "Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever."......25-35

 

110. [MEDICINE] Sir Roy Calne (b. 1930) pioneer of liver transplantation and performed the first such operation in Europe in 1968. HIS SIGNATURE OF UNIV. OF CAMBRIDGE CLINICAL SCHOOL STATIONERY. Folds.........20-30


111. Walker Percy (1916-1990) Southern author. Signed 3x5 card.....40-60

 

112. Wm. Benton [1900-1973] US Sen. from Ct. TLS, 1951...........20-30

 

113. Florence George [b.1917] Am. actress/singer. TLS, 1940........25-35

 

114. [MUSIC] Boris Goldovsky (1908-2001) Russian conductor and broadcast commentator, active in the United States. He has been called an important "popularizer" of opera in America. As an opera producer, conductor, impresario, and broadcaster he was prominent within the American operatic community between 1946 and 1985. Large Signature. Two mail fold lines..........25-35


115. [THEATRE] Cornelia Otis Skinner (1899-1979) American author and actress. Signed, inscribed postcard photo. VG..........35-45

 

116. [MUSIC] Janis Ian [b. 1951] American songwriter, singer, musician. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.............25-35

 

117. [MUSIC] Charlie Rich (1932-1995)American Country Music Singer/Musician. A Grammy Award winner, his eclectic-style of music was often hard to classify in a single genre, playing in the rockabilly, jazz, blues, country, and gospel genres. Signed, inscribed 10 x 8 photo. VG.........35-45



118. Collection of album pages signed on both sides: Dennis King (1897-1971) English actor and singer/ Frank Wilson[1885-1956] American actor. Jane Pickens (1908-1992) popular singer on Broadway, radio and television/Jack Powell [?]. Gertrude Niesen/Mario ?. Myron McCormick (1908-1962) American actor of stage, radio and film/ Murvyn Vye. Marjorie Lord (b. 1918) American television actress/ Miriam Seegar (b. 1907) American silent film actress. John Boles (1895-1969) American actor/ Ray Middleton (1907-1984) American character actor. Jane Cowl (1883-1950) successful early American film and stage actress and playwright/ Mary Healy (b. 1918) American actress, singer, and variety entertainer. Violet Heming - actress/Pierre van Passen. Morton Downey (1901-1985) singer popular in the United States, enjoying his greatest success in the 1930s and 1940s. Downey was nicknamed "The Irish Nightingale"/Jay Wesley. Uta Hagen (1919-2004) actress. She originated the role of Martha in the 1963 Broadway premiere of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf/Alberta Perkens. Rose Franken - actress/Tex Dabllery. Charlie Spivak (1907-1982) American trumpeter and bandleader, best known for his big band in the 1940s/Stanley Phillips. Most are inscribed to Edna..............80-120



119. [FILM] Madge Bellamy (1899-1990) American film actress who was a popular leading lady in the 1920s and early 1930s. Her career declined in the sound era, and ended following a romantic scandal in the 1940s. In San Francisco in 1943, Bellamy was accused of assault with a deadly weapon for shooting (or shooting at) her wealthy lover Stanwood Murphy. The incident generated much publicity and effectively ended her already fading career. ALS. signed Madge B., 1973, 3pp. About writing her autobiography, and thanking the recipient for volunteering to help her. VG............50-75

Portrait of Bellamy



120. WM. A. DARLING (1817-1895) Businessman & MOC from NY; president of Murray Hill Bank. ALS, NY, 1868, 1p, 8vo. Letter of introduction. Slightly toned..............50-75



121. [CARDINAL] John Joseph O'Connor (1920- 2000) was the eleventh bishop (eighth archbishop) of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, serving from 1984 until his death in 2000. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1985. Signed 1975 FDC honoring Christmas. Clean and attractive............25-35


122.
[Baseball] ROBERT P. DOERR (1918- ) American Baseball Player - Baseball Hall of Fame. SIGNED 2x5 Ticket stub....................25-35



123. S. I. Hayakawa (1906-1992) Canadian-born American academic and political figure of Japanese ancestry. He was an English professor, and served as president of San Francisco State University and then as United States Senator from California from 1977 to 1983. Signed, inscribed color photo, 8x10. Accompanied by his unsigned US Senate calling card. VG..........35-45

 

124. John W. Forney (1817-1881) American journalist and politician. He was Clerk of the United States House of Representatives 1851-1856 and 1860-1861. He was Secretary of the United States Senate 1861-1868. Brief ALS, Dec. 27, no tr., 1p...........25-35


125. [FILM] Martha Raye (1916-1994) American comic actress and standards singer who performed in movies, and later on television. DOCUMENT SIGNED, July 13, 1953, 6pp. Her contract with the William Morris Agency for 3 years. Signed on last page; also signed by her agent............50-75


126. [FILM] Myrna Loy (1905-1993) American actress. Trained as a dancer, Loy devoted herself fully to an acting career following a few minor roles in silent films. She was originally typecast in exotic roles, often as a vamp or a woman of Asian descent, but her career prospects improved greatly following her portrayal of Nora Charles in The Thin Man (1934). Signed, inscribed 3x5 card. Fine..............25-35



127. [FILM] Sunset Carson (1920-1990) American B-western star of the 1940s. Signed & inscribed card showing as cowboy riding horse. 5-1/4 x 3-1/4". VG........25-35



128. (CANAL ZONE) W. S. CROSLEY (1871-1939). Rear Admiral, U. S. Navy. Naval attache, Petrograd Russia (1917-1918). Commanded Fifteenth Naval District, Balboa, Canal Zone. Document Signed, The Riggs National Bank, Washington, D.C., 1914. Bank check. With vignette of bank...........40-60


129. Dame Barbara  Cartland  (1901- 2000) English author, one of the most prolific and commercially successful of the 20th century. TLS, 1988, lengthy 2 pages. Unusual content - her eating habits, recommendations for healthy diet, deoression, and her new book "Book of Health.".........75-100



130. Erich  Segal (1937-2010)  American author, screenwriter, and educator. He was best known for writing the novel Love Story (1970), a best-seller, and writing the motion picture of the same name, which was a major hit. Signed 5x7 photo. VG.........40-60


131. [AVIATION] Jeana Yeager (b. 1952) is an American aviatrix (female pilot) who is most famous for co-piloting a non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world in the Rutan Voyager aircraft from December 14 to 23, 1986. The flight took 9 days, 3 minutes, and 44 seconds and covered 24,986 miles, more than doubling the old distance record set by a Boeing B-52 bomber in 1962. In recognition of this achievement, she received the Presidential Citizens Medal from President Reagan (1986), the Harmon Trophy, the FAI De la Vaulx Medal, and is the first woman to have received the Collier Trophy. She also received the Edward Longstreth Medal from the Franklin Institute in 1988.  Her signature [endorsement] on verso of bank check. VG..............25-35



132.  [ACTORS] Signed photos: Bob Crosby [1913-1993] 4x5. Natalie Schafer [1900-1991] 3.5 x 4.5. Loni Anderson [b. 1945] 5x7. Patricia Neal [1926-2010) 3.5 x 7. All are inscribed except Loni Anderson..........75-100

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133. [ART] Lily Cushing (1909-1969) American painter. Autograph Note Signed "Lily" sent to artist Walt Kuhn. Postmarked Paris, 1938 she says "Dear Walt - Paris looks fine but the weather in wintery & wet. Will call you in a day or so. Lily." Slightly [unimportant] sun-toned........40-60



Mount Heyburn Is Named For Him

134. [IDAHO] Weldon B. Heyburn (1852-1912) U.S. Senator from Idaho from 1903 - 1912. The city of Heyburn is named for him, as is Mount Heyburn. Signed Riggs National Bank check, 1909. Good clear signature............25-35


135. [MEDICINE] MIN CHUCH CHANG  (1908-1991) Chinese-born American reproductive biologist. His specific area of study was the fertilisation process in mammalian reproduction. Though his career produced findings that are important and valuable to many areas in the field of fertilisation, including his work on in vitro fertilisation which led to the first "test tube baby", he was best known to the world for his contribution to the development of the combined oral contraceptive pill at the Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology. Signed 3x5 card. Fine..........40-60


136. [ART] Will Hicok Low (1853-1933) American artist and writer on art. In 1873 he entered the atelier of J. L. Gérme in the École des Beaux Arts at Paris, subsequently joining the classes of Carolus-Duran, with whom he remained until 1877. Returning to New York, he became a member of the Society of American Artists in 1878 and of the National Academy of Design in 1890. His pictures of New England types, and illustrations of John Keats, brought him into prominence. Subsequently he turned his attention to decoration, and executed panels and medallions for the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City, a panel for the Essex County Court House in Newark, New Jersey as well as numerous panels for private residences and stained glass windows for various churches, including St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, Newark. CLIP SIGNATURE mounted to card............20-30



137. [THEATRE] Adelaide Ristori [1822-1906] Italian tragedienne. Signature.....20-30



138. [BENJ. HARRISON] Message from the President of the United States, Feb. 19, 1890, government document, Senate Ex. Doc. No. 66, 29 pages, signed in type by Harrison. A report relative to the purchase and release of the surplus lands in the Lake Traverse Indian Reservation.......30-40

 

139. [BENJ. HARRISON] Message from the President of the United States, Dec. 18, 1889, government document, Senate Ex. Doc. No. 14, 91 pages, signed in type by Harrison. "A letter of the Secretary of the Interior relative to the purchase of a part of the Coeur d'Alene Reservation". Disdound but all present. Contains one foldout diagram....30-40



140. Sophie Tucker (1884-1966) singer and comedian, one of the most popular entertainers in America during the first third of the 20th century. SIGNATURE, inscribed, 1961..............25-35


141. [FILM] Lionel Stander (1908-1994) American actor in movies, radio, theater and television. The role he is now most famous for: Max, the loyal butler, cook, and chauffeur to the wealthy, amateur detectives played by Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers on the 1979 -1984 television series Hart to Hart. Signed document, CONTRACT, 1945, 2pp, to appear as "Spider" in THE KID FROM BROOKLYN, starring Danny Kaye. With attached "condition" agreement initialed. VG............75-100



142. AGUSTIN EDWARDS [1878-1941]. Chilean banker and diplomat. Vice president of Chile (1901-02); minister for foreign affairs (1903, 1905, 1909, 1910); minister to Italy, Spain, and Switzerland (1905-06) and to Great Britain (1910-25); ambassador to Great Britain (1935-38). President, League of Nations Assembly (1922), and of 5th Pan-American conference (1923). ALS, Paris, 1922, 1p, 8vo. Sends these few lines in reply.............25-35


143. Francis Marion Crawford [1854-1909] Am. writer. Clip signature......15-20


144. [FILM] John Boles (1895-1969) American actor. He started out in Hollywood in the silent movie era, but became a huge star with the advent of talkies. After the war, Boles moved to New York to study music. He quickly became well-known for his talents and was selected to play the leading man in the 1923 Broadway musical Little Jesse James. He became an established star on Broadway and attracted the attention of Hollywood producers and actors. SIGNED ALBUM SHEET, IN PENCIL. VG..........20-30


145. [FILM] Lina Basquette (1907-1994) American actress noted as much for her more than 75 years in entertainment beginning in the silent film era, as her tumultuous personal life and nine marriages. In 1925, Basquette began an affair with Sam Warner of Warner Brothers and the couple married on July 4, 1925. She was a mother at 19, and a widow at 20. After appearing in The Godless Girl, Basquette soon became a star in future DeMille films. By 1930, Basquette was broke and spent a good amount of her time partying with fellow actresses Jean Harlow, Clara Bow and Carole Lombard. She became one of the best-known breeders and handlers of champion Great Danes in American dog-show history, and also wrote several books on dog breeding. SIGNED 3X5 CARD with sentiment. VG.......20-30

 

146. [NOBEL PRIZE] Christian B. Anfinsen [1916-95] Signed 1p. bio. sketch.......20-30

 

147. JOHN CHARLES DALY (1914-1991) American Broadcaster/Journalist/TV Host - He was a celebrated Reporter and Broadcaster of WW2. His sign off was always: Good night, and have a good tomorrow" - ABC Broadcaster and known to many TV audiences for his hosting of the popular "What's My Line" TV show. SIGNATURE on card......20-30



148. Melville (Rob. Dundas) [1771-1851] Brit. statesman. Clip Signature.........20-30


149. [ENGLAND] William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland PC (Ire), FRS (1745-1814) British statesman and diplomat. In 1771 Auckland published Principles of Penal Law, and soon became a recognized authority on commercial and economic questions. In 1778 he carried an Act for the improvement of the treatment of prisoners, and accompanied the Earl of Carlisle as a commissioner to North America on an unsuccessful mission to settle certain disputes with certain colonists there. SIGNED address panel postmarked 1813...........25-35



