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4.
[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. Rare b/w print pulled
directly from the original block. The block was made for a
1935 Kuhn family Christmas card. During the 1930s up
until around 1940, the Kuhn family sent out cards printed from
the blocks that were hand-colored by Walt Kuhn and Brenda
[daughter]. It is unknown how much watercoloring that each did
on all those cards. In later years, Brenda had
photo-mechanical reproductions made, which she herself
hand-colored and sent out. One of those hand-colored [by
Brenda] reproductions of this 1932 print is in the permanent
collection of the Smithsonian Institute. Over the years we've
noticed that these Christmas cards have been sold as original
watercolors. To be more specific - those Christmas cards could
technically be described as watercolors although since it is
known how much of the coloring was done by Walt himself it
seems a little misleading to call those prints watercolors by
Walt Kuhn. The black & white print offered here was pulled
about 10 years ago by Merv from the original block which we
own. To be sure Merv will be pulling more prints in the
future. Image approx. 5-1/4 x 7-1/2 in. plus margins. On
pre-1800 paper. PICTURE of Kuhn is NOT included
here..............75-100
See print
Picture
of Walt Kuhn
6.
(KENTUCKY PIONEER) ROBERT
BLEAKLEY - about 1801 Bleakley and Wm.
Montgomery, two very interesting young Irishmen, came to
Elizabethtown and opened a dry goods store with a stock of
goods, and soon became very popular. The store was opened in a
log house at the corner of the Public Square. Bleakley was
engaged in the rebellion in Ireland in 1798. He evaded
Government officers by concealing himself in a vessel and thus
made his escape to the United States. Bleakley remained some
years after Montgomery left town, and acted as sheriff for
several years, and then settled on a farm and died about 1850,
leaving a large family. There is something romantic and
interesting in the history of these two men. Born on the same
island, engaged in the same rebellion, both compelled to leave
to save their lives; emigrating to the same country, finding
employment in the same establishment in Baltimore, partners in
merchandising in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, marrying
sisters, and then living and dying on adjacent farms. It
was in their general store that Tom Lincoln [Abe Lincoln's
father] purchased many items when he was courting Nancy Hanks
[mother of the
future president]. Offered here is a 1811 manuscript
document written and signed by
Front side
Back side
8.
[KENTUCKY]
Front side
Back side
9. Offered here is an
archive of materials, approximately 95 items,
consisting of 46 letters (personal and business)
and receipts, billheads, memoranda, envelopes, all relating
to the family of John W. Park. JOHN
W.PARK (b. 1832) was, for some fifty
years, the foremost lawyer in Coweta Circuit, Georgia. He
was one of the organizers of the Georgia Bar Association,
later becoming its president. During the Civil War, Park was
a major in the 1st Georgia Regiment of Reserves, serving
until Lee's surrender at Appomattox.. Two letters here were
written by Park himself, and some ten envelopes bear his
notations and initials (JWP). A number of letters from
family members, including his son ORVILLE AUGUSTUS PARK (b.
1872), who graduated from Vanderbilt College Law Department
in 1893, opened practice in Macon, Georgia, and who, for
many years partnered with Andrew W. Lane; in 1898 Orville
was elected Secretary of the Georgia Bar Association and
taught at Mercer College, plus otherletters to him
concerning legal matters, etc. A nice lot from this
Confederate officer. Condition of the material varies from
excellent to fair (majority quite good), with expected
folds, some soiling/ spotting, occasional edge tears/ small
paper losses, etc................200-300
10. [ENTERTAINMENT] Mixed lot: Rodney Dangerfield - signed admit ticket. Sally Kirkland - sig. & inscribed 8x10 photo. Carol Burnett - signed card. Donny Most [Happy days] - sig. & inscribed 10x8 photo. Phyllis George - sig. & inscribed 7x9 photo. Plus photo of Ted Knight with facs. signature.............50-75
11. (WORLD LITERATURE
LOT) Maximilian
Harden (1861-1927)
influential German journalist and editor. ALS on
postcard, 1916 PLUS another ALS, 1899 -- Guglielmo Ferrero
(1871-1942) Italian historian, journalist and
novelist, author of the Greatness and Decline of
Rome. SIGNATURE on stationary with
sentiment, 1908 - Golo
Mann (1909-1994)
popular historian, essayist and writer, son
of novelist Thomas Mann. SIGNED on verso 4x6
photograph. Dennis
Vincent Brutus (1924-2009)
South African activist, and poet best known for
his campaign to have apartheid South Africa banned
from the Olympic Games. ALS, on printed
poem, 1990 – Aziz
Suryal Atiya (1898-1988)
prominent Coptologist who was a Coptic historian
and scholar and an expert in Islamic and Crusades
studies. Professor Atiya was the founder of the
Institute of Coptic Studies in Cairo in
1950s. ALS, 1973 -- Cäsar
Flaischlen (1869-1920).
Celebrated German Poet. He is famous worldwide as
the author of his poem, "Hab' Sonne im Herzen"
("Have Sunshine in Your Heart" which has been
translated into various languages. ALS,
1899............100-150
12. George
Abbott (1887-1995) American theater producer and
director, playwright, screenwriter, and film
director and producer whose career spanned more than
nine decades Signed 1977 FDC honoring Centennial of
Sound Recording. Clean.........40-60
See
George Abbott
13. [ART] Johann Simon Negges (Germany, Augsbourg, 1726 - 1792) original mezzotint, portrait of Johannes OECOLAMPADIUS (1482-1531), German scholar and preacher who led the Reformation in Basel, Switzerland. Originally named Johannes Hursgen, he was born at Weinsberg, in Bavaria. Trained in classical languages, he Grecized his last name and moved to Basel in 1515 to assist the Dutch humanist scholar Desiderius Erasmus in preparing his Greek New Testament. After two years (1518-20) as a preacher at Augsburg, Germany, Oecolampadius entered a Bridgettine monastery. His discovery of the work of Martin Luther and his increasing discontent with the Roman Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation prompted him to leave in 1522. Returning to Basel, he became a professor of theology and preached at Saint Martin's Church. Thereafter, he was an ardent supporter of the Reformation. Image approx. 11-1/2 x 9 plus margins. VG...........150-250
Yes, the estimate below is not a
mistake. You will begin to notice some odd estimates, or
obviously some estimates which may seem low on particular lots
in this, and future auctions.
14. US Senate & House of
Representative Government documents concerning CLAIMS, invalid
and other types. Collection of 22, most dated
1846. A few dated later up to 1858. Some of the
last names: Cochran, Dygert, Buchanan, Allen, Beetley,
Carpenter, Foreman, Hungerford, Scott, Frothingham, Harkness,
Moors, Leavenworth, Broadwell, DeRussey, and of course
Smith. Most are single sheets, removed from the
publications printed for the members of congress. Light
age toning as usual..............40-100
15.
