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1. [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
2. [FRANCE] Charles
Prudent Becdelièvre (1705 - 1784
) French prelate, Bishop of Nîmes. Ordained in
1729, he became abbot of Vierzen in 1730, then the Caignotte
in 1731. Becdelèvre was appointed vicar of Périgueux
in 1736. He was Bishop of Nîmes from 1737 to 1784. He
was also adviser to the king in all his advice. Letter
Signed, 1750, 1p, approx. 7 x 8.5". Damp stain top
edge............100-150
See
above
From The Reign of King Charles IX
4. [FRANCE] Alexandre
Moreau de Jonnes (1778-1870)
French adventurer, military officer in charge of General
Statistics of France until 1851. At the age of thirteen he was
drafted by Jean-Lambert Tallien in the National Guard to serve
in the minimal section keeping the King Louis XVI imprisoned
in the Tuileries . His section is controlled by the Marquis de
La Fayette : "... a charming cavalier thirty-five to
thirty-six years, slim, slender, elegant size, a very
distinguished air and perfectly aristocratic ...". In his
post, he is witness to the conspiracy of the Knights of the
dagger and the day of August 10, 1791 during which held "the
bloodiest battle of all those delivered in a public place
during the Revolution." Many naval experiences. Until
1809 , he lived many adventures, total shipments fifteen, ten
led him beyond the Tropic: prisoner, he escapes, experiencing
hurricanes, earthquakes lives and survives epidemics.... "I
found myself involved more than once with historical figures
of high dignity, and also pirates, smugglers and people of all
kinds. I happened to go with a flagship of eighty guns, and
come back in a canoe or a saury which water filled like a
basket." Taken prisoner by the British during the taking of
Fort Desaix in Martinique , in which the French surrendered
after a long and glorious resistance, it is enclosed on five
claims pontoons London where have languished as hapless
prisoners of war. Released at the Restoration in 1814 ,
he returned to France , but on the return of Napoleon from the
island of Elba , he joined the army of the Loire. Back in
Paris , he was assigned to the minister's office, as staff
officer in charge of statistics and survey work. In 1819 , he
was awarded the Royal Academy of Paris , the first prize in
statistics, then emerging science. It is at this position,
five successive ministers. ALS, Paris, 184?, 1p. VG.
Approx. 5x8"............100-150
Two U.S. Navy ships have been named in honor
of Norman Von H. Farquhar: the destroyer Farquhar (DD-304), of
1920-1932; and the escort ship Farquhar (DE-139), of
1943-1974.
5. [NAVAL] N.H.
Farquhar (Rear Admiral Norman Von H.
Farquhar, USN, (1840-1907). Letter Signed, marked
"Copy", USS Trenton, Apia, Samoa, April 22, 1889, 2 pages,
7-3/4 x 10". The original was sent to the Secretary of
the Navy, Washington DC [Benjamin F. Tracy]. This "copy"
letter was sent to Henry
Lyon, who
became commander of the Nipsic. Dated about a month after
this famous naval incident (The Samoan Crisis ). This letter is of
high praise for Lieut. Commander Henry W. Lyon, saving
the Nipsic "...to his excellent service during the
Hurricane of March 16th and 17th, 1889, and since then
in saving valuable property from the wreck. During the
gale, he intelligently carried out my orders;
personally supervising the many plans to keep out
water, getting lines to the Vaudalia to prevent the
total destruction of the Trenton and many other duties
besides..." Norman Von Heidreich Farquhar (1840-1907) was
born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, attended the U.S.
Naval Academy during 1854-59. After graduation, he served with
the Africa Squadron until September 1861. Lieutenant Farquhar
spent most of the Civil War off the U.S. Atlantic coast and in
the West Indies, serving in the gunboats Mystic, Sonoma and
Mahaska and the cruisers Rhode Island and Santiago de Cuba. He
was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander in mid-1865,
a few months after the fighting ended, and was on duty at the
U.S. Naval Academy from then until September 1868. For the
rest of the 1860s and into the next decade, Farquhar served in
the warship Swatara, was Executive Officer of USS Severn and
USS Powhatan and Commanding Officer of USS Kansas. He also had
two tours at the Boston Navy Yard on ordnance duty and as
Executive Officer. Advanced in rank to Commander in December
1872, Farquhar spent nearly five years at the Naval Academy.
He commanded the training ship Portsmouth in 1877-78, and the
steam sloops Quinnebaug and Wyoming in European waters in
1878-1881. Five more years of Naval Academy duty were followed
by torpedo instruction at Newport, Rhode Island, in 1886. From
May 1887 until her loss in the March 1889 Samoan hurricane,
Captain Farquhar commanded the steam frigate Trenton. He then
served on several of the Navy's boards and, in March 1890
became the Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks. During
1894-97, he was Commandant of the Philadelphia Navy Yard,
Commanding Officer of the cruiser Newark, and President of the
Naval Examining Board. While holding the ranks of Commodore and Rear
Admiral, Farquhar was Commandant of the Norfolk Navy Yard in
1897-99, commanded the North Atlantic Station during 1899-1901
and was Chairman of the Lighthouse Board in 1901-02. He
retired from active duty in April 1902, upon reaching the
statutory service age limit of 62. Rear Admiral Farquhar died
at Jamestown, Rhode Island, on 3 July 1907. The
letter is in very fine condition. 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.
Picture of Farquhar is not included here...........300-400
6. [NAVAL] Geo.
Brown - Rear Admiral, Commanding U.S.
Naval Force, Pacific Station. TLS, U.S. Flagship
Charleston, Feb. 5, 1890, 1p, to Lioeut. Commander Henry W.
Lyon, Commanding U.S.S. Nipsic, Honolulu, Hawaii. Says
Secretary of the Navy "...indicates that your request for
detachment from the command of the Nipsic has been favorably
considered...." Delayed, however, because Commander
Wingate "....having been condemned by survey and therefore
unable to execute his orders...." Damped stained.
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.
Picture of Farquhar is not included here........100-150
10.
GERMAN WORLD WAR II ARCHIVE - An interesting German archive of 15 documents
pertaining to the attempts by one Mrs. Terhaggen to have her
enlisted son return home to the family's weaving factory that
supplies clothes for German troops, of which the son had
become the boss following the father's death on Oct. 10, 1944.
She writes on Nov. 14, 1944, on letterhead of the family's
factory, "Carl Hesper Nacht", to Obergruppenführer Albert
Bormann requesting that her son, a naval officer, be returned
home. She states that hers is the last weaving shop open and
without her son there to run it, it will undoubtedly have to
close. She asks Bormann to rush the request. This appeal must
have been forwarded to a senior Kriegsmarine officer who
subsequently writes to Admiral KARL-JESCO VON PUTTKAMMER on
Dec. 1, 1944. The unidentified officer writes : "...The
comments submitted in the petition of the wife Terheggen I
first ordered to rush the 15.1.45...The request I give you,
Admiral, return with a copy of the reply to Mrs.
Terheggen...". Docketed and signed in pencil at bottom by
Puttkammer, also Bormann's ink
signature is near top of the letter..
Puttkammer (1900-1981) was naval adjutant to Hitler; present
at the 20 July Plot, he was injured and awarded the Wounded
Badge. He was sent to Berghof to destroy Hitler's papers but
was not present during his final days. Additional documents
include: an official letter from the Führer's office regarding
an elderly woman trying to donate funds "for the
reconstruction of Berlin", which are not accepted; another
document regarding a court case involving: "...continued
infidelity and continued corruption..." of one Richard Mahler,
a leader of public health in Berlin. As a result of this,
Mahler was removed from his post by Goebbels and given four
years in prison; another document discusses cases of fruit
sent to Hitler (which made him "very happy"); another
concerning empty boxes that need to be returned to a plant as
soon as railway barriers are lifted; and questionnaires, etc.
In lightly worn condition, overall very good and worthy of
proper translation. Includes another Bormann
signed memo, and possibly others that are initialed.
NOTE:
Albert Bormann
(1902-1989) served as an adjutant
to Adolf Hitler, and was the younger brother of Martin
Bormann. Hitler was fond of Bormann and found him to be
trustworthy. In 1938, Bormann was assigned to a small group of
adjutants who were not subordinate to Martin Bormann.
The relationship between Martin and Albert became so caustic
that Martin referred to him not even by name but as "the man
who holds the Führer's coat". Further in 1938, Bormann
became Chief of Main office I: Persönliche Angelegenheiten des
Führers (Personal Affairs of the Führer) of the Kanzlei des
Führers. In that job, Bormann handled much of Hitler's routine
correspondence. He became private secretary for Hitler.
Karl-Jesco Otto Robert von Puttkamer
(1900-1981) German rear admiral who was naval adjutant
to Nazi Germany's leader Adolf Hitler during World War
II. Puttkamer was injured on 20 July 1944 when the bomb
exploded during the July 20 Plot attempt to kill Hitler and
was awarded the Wound Badge (20 July 1944). On 20 April
1945, Hitler told his staff, "the situation during the last
few days has changed to such an extent that I am forced to
reduce my staff". Puttkamer was ordered by Hitler to leave the
Berlin Führerbunker. On 23 April, Puttkamer and several others
were flown by aircraft to the Obersalzberg. Puttkamer was
ordered to the Berghof to destroy Hitler's papers there.
Therefore, Puttkamer was not with Hitler during his final few
days in the Führerbunker. Following the German surrender on 8
May 1945, Puttkamer was held in captivity until May 1947. He
died aged 80 in Munich.
Estimate $ 500-750
13.
[ART] JACQUES-JOSEPH TISSOT [1836-1902]
IMPORTANT French painter, engraver, and enameler. OFFERED
HERE: an extraordinary book in very fine leather binding
containing 20 original etchings by Tissot. Those familiar with
Tissot's etchings know that they are quite valuable and also
that most were not pencil signed. DESCRIPTION: Book title -
"RENEE MAUPERIN", 1884, Edition Ornee, #21/50. Contains 10
images [duplicate set included] = 20 etchings. Of these
etchings, 8 are signed in pencil, 10 signed with his red
monogram, and 2 unsigned...............15,000 - 20,000
Scan 1
Scan 2
Scan 3
Scan 4
Scan 5
Scan 6
Scan 7
Scan 8
Scan 9
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16. George
Palmer Putnam (1887-1950) American
publisher, author and explorer. Known for his marriage to
(and being the widower of) Amelia Earhart, he had also
achieved fame as one of the most successful promoters in the
United States during the 1930s. Signed, inscribed 10x8
photograph pictured with March Margaret McBride.
Signed "To Jesse from one of the Georges."
VG............50-75
See
photograph
17. [TV] John
Larroquette (b. 1947)American film,
television and stage actor. His roles include Dan Fielding on
the 1984-1992 sitcom Night Court (winning a then-unprecedented
four consecutive Emmy Awards for his role); Mike McBride in
the Hallmark Channel series McBride, John Hemingway on The
John Larroquette Show, and Carl Sack in Boston Legal. Signed,
inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.........25-35
19. [THEATRE - FILM] Ethel Warwick (1882-1951) British stage and film actress. Signed early postcard size photo. 3-1/2 x 5-1/4". Very soft creasing o/w VG..........25-35
20. Joseph Paxson Iddings [1857-1920]. American geologist, b. Baltimore. Professor, U. of Chicago (1895-1908). Co-author, with Cross, Pirsson, and Washington, of Quantitative Classification of Igneous Rocks (1903); author of Rock Minerals (1906), Igneous Rocks (1909-13), The Problem of Volcanism (1914). ANS, no date. "Mr. Iddings hopes to be able to accept the invitation of Mr. and Mrs. Woodward for Wednesday evening April the twenty-second. VG............50-75
See Iddings above
21. [MUSIC] M. Lewis Spratlan [b. 1940] American music academic and composer of contemporary classical music. AMQS from his Pulitzer Prize work "Life Is A Dream," approx. 5-1/8 x 4". VG......35-45
22.
[FILM] Sir John
Mills (1908-2005) popular Academy
Award winning English actor. Signed postcard photo,
3-1/2 x 5-3/8". VG......40-60
See above
23.
[ART] Sir
HUBERT von HERKOMER, (1849-1914,
painter, R.A., R.W.S.) SELF-PORTRAIT, original etching, head
and shoulders, with his children Siegfried and Elsa below
half-length as a vignette, signed ('HH') and dated '79 on the
plate, titled 'Published London April 1st 1880 by The British
and Foreign Artists Association', 'Entered according to act of
Congress in the year 1880 by Knoedler & Co in the office
of the Librarian of Congress at Washington', extremely fine
impression, 13-1/2 x 8 in. Herkomer regarded this as his
best etching. He described the circumstances of the production
of it when on a camping trip to Wales in 1879. 'As I knew the
painting of one landscape would not give me sufficient
occupation for so many weeks, I took with me all the
paraphernalia of the etcher - plates, grounds, dishes, acids,
and a small printing press (an invention of Mr Hamerton's).
This wretched little contrivance proved utterly inadequate for
my work. In order to get a decent impression we tightened the
rollers to their last gasp, and then we dragged the whole
machine around the tent in the vain attempt to turn the toy
handles. Still, it was under these circumstances that I did -
what I consider my best etching - a portrait of (the handy
model) myself, with my two children in the lower corner of the
plate.' Very good condition. In an auction
at Bonhams [London] [2005] another example of this
etching was estimated at £500 - 600 US$ 840 -
1,000. It realized $730.........700-900
24. [ART] William Holl the Younger (1807-1871) English portrait and figure engraver, noted for his book illustrations. The eldest of four sons of William Holl the Elder (c1771-1838), he was taught engraving by his father - at first stipple and later line on steel. The first portrait engraving produced on his own was that of Thomas Cranmer in May 1829 for inclusion in Edmund Lodge's Portraits of Illustrious Personages. He contributed further work to this publication between 1829 and 1835 after artists such as van Loo, Holbein, Van Dyck, Lely, Godfrey Kneller and Daniel Mytens. He was a founder member of the Chalcographic Society started by several notable engravers in 1830. Original antique engraving, image approx. 6-1/4 x 4-1/2" plus margins. VG..........25-35
See engraving
25. [FILM] Ernest Borgnine [1917-2012] American actor. Academy Award winner. Signed, inscribed 5x7 color photo. VG............35-45
26. [MUSIC] James Taylor (b.
1948) American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A five-time
Grammy Award winner, Taylor was inducted into the Rock &
Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. Signed 5x7 photo.
VG.............50-75
27. [POLITICS] mixed lot: [1] Thomas Clay McCreery (1816-1890) Democratic U.S. Senator from Kentucky. SIGNED CARD. [2] John H. Trumbull (1873-1961) 55th Governor of Connecticut. SIGNED CARD. [3] Frank J. Lausche [1895-1990] 47th mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, as the 55th and 57th Governor of Ohio, and as a United States Senator from Ohio for two terms [1957-69]. Signed card, 1953. [4] Herbert H. Lehman [1878-1963] Gov. & senator from NY. Signature. [5] William V. Allen - US senator from Neb. Clip signature. [6] Gilbert M. Hitchcock [1859-1934] senator from Neb. Signed card. [7] John J. Ingalls - US senator from Kansas. Signed card. [8] Eugene Hale [1836-1918] US senator from Maine. Signature. [9] Geo. F. Edmonds - US senator from Vermont. Signature. [10] WINANS, Edwin Baruch [1826-1894] Representative from Michigan. CLIP SIGNATURE. [11] CHAPMAN, Bird Beer s [1821-1871] Delegate from the Territory of Nebraska. SIGNATURE.......80-120
28.
(MIXED NOTABLES LOT) Rose
Mary Woods (1917 –2005) was Richard
Nixon's secretary from his days in Congress in 1951, through
the end of his political career. Before H. R. Haldeman and
John Ehrlichman became the operators of Nixon's presidential
campaign, Woods was Nixon's gatekeeper. TLS, 1963. With
trimmed photo of her at her desk, with portrait of Nixon
above it. William M.
Batten (1909–1999) American
businessman. He served as Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of the J. C. Penney Company, and Chairman of the New
York Stock Exchange. TLS, 1989. Robert Leslie Shapiro
( b. 1942) American civil litigator most recognized for
being part of the defense team which successfully defended
O.J. Simpson. TLS, 2001. George
Howard Herbig (1920 – 2013)
astronomer. He is perhaps best known for the discovery
of Herbig–Haro objects. His specialty was stars at an
early stage of evolution (a class of intermediate mass
pre–main sequence stars are named Herbig Ae/Be stars after
him and the interstellar medium. He was perhaps best known
for his discovery, with Guillermo Haro, of the Herbig-Haro
objects; bright patches of nebulosity excited by bipolar
outflow from a star being born. ALS, 2001. Oscar Terry Crosby (1861-1947)
American Electrical Engineer, Author, Traveler and Public
Servant - collector of an important group of Khotanese
texts. He began his career as an electrical engineer, having
a particular interest in high-speed electric loco¬motion. He
became the first president of the Potomac Electric Power
Company in Washington, D.C., and was later president of the
Washington Traction and Electric Company, the Trenton (N.J.)
Street Railway Company, and the Wilmington-Philadelphia
Traction Company. During World War I he served as assistant
secretary of the treasury in charge of loans to the Allies
and, as United States commissioner of finance, presided over
the Inter-Allied Council for War Purchases and
Finance. ALS, 2pp, 1930. Don
Messick (1926 –1997) American voice
actor best known for his work for Hanna-Barbera. His best
remembered vocal creations include Scooby-Doo, Bamm-Bamm
Rubble and Hoppy in The Flintstones, Astro the dog in The
Jetsons, Muttley the dog in Wacky Races and Dastardly and
Muttley in Their Flying Machines, Gears, Ratchet and
Scavenger in The Transformers, Papa Smurf in The Smurfs, and
Dr. Benton Quest in Jonny Quest. He also did the voice of
Snip in the Rankin/Bass 1979 movie Jack Frost. TLS,
1989. Harriet Andersson (b.
1932) Swedish actress, best known outside Sweden for
being part of director Ingmar Bergman's stock company. She
often played impulsive working class characters and quickly
established a reputation on screen for her youthful,
unpretentious, full-lipped sensuality. She disdains the use
of makeup. SIGNED trimmed postal receipt. Laura Capon Fermi (1907–1977)
Italian-born writer and political activist, and the wife of
Nobel Prize physicist Enrico Fermi. She met Enrico
Fermi while she was a student in general science at the
University of Rome. She published a book about her life with
Enrico, Atoms in the Family, the same year he died.
ANS,1961.............100-150
29. (BRITISH LITERARY NOTABLES LOT)
SIR GEORGE EDWARD GORDON
CATLIN (1896-1979) Philosopher and
political scientist, author husband of novelist Vera
Britain. ALS (1973) 2pp, with small signed photo on
verso (Karsh of Ottawa). WILLIAM
HOWITT (1792-1879) Author & MARY BOBTHAM HOWITT (1799-1888)
Poetess SIGNATURES on sheet (1848). HENRY FESTING JONES (1851-1928)
Biographer, ALS (1920) 3pp. CHRISTINA
A. L. FOYLE (1911-1999) Bookseller
and owner of the celebrated Foyles Bookshop, TLS
(1934). EDMUND C.
BLUNDEN (1896-1974) Poet, Author,
Critic. SIGNED presentation page from his 1929 book
“Near & Far”. ROSAMUNDE
PILCHER (1924) Author of romance
novels. SIGNED 5x8 color portrait. SIR MAX PEMBERTON (1863-1950)
Popular novelist. ALS, 1898..............80-120
30. (BRITISH LITERARY NOTABLES LOT)
OLIVER SHEWELL
FRANKS, Baron Franks (1905-1992)
Philosopher, writer, Public Servant. SIGNED FDC.
SIR ARCHIBALD ALISON,1st
Baronet (1792-1867) Historian, Lawyer, “Modern History
of Europe”, French Revolution, Fall of Napoleon,
ALS (1859). JOHN
WALTER III (1818-1894)
Publisher and proprietor of the “London
Times”/politician, ALS (1887),2pp. AGNES M. F. ROBINSON DARMESTER
(1857-1944) Writer/Scholar. SIGNATURE. DAVID STEUART ERSKINE,
11th Earl of Buchan (1742-1829) Scottish Antiquarian.