150. [FILM] Susanna Foster [1924-2009] American film actress best known for her leading role as Christine.  Signed, inscribed color 10x8 movie still photo. VG..........25-35



151. [MUSIC] STANISLAV SKROWACZEWSKY - FAMOUS CONDUCTOR. Signed 3x5 card......20-30



152. Harold Stirling Vanderbilt (1884-1970 ) Son of William Kissam Vanderbilt. Associated with New York Central management and managed family interests for many years. Turned to sports in later years and was namesake of 'Vanderbilt Cup.' His signature on 5x3 slip. Top portion of slip has oil stain that shows but does not touch signature. .....25-35

 

153. Cornelius Vanderbilt II (1843-1899) American socialite, heir, businessman, and a member of the prominent United States Vanderbilt family. He was the favorite grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt, who left him $5 million, and the eldest son of William Henry Vanderbilt, who left him close to $70 million. In his turn he succeeded them as head of the New York Central and related railroad lines in 1885. Signature on 4-3/4 x 2-1/4" slip. Different col9or inl "Yours respectfully" above signature. Faint fold line; slightly soiled...........50-75



154. [NOBEL PRIZE] ILYA PRIGOGINE (1917-2003) Belgian Chemist - is best known for extending the second law of thermodynamics to systems that are far from equilibrium, and demonstrating that new forms of ordered structures could exist under such conditions. He called these 'dissipative structures' because they cannot exist independently of their environment. According to the second law of thermodynamics, ordered systems disintegrate into disordered ones. However, showed that the formation of dissipative structures allows order to be created from disorder in non-equilibrium systems. These structures have since been used to describe phenomena such as the growth of cities and the physics of car traffic. Awarded 1977 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. SIGNED 3-1/2 x 5 color photograph...............35-45



155. [ENGLAND] William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam PC (1748-1833), styled Viscount Milton until 1756, was a British Whig statesman of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. In 1782 he inherited his uncle Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham's estates, making him one of the richest people in Britain. He played a leading part in Whig politics until the 1820s. ALS, no year, 1p. PLUS engraved portrait suitable for framing with this letter.......50-75

 

156. George Anthony Weller [1907-2002] American novelist, playwright, and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for The New York Times and Chicago Daily News. He was a native of Boston and a former editorial chair of The Harvard Crimson. Weller's reports from Nagasaki after the nuclear bombing were censored by the United States military but appeared in a book in 2002. Signed 2-page questionaire, which he has filled out for the Contemporary Journalists. Quite detailed with a lot of his handwriting. The latest date appearing in entries is 1972. He signs while in Rome, Italy. Late in life he received Italy's Premio Internazionale di Giornalismo. He also provided the inspiration for longtime friend Sean O'Faolain's 1974 short story Something, Everything, Anything, Nothing........50-75


157. [CARTOONS] Whitney Darrow (1909-1999) prominent American cartoonist, who worked most of his career for The New Yorker, with some 1,500 of his cartoons printed in his nearly 50-year-long career with the magazine. TLS, 1960, 1p..............35-45


158.
[GOLF] Raymond Floyd [b. 1942] American golfer. Signed, inscribed 8x10 color photo. VG......25-35

 

159. [FILM] Gregory Hines [1946-2003] American actor, singer, dancer and choreographer. TLS, 1981, 1p. VG.........25-35



160. William Alfred Baehr  (1873-1943). American financier who was president of many utilities firms. Document Signed, North American Light and Power Co., Maine, 1919. Stock certificate. Signed while he was serving as vice-president. Issued to HENRIETTA COLGAN for ten shares of stock. Folded but VG...............50-75



For The Portrait Collector

161. [GREAT BRITAIN] Burke, Edmund. 1729-1797. British statesman and orator, b. Dublin. Entered Middle Temple (1750) but abandoned legal studies for literary work; published Vindication of Natural Society, satire upon Bolingbroke (1756), and On the Sublime and Beautiful (1757); began Annual Register (1758) and edited it for some 30 years. Became secretary to Marquis of Rockingham and entered Parliament (1765); gained high position among Whigs through eloquence on American question and vigorous opposition to George III' s policy of court domination and arbitrary rule; issued political pamphlets On the Present State of the Nation replying to Grenville on commerce and finance (1769), and Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents, accusing Tory government of suppressing public opinion, as in Wilkes case (1770); advocated liberal treatment of colonies in speeches American Taxation (1774) and Conciliation with the Colonies (1775); championed free trade with Ireland and Catholic emancipation. Paymaster of the forces under Rockingham (1782) and in succeeding coalition government; took active part in investigation of East India Company and urged impeachment of Warren Hastings, opening the case (1788), and delivering nine-day speech in reply to defense (1794); supported Wilberforcein advocating abolition of slave trade (1788-89); appeared as champion of tradition and constitutionalism in conservative English mold in opposition to speculative innovation and mere democracy in Reflections on the French Revolution (1790) and a series of writings mounting in passionate denunciation and reaching climax in Letters on a Regicide Peace (1795-97); quarreled with Fox and Whigs (1791); retired from Parliament on pension (1794), defending its acceptance in the Letter to a Noble Lord (1796). ORIGINAL ENGRAVED PORTRAIT of BURKE [1853], image approx. 5 x 4 in. plus margins. Engraved by C.E. WAGSTAFF. UNSIGNED, of course. Very good condition...................35-45


162. Frances Power Cobbe (1822-1904) Irish writer who is known today as a social reformer, feminist theorist and pioneer animal rights activist. ALS, no yr., 6pp. Small chip out of top of pages 3 and 4 not affecting content. .............60-80


163. [FILM] THEODORE BONNET [1908-1983] Am. author best remembered for his 1950 novel "The Mudlark" which was made into a film. ALS, 1949, 1 full page plus closing line & signature on 2nd page. Talks mainly about Hallandia [Sweden] and what it was like during the war....................75-100

 

164. [WOMEN] Anna E. TICKNOR - Founder and secretary of the SOCIETY TO ENCOUTAGE STUDIES AT HOME. ALS, Boston, 1876, last line & signature on verso. "...your wishes may be met by the Harvard Examinations for Women..." VG...................50-75


Russian Mystic

165. Anne Sophie Swetchine (1782-1857) known as Madame Swetchine, was a Russian mystic, and author, born in Moscow, and famous for her salon in Paris. She spent her early years at the court of empress Catherine II, as her father was one of the empress's closest advisors. In 1799, she married General Nicolas Sergeyvitch Swetchine. Under the influence of Joseph de Maistre, she became a member of the Roman Catholic Church in 1815; she had also been under the influence of the Jesuits. Because of the law, which disallowed Russian nobles who converted from the orthodox religion to live in Russia, she was forced to leave Russia, and she decided upon Paris as her new home. In the following year she settled in Paris with her spouse where, until her death, she maintained a famous salon. From 1826 onward, she held her salon at number 71 Rue Saint Dominique in Paris. Her salon was considered remarkable for its high courtesy and intellectuality. She often received Russian exiles at her salon. It was also a centre of the French contrarevolutionary movement. Frequent guests was people of France's literary, political and ecclesiastical communities. With her "fervent and enlightened Catholicism", which took the form of a rational and intellectualized form of faith, she is described as an influence on the French Catholic community until her death in 1856. ALS, no date, 2pp. Not translated.........100-150

Portrait of Swetchine



English Organist & Composer

166. [MUSIC] Sir Walter Parratt KCVO (1841-1924) English organist and composer. From 1882 he the post of organist of His Majesty's Chapel Royal, Windsor. He became Heather Professor of Music at Oxford University in 1908, taking over from Hubert Parry. He had previously been Organist and Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. He became one of the foremost organ teachers of his day, with many important posts in Britain being filled by his students. He was knighted in 1892. In 1893 he was appointed Master of the Queen's Musick to Queen Victoria, and afterward held the same office under Kings Edward VII and George V. Signature with sentiment. Mounted............40-60

See Parratt signature


167. [TV] Henry Winkler (b. 1945) American actor. Signed 3x5 card.........20-30



168. ENGRAVED PORTRAIT of JEREMIAH DAY [1773-1867] NOTED YALE CLERGYMAN. Clean.....................20-30

 

169. [MEDICAL] ENGRAVED PORTRAIT of JOHN WAKEFIELD FRANCIS [1789-1861] one of the most distinguished American physicians. Clean........................20-30


170. [MUSIC] Kurt Schwertsik  (1935 - ) Austrian contemporary composer. He is famous for creating the “Third Viennese School” and spreading contemporary classical music. AMQS from his work "Violin Concerto", inscribed. Approx. 10-1/2 x 4". VG..........50-75 See AMQS


171. [MUSIC] Rene Clemencic  (1928 - ) Austrian composer, recorder player, harpsichordist, conductor and clavichord player. AMQS from his famous "Kabbala Oratorio." Approx. 10-1/2 x 4". VG..........50-75

See AMQS


172. Dominick Dunne (1925-2009) American writer and investigative journalist whose subjects frequently hinged on the ways in which high society interacts with the judicial system. He was a movie producer in Hollywood and was also known for his frequent appearances on television.  Signed  7x5" photo. VG.........25-35

See above


173. [FILM] Walter Newman (1916-1993)  American radio writer and screenwriter active from the late 1940s to the early 1990s. He was nominated three times for Academy Awards (Ace in the Hole, Cat Ballou, and Bloodbrothers), but he may be best known for a work that never made it to the screen: his unproduced original script Harrow Alley.  Newman's radio writing included scripts for Escape, Suspense, and The Halls of Ivy as well as the first broadcast episode of Gunsmoke. He is not officially credited for his screenplays for The Magnificent Seven and The Great Escape, having renounced credit after sharp disagreements with the director, John Sturges in both cases, over changes made during shooting. Document Signed, his pay check from Warner Bros., 1984, endorsed on verso by Newman.  Fine. Scarce!..............50-75



174. Francis George Godolphin D'Arcy-Osborne, 7th Duke of Leeds (1798-1859) British peer and politician. ALS, nd, 2-1/2 pp..........25-35



175. (MAINE) JOCK [John R. McKernan, Jr.] - Gov. & U.S. congressman from Maine. Group of 7 TLSs, 1983-90, all signed Jock. 2 have punch holes. All to General Manager of Gannett Books in Portland, Maine. Thanks for book gifts. We don't know how many may be authentic but most, if not all, do not appear to be autopen signatures. McKernan is married to Sen. Olympia Snow.........60-80



176. [MAINE] PETERS, John Andrew, (uncle of John Andrew Peters [1864-1953]), a Representative from Maine; born in Ellsworth, Hancock County, Maine, October 9, 1822; attended Gorham Academy, and was graduated from Yale College in 1842; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1844 and commenced practice in Bangor, Maine, in 1844; member of the State senate in 1862 and 1863; served in the State house of representatives in 1864; attorney general of the State 1864-1866; elected as a Republican to the Fortieth, Forty-first, and Forty-second Congresses (March 4, 1867-March 3, 1873); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1872; judge of the supreme judicial court of Maine 1873-1883 and served as chief justice from 1883 until January 1, 1900, when he resigned; died in Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, April 2, 1904; interment in Mount Hope Cemetery. SIGNATURE........15-20

See above



177. [BOXING] JOEY MAXIM (1922-2001) Light Heavyweight Champion of the World. Signed & inscribed photo, , dated 1992, 8x10. VG................30-40

 

178. [THEATRE] Beatrice Herford (1868 -1952) American actress and vaudeville performer born in England. ALS, no date, 1p........20-30


179. [THEATRE] MABEL (Lucy Hackney) IRVING [1873-1914] British actress; married to Laurence Irving, the English dramatist and novelist, and son of Sir Henry Irving. Laurence and Mabel were on a tour of first Australia and then North America from 1912 to 1914. Their biggest success on the tour was Laurence's own play Typhoon which was a topical play set in the time of the Russo-Japanese War, with Laurence playing a Japanese officer. Laurence and Mabel Irving later drowned in the RMS Empress of Ireland disaster on May 29, 1914. Reports in the news accounts of the tragedy say that they got separated and Laurence was in a position of temporary safety, but he knew Mabel could not swim and he jumped back into the St. Lawrence River to rescue her. Their bodies were never found. ALS, not dated, written on both sides. She mentions Laurence. Good content. VG............50-75