[FRANCE] Paul Ernest de Royer
(1803-1877) French lawyer, magistrate and politician. He
was Minister of Justice in 1851 under the French Second
Republic, and again from 1857 to 1859 under the Second French
Empire. He was first president of the Court of Auditors in
1863, and was also President of the General Council of the
Marne. After the fall of the Empire in 1870, he returned to his
career as a magistrate. Rare handwritten and signed
poem dated 1876, 1p, 4.5 x 7 in. This was sent to the
artist Claudius Popelin. Fine..............100-150
16. [ARTISTS] multiple lot includes: DALHOV IPCAR (1917) SIGNED inscribed card of her artwork mural “Golden Savana (1979). ORSON BYRON LOWELL (1871-1956) Popular Illustrator at the turn of the Century, illustrated for F. Marion Crawford and other authors, Boys Life, Colliers, Life magazines. SIGNATURE with his thumb print. EVERETT RAYMOND KINSTLER (b. 1926) Portrait Artist, Illustrator. He has made over 1200 portraits of many celebrated personages, including 2 Presidential Portraits of Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford. SIGNED inscribed 4x6 postcard print of his portrait of John Wayne. JOHN HENRY DOLPH (1835-1903) Painter was the leading “Cat” artist in the 1870’s. SIGNATURE on card. DAVID DALHOFF NEAL (1838-1915) Artist/Painter who did portraits but his most famous work was “After The Chase”. ALS (1875). UMBERTO ROMANO (1906-1982) Italian born American Artist/Illustrator in 1942 her was commissioned to paint Pres. Roosevelt’s mother Sarah Delano Roosevelt also known as a sculptor. SIGNED CARD. JAN DeRUTH (1922-1991) Czech born American Painter His early life was shuffled to various concentration camps. His art was totally dedicated to the art from of the woman’s body. Exhibited in dozens of major shows in his lifetime. ALS (1967) 2pp signed “Jan”. Eng Tay (b. 1947) American artist. Signature dated 1983................80-120
17. [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 him
18. [ENTERTAINERS] signed 3x5
cards: Conrad Bain (1923-2013), Bill
Christopher [MASH], Phyllis George, Mike
Farrell [MASH], Ann Landers (1918-2002), Bill
Macy, Love Lucy (1911-1989)..............50-75
20. [FRANCE] a 1788 2-page document
signed, from Dreux, France to Nantes,
France.................80-120
25. ONE OF THE
FIRST TELEPHONE COMPANY STOCKS
ISSUED - C.A. Brome - American
financier; president of the
Mexican Telephone Co. Document
signed, NY, NY, 1899. Also
signed by the company
treasurer. 8-1/4 x 5-1/2 in.
This company was incorporated
in the state of New York.
MexTel, as it came to be
known, was eventually
purchased by Southwestern
Bell. VG................50-75
27. [ART] Art
Catalogue-DLM 129-FRANCOIS
FIEDLER - LITHOGRAPHS -
Derriere le Miroir -1961. Text
by Jean Grenier. This issue
contains 6 original colour
lithographs (2 double page) on
totally 32 pages (including
cover). Complete as
issued. Published with
the sheets unbound and
inserted into the fully
printed cover. Work includes:
original color
lithographs. The overall
size is ca. 11 x 15 inch. The
image size is ca. 22 x 15
inch. Showing cover and
one of the double page
lithographs in the scans
below. François
Fiedler
(1921-2001) was a
Hungarian-born naturalized
French painter. One of the
vitally important artists in
the Aimé Maeght stable
that included Marc Chagall,
Giacometti and Joan Miró, was
François Fiedler (1921-2001).
Fiedler's life and art was
chronicled in many books and
journals, including Collection
de la Fondation Maeght,
and several Maeght
publications entitled simply
Fiedler. He met his
second wife, Claire, and they
lived in a little house in the
forest south of Paris. One day
while looking at a pot of
house paint, crackled by the
sun and making such beautiful
designs, he decided to
reproduce this process on
canvas. After this he never
made any more figurative
paintings, finding so many
forms of expression in this
new technique. The great
artist Miró saw one of these
in a corner of a little
gallery and was amazed by it.
He decided to find the artist
and so met Fiedler. They
became close friends, and Miró
presented François to the
famous gallery and art dealer
Aimé Maeght. Now he was
connected with some of the
greatest creators of the time,
all managed by Aimé Maeght. He
became close with Giacometti,
Brach, Cesar, Ubac, Tal-Coat,
Miró, Chagall, and so many
other artists of this
era. During his long
career, François was regularly
featured in salon shows
alongside his contemporaries
mentioned above, and his works
were a regular feature in the
Maeght Foundation publication
Derrière le
Miroir......................150-250
See
cover
See
one of the lithographs
28. [ART] Art Catalogue-DLM 131- PIERRE TAL-COAT - LITHOGRAPH - Derriere le Miroir - 1962. Text by Charles Estienne (Le Pays de Tal Coat). This issue contains 5 original double page lithographs in colours and 12 reproductions on totally 32 pages (including cover). Complete as issued. The overall size is ca. 11 x 15 inch. The image size is ca. 22 x 15 inch. VG. Published with the sheets unbound and inserted into the fully printed cover. Work includes: original colour and b/w lithographs and offset reproductions. Pierre Tal-Coat (1905-1985) French artist considered to be one of the founders of Tachisme. Back in Paris in 1930, after a stay back home in Brittany from 1927 to 1929, he mixed with such notables as Francis Gruber, André Marchand, Gertrude Stein, Francis Picabia, Ernest Hemingway, Giacometti, Balthus, Artaud, Tzara and Paul-Émile Victor. From 1932 he was a member of the "Forces Nouvelles". In 1936, he protested against the Spanish Civil War with his “Massacres” series................150-250
29. [ART] Lawrence C. Barone - American contemporary. Wood-engraving, pencil signed. Mat opening size approx. 7-1/4 x 4-1/4". Shrink-wrapped - not examined out of mat. VG..........50-75
30. [ART] Albert
Sterner (1863-1946) important artist born
to American parents in London. He studied at the Julian Academy
in Paris, France. He emigrated to the USA in 1881, moving first
to Chicago and then to New York. Sterner was a noted painter,
printmaker, and illustrator. Sterner did illustrations for
Harper's and LIFE magazines, as well as several other
publications. He was president of the Society of Illustrators
(1907-1908) and later taught at the Arts Students League in New
York (1918). He received many accolades and awards during his
career. Lithography was pioneered in America by Albert Sterner
(The Model, c. 1920), who with George Bellows (Parlor Critic,
1921) started the organization Painters-Gravers of America in
New York in 1915. This was the first artist group committed to
the development of lithography as a fine art medium in America
and included artists John Sloan and Edward Hopper. George
Bellows was introduced to fine art lithography by Sterner in
1916. Bellows was a quick study and soon became the leading
printmaker of the Ashcan School. Offered here is a rare
lithograph whose title is "Amos Tommy." Its a profile of the
head of an African American man. This is stone signed and dated
1920. Paper size 10-3/4 x 10-1/2 in. VG condition. Provenance:
the Estate of Albert Sterner, from his summer home in
Massachusetts. East Coast Books, during the 1980s, purchased
most of the remaining prints, and most of the drawings from the
estate. There were only two of this particular lithograph. Truly
rare. We have been unable to locate anyone else who owns this
print. The 1927 book "Albert Sterner - His Life and His Art" by
Ralph Flint, has an illustration of Amos Tommy [plate
34].................300-400
31. [ART] Chaim Gross (1904-1991) was an American sculptor. In 1977, Gross had three retrospective exhibitions: at the Lowe Art Museum at the University of Miami, followed by the Montclair Art Museum; and the Jewish Museum (Manhattan). The Jewish Museum's exhibition catalog featured an important essay on Gross by art historian and modern American sculpture specialist Roberta K. Tarbell, Professor Emeritus at Rutgers University. Original plate signed lithograph, 1950s, from Improversations. Approx. 12 x 8-3/4 in. flush. Scan below shows print shrinkwrapped. VG..............100-150
34. [FRANCE]
Adolphe Perraud (1828-1906)
French Cardinal and academician. Three ALSs,
1878, 1894, and 1904, total 11 pages........100-200
35. [ART] CHICAGO; antique print 1874. Type:
Antique wood-engraved print. Date of printing: 1874. Image
size approx. 6-1/2 x 9-1/4 inches plus margins. Condition:
Very Good; suitable for framing. Verso: There is text printed
on the reverse side of the print. Provenance:
"Picturesque America or The land we live in"; Edited by
William Cullen Bryant Published by D. Appleton & Company,
New York. Formerly in the collection of Katherine Ebert,
author of the book OLD AMERICAN PRINTS FOR THE
COLLECTOR. VG.............50-75
See above
36. [ART] Henry Botkin
(1896-1983) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and was a
mid-century American Modernist who served as President of the
Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors from 1957 to 1961.