SIGNATURE. JOSEPH
CAMPBELL (1879-1944) Scottish Poet
and Lyricist. TLS (1925). EDMUND C. BLUNDEN (1896-1974)
Poet, Author, Critic SIGNED presentation page from his
1929 book “Near & Far”................80-120
31. [MIXED LOT] [1] Charles E. Stuart (1810-1887) U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan. During the Civil War, Stuart raised and equipped the 13th Michigan Infantry, of which he was commissioned colonel. Clip Signature. [2] George Frisbie Hoar (1826-1904) was a prominent United States Senator from Massachusetts. He was a member of an extended family that was politically prominent in 18th and 19th century New England. Clip Signature. [3] Henry Porter Baldwin (1814-1892) 15th Governor of Michigan and U.S. Senator. Clip Signature. [4] Francis Brown Stockbridge (1826-1894) U.S. Senator from Michigan. Clip Signature. [5] Jacob Merritt Howard (1805-1871) U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Michigan during and after the American Civil War. Signature. [6] HAGER, John Sharpenstein, a Senator from California; born near Morristown, in German Valley, Morris County, N.J., March 12, 1818; completed preparatory studies and graduated from the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University) in 1836; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1840 and practiced in Morristown, N.J.; moved to California in 1849 and engaged in mining; practiced law in San Francisco; member of the State constitutional convention in 1849; member, State senate 1852-1854, 1865-1871; elected State district judge for the district of San Francisco in 1855 and served until l86l; elected a regent of the University of California in 1871; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Eugene Casserly and served from December 23, 1873, to March 3, 1875; was not a candidate for renomination; member of the State constitutional convention in 1879; collector of customs of the port of San Francisco 1885-1889; died in San Francisco on March 19, 1890; interment in Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo. CLIP SIGNATURE. [7] W.A. Peffer (1831-1912) Populist US Senator from Kansas. Sig. 1896. [8] WM. FAXON - Assistant Secretary of the Navy 1 June 1866 - 3 March 1889. CLIP SIGNATURE. [9] John Inscho Mitchell (1838-1907) American lawyer, jurist, and Republican party politician from Tioga County, Pennsylvania. He served in the state legislature and represented Pennsylvania in both the U.S. House and Senate. He was later a judge in several state courts. Nice SIGNATURE [10] Jno. B. Raymond (1844-1886) was a Delegate from Dakota Territory to the United States House of Representatives. He was born in Lockport, Niagara County, New York, then moved with his parents to Tazewell County, Illinois in 1853. He served in the Union Army during the American Civil War, being promoted to Captain for action at the Battle of Vicksburg. Following the war Raymond settled in Mississippi. He published the Mississippi Pilot newspaper at Jackson, Mississippi during Reconstruction. He was assistant State treasurer of Mississippi, and was appointed United States marshal of Dakota Territory in 1877, with headquarters at Yankton and later at Fargo. He was elected as a Republican to the House, serving from March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1885. SIGNATURE...........50-75
32. [ART] Fred M. Hines
(deceased) American artist, well known in Maine and
Vermont. Large signed pastel landscape, approx. 20 x
25-1/2". VG...........400-600
33. [POLITICIANS] Mixed lot: [1] Jonathan KNIGHT [1787-1858] Representative from Pennsylvania. SIGNATURE. [2] Leonor Kretzer SULLIVAN [1902-1988] Representative from Missouri TLS, 1975, 1p. [3] Chauncey L. Knapp [1809-1898] Representative from Massachusetts. Signature. [4] Karl E. Mundt [1900-1974] US senator from S.D. TLS, 1954, 1p. [5] MAURICE J. TOBIN - Short 1939 TLS as mayor of Boston. [6] Daniel Knabb HOCH [1866-1960] Representative from Pennsylvania. Signed card [toned]. [7] Mordecai OLIVER [1819-1898] Representative from Missouri. Signature [8] Guy Ray Pelton [1824-1890] Representative from New York; died while on a tour in an attempt to climb Mary's Mountain in the Yellowstone National Park, Wyo., July 24, 1890. SIGNATURE [9] Samuel A. Purviance [1809-1882] Representative from Pennsylvania. CLIP SIGNATURE [10] William H. Upson [1823-1910] Representative from Ohio. SIGNATURE...........50-75
34. [MIXED LOT] [1] George John Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll KG, KT, PC, FRS, FRSE (1823-1900), styled Marquess of Lorne until 1847, was a Scottish peer, Liberal politician as well as a writer on science, religion, and the politics of the 19th century. Signed card 1885. [2] Treasury Department letter 1856 to Customs Collector at Portsmouth, NH. [3] Edward S. Osgood - ALS, Springfield, 1878, 3pp. [4] Rowland G. Hazard [1801-88] was a wealthy woolen manufacturer and author from Peacedale, RI; he was also an active proponent of women's suffrage. The RI Historical Soc. holds many of R.G. Hazard's papers. Brief 1843 document signed. [5] Nicholas Spinney - 1811 document signed [Kittery, Maine]. [6] six 1925 bank checks - Limerick Maine [7] 1981 FDC honoring the US Supreme Court. [8] printed Gov. Doc. 1849 concerning Norwich University in Vermont, 1p........60-80
35. [MIXED LOT] various autographs: [1] William E. Leuchtenburg - a leading scholar of the life and career of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He is the author of more than a dozen books on 20th century history, including the Bancroft Prize-winning Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932-1940 (1963). Signed 1p. typescript from THE PERILS OF PROSPERITY, 1914-32. [2] PRINTED GO.V DOC. re: railroad company through Walker River Reservation in Nevada, signed in type Chester A. Arthur, 1883, 7pp. [3] [NEW HAMPSHIRE] a 1823 document, 7.5 x 12 in. Concerns the Great Falls Manufacturing Co. in Somersworth, New Hampshire. An account for work/services by Andrew Rollins. Excellent condition. From the papers of Andrew Rollins, noted figure from Somersworth, NH. [4] Robert F. Kennedy - signed Attorney General card [believed an autopen signature]. Fine condition. [5] Simeon Baldwin Chittenden (1814-1889) US Representative from New York. CLIP SIGNATURE. [6] Henry A. Uterhart [1875-1946] American lawyer involved in many high profile cases. Signed bank check, 1918. [7] Poultney Bigelow [1855-1954] journalist & author. ANS, 1927. [8] William P. Frye (1830-1911) Free Frank signature on envelope. [9] The Limerick National Bank [Maine] eight bank checks dated 1923. [10] Josiah William Bailey (1873-1946) Democratic U.S. senator from North Carolina between 1931 and 1946. Signed 1925 bank check............80-120
36. [MIXED LOT] [1] To Organize Gov. of Nebraska - Speech of Joseph R. Chandler, of Penn. on the Bill to organize Territorial Government in Nebraska. Delivered to the House of Rep., April 5, 1854. 7-pp. VG. See speech above [2] [BOER WAR] stereo-view photograph card issued 1900, Underwood & Underwood. When the Cannon's Roar is Still - men sleeping by their stacked arms. VG. [3] [SINGER SEWING] EDWIN DEAN - Singer Sewing machine agent from Missouri. ALS, St. Louis, 1866, 2 separate pages, 4to. To The Singer Manuf. Co. describing a trade fair "at which $20,000 will be distributed in premiums and which will be attended by 50,000 persons at least..." Says he will distribute Singer products to stimulate business. On Singer Co. letterhead. Light stain along edge from mounting trace on back. Page 1 Page 2 [4] Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber (1814 - 1890) American humorist. Clip signature. [5] S. Parkes Cadman (1864-1936) American clergyman, newspaper writer, and pioneer Christian radio broadcaster of the 1920s and 1930s. He was an early advocate of ecumenism and an outspoken opponent of anti-Semitism and racial intolerance. By the time of his death in 1936, he was called "the foremost minister of Congregational faith" by the New York Times. ANS on card. [6] Nat C. Goodwin (1857-1919) American actor and vaudevillian. Signature. [7] Senator Lloyd Bentsen - TLS, 1989, 1p. [autopen?] [8] Clyde Fitch (1865-1909) American dramatist. Clip signature. [9] Edward J. Phelps (1822-1900) lawyer and diplomat from Vermont. [10] Lee Iacocca - signed 8x10 photo.........75-100
37. [MIXED LOT] [1] Louise Creighton, née von Glehn (1850-1936) British author of books on historical and socio-political topics, and an activist for greater role of women both within society and within the Church of England. In 1872, she married Mandell Creighton, later a historian and bishop in the Church of England. CLIP SIGNATURE [2] Eleanor Painter (1891 - 1947) American opera singer. She had a successful career of almost two decades. Pencil signature on card with sentiment. [3] Commodore John Downes (1786 - 1854) was an officer in the United States Navy, whose service covered the first half of the 19th century. Three ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Downes in honor of him. Clip signature. [4] John Heyl Vincent (1832-1920) American Methodist Episcopal bishop. Clip signature. [5] George Madden Martin (1866-1946) American fiction writer. ANS, 1924. [6] Origen Storrs Seymour (1804-1881) U.S. Representative from Connecticut, father of Edward Woodruff Seymour and nephew of Horatio Seymour. Clip signature. [6] William Howitt (1792-1879) English author. Clip signature. [7] Emma Speed Sampson author who wrote the last 5 books from The Bluebird Books series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. Signature, inscribed [pencil] 1923. [8] James Parton (1822-1891) England-born American biographer. He was the most popular biographer of his day in America. AQS, New York, March 10, 1864. "I welcome Maryland to the union of Free States! Jas. Parton." [9] Alice May (1847 -1887), sometimes known as Louise Allen, was an English singer and actress, perhaps best remembered as the creator of the soprano role of Aline in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Sorcerer (1877). Clip signature. Light stain. [10] John Ransom Buck (1835-1917) U.S. Representative from Connecticut. Signature..........60-80
38.
[FILM] Rex
Harrison
(1908-1990) English actor.
Signed 8x10 photo.
VG...........50-75
See
Harrison photo
Titanic Disaster 1912
40. Shusaku Arakawa - ORIGINAL signed & inscribed ink drawing in book about his art - PADIGLIONE D'ARTE CONTEMPORANEA, hardbound, 1984, containing 34 b/w illustrations, 10.5 x 10.75 in. Very good condition. We guarantee the authenticity of this drawing.
Shusaku Arakawa - Dadaist Conceptualist Shusaku Arakawa was born in Nagoya, Japan, on July 6, 1936. He studied medicine and mathematics at Tokyo University from 1954 to 1958, and art at the Musashino College of Art, Tokyo, before completing his degree he left Japan. In 1958 he began submitting paintings to the Yomiuri Independent exhibitions and in 1961 held his first solo exhibition at Mudo Gallery, Tokyo. In 1960, he started a neo-Dada group, programming Happenings, and later gaining recognition with a series of boxes. In 1962, he came to New York and created a new series, "Diagram," in which silhouettes of combs, footprints, tennis rackets, arrows and refrigerators were arranged on canvas. Gradually he replaced the silhouettes with words only. Throughout the 1960s he had a number of solo exhibitions at Dwan Gallery, New York and Los Angeles, at Galerie Schmela, Dsseldorf, and Galleria Schwartz, Milan. In 1966 he was given his first museum exhibition at the Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands, and in 1970 represented Japan at the Venice Biennale. During the 1970s museums featured his work throughout Europe and the United States and in 1981 a large retrospective was organized by the Stdtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich. With his wife, the poet Madeline H. Gins, Arakawa has also published books that "parallel the preoccupations of his paintings," in particular The Mechanism of Meaning (1979). In 1991 a retrospective was organized by the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. Arakawa and Gins increasingly concentrate on collaborative installation pieces and architectural design, such as the Utopian City of Reversible destiny seen at the Guggenheim Soho in 1997. Arakawa denies, like all Conceptualists and Pop Art neo-Dadaists like Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, the artist's hand in his paintings. Expressionistic or emotive marks on the canvas are few, serving only as a foil to the deadpan, depersonalized, mechanical style. Paintings such as "Out of distance/Out of texture" appear to be aimed at the intellect devoid of feeling for life, poetry or spirituality."...............450-650
41. [ART] MARY HELEN POTTER (1862 - 1950) Listed artist from Rhode Island. OFFERED HERE: Original watercolor, unsigned, undated, approx. 10-1/4 x 13-1/2 in. Very good condition........200-300
Potter watercolor
42. [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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43. Kentucky Pioneer
Document, 1811, written and signed by Ben Helm,
Hardin County [Elizabethtown] Kentucky. Legal matter
concerning: WilliamBush, the brother of Sarah, Abraham
Lincoln's step-mother. Approx. 6-1/2 x 5-1/8". Signed on the
verso by Robert Bleakley.Robert Bleakley, opened a store in
Elizabethtown with William Montgomery, another Irishman. Their
establishment is said to have been the first such operation in
the pioneer village that could ready be called a "store."
Montgomery was an Orangeman, who was engaged in the rebellion
In Ireland in 1798. He was arrested and confined in a prison
from which men were taken and executed daily He was released
from prison through the efforts of his aunt, who was married
to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland on the condition that he
would emigrate to America. Wm. Montgomery and Bleakley opened
adry goods store. In 1806 they hired the father of Abraham
Lincoln [Thomas] to take a flatboat down the Mississippi river
with their merchandise to be sold in New Orleans. They paid
Tom Lincoln 16 pounds gold and a credit of 13 pounds in gold.
Their store account books show Tom Lincoln buying "two twists
of tobacco & one pint of whisky." And thebooks also show
that in May 1806, Thomas went on a buying spree, purchasing
silk, linen, scarlet cloth, dozens of buttons, etc. Earlier
that year he had purchased an aristocratic beaver hat & a
pair of silk suspenders for $1.50. He was, at this time,
courting his future bride Nancy Hanks [Abe Lincoln's mother].
After the wedding he made his home in a cabin close to the
courthouse in Elizabethtown. He then purchased at their store,
knives, forks, spoons, thread, needles, silk & tobacco.
Carl Sandburg wrote about Bleakley and Lincoln.BEN HELM (b.
Fairfax county, Va., May 8, 1767; son of Capt. Thomas Helm,
apioneer settler of Kentucky, who moved from Virginia to the
Falls of Ohio, in the fall of 1779. In 1801-03 Ben Helm
erected the first brick house built there. He became a
surveyor; was state senator, 1796-1800; clerk of the Hardin
county courts, 1800-17; an officer with the rank of major in
the war of 1812; filled various other offices of honor and
trust in Kentucky: purchased the farm owned by Christopher
Bush, father of Mrs. Sarah (Bush) Johnston Lincoln,
step-mother of Abraham Lincoln, and was a partner in a general
store with Duff Green [later, American statesman], conducting
the business as Green & Helm. He died in Elizabethtown,
1858, nearly 91 years old.Apparently William Bush was somewhat
of a troublemaker in the E-town area. He was born in 1763, and
in 1828 he acquired the Knob Creek farm where the Lincolns had
lived, before they left for Indiana. His sister, Sarah, became
the step-mother of the future U.S. president, Abraham Lincoln.
See the article THAT ROGUE, WILLIAM BUSH, by Blaine V. Houmes,
the Iowa physician and collector of Lincolniana. This article
appears in The MANUSCRIPT, Summer 2002. William Bush acquired
land like his parents, and by 1817 had married and built an
attractive brick house [Elizabethtown area], a sign of sure
success. He served on jury duty with Thomas Lincoln, after of
Abraham and acquired the Knob Creek farm where the Lincolns
had lived, before they left for Indiana∞, and later Illinois.
Although prosperous, he was frequently entangled in lawsuits.
His reputation was guarded and he did not enjoy the respect og
other members of the Bush family. Little is known of Lincoln’s
relationship with the Bush family. Lincoln claimed that his
family’s “removal (to Indiana) was partly on account of
slavery, but chiefly on account of the difficulty in land
titles in Kentucky.” Thomas Lincoln was known to be
anti-slavery, and as a young boy Abraham probably observed
slaves being taken in chains to Southern markets, on the road
beside his home. Carl Sandburg and other historians have not
dwlt on the cantankerous nature of the President’s uncle by
marriage,8 let alone the fact that there was a slave-trader in
the family. We wish to give credit to Blaine Houmes for much
of what appears in this description. See pictures of this
article here. Fine............400-600
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44.
[ART] Clifford Carleton (1867-1946)
American artist. ALS, no date, 3pp, to Mr. Cowles
[Cowles Art School in Boston]. Nice content.
VG.............50-75
45. James Sullivan (1744-1808) in 1776, Sullivan was a judge in Massachusetts. Although he was elected to represent Massachusetts at the Continental Congress from 1782 to 1783 he did not attend. From 1790 to 1807, he was the Republican attorney general of Massachusetts and in 1801 prosecuted the Dedham murderer Jason Fairbanks. He also served as the seventh Governor of Massachusetts between 1807 and 1808. He was the brother John Sullivanof New Hampshire general and governor. ALS, Boston, 1806, written to Reverand Pearce, thanking him for caring for his grandson. 7x9. Edge tipped to a backing page...........150-200
Portrait of Gov. Sullivan
46. [CARDINAL] Romualdo
Braschi-Onesti (1753-1817) Italian
Cardinal. He was the cardinal-nephew of Pius VI (1775–1799),
was the penultimate cardinal-nephew. Despite Pius VI's lineage
to a noble Cesena family, his only sister had married a man
from the poor Onesti family. Therefore, he commissioned a
genealogist to discover (and inflate) some trace of nobility
in the Onesti lineage, an endeavor which yielded only a
circuitous connection to Saint Romualdo. Nephew of Pius
VI, son of Marquis Honest di Cesena, was adopted, with his
brother Louis, who lacked family Braschi male succession.
Created Cardinal in 1781, was Grand prior of the order of
Malta, prefect of Propaganda, Secretary of small and one of
the promoters, in 1800, the election of Pius VII. Signature on
a papal brief in excellent condition on vellum dated 1806
"Pius PP. VII". Approx. 15-1/4 x 7. Boldly signed bottom
right.........150-200
47.
[CUBA] Richard M. Madam -
ALS, 1816, 2 full pages, approx. 6-1/4 x
8". To Dr. William
Frost, sixth son of Brigadier General Frost,
practiced at Demarara, Cuba and was a naval Surgeon;
he died in Cuba in 1823. Written in English.
Fine condition..............75-100
48. [ART] Walt
Kuhn (1877-1949) American painter and an
organizer of the famous Armory Show of 1913, which was
America\'s first large-scale introduction to European
Modernism. In 1925, Kuhn almost died from a duodenal ulcer.
Following an arduous recovery, he became an instructor at the
Art Students League of New York. In 1933, the aging artist
organized his first retrospective. During these years, he
began to question his earlier allegiance to European
Modernism. On a 1931 trip to Europe with Marie and W. Averell
Harriman, his staunchest supporters, he declined to join the
Harrimans on their visits to the studios of Picasso, Georges
Braque, and Fernand Léger. Yet neither did he want to align
himself with the anti-Modernist camp of Regionalists like
Thomas Hart Benton and politically-minded social realists. In
the art politics of the day, Kuhn was caught between two
extremes. By the 1940s, Kuhn’s behavior began to take on
unsound characteristics. He became increasingly irascible and
distant from old friends. When the Ringling Brothers Circus
was in town, he attended night after night. He also became
frustrated by the lack of attention his own work was receiving
and was particularly strident about the Museum of Modern
Art\'s support of abstraction and neglect of American art in
the postwar period. In 1948, he was institutionalized, and on
July 13, 1949, he died suddenly from a perforated ulcer.
Offered here are two letters he wrote on August 4,
1925, from Salzburg, Austria. Both letters are on a
single sheet, his retained copies, written and signed by
him. One one side he writes to the banking firm firm of
Morgan, Harjes & Co., saying that he will be travelling to
London in a few weeks, requests that his account be
transferred to Morgan in London. On the other side, same date,
he writes to the local water department in Maine. Says they
will be travelling in Europe for the summer, they have closed
their place in Ogunquit [Maine], disconnected the water pipes,
will use no water therefore no water bill to pay. The
picture showing here is NOT included.......300-400
49.