180. [FILM] Lou Diamond Phillips [b. 1962] American film, film, television, and stage actor and director. His breakthrough came when he starred in the film La Bamba. Signed 10 x 8 color photo from the film La Bamba. VG............25-35

 

181. Harry Reasoner [1923-1991] American journalist. Brief TLS, 1971, thanks to a viewer. On American Broadcasting Co. letterhead. Fine............25-35



182. Jim Hagerty (1909-1981) served as the only White House Press Secretary from 1953 to 1961 during the administration of Dwight D. Eisenhower. Signed & inscribed 7x9 photo. VG...........20-30



183. [FILM] Karl Malden (1912-2009) American actor whose career spanned more than seven decades and appearing in many classic films. Brief ALS [or ANS depending on how you look at it]. VG.........30-40



184. [NY] BENNETT, David Smith, a Representative from New York; born on a farm near Camillus, Onondaga County, N.Y., May 3, 1811; attended the common schools and the local academy in Onondaga; engaged in agricultural pursuits; moved to Syracuse and engaged in the produce business, afterwards extending his business to New York City; moved to Buffalo in 1853 and built and operated several grain elevators; also purchased the original Dart grain elevator; elected a member of the State senate in 1865; elected as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1871); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1870; resumed his former business pursuits in Buffalo, N.Y., where he died November 6, 1894; interment in Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y. SIGNATURE............15-20


185.  George Ade [1866-1944] American writer. Signature.............20-30

 

186. [FILM] David Lloyd Wolper (b.1928) American television and film producer, responsible for shows such as Roots, The Thorn Birds, North & South, L.A. Confidential, and Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. He also produced numerous documentaries and documentary series like Biography (TV series&emdash;1961-63), The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (TV), Appointment with Destiny (TV series), This is Elvis, Three Days in November, Imagine: John Lennon, and others. He directed the 1959 documentary The Race for Space, which was nominated for an Academy Award. His 1971 film (as executive producer)about the study of insects The Hellstrom Chronicle won an Academy Award. TLS, 1968, 1p,, signed "David."..............25-35



187. [AMERICAN NAVAL] Chas. A. Seas - US Cousul. at [?] country. We can't make out the place but its somewhere in the Mediterranean. Very attractive ALS, 1870, 2-1/2pp, about 8 x 13". To Capt. Walker of the US Frigate Sabin. [ John Grimes Walker]. Content concerns an anchor of a Portuguese vessel is laying near, or under, the Sabin and cannot be taken up. Near fine condition.............75-100

Portrait of Capt. Walker



188. [CALIF.] JOHNSON, James Augustus, a Representative from California; born in Spartanburg, S.C., May 16, 1829; moved with his parents to Arkansas when quite young; attended the common schools; moved to California in 1853; studied medicine and was graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced the practice of law in Downieville, Calif.; member of the general assembly in 1859 and 1860; elected as a Democrat to the Fortieth and Forty-first Congresses (March 4, 1867-March 3, 1871); Lieutenant Governor of California 1875-1880; moved to San Francisco; registrar of voters in 1883 and 1884; engaged in the practice of his profession until his death in San Francisco, Calif., May 11, 1896; interment in the Masonic Cemetery. CLIP SIGNATURE........15-20


189. Helen Astor [1895-1965] Am. socialite. ANS, nd, re: her father....20-30



190. Samuel Weller Singer (1783–1858) was an English author and scholar on the work of William Shakespeare. He is also now remembered as a pioneer historian of card games. ALS, Travellers Club, 1839, 1p, to Vicomte de Marcellus. VG..........50-75



191. Samuel Merwin [1875-1936] American writer. Signature 1907.........20-30



192. Sir James Black Baillie [1872-1940] British philosopher and academic. ALS, 1931, 2pp..........40-60


193. Edmund Blunden, MC [1896-1974] English poet, author and critic. Like his friend Siegfried Sassoon, he wrote of his experiences in World War I in both verse and prose. For most of his career, Blunden was also a reviewer for English publications and an academic in Tokyo and later Hong Kong. He ended his career as Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford. Signed in ink limited edition page [proof page] from the "hand-set edition of Near & Far," 6-1/4 x 9-1/2". Fine...........30-40



194. John Anderson [b.1922] Am. politician. TLS & ISP, 2001...........20-30



195. [NY] SCHUMAKER, John Godfrey, a Representative from New York; born in Claverack, Columbia County, N.Y., June 27, 1826; completed preparatory studies in the Lenox (Mass.) Academy; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in 1847; moved to Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1853 and continued the practice of law; district attorney for Kings County 1856-1859; corporation counsel for the city of Brooklyn 1862-1864; member of the State constitutional conventions in 1862, 1867, and 1894; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1864; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-first Congress (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1871); was not a candidate for renomination in 1870; elected to the Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1877); was not a candidate for renomination in 1876 to the Forty-fifth Congress; resumed the practice of law; died in Brooklyn, N.Y., on November 23, 1905; interment in Greenwood Cemetery. SIGNATURE.......15-20




196. BRANDER MATTHEWS (1852-1929) American writer and educator.  ALS, 1905, 2pp. VG...........35-45


197. HENRY JACKSON van DYKE (1852-1933) American Author, educator, clergyman, lyricist.   TLS, 1908, 1p. VG..........35-45


198. HEINRICH FRIEDIRCH M. SAHM (1877-1939) German Politician, Diplomat, Mayor Berlin (1933-1935), Ambassador to Norway. He became the first President of the Senate. He retained his position as Mayor after the Nazi takeover but was replaced in 1935, but held little power over the Commissioner Julius Lippert.   TLS, 1931, 1p.............50-75


199. (FRANCE) Roger de Beauvoir (1806-1866) Romantic novelist and playwright.  His wit, good-looks and adventurous lifestyle made him well known in Paris, where he was a friend of Alexandre Dumas, père. Of independent means, he wed actress and author Léocadie Doze in 1847. He was imprisoned for three months and fined 500 francs for a satirical poem, Mon Procs, written in 1849. Afflicted with gout and nearly destitute from his flamboyant lifestyle, de Beauvoir spent the last few years of his life unhappily confined to a chair, dying in Paris. His best-known works included Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1840), Les Oeufs de Paques (1856) and Le Pauvre Diable (reprinted 1871).  ALS, no yr., 1p. VG............75-100


200. GEORGE BALL (1910-1994) At the end of WW2, he directed the US strategic Bombing Survey in London. In 1961 he headed the task force on trade and tariff policy for President-elect John Kennedy and then became Under Secretary of State.In 1961 Kennedy named him Under Sec. of State, he remained with the State Dept. until 1966.He publicly opposed the Vietnam War. He was briefly was UN Ambassador in 1968 Author of The Discipline of Power, Diplomacy for the Crowded World, The Passionate Attachment. TLS, 1993.................25-35


201. Annie Fields (1834-1915) American writer. Fields was a forward-looking, philanthropic and multi-talented woman, who encouraged the talents of others even as she followed the good of the intellect. Although Fields often turns up in the pantheons of 19th century poetry, it is for her short sympathetic biographies that she is now remembered. ALS, 1910, 1p, laid to mounting page. With original envelope........50-75

Click to see her portrait



202. [KENTUCKY] BELL, Joshua Fry, a Representative from Kentucky; born in Danville, Boyle County, Ky., November 26, 1811; attended the public schools; was graduated from Centre College, Danville, Ky., in 1828; studied law in Lexington, Ky.; traveled in Europe for several years before admission to the bar; commenced practice in Danville, Boyle County, Ky.; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1845-March 3, 1847); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1846; secretary of state of Kentucky in 1849; chosen by the legislature as one of six commissioners to the peace convention of 1861 held in Washington, D.C., in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending war; delegate to the Border State convention in 1861; nominated in 1863 by the Union Democrats for Governor of Kentucky, but declined to accept the nomination; member of the State house of representatives 1862-1867; died in Danville, Ky., August 17, 1870; interment in Bellevue Cemetery. CLIP SIGNATURE........20-30



203. [RELIGION] W. DURHAM [William Van Mildert. 1765-1836) was the last Prince-Bishop of Durham (1826-1836), and one of the founders of the University of Durham. His name survives in Van Mildert College, founded in 1965. Mounted clip signature.......20-30



204. Maud B. Booth (1865-1948) Salvation Army leader and co-founder of the Volunteers of America. Signed card, with sentiment, 3x2 in........35-45


205 .  [ENGLAND] Arthur Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, KG, LVO, OBE, MC, DL, FKC (born 2 July 1915), is a senior British peer and a retired Brigadier in the British Army. He was born in Rome. From 1943 to 1972, when he succeeded his father, he was known as Marquess Douro, and he is currently styled His Grace The Duke of Wellington. He joined the British Army, serving in the Second World War with the Royal Horse Guards. He eventually rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, commanding that regiment in 1954. He then moved to the Household Cavalry Regiment, which he began commanding in 1959. He commanded the 22nd Armoured Brigade (1960-1961), served in the British Army of the Rhine, and became defence attaché to Spain in 1964; he retired from the Army in 1968 as a Brigadier. During his period of service, he received the Military Cross. Sigbature, WITH SENTIMENT ON STATIONERY, DATED 1987. FOLD LINES O/W VG........20-30

 

206. Sir ISAAC COFFIN - signature with rank of Rear Admiral. Coffin Bay is a town at the southern extremity of the Eyre Peninsula, which is a wheat growing area of South Australia. British naval explorer Matthew Flinders named the bay on 16 February 1802 in honour of his friend Sir Isaac Coffin. CLIP SIGNATURE.............35-45


207. [FILM] John Rhys-Davies (b. 1944) English-born Welsh actor and vocal actor. He is perhaps best known for playing the charismatic Arabian excavator Sallah in the Indiana Jones films and the dwarf Gimli in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Clipped Signature. Mounted......20-30



208. (David Berkley McCreary) Gunnison & McCreary [1826-1906] Union Brevet Brigadier General. He served as a 1st Lieutenant in one Erie Regiment of the Pennsylvania militia at the start of the Civil War. He then enlisted in the 145th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, rising to Lieutenant Colonel and commander of the regiment. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for "gallant and meritorious services during the war". He served as Adjutant General of the Pennsylvania National Guard from 1867 to 1870. DS, 1874. Signed with his business name, Humboldt Safe Deposit & Trust Co., bank check. Cancellations affect signature......25-35



209. (FOOTBALL) LAWRENCE PERRY (d. 1954). American journalist and author. Editor "Yachting" (1906-1910); author "THE FULLBACK" (1916); THE BIG GAME (1918); FOR THE GAME'S SAKE (1921); "TOUCHDOWNS" (1924). Author of syndicated columns "For the Game's SAKE" and "NEW YORK SKYLINES." Supervisor sports arts, ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA. Document Signed, The Riggs National Bank, Washington, D.C., 1916. Bank check with vignette of bank.................25-35




210. [FILM] Louise Fletcher (b.1934) American actress perhaps best known for her role as Nurse Ratched in One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest and as Kai Winn Adami in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO. VG..............25-35



211. [THEATRE] Ethel Irving [1869-1963] British actress [not related to Henry Irving]. She created at Daly's Theatre [1902] the part of Sophie in A Country Girl. Another important role she played was Pamela Tuckwell in "What Pamela Wanted" at the Criterion Theatre. ALS, April 12, no yr., written on both sides of Criterion Theatre stationery which also says "Miss Ethel Irving's Season." Light scattered toning..............50-75



212. [MUSIC] Edward Dannreuther (1844-1905) German pianist and writer on music resident from 1863 in England. He trained as a musician at the Conservatoire at Leipzig, where he was a pupil of Ignaz Moscheles. Dannreuther became a champion of Wagner, and founded the London Wagner Society in 1872. Dannreuther became a professor of piano in the Royal College of Music in 1895, a position which he held until his death. An enthusiast for new music, he was an important influence on the composer Hubert Parry. Clip signature [irregular shape].........20-30

 

213. ROBERT S. DILLON (1929- ) American Diplomat. He was US Ambassador to Lebanon (1981-1983)It was during this time during the War there and dealt with the crises there impeccably. Onn the morning of Sunday, October 23, 1983, a heavy truck, loaded with explosives rammed into the building that housed the Battalion Landing Team (BLT) of the 24th Marine Amphibious Unit (MAU) The truck detonated immediately. The building was destroyed and 220 U.S. marines, 18 sailors and 3 soldiers housed there were killed in the ensuing explosion TLS dtd 5/12/1983 as Ambassador, with signed/inscribed 5x7 portrait photograph (2 items). The photo is signed in dark area therefore poor contrast.........................25-35

 