He was an illustrator for The Saturday Evening Post, Harpers,
and The Century Magazine. Botkin was a cousin and close
friend to composers, George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin.
Gershwin collected many of Botkin's paintings, which people
said corresponded in mood to Gershwin's music. Original plate signed lithograph, 1953, from
Improversations. Approx. 12 x 8-1/2 in.
VG..........100-150
37. [MAINE] James Carr (1777-1818) congressman from Maine, then a District of Massachusetts. Carr was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts on September 9, 1777. He attended Phillips Exeter and Byfield Academies, and then went to sea as clerk on the U.S.S. Crescent. He served two years as secretary to the United States Consul at Algiers. He then joined his parents (who had migrated to Bangor, Maine), engaging in mercantile pursuits and serving as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1806–1811) for the District of Maine. Carr was elected as a Federalist to the Fourteenth United States Congress (1815–1817), the second person from Bangor to occupy that office (following his father). Carr was drowned in the Ohio River on August 24, 1818. While traveling with his family on a steamboat, his 9-year-old daughter Mary fell overboard just below Louisville, Kentucky, and Carr entered the water in a failed attempt to save her. Neither of their bodies were ever recovered. Manuscript Document Signed, York County, Maine, 1800; also signed by Thos. M. Wentworth, Mark Walker and W. Atkinson. James Carr of Somersworth, NH, sells land to Thomas Wallingford, who was the father of the famous seaman Samuel Wallingford, who died aboard the war ship "RANGER" under the command of John Paul Jones. Approx. 7-1/4 x 12 in. Signed in verso. VG.......................75-100
38. New Orleans - circa 1873 steel-engraved view
of the harbor, image about 5.5 x 9 in. plus margins. There are
a few spots in the outer margins - not clo0se to the image so
will not show if framed. VG................40-60
39. Utica, New York 1841 handcolored wood-engraving, 4-1/2 x
7-1/4 in. mat opening. Not examined out of the mat. Appears to
be in very good condition.............40-60
40. [BELGIAN CONGO] Original bond for the
Societe Des Mines D'Or De Kilo-Moto, Belgian Congo, 1926.
Folio. Shows two Black men, one paddling a canoe, the other
pushing a wagon containing ore. Bond matured in 1944. Engraved
by J. Deheneffe, Brussels, Belgium. With original
coupons. The signatures are printed, as is customary.
VG...........100-150
41. [FRANCE] Francois-Joseph Belanger (1744
– 1818) French architect and decorator working in the
Neoclassic style. Bélanger designed and constructed numerous
hôtels particuliers for Parisian aristocrats and bankers. He
designed the Château de Méréville for Jean-Joseph de Laborde,
1784–86. He designed interiors for the Hôtel Baudart de
Saint-James, 12 Place Vendôme, and influenced garden designs
of the epoch. Rare document
signed, 1816, 1 page., 7-1/4 x 9-3/4". Very fine
condition.............100-150
42. [FRANCE] DECRET De La Convention Nationale, 28
June 1791, 3-pages, signed inprint Duport for the King, 7-1/2
x 9-1/2". Very fresh condition.....
See front
43. [FRANCE] LETTRES
PATENTES DU ROI [of the king], signed Louis in print, dated
1790, 2pp, approx. 7-3/4 x 9-3/4". VG..........100-150
44. [FILM] Rudy Vallee (1901-1986) American singer, actor, bandleader, and entertainer. Signed bank check dated 1935 plus sheet music.. ......50-75
Click here to see Vallee
47. [MUSIC] Herman D. Koppel (1908-1998) composer and pianist of Jewish origin. Born in Copenhagen, he fled the Nazis with his family in 1943. He wrote 13 symphonies, numerous concertos, and 20 string quartets. AMQS from his composition "Concerto For Oboe and Orchestra" Op 82 (1970). On 6x4 card. One cannot consider the history of twentieth century Danish music without coming in contact with Koppel. VG...........50-75
48. [FILM
HISTORY] Bill Asher
(1921-2012) American television and film producer, film
director, and screenwriter. He was one of the most prolific
early television directors, producing or directing over two
dozen series. With television in its infancy, Asher
introduced the sitcom Our Miss Brooks, which was adapted from
a radio show. He began directing I Love Lucy by 1952. In 1964,
he produced and directed Bewitched, which starred his
then-wife Elizabeth Montgomery. As a result of his early
success, Asher was considered an "early wunderkind of
TV-land," and is credited in one magazine article for
'inventing' the sitcom. TLS, April 10, 1963, signed by
Milton Ebbins, V.P. Chrislaw Productions and Bill Asher [he
also signs]. Asher is granted a leave to direct a BEACH PARTY
film. It is assumed that the film ended up being Muscle
Beach Party (1964), starring Frankie Avalon, Annette
Funicello, Don Rickles etc. PLUS TLS, 1963, signed by
attorney Norma Zarky [see Lot 59 above]. Two
signed items - very good condition...........50-100
See
Agreement
See Norma
Zarky letter
Estimate for
all of these etchings.........900-1200
Not showing both sides of each sheet
51.
[MUSIC] Isaac Stern (1920
– 2001) American violinist and conductor. Signed 1961 Israel cover, dated 1980. 7 x 4
in. Fine...............60-80
52. [NEWSPAPER] CAPTURE OF JEFFERSON
DAVIS -
WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, Madison, Wis., May 16 1865,
VOL. XIII, No. 35. 8 pages, FILLED with Civil War news
and bulletins. Includes: "PRISON LIFE IN DIXIE"; "A
Sound Peace Platform"; "The Assassination Trial"; "The
Armies Marching Home"; "HIGHLY IMPORTANT/ JEFF. DAVIS
CAUGHT! Surprised & Taken in Georgia." .