[ART] David Levine
(1926-2009) American artist and illustrator best known
for his caricatures in The New York Review of Books. Jules
Feiffer has called him "the greatest caricaturist of the last
half of the 20th Century". ALS, 1989, 1p., with
envelope and signature in return address.......75-100
50. Sir Everard
Home, 1st Baronet FRS (1756-1832 )
British surgeon. Home was born in Kingston-upon-Hull and
educated at Westminster School. He gained a schoalrship to
Trinity College, Cambridge, but decided instead to become a
pupil of his brother-in-law, John Hunter, at St George's
Hospital. Hunter had married his sister, the poet and
socialite Anne Home, in July 1771. He assisted Hunter in
many of his anatomical investigations, and in the autumn of
1776 he partly described Hunter's collection. There is also
considerable evidence that Home plagiarized Hunter's work,
sometimes directly, sometimes indirectly; he also
systematically destroyed his brother-in-law's papers in order
to hide evidence of this plagiarism. Having qualified at
Surgeons' Hall in 1778, Home was appointed assistant surgeon
at the naval hospital, Plymouth. In 1787 he appointed
assistant surgeon, later surgeon, at St George's Hospital. He
became Sergeant Surgeon to the King in 1808 and Surgeon at
Chelsea Hospital in 1821. He was made a baronet (of Well Manor
in the County of Southampton) in 1813. He was the first
to describe the fossil creature (later 'Ichthyosaur')
discovered near Lyme Regis by Joseph Anning and Mary Anning in
1812. Following John Hunter, he initially suggested it had
affinities with fish. Home also did some of the earliest
studies on the anatomy of platypus and noted that it was not
viviparous, theorizing that it was instead
ovoviviparous. Home published prolifically on human and
animal anatomy. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal
Society in 1787, gave their Croonian Lecture many times
between 1793 and 1829 and received their Copley Medal in
1807. ALS, Richmond, Feb. 5, no yr, 4pp, to
[Colonel] Wilson. Approx. 7-1/4 x 9". Usual
folds. Starting to separate at middle horizontal fold else
very good condition. Thanking Wilson for his suggestions
for William about what things were required to order and
advice. Home did not want to rely on trades people.
Knows Grantham but wants to get William recommended by other
means. Sorry Wilson had to use Calomel [medicine]
-" worse in its effects than the disease". Has bad eyes. Does
Wilson want to get rid of the chest he had in India to
Home. Scarce medical autograph.........150-200
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51. [ART] Richard
Huntington (b. 1936) American
painter, printmaker, and writer, is Critic Emeritus at The
Buffalo News and has written for High Performance magazine,
ARTnews, and Art New England. Most recently, he was a catalog
essayist for the exhibition Artpark: 1974–1984 at UB Art
Gallery, Center for the Arts; Forty: The Sabres and the NHL at
the Albright-Knox Art Gallery; and Duayne Hatchett, Form,
Pattern, and Invention, the catalogue for a retrospective
exhibition at the Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo
(2009). In 2007, Huntington won the Associated Press
First Award for Criticism and earlier, among a number of
residencies, served as visiting critic at the Kennedy Center
for the Arts, Washington, D.C. From 1982 to 1985, he was
Visual Arts Director at Artpark in Lewiston, New York. He has
shown his art nationally and internationally, with recent solo
exhibitions at the Castellani Art Museum, Niagara University,
New York (2008–2009); the Albright-Knox Collectors Gallery,
Buffalo (2008); and the JR Konsthallen, Linköping, Sweden
(2007). In 2010, The Albright-Knox Art Gallery included his
work in the international biennial Beyond/In Western New York
2010: Alternating Currents. In 2009, The Carey Berkus Studio
in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, included his work in a group
show representing Mexican and American artists.
Huntington holds a BFA from Syracuse University and a Master
of Art and Humanities from the University at Buffalo. He
divides his time between Buffalo and the town of San Miguel de
Allende in central Mexico. Original aquatint
etching, pencil signed and dated 1977, image approx. 14
x 10-3/4" plus margins. Mounting traces at outer
top edge well away from image. VG. This was made while
Huntington was visting artist-in-residence at the Arnot Art
Museum, Elmira, NY.
52.
[ART] John Otto Schlump
(b. 1933) American printmaker, born in Monroe,
Michigan. Original screenprint [serigraph], titled
INTIMATE CREVICE, 1974, pencil signed,
titled, edition 25/50. Image is 7-1/2 x 23-1/2 in. plus
margins. Provence: former art collection of Nasson
College, Springvale, Maine. Another print from this edition is
in the permanent collection of the Kalamazoo Institute of
Arts. Fine condition.............150-200
53. [ART] Portrait of Carlos Santana
(b. 1947) musician who first became famous in the late
1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered
a fusion of rock and Latin American music. He experienced a
resurgence of popularity and critical acclaim in the late
1990s. In 2003 Rolling Stone magazine listed Santana at number
15 on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All
Time. He has won 10 Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy
Awards. Original serigraph [silkscreen] by the artist
Betsy Bruno, pencil signed by Bruno, 1976, ed. 15/20, image
approx. 22 x 16 in. plus ample margins......100-150
54.
[ART] Richard Black
(b. 1932) highly regarded American printmaker who has
made a significant contribution over the years to the arts in
Iowa. For thirty years he was a professor of art at Drake
University where he founded the Drake University Biennial
Print Symposium. The symposium brought nationally known
artists to the state to demonstrate and lecture on the art of
printmaking. Black himself has been the subject of a
one-person exhibition at the Des Moines Art Center and has
been honored with the DRAKE AWARD for excellence in teaching
and artistic achievement. Black's works are included in many
museum collections and have been shown in invitational and
competitive exhibitions all over the country. As a
member of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, Black
participates in a show every fall in London. Last year, one of
his entries was selected for a prize, and his work was
published in a London printmaking magazine. Color
lithograph, pencil signed, AUGUST SONG TWO, ed. 25,
image approx. 18 x 12 in. plus margins.
VG..........150-200
55. [ART] John Hunter {b. 1934) American printmaker. The Norton Simon Museum has 26 of Hunter's prints in their collection. His works are in the permanent collections of: National Gallery, Washington D.C., Museum of Modern Art, N.Y. C., 200 other major collections. Biography in Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in America. He did the painting of Rock Hudson in Paramount Pictures film "Seconds" which is now a cult film in France. Color lithograph, pencil signed, 1978, ed. 25, approx. 15 x 22-1/2 in. flush. VG.......150-200
58.
[ART] Paul Stewart
(1928) American artist born in Cleveland, Ohio. He studied
at the Cleveland Institute of Art and received his
undergraduate and graduate degrees in fine arts from
Albion College and the University of Michigan,
respectively. A printmaker, Stewart is a recently retired
professor of Art at the School of Art, University of
Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Over fifty museum
and university permanent collections include Stewart's
work. Among the collections are the Cleveland Museum of
Art; Detroit Institute of Arts; The Hokkaido Japanese
Painting Research Institution, Sapporo, Japan; the Library
of Congress; Metropolitan Museum of Art; The Museu De Arts
Contemporanea De Campins, Brasil; The National Gallery of
Art; Tamarind Institute of Lithography Collection; and the
Walker Art Center. He won numerous awards in exhibitions
including the 5 Exposcio Mini-Gravat Internacional,
Cadaque, Spain; the International Print Biennials, Krakow,
Poland; the Biennial International Exhibition of Prints at
the Museum of Modern Art, Wakayana, Japan; and
competitions throughout the USA. "SKULLS II",
lithograph printed on Arches paper, 1974, signed and
numbered in pencil, ed. 25, approx. 22 x 30 in. flush.
VG.......150-200
See
above
59. [ART] Winston McGee
( b. 1924 ) American printmaker. "Trip to Medusa",
lithograph printed at Landfall Press (Chicago), 1974,
numbered and signed in pencil, 22-1/4 x 30 in. flush.
VG........150-200
See above
60. [STAMPS] Robert Perrot - designer of the 8 cent United Nations stamp. Offered here is a sheet of 50 stamps [never used] signed in ink by Robert Perrot. Fine.............80-120
61. [ART] Richard Carline (1896-1980 ) Painter, writer and administrator, Carline was born in Oxford. His father, George Carline, his mother, Anne, and brother Sydney, his sister Hilda (Mrs Stanley Spencer) and his wife, Nancy, were all painters. Carline in 1913 attended Percyval Tudor-Hart's Academie de Peinture, in Paris. After a short period teaching, Carline served in World War I and was appointed an Official War Artist. With his brother he became noted for war pictures from the air. He was elected LG in 1920, at which time the Carlines' Hampstead home became a centre for artists such as Henry Lamb, John Nash and Mark Gertler. During this period Carline was clearly influenced by Stanley Spencer, transforming everyday scenes into something monumental. Carline achieved this, however, without exaggerating form or gestures to the degree that Spencer did. Between 1924 and 1929 Carline taught at the Ruskin School of Drawing, Oxford. He had his first solo show at Goupil Gallery in 1931. The mid-1930s saw Carline involved in Negro art, organising a show at Adams Gallery in 1935, and contributing the main text to Arts of West Africa, edited by Michael Sadler. During World War II Carline supervised camouflage of factories and airfields. He was involved in AIA, helping to found the Hampstead Artists' Council in 1944. In 1946-47 he was appointed as the first Art Counsellor to UNESCO, and from 1955 to 1974 was chief examiner in art for the Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate. His books include Pictures in the Post: the Story of the Picture Postcard, 1959; Draw They Must, 1968; and Stanley Spencer at War, 1978. In 1975 the D'Offay Gallery held a Richard Carline exhibition for which the artist wrote the foreword. Carline died in Hampstead and in 1983 Camden Arts Centre organised a memorial exhibition. The Imperial War Museum holds his work, including the outstanding and pioneering series of paintings, from World War I, based on observations made from aeroplanes. Offered here is a lengthy ALS, 1970, written to the artist, Dr. Frederick Solomon (1899-1980) German Expressionist artist who died in New Hampshire USA. Solomon won the Mowbray Prize [1944] in London; was listed in WHO'S WHO IN ART [1954 London edition]. He studied art with such famous German artist's as: Max Liebermann, Martin Brandenburg, Eugene Spiro & Willy Jaeckel [Masterclass]. Exhibitions: Berlin, Cologne, Capetown, Haifa, London [Royal Academy], U.S., and in 1958 had one-man show at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Havana, Cuba. In 1956 several of his paintings were exhibited at the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio. The letter shows that Carline and Solomon were longtime friends. Fine condition. Scarce artist autograph............80-120
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62. Leon Cortes
(Castro) (1882-1946) President of Costa Rica from 1936
to 1940. He was the last of a series of relatively
conservative Presidents. RADIOGRAMA, 19 Feb. 1937,
signed in type. Sent to Jorge Ubico, President of
Guatemala. Not translated. 8-1/4 x 7-1/4". This Cable
Gram is dated 1937. It is the original and, of course, not
signed in ink. VG...............100-150
63.
[THEATRE] John Gielgud (1904-2000)
English actor, director, and producer. Gielgud is one
of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy,
Grammy, and Tony Award. Dame Judith Anderson {1897-1992)
actress. Signed magazine cover, 1947, approx. 5-1/4 x
7-1/2". Signed by both. Light stain right edge.
Chipped bottom edge slightly cropped.........50-75
See above
signed page
64.
[ITALY-FRANCE] Hyacinthe
Serroni
(born in Rome 1617- died 1687 in Paris) Italian
ecclesiastical rights, and Intendant of the Navy for
the kingdom of France. It is bestowed in 1625 the
abbey of Saint-Nicolas de Rome by Pope Urban VIII ,
but eventually will return to the Order of St.
Dominic. He arrived in France in 1645 , then a
doctorate in theology. From 1646 he became bishop 's
Orange but must return to the church of Minerva in
Rome. He returned to France in 1648 and became Vicar
Apostolic of the ecclesiastical province of Tarragona
. After five years of service to the diocese, the King
appointed him superintendent of the Navy and of the
province of Provence . It will then intendant of the
army and general visitors in Catalonia until the truce
between France and Spain . In 1660, he was appointed
along with Pierre de Marca , archbishop of Toulouse ,
to participate in the Conference Ceret which should
fix the boundary between France and Spain, but has no
separate conclusion. On 12 November 1660 , he signed
the Treaty of Llívia as representative of Louis XIV ,
which are discussed in detail the thirty-three
villages of Cerdanya , which should belong to France
under the Treaty of the Pyrenees . In 1661 he
was appointed bishop of Mende by the King. So he left
his office in Orange. Then, in 1676 , he obtained the
bishopric 'of Albi . In 1676 , the diocese was erected
by Archbishop Hyacinthe Serroni and is the first
Archbishop of Albi, until his death in 1687 . It is
used in particular to implement the decisions of the
Council of Trent. From 1679, he convened a synod that
brings together all the clergy of his diocese. Synodal
Orders are published in the same year. To ensure the
"holy reformation" and the quality of its clergy,
Serroni installs a seminar in 1679 in a house in the
Bout-du-Pont in Albi. The management is entrusted to
the Jesuits. Manuscript letter of document, 1660,
mostly written on front side, signed on verso.
Approx. 9 x 12". VG.............150-250
Front
side
Back
side
His
portrait
65. [FRANCE] 1784 Manuscript Document signed Pierre Fabri, from Geneva. About Isaac Vernet and Boutin [had to do with Abraham Gradis, Jewish merchant]. Approx. 6-1/4 x 8". VG......75-100
See document
66. [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
67. [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
68. 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
See
above
See
biography
69. 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
See
above
See
biography
70. [FRANCE] Paul Barillon d'Amoncourt, the
marquis de Branges (1630–1691) was the
French ambassador to England from 1677 to 1688. His
dispatches from England to Louis XIV have been useful to
historians of the period, though an expected bias may be
present. With the conquest of England by William of
Orange, Louis XIV's most implacable enemy, Barillon was
expelled from England and war soon commenced between the
two kingdoms. Both Charles II and James II treated him
with great courtesy: one historian refers to his "
rather pampered existence at Whitehall". Both
appeared to confide in him, although it is not always
clear whether they were sincere. Charles II, at
the outbreak of the Popish Plot, did tell Barillon
frankly that Titus Oates, the inventor of the Plot, was
a villain, but that it would be unwise to say so
publicly. Barillon was often a conduit for pleas for
clemency, but these were not always well received; the
King simply brushed aside his plea for the life of
William, Lord Russell, and explained that while Oliver
Plunkett was an innocent man it was not expedient to
spare him. Charles's remark to Barillon that his brother
James' s public conversion to Roman Catholicism had
weakened him is important evidence that Charles
postponed his own conversion until he was dying. The
marriage of the future Queen Anne to George of Denmark,
brother of France's ally, was a triumph for French
diplomacy, and it was probably Barillon who originally
proposed the marriage, although he did not play a major
role in subsequent negotiations, which were mainly
conducted by Lord Sunderland; like most people,
Barilllon found the groom entirely unimpressive.
As a counterweight, he intrigued with the Whig leaders,
notably Algernon Sidney, whose posthumous reputation was
greatly damaged by the discovery that Barillon had paid
him regular bribes. The Popish Plot, with the wave of
anti-Catholic and anti-French hysteria it produced, was
in itself unwelcome to Barillon, but he used it for
short term advantage in helping to bring down the Earl
of Danby, the main exponent of a Protestant, pro-Dutch,
anti-Catholic policy, by assisting in the publication of
letters, which taken out of context, suggested secret
intrigues between Danby and the French Court. After the
failure of the Exclusion Bill, Barillon records the King
telling him in strict confidence that he had been
tempted to let it pass. Even Barillon, an astute
diplomat, admitted to finding Charles unfathomable: "his
conduct so secret and impenetrable that even the most
skillful observers are misled". Only once does he
seem to have been guilty of a serious diplomatic
blunder: late in 1679 an indiscreet letter of his,
reporting a conversation where Charles II claimed to
have personally blocked a Franco-Dutch treaty, was
leaked in the Netherlands. It caused an uproar, and
Charles was so angry with Barillon that he forbade him
the Court. Sunderland, who had probably leaked the
letter, remarked complacently that "I do not question M.
Barillon finds himself embarrassed, but when anybody
will play such tricks, it is but just that it should
come home to him at last." His disgrace was
temporary, but afterwards he was far more careful what
he committed to paper. At other times his relations with
Sunderland were amicable enough, although Sunderland
sometimes treated him to his famous outbursts of
rudeness, and on one occasion Barillon told him that he
would not report his remarks if he could not control
himself. When it was rumoured in 1685 that the French
had given tacit support to Monmouth's Rebellion,
Sunderland told Barillon pointedly that he hoped this
was a misunderstanding, or else the English would wonder
if Louis had 'other plans they could not discern'.
Later he mocked Louis' vaunted desire for European
peace, saying brutally that the peace would last until
it was in someone's interest to break it. His privileged
position was confirmed in the last days of Charles II's
reign, when, alone among the diplomatic corps, he was
allowed to send a secret message to Louis XIV that the
King was dying. In the events leading to Charles'
deathbed reception into the Roman Catholic Church, he
played a role of some importance. While the King's
brother James was already convinced of his brother's
wish to convert, it was Barillon, prompted by Louise de
Kéroualle, who urged James to act at once. Together they
visited the dying King, and Barillon witnessed Charles'
statement that he wished to be received " with all his
heart." James II's biographer describes him as an
astute diplomat, with an ability to convey information
through subtle hints, but personally unattractive:
heavy, gross and boorish. Approx. 23 handwritten
pages about Barillon dispatch in 1688.
Discribed as written circa 1750-1800, in unknown hand.
Very Fresh condition. Approx. 7-3/4 x 12".
Showing only first page below..........200-300
See above
71.
[FRANCE] 1796 document signed by Archbishop
Andreas Mansi, 1p, approx. 12 x
8-1/4. VG.............100-150
Old Regime (Royal) Decrees Are Rare
73.
(KENTUCKY PIONEER) CHAS. HELM [b. Va.
1777-1821?] elected to the state senate in 1812,
serving four terms; during War of 1812 he served
under Capt. [later Maj. Gen.] John Thomas, in
the 2nd Regt. of Ky. Mounted Militia. DS,
[Elizabethtown, Ky.] 1804, 7-3/4 x 12". Also
signed by Asa Coombes, Jacob Linder, James Love,
& John Coombes. Signed [very light in ink]
on verso by Luke Calvin. Promise to pay
document. Prominent stain..........200-300
Click on
description above to see picture of this
74. [ART] Raymond Ellis George
(b. 1933) American printmaker. Color lithograph
with etching and aquatint, signed with white conte
crayon, lower right 1972, titled "Window", titled and
editioned in white conte crayon, lower left; publisher chop,
lower right, 25/50, approx. 21 7/8 x 18 1/2" image and paper
size, on cream wove paper, published by Lakeside Studio,
Michigan. Picture showing below is of the same print but
barrowed from the internet. priced at $300 on the
internet............200-300
76. [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
77. [ART] Marcel
Vertes
(1895-1961) An outstanding twentieth century
painter, printmaker and illustrator, Marcel Vertes moved from
his native Hungary to Paris during the First World War. Living
and working in the famous Latin Quarter, Vertes quickly
established himself as one of the most important artists of
the Paris scene, thus continuing in the footsteps of Boutet,
Forain, Toulouse-Lautrec and others. The art of Marcel Vertes
was at its peak during the vibrant and somewhat wild decade of
the 1920’s. Concentrating upon scenes of Paris street life,
portrayals of women and depictions of circus and cabaret acts,
Vertes left a legacy of original lithographs and drawings that
superbly capture the spirit of 1920’s Paris. He won two
Academy Awards (Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design)
for his work on the 1952 film Moulin Rouge. Vertes is
also responsible for the original murals in the Café Carlyle
in the Carlyle Hotel in New York City. Offered here is
an 1956 [plate signed] original lithograph from
IMPROVISATIONS. Noted artists drew directly on the
lithographic plates. Each was used as an ad for various
businesses. The proceeds went to Artists Equity. Sheet size is
approx. 12 x 8-1/2. Insignificant edge stain right
side. VG............50-75
See Vertes
print
78. [FRANCE] Marquis Dupuy De La Mothe - ALS, 1769, 1p, 8-1/4 x 12-3/4". VG.....100-150
79. [FRANCE] offered here are 2 documents from France: one dated 1783, signed by Jean Francois Joly De Fleury [1718-1802] State councillor who was fired in 1783, the year of this letter which speaks of Countess of La Rochefoucault. 1-page, about 6-3/4 x 8-1/4". PLUS another document 1701, 4pp, about 8.5 x 12. Identified as being about the grandfather of de Fleury..........100-150
1701 page 280. [FRANCE] Jacques
Raillon (1762-1835) Bishop of Orleans; also
of Dijon; also Archbishop of Aix. Letter Signed,
Paris, 1813, 1p, approx. 8x10". To Monseigneur.