214. [MUSIC] Sir Julius Benedict (1804-1885) German-born composer and conductor, resident in England for most of his career. His best-known opera, The Lily of Killarney, written on the subject of Dion Boucicault's play The The Colleen Bawn to a libretto by John Oxenford, was produced at Covent Garden in 1862. His operetta, The Bride of Song, was brought out there in 1864. Clip signature signed "Benedict" mounted to larger slip.........25-35



215. [ART] VALENTINE BRODSKY CHAGALL -(Mrs. Marc Chagall) Wife of famed painter, married him in 1953. She was his 2nd wife. ANS on postcard reproduction of her husband's work: Messag bibilique stained glass window. Dated 25/7/75...............40-60


216. [MUSIC] Geraldine Farrar (1882-1967) American soprano opera singer and film actress, noted for her beauty, acting ability, and "the intimate timbre of her voice." She had a large following among young women, who were nicknamed "Gerry-flappers". Signature dated 1920 on 3x5 card. Small picture affixed to card....30-40

 

217. Sir William Fletcher Barrett [1844-1925] English physicist and psychical researcher. ALS, no yr., 3pp, 4.5 x 7". VG............50-75


218. [MUSIC] Keith Lockhart (b. 1959) American orchestral conductor. Lockhart became the 20th Conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra in 1995. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.............25-35



219. (SPORTS LOT) MICHAEL SPINKS (1956- ) Boxer, Heavyweight Champion, SIGNED, 8x10 photograph, with sentiment.  DARRELL ROYAL (1924-2012) Football Player, coach - TLS, 1971.  TOM WEISKOPF (1942- ) American Golfer - SIGNED 8x10 color photograph, inscribed.  NANCY LOPEZ (1957-  ) American Golfer - SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 photograph.   HAZEL HOTCHKISS WRIGHTMAN (1886-1974) American Tennis Star - ANS, no date,  sending birthday greetings.   STANLEY DANCER (1927-2005) American harness racing driver and trainer. He was the only horsemen to drive and train three Triple Crowns in horse racing. In total, he drove 23 Triple Crown winners. TLS, ny, nd with SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 reprint of cover of Sports Illustrated with him on cover.  ROD LAVER, MBE (1938- )  Australian former professional tennis player who holds the record for most singles titles won in the history of tennis, with 200 career titles. SIGNED 6x8 print of him playing tennis, with titles............100-150



220. [SIGNATURES OF WRITERS] Mixed lot: [1] Hervey Allen [1889-1949] Am. author. Signature. [2] [THEATRE] Joseph Anthony (1912-1993) American playwright and director. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Anthony's first Broadway credit was as the author of the 1934 play A Ship Comes In. Three years later he debuted as an actor and appeared in Lady in the Dark, Peer Gynt, and Camino Real, among others. He ultimately directed numerous Broadway productions, including The Rainmaker, The Most Happy Fella, The Best Man, Rhinoceros, Mary, Mary, 110 in the Shade, and the infamously ill-fated David Merrick-produced musical version of Breakfast at Tiffany's. He was nominated for a Best Director Tony Award five times but never won. GREAT SIGNATURE ON HIS MONOGRAMMED CARD. Fine. [3] Edmund Clarence Stedman [1833-1908] Am. poet. Signature 1892 [4] Richard Aldington [1892-1962] Brit. writer. Signature 1921. [5] Irving Bacheller (1859-1950) American journalist and writer who founded the first modern newspaper syndicate in the United States. Brief ANS on 3.5 x 2 in. card. [6] Dorothy Canfield Fisher [1879-1958] reformer, writer. Signature. [7] Edwin Markham [1852-1940] Am. poet. Sig. (mount. trace show thru). [8] Alice Hegan Rice (1870-1942) Am. novelist. Clip signature. [9] Frederick Palmer (1873-1958) American journalist and writer. He was born in Pleasantville, Pennsylvania. He attended Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania. The New York Press hired Palmer in 1895 as its London correspondent; and this opportunity evolved into a long career. General John Pershing persuaded him to take on the task of press accreditation for the American Expeditionary Force (AEF). In this period, he was accorded the rank of Colonel. ANS, 1920. [10] Max O'Rell was the pen name of Léon Paul Blouet (1848-1903) French author and journalist. Max O'Rell was a ready and amusing speaker, and his easy manner and his humorous gift made him very successful on the platform. He lectured often in the United Kingdom and still more often in America. Signature on card dated 1890, with sentiment..........100-150



221. [FILM] Bruce Bennett (1906-2007)  American actor and Olympic silver medalist shot putter.  During the 1930s, he went by his real name, Herman Brix.  He moved to Los Angeles in 1929 after being invited to compete for the Los Angeles Athletic Club and befriended actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr., who arranged a screen test for him at Paramount. In 1931, MGM, adapting author Edgar Rice Burroughs's popular Tarzan adventures for the screen, selected Herman Brix to play the title character. Unfortunately, Brix broke his shoulder filming the 1931 football movie Touchdown, which also prevented his entry into the 1932 Olympics, still holding the world record for shot put. Swimming champion Johnny Weissmuller replaced Brix and became a major star. After Ashton Dearholt convinced Burroughs to allow him to form Burroughs-Tarzan Enterprises, Inc., and make a Tarzan serial film, Dearholt cast Brix in the lead. Pressbook copy has it that Burroughs made the choice himself, but, in fact, in his biography, Brix confirmed that Burroughs never even saw him until after the contract was signed, and then only briefly. The film was begun on location in Guatemala, under rugged conditions (jungle diseases and cash shortages were frequent). Brix did his own stunts, including a fall to rocky cliffs below. The Washington Post quoted Gabe Essoe's passage from his book Tarzan of the Movies: "Brix's portrayal was the only time between the silents and the 1960s that Tarzan was accurately depicted in films. Brief ALS, 2001 mentioning he is 95 years old. VG.......50-75

See his picture


222. [ART REFERENCE] Benezit, E., ed DICTIONNAIRE CRITIQUE ET DOCUMENTAIRE DES PEINTRES, SCULPTEURS, DESSINATEURS ET GRAVEURS De tous les temps et de tous le pays par un groupe d'ecrivains specialistes francais et etrangers.Paris: Librairie Grund, 1976. 10 vols. n. Each approx.. 700 pages. Text in French - many illustrations of signatures & monograms. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Blue cloth. Gilt lettering. Extremities very good. Interiors and exteriors clean; all quite sound. An impressive set. Very good+/No dust jacket. A MUST HAVE set for the serious art collector or dealer....................Minimum Bid..........$250



223. Belva Plain (1915-2010)  was a best-selling American author of mainstream fiction.  ALS, 2000, plus TLS, 2001.  Two letters..........50-75

See ALS



224.  Mike Connors (b. 1925)  American actor best known for playing detective Joe Mannix in the CBS television series, Mannix. In the 1959–1960 television season, he had played a crime-fighting investigator known only as "Nick" in another CBS series, Tightrope.  Signed, inscribed 8 x 10 photo. VG............40-60



225. Teófilo Braga, in full Joaquim Teófilo Fernandes. (1843-1924). Portuguese scholar and writer. Professor, Lisbon (1872 ff.); wrote prolifically on literature, history, politics, etc.; noted controversialist, and anticlericalist republican. Head of provisional government (1910-11) after dethronement of King Manuel; interim president of Portugal (1915). Author of Visa~o dos Tempos (1864), História da Poesia Popular Portuguesa (1867), comprehensive História da Romantismo en Portugal (1880), A Arcádia Lusitana (1899), etc. Signature on card (stamp dated 1916)..............40-60

226. [NOBEL PRIZE] Sir Hans Adolf Krebs  (1900-1981) German-born British physician and biochemist. Krebs is best known for his identification of two important metabolic cycles: the urea cycle and the citric acid cycle. The latter, the key sequence of metabolic chemical reactions that produces energy in cells, is also known as the Krebs cycle and earned him a Nobel Prize in 1953, which he shared with Fritz Lipmann.  Brief TLS, 1979. 1p. VG.............40-60


227. [MUSIC] Georgia Gibbs (1919-2006) was an American popular singer and vocal entertainer rooted in jazz. ALS, on 6 x 3-1/4" card. Envelope postmarked 1991......25-35

 

228. Hannibal Goodwin [1822-1900] Episcopal priest at the House of Prayer in Newark, New Jersey, patented a method for making transparent, flexible roll film out of nitrocellulose film base, which was used in Thomas Edison's Kinetoscope, an early machine for viewing animation. AQS, dated Oct. 17, 1881, 7 x 4.5". VG.........60-80

See Portrait of Goodwin

 

229. Bert Parks (1914-1992) American actor, singer, and radio and television announcer and host, best known as the longtime host (1955-1979) of the annual Miss America telecast. Signed 8x11 photo. VG............25-35


230. Richard Burton [1861-1940] American poet, author. His works include: Dumb in June (1895), Lyrics of Brotherhood (1899), Message and Melody (1903), Rehab: A Poetic Drama (1906), From the Book of Life (1909), Masters of the English Novel (1909) and A Midsummer Melody (1910). ALS, Univ. of Minn, Sept. 23, no yr., 1p, 6x9". VG............40-60

 

231. [SPORTS] BONNIE BLAIR - American Speed Skater - Olympic Gold Medalist - won the U. S. indoor title in 1983, 1984, and 1986, and was the North American indoor champion in 1985. She became a definite Olympic contender by setting a world record of 39.43 seconds in the 500-meter event at the 1987 worlds. At the 1988 Olympics, Blair set another world record to win a gold medal in the 500-meter event. After winning the world over-all sprint title in 1989, she finished second in 1990 and third in 1991 and entered the 1992 Olympics as a favorite in the 500-meter and a strong contender in the 1,000-meter. She won both, becoming the first skater ever to win two consecutive gold medals in the 500-meter sprint, and she received the Sullivan Award as the nation's outstanding amateur athlete. SIGNED 8x10 color photograph.............20-30



232. Pauline Frederick [1883-1938] AQS "All the world's a stage And all the men and women merely players - Sincerely yours, Pauline Frederick. Fine..........35-45


233. Clement Furman Haynsworth, Jr. (1912-1989) was a United States judge and an unsuccessful nominee for the United States Supreme Court. TLS, 1981, 1p. "...One who approaches any undertaking obsessed with his expectation of personal gain is unlikely to contribute much to society..."..........35-45

 

234. Sir Edwin Arnold (1832-1904) English poet and journalist, who is most known for his work, The Light of Asia. ALS, no year, "I am away at my house...." 4x6 in. VG...........75-100

 

235. [TV] Jonathan Harris (1914- 2002) American stage and character actor. Two of his best-known television roles were as the timid accountant Bradford Webster in The Third Man, and the comic villain Dr. Zachary Smith, in the popular 1960s sci-fi series, Lost in Space. ALS, 1989, conlusion & signature on backside. PLUS another autograph letter UNSIGNED..........30-40


236. Eden Phillpotts (1862 - 1960) English author, poet and dramatist. AQS from "Vigil", dated 1907. Approx. 8x6" blue paper. VG..........40-60



237. GILBERT H. GROSVENOR (1875-1966) Father of Photojournalism, full time editor of National Geographic Magazine (1899-1954) Married the daughter of Alexander Graham Bell . SIGNED collector’s card (1921).........50-75

See above



238. [GERMANY] Franz Josef Strauss (1915-1988) German politician. He was the chairman of the Christian Social Union, member of the federal cabinet in different positions and long-time minister-president of the state of Bavaria. Signed philatelic item, 1985, overall 7 x 11". VG.........50-75

See above




239. Edmund Blunden [1896-1974] English, poet, author. Signed Presentation/edition page from his book "Near & Far" 1929. Fine.............25-35



240. [NOBEL] J. MICHAEL BISHOP - American Microbiologist. Awarded 1989 NOBEL PRIZE for Physiology and Medicine for his research on cancer -causing genes called oncogenes. SIGNED 5x7 color photograph...........35-45


241. [ART] Willem Frederik de Haas (1830-1880)  Dutch-born American painter. He studied at the Art Academy of his native city, and at The Hague under Johannes Bosboom. He went in 1859 to New York City, where he became known as a painter of coast scenery.  Clip Signature,  4-1/4 x 1".  VG.........30-40


242. [ART] Eric Pape (1870-1938) Called “the Master of the Pageant,” Eric Pape was a painter of historical and archaeological subjects, a landscape painter, art teacher, and illustrator.  Fine ink signature dated 99, on 3-3/4 x 3-3/4" slip........30-40