Uncommon..............100-150
53. [THEATRE] Alice Kauser
(1872-1945) theatrical
agent. Born in Budapest, where
her father was the American consul,
she received most of her schooling
on the Continent. Her mother was the
celebrated opera singer Berta
Gester, who introduced her to many
theatrical figures. These
connections served her handsomely
when she became a play broker in the
late 1890s. Klauser helped get
several Sardou plays produced here
and was one of the first to take up
cudgels for Ibsen. She also fought
to achieve recognition for such
American clients as Edward Sheldon
and Langdon Mitchell, proving
instrumental in the production of
such plays as Salvation Nell and The
New York Idea. Among her other
clients were Channing Pollock and
Edward Childs Carpenter. Three
TLSs, all 1925, 1p. each, to
Marcel Ballot, French
Society of Authors, Composers and
Dramatists, Paris, France. In
English about the play PALS
FIRST..............60-80
54.
[THEATRE] Elisabeth
"Bessy" Marbury
(1856-1933) was a pioneering
American theatrical and literary
agent and producer who represented
prominent theatrical performers
and writers in the late 19th and
early 20th centuries and helped
shape business methods of the
modern commercial theater. She was
the longtime companion of Elsie de
Wolfe (later known as Lady Mendl),
a prominent socialite and famous
interior decorator.
Marbury's clients ranged from the
French Academy of Letters to
playwrights Oscar Wilde and George
Bernard Shaw; to the dance team of
Vernon and Irene Castle. She was
an early promoter of African
American writers of the Harlem
Renaissance. She also played an
instrumental role in developing
the modern "Book Musical" that
audiences came to know as defining
"Broadway" in the 20th century,
notably of Cole Porter's first
musical, See America First,[5] and
Jerome Kern (Nobody Home (1915),
Very Good, Eddie (1915), and Love
O' Mike (1917))through her
American Play company. ALS,
1894, 1p, about 8 x 10 in. In
French - not translated..........50-75
55.
(CINEMA) FRANCIS
LEDERER
(1899-2000) film and stage actor with a
successful career, first in Europe, then in the
United States. TLS, nd......25-35
56. Louise Chandler Moulton (1835 - August 10, 1908), American poet, story-writer and critic. Signed card dated 1901........20-30
57. Belva Plain
(1915-2010) was a best-selling American author of
mainstream fiction. ALS, 2000, plus TLS, 2001. Two
letters..........50-75
58. 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
59. 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
60. [MUSIC] James Galway (b. 1939) Northern Irish virtuoso flute player nicknamed "The Man With the Golden Flute". Following in the footsteps of Jean-Pierre Rampal, he became one of the first flute players to establish an international career as a soloist. Signed 1961 special music cover. Fine...............50-75
61. [FILM - TV] Art Carney
(1918-2003) American actor in film, stage,
television and radio. He is best known for playing Ed Norton,
opposite Jackie Gleason's Ralph Kramden in the situation comedy
The Honeymooners, and for winning the Academy Award for Best
Actor for his role in Harry and Tonto. Signed 8x10 photo.
VG..............30-40
62. Michael Ansara (1922-2013)
stage, screen, and voice actor who portrayed Cochise in the
American television series Broken Arrow, Kane in the 1979–1981
series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Commander Kang on three
different Star Trek television series, Deputy U.S. Marshal Sam
Buckhart on the NBC series Law of the Plainsman, and provided
the voice for Mr. Freeze in Batman: The Animated Series and
several of its spin-offs. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo.
VG.............30-40
See above
63.
[FRANCE- THEATRE] Isidore
Taylor (1789-1879) born in Brussels
he was closely associated with the development of French
theatre, a noted traveller and author, and a
philanthropist. Ennobled in 1825 by King Charles X, he was
by this time collecting Spanish art on behalf of the new French
King Louis Philippe I, who made him a Commissioner of Art in
1838. Previously, he had been very active in the
theatrical world and was made Royal Commissioner of the Theatre
Francaise between 1825-38. During this period he used his
position to encourage the production of Romantic drama. Among
those he helped was Alexandre Dumas, who dedicated to Taylor his
first successful play, Henri III et sa cour (The court of Henry
III, 1829). Taylor himself authored plays with a Levantine
background, Ismael et Maryam, ou l’arabe et la chrétienne (The
Arab and the Christian, 1821) and La fille de l’Hébreu et le
chevalier du temple (The Jewess and the Templar, 1823) and
co-authored with Charles Nodier an adaptation of Charles
Maturin’s successful drama, Bertram ou le pirate (1821).
From the 1840s he began his philanthropic activity by setting up
a series of mutual societies for members of the artistic
professions that have continued to this day as the Taylor
Foundation. In recognition of his work he was elected to the
Académie Française in 1847, named a senator of the Second Empire
in 1869 and made an officer of the Legion of Honour in
1877. Offered here is a document dated 1848,
boldly signed by Taylor and by 13 others. One of
the signers was Pierre
Jules Théophile Gautier (1811-1872)
French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and
literary critic. While Gautier was an ardent defender of
Romanticism, his work is difficult to classify and remains a
point of reference for many subsequent literary traditions such
as Parnassianism, Symbolism, Decadence and Modernism. He was
widely esteemed by writers as diverse as Balzac, Baudelaire, the
Goncourt brothers, Flaubert, Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot, Henry
James, Proust and Oscar Wilde. Approx. 8-1/4 x 10-3/4
in. Not translated. Certainly worthy of further
research..............200 - +
See document
See picture
of Taylor
64.
[FRANCE] French Mystery document
on paper, signed, various dates of 1587, 1589
and 1590 appear in the text but obviously early 1600s, 8
pages, approx. 7 x 10-1/2 in. VG..............100-150
65. [CARTOON] Bil Keane
(1922-2011) American cartoonist most notable for his
work on the long-running newspaper comic The Family Circus. It
began in 1960 and continues in syndication. Signed drawing,
dated 5-17-01, approx. 8.5 x 11 in. The title and name
at top appears to be printed as well as the circle line. The
drawing inside the circle, dated and signature below are
original. Fine...............75-100
See above
66.
[NOBEL] Goran
Liljestrand (1886-1968) Swedish
pharmacologist, known for the discovery of the Euler-Liljestrand
mechanism. He held the professorship in pharmacology and
physiology at the Karolinska Institute from 1927 to 1951.
Liljestrand was trained as a physiologist under Professor Jons
Johansson but became known mainly as a pharmacologist and for
his cooperation with Ulf von Euler (later Nobel laureate of
Medicine and Physiology) and Yngve Zotterman. He was secretary
of the Nobel Committee of the Karolinska Institute for 40 years.
In 1938, he was made a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of
Sciences. TLS,
1957, 1p, 8 x 10 in. To Monsieur Jean Bouscarle. Very
light/slight edge toning at top. Very
uncommon................100-150
67.
[NOBEL] Nils K. Stahle
- Stahle served as Executive Director of the Nobel
Foundation from 1948-1972. During this period he communicated
with and created ceremonies for Nobel Laureates such as T.S.