This churchman lived through the troubling history of France's
Catholicism Revolution; Napoleon's problems with Pius VII;
return of the monarchy, etc. He made a famous funeral
speech at Notre-Dame for Marshall Lannes. VG...........100-150
83. [MARYLAND] Francis
Thomas (1799-1876) was a Maryland
politician who served as the 26th Governor of Maryland from
1842–1844. He also served as a United States Representative from
Maryland, representing at separate times the fourth, fifth,
sixth, and seventh districts. In 1841, Thomas was elected
Governor of Maryland, defeating challenger William Cost Johnson
by a margin of 600 votes. During his tenure as governor, he is
perhaps best known for his highly publicized and violent divorce
with his wife, Sally Campbell Preston McDowell. Until that
event, he had been a leading candidate for Democratic nomination
for President of the United States, but the divorce seriously
disrupted his chances in succeeding in the nomination, and thus
he did not pursue it. DOCUMENT
SIGNED as Governor, 1843, appointment of District
Justices. Approx. 16-1/4 x 10-1/4. Also signed by Theodorick Bland
(1776-1846) American lawyer, statesman, and federal judge in
Maryland. Folds o/w excellent condition............100-150
84. [MARYLAND] Thomas
Ward Veazey (1774-1842) Maryland
politician that served in a variety of roles. The zenith of his
career was being the 24th Governor of the state from 1836 to
1839, when he was selected to serve three consecutive one-year
terms by the Maryland General Assembly. Veazey was the last
Maryland governor to be elected in this fashion and also the
last Whig Party member to serve as Maryland governor. The
governor vehemently and firmly believed in slavery, advocated
for a general system of education throughout the State, and
expressed a great deal of interest and concern over the matter
of internal improvements. DOCUMENT SIGNED as Governor,
1838, appointment of Justices of the Levy Court of Frederick
County. Approx. 16-3/4 x 10-3/4. Also signed by Theodorick Bland
(1776-1846) American lawyer, statesman, and federal judge in
Maryland. Folds o/w excellent condition............100-150
86. [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
87. 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
88. [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
89. [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
91. [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
Click here to see Benson96. [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
See Jacquet AMQS
97. [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
98. [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
100.
[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
102. [MUSIC] Jaroslav Kocian [1883-1950] Czech violinist & composer. He is considered, together with Jan Kubelík, as the most important representative of Sevcik school". An interpreter of violin compositions of Johann Sebastian Bach. He is especially noted for his compositions for the violin, which have been recorded most often by his student Josef Suk. He taught at the Prague Conservatory. Signed Autograph Music Quotation, Chicago, 1903, written on 10-3/4 x 7" album page. Long bar of handwritten music "Paganini." On other side is the signature of the great actor, Constant Coquelin, dated Chicago 1904. Edge tear & nicks well away from writing.........100-150
103. [MUSIC] Dominick Argento (b. 1927) American composer, best known as a leading composer of lyric opera and choral music. ALS, no date, 1p..............25-35
104. [MUSIC] Andrew Litton (b. 1959) American orchestral conductor. Signed, inscribed color 5x7 photo. VG.........25-35
105. [MUSIC] Keely Smith (b. 19320 American jazz and popular music singer who enjoyed popularity in the 1950s and 1960s. She collaborated with, among others, Louis Prima and Frank Sinatra. TLS, 1995, 1p. VG..........25-35
106. [MUSIC] Albert Stoessel (1894-1943) American composer, violinist and
conductor. Signed 3x5 card......25-35
107. [MUSIC] Lalo Schifrin [b. 1932] Argentine composer, pianist and
conductor best known for his film and TV scores, such as the
"Theme from Mission: Impossible". He has received four Grammy
Awards and six Oscar nominations. Schifrin, associated with the
jazz music genre, is also noted for work with Clint Eastwood and
the Dirty Harry films. Signed 5x7 photo. Fine..........25-35
108. [MUSIC] Wilfred Glenn (1881-1970) American opera singer. Signed 8x10 photo [sepia tone], dated 1932. VG.........30-40
See Glenn109. [MUSIC] George Hamilton
[1901-1957] popular bandleader. Signed vintage 5x7 photo.
VG..........35-45
110. [FILM] Gregory Hines
[1946-2003] American actor, singer, dancer and choreographer.
TLS, 1981, 1p. VG.........25-35
111. [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
112. 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
113. [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
114. [MUSIC] Seiji
Ozawa (b.1935) Japanese conductor,
particularly noted for his interpretations of large-scale late
Romantic works. He is most known for his work as music director
of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and principal conductor of the
Vienna State Opera. Signed album page. VG.........25-35
115. [MUSIC] George London
(1920-1985), born George Burnstein, was a Canadian concert and
operatic bass-baritone. Signed album page. VG..........25-35
116. [MUSIC] Yvonne Minton CBE
(b. 1938) is an Australian opera singer. In the New Year Honours
1980, she was appointed Commander of the Order of the British
Empire (CBE) for services to music. Signed
album page. VG..........25-35
117. [MUSIC] Franco Corelli (1921-2003)
Italian tenor who had a major international opera career between
1951 and 1976.
Signed album page. VG..........25-35
118. [MUSIC] Nicholas di Virgilio
(tenor) - Signed album page.
VG..........25-35
119. [FILM] Maurizio Nichetti (b.
1948) is an Italian film screenwriter, actor and director. His
1989 film The Bicycle Thief won the Golden St. George at the
16th Moscow International Film Festival.[1] In 1998 he was a
member of the jury at the 48th Berlin International Film
Festival. Signed
album page. VG..........25-35
120. [FILM] Esben Hoilund
Carlsen - Danish Actor-Director. Signed album page.
VG..........25-35
121. [MUSIC] Enzo Stuarti (1919-2005)
was an Italian American tenor and musical theater performer.
After a performing on Broadway under the stage names Larry
Laurence and Larry Stuart, he changed his name again and began
a recording career in which he released several successful
albums. He made regular stage and television appearances, and
was featured in commercials for Ragú spaghetti sauce. Signed & inscribed album
page. VG..........25-35
122. [MUSIC] Gabor Carelli (1915
- 1999) Hungarian classical tenor who had an important
career in operas and concerts in North America during the mid
20th century. He was notably committed to the Metropolitan Opera
in New York City from 1951 to 1974 where he gave a total of
1,079 performances. Signed album page. VG..........25-35
123. [MUSIC] "Bidu" de Oliveira
Sayão (1902-1999) Brazilian
opera soprano. One of Brazil's most famous musicians, Sayão
was a leading artist of the Metropolitan Opera in New York
City from 1937 to 1952. Signed album page. VG..........25-35
128. [MUSIC] Archibald Joyce [1873-1963] British composer. Signed
card......20-30
131. Fancis G.
Peabody [1847-1936]
Unitarian clergyman. ALS 1901......25-35
133. Earl
Holliman (b. 1928) is an
American actor. Firm career: Holliman first appeared in 1953's
Scared Stiff. Three years later, he won the Golden Globe Award
for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture for his performance
in the 1956 film, The Rainmaker. Other notable film appearances
were in Broken Lance, Giant, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral,
Forbidden Planet, Hot Spell, Visit to a Small Planet, The
Bridges at Toko-Ri, The Trap, The Big Combo, The Sons of Katie
Elder, Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff, Last Train from Gun Hill and
Summer and Smoke. Signed 8x10
color photo. VG............25-35
134. [BALLET] HELGI TOMASSON (1942- ) American Ballet Star/Choreographer.
SIGNED 8x10 portrait photograph. VG...................25-35
135. [COMPUTERS] Gene M. Amdahl (.
1922) Norwegian American computer architect and hi-tech
entrepreneur, chiefly known for his work on mainframe computers
at IBM and later his own companies, especially Amdahl
Corporation. He is perhaps best known for formulating Amdahl's
law, which states a fundamental limitation of parallel
computing. ALS, no date, on 4x6 card. Fine............40-60
136. Malcolm Taylor Dougherty (pen
name Malcolm Taylor) (1888-1989) author of boys' books and a
poet. An archive of 10 ALSs dated 1983-1989, PLUS 7
Christmas cards, each with long notes written by him on them;
plus a photo and funeral card. Interesting reflections by a
centenarian. Most are signed "Doc." VG.......100-150
137. Paul Zindel Jr. (1936-2003) American playwright, novelist. Warner Bros. 1985 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG.......20-30
138. (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, 1910......25-35
139. James B. Longacre (1794-1869) American engraver, b. Delaware Co., Pa. Known for his work in The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans (4 vols., 1834-39); chief engraver, U.S. Mint (1844-69). Original portrait engraving of William Wirt (1772-1834) was an American author and statesman who is credited with turning the position of United States Attorney General into one of influence. Image size 3-1/2 x 4-1/2 in. plus clean margins. VG.........25-35
140. James B. Longacre (1794-1869) American engraver, b. Delaware Co., Pa. Known for his work in The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans (4 vols., 1834-39); chief engraver, U.S. Mint (1844-69). Original portrait engraving of Otho Holland Williams (1749-1794) was a Continental Army officer from Maryland in the American Revolutionary War. He entered service volunteering at a Lieutenant in 1775 and eventually rising to the rank of Brigadier General. Image size 3-1/2 x 4-1/2 in. plus clean margins. VG.........25-35
141. James B. Longacre (1794-1869) American
engraver, b. Delaware Co., Pa. Known for his work in The
National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans (4 vols.,
1834-39); chief engraver, U.S. Mint (1844-69). Original portrait
engraving of Caspar
Wistar (1761-1818) American
anatomist and physician. Image size 3-1/2 x 4-1/2 in. plus clean
margins. VG.........25-35
142.
[ART] Thomas Oldham Barlow (1824-1889)
English mezzotint engraver. His engravings helped to
popularise the works of painters like John Phillip and Sir
John Everett Millais. He was made a Royal Academician.
ALS, June 11, no year, 1p., about setting up a time
for a meeting. VG...........50-75
See letter
See his
portrait
144. [MAINE] Tim
Sample [b. 1951] New
England humorist, famous both for his presentation and his
Maine accent, has sold well over a million copies of his
books, albums, and videos (including four albums and a video
for the Bert and I company). In the summer of 1993, Tim was
recruited by Charles Kuralt as a correspondent for the Emmy
Award winning TV Show CBS News Sunday Morning. Over the
following 11 years Tim produced over 100 "Postcards from
Maine" segments which introduced millions of CBS viewers
around the nation and the world to the lifestyles of
Mainers. Offered here is his signed soft
cover book "POSTCARDS FROM MAINE," Stories & drawings by
Sample, 97 pages. VG...........25-35
145. [MUSIC] James Conlon (b. 1950) American conductor. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.......25-35
146. [FILM] Ken Annakin OBE (1914- 2009) English film director. Annakin became known for a series of Walt Disney adventures, including The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952), The Sword and the Rose (1953), Third Man on the Mountain (1959), and Swiss Family Robinson (1960). He was later associated with another American producer, Darryl F. Zanuck, when he was hired to direct the British segments in The Longest Day (1962). As head of the 20th Century-Fox Studio, Zanuck endorsed Annakin's most ambitious project Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines (1965). Annakin also directed the big-scale war film Battle of the Bulge (also 1965) for the Warner Brothers studio. Signed, inscribed printed picture, approx. 7 x 8". VG...........25-35
147. Robert James Waller (b. 1939) American author, also known for his
work as a photographer and musician. Several of his books have
been on the New York Times bestseller list including 1992's The
Bridges of Madison County which was the top best-seller in 1993.
Both that novel and his 1995 novel, Puerto Vallarta Squeeze,
have been made into motion pictures. Signed 8x10 photo.
VG............25-35
148. [FILM] Cecil M. Hepworth (1974-1953) English film director, producer and screenwriter. He was among the founders of the British film industry and continued making films into the 1920s at his Walton Studios. TLS, 1944, 1p. Rejection letter to author saying he doesn't remember a great deal but he is willing to answer a few questions..........40-60
149. Edward Sheffield Bartholomew (1822 - 1858) was a noted American sculptor active in Italy. Bartholomew was born in Colchester, Connecticut. After apprenticeships as a bookbinder and dentist, his first employment was as a dentist in Hartford, but he soon abandoned it for painting and (after learning that he was color-blind) sculpture. In 1844 he studied at the National Academy of Design's antique class in New York City, from 1845-1848 directed the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, contracting a severe case of smallpox circa 1847, then studied for another year in the National Academy of Design and sailed for Europe. From 1851 onwards he lived in Rome and died in Naples of bronchitis. Bartholomew is known for his bas reliefs, marble busts and statues, and medallions in the neo-classical style. His earliest recorded work is a medallion of poet Lydia Sigourney (1847). Among his best-known works are Blind Homer Led by the Genius of Poetry (1851, now in the Metropolitan Museum), Eve, Campagna Shepherd Boy (Peabody Institute), Genius of Painting, Youth and Old Age, Evening Star, Eve Repentant (Wadsworth Atheneum), Washington and Flora, A Monument to Charles Carroll (near Baltimore), Bellsarius at the Porta Pincinia, and Ganymede. Many of his works are now held by the Wadsworth Atheneum. CLIPPED SIGNATURE from letter mounted. Irregular shape slightly affected signature.........20-30
150. [THEATRE] Gertie Millar [1879-1952] Eng. singer/actress. Sig. w/sentiment 1908..........15-20
154. [ART] Pietro Annigoni (1910 - 1988) Italian portrait and
fresco painter, who became world famous after painting Queen
Elizabeth II in 1956. Signed 3x5 card [light green]. VG..........25-35
155. [FILM] James Blakeley (1907-2010) British actor,
appearing in 13 films from 1934 and1940, including The Captain
Hates the Sea (1934), Paris in the Spring (1935), The Gay
Desperado (1936) and The Shadow Strikes (1937), and acted
alongside such stars as Lucille Ball, Bing Crosby, Ida Lupino
and Fred MacMurray. Signed 3x5 card.......15-20
156. 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. Pepper, born to upper-class parents of Pennsylvania
Dutch ancestry, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in
1887 and from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1889.
He was admitted to the bar in 1889. From 1892 to 1895, he edited
and published the University of Pennsylvania Law Review (then
called the American Law Register and Review) with his friend,
William Draper Lewis. In the early 1900s, a court appointed
Pepper receiver for the Bay State Gas Company, a bankrupt
Massachusetts utility. Pepper then sued a number of
nationally-known businessmen, including William Rockefeller,
Henry H. Rogers, and Thomas W. Lawson, for enriching themselves
at the expense of the utility. During the public debate over the
expansion of advertising in the 1920s, Senator Pepper argued for
a "nationwide code of regulation," described in a 1929 speech to
the Outdoor Advertising Association of America . He pointed out
that in preserving natural beauty, no national economic benefit
was lost&emdash;-real estate values would increase without
the addition of billboards . Pepper voiced what was then the
general public fear: that if billboards became mainstream,
advertising would become too obtrusive. Pepper prevailed upon
President Calvin Coolidge's to name fellow Pennsylvanian Owen
Josephus Roberts special counsel to investigate the Teapot Dome
scandal of Warren G. Harding's administration. Pepper was
briefly the oldest living (former) senator. TLS, 1937, 1p, to
Dr. Charles D. Hart. "Dear Charley. I shall miss you on the
16th. I should like you to know, however, how much I appreciate
the friendly letter you wrote me before you went South. I hope
you will have a happy vacation and return refreshed for doing
the important work that you do so well." Fine............25-35
157. [PENN] George H. Earle (1890-1974) American politician. He served as the
U.S. Minister to Austria from 1933 to 1934, and as the 30th
Governor of Pennsylvania from 15 January 1935 to 17 January
1939. In 1943, when Earle was a United States Navy Lieutenant
Commander and the President's special emissary to the Balkans,
he "...presented a plan to President Franklin D. Roosevelt that
Earle believed might end the war in Europe early. The German
ambassador and the head of the German secret service secretly
proposed to Earle that German troops could surround Hitler's
headquarters and turn Hitler over to the Allies as a war
criminal. German troops then would be repositioned to defend
against the Russian military. The plot was never approved." TLS, as Gov.,
1937, 1p. To Charles D. Hart, President, March of Scouting.
Regrets that he can't attend "The March of Scouting" to be held
in Philadelphia. VG..............25-35
158.
[FRANCE] Georges Lecomte
(1867-1958) French novelist and playwright, who also
wrote literary, historical and artistic studies. In 1924 he
was elected to the Académie française, of which he became
perpetual secretary in 1946. He was also director of the
École Estienne. He died in Paris. ALS, 1925, 1p.,
approx. 5-1/2 x 6-3/4 in. To Hugues Le Roux the
monument of Jean Julien in Ville d'Avray. VG.............75-100
159. [FRANCE] Henry Houssaye
(also Henri) (1848-1911) French historian and
academician. His early writings were devoted to
classical antiquity, his knowledge drawn partly from visits to
the actual Greek sites in 1868. 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, 5-1/2 x 8-1/4
in. Re: he cannot attend diner for
Dumas. VG...............80-120
160. [FRANCE] Charles Dollfus
(1827-1913) French philosopher, novelist and essayist. He
studied in Switzerland and Paris, where he studied law.
Protestant belonging to the current Liberal , "militant
anti-papist" as an expression of René Martin , he enrolled at
the Paris Bar in 1848 , then to that of Colmar in 1852 . He
soon, however, to follow his literary and philosophical
tastes. Returning to Paris, he founded with Auguste Nefftzer
in 1857 the German Journal, later published under the title of
Modern Review, where he became Director. He joined the writing
of Time , founded in April 1861 , under the direction of
Nefftzer and contributes to several other journals. It also
publishes fiction (including The Doctor Fabricius that
inspired his nephew Charles Koechlin symphonic poem of the
same name) as well as works of literary criticism and
philosophy. ALS [1853], 1p., 5-1/4 x 8
in. VG............80-120
161. [FRANCE] Natalis de Wailly
(1805-1886) French archivist, librarian and
historian. In 1841, as head of the Administrative
Section of the Royal Archives, he wrote a ministerial
circular, issued by Count Tanneguy Duchâtel, Minister of the
Interior, stating that records should be grouped according to
the nature of the institution that has accumulated them and
formulating the principle of respect des fonds (up until that
point, archives had often been sorted according to subject,
date or place). In 1854, he was appointed head of the
manuscript department of the Bibliothèque impériale. A
member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
since 1841 and of several learned societies, he was a renowned
paleographer and published scientific editions of medieval
chroniclers. ALS, 1846, 4pp, 5 x 7-1/4 in.
Fine............100-150
162. [FRANCE - MUSIC] Pauline
Dameron (1825-1890) Mezzo-soprano.
She sang the roles of Ines in the premiere of Le trouvere at
the Opera in Paris in 1857, having begun her career there
around 1847. ALS, no year, 1p, 4 x 5-1/4 in.
VG...........75-100
163.
[SPACE] Owen K. Garriott
(b. 1930) former NASA astronaut who spent 60 days aboard the
Skylab space station in 1973 during the Skylab 3 mission, and 10
days aboard Spacelab-1 on a space shuttle mission in 1983.
Signed, inscribed color litho. photo, 8x10. VG.........50-75
164. [ART] Edward Hawke Locker (1777 -1849) English watercolourist (producing works now in the V&A and British Museum). He was named after his father's patron Admiral Edward Hawke. Entering the navy pay office as a clerk on 1 June 1795, he served in its India department (from 1799) and the board of naval enquiry before becoming a prize agent and Edward Pellew 's civil secretary during his East Indies, North Sea and Mediterranean commands from 1804 to 1814. He was in England in July 1802, when he accompanied the French balloonist André-Jacques Garnerin on his second English ascent during the Peace of Amiens. He also spent time in Spain in 1813 during the Peninsular War alongside Lord John Russell, bringing despatches to Wellington, as well as visiting Napoleon in May 1814 during his Elba exile. ALS, 1826, 1p, 4-5/8 x 7-1/4". To apparently a young collector of autographs giving advice -who to collect i.e. Southey, Basil Hall, Captain Parry [North Pole] Sir T. Laurence - Pres. of R. Academy etc. VG............60-80
See Lockyer letter
165. [MUSIC] Tzvi
Avni (1927 - ) Israeli composer. In
2001, Avni was awarded the Israel Prize, for music. AMQS,
inscribed, dated 1013, of his from his work "Mizmorey Tehilim
(beginning of the 3 movements." Approx. 10-1/2 x
4-1/4". VG..............50-75
See 70AMQS
166. [ENGLAND] Major-General Sir John Hanbury-Williams GCVO,
KCB, CMG. (1859-1946 ). He served in South Africa
between 1899 and 1900. He was Military Secretary to Sir A
Milner from 1897 to 1900 and Military Secretary to Secretary of
State for War 1900 to 1903. He was Governor-General's Secretary
and Military Secretary in Canada from 1904 to 1909. He was
Brigadier-General in charge of Administration Scotland between
1909-1914. In 1911 he was elected as a member of the
International Olympic Committee to represent Canada and served
on the IOC until 1921. He was employed on General Staff in 1914.