243.   (19th CENTURY NOTABLES LOT)   Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare GCB, PC, FRS (1815-1895) British Liberal Party politician- Home Secretary (1868–1873) and as Lord President of the Council. ALS, 1853.   Sir Charles Edward Trevelyan, 1st Baronet, KCB (1807-1886) British civil servant and colonial administrator. Trevelyan's most enduring mark on history may be the quasi-genocidal anti-Irish racial sentiment he expressed during his term in the critical position of administrating relief for the millions of Irish peasants suffering under the Irish famine as Assistant Secretary to HM Treasury (1840-1859) under the Whig administration of Lord Russell .  ALS, 1880, 4pp to Dorman Bridgeman Eaton (1823-1899) the American lawyer who was instrumental in Federal Civil Service reform.   Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland PC (1773-1840) English politician, a major politician in the 19th Century England. Lord Privy Seal between 1806 and 1807 in the Ministry of All the Talents headed by Lord Grenville and as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster between 1830 and 1834 and again between 1835 and his death in 1840 in the Whig administrations of Lord Grey and Lord Melbourne. On a visit to Paris in 1791 Holland became acquainted with Lafayette and Talleyrand. He took his seat in the House of Lords on 5 October 1796. SIGNED address panel.   Adelbert W. Brownlow-Cust, 3rd Earl Brownlow  (1844-1921) British soldier, courtier and Conservative politician. He held office under Lord Salisbury as Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board from 1885 to 1886, as Paymaster-General from 1887 to 1889 and as Under-Secretary of State for War from 1889 to 1892[1] and was admitted to the Privy Council in 1887.  ANS.    Charles C. Chetwynd-Talbot, 2nd Earl Talbot (1777-1849) styled Viscount Ingestre between 1784 and 1793, British politician. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland between 1817 and 1821. In 1817, Talbot was also appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and admitted to the Privy Council. SIGNED address panel1833.............75-100


244.    (SILENT SCREEN FILM NOTABLES LOT)     Leatrice Joy (1893- 1985) American Actress, ALS on verso of a personal photograph of her 3 ½”x5 ½”. Detailing the photograph of her, with actress Beverly Bayne, and Mrs. Conrad Nagel her daughter. They are aboard a yacht in 1927.   Lenore Ulric (1892-1970) American Actress on Stage and early films.  A rare signed envelope on back flap addressed to film director George Cukor (1899-1993).   Gladys Walton (1903-1993) American Actress.  She appeared early in silent films and left by 1925.  ALS, dated March 1979, 1p with signed address return envelope.  Alfred Hickman (1873- 1931)  English actor. He was married to actress Nance O'Neil. He appeared in 35 films between 1914 and 1931. SIGNED QUOTE.  CHARES DICKSON (1860-1927) American actor.  He was married to Lillian Burkhardt. Appeared in films An American Window, The Siren’s Song, Sunday, The Little Miss Brown, among others.  SIGNED CARD.   BILLIE RHODES (1894-1988) American Silent Screen Actress/Singer - comedienne of early silent cinema. Stage actress and vaudeville.  ALS on card also signed on verso...............75-100



245. [TV] Jane Wyatt (1910-2006) American actress. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG........25-35



246.  [ART] Claude Franqois FORTIER - French engraver, was born in Paris in 1775, and died in the same city in 1835. Original engraving by Fortier, title: "La Matin", image size approx. 10 x 13-1/2" plus wide margins. Circa 1820-1828. Condition: minor foxing spots on verso; minor stains & marks in margin areas; the main flaw, although less visible from front is an offset blue number that must have rested against this print years ago. At first we didn't notice this but its there. We have adjusted the estimate because of this..........75-100

See Fortier engraving



247. Robert Loggia (b. 1930) is an American film and television actor and director, who specializes in character parts. In 1985, Loggia was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of crusty private detective Sam Ransom in the thriller Jagged Edge. Signed 8x10 photo. VG.....25-35



248. Glenway Wescott (1901-1987) was a major American novelist during the 1920-1940 period and a figure in the American expatriate literary community in Paris during the 1920s. Signed presentation/edition page removed from the book "GOODBYE WISCONSIN". Fine......25-35



249.  [POLITICS] Mixed lot: [1] Charles S. Deneen (1863-1940) Republican Governor of Illinois, serving from 1905 to 1913, and as a U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1925-1931. Deneen also served as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives in 1892. He had also been the lead prosecutor in Chicago's infamous Adolph Luetgert murder trial. CLIP SIGNATURE. [2] Henry Wheaton [1785-1848] Am. lawyer, diplomat, was born at Providence, Rhode Island. He was the third reporter of decisions for the United States Supreme Court. CLIP SIGNATURE. [3] Abram S. Hewitt (1822-1903) U.S. Congressman, and a mayor of New York. He is considered the "Father of the New York City Subway System". Signed album page, March 26, 1888. VG. [4] JOSEPH E. DAVIES (1876-1958), American diplomat. He chairman (1915-16) of the Federal Trade Commission, before serving (1919) as President Wilson's economic adviser at the Paris Peace Conference. He later served as ambassador to the USSR (1937-38), ambassador to Belgium (1938-40), and special assistant (1940) to Secretary of State Cordell Hull. During World War II, Davies was (1942-46) chairman of the President's War Relief Control Board. In 1945 he attended the Potsdam Conference. His book, Mission to Moscow (1941), gave a favorable picture of the USSR. He was the husband of Marjorie Merriweather Post. SIGNATURE with sentiment. [5] Mo Udall (1922-1998) Dem. presidential candidate in 1976. Signed 3x5 card. [6] Frances C. Perkins (1882-1965) U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, and the first woman ever appointed to the cabinet. As a loyal supporter of her friend Franklin D. Roosevelt, she helped pull the labor movement into the New Deal coalition. SIGNATURE. VG. [7] Eugene Hale [1836-1918] US senator (Maine). Signature 1911...........75-100


250. Susan  Strasberg (1938 –1999) American stage, film and television actress.  TLS, 1977, 1p................30-40

251. ALISTAIR COOKE (1908-2004) British journalist, broadcaster, author.  TLS, 1989, 1p. VG..........50-75



252. Wallace Groves (c. 1902-1988) was a prominent financier, who, after his release from federal prison in 1944, moved to the Bahamas and there founded and operated the free trade zone, resort, and casino development Freeport on Grand Bahama Island. Investigators of U.S. organized crime associate him with the Meyer Lansky syndicate operating offshore casinos from Miami Beach. These ties notwithstanding, he is credited with being a driving force in the development of the modern Bahamian economy.  ALS, no date written on note pad paper of The Plaza in New York. Apparently a draft of his letter to an attorney requesting information about the tax effect of a loss on a business loan he made to a wholly owned corporation.  Accompanied by a newspaper clipping (Parade Jan. 15, 1967) about him entitled "Emperor Groves."  Approx. 4-3/8 x 5".  VG. RARE!...........100-150

See letter



253.  [GREAT BRITAIN] mixed lot: [1] Beaumont Hotham, 3rd Baron Hotham (1794-1870) British soldier, peer and long-standing Conservative Member of Parliament. Hotham was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Beaumont Hotham and Philadelphia Dyke. His father died when he was five years old. Hotham fought at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 and later achieved the rank of General. In 1814 he had succeeded his grandfather as third Baron Hotham, but as this was an Irish peerage it did not entitle him to a seat in the House of Lords. SIGNED ADDRESS PANEL postmarked 1834. [2] Thos. R. Macquoid [1820-1912] Brit. artist. Clip signature. [3] Caroline Norton (1808-1877) Brit. society beauty, author. Clip signature. [4] Henry Moore (1831-1895) English marine and landscape painter. In rendering of wave movement, in veracity of color and texture, and in subtle atmospheric effects he has few rivals. He was elected an academician in 1893. CLIP SIGNATURE. Very good example. [5] Alfred Austin (1835-1913) English poet, who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1896 upon the death of Tennyson. SIGNATURE with sentiment, 1908. VG. [6] James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 1st Baron Wharncliffe (1776-1845) English statesman. He was commissioned into the 48th Foot in 1790, transferred to the 7th Foot in 1791, and purchased a Captaincy in the 72nd Foot in 1793. He was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel in 1797 and became Colonel of the 12th Foot six months later. In 1797 he transferred to the Grenadier Guards, but resigned his commission in 1801. He then devoted himself to politics, sitting in parliament as a Tory. His attitude on various questions became gradually more Liberal, and his support of Catholic emancipation lost him his seat in 1826. He was then raised to the peerage as Baron Wharncliffe of Wortley, a recognition both of his previous parliamentary activity and of his high position among the country gentlemen. At first opposing the Reform Bill , he gradually came to see the undesirability of a popular conflict, and he separated himself from the Tories and took an important part in modifying the attitude of the peers and helping to pass the bill. SIGNED ADDRESS PANEL dated 1826. [7] Edwin Long [1829-1891] Brit. painter. Sig. w/ sentiment. [8] Thomas Wakley [1795-1862]. English surgeon. Founder (1823) of The Lancet, weekly medical paper in which he campaigned for various medical and public health reforms; M.P. (1835-52). Signed ADDRESS PANEL postmarked 1835. Mounted. [9] Henry Fawcett [1833-1884] Eng. statesman. CLIP SIGNATURE. [10] C. Napier Hemy [1841-1917] Brit. artist. Signature, 1910............100-150



254. [WRITERS] Mixed Lot: [1] Dorothy Canfield Fisher [1879-1958] reformer, writer. Signature. [2] J. G. Holland [1819-1881] Am. poet, novelist. Sig. w/sentiment. [3] Park Godwin [1816-1904] Am. journalist. Signature, 1866. [4] Glenway Westcott [1901-1987] Am. writer. Sig. presentation page from book. [5] John Hall Wheelock [1886-1978] Am. poet. Sig. in return address. [6] Benson J. Lossing (1813-1891) was a prolific and popular American historian, known best for his illustrated books on the American Revolution and American Civil War and features in Harper's Magazine. He was a Charter Trustee of Vassar College. Signature DATED 1877. [7] Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833-1908) American poet, critic, and essayist was born at Hartford, Connecticut. SIGNATURE WITH SENTIMENT. [8] George V. Hobart [1867-1926] American Playwright. Signature with sentiment, New York, 1908. [9] William Henry Irwin (Will) (1873 - 1948) was a U.S. author, writer and journalist. For the Bohemian Club, he wrote the Grove Play The Hamadryads in 1904. Signature. [10] Rex Beach [1877-1949]. American writer. Fine SIGNATURE.............100-150

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255. Joan Davis (1907-1961) American comedic actress whose career spanned vaudeville, film, radio and television. Remembered best for the 1950s television comedy I Married Joan, Davis had a successful earlier career as a B-movie actress and a leading star of 1940s radio comedy. Signed album page. One fold crease down middle [not bad]..........25-35



256. [NJ] CLIFF [Clifford P. Case] - US senator from New Jersey. 3 TLSs, 1973-75, 1p. 2 are autopen signed, one of which refers to House impeachment inquiry of President Nixon. PLUS ALS from congressman Peter Frelinguysen signed "Frel" & a TLS by him, 1974. All to the editor of Gannett Books publishing..........25-35


257. Edmund Blunden [1896-1974] English, poet, author. Signed Presentation/edition page from his book "Near & Far", 1929. Fine.....25-35

 

258. Chauncey M. Depew [1834-1928] US senator from NY. Signed card, 1904......20-30



259. Alexander Dallas Bache [1806-1867] American physicist, scientist and surveyor who erected coastal fortifications and conducted a detailed survey mapping of the United States coastline. Clip signature with sentiment.......25-35


260. [NY] REEVES, Henry Augustus, a Representative from New York; born in Sag Harbor, N.Y., December 7, 1832; attended private schools in Sag Harbor, the Southampton Academy, the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor for three years, and was graduated from Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., in 1852; studied law; was admitted to the bar; edited the Republican Watchman in Greenport from 1858 until his death; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-first Congress (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1871); resumed newspaper interests; supervisor of Southold Town 1872-1894; member of the State assembly in 1887; member of the State commission in lunacy 1889-1897; died in Greenport, Suffolk County, N.Y., March 4, 1916; interment in Southampton Cemetery, Southampton, N.Y. SIGNATURE.......15-20



261. (MASSACHUSETTS) CENTRAL PART OF NORTHAMPTON, MASS. - original 1839 wood-engraved view, 6-1/4 x 3-1/4 plus margins. VG.................25-35

 

262. (MASSACHUSETTS) CENTRAL PART OF CONCORD, MASS. - original 1839 wood-engraved view, 6-1/2 x 3-1/4 plus margins. Part of the court house is seen on the left. Burying-ground Hill [a post of observation to the British officers in the invasion of 1775] is seen a short distance beyond. VG...................25-35