Eliot, William Faulkner, Albert Schweitzer, Winston Churchill,
Ernest Hemingway, Linus Pauling, John Steinbeck and Martin
Luther King to name a few. The distinct signature in this
letter compares perfectly with those on letters to these
Laureates. TLS, 1965, 1p, 8.25 x 11 in. To Monsieur
Jean Bouscarle. Good condition. Very
uncommon................100-150
68. [FRANCE] Abbe
Balanda - who was Librarian of the
King. He made the funeral sermon at the death of Louis
XV. Offered here is a lengthy ALS, 1780, written on
vellum, approx. 8 x 12 in. Identified as "Asks
Autum's Bishop for money in a long letter." Ink has lightened
some with age. Not translated..............100-150
69. [HAWAII 1885] Arthur Moutrig - Agent
for J.T. Morgan. ALS, London, 20 May 1885, 2pp, 4to. To
J. Challinor regarding shipment of goods to Hawaii on the
JUPITER. Written on beautiful illustrated lettersheet
illustrating J.T. MORTON'S establishment in London and
Aberdeen and illustrating the medals from the four World's
Fairs - London 1862 - Paris 1867 - Oporto 1865 - Havre 1868 -
awarded to to J.T. Morton. A spendid comination Hawaiian and
World's Fair item. VG..............100-150
70.
[ART] John Hultberg
(1922-2005) American Abstract expressionist and Abstract
realist painter. Early in his career he was related to the Bay
Area Figurative Movement; he was also a lecturer and playwright.
His teachers included Mark Rothko and Clyfford Still and he was
a classmate of Richard Diebenkorn, who was also a mentor.
Hultberg spent many years living part-time and full-time in
Maine. In 1952 he was introduced at the Museum of Modern Art in
a show of new artists. He lived for one year in Paris between
1954 and 1955 and gained a reputation there for his work. In
1955 he won the Corcoran Biennial first prize in Washington. He
was teaching at the Art Students League and was a full-time
resident in New York by 1990. He taught until the week of his
death at the Art Students League. Offered here is a signed by Hultberg softcover
book, PAINTING & SULPTURE IN THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
, edited by Alfred H. Barr Jr., 1942,
84 pages, 7.5 x 10 in. First Edition. First Printing,
November 1942; ten thousand copies printed. Many illustrations.
Spine is very faulty. Very scarce................100-150
71. Ernest Martin Hopkins (1877-1964)
served as the 11th President of Dartmouth College from 1916 to
1945. At the dedication of the Hopkins Center for the Arts in
1962, the speaker, then-Governor of New York Nelson A.
Rockefeller, turned to the man for whom the building was named
and said, "I came to Dartmouth because of you." TLS,
Dartmouth College, 1935, 1p, 8-1/4 x 10-3/4 in. Says
he has two excellent sets of Edgar Allan Poe and therefore there
is no reason to purchase another. Slightly edge
toned...............40-60
French Bishop & Organist
French Bishop & Organist
74. [FRANCE] Joachim-François-Mamert
de Conzié (1738-1795) Archbishop of
Tours, France. During the French Revolution he was appointed
deputy of the clergy of Tours General of 1789 , it signed the
first protests of the right side; but he soon left France and
emigrated to Aachen. He adhered to the principles
Exposition, a statement of 13 February 1791 the directors of the
Tours district . He protested against the election of the Abbe
Gregoire as constitutional bishop of the department newly
created the Loir-et-Cher ( 1791 ) and that of Pierre Suzor in
Tours for one of Indre-et-Loire. Before the advance
of French troops near Aachen, he retired to Holland and became
ill in Amsterdam . He died May 8, 1795. He was the last
Archbishop of Tours of the Old Regime. ALS, 1781, 2pp,
6.5 x 8.5 in. Superb condition........100-150
75.
[FRANCE] 1717 French Mystery document on vellum, 4 pages,
from Caen, Normandy, various signatures, approx. 7.5 x
9.5. See scan for condition. Last scan shows list of
names mentioned in document............100-150
76. [FRANCE] 1611 French Mystery document on
paper, 2 pages, from Maine [in France], various signatures,
approx. 7 x 10-3/4 in.. See scan for
condition............100-150
77. [EARLY FILM PHOTOGRAPHY] Tania
Fedor (1905-1985) was a
Monaco-born French film actress who played a number of leading
roles during the 1930s and early 1940s in films such as Fantomas
(1932). She later settled in Canada and worked on French
language productions there. Offered here are 2 vintage
photographs from the 1931 film THE LITTLE CAFE, starring Maurice
Chevalier, Tania Fedor, Yvonne Vallee and Andre Berley. Film
synopsis: Albert Loriflan, a waiter in a Paris cafe,
unexpectedly inherits a large sum of money from a wealthy
relative. His unscrupulous boss, Philibert, refuses to release
him from his long-term contract in the hope that Albert will buy
him off with a large payment. But Albert refuses, and continues
to work at the cafe even though he is now very rich. Before long
he falls in love with Philibert's daughter Yvonne. One of
the photos offered here show Tania Fedor with Chevalier.
Both are in very good condition......50-75
78. [EARLY FILM PHOTOGRAPHY] Tania
Fedor (1905-1985) was a
Monaco-born French film actress who played a number of leading
roles during the 1930s and early 1940s in films such as Fantomas
(1932). She later settled in Canada and worked on French
language productions there. Offered here is a circa 1920
original vintage photograph of Fedor, signed in ink by the Paris
photographer, G.L. Manuel. VG.
Scarce!..............50-75
79. [ART] John R. Fell
(1917-2009) born in London, England - American artist. During
World War II he served in the British Army as a camouflage
artist in North Africa, Italy and Greece. Fell had a successful
career as an artist, exhibiting in many museums in New York,
Pennsylvania, Virginia and Florida, including a number of one
man shows most recently at Lycoming College in 2002. He loved
art, music and nature, particularly this area of Pennsylvania.
He had a happy outlook on life, liked everybody and we miss
him. Offered here is a small watercolor signed, with a
lengthy handwritten note inside. Approx. 3-1/4 x
5-1/2 in. Fine.............100-150
80. [FRANCE] 1366 Medieval
French document on vellum, during the reign
of Charles V, from the Montils region. Ixdentified as
"imposed to people of Monsweigneur le Comte de Blois. Approx. 8
x 20 in. There is a hole near the top which affects several
words................350-500
81.
[GREAT BRITAIN] Sir John Aubrey, 3rd Baronet
(1680-1743) British politician and baronet. Aubrey was
elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Cardiff in 1706,
representing the constituency in the English House of Commons
until 1707, and then in the British House of Commons until
1710. In the same year, he was appointed High Sheriff of
Glamorgan. Document signed, 1724, 2-sided, approx.
7.5 x 4 in. Neatly inlaid. VG..............100-150
82.
[ART] Original portrait etching of President Herbert Hoover.
THIS ETCHING IS SIGNED IN PENCIL BY THE ARTIST Franklin T. Wood (American
1887-1945) American painter & etcher. He was born at Hyde
Park, Mass. Studied: Art Students League in NY and abroad.