During the First World War he was head of the British military
mission at Russian Stavka and was mentioned in despatches. He
was in charge British Prisoners of War Department at the Hague
from August 1917 to March 1918 and at Berne from April 1918 to
December 1918. He retired from the Army in 1919. He was Her
Majesty's Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps in the Royal Household
of the Sovereign of England from 1920 to 1934. Hanbury-Williams
was Colonel Commandant of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry from 1918. He was Extra Equerry to the King from
1934. Signed 3.5 x 2.5" card, he adds 1922 and Major
General. Lightly sun toned
edges...............25-35
167. [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
168. 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
169. [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
170. [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
171. (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
172. Belva Plain
(1915-2010) was a best-selling American author of
mainstream fiction. ALS, 2000, plus TLS, 2001. Two
letters..........50-75
173. 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
174. John
Parker Boyd (1764-1830) officer in
the United States Army, from various periods from 1786 to
the end of the War of 1812. He commanded the troops
defeated at the Battle of Crysler's Farm in late 1813. CLIP
SIGNATURE.........40-60 SEE Boyd
signature
175. Jacob Jennings Brown (1775-1828)
American army officer in the War of 1812. His successes on the
northern border during that war made him a hero. In 1821, he was
appointed commanding general of the U.S. Army and held that post
until his death. CLIP SIGNATURE.........50-75
SEE Brown
signature
PORTRAIT of
Brown
176. Clement C. Clay
(1789-1866) was the eighth Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama
from 1835 to 1837. CLIP SIGNATURE.........25-35
SEE Clay
signature
177. John McLean (1785-1861)
American jurist and politician who served in the United States
Congress, as U.S. Postmaster General, and as a justice on the
Ohio and U.S. Supreme Courts, and was often discussed for the
Whig and Republican nominations for President. CLIP
SIGNATURE........60-80
SEE McLean
signature
PORTRAIT
of McLean
180. 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
181. 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
182. 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
183. Edmund
Blunden [1896-1974] English, poet, author.
Signed Presentation/edition page from his book "Near & Far"
1929. Fine.............25-35
184. (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
185. [BASEBALL] James Cory Snyder
(b.1962) is a former Major League Baseball player for the
Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, San
Francisco Giants, and Los Angeles Dodgers from 1986 to 1994.
Snyder's best season came in 1987 with the Indians when he hit
33 home runs, and had 82 Runs Batted In. SIGNED & INSCRIBED
COLOR 8X10 photo. VG.............20-30
186. [GOLF] David Stockton (b.
1941) American professional golfer who has won numerous
tournaments on both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour. SIGNED
COLOR 8X10 PHOTO. VG...........25-35
187. CARLOS P. ROMULO (1899-1985), Philippine diplomat,
journalist, and educator. A leader of the Philippines during
World War II, Romulo served with distinction in the U.S. Army as
aide-de-camp to Gen. Douglas MacArthur, the commander of U.S.
forces in the Far East, and was promoted to the rank of
brigadier general in 1944. After the war he participated in the
founding of the UN, serving as permanent Philippines
representative to the UN and as president of the UN General
Assembly (1949-50). He was his country's ambassador to the U.S.
(1952-53 and 1955-62). TLS, 1949, on UN stationery. RE:
autographs.............40-60
188. [FILM] Samantha
Eggar [b. 1939]
English actress. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.....25-35
189. [CINEMA] Lina Basquette
(1907-1994) was an American actress. Her first appearance was
in What Can Love Do. In 1928, she was named one of thirteen
WAMPAS Baby Stars. In 1929, Basquette made The Godless Girl
with Cecil B. DeMille and The Younger Generation, directed by
Frank Capra. In the former she played Judith, leader of a high
school atheist society. Her character forces members to
renounce The Bible while placing a hand on the head of a live
monkey. In the climactic scene, Director DeMille insisted on
realism in filming a last shot of the reformatory going up in
flames and Basquette's eyebrows and eyelashes were singed. Her
eyelashes grew back but her eyebrows did not. In 1923,
Ziegfeld Follies producers officially dubbed her "America's
Prima Ballerina." BRIEF ALS, 1992, MENTIONING HER BOOK "LINA -
DEMILLE'S GODLESS GIRL." VG............30-40
190. Edith Fellows
[b.1923] Am. actress. ISP, 1991, 8x10..............20-30
191.
[MUSIC] Leslie Bassett (b.
1923) American composer of classical music, and the University
of Michigan’s Albert A. Stanley Distinguished University
Professor Emeritus of Composition. Bassett received the 1966
Pulitzer Prize for Music for his Variations for Orchestra.
AMQS from his "Variations For Orchestra." Approx. 8 x
4-1/4". VG..........50-75
193. Major-General Sitiveni Ligamamada Rabuka (b.1948) is
best known as the instigator of two military coups that shook
Fiji in 1987. He was later democratically elected the third
Prime Minister, serving from 1992 to 1999. He later served as
Chairman of the Great Council of Chiefs, and is currently
Chairman of the Cakaudrove Provincial Council, a position he has
held since 24 May 2001. He was re-elected to this position for
another three-year term on 13 April 2005. Signed 3x5 card.
Fine.........25-35
194. Adolph
Simon Ochs (1858-1935) American
newspaper publisher and former owner of The New York Times and
The Chattanooga Times (now the Chattanooga Times Free Press). His
signature on New York Times stationery.............60-80
195. Captain William Easby (1791-1854) Shipbuilder and Early Washington Entrepreneur. One of the first indications of his presence is his signature is on the WNY mechanics letter to President Thomas Jefferson, commending Jefferson on his election 1805. As a young intelligent and energetic shipwright he advanced rapidly to become a Master Boat Builder. Like other early Yard employees, Easby served as a member of the District of Columbia militia, during the War of 1812 where he saw active service as a private with Commodore Barney's command in August 1814. Easby was with Barney's unit when they futility tried to stop a large number of veteran British regulars at Bladensburg Md. Following the American defeat, the British advanced on the Capitol and Navy Yard was set ablaze to prevent the British capturing stored naval supplies and gun powder. Following the conflagration, Easby like other civilian employees was out of work for a year. As a married man with two children to support, Easby returned to Philadelphia where his family lived and presumably found work till the following year when he was once again able to resume his duties at the Yard. In 1824 President James Monroe made Easby a Captain of Riflemen of the Second Legion, First Brigade, of the Militia of the District of Columbia. Easby was ever after known by the title thus awarded him. William Easby's name is listed in the 1827 Directory of the City of Washington, his occupation: master boat builder at navy yard and his residence: "down w Es btw 9 and 10e." On March 24, 1828, William Easby added his name to that of one thousand citizens of the District of Columbia petitioning the Congress to gradually abolish slavery in the District of Columbia and to ban the further importation and sale of slaves within the District. Many of those who signed the memorial were slave holders. Yard employees like Master Caulker Robert Armistead, Naval Constructor William Doughty, Clerk Thomas Howard and Master Shipwright Thomas Lyndall all leased their human property to WNY. Many of these men saw no contradiction in owing enslaved workers and favoring gradual compensated emancipation. Their support though was contingent however on the provision that all newly emancipated individuals of African descent, immediately immigrate to Africa. Easby's exact position on slavery and emancipation is not known, however Easby had business dealing with black freeman Michael Shiner in 1848 when he bought land from Shiner. His last will contains no reference to slaves nor is there any evidence that Easby ever owned slaves or used enslaved workers in his businesses or household. Shortly after Andrew Jackson's election Easby left federal employment and set up his shipbuilding firm. He built a successful shipbuilding operation and became a noted ship designer and builder. Among the vessels launched at Easby's Wharf was the Sailing Ship Russia. Easby later built a series of Coast Guard Revenue Cutters such as the Cutter Forward in 1842. Another project which occupied Easby was a lime kiln and his experiments to convert coal particles into solid lumps which would be furnace ready. Easby was granted a patent on the process on August 29, 1848. Easby was an early member of the Washington Monument Association which solicited funding and support to raise a memorial to the nation's first president. His continuing involvement with science is reflected in his position as Treasurer of the National Institute, a precursor of the Smithsonian Institute. Manuscript Document Signed, 1834, 1p, 7-3/4 x 9-3/4". In this document Easby sells for $650 to John Easby of Philadelphia certain described property (7 beds, chairs, tables, looking glasses, carpets, piano forte, gilt edge china, knives & other kitchen utensils, silver tea spoons, 400 books, 40 prints and paintings, etc). Archival tape repairs at fold lines on verso. The front is in very good condition..........150-200
197. Jody Powell [1943-2009] White House Press Sec. for Jimmy
Carter. ALS, nd., 1p.........25-35
199. [MUSIC] Serge Jaroff (1896-1985) was the founder, conductor and composer of the Don Cossack Choir Serge Jaroff. Signed 1956 bank check. VG..........50-75
See signed check
200. US Senators - 10 TLSs, 1960-1962, all to Vernon
Talbertt: Hickenlooper [IA], Hickey [WY], Holland [FL], Hruska
[NE], Johnston [SC], Jackson [WA], Jordon [NC], Kuchel [CA],
Lausche [OH], Cotton [NH]. All have mounting residue at top
& bottom edge. Mostly on verso but with some
show-thru.............50-75
201. [VERMONT] George D. Aiken (1892-1984) American politician from Vermont. A
Republican Party, he served as governor of Vermont from 1937 to
1941 and as a U.S. Senator from 1941 to 1975. At the time of his
retirement, Aiken was the most senior member of the Senate.
SIGNED postcard photo, dated Dec. 10, 1941 on verso.
VG........25-35
202. Roger Ward Babson (1875-1967) remembered today largely for founding Babson College in Massachusetts. TLS, 1958, 1p.........25-35
203. [BALLET] Dame Beryl Grey (b. 1927) British ballet dancer. ALS, 1982, 2pp. PLUS signed & inscribed 3.5 x 5.5 in. photo.........35-45
204. ROBERT L. SHAPIRO - noted defense attorney. ISP,
8x10................20-30
205. JONATHAN DANIELS - Press Sec. to FDR. TLS, 1977.........................20-30
206. LLOYD K. GARRISON - Pres. National Urban League. Short ALS, 1973.......20-30
208. [FRENCH THEATRE] MARC CAMOLETTI - playwright. Signed 1970 contract for L'AMOUR-PROPRE, also signed by the Belgian director Lucien Declercq. VG. ..........40-60
209. [FRANCE] Pierre François Léonard Fontaine (1762-1853) neoclassical French architect, interior decorator and designer, who worked in such close partnership with Charles Percier, originally his friend from student days. Starting from 1794, it is fruitless to disentangle artistic responsibilities in their work. Together, Percier and Fontaine were inventors and major proponents of the rich and grand, consciously archaeological versions of neoclassicism we recognize as Directoire style and Empire style: see Charles Percier. ALS, 1801 [STAMPLESS COVER], 1p, approx. 6-1/4 x 8 in. About General Bernard. Seal removal has caused loss of paper on both sides affecting a few words............100-150
210. [FRANCE] Simon GANTILLON - FR. author. ALS, 1947, 1p. PLUS unsigned telegram re: his play MAYA [1927]. Not translated............50-75
211. HEDLEY DONOVAN
(1914-1990) American Editor - He was Henry R. Luce's handpicked
successor for all of TIME INC. From 1965 till 1979 He is best
remembered for toning down their polemical coverage particularly
of foreign affairs. After he left time, he spent a very
disappointing year as top advisor to Pres. Jimmy Carter. SIGNED
8x/10 portrait photograph..................25-35
212.
[FRANCE] Letter identified as written by J.M. Perisse, Ampere's
brother-in-law. Not dated and doesn't appear to be signed.
André-Marie Ampère (1775-1836) French physicist and
mathematician who is generally regarded as one of the main
founders of the science of classical electromagnetism, which he
referred to as "electrodynamics". The SI unit of measurement of
electric current, the ampere, is named after him. Written in
Frencn, not translated. Approx. 8 x 11".
VG.............75-100
213. [FRANCE] CHARLES MERE [b.
1883] Fr. writer & President of Author's Guild. ANS, 1937
plus signed 2 page contract & ANS written on TLS, 1943, by
A. Leclair. # pieces, all in French. VG.........60-80
214. [FRANCE] Charles MERE [b. 1883] Fr. author
& playwright. Two TLSs sent to him on which he pens ANSs,
1931 & 1943. VG.....................60-80
215. [FRANCE] Lizinska de Mirbel [1796-1849]
Miniaturist, official painter of Louis XVIII and Charles X. ALS,
no date, 1p. Not translated. Approx. 5 x 8". VG...........75-100
216. (FRANCE) CH. FOLEY [1861-?] Fr. author of novels and plays. Two ALSs, 1909, 1p. each. 4 x 6. Not translated.........50-75
217. [ARCHEOLOGIST] Louis-Georges-Alfred de Martonne [b.1820] French archeologist and man-of-letters. ALS, Paris, 1872, 1p Speaks about his work on biography and his mentor Philarete Chasles [1798-1873] the French scholar and writer. Not translated. Fine..........50-75
218. [ARCHEOLOGIST] Bernard-Jacques-Joseph Maximilien de Ring [1799-1873] French archeologist. ALS, 1852, 2pp, speaks about articles in La Revue Contemporaire.......50-75
219. [NOBEL] Charles H. Townes (b.1915) American Nobel Prize-winning physicist.
Signed 1963 FDC honoring Academy of Sciences. Clean but with
very faint paperclip stain top edge [not bad at
all]..........25-35
220. [MUSIC] Joseph
Edgar Howard (1878-1961) Broadway
composer, lyricist, and librettist. A famed member of Tin Pan
Alley his credits, along with wife and composer Ida Emerson as
part of the song writing team of Howard and Emerson whose hits
include Hello Ma Baby, and Broadway tunes like The
District Leader. Clip Signature, 1944. Fair
condition......40-60
221.
Evelyn Cavendish,
Duchess of Devonshire, GCVO, JP, LLD (1870-1960) was born
Lady Evelyn Emily Mary FitzMaurice, the daughter of Henry
Petty-FitzMaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne and his wife,
Maud. Evelyn was married on 30 July 1892 to Victor
Cavendish, who succeeded his uncle as 9th Duke of Devonshire
in 1908, whereupon Evelyn became Duchess of Devonshire. She
was Mistress of the Robes to Queen Mary from 1910 to 1916,
and again from 1921 to 1953. Signed vintage postcard photo.
VG..............30-40
See
her portrait
222. Ira McL. Barton - Union Lt. Col. from New Hampshire. Document Signed, Pine Bluff, Ark., Dec. 31, 1867, 1p, 8-1/2 x 14 in. For wood purchased for 28th NH Infantry. Folds o/w very fresh condition.............50-75
223. [ART] Stepan Dmitrievich Erzia (Nefyodov) (1876 - 1959) was a Mordvin sculptor who lived in Russia and Argentina. Erzia chose his pseudonym after the native ethnic group, the Erzya Mordvins. Stepan became an apprentice of various icon-painting studios. In 1893-1897 he lived in Kazan, previously at the joiner's shop, later he worked at P. A. Kovalinski's icon-painting studio in Kazan. That time Erzia decorated churches in the various cities and villages of the Volga area and attended Kazan Art School. In 1902-1906 he studied at Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. In 1906-1914 he lived in Italy and France. He took part in the exhibitions in Venice and Milan in 1909, in Paris in 1912. In 1914 he returned to Russia and in 1918 he moved to Yekaterinburg where he created his monumental works of art. In 1921 he moved to Novorossiysk, then to Batumi. Living there, he created portraits of Lenin, Marx and Engels, many cultural workers of Georgia. In 1923 he lived in Baku, where he created in monumental genre. In 1926 the Soviet government made a decision to send Stepan Erzia abroad "to spread the knowledge of the Soviet art". He came to Paris again and his one-man shows received positive response in the Western press. In 1927-1950 he worked in Buenos Aires, creating portraits there of Lenin, Moses, Tolstoy, and Beethoven. In 1950 he returned to the Soviet Union. In 1957 he was decorated with the Order of the Red Banner of Labour. Stepan Erzya died in 1959 in Moscow and was buried in Saransk, the capital of Mordovia. Offered here is a rare pre-printed card, signed in ink, Paris, postmarked [1910 or 1911?]. VG...........75-100
Click to see Erzia signed card
224. [SPAIN] Juan Antonio Llorente (1756-1823) Spanish historian. He studied at the University of Zaragoza, and, having been ordained priest, became vicar-general to the bishop of Calahorra in 1782. In 1785, he became commissary of the Holy Office (Inquisition) at Logroño and, in 1789, its general secretary at Madrid. In the crisis of 1808, Llorente identified himself with the Bonaparte regime and was engaged for a few years in superintending the execution of the decree for the suppression of the monastic orders, in examining the archives of the Spanish Inquisition and in arguing for the submission of the Spanish church to the Bonaparte monarch. His 1810 project for a division of Spain in prefectures and subprefectures (under the French revolutionary inspiration) was never brought into practice because of the war. On the return of King Ferdinand VII to Spain in 1814, he retreated to France, where he published his great work, Histoire critique de l'Inquisition espagnole (Paris, 1817-1818). Translated into English, German, Dutch and Italian, it attracted much attention in Europe and involved its author in considerable persecution. After the coup of Rafael de Riego (1820), he supported the new Liberal government. The discovery of his Carbonarian activities and the publication of his Portraits politiques des papes in 1822 culminated in a peremptory order to leave France. Both the personal character and the literary accuracy of Llorente have been assailed, but, although he was not an exact historian, there is no doubt that he made an honest use of documents relating to the Inquisition which are no longer extant. ALS, Paris, 1822, 1p. In French - not translated. Fine..........100-150
225. [FRANCE] Alfred de Tarde [1880-1925] Right wing economist. ALS, no yr., 4 full pages. To a graphologist about his articles on graphology. Tarde was an Anti-Dreyfus. Could letter refer to the writings of Dreyfus proving he was a spy - but they were forged??? ..............75-100
226 [FRANCE] Jeanne Galzy
[1883-1977] Fr. novelist. ALS, 1915, 1p., congratulating Robert
Kemp on his nomination to the French Academy. VG..........60-80
227.
[FILM] Olivia de Havilland (1916 - )
actress who
won the
Academy Award
for Best
Actress for
her
performances
in To Each His
Own (1946) and
The Heiress
(1949).
Signed 3-1/2 x
1-1/2" card.
Fine............25-35
228. [ART] Bernie Fuchs [b.1932] Am. illustrator. Signature in pencil............20-30
230. [LITERATURE] Sir Hall Caine [1853-1931]. English novelist. Secretary to Dante G. Rossetti (1881-82). Author of Shadow of a Crime (1885), Son of Hagar (1886), The Deemster (1887), The Bondman (1890), The Manxman (1894), The Christian (1897), Eternal City (1901), Prodigal Son (1904), The Woman Thou Gavest Me (1913), The Master of Man (1921), and Life of Christ (1938). Signed card.........25-35
231. [BOOKS] Sir Walter Scott. TALES OF A GRANDFATHER, 1870, Boston, Fields, Osgood, & Co., 3 volumes, 301, 298, & 310 pages, 8vo. Green cloth, gilt lettered spines. Slight cover scuffing. A good tight set. Provenance: Frank Cutter Deering Library.................75-100
232. [FILM] Samantha Eggar [b. 1939] English actress. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.....25-35
233. [Film]
JOHN AGAR (1921-2002)
Am. He appeared in some sixty motion pictures and some one
hundred television shows. First husband of Shirley Temple.