 

263. (MASSACHUSETTS) LENOX, MASS. - original 1839 wood-engraved view, 6-1/2 x 3-1/4 plus margins. VG.................25-35



264. [Olympics] Horace Ashenfelter, III (b.1923) American athlete. He competed in international athletics from 1947 to 1956 after service in World War II. Ashenfelter was one of America's finest runners during his career. Although he was considered a long shot, Ashenfelter was the surprise winner of the steeplechase at the 1952 Summer Olympics at Helsinki. He finished ahead of Vladimir Kazantsev of USSR and John Disley of Great Britain, and broke Kazantsev's unofficial world record. Since Ashenfelter worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation , it led to humorous comments about him being the first American spy who allowed himself to be chased by a Russian. In addition, Ashenfelter won the Sullivan Award as outstanding amateur athlete for the year 1952. The indoor track facility at his alma mater, Penn State, is named in his honor. Signed & inscribed album page. He adds 3000 meter steeplechase 1952 Olympic Games.........20-30

 

265. [Olympics] Tom Courtney (b. 1933) iAmerican athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Signed album page to which he adds 1956 Olympic 800 meters, 1600 meter relay.......20-30

 

266. [MUSIC] Ivor Foster (1870-1959) Baritone and teacher of singing. SIGNATURE ON ALBUM PAGE, HE DATES IT MARCH 1/1902. SIGNED BELOW BY H. LANE WILSON........20-30



267. [FRENCH THEATRE] Louis Desire Veron (1798-1867) French opera manager and publisher. Veron originally made his fortune from patent medicines. In 1829 he founded the journal Revue de Paris, and from 1838 to 1852 was owner and director of the Constitutionnel, in which he published Eugene Sue's novel based on the legend of the Wandering Jew. It was also during Veron's direction and at his suggestion that Sainte-Beuve contributed the Causeries du lundi, an early example of the regular newspaper column. He is largely known to history for his direction, from 1831-1835, of the Paris Opera. DOCUMENT SIGNED, 1831, 1p. Not translated..................75-100



268. [MISSISSIPPI] John C. Stennis (August 3, 1901 - April 23, 1995) was a U.S. Senator from the state of Mississippi. It was due to his work with the Armed Services committee (1969-1980) that he became known as the "Father of America's Modern Navy." TLS, 1974, 1p...........25-35



269. BRITISH SHOW BIZ - Lot of approx. 34 autographs comprosed of 14 small size photos & picture portraits; 2 ALSs, and 18 signatures. Needs research............80-120

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270. Gloria Loring (born Gloria Jean Goff on December 12, 1946 in New York City) is an American singer and actress. Signed 3x5 card..........15-20


271. MARY WILSON - singer., best known for her work as a founding member of The Supremes. Signed 3x5 card..........20-30



272. LOUIS ELSBERG (1836-1885) physician & author. Two ALS's [1875] on postal cards.......25-35


273. [THEATRE] Charlotte B. Mantell [1866-1898] American actress. She was born in Brooklyn, NY, but her family base was from the San Francisco area, where she got her start in the theatre. She was fairly prominent during her time. Her second marriage was the the well known actor Robert B. Mantell, the Shakespearean/early motion picture actor. ALS, 1897, 1p. Written on Wayne Hotel, Fort Wayne, Ind. stationery. Says she received "my photos today. I am more than delighted. They are the best I ever had taken...." Neatly inalid to sheet.............25-35

 

274. [EARLY FILM] Liane Haid [1895-2000] Austrian actress who has often been referred to as Austria's first movie star. Signed early postcard photo [leggy pose with cigarette]. VG..........40-60



275. Louis Bromfield [1896-1956] American author and conservationist who gained international recognition winning the Pulitzer Prize and pioneering innovative scientific farming concepts. Signed bank check, 1944.........50-75

 

276. Rita Wellman [1890-1965] American playwright - her first successful play "the Gentile Wife", was in 1917. She continued to be successful with other plays and was considered, with Susan Glasell, one of the most promising playwrights in the 1920s and 30s. She translated the journals of Benito Mussolini. AQS, 1925, inscribed to Howes Norris Jr., 2pp........40-60


277. (OHIO) MARTIN L. DAVEY (1884-1946) Governor. DS, 1935, appoitment...........25-35


278. [SCOTTISH] Misc. Lot comprised of: 1. Robert Anderson (1750- 1830) Scottish author and critic. For several years his attention was occupied with his edition of The Works of the British Poets, with Prefaces Biographical and Critical (14 vols. 8vo, Edin., 1792-1807). Autograph Manuscript Poem signed, 1-1/3 pages of his poem "Jacep the Peyper." 2. W.G. Blackie Murdoch (1880-1934) Scottish art critic, author. ALS, 2pp, mentions Whistler the artist. 3. Thomas Ryburn Buchanan (1846-1911) Liberal politician. Clip signature. 4. Sir Theodore Martin (1816-1909) Scottish poet. ANS [trimmed]. Each accompanied by biographical sheet.......100-150



279. [MUSIC] Goffredo Petrassi [1904-2003] influential Italian compser. SIGNATURE W/SENTIMENT, DATED ROME 1983...........20-30


280. James Bryce. 1st Viscount Bryce. [1838-1922]. British jurist, historian, and diplomat. Regius professor of civil law, Oxford (1870-93); M.P. (1880-1907); undersecretary for foreign affairs under Gladstone (1886), president of Board of Trade (1894-95), and chief secretary for Ireland in Campbell-Bannerman cabinet (1905-06). Ambassador to the U.S. (1907-13); signer of Anglo-American arbitration treaty (1911). Created viscount (1914); named to International Court of Justice (1914). Author of Holy Roman Empire (1864), The American Commonwealth (1888), Modern Democracies (1922), and of studies of South Africa and South America. ALS, Oxford, Oct. 29, no yr., 3pp., about returning from Italy and inviting correspondent to breakfast. VG............50-75


281. [BASKETBALL]  George Yardley (1928-2004) Basketball HOF. Sig. on lined card.......20-30



282. [BASKETBALL HOF] Dave Tobey (1898-1988 ) American basketball referee. He refereed many notable pro games in New York between 1918 and 1925. In 1926 he refereed the Syracuse vs. West Point game, which featured two future Hall of Famers, Vic Hanson and John Roosma . After that game he became popular and refereed many important games from 1926 to 1945, such as the first game with a three-man officiating crew (Georgetown vs. Columbia). He was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1961. Signed & inscribed 2-1/2 x 6-1/2" card with his picture & bio. information......20-30



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283. Early Shipping Bill of Lading from the Rowland G. Hazard papers, dated Boston, 1840. For "Three Cases Shoes" being shipped on the Schooner Henry, now in Port of Boston and bound for Mobile. 10-1/2 x 5 in. Quite clean. VG. Nice small vignette of full-masted sailing ship. Signed by E. Bangs for the Master. Very nice example............25-35


284. [THEATRE] Louis Arsene Delaunay [1826-1903] French actor, born in Paris, the son of a wine-seller. He studied at the Conservatoire, and made his first formal appearance on the stage in 1845, in Molière's Tartuffe at the Odon. After three years at this house he made his debut at the Comédie-Française as Dorante in Corneilles Le Menteur , and began a long and brilliant career in young lover parts. He continued to act as jeune premier until he was sixty, his grace, marvellous diction and passion enchanting his audiences. It was especially in the plays of Alfred de Musset that his gifts found their happiest expression. In the thirty-seven years during which he was a member of the Comédie-Française, Delaunay took or created nearly two hundred parts. He retired in 1887, having been made a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur in 1883. ALS, no date, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8-1/2 in. VG.............. 60-80


285. [FRANCE] Paul Bins, comte de Saint-Victor (1827-1881), known as Paul de Saint-Victor, French author, was born in Paris. His father Jacques BM Bins, comte de Saint-Victor (1772-1858), is remembered by his poem L'Espérance, and by an excellent verse translation of Anacreon. Saint-Victor, who ceased to use the title of count as being out of keeping with his democratic principles, began as a dramatic critic on the Pays in 1851, and in 1855 he succeeded Théophile Gautier on the Presse. In 1866 he migrated to the Liberté, and in 1869 joined the staff of the Moniteur universel. In 1870, during the last days of the second empire, he was made inspector-general of fine arts. Almost all Saint-Victor's work consists of articles, the best known being the collection entitled Hommes et dieux (1867). His death interrupted the publication of Les Deux Masques , in which the author intended to survey the whole dramatic literature of ancient and modern times. Saint-Victor's critical faculty was considerable, though rather one-sided. He owed a good deal to Théophile Gautier, but he carried ornateness to a pitch far beyond Gautier's. Saint-Victor died in Paris on 9 July 1881. ALS, no date, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8 in. VG............50-75


286. [U.S. GRANT] Message from the President of the United States, April 4, 1876, government document, House of Rep. Ex. Doc. No. 154, 12 pages, signed in type by Grant. Regarding Pawnee Indians. VG....30-40


287. [FRANCE] Anatole le Braz, the "Bard of Brittany" [1859-1926] Breton folklore collector and translator. He was highly regarded amongst both European and American scholars, and known for his warmth and charm. Le Braz was sent on foreign cultural missions by the Government of France twenty times. He made several visits to the US, Canada and Switzerland, notably lecturing at Harvard University in 1906, and at Columbia University in 1915. ALS, 1900, 3pp. 4-1/2 x 7 in. ............60-80

 

288. [FRANCE] Georges Valois (real name Alfred-Georges Gressent; 1878-1945) French journalist and politician. After having written his first book, L'Homme qui vient, he met the nationalist and monarchist writer Charles Maurras and became a member of his Action Française (AF) league, where he continued to follow the workers' movement. As his employment would have been compromised by an involvement in the far-right monarchist league, he took the pseudonym of Georges Valois. Georges Valois was finally arrested by the Nazis on 18 May, 1944, and died in February 1945 of typhus at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. ALS, 1911, 2pp, 4-3/4 x 6-1/2 in.............75-100


289. [PORTRAIT] of Robert Bloomfield engraved by William Ridley (1764-1838), after painting by Samuel Drummond (1765-1844).  Approx. 3.5 x 3" on 10 x 7 paper. Robert Bloomfield (1766-1823) was an English labouring class poet whose work is appreciated in the context of other self-educated writers such as Stephen Duck, Mary Collier and John Clare. Fine.....25-35



290. HERBERT BOYER (1936- ) American Biochemist. Genetic engineering (DNA Cloning) using living organisms was first accomplished soon after it became feasible in the early 1970s. In 1973 Herbert Boyer, of the University of California at San Francisco, and Stanley Cohen, at Stanford University, reported the construction of functional organisms that combined and replicated genetic information from different species. Their experiments dramatically demonstrated the potential impact of DNA recombinant engineering on medicine and pharmacology, industry and agriculture. SIGNED 5x7 portrait photograph.............25-35



291. [FRANCE] Henry Houssaye (1848-1911) French historian and academician. The military history of Napoleon I then attracted him. His first volume on this subject, called 1814 (1888), went through no fewer than forty-six editions. It was followed by 1815, the first part of which comprises the first Restoration, the return from Elba and the Hundred Days (1893); the second part, Waterloo (1899); and the third part, the second abdication and the White Terror (1905). He was elected a member of the Académie française in 1895. ALS, no date, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8-1/4. VG........50-75


292. [FRANCE] Paul Adolphe Marie Prosper Granier de Cassagnac (1843-1904) was the son of Adolphe Granier de Cassagnac , and while still young associated with his father in both politics and journalism. In 1866 he became editor of the Conservative paper Le Pays , and figured in a long series of political duels. On the declaration of war in 1870 he volunteered for service and was taken prisoner at Sedan. On his return from prison in a fortress in Silesia he continued to defend the Bonapartist cause in Le Pays, against both Republicans and Royalists. Elected deputy for the department of Gers in 1876, he adopted in the chamber a policy of obstruction to discredit the republican régime. In 1877 he openly encouraged MacMahon to attempt a Bonapartist coup detat, but the marshals refusal and the death of the prince imperial foiled his hopes. He now played but a secondary rôle in the chamber, and occupied himself mostly with the direction of the journal L'Autorité, which he had founded. He was not re-elected in 1902, and died in November 1904. His sons took over L'Autorité and the belligerent traditions of the family. ALS, not dated, 1p. VG.........60-80