Member: Chicago Soc. of Etchers; Soc. of American Etchers. Won
Bronze medal at P-P Expos., San Franciso in 1915. His work in in
the following museums: Art Inst. of Chicago, Boston Museum of
Fine Arts, Smithsonian, Library of Congress. This is an original
pencil signed etching, approx. 16 x 12 plus margins, on
light tan paper. Condition is very good. The scan below is
of another example of this etching as we have one than one. Its
the same image..........150-200
83. Ornate Victorian Marriage Certificate, dated
1879, 11-1/2 x 15-1/2,
H.M. Crider Lithographer, York, Pa. Never used, has space for pictures of the bride
& groom, spaces to be filled in including witness
signatures. Printed partly in gold ink. Many possibilities. This
is old and not a recent printing. VG condition. Would look great
framed with old photos. Actually in superb
condition..........50-75
84. [MEDICINE] Daniel Elmer Salmon (1850-1914) was a veterinary surgeon. He earned the first D.V.M. degree awarded in the United States, and spent his career studying animal diseases for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He gave his name to the Salmonella genus of bacteria, which were discovered by an assistant, and named in his honor. In 1883 he was asked to establish a veterinary division within the Department of Agriculture. It became the Bureau of Animal Industry and he served as its chief from 1884 to December 1, 1905. Signed document dated Sept. 20/96 [1896], receipt for $100 contribution from the American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science to the international fund for the erection of the Pasteur monument in Paris, France. Prof. Robert S. Woodward sent the contribution check. This document signed signed by Daniel E. Salmon as President of the Pasteur Monument Committee of the United States and its secretary Emil Alexander de Schweinitz (1866-1904) American bacteriologist.
87. [ART] Jack Levine (1915-2010) American Social Realist painter and printmaker best known for his satires on modern life, political corruption, and biblical narratives. From 1935 to 1940 he was employed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). His first exhibition of paintings in New York City was at the Museum of Modern Art. Original color lithograph, signed in the stone, image approx. 14.5 x 9 in. Circa 1970. VG.............100-150
88. Bruce Catton
(1899-1978) was an American historian and journalist, best known
for his books on the American Civil War. Known as a
narrative historian, Catton specialized in popular history,
featuring colorful characters and historical vignettes, in
addition to the basic facts, dates, and analyses. He won a
Pulitzer Prize in 1954 for A Stillness at Appomattox, his
study of the final campaign of the war in Virginia. Offered here
is his Doctor's Degree given him by Gettysburg College
[Pa], on vellum, 1957, approx. 19.5 x 14.5 in.
Superb condition. Provenance: from Catton's personal
collection. Most unusual.............200-300
89.
[ART] LeRoy Neiman (1921-2012) American
artist known for his brilliantly colored, expressionist
paintings and screen prints of athletes, musicians, and sporting
events. Signed 8x10 photo, dated 1989. VG........80-120
90.
[FILM] Joanne Woodward
(b. 1930) American actress, producer, activist, and
philanthropist. She is perhaps best known for her Academy
Award-winning role in The Three Faces of Eve (1957).
Signed bank check, dated 1969. VG..............50-75
LOT 91. Offered here is a
fine, small archive of (12) 19th century letters, dated from
1823 to 1846, all letters sent to Eli Beatty at the
Hagerstown, MD Bank, with various postal cancels (including
Georgetown, DC, Chambersburg [3], Baltimore [7], and
Frederick), with all letters being brief 1p. ALS's or
partly-printed LS's, and all with financial content.
The sizes of the letters vary some, but generally around 8"
x 10", with the expected folds and seal tears/ hole (none
effects the content of letter), a few with partial panel cut
away, some light toning-- overall in very good
condition. ELIE BEATTY (d. 1859), the institution's
cashier and president, was a prominent citizen of
Hagerstown, Maryland, having served as assistant postmaster,
bank president, and a member of the Hagerstown Academy's
board of directors. Founded on March 12, 1807, the
Hagerstown Bank was originally a business association headed
by Colonel Nathaniel Rochester. During its early years, the
Hagerstown Bank operated from Colonel Rochester's home,
which had been modified to house the institution. The bank's
capital stock was limited to $500,000, divided into 10,000
shares valued at $50 each. One-tenth of the original stock
was "reserved for the use and benefit of the State of
Maryland," while the remaining 9,000 shares were divided
between Hagerstown (5,000 shares), Baltimore (2,000 shares),
and Frederick (1,000 shares). The bank flourished throughout
the antebellum decades, surviving numerous financial panics
and depressions. In May 1810, the Bank's stock commanded a
twenty-five percent premium and shares were in great demand.
While the Williamsport Bank suspended payment during the
1837 Banking Panic, and Mineral Bank in Cumberland failed in
1858, the Hagerstown Bank continued to expand. In 1837, the
bank had $126,127 on deposit, $45,500 of which was in
specie. The bank also owned real estate valued at $11,500
and had $214,000 in circulation.
Among the original officers were Nathaniel
Rochester, President, and Elie Beatty, Cashier. Beatty, who
also served as clerk and teller, received an annual salary
of $500. Before accepting his position with the bank, Beatty
served as Hagerstown's assistant postmaster under Colonel
Rochester. In 1810, Rochester moved to western New York,
where he founded the city of Rochester. William Heyser
succeeded Rochester as president of the Hagerstown Bank,
while Beatty retained his position as cashier, teller, and
clerk. Upon Heyser's death in 1831, Elie Beatty became
president of the bank, with Daniel Sprigg serving as
cashier. Beatty's tenure as president of the Hagerstown Bank
was brief. In 1833, Otho Lawrence was elected president, and
Beatty resumed his position as cashier. Beatty resigned his
position on April 23, 1859, citing "feeble health and the
infirmities of age." Beatty died on May 5, 1859 at the age
of eighty-three.
Beatty's death prompted an outpouring of
sympathy from his friends and business associates. The
Hagerstown Bank's Board of Directors ordered that "the Bank
will be closed and suitably draped in mourning during the
present week" and praised their late cashier's "unblemished
official reputation." At the Hagerstown Academy, where
Beatty served as a trustee, students pledged to "accompany,
in a body, the remains of our deceased friend to his final
resting place and wear the usual badge of mourning." Beatty
was interred at the Hagerstown Episcopal Church on Saturday,
May 7, 1859, his body accompanied by the directors and
officers of the bank, students from the Hagerstown Academy,
and "a large number of citizens of the town." The
Hagerstown Bank remains in operation as the Hagerstown Bank
and Trust Company.........150-200
92. [MUSIC] Dave Brubeck
(1920-2012) American jazz pianist and composer,
considered to be one of the foremost exponents of cool jazz.
He wrote a number of jazz standards, including "In Your Own
Sweet Way" and "The Duke". Signed color photocard
picture. Fine.............60-80
See above
93. [NAVAL] John
Grimes Walker
(1835-1907)
was an admiral
in the United
States Navy
who served
during the
Civil War.
After the war,
he served as
Chief of the
Bureau of
Navigation,
head of the
Lighthouse
Board, and
commander-in-chief
of the
Squadron of
Evolution and
of the North
Atlantic
Squadron. In
retirement, he
led
commissions to
investigate
the
construction
of a Central
American canal
connecting the
Atlantic and
Pacific
Oceans.
SIGNED BANK
CHECK DATED
1875. Very
fine...........80-120
Scan
1
Scan
2
94. [FRANCE] MYSTERY DOCUMENT DATED 1699
from France, signed 1page on paper. Comes with pages in French
that describes this document. Neither are translated.