Onscreen in 1948 in such films as Fort Apache, Sands of Iwo
Jima, She Wore A Yellow Ribbon, Along the Great Divide, Big
Jake, others. ALS, no date...............25-35
234. [RELIGION] ROBERT LAIRD COLLIER [1837-1890] He was originally an itinerant Methodist preacher, united with the Unitarian church in 1866, was pastor of large churches in Chicago and Boston, and at the same time became a popular lecturer and writer of magazine articles. His principal published works are "Every-Day Subjects in Sunday Sermons" (Boston, 1869)'" Meditations on the Essence of Christianity" (1876); and "English Home Life" (1885). ALS, 1869, 1p............50-75
235. WILLIAM WHITTY HALL (1810-1876) physician and pioneer editor of health magazines, was born in Paris, Kentucky. After graduating from Centre College, Danville, Kentucky, with the intention of becoming a Presbyterian missionary, he studied theology and medicine at Transylvania University, where he received an M.D. in 1836, the same year he was ordained to the ministry. Intending to support himself as a missionary through his medical practice, he began work in Louisiana. But he subsequently came to Texas, met Sam Houston near Nacogdoches, and rode with him to the first presidential inauguration in Texas. Hall preached in Houston and the surrounding area and served as chaplain in both houses of the Texas Congress. He helped collect funds to build a Presbyterian church in Houston and was active in organizing an ecclesiastical vigilance committee to prevent imposters from posing as ministers. In 1837 Hall left the Republic in time to attend the Synod of Kentucky, which convened in October. There he urged the Presbvterian Church to become involved in missionary work in Texas. The General Assembly of the church adopted his recommendation in 1838. Hall gradually abandoned preaching for the practice of medicine and went first to New Orleans, then to Cincinnati, where he married Hannah Matlock. In 1851 he established a consultation practice in New York City, where he married Magdalene Matilda Robertson. While in Cincinnati, he had published several books on consumption and other lung ailments. In New York in 1854 he began the publication of Hall's Joumal of Health. In 1875 he started another periodical, Hall's Medical Adviser. Never weighing more than 125 pounds and working from five in the moming until ten at night, a violation of his own health rules, Hall fell in a fit on a street in New York and died aimost immediately on May 10, 1876. ALS, 2pp, dated June 30, 1857 giving health advice. VG..........100-150
236. [MUSIC] Brian
Farnon (1911-2010) Canadian
born actor, known for The Spike Jones Show (1957). Jazz
saxophonist, arranger and composer. Signed, inscribed 8x10
photo. VG.........25-35
237. [TV] Judith Chapman
(b. 1951) American soap opera actress, best known for roles as
Natalie Bannon Hughes in As the World Turns, Charlotte Greer on
Ryan's Hope, Ginny Blake Webber on General Hospital, Sandra
Montaigne on One Life to Live, Anjelica Deveraux Curtis on Days
of our Lives, and as Gloria Abbott Bardwell on The Young and the
Restless. Signed, inscribed 8x10 p[hoto. Several
faults to photo surface............25-35
238. George Ball (1909-1994) American diplomat. He was the Under Secretary of State for Economic and Agricultural Affairs in the administrations of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He is well known for his opposition to escalation in the Vietnam War. Ball also served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from June 26 to September 25, 1968. During the Nixon Administration, George Ball helped draft American policy proposals in the Persian Gulf. SIGNED & INSCRIBED 5 x 7 photo. VG...............25-35
239. [CINEMA] CARA WILLIAMS
(BARRYMORE) (1925- ) American Actress - At 17, Williams was
signed to a 20th Century Fox contract, but few of her subsequent
film roles were large enough to attract notice. Her fortunes
improved when she replaced Judy Holliday in the Broadway
production of Born Yesterday (1950); thereafter, her film and TV
roles increased in size and prominence. She was nominated for an
Academy Award for her portrayal of a sex-starved farm woman in
The Defiant Ones (1958). By virtue of her flaming red hair and
acute comic timing, Williams was touted as "the new Lucille
Ball" on the CBS sitcoms Pete and Gladys (1961) and The Cara
Williams Show (1964). She was married to John Barrymore, Jr. and
had a son. SIGNED/inscribed 8x10 photograph with sentiment .
DIFFERENT POSE FROM ABOVE...............20-30
240. [NOBEL PRIZE] GEORGE OLAH (1927- ) Hungarian b. Chemist. He was awarded the chemistry prize in 1994 for illuminating basic chemical reactions that had never before been observed, and also for showing that carbon itself, the backbone of organic chemistry, could be cajoled into behaving in ways that scientists had not believed possible. SIGNED 4x6 photograph..........35-45
241. Kate Field
(1838-1896) American journalist, lecturer, and actress, of
eccentric talent. ALS, Feb. 22, no yr, 2pp. From Shoreham
Hotel in NYC. Sends payment for tickets received and
discussing distributing others, etc...........40-60
242. [ACTRESS] FLORENCE STANLEY (1924-2003)
American Actress. She launched her career on Broadway and
was a regular on television shows including "Barney Miller,"
She appeared on Broadway in "Fiddler on The Roof," "The
Prisoner of Second Avenue" and was in the Manhattan Theater
Club's "What's Wrong with This Picture?" before heading to
Hollywood. Her TV appearances include Judge Margaret Wilbur
on "My Two Dads" and Bernice Fish on "Barney Miller," as
well as numerous guest roles on shows including "Dharma
& Greg" in 2002. SIGNED/inscribed 8x10 photograph with
sentiment.................20-30
243. Ted Key (1912-2008)American cartoonist and writer. He is best known as the creator of the cartoon series Hazel. ANS, no date........25-35
244. [FRANCE] Ernest Menault (1830-1903) French author and zoologist. He
wrote, principally Les Insectes nuisibles à l' Agriculture et à
la Viticulture, L'intelligence des animaux and L'amour maternel
chez les animaux. ALS, 1867, 1-1/2 pp. VG..........50-75
245. [FRANCE] Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, comte de Toulouse (1681), duc de Penthièvre (1697), (1711), (1678-1737), a legitimated prince of the blood royal, was the son of Louis XIV and of his mistress Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan. At the age of five, he became grand admiral of France. In 1693, he became a chevalier des Ordres du roi (Order of the King) and, in 1704, a knight of the Toison d’or. Shortly before his death in 1715, Louis XIV added a codicil to his will stating that if all legitimate members of the House of Bourbon, both those descended from Louis and more distant kinsmen, died out, the throne of France could be inherited by the duc du Maine and the comte de Toulouse. The decision was reversed after the death of Louis XIV when Louis Alexandre's cousin, Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, as the new regent, had the Parlement de Paris void that portion of the will. The comte de Toulouse died at the Château de Rambouillet on 1 December 1737. He was buried in the village 12th century Saint-Lubin church. Offered here is a document signed, 1715, 1p, approx. 6-3/4 x 9". Fine condition. Not translated...........200-300
See portrait of him246. [NOBEL PRIZE] Arthur L. Schawlow (1921-1999) American physicist. He is best remembered for his work on lasers, for which he was awarded a 1981 Nobel Prize. HIS STATIONERY SIGNED, 1982, inscribed in type to collector..............25-35
247. John Cameron Swayze [1906-1995] popular news commentator. Signed,
inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.........35-45
248. [FILM & TV] Macdonald Carey [1913-1994] American actor. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG........40-60
249. [FILM] Bea Lillie [1894-1989] actress and comedic performer. Following her 1920 marriage to Sir Robert Peel in England, she was known in private life as Lady Peel. Signed 3x5 card..........25-35
250. [THEATRE] Henry de GORSSE [1868-1936] Fr. dramatist. ALS, no date, 1p.
Speaks about his play. Not translated. Fine................40-60
251. Don Hewitt (1922-2009) American television news producer and executive, best known for creating 60 Minutes, the CBS television news magazine in 1968, which at the time of his death, was the longest-running prime-time broadcast on American television. Under Hewitt's leadership, 60 Minutes was the only news program ever rated the nation's top-ranked television program, an achievement it accomplished five times. He also produced the first televised presidential debate in the 1960. Signed, inscribed color 8x10 photo. VG...........40-60
252. [LOUISIANA] ELAINE S. EDWARDS -
American Politician/ First Lady of Louisiana - a Senator from
Louisiana; appointed to the United States Senate by her much
controversial husband, Governor Edwin W. Edwards, August 1,
1972, as a Democrat to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Allen J. Ellender, and servered , until her resignation November
13, 1972. TLS dtd 10/4/72 with SIGNED/inscribed 8x10 portrait
dtd 1972 (2 items).................25-35
253.
Emily P.
Bissell (1861-1948)
American social worker and activist, best remembered for
introducing Christmas Seals to the United States. Her signature
on postcard postmarked 1944. Collector has written in pencil on
signed side. Accompanied by 2 FDCs honoring Bissell each Bissell
stamps......................50-75
254. [FILM] BETSY BLAIR - English Actress - Most casual film fans know one of two facts about stage and film actress Betsy Blair. (1): She was the first wife of musical comedy star Gene Kelly. (2): She played the homely blind date of Ernest Borgnine in Marty (1955)., in which she was Nominated for an Oscar . After Marty, relocated on the Continent, appearing in such Italian films as The Outcry (1957) and Senilita (1961).Also, has acted in many plays on the English stage. SIGNED/inscribed 3x5 photograph....................20-30
255. [FILM] Lillian Gish (1893 - 1993) American stage, screen and television actress whose film acting career spanned 75 years, from 1912 to 1987. SIGNED 3X5 CARD. VG.....20-30
256. George Barr McCutcheon [1866-1928] Am. writer.
Signature/sentiment.........15-20
257. Albert Henry Smyth [1863-1907] American writer. ALS, 1900, 2pp. Mentions his biography of Bayard Taylor. Light irregular toning on last page............25-35
258. [ENGLAND] R(ichard) Cobden (1804-1865) British manufacturer and Radical and Liberal statesman, associated with John Bright in the formation of the Anti-Corn Law League as well as with the Cobden-Chevalier Treaty. Clip signature MOUNTED. Below is article about him............25-35
259. [ENGLAND] Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778 - 1868) British statesman who became Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom. Brougham was the designer of the brougham, a four-wheeled, horse-drawn style of carriage that bears his name. A statue of him, inscribed "Lord Brougham," stands at the Cannes waterfront, across from the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès. SIGNED address panel dated 1821...........25-35
260. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward, born Mary Gray Phelps, (1844-1911) American author. She was born at Andover, Massachusetts, and married Herbert Dickinson Ward , in 1888. In most of her writings she used her mother's name "Elizabeth Stuart Phelps" as a pseudonym, both before and after her marriage. She also used the pseudonym, Mary Adams. Ward wrote three Spiritualist novels, The Gates Ajar, Between the Gates and Beyond the Gates, and a novella about animal rights, Loveliness. While writing other popular stories, she was also a great advocate, by lecturing and otherwise, for social reform, temperance, and the emancipation of women. SIGNATURE on card with sentiment, 1881, mounted to larger page........15-20
261. RICHARD WILBUR (1921- ) American Poet/Pulitzer Prize/Poet Laureate. SIGNED/inscribed stationery dtd 2000.......20-30
262. WILLIAM ARMSTRONG
(1914-1999 ) American Novelist/Author. His most famous work was
"Sounder", made into a movie. Clipped SIGNATURE "Wm. H.
Armstrong"........15-20
263. HENRY A. LAVELY (1831-?), American poet. AMS, his poem "Smiles and Tears" written on the letterhead of Aetna Life Insurance Co. TEN LINES + TITLE. Small corner piece missing o/w VG.......30-40
264. Ruth Draper [1884-1956] Am. playwright. CLIP SIGNATURE..........20-30
265. Rex Allen (1920-1999) American actor, singer, and songwriter who is particularly known as the narrator in many Walt Disney nature and Western productions. For contributions to the recording industry, Rex Allen was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. SIGNED large limited edition poster, matted & shrink-wrapped. Plague on front says edition number 45 of 300. The Certificate of Authenticity on back says 45 of 134. "The prints were personally signed by Rex Allen at his home in Arizona between August and November 1999. ....Unfortunately he met his untimely death after signing 134 posters." Overall size 20 x 24". VG...........50-75
266. [SCIENCE] Karl T. Compton (1887-1954) was a prominent American physicist and president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1930 to 1948. Signature on back of 1946 postal card. Appears to be lightly, evenly toned..........50-75
267. [NOBEL] Paul Crutzen (b. 1933) Dutch Nobel prize
atmospheric chemist. Brief ALS, no date, 8.5 x 3".
VG............50-75
268. [MAINE] Ralph Owen Brewster (1888 - 1961) was an American politician from Maine. Brewster, a Republican, was solidly conservative, a close confidant of Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin and antagonist of Howard Hughes. Brewster came to national attention due to his opposition to the commercial interests of Howard Hughes , America's wealthiest man at the time. Brewster was chairman of a special Senate committee investigating defense procurement during World War II. He claimed concern that Hughes had received $40 million from the Defense Department without actually delivering the aircraft he had contracted to provide, but Brewster may have had an ulterior motive. Incidentally, Hughes stated that the H-4 Hercules cost far more, with the balance coming from his own funds. Hughes aggressively combated the inquirer, alleging corruption. Memoirs by Hughes right-hand man Noah Dietrich and syndicated newspaper columnist Jack Anderson each sketched Brewster as, in Dietrich's words, "an errand boy for Juan Trippe and Pan American World Airways," who pushed for legislation that would give Pan Am the single-carrier international air monopoly for the U.S. The Martin Scorsese movie The Aviator portrays Brewster (played by Alan Alda) similarly, as corrupt and in the pocket of Pan Am, the rival of Hughes' TWA . Hughes spread rumors about Brewster's close association with Pan Am, alleging that he received free flights and hospitality in return for legislation such as his bill to withdraw government approval for TWA flights across the Atlantic. TLS, on Congress of the United States stationery, 1938, 1p. ......25-35
269. Martha Ostenso (1900-1963) Canadian novelist and screenwriter. Ostenso was born in Haukeland, near Bergen, Norway, but emigrated with her family to the United States in 1902. They first settled in South Dakota and Minnesota before immigrating to Canada in the province of Manitoba. Ostenso is probably best known for the award-winning novel Wild Geese, published in 1925 (and filmed as After the Harvest in 2001). She signs at bottom of an autograph request typed letter, 1929...........20-30
270. [CABINET] Cyrus Vance (1917-2002) American lawyer and civil servant. He served as the United States Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1980. Prior to his service as Secretary of State, he held a number of executive positions, including the Secretary of the Army and the Deputy Secretary of Defense. Signed 5x7 color photo. VG.............25-35
271. [NOBEL PRIZE] Wassily Leontief [1905-1999] was an economist notable for his
research on how changes in one economic sector may have an
effect on other sectors. Leontief won a Nobel Prize in Economics
in 1973. BRIEF ALS [1989]................30-40
272. [MUSIC] David Rubinoff, also known as Dave Rubinoff, (September 13, 1897, Grodno, Russian Empire, now Belarus; October 6, 1986) was a popular violinist who was heard during the 1930s and 1940s on various radio programs playing his $100,000 Stradivarius violin. He also performed in theaters, clubs and schools, and he gave several concerts at the White House during the 1940s. He was sometimes billed as Rubinoff and his Violin. SIGNED, inscribed photograph, appears to have been trimmed to 6-3/8 x 6-3/4". Very good condition except for 2 "white" flaws, one above his head & the other in upper right corner. See below..........60-80
273. [FILM] Art Clokey (1921- 2010) a pioneer in the popularization of stop motion clay animation, beginning in 1955 with a film experiment called Gumbasia. From the Gumbasia project, Art Clokey and his wife Ruth invented Gumby. SIGNED 11 X 8.5 " color photo, signed in sliver ink in dark area. VG...........75-100
274. [NOBEL PRIZE] JAMES TOBIN (1918-2002) 1981 Nobel Prize in Economics. SIGNED 1982 FDC honoring State Birds/Flowers. Clean with cachet. Fine........25-35
275. Margaret Pedler (?-1948) British novelist, who
wrote popular works of romantic fiction. Initially Pedler
studied piano and singing at the Royal Academy of Music , and
published several songs for which she wrote both the music and
lyrics. Over her career as a best-selling writer, from 1917 to
1947, she produced 28 novels. ALS, 1932, written on both sides,
6 x 7.5". VG...............40-60
276. George Owen Knapp [1855-1945] American Industrialist, Philanthropist, founder of Union Carbide. He built the famous Knapp's Castle in California. ALS, 1919, 1p.......50-75
277. Cyril Ritchard (1897-1977) actor of stage, screen and television. He achieved star status in 1954 as Captain Hook in the Broadway production of Peter Pan co-starring Mary Martin,. Signed 1957 bank check.......40-60
278. [THEATRE] MARY F. SCOTT-SIDDONS (1844-1896) Indian born-English Actress. She was born in India. Scott Siddons made her professional debut at Nottingham, England, as Lady Macbeth. She first appeared in London in 1867 at the Haymarket Theatre, as Rosalind in "As You Like It." Her American debut was at the Boston Museum and her New York debut was as Rosalind in "As You Like It" at the Worrell Sisters' Theatre in 1868. She joined Augustin Daly's company in New York in 1869 SIGNED card.........25-35
279. Colonel John Purviance [1743-1823] At the commencement of the
Revolutionary war, he volunteered and was appointed Lieutenant
in the army. He behaved himself valiantly during the war, and
was gradually promoted to the office of Colonel. He fought
bravely for the liberty of his country, and rejoiced to see the
Colony free. He returned a thankful heart to the bosom of his
family, and lived happily there until the fall of 1791. He moved
with his family to Sumner County, Tennessee. The country there
was almost a wilderness. In the spring of 1792, his second son,
John Purviance, while in the field at work, was shot, scalped,
he was so near the house, that his wife could hear the Indian
yells, and she would have run to her husband in the midst of
them, had she not have been prevented by the interposition of
her friends. They had been married but a few months. Col. John
Purviance being alarmed at these savage cruelties, left the
place and moved to Caneridge, Bourbon County, Kentucky, where
the inhabitants were less exposed to Indian attacks. Clip signature dated 1781.........50-75
280. Stuart Cloete (1897-1976) South African novelist, essayist, biographer and short story writer. Signed, inscribed personal bookplate, dated July 28, 1973. 3-1/2 x 6 in............40-60
281. Betty Furness (1916-1994) American actress, consumer advocate & current affairs commentator. Signed/inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.........25-35
282. [FRANCE] Francois-Alphonse Aulard [1849-1928]. French historian. Professor, Sorbonne (1887-1922). Known esp. as historian of the French Revolution. Author of Histoire politique de la Révolution française (1910) and editor of Receuil des actes du comitéde salut public (1889-1904), La Societédes Jacobins (1889-97), Paris pendant la réaction thermidorienne et sous le directoire (1898-1902); founded journal La Révolution française. AQS, no date, Paris, on 4.5 x 2.75 in. card. Not translated............25-35
282. Bob Dole - US senator and presidential candidate. Signed 1958 FDC honoring Abraham Lincoln. Affixed are two 4 cent red-violet stamps featuring Lincoln's likeness inspired by a portrait by Douglas Volk...........25-35
283. Brander Matthews (1852-1929} Am. writer and educator. Matthews was the first U.S. professor of dramatic literature. From 1892 to 1900 he was professor of literature at Columbia, and thereafter held the chair of dramatic literature. His influence was such that a popular pun claimed that an entire generation had been "brandered by the same Matthews". ALS, 1918, written on both sides. Re: why doesn't the Dunlap Society pay its debts?".............50-75
284. [SILENT SCREEN] FRED SCOTT (1902-1992) American Actor/Silent Screen Star -started out entertaining on vaudeville, acting on Broadway, and singing operetta. He later appeared in many silent comedies, including those of Mack Sennett, and appeared in one feature-length silent film. Later he worked in a few musicals during the early '30s, but soon left movies to spend a few years singing opera. Between the late '30s and early '40s, Scott played a cowboy crooner known as "the Silvery-Voiced Buckaroo" in a few Westerns. - SIGNED 8x10 photograph as cowboy star.......................25-35
285. Boots Randolph [1927-2007] saxophone player "Yakety Sax." ISP, 8x10.....25-35
286. [THEATRE] Shirley Booth [1898-1992] American actress. Primarily a theatre actress, her Broadway career began in 1925. Her most significant success was as Lola Delaney, in the drama Come Back, Little Sheba, for which she received a Tony Award in 1950. She made her film debut, reprising her role in the 1952 film version, and won both the Academy Award for Best Actress and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her performance. Despite her successful entry into films, she preferred stage acting, and made only four more films. From 1961 until 1966, she played the title role in the sitcom Hazel, for which she won two Emmy Awards, and was acclaimed for her performance in the 1966 television production of The Glass Menagerie. Signed Playbill from the play "Goodbye, My Fancy", 1949. She signs insude..........25-35
287. James Lees-Milne (1908-1997) was an English writer and expert on country houses. He was an architectural historian, novelist, and a biographer. He is also remembered as a diarist. ALS, 1949, 2 FULL PAGES, 5x8". VG...........30-40
288. GENE SAKS (1921- ) American Actor/Director - He began directing in 1963, helming such Neil Simon Broadway plays as Biloxi Blues and Brighton Beach Memoirs and such Simon-scripted films as Barefoot in the Park (1967), The Odd Couple (1968), and Last of the Red Hot Lovers (1986). Saks made his film acting bow in 1965, recreating his stage role as paranoid kiddie-show host Chuckles the Chipmunk in A Thousand Clowns. Saks is married to actress Beatrice Arthur, who co-starred in his 1974 film version of Mame.. SIGNED/inscribed 8x10 PHOTO........................25-35
291. [MUSIC] Jan Bach (b. 1937) American composer. His primary performing instrument is the horn, and he is especially renowned for his horn pieces and especially well-known among hornists. AMQS, inscribed from his "2nd Opera "The Student from Salamanca." Approx. 10-1/2 x 4-1/4". Two mail fold-lines o/w VG..........75-100
See AMQS above
292.