293.  (GOVERNORS OF MAINE) JOHN H. REED (1921-2013) - 67th Gov and US Ambassador,  5x7 photograph with attached sticker signed at bottom, plus signed, inscribed Ambassador Stationary,1983.  JAMES B. LONGLEY (1924-1980) - 69th Gov. SIGNED 8x10 color litho. photo. BOB HASKELL (1903-1987) - 65th Gov.  Two (2) SIGNED Gov of Maine calling cards. ISRAEL WASHBURN JR (1813-1883) - 29th Gov., US Congress, one of the founders of the Republican Party, 1st politician to ever use the word "Republican" in his rank.  During the Civil War he was instrumental in helping to secure Federal Troops for the War effort. SIGNATURE, with Orono, Maine written on it (on verso is Eben Newton, congressman from Ohio). VIRGIL PARRIS (1807-1804) Acting Gov., also US Representative to Congress, Signed document fragment, 1"x4", as President of Buckfield Railroad Co, dated 1849............75-100


294. [PORTRAIT] of Robert Bloomfield  engraved by William Ridley (1764-1838  ), after painting by Samuel Drummond (1765-1844).  Approx. 3.5 x 3" on 9 x 5.5"  paper.  Dated 1801.  Robert Bloomfield (1766-1823) was an English labouring class poet whose work is appreciated in the context of other self-educated writers such as Stephen Duck, Mary Collier and John Clare. Fine.....25-35



295. [FILM] Kitty Carlisle (1910-2007) American singer, actress, married to Moss Hart.  Signed & inscribed music sheet of "Love Is Just Around the Corner", from the film "Here Is My Heart".  She is pictured with Bing Crosby. Signs of some wear but pretty good condition.........50-75

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296.  [FILM] Ricardo Cortez [1899-1977] American film actor who began his career during the silent era. Cortez appeared in over 100 films. Although he began his career playing romantic leads, when sound cinema arrived, his powerful delivery and New York accent made him an ideal heavy, and he switched from sex symbol to character actor. Clip signature, about 3-1/4 x 1-3/4 lined slip............25-35

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297. [IRISH LITERATURE] Aubrey Thomas de Vere [1814-1902]. Irish poet and critic. Wrote The Waldenses and Other Poems (1842), English Misrule and Irish Misdeeds (1848), devotional verse and hymns; turned to Irish bardic lore and ecclesiastical medievalism in Inisfail (1862), Legends of St. Patrick (1872). ALS, 1870, 1p. Asks to have a copy of his book "The Infant Bridal" sent to Mrs. Burrows............75-100 See above



298. [THEATRE] Sir Francis Robert Benson (1858-1939) British actor and theatre manager. He founded his own company in 1883 and produced all but two of Shakespeare's plays. He was notable for producing at Oxford the first performance of a Greek play, the Agamemnon, in which many Oxford men who afterwards became famous in other fields took part. Signed vintage postcard photograph..........35-45

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299.  [FILM]  Ed Wynn (1886-1966) was a popular American comedian and actor noted for his Perfect Fool comedy character, his pioneering radio show of the 1930s, and his later career as a dramatic actor. Document signed, 1 page, June 5, 1951, 8x10 agreement with Seaman Jacobs (1912-2008) the American screenwriter.  Agreement for Jacobs to use some of Wynn's material.  In part, "...the sum of $75.00 payable to you...to have the right to use that certain comedy routine and gag material, known as "The Puppet Sketch", on June 20, 1951 Ed Wynn TV Show..."  Signed by both Wynn and Seaman Jabobs.  He wrote episodes for several TV shows, such as The Addams Family, The Lucy Show, I Dream of Jeannie, F-Troop, The Andy Griffith Show, Here's Lucy and Diff'rent Strokes. He was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1978 for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Special for The George Burns One-Man Show in 1977. The agreement is matted and nicely framed along with a picture of Ed Wynne.  Excellent condition...........200-300

See Wynn  agreement





300.
Mystery Document on paper 1823 - signed, 1p, 11 x 7.5". Not translated. See scan below. VG............80-120

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301. [MUSIC] Ross Lee Finney Jr. (1906-1997) American composer born in Wells, Minnesota who taught for many years at the University of Michigan. He studied with Nadia Boulanger, Edward Burlingame Hill, Alban Berg (from 1931-2) and Roger Sessions (in 1935). His students included Leslie Bassett, George Crumb, Burton Beerman, Roger Reynolds, William Albright, Donald Bohlen, Robert Ashley, Robert Morris, Richard Toensing, Stephen Chatman, Rolv Yttrehus, Robert Cogan, Roland Trogan, George Balch Wilson, Philip Krumm, and Donald Harris. According to the notes for the Composers Recordings, Inc. recording of Finney's second cello sonata (about 1953), Chromatic Fantasy In E for Violoncello Solo (1957) and second piano trio (1954), he received the Rome Prize in 1960 and the Brandeis Medal in 1968. He is quoted in those notes as having begun writing serial music from time to time beginning with his sixth string quartet (a work which uses serial principles but is "in E" on the score), his next work to be composed after the sonata. He wrote eight string quartets, four symphonies as well as other orchestral works, other chamber works and songs. SIGNED book [hardbound] from his personal library. The contents of the book is the music of Jos. Hayden. Finney signed inside on the front flyleaf, 1927. Minor expected wear to cover..........50-75



302. [THEATRE] FRANCIS WILSON [1854-1935] American actor. He began his career in a minstrel show, but by 1878 was playing at the Chestnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, and the next year appeared in M'liss with Annie Pixley. After several years in regular comedy, he took up some opera, most successfully in Erminie (1886). SIGNATURE dated 1891. Mounted............20-30



303. David Rockefeller Jr. (b. 1941) is an American philanthropist and an active participant in nonprofit and environmental areas. TLS, 1988, 1p, to the actress Kitty Carlyle Hart [1910-2007] regarding her becoming co-chairmanship of committee to honor Leonard Bernstein's 70th birthday. VG SIGNED DAVID............25-35


304. [MUSIC] Carl Wendling [1875-1962] German violinist. Signature...........25-35

 

305. [OPERA] Ernestine Schumann-Heink [1861-1936] contralto. Signature...30-40

 
306. [OPERA] Elizabeth Futral - American coloratura soprano who has won acclaim throughout the United States as well as in Europe, South America, and Japan. SIGNED, INSCRIBED 5X7 PHOTO....20-30


307.  [THEATRE] Hildegarde (1906- 2005) American cabaret singer, best known for the song "Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup." "Hildegarde was perhaps the most famous supper-club entertainer who ever lived," the entertainer Liberace once said. SIGNED & INSCRIBED BOLDLY ON threatre program . She was starring in "last Night When We Were Young." She signes & dates this 1992. VG...............35-45



308. [WW II] Horst Petzchler - German Ace. Signed card. Fine...........20-30


309. Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833-1908), American poet, critic, and essayist. A printed poem "FIN DE SIECLE", signed, 3pp. Removed from some publication. Attractive example.............25-35



310. John Dos Passos (1896-1970) was a radical American novelist and artist active in the first half of the twentieth century. Signature sending holiday greetings dated 1965. At some period in time this was laid against something else causing off-set on the card.......50-75

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See his portrait



311. [FILM] Iris Adrian (1912-1994) American film actress. During the 1930s she specialised in playing glamorous gold-diggers and gangsters ' "molls", and played supporting roles in numerous features. She was considered a versatile actress, who could play drama or comedy, and she was also regarded as a capable dancer, dancing in a couple of films with George Raft. She also appeared on several radio programs, including serving as a regular on the Abbott and Costello Show. Signed, inscribed phptp, 8x10. VG......25-35



312. Shari Lewis (1933-1998) American ventriloquist, puppeteer, and children's television show host, most popular during the 1960s. She is best known as the original puppeteer of Lamb Chop. Signed/inscribed 8x10 photo...............25-35



313. Jared Sparks (1789 - 1866) American historian, educator, and Unitarian minister. He served as President of Harvard University from 1849 to 1853. Manuscript document signed by him and his wife Mary E. Sparks, receiving property as executor of will, dated Cambridge, Dec. 15, 1850. Text of document is brief. VG............50-75

Portrait of Sparks


314. William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam PC [1748-1833], styled Viscount Milton until 1756, was a British Whig statesman of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. In 1782 he inherited his uncle Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham's estates, making him one of the richest people in Britain. He played a leading part in Whig politics until the 1820s. ALS, 1841, 1p, mounted attractively...........50-75


315. [FILM] Gene Tierney (1920-1991) American actress. Acclaimed as one of the great beauties of her day, she is best-remembered for her performance in the title role of Laura (1944) and her Academy Award-nominated performance for Best Actress in Leave Her to Heaven (1945). Signed 1982 FDC honoring the Barrymore Family of actors. Clean and most attractive............25-35


316. [ATOMIC BOMB] Tom Ferebee (1918-2000) was the bombardier aboard the B-29, Enola Gay, that dropped the atomic bomb, "Little Boy", on Hiroshima. CLIP SIGNATURE & he writes Bombardier below..........30-40


317. [THEATRE] George Robert Sims [1847-1922] English journalist, poet, dramatist, novelist and bon vivant. Signed photo, signed on the mount, Alfred Ellis & Wallery photograph. Approx. 6-1/2 8-3/4". VG...........50-75

 

318. [DANCE] Martha Graham (1894-1991) American dancer and choreographer regarded as one of the foremost pioneers of modern dance; widely considered one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. CLIP SIGNATURE...........40-60



319. Jos. Hiller (1748-1814) American clockmaker, silversmith, and engraver. He enlisted to fight in the Revolutionary War, rising to major. In 1789, President George Washington appointed Hiller the first Collector of the Port of Salem; he served until 1803. Fine condition with professional repair to top right corner. In 1780 he moved from Boston to Salem, Mass. and set up shop. He was noted as one of the first major clockmakers in Revolutionary times, and also known as an engraver of many celebrated prints. CLIP SIGNATURE as Collector. VG..........50-75



320. Wm. Tyler Page (1868-1942) best known for his authorship of the American's Creed. Today it also often comprises part of the Naturalization Ceremony for new Americans. SIGNED copy of "The America's Creed." 6x9 in. Boldly signed..............50-75



321. [MUSIC] H. Maurice Jacquet (1886-1954) French composer, conductor, known for his musical compositions and operas, he collaborated with Preston Sturgis, the actor and playwright. AMQS from his composition "Romanitza" the opera. Written and signed on 6 x 4/5 album page. VG............60-80

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322. [MUSIC] Arthur Butterworth (b. 1923) English composer, conductor and teacher. His works include six symphonies, the sixth having its première in St Petersburg by St Petersburg State Capella Orchestra on 15 November 2009. In the summer of 2008 Butterworth returned to the Royal Scottish National Orchestra to conduct a recording of his Fourth Symphony (1986) and his Viola Concerto (1988) with the English viola player, Sarah-Jane Bradley. He has also composed eight concertos, several other large orchestral scores and a considerable amount of 'serious' music for brass (almost totally neglected by the brass band movement). At 87 he is still active as a composer and an occasional conductor (August 2010). Signed, inscribed 1-page copy of part of his Fourth Symphony. Signed on front and verso, 2011. One middle fold. VG..........50-75

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323.  [MUSIC] Edward Gregson [b. 1945] English composer of international standing, whose music has been performed, broadcast, and recorded worldwide. He has made a major contribution to the repertoire of brass and wind bands and ensembles including for brass. AMQS, inscribed, from his 1979 "Trombone Concerto". 6x4. VG.............50-75

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324. [MUSIC] Pierre Luboshutz [1891-1971] Russian-American pianist. Signed card, with sentiment written in different hand.......25-35

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325. [MUSIC] Frederick Martin  Reiner (1888-1963) was a prominent conductor of opera and symphonic music. Signed album page...........40-60

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326. [MUSIC] Arthur Butterworth (b. 1923) English composer, conductor. At 87 he is still active as a composer and an occasional conductor (August 2010). AMQS, inscribed, from his third movement of "Symphony No. 4", approx. 10-1/2 x 4-1/2". Two mail fold-lines o/w VG. An especially nice example.........75-100

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327. [MUSIC] Burrill Phillips (1907-1988) American composer, teacher, and pianist. AMQS from "Scena da Camera" for Violin and Cello, 8-1/4 x 2-3/4". Wrinkled.....40-60