VG..............100-150
See above
Description
95. [PIONEER KENTUCKY] Christopher
Bush and Isaac Bush -
and manuscript document signed by Isaac, Hardin Co., Ky, 1804,
approx. 7-1/2 x 12-3/4 in. We know that Christopher
Bush Jr. would have been 14 years old in 1804, and that
Christopher Bush Sr. could not write and signed with his X
mark. The body of this document is most certainly
written in the hand of Ben Helm [1767-1858]
Kentucky pioneer, born in Fairfax county, Va. Son of Capt.
Thomas Helm, a pioneer settler of Kentucky, who moved from
Virginia to the Falls of the Ohio in the fall of 1779. In the
spring of 1780 Capt. Helm, Col. Andrew Haynes and Samuel
Haycraft located where Elizabethtown now stands and built three
forts and blockhouses, locating them in a triangle one mile
apart, and they were known as Helm’s Station, Haynes’s Station,
and Haycraft’s Station. In 1801-03 Capt. Helm erected the first
brick house built there. Benjamin became a surveyor; was state
senator [1796-1800]; clerk of Hardin County courts [1800-17]; an
officer with the rank of major in the War of 1812; filed various
other offices of honor and trust in Kentucky; purchased the farm
owned by Christopher Bush, father of Mrs. Sallie [Sarah] Bush
Johnston Lincoln, step-mother of Abraham Lincoln; and was a
partner in the general store with Duff Green. He was one of the
most important men in Elizabethtown during its early
history. This is a court document concerning Christopher
Bush to answer to George Tobin. Two years after this
document was signed, in 1806, Thomas Lincoln [Abe's
father] loaned Isaac Bush fifteen pounds in gold, and two
days later Isaac ordered a new suit of clothes. There are
numerous entries of Isaac Bush in the Bleakley and Montgomery
store book. Thomas Lincoln's major transaction with Isaac,
however, was the purchase from him on December 12, 1808 of the
farm in Larue County where Abraham Lincoln was born the
following February. This farm later was in litigation and both
Lincoln and Bush had some difficulties in trying to clear their
titles. It is doubtful if either one of them came out of
the deal without suffering some loss in the venture. Very
good condition. Kentucky pioneer documents are fairly rare
and more so when there is a Lincoln connection..........400-600
See above
96. [FRANCE] Marie Anastasie Vincentine
Krysinska - born in Warsaw
1857 and died in Paris on 16 January 1908. French poet. In
1882, she published La Vie Moderne, in the Journal of Black
Cat and The Independent Magazine literary pages and his own
poems. It becomes the only active member of the literary
circles of woman Hydropathes, the Zutistes , the "Hirsutes"
and "Jemenfoutistes" who meet at Cabaret Chat Noir. She
accompanies on piano songs and poems that are declaims.
She participates in the evenings Goguette Black Cat . In 1890,
she published, Lemerre his first volume of picturesque Rimes
then, in 1892, Love walks, a collection of prose tales.
In 1894, she published a second volume of rhymes, Joys
wandering, and in 1896, a novel, Folle his body at Harvard.
Follow another novel, Juliette Cordelin, another collection of
poems, Guitars distant Calendes sentimental (prose) and the
force of desire (novel). She will also publish numerous
articles on literature, art, music and literary
criticism. Married to painter Georges Bellenger
(1847-1918), best known for his lithographs - he was one of
the most prolific illustrators Editions Flammarion and Marpon
- October 1, 1885, she made several trips to the United
States . Manuscript poem signed, 2pp, 7-1/4 x
10-3/4". Extremely rare!.
Fine.............250-350
Page 1
Page 2
See
portrait of her
98. [KENTUCKY] SAML. PATTON (b. 1757)
was a sergeant in the American revolution; served under
General Anthony Wayne [1776-78] in Penn. Regiment and fought
at Battle of Brandywine. Document Signed, Hardin Co.,
Kentuckym 1805, 1p, 11-1/2 x 12-1/4 in. Difficult to see
but also signed Wm. Bush [below Patton signature] although we
believe that Patton signed for both. Never the
less, William Bush is mentioned along with Patton.
WILLIAM BUSH [born 1763] the eldest son of Christopher and
Hannah Bush, built a large 2-story house on his farm located
near what is today known as the Tunnel Hill Road, off present
Bardstown Road; it still stands, with the Bush family burial
ground nearby, where over 70 members of the Bush family are
buried. His sister, Sarah, married Thomas Lincoln after the
death of Nancy Hanks Lincoln. He grew up and worked at various
jobs and acquired land like his parents. In 1794 he married
Elizabeth Rhodes. Kentucky became a state in 1792, but the
legal problems of William Bush began much earlier. Although
prosperous, he was frequently entangled in lawsuits. His
reputation was guarded and he did not enjoy the respect
accorded other members of the Bush family. Bush didn’t
hesitate to charge others - and was accused himself of
criminal trespass. 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. In October of 1798, William Bush filed suit
against J. McCreey for uncollected debt after the delivery of
four slaves sold to him by Bush. History books have not dwelt
on the cantankerous nature of the President’s uncle by
marriage, William Bush, let alone the fact that there
was a slave-trader in the family. Excellent
condition..............300-400
99.
[KENTUCKY] JACOB VANMATER Jr.
[1752-1838] Pioneer who came from Virginia, by way of the
Muddy Creek settlement in southwestern Penn, to Seven’s Valley.
Since there was then 3 Jacob Vanmaters [Van Meter] living in the
valley then he was known as “Miller Jake.” Best remembered for
his services during the Northwest Campaign as Captain of Militia
under General George Rogers Clark. There is pictured on page 198
in McClure’s Elizabethtown & Hardin County, Kentucky
1776-1976, a picture of his commission signed by the then Gov.
of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson. Jacob Vanmetre [Vanmater]
has written a brief signed docket on the verso. The
document dates to circa 1811-13. Partial separation at
fold lines. Court document from Hardin Co., Ky concerning a
debt...............200-300
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100. [NASA] Walter B.
LaBerge (1924-2004)
aerospace engineer and defense industry
executive who served as United States Under
Secretary of the Army from 1977 to 1980.
LaBerge retired in 1989. In retirement, he
served as chair of the Army Science Board.