[FILM] Dina
Merrill (b. 1925- ) American actress
and socialite. Signed 3x5 card...........15-20
293.
[FILM] Carol Channing
(b. 1921) American singer, actress, and comedienne. Clip
signature.........15-20
295. [AMERICANA] John Vaughan (1755-1841) Early Colonial Philadelphia wine merchant, and the secretary and librarian of the American Philosophical Society for more than 50 years. It was Vaughan who notified Lewis. of Lewis & Clark fame, that Thomas Jefferson had just been elected to the Society in late November of 1804. The notification would not have reached Lewis, of course, until his return from the expedition. Brief ALS, Phila., 1819, 1p, 6-3/4 x 9-1/4". Receives check drawn on N. Am. Bank $2099.54, for E. I. Dupont's account. The DuPont referred to here was Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours [1771-1834], known as Irénée du Pont, or E.I. du Pont, was a French-born Huguenot chemist and industrialist who immigrated to the United States in 1799 and founded the gunpowder manufacturer, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company. His descendants, the Du Pont family, were one of America's richest and most prominent families in the 19th and 20th centuries. Some loss of paper [seal area] affects signature in minor way..........75-100
296. [BALLET] Ruth Page
(1899-1991) American ballerina and choreographer, considered a
pioneer in creating works on American themes. To the classical
ballet vocabulary she added movements from sports, popular dance
and everyday gestures. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo.
VG.........50-75
See photograph of
Ruth Page
297. [FILM] Vera Ralston
(1923-2003) Czech figure skater and actress. She later
became a naturalized American citizen. She worked as an actress
during the 1940s and 1950s.
Signed 3x5 card.................20-30
298. [FILM] Julie Haydon (1910-1994)
American actress who performed on Broadway and in films. Signed
card, she writes husband's name & dates below her
signature...........20-30
299. [FILM] Helen Hunt
(b. 1963) American actress, film director, and
screenwriter. She starred in the sitcom, Mad About You, for
seven years before being cast in the 1997 romantic comedy film,
As Good as It Gets for which she won the Academy Award for Best
Actress. Signed 3x5 card..........20-30
300. John L. Lewis (1880-1969) American leader of organized labor who served as president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1920 to 1960. He was a major player in the history of coal mining. SIGNATURE on card, typed inscription, dated Sept. 18, 1947. VG.......25-35
301.
MARTHA OSTENSO
(1900-1963) Canadian Novelist and screenwriter. Many of
her novels are of Minnesota farm life. ALS, 1930, 1p.
VG......60-80
302. John Galsworthy (1867-1933)
English novelist and playwright. Clip signature..........40-60
303.
ALFRED AUSTIN
(1835-1913) English Poet, Poet Laureate
(1896-1913). ALS, 1908, 2pp. VG............80-120
304.
HARRY HAWKINS FLAGLER (1870-1952)
American Philanthropist, Socialite, founder of the New York
Philharmonic Orchestra, son of Henry Flagler. SIGNATURE
(1922) on verso is DANIEL FROHMAN
(1851-1940) American Theatrical
Producer and manager and early Film Producer.........75-100
305. ROBERT ALPHONSO TAFT
(1889-1953) American Politician, US Senator from Ohio.
He was the son of President William Howard Taft, Presidential
Candidate. TLS, 1943, 1p. Re: the Wagner-Murray Bill "to
provide relief and security from the cradle to the grave."
VG..........50-75
306. [FILM] Virginia Gilmore (1919-1986) American film, stage, and television actress. Gilmore began her stage career in San Francisco at the age of 15, but moved to Los Angeles in 1939 to pursue work in films. When her movie career was not progressing, Gilmore mustered the nerve to approach Samuel Goldwyn at his home. As a result of their meeting, he promised her a screen test. When her movie role options began to dwindle, Gilmore left Los Angeles for New York City and started working on Broadway. In 1944 she married Yul Brynner. TLS, Feb. 8, 1945, 1p. Concerns employment agreement with Samuel Goldwyn. VG..........50-75
307. [THEATRE] Rosemary Harris (b. 1927) Tony Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated English actress and a member of the American Theatre Hall of Fame. SIGNED & inscribed 3.5 x 5.5 in. photo.............20-30
308. (BRITISH
LITERATURE NOTABLES) SAMUEL
SMILES (1812-1904) Scottish author,
Journalist, reformer, politician. ALS (1881). WEEDON GROSSMITH (1854-1919)
Playwright, author. SIGNATURE with sentiment. EDMUND C. BLUNDEN
(1896-1974) Poet, Author, Critic. SIGNED presentation page
from his 1929 book “Near & Far”. LAWRENCE PEARSALL JACKS
(1860-1955) Philosopher, educator, author. ALS (1920)
2pp. HUMBERT WOLFE
(1885-1940) Italian born English Poet, man of letters.
SIGNATURE. OLIVER SHEWELL
FRANKS, Baron Franks (1905-1992)
Philosopher, writer, Public Servant. TLS (1971). EUPHEMIA MARGARET TAIT (1866-?)
She used the pseud. of John Ironside. ALS, 1909, 2pp.
MAEVE BINCHY (1940)
Irish Novelist. SIGNED, inscribed postcard...........80-120
310. (BRITISH SCIENCE/MEDICINE
NOTABLES LOT) DR. JOHN
ABERNETHY 1764-1831) Surgeon. He is
associated with the treatment of aneurysm by ligature, he is
also author of one of the great medical books of his time .
UNSIGNED prescription in his handwriting (12 lines). ANDREW CLARK (1826-1893)
Physician. He was one of the first to believe that
maladies were due to poor diet and lifestyle . Clipped
SIGNATURE. WILLIAM PLANE
PYCRAFT (l1868-1942) Osteologist, author of
many books on the subject and natural history. ALS (1910)
3pp. DR. HARRY LEACH (1836-1879)
Physician, noted for his Survy Irradication. ANS
(1875). JOHN FLETCHER MOULTON,
Baron Moulton (1844-1921) Mathematician, Judge. Considered
at the time one of the 12 most intelligent men in
England. ALS (1892) 3pp.
JOSEPH HUME (1777-1855) Scottish
Doctor/Politician who knowledge of chemistry provided a
means to recover damp gunpowder for use again. He also later in
life worked to improve the fortunes of the working class. SIGNED
address panel (1822).........75-100
311. [MUSIC] Sir Peter
Maxwell Davies (b.1934) English composer
and conductor and is Master of the Queen's Music. Davies is a
prolific composer who has written music in a variety of styles
and idioms over his career, often combining disparate styles in
one piece. ALS, 1986, 1p.........50-75
312. Julian Leonard Street (1879-1947) American author, born in Chicago. He was a reporter on the New York Mail and Express (later Evening Mail ) in 1899 and had charge of its dramatic department in 1900-01. His writings, characterized by a rather obvious but yet a genuine sense of humor. He made contributions to magazines. In 1915 he published a book on Theodore Roosevelt, called The Most Interesting American. He is credited with being the art critic who wrote that the painting exhibited at the 1913 Armory Show by Marcel Duchamp called Nude Descending a Staircase, resembled "an explosion in a shingle factory." Street moved to Princeton in the 1920s. The university houses his manuscript collection and a library is named after him there. TLS, 1924, 1p. He is confirming a contract with Red Book magazine to write a serial. They will finance him for one year. If he dies the estate will be indebted to the magazine. Punch hole near top............50-75
See Street letter
313. [FILM] John Carroll [1906-1979] American actor. SIGNED, inscribed printed portrait picture, 5 x 7. VG......25-35
See Carroll
314. [MUSIC] Henry Russell (1812-1900) English pianist, baritone singer and
composer. In an eventful life on both sides of the Atlantic,
Russell wrote the songs "A Life on the Ocean Wave" and the tune
to George Pope Morris's poem Woodman, Spare that Tree while
living in the United States from 1835 to 1841, before settling
in London to produce musical extravaganzas until he retired in
1857. Many of his songs championed social causes like abolition,
temperance, and reform of mental asylums. CLIP SIGNATURE with
sentiment........50-75
315. [FILM] Horst
Buchholz (1933-2003) German actor,
remembered for The Magnificent Seven, in which he played the
role of Chico,[1] and One, Two, Three and Nine Hours to Rama. He
appeared in over sixty films during his acting career from 1952
to 2002. Signed 4x6 postcard picture. VG............35-45
See above
316. [FILM] Sam Waterston
(b. 1940) American actor, producer and director. Among
other roles, he is noted for his Academy Award-nominated
portrayal of Sydney Schanberg in The Killing Fields (1984), and
his Golden Globe-nominated and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning
portrayal of Jack McCoy on the NBC television series Law &
Order. Signed 8x10 photo. VG..........30-40
See above
317. [MUSIC] SONS OF THE PIONEERS -
signed color 10x8 picture. Signed by all 6members.
VG.........100-150
318. [FILM - TV] Bonnie Bartlett (1929 - ) is an American television and film actress. Her career spans over 50 years, with her first major role being on a 1950s daytime drama, Love of Life. She is best known for her role as Ellen Craig on the medical drama series St. Elsewhere. She and her husband, actor William Daniels, who played her fictional husband Dr. Mark Craig, won 1986 Emmy Awards on the same night, becoming the first married couple to accomplish the feat since Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne in 1965. Warners Bros. paycheck, 1984, endorsed by her on verso. VG.............20-30
319. [MUSIC] Ivan Erod (b. 1936) Hungarian-Austrian composer and pianist. AMQS on 6x4 card. Fine........60-80
See AMQS above
320. [RADIO] Amos n' Andy -
signed, inscribed photo, 8x10, likely signed c. 1934. Amos
n' Andy was Radio's most popular series, 1926-1958.
Photograph inscribed and signed: "To/Mrs. F.B.
Prentice/Sincerely/'Amos 'n' Andy. Amos
FREEMAN F. GOSDEN and "'Andy'" CHARLES J.
CORRELL. Amos n' Andy, originally titled Sam n'
Henry, debuted on Chicago's WGN on January 12, 1926. The
show switched over to WMAQ on March 19, 1928. Although the
title characters were played by white men, the storyline
was about two Atlanta Black men who came to Chicago to
find their fortunes. They were members of the Mystic
Knights of the Sea Lodge instead of the Jewels of the
Crown. Everything else remained the same. Amos n' Andy
premiered on the NBC radio network on Thursday night,
August 19, 1929 at 11:00 P.M. EST. The show was broadcast
an unprecedented six days a week. It was so popular that
it was moved to 7:00 P.M. EST to reach a broader audience.
There were protests on the west coast because it would be
aired there at 4 P.M. so, for the first time in radio
history, NBC did a repeat broadcast for its west coast
affiliates. Amos n' Andy hit its peak of popularity in the
1930s, but the show remained on radio until 1958. Lightly
soiled at margins. Mounting remnants and copyright stamp
on verso (no show through). Overall, very good condition.
We have done a great deal of research on this photo,
trying to determine who actually signed, one of
both. We can say that the handwriting on this photo
matches those of the same period, whether on photos or
album pages. Since no one ever said otherwise, it is
assumed that Gosden signed Amos and Charles signed
Andy.........150-200
See above
321. [MUSIC] Gerard
Schwarz (b.1947) American conductor.
He was music director of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra from
1985 to 2011. His numerous awards include Musical America's
Conductor of the Year in 1994 (the first American to win that
award), 13 Grammy nominations, and 3 Emmy nominations (2 of
which resulted in Emmy wins) for his performance of Mozart's
Requiem on Live from Lincoln Center and performances with the
Seattle Symphony on PBS. He received Seattle's City of Music
Outstanding Achievement Award for 2010. Signed 8x10
photo. VG......25-35
322. [POETRY] Riccardo Bacchelli (1891-1985) Italian writer. SIGNED handwritten poem, 1975, written on both sides, inscribed. In Italian. Folds o/w FINE..........50-75
323. [MUSIC] Sigmund
Lillebjerka (1931 - ) Norwegian
composer. AMQS from his "Elegisk Intermezzo" dated 2013,
inscribed. Approx. 9-1/4 x 4-1/4". VG..........50-75
324. [FRANCE] Jean Henri Dupin
[1787-1887] Fr. dramatist, author. He often collaborated with
Eugene Scribe. ALS, 1838, 1p............50-75
325. [MUSIC] Sir George Henschel (I1850-1934)
English baritone, pianist, conductor, and composer. Fine
signature, dated Jan. 1930. Approx. 3.5 x 2.5 in..........40-60
326. Marty Allen
(b.1922) American stand-up comedian, actor,
and veteran of World War II. He has worked as a comedy headliner
in night clubs and as a dramatic actor in TV roles. SIGNED,
inscribed 8x10 photograph.........25-35
327. [MUSIC] Bobby Helms (1933-1997)
American country music singer who enjoyed his peak success in
1957 with the seasonal hit "Jingle Bell Rock". His other hits
include "Fraulein" and "My Special Angel". SIGNED 8x10
portrait photograph........60-80
328. [FILM - TV] Betty Garrett (1919
– 2011) was an American actress, comedienne, singer and dancer
who originally performed on Broadway before being signed to a
film contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. While there, she
appeared in several musical films before returning to Broadway
and making guest appearances on several television series.
SIGNED inscribed 8x10 photograph. VG............25-35
330. PITTSBURGH, PA. - Sinking Fund
Commission of the City of Pittsburgh. File folder containing
over 60 documents & letters, 1940s - 50s. Over 70 pages.
Many signatures, mostly city officials. Who knows what this
is?..........50-75
331. [MUSIC] Noel Paul Stookey (b. 1937) singer-songwriter best known as "Paul" in the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary. ANS, no date, accompanied by unsigned music sheet "PUFF"..........40-60
332. [CIVIL WAR] Henry Watterson (1840-1921) American journalist who founded the
Louisville Courier-Journal. He also served part of one term in
the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat. He
fought for the Confederate States of America under General
Nathan B. Forrest during the American Civil War, and edited a
pro-Confederate newspaper, the Chattanooga Rebel. Signature on
mounted card......25-35
333. [MUSIC] Bill
Conti (b. 1942) American film music
composer who is frequently the conductor at the Academy Awards
ceremony. AMQS from the TV show "Dynasty". Approx. 8-1/4 x
3-3/4". VG..........40-60
See AMQS above
334. [MEDICINE] George Crile [1864-1943]. American surgeon; a founder and first director (1921-40) of Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Conducted pioneering research into shock, surgical trauma, resuscitation, etc. SIGNED/INSCRIBED card with sentiment..........25-35
335. John Trowbridge [1827-1916] American author. Signature, 1887......25-35
336. Jane Wyatt (1910 –2006) American actress best known for her role as the housewife and mother on the NBC and CBS television comedy series, Father Knows Best, and as Amanda Grayson, the human mother of Spock on the science fiction television series Star Trek. Wyatt was a three-time Emmy Award-winner. SIGNED 8x10 photograph. VG.............40-60
337. [FILM] Tom Tully (1908-1982) American film actor. He received an Academy Award nomination for the role of the first commander of the "Caine" in 1954's The Caine Mutiny, with Humphrey Bogart. Signature..........20-30
338. GUY DAVENPORT - American Short
Story Writer/Illustrator/Poet. His published work includes
short-fiction, such as 12 Stories (1997) and The Cardiff Team
(1966); poetry, collected in his Flowers and Leaves (1966) and
Thasos and Ohio (1985); and collections of essays, including The
Geography of the Imagination (1981) and Every Force Evolves a
Form (1987). Davenport's work as an illustrator has appeared in
Arion and Paideuma. He also created the cover art and
illustrations for his collection of stories, Apples and Pears
and Other Stories (1984). In 1996 a collection of Davenport's
artwork, 50 Drawings, was published. TLS dtd 10/28/02
................25-35
340. Dick Van
Patten (b. 1928) American actor, best known
for his role as patriarch Tom Bradford on the television sitcom
Eight is Enough. He began work as a child actor and was
successful on the New York stage, appearing in more than a dozen
plays as a teenager. SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 photograph.
VG...........25-35
341. Dick
Martin (1922 –2008) American comedian and
director, best known for his role as the cohost of the sketch
comedy program Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In from 1968 to 1973.
SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 photograph. VG...........35-45
344. [PHOTOGRAPHY] Jack Dempsey - Boxing Champion. Original c. 1964 vintage UNSIGNED 8x10 photographer of Dempsey in business suit, photographer A. Bryce Currie. VG.........30-40
345. [FILM] Eleanor Parker
(1922 –2013) American actress who appeared in some 80 movies
and television series.[1] An actress of notable versatility,
she was called Woman of a Thousand Faces by Doug McClelland,
author of a biography of Parker by the same title.At the age
of 18, Parker was signed by Warner Brothers in 1941. She was
nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actress
in the 1950s, for Caged (1950), Detective Story (1951) and
Interrupted Melody (1955). Her role in Caged also won her the
Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival. One of
her most memorable roles was that of Baroness Elsa Schrader in
the 1965 musical The Sound of Music. Signed inscribed 8x10
photograph. VG.............35-45
346. [THEATRE] OTIS SKINNER
(1858-1942) American Actor - His first stage appearance was at
the Philadelphia Museum in 1877 in Woodleigh.and made his New
York City debut in 1879. During the next five years he developed
a classical repertory and a successful acting style, first with
Edwin Booth, at Booth's Theatre, and then, for three years, with
Lawrence Barrett. In 1884 he joined Augustin Daly's company at
Daly's Theatre, remaining with it for four years. He made his
London debut in 1886 with Daly's company. After two years with
the Booth-Modjeska company, he became, in 1892, leading man
opposite Helena Modjeska. In 1903 he starred with Ada Rehan. By
his own estimation he appeared in 16 plays of Shakespeare,
"acting therein, at various times, 38 parts." In addition to his
Shakespearean roles, Skinner's chief successes were in Kismet,
which he played between 1911 and 1914, and Blood and Sand
(1921), in which he played the matador, Juan Gallardo. Skinner
was active in the theatre until his death. He was the author of
Footlights and Spotlights (1924) and Mad Folk of the Theatre
(1928). SIGNATURE with sentiment dtd 1922.....20-30
348. Rue McClanahan
(1934 –2010) American actress, best known for her roles on
television as Vivian Harmon on Maude (1972–78), Fran Crowley on
Mama's Family (1983–85), and Blanche Devereaux on The Golden
Girls (1985–92), for which she won an Emmy Award for Outstanding
Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 1987. SIGNED, inscribed 10x8
photograph........30-40
349. [FILM] Whoopi Goldberg (b. 1955) American comedienne, actress. SIGNED STAR TREK BOOKPLATE. VG...........20-30
350. [FILM] Jessica Tandy (1909
–1994) British-American stage and film actress She appeared in
over 100 stage productions and had more than 60 roles in film
and TV. Awarded Oscar (1989). ANS on verso of 4x6
photograph of her and Eva Maria Saint. VG............40-60
351. Jean-Baptiste Léon Say (1826-1896) French statesman and economist, was born in Paris. Brief ALS, 1891, 1p., 4-1/2 x 6-3/4". VG............50-75
352. [FRANCE] Antoine Pierre Berryer (1790 - 1868) French advocate and parliamentary orator. He was the twelfth member elected to occupy seat 4 of the Académie française in 1852. After the second restoration he distinguished himself as a courageous advocate of moderation in the treatment of the military adherents of the emperor. ALS, 1826, written on both sides, 7-1/4 x 9". To Marquis de Barbé-Marbois (1745- 1837) French politician. Fine..............75-100
353. [FRANCE] Pierre Lanfrey (1828-1877), French historian and politician. ALS, 1871, 2 full pages, 5.5 x 8 in. There are 4 unsigned lines written across top by Jules Simon [1814-1896] the French statesman and philosopher, and one of the leader of the Opportunist Republicans faction. Fine............75-100
354. (American Sports Figures/
Celebrites ) A large grouping of 20
Sports Figures who have all signed the Golf Score cards will
playing for a Golf Tournement : SIGNED by: Peter T. Wills,
football, Jack Marin, Football, Tom Dreesen, comedian, Richard
Rhoden, Golfer, Robert Tichenal, Football Coach, William S.