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328. [MUSIC] Anton Schott (1846-1913)  German dramatic tenor. He was an army officer before turning to a musical career.   In 1871 he began his studies with Agnes Schebest-Strauss, and by the end of the year had already appeared at the Munich Opera. The following year saw him engaged as leading lyric tenor of the Berlin Opera. In 1880 he made his London debut, in the title role of Rienzi; two years later he went to Italy with Angelo Neumann's company to appear in the works of Richard Wagner.  He made his American debut at the Metropolitan Opera on November 17, 1884, singing the title role of Wagner's Tannhäuser;  it marked the beginning of Leopold Damrosch's first season of German opera with the company. He remained with the company until 1887, and subsequently was heard in guest performances with European and South American companies. He also gave concerts. Schott died in 1913.  ALS, 1886, 2pp., identified as having great music and political content - although not translated...............150-200

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329. [FILM] Rudy Vallée (1901-1986)  American singer, actor, bandleader, and entertainer. He was one of the first modern pop stars of the teen idol type. Signed 1946 bank check made out to the Hollywood Studio Club. VG............50-75

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330. [TV] Sharon Gless (b. 1943) is an American character actress of stage, film and television, who is best known for her roles as Maggie Philbin on Switch (1975–1978), as Sgt. Christine Cagney in the police procedural drama series Cagney & Lacey (1982–1988), as Debbie Novotny in the Showtime cable television series Queer as Folk (2000–2005), and as Madeline Westen on Burn Notice (2007–2013). Gless has won two Emmy Awards and has received 10 Emmy nominations, has been nominated seven times for the Golden Globe (winning two in 1986 and 1991) and has received her own Star on the Walk of Fame in 1995.   Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.............25-35

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331. Waldegrave - 8th Earl [1788-1859] Brit. naval Vice-Adm. Clip signature.......25-35


332. [SCIENCE] Eric R. Laithwaite (1921-1997) British electrical engineer, known as the "Father of Maglev" for his development of the linear induction motor and maglev rail system. Signed, inscribed 5.5 x 8" photo. VG..........50-75

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333.  [THEATRE] Sir Gerald du Maurier (1873-1934) English actor and manager. He was the son of the writer George du Maurier and brother of Sylvia Llewelyn Davies. In 1902, he married the actress Muriel Beaumont with whom he had three daughters: Angela du Maurier (1904-2002), Daphne du Maurier (1907-1989) and Jeanne du Maurier (1911-1996). His popularity lay in his subtle yet realistic acting style: a "delicately realistic style of acting that sought to suggest rather than to state the deeper emotions". His Times obituary said of his career: "His parentage assured him of engagements in the best of company to begin with; but it was his own talent that took advantage of them." TLS, 1919, 1p. on Frank Curzon, Wyndams Theatre stationery..........50-75

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334. [MUSIC] Elis Pehkonen (1942 - ) English composer. AMQS from his "Russian Requiem" Closing Theme, 3rd movement. Approx. 9 x 4"/ VG............50-75

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335. Lily Pons (1898-1976) French-American soprano. Signature on stained 3x5 card.....25-35

 

336. [MUSIC] James Patrick Page OBE (b. 1944) English guitarist, songwriter, and record producer. He began his career as a studio session guitarist in London and was subsequently a member of The Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968, after which he founded the English rock band Led Zeppelin. Signed color 8x10 photo. VG.............75-100

 

337. [MUSIC] Ned Rorem (b. 1923) Pulitzer prize-winning American composer and diarist. He is best known and most praised for his song settings. CLIP SIGNATURE WITH SENTIMENT.......20-30



338. [COMEDY] Allen & Rossi was a comedy team composed of Marty Allen and Steve Rossi, active from 1957 until 1969. They appeared on over 700 television shows including 44 appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show, including three of the four Ed Sullivan episodes on which The Beatles appeared. The team also appeared in a spy spoof film The Last of the Secret Agents (1966). OFFERED HERE ARE 2 SEPARATE SIGNED CONTRACTS, 1965, to appear on the Hy Gardiner Show. One signed by Rossi and the other signed by Allen. Each 1p.............60-80

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339. [MUSIC] Alcides Emigdio Lanza  (1929 - )  Canadian composer, conductor, pianist, and music educator of Argentinian birth. He became a naturalized Canadian citizen in 1976. As both a composer and performer he is known as an exponent of contemporary classical music and avant-garde music. His works often utilize a combination of traditional and unusual instruments, and incorporate electronic sounds and extensions. He is also known for using special lighting effects when presenting his music. He is an associate of the Canadian Music Centre and a member of the Canadian League of Composers.      AMQS dated 2013 from  "Musica" (1946) a composition by Juan Carlos Paz  [1901-1972], an Argentian composer. Approx. 9-1/4 x 4-1/2". VG..........50-75

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340. "Gus" Arriola (1917-2008) Mexican-American comic strip cartoonist and animator, primarily known for the comic strip Gordo, which ran from 1941 through 1985. Signed 4 x 5-1/2 photo dated 2001......25-35


341. [FILM] Bruce Bennett (1906- 2007) American actor and Olympic silver medalist shot putter. He moved to Los Angeles in 1929 after being invited to compete for the Los Angeles Athletic Club and befriended actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr., who arranged a screen test for him at Paramount. In 1931, MGM, adapting author Edgar Rice Burroughs's popular Tarzan adventures for the screen, selected him to play the title character. Unfortunately, he broke his shoulder filming the 1931 football movie Touchdown, which also prevented his entry into the 1932 Olympics, still holding the world record for shot put. Swimming champion Johnny Weissmuller replaced him and became a major star. Bennett appeared in many films in the 1940s and early 1950s, including Sahara (1943) with Humphrey Bogart, Mildred Pierce (1945) with Joan Crawford, Nora Prentiss (1947) with Ann Sheridan, Dark Passage (1947) with Bogart and Lauren Bacall, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) with Bogart and Walter Huston, Mystery Street (1950), Sudden Fear (1952) with Joan Crawford and Gloria Grahame, and Strategic Air Command (1955) with James Stewart. Brief ALS, 2002, 1p, concerning his autobiography. VG................40-60



342. [CARTOON] JACK ELROD - known for his work on "Mark Trail" comic strip. Jack Elrod, who as a Boy Scout had met Dodd when the latter was a Scout leader, joined the Mark Trail team at its Atlanta, Georgia studio in 1950 as background artist (Agena). The strip's popularity grew through the mid-1960s, with Mark Trail appearing in nearly 500 newspapers through the North America Syndicate.. ALS, no date, 1p. Mentions Mark Trail........25-35



343. Sir Evelyn Wrench C.M.G., LL.D (1882-1966) was editor of the Spectator magazine in Britain between 1925 and 1932. On 18 May 1937 Wrench married Hylda Henrietta Brooke (1879-1955), the daughter of Sir Victor Brooke, Bt., and sister of Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke. In 1910, Sir Evelyn founded the Over-Seas League. In 1918, he founded the international educational charity the English-Speaking Union and in 1930, he founded the All Peoples' Association, a voluntary organisation to foster international amity. Wrench was knighted for his services. TLS, 1955, 1p................40-60



344. [FILM] Paul Hartmann  (1889-1977) German stage and film actor. Signed early postcard photo. VG...........25-35


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345. [FILM] Ernst Hofmann  (1890-1945)  German film actor.  He was one of the most attractive actors of the German silent cinema. In the 1910s  he was the producer and star of Der Knabe in Blau (1918), the first film by legendary director Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau. Hofmann became a very busy actor in the 1920's and he took part in many well-known productions. When  sound films arrived he finished his film career. Rare signed postcard photograph. VG............40-60


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346. [FILM] Preston Foster (1900- 1970) American stage and film actor. Foster entered films in 1929 after appearing as a Broadway stage actor. Foster was considered ruggedly handsome and a talented singer. SIGNED 6.5 X 8.5 " photo. Handsome item.............40-60

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347. George Shultz [b. 1920] Sec. Labor. SP, 8x10............20-30

 

348. [MUSIC] Licia Albanese (b.1913) distinguished Italian soprano. ISP, 8x10. Prominent corner crease..............20-30




349. MARTIN DIBNER (1911-1991) American Novelist - His first novel, The Bachelor Seals, was published in 1948. The next novel, The Deep Six (1953), was his most popular one and was released as a film in 1958. Showcase, his third novel, was also published in 1958. His novels published in the 1960s are Sleeping Giant (1960); A God For Tomorrow (1961); and The Admiral: A Novel (1967). Others. ALS dtd 1976.........25-35



350. [FILM] Don Ameche (1908-1993) Academy Award winning actor. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.............40-60

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351.  [FRANCE] Louis Liard   (1846-1917) French  philosopher and director. A street in Bordeaux and a street fourteenth arrondissement bear his name.  ALS, 1908, 1p, 5-3/8 x 8-1/4 in. VG.................60-80



352.  [FRANCE] Paul  Richer (1849-1933)   French anatomist, physiologist, sculptor and anatomical artist who was a native of Chartres. He was a professor of artistic anatomy at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, as well as a member of the Académie Nationale de Médecine (1898).  ALS, 1901, 4-1/2 x 7 in. Speaks of Weiss and Otto Fisher's works on Man Walking. Fine...............75-100

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353. [FRANCE] Rene-Joseph de Tournemine (1661 – 1739)  French Jesuit theologian and philosopher. He founded the Memoires de Trevoux, the Jesuit learned journal published from 1701 to 1767,  and assailed Nicolas Malebranche with the charges of atheism and Spinozism.   Tournemine taught the young Voltaire, and became a friend. In correspondence from 1735, however, Voltaire was critical of the Jesuit reception of Newton and Locke.  ALS [dated?], 1p,  6-1/4 x 7-3/4 in. Very Fine................150-250

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354. [FRANCE] Etienne Marie Victor Lamy (1845-1919)    French author, born in Cize, Jura. He was educated at the College Stanislas and became a doctor of law in 1870. From 1871 to 1881 he was a deputy from his native department, Jura, and his earlier writings were political and historical. In the House of Deputies he was a member of the Left, but he broke with his party and became a clerical reactionary, writing for the Gaulois and the Correspondant. In 1905 he became a member of the Académie française (seat #21), and in 1913 he succeeded Thureau-Dangin as its perpetual secretary.  ALS, 1917, 2pp,  4-3/8 x  6-3/4 in. VG................75-100


355.  [FRANCE] Marcelin Becq Andre Fouquieres   (1874-1959)  French writer and "man of the world".  ALS, 1905, written on postcard. VG............60-80

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356. [FRANCE] Jean Pierre Lesguillon  (1800-1873)  French  poet , novelist , playwright and librettist.  Lesguillon wrote comedies , the comedies and tragedies in prose and worms , the novels and a large number of parts to crowned with floral games and competitions of all departmental academies.  He succeeded in 1830 to Justin Gensoul at the head of the Almanac of the Muses he directed until 1833 , the year in which he published the periodical Magic Lantern , 1836 . His Epistle to MN-L. Lemercier earned him three months' imprisonment and a fine of 300 francs in 1826 for having "insulted and mocked the religion of the state" and "directing attacks against the royal dignity. ALS, no date, 2pp, 5-1/4 x 8 in. VG..................75-100


357. [FRANCE]  Paul Bastid (1892-1974)   French lawyer and politician. Attached to the Radical Party, he was a member of the Cantal , Minister of Commerce under the Popular Front and representing radicals National Council of the Resistance , before heading L'Aurore. In 1941, the Vichy government dismisses the mandate of General Counsel. Paul Bastid while campaigning in the Resistance and the General Committee of studies (CGE), was formed in 1942 in Lyon, at his home. In 1943, he is the representative of the radical party in the National Council of Resistance and writes articles for the underground press. ALS, 1971, 1p,  5-1/4 x 8-1/4 in. About a presentation at the Academy. Fine............75-100


358. [FRANCE] Leon Laurent-Pichat  (1823-1886) French politician, poet and man of French letters, best known for his role in the publication of the first edition of Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert in 1857.  ALS, 1869, 1-1/2 pp, 5 x 8 in. Speaks of Laprade. VG...............75-100

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359. [FRANCE] Victor Louis Armand Boucher (1877-1942)   French actor.  ALS, 1912, 1p. 5-1/4 x 8-1/2 in. VG............50-75


360. [ITALY] Tommaso Minardi (1787-1871)  Italian painter and author on art theory, active in Faenza, Rome, Perugia, and other towns. He painted in styles that transitioned from Neoclassicism to Romanticism.  ALS,  1849, 3pp,  8-1/2 x 10-1/4 in. VG...............100-150



361. [FRANCE] Georges Goyau (1869-1939)   French historian and essayist specializing in religious history.  In 1922, he was elected a member of the Académie française, where he would serve as secretary for the rest of his life.  ALS, 1911, 1p, 5-1/2 x 7 in.  Wrote books on early Canada and Joan of Arc. VG..............75-100

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