Humphries, Football, Bruce Brooks, Author, Richard Anderson,
Football, Charles Wasserman, Hollwood director, David McNally,
baseball, Michael Caruso, baseball, Clark Gillies, hockey, Ed
Mariano, Actor, Football, Jeremy Roenick, hockey,Steven
Bartkowksi, football, George Alvareyz, Actor, Michael Eruzione,
hockey, Shane Rawley, baseball, John Congemei, football, Albert
Del Greco, football, Craig Nettles, baseball, Steven Gatlin,
Signer (Gatlin Bros), Neil Lomax, football, Craig Hentrich,
Football, Tommy Moore, comedian, John Kidd, football, Philip
Smith, basketball, Robert Remus, wrestler, Kenneth Harrelson,
baseball.........200-300
355. [FRANCE] Antoine-Nicolas Bailly (1810-1892) important French architect. In 1850,
with the support of Eugène Viollet-le-Duc , Bailly became the
architect of the dioceses of Bourges, Valencia and Digne. From
1875 to 1886, he served as diocesan architect of Limoges, and he
was also the supervising architect of the Notre Dame de Paris
from 1883 to 1886, after Viollet-le-Duc's restorations. In 1854
Bailly was appointed inspector of works in Paris. As such he
participated in the completion of the Old Town Hall and the
construction of the Fontaine Molière under Louis Visconti. In
1860, Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann commissioned Bailly with
the administrative building for the 4th arrondissement of Paris,
which served as a model for others. His best-known work overall,
although not the most admired, is the Tribunal de commerce de
Paris (Commercial Court of Paris) on the Île de la Cité,
completed in 1865, which Napoleon III had requested be designed
in the style of the town hall of Brescia . Its business courts
are organized around a glass atrium reaching the entire height
of the building. The exterior features architectural sculpture
by Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse. Letter Signed, 1885, 1p. To the Director of the
Mint about a bronze medal of the Salon. VG...........75-100
356. [FRANCE] Jean-Charles-Dominique de Lacretelle (1766-1855) was a journalist and historian; on editorial staff of Journal des Débats (1790); imprisoned (1797-99) for monarchist sympathies; as royal censor, successfully opposed press censorship, causing loss of his office (1827). Pioneer in historical study of French Revolution. Published Précis historique de la Révolution française (1801-06), Histoire de France pendant le XVIIIe siècle (1808), Histoire de France dupuis la restauration (1829-35), etc. Nice ALS, no date, 1p, 4-1/8 x 7 in. VG...........75-100
357. [ITALY] Giuseppe Bianchini (1704-1764) Italian Oratorian, biblical, historical, and liturgical scholar. Clement XII and Benedict XIV , who highly appreciated his learning, entrusted him with several scientific labors. Bianchini had contemplated a large work on the texts of the Bible, Vindiciae Canonicarum Scripturarum Vulgatae latinae editionis, which was to comprise several volumes, but only the first, in which, among other things, are to be found fragments of the Hexapla (cod. Chisianus), was published (Rome, 1740). Much more important is his Evangeliarium quadruplex latinae versionis antiquae , etc., 2 vols. (Rome, 1749). Among his historical works may be mentioned the fourth volume which Bianchini added to the publication of his uncle, Francesco Bianchini, Anastasii bibliothecarii Vitae Rom. Pontif. (Rome, 1735); he also published the Demonstratio historiae ecclesiasticae quadripartitae (Rome, 1752&endash;54). The chief liturgical work of Bianchini is Liturgia antiqua hispanica, gothica, isidoriana, mozarabica, toletana mixta (Rome, 1746). He also undertook the edition of the works of B. Thomasius (Tomasi), but only one volume was issued (Rome, 1741). Offered here are 3 separate pages containing his handwriting but not signed. Contents unknown. VG...........75-100
358. Phylicia
Rashād (b. 1948) American Tony
Award-winning actress, singer and stage director, best known for
her role as Clair Huxtable on the long-running NBC sitcom The
Cosby Show. She was nominated for an Emmy Award for this part in
1985 and 1986. SIGNED inscribed 8x10 photograph.
VG.............25-35
360. [CIVIL WAR] G.R. GIDDINGS - Partly printed Document signed [filled in by Giddings]. Army pay voucher dated March 9, 1867 for G.R. Giddings, Lt. Col. 16 th U. S. Infantry. Interesting document covering two months and detailing the amounts due for pay for himself and 2 servants, clothing for the servants, and subsistence for himself and his servants. It even includes physical descriptions of the servants. Gives some insight into Army life immediately after the Civil War. Col. Giddings died suddenly 3 months later while acting as President of a Court-martial. The Savannah (GA) Republican that "a more modest, courteous, and genial commandant has never been stationed in Savannah." Folds out to 17 x 11 in. He served at Gettysburg and Chancellorsville. Fresh condition.......80-120
361. [WESTERN AMERICANA]
H. Webster - Frontier veterinarian. Document signed,
Leadville, Colorado, 1882. Vetinary Bill that to early
Colorado statehood. Approx. 8-1/2 x 4-1/4".....25-35
362. John Beverley Nichols (1898-1983) English author, playwright, journalist, composer, and public speaker. ALS, 1973, 1p.............40-60
364. [THEATRE] Ernest Legouve (1807-1903) French writer; author of novel
Édith de Falsen (1840) and plays Louise de Lignerolles (1848),
Adrienne Lecouvreur (with Scribe, 1849), Bataille de dames
(1851), Un Jeune Homme qui ne fait rien (1861). ALS, 1879,
2pp. Not translated. Written to Pingard. VG..........50-75
365. [FILM] Lynn
Bari (1913 –1989) American actress who
specialized in playing sultry, statuesque man-killers in over
one hundred 20th Century Fox films from the early 1930s through
the 1940s. SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 photograph.
VG..........40-60
367. RUFUS W. PECKHAM (1809-1873). Congressman from New York 1853-55. Killed at sea in ship's collision. His namesake son was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. ADS. This is a letter dated June 25, 1853, attesting to the character and pecuniary respectability of one Andrew Morrison, addressed to a Washington law firm by H. A. Brigham, a lawyer in West Troy. Added to the letter are endorsements by the State Director of Pensions (?), two acting magistrates, the postmaster, and Peckham. Peckham dates his endorsement Albany June 25. "I concur in the above certificate of Mr. Hitchcock as to Mr. Brigham whom I know very well." This lot also includes four of Peckham's clipped signatures, 3 of which add "Yours very truly"...........50-75
368. WALTER F. MONDALE - V.P. under Carter, Democratic candidate for President in 1984, U.S. Senator. Lot consists of 2 items. (1) DS with initials as Senator dated Aug. 30, 1966, requesting information about dermatology et al from the Dept. of Medicine at the University of Minnesota. Punch holes at left and small marginal tears at top. (2) First day cover signed by autopen, honoring Mondale on his V.P. inauguration and postmarked Jan. 20, 1977 at Ceylon, MN (his hometown).............50-75
369. [FRANCE] Charles Lucas (1803-1889) French jurist and administrator, author of many books and articles on the abolition of the death penalty, the theory of preventive detention, law enforcement and imprisonment, and finally the civilization of war. ALS, 1828, 2pp. Speaks of Keratry and justice. Below signature of Lucas there are about 10 lines and sifnature of Auguste Hilarion, comte de Kératry [1769-1859] French poet, novelist, short story writer, literary critic, historian, and politician. He was the father of Emile de Kératry. VG.........60-80
370. [NOBEL PRIZE] Sydney Brenner, CH FRS (b. 1927) is a South African biologist and a 2002 Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate, shared with H. Robert Horvitz and John Sulston. HIS SIGNATURE ON KING'S COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE CARD, 20 MAY 2002........20-30
371. L. QUINCY MUMFORD (1903-1982). Librarian of Congress 1954-74, having been appointed by President Eisenhower. LS dated May 3, 1973 suggesting to his correspondent how he might search for a letter of Thomas Rodney..........25-35
372. (STUART SYMINGTON) (1901-1988), Senator from Missouri, First Secretary of the Air Force, appointed by Truman. LS written by his cousin Stuart Symington Goode, a lawyer and socialite, to prominent newsman Ray Tucker December 9, 1952. Extremely interesting political commentary and considerable discussion, sometimes very unflattering, about his cousin...........35-45
373. William F. Sapp (1824-1890). Congressman from Iowa 1877-1881. ALS from Council Bluffs dated October 14th 1869, 1 very full p., 10 x 8", to General Wm. W. Belknap. This is an extremely warm letter congratulating the General on his appointment (by Grant) as Secretary of War. (Belknap was later impeached and resigned but was found not guilty.) Significant staining, but the writing is dark and clear..........40-60
374. [MUSIC] Maryan Rawicz (1898-1970) Polish Pianist. Sig. inscribed.........20-30
375. [NY] David B. Hill [1843-1910] Governor of New York from 1885 to 1891. During his tenure as Governor, William Kemmler was executed in the electric chair, the first inmate in the country ever to be put to death in this manner. He served as a U.S. Senator from New York from 1892 to 1897. He was also a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President in 1892, but lost to Grover Cleveland. Document Signed, 1902 National Commercial Bank check [Albany]. VG.........25-35
376. Glyn Warren Philpot (1884-1937) English artist, best known for his portraits of contemporary figures such as Siegfried Sassoon, and Vladimir Rosing. Signed postcard reproduction of his work "The Adoration of the Three Kings." .............35-45
377. FRANCES M. FROST (1905-1959) American Poet. ANS on card 1929......25-35
378. Sir Francis Grant RA [1803-1878] notable Scottish artist of the 19th century. He also served as President of the Royal Academy. ALS, no date, written on both sides. 4.5 x 7 in.............40-60
379. Sir George
Rostrevor Hamilton (1888 - 1967) was an
English poet and critic. He worked as a civil servant: his
experience as an inspector of taxes meaning he could help out
his friend Walter de la Mare. He was knighted in 1951. He had a
classical education at the University of Oxford, and later
compiled anthologies of Latin and Greek verse for Nonesuch
Press. He was a published war poet of World War I, known for the
rather conventional and sentimental A Cross in Flanders. His
book The Tell-Tale Article on the Auden Group made an impact by
the expedient of counting the proportion of definite articles in
Auden 's verse, remarking that it was much higher than in older
styles. In general he was a steady conservative in matters of
literature. He was a director of the Poetry Book Society, and
well connected as a correspondent of many literary figures;
including E. R. Eddison and Owen Barfield. AQS, "A Judge
Reflects" from The Carved Stone 1952. On 5-1/2 x 3-1/4 white
card. VG...........30-40
380. Frank R. Stockton [1834-1902] Am. writer, humorist. Signature..........20-30
381. Denison Olmsted [1791-1859] Am.
astronomer. Signature......25-35
382. [CINEMA] BIRAN AHERNE (1902-1986) British Actor - Oscar Nominee for Juarez - Leading man in Hollywood in the 30's and 40's, played opposite, Helen Hayes, Katharine Hepburn, Ann Harding, Merle Oberon, Carol Lombard, Claudette Colbert, Bette Davis - 1st husband of Joan Fontaine. SIGNED 3x5 card [green]........20-30
383. Edward Irving Wortis (b. 1937),
better known by the pen name Avi,
is an American author of young adult and children's literature.
He is a winner of the Newbery Medal and twice one of the
runners-up (Newbery Honor). Ink signed "Avi" TLS [form
letter], 1p...........25-35
384. STEVE FORBES - Presidential Candidate. Signed & inscribed color 8x10 photo................20-30
385. JOSEPH W. MARTIN, Jr. (1884-1968) US Speaker of the House, elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth and to the twenty succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1925-January 3, 1967); minority leader in the Seventy-sixth, Seventy-seventh, Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, Eighty-first, Eighty-second, Eighty-fourth, and Eighty-fifth Congresses; Speaker of the House of Representatives (Eightieth and Eighty-third Congresses). SIGNATURE clipped from letter...........20-30
386. [CLOWNS] Duane "Uncle Soapy" Thorpe [1925-1995] American clown inducted into the Clown Hall of Fame in 2000. Wonderful 4 pages ALS, written in 1994 from Spain. Written to friends back in Florida he talks about the famous clow, Lou Jacobs, and his fear of ending up in a nursing home. He begins by saying he is disappointed from not being elected into the Clown Hall of Fame. He would be elected after his death. Mentions letter he got from John Ringling North II about a plaque for his father. Besides the envelope he includes 6 color photos of Spain with his descriptions on their backs. VG...............60-80
388. [FILM] Ben Lyon (1901-1979)American film actor and a 20th Century Fox studio executive. His greatest success as an actor came in 1930 with the film Hell's Angels. TLS, L.A., Calif., 1973, 1p. To Harriet. In part - "...When we were visiting Colleen Moore up north last week, Barbara called from London..." VG.............50-75
389. [POETRY] Robert
C. Waterston [1812-1893] Unitarian
Clergyman, poet, born Kennebunk, Maine. Pastor at various Boston
churches, he had charge of a sailor's Sunday-school. Signed
holograph poem, "Familiar Things", 3pp, 4to. VG............50-75
390. Henry L. Nunn (1878-1972) American Business Leader, one of the founders of the Nunn-Bush Shoe Company and a pioneer in the development of good labor-management relations. His papers are in the collection of the Wisconsin Historical Society, including records of Nunn's participation in a mission in 1951 for the Economic Cooperation Administration, the United States government agency set up in 1948 to administer the Marshall Plan. Archive of 6 TLSs plus 3 envelopes, 1953-63, to Dorthy Nunn or Alice Josephine Nunn. PLUS 4 letters from Mrs. Henry L. Nunn, all with their envelopes............100-150
391. [FILM] Olympia Dukakis (b. 1931) American actress. Signed 8x10 printed photo. VG............25-35
392. [FILM] Colleen Dewhurst (1924-1991) Sanadian-American actress. Signed 8x10 photo, 1989. VG.............25-35
393. [ENGLAND] Charles Townshend, Second Viscount, (born 1674, died 1738) a statesman. document signed, JUNE 17, 1710, APPROX. 9 X 3-1/2 in. Payment order for 1,000 pounds. Fine condition. Charles Townshend, Second Viscount, (born 1674, died 1738) a statesman of unsulliintegrity, was the eldest son of Horatio, the first Viscount. He succeeded to the Peerage in December 1687, being educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge. When he took his seat in the House of Lords his sympathies leant to Toryism, but this predilection soon faded away, and in February 1701 it was rumoured among the courtiers that he would hold office of Privy Soal in the Whig Ministry which William the Third had in view. For some years after the accession of Queen Anne he remained without office, but on September 29th 1707 he was created Yeomen of the Guard, and in the same year he was summoned to the Privy Council, a distinction renewed by the queen's two successors to the throne. The command og the Yeomen remained in his hands until June 13th 1711, but its responsibilities did not prevent him from acting as joint plent- potentiary with the Duke of Marlborough in the peace negotiations with France which were carried on at Gertruydenburg, near Breda, o from serving as ambassador extraordinary at the Hague Congress (May 2, 1709 to March 26, 1711). Townshend was in high favour of George the First and on that king's arrival at the Hague in September 1714 he published the appointment of Charles as Secretary of State for the Southern Department, entrusting to his new minister the privilege of nominating his own colleague: Horace Walpole (??? Robert Walpole ), his brother-in-law and private secretary recommended Stanhope for the vacant post, and Stanhope was duly appointed. Townshend did not neglect to avail himself of the advantages afforded by his attendance on the king, and before he arrival of George the First in England he had obtained complete ascendency both over his mind and the dispositions of the advisors by whom his line of conduct was usually determined. The policy of the new ministers, both at home and abroad, lay in the promotion of peace. With this object they endeavoured to limit the charges against their predecessor Harley, Lord Oxford, to high crimes and misdemeanours. To gain this and they brought about, in 1716, an alliance between those ancient rivals in arms, France and England. In spite of their success their influence was gradually undermined by the intrigues of Lord Sunderland and by the discontent of the Hanoverian favourites, who deemed the pensions and the places which they had gained as insufficient reward for their exertions. In October, 1716 Stanhope accompanied the King on a journey to Hanover, and during this visit was seduced from his allegiance to his colleague by the wily Sunderland, who had ingratiated himself into royal favour. George the First was induced into believing that Townshend and Walpole were caballing with the prince of Wales, and were forming designs against the royal authority. Townshend was dismissed in December 1716 from his place of Secretary of State, and was afforded in lieu thereof the splendid banishment of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, a gilded sinecure which he at first contemptuously declined, but finally condescended ultimately to accept on condition that he was not required to set foot on Irish soil. His latent spirit of hostility to this arrangement quickly developed into open antagonism, and in March 1717 he was dismissed from this position. At the close of May 1720, a partial reconciliation took place between the opposing Whig sections of Stanhope and Townshend. The Latter was readmitted into the Ministry as Lord President of the Council on 11th June 1720, and his devoted colleague, Sir Robert Walpole, became Paymaster General. When the South Sea Bubble burst, the fortunes of the Ministry shared in the misfortunes of the scheme which they had promoted. Stanhope, in a paroxysm of passion during a heated debate broke a blood vessel, and Sunderland, although acquitted of the charge of personal corruption, was forced to retire into private life. The withdrawal of these statesmen assigned to their rivals the chief positions in the state. Townshend became Secretary of State on the 10th February 1721, and Walpole gained the position of First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer. The death of George the First threatened a change of advisors, but the dismay of the new king's favourite, Spencer Compton, at being called upon to draw up the royal speech led to the old ministers of the Crown being retained in their places. What the attack on the opposition could not affect, the internal strife of the administration accomplished. Townshend was of a proud, impetuous nature, born more accustomed to rule than obey. His family had for many generations stood higher in the social life of Norfolk than Walpole's progenitors, and when he himself attained the distinction in politics his position as a member of the Upper House was greater than that enjoyed by his friend in the Commons.As the power of the Lower House increased, and as Walpole became more and more the object of attacks by the Tories, the pre-eminence of Townshend passed from him. So long, to use the witty remark of Sir Robert Walpole, as the firm of Townshend and Walpole was such, things went well with them, [Lady Dorothy Walpole 1686-1726] but when the positions were reversed jealousies arose between the partners. The growing alienation was hastened by the death in 1725 of the Secretary's wife, Walpole's sister. At the close of 1729 Townshend endeavoured to obtain the appointment of his old and attached friend, Lord Chesterfield, as his fellow secretary of state, and the failure of the attempt brought about a fierce scene between himself and Walpole. They broke into passionate words, seized one another by the coat collars, and would have come to blows had their friends not intervened. After the outbreak of passion further co-operation was impossible and Townshend had the good sense to recognise the position. He retired tp private life on 15th May 1730. The Chief domestic events of Townshend's ministry were the impeachment of Bishop Atterbury; the partial restoration of Lord Bolingbroke; and the troubles in Ireland over the granting to a man named Wood of a patent for coining pence. Its concluding act was the signing of the Treaty of Seville on November 9th 1729. Charles Townshend died of apoplexy on 21st June 1738, aged 64. Slow in forming, but resolute in adhering to, his opinion, and like so many many men of that stamp, he was impatient of contradiction. His manners have been styled "course, rustic, and seemingly brutal" but these defects were not visible in his domestic life. Never did minister leave office with cleaner hands. He did not add one acre to his estate, nor leave large fortunes to his younger children.............80-120
398. La Fayette Grover
(1823-1911) Democratic politician and lawyer from the US
state of Oregon. He was the fourth Governor of Oregon,
represented Oregon in the United States House of
Representatives, and served one term in the United States
Senate. Signature as Gov. of Oregon.........25-35
400. (BASEBALL
LOT) MILT PAPPAS "Gimpy"
(1939- ) Pitcher - SIGNED inscribed note paper - JIM PERRY (1935-)
Pitcher - SIGNED 8x10 photograph with sentiment - JAMES KAAT "Kitty"
(1938- ) Pitcher - ANS on 3x5 card that he is writing
a book - KEN KELTNER
(1916-1991) 3rd baseman, responsible for ending DiMaggio's
Hitting Streak - SIGNED 5x7 print photograph - MAX LANIER
(1915-2007) Pitcher, SIGNED 3X5 card............50-75
![73. (KENTUCKY PIONEER) CHAS. HELM [b. Va. 1777-1821?] elected to the state senate in 1812, serving four terms; during War of 1812 he served under Capt. [later Maj. Gen.] John Thomas, in the 2nd Regt. of Ky. Mounted Militia. DS, [Elizabethtown, Ky.] 1804, 7-3/4 x 12". Also signed by Asa Coombes, Jacob Linder, James Love, & John Coombes. Signed [very light in ink] on verso by Luke Calvin. Promise to pay document. Prominent stain..........200-300](https://merv2.tripod.com/helm-486.jpeg){kind=link}
![285. Boots Randolph [1927-2007] saxophone player "Yakety Sax." ISP, 8x10.....25-35](https://merv2.tripod.com/randolph-294.jpeg){kind=link}