Signed 1968 cover honoring TITAN 3C. Clean and
attractive..........50-75
See
LaBerge cover
101. [FILM] Irving Salkow (1909-1989) Legendary Hollywood agent. This is one of the first and most historic agencies in town, for it was founded by Salkow in 1940, during the golden age of Hollywood. One of the agents during this time was Ray Stark, who later turned into one of the industry's premier movie directors. Some of Salkow's clients at that time were movie stars Ava Gardner, Marilyn Monroe and William Holden. TLS, signed Irv, 1963, brief 1-page, to Milt Ebbins regarding William Asher. Stapled to letter is TLS signed by William Asher (1921-2012) was one of the most prolific early television directors, producing or directing over two dozen series. With television in its infancy, Asher introduced the sitcom Our Miss Brooks, which was adapted from a radio show. He began directing I Love Lucy by 1952. In 1964, he produced and directed Bewitched, which starred his then-wife Elizabeth Montgomery. As a result of his early success, Asher was considered an "early wunderkind of TV-land," and is credited in one magazine article for 'inventing' the sitcom. VG...........100-150
See Salkow letter
102. [MARYLAND] Augustus
Williamson Bradford (1806-1881) he was the
32nd Governor of Maryland from 1862 to 1866. He served as
governor during the Civil War and paid a heavy price for his
devotion to the Union. In February 1861, Governor Thomas
H. Hicks appointed Bradford one of Maryland’s delegates to the
Washington Peace Conference, where he made a speech supporting
the Union. Following the conference, the Union Party named
Bradford as its candidate for governor, opposing the Democratic
candidate General Benjamin C. Howard. Bradford defeated Howard
by approximately 30,000 votes and took office on January 8,
1862. During his term, he violently opposed the Federal
government’s interference in Maryland’s elections, upheld the
dignity of the State government and defied the harsh and
arbitrary military occupation, and went to great lengths to keep
the State in the Union. At the same time he upheld the Federal
government's authority although he differed with its
methods. In September 1862, he was one of the many
northern governors to attend the Loyal War Governors' Conference
in Altoona, Pennsylvania. During the Civil War, the Confederates
invaded Maryland three times. During the last of these, Bradley
T. Johnson’s raiders visited Bradford’s home in July 1864, and
during his absence, burned it to the ground together with all
his furniture, library, and papers. This action was partially in
retaliation for Union General David Hunter’s burning of the home
of Governor John Letcher of Virginia, and partially because of
Bradford’s "uncompromising spirit and strong leanings."
During his four years in office, Augustus Bradford released
Samuel Green (freedman) from jail on the condition he leave the
state. Green was an African-American slave and minister, who was
jailed in 1857 for possessing a copy of the novel Uncle Tom's
Cabin. DOCUMENT SIGNED, 1865, Mechanics Bank, approx.
7-1/2 x 2-3/4. Has the usual "slice cancel". VG
example.............50-75
Portrait
of Gov. Bradford
103. [FRANCE] Louis (Adrien) Huart [1813-1865] very important French
journalist, writer and theater director. Editor in Chief of Le
Charivari, the illustrated newspaper published in Paris, France
from 1832 to 1937. Le Charivari published caricatures, political
cartoons and reviews. In 1835 the government banned political
caricature, thus Le Charivari began publishing satires of
everyday life. Ownership of the paper changed often due to
censorship, and related taxes and fines. ALS, 1860,
1p, 5-1/4 x 8 in. Speaks about Le Charivar.
VG............100-150
104. Van Wyck Brooks
(1886-1963) American literary critic, biographer, and
historian. ALS, 1949, written on back of a photo postcard to
Katherine Bakeless, author and wife of author John
Bakeless. VG............50-75
105. [MUSIC] Robert Ward (b.1917) American composer. Signed brochure about him.....20-30
106. [MUSIC] Phillip Lambro - American composer. Sig. brochure...........20-30
107. [MUSIC] Franz Kullak (1844-1913) German composer and pianist. ALS, Berlin, 1875, 1p, 4.5 x 7". VG..........50-75
108. [MUSIC] Emanuele Bucalo (1864-1941) Italian opera star - considered one of the greatest baritones of his time. ALS, Milan, 1904, 1p. Not translated. VG........50-75
109. [MUSIC] Radie Britain (1899-1994) American pianist and composer. ALS,
1989, 1p......40-60
110. J.C. Wise [b.1881] Am. historian. TLS, no date.........20-30
111. Dinah Maria Craik (born Dinah Maria Mulock, also , also often credited as Miss Mulock or Mrs. Craik) (1826-1887) English novelist and poet. Clip signature, with sentiment from ALS........25-35
112. [FRANCE]
Emmanuel Roblès (1914-1995) Algerian-French author. He was
elected a member of the Académie Goncourt in 1973.
SIGNED/INSCRIBED [on the back] 5x7 photograph which he dates
[19]91. Fine...............35-45
113. Enid, Lady Jones (1889-1981) known by her
maiden name as Enid Bagnold, was a British author and
playwright, best known for the 1935 story National Velvet
which was filmed in 1944 with Elizabeth Taylor. CLIP
SIGNATURE..............25-35
114. Carlos P. Romulo [1899-1985] Filipino diplomat. He had served with General Douglas MacArthur in the Pacific, was Ambassador to the United States, and became the first Asian to win the Pulitzer Prize in Correspondence in 1942. Signature mounted with Philippines stamp......25-35
115. [GOLF] Gene Littler (b. 1930) is an American golfer. Signed, inscribed slip......15-20
116. [SOUTH AFRICA] Alan Paton (1903-1988) South African writer and social reformer. As a teacher he developed a keen interest in the social and racial problems of South Africa. Paton received great critical and popular acclaim for his first novel, Cry, the Beloved Country (1948), which is distinguished for its compassionate treatment of those caught up in the racial conflicts of South Africa. SIGNATURE accompanied by dust jacket for his book "Cry, the Beloved Country.".............50-75
117. [THEATRE] Eileen Heckart (1919-2001) American actress of stage, screen,
and television. SHE WON 1972 ACADEMY AWARD FOR "Butterflies Are
Free." Signed [on cover] platbill program for the play "Eleanor
Roosevelt" at the Studebaker Theatre, 1976...........25-35
119. John Gunther (1901-1970) American journalist
and author whose success came primarily in the 1940s and 1950s
with a series of popular sociopolitical works known as the
"Inside" books. He is best known today for the memoir "Death Be
Not Proud" about the death of his teenage son, Johnny Gunther,
from a brain tumor. Signed 1966 First Day Cover honoring Bill of
Rights. Signed
and inscribed. Clean with cachet.........30-40
120. [THEATRE] 4 SIGNED vintage photos [postcard size] of British actresses: [1] Jose Collins [1887-1958] celebrated for her performances in musical comedies and early silent screen movies. [2] Evelyn Laye [1900-1996] theatre & film actress. [3] Cicely Alice Debenham [1891-1955] 1920s musical comedies. [4] Violet Vanbrugh [1867-1942] her career lasted more than 50 years. Signed in dark area so poor contrast.........80-120
See photos
121. [TV] ART
LINKLETTER (1912-2010) Entertainer,
author. TLS, 1983, lengthy 1p., about "success.".
VG............40-60
122. [MUSIC] William Schuman (1910-1992) American composer and music administrator. Brief TLS, 1988. Fine.........25-35
123. Russell Arms
[b.1922] Am. actor, singer. Signed 5x7 photo........20-30
124. Katherine Biddle [1890-1977] Am. poet. ALS, n.d., 1p........20-30
125. Arthur B.
Allen [1881-1947] Am. actor.
TLS, 1935, 1p..........25-35
126. [NIXON] Edward F. Cox (b.1946), is the chairman of the New York
Republican State Committee and the son-in-law of the late
President Richard M. Nixon. Cox is a lawyer in the Manhattan law
firm of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP where he has
served as the Chairman of the Corporate Department and a member
of the Management Committee. In 2008, Cox was named in Super
Lawyers in the area of Securities & Corporate Finance and
his firm was ranked third on The American Lawyer's 2008 "A-List"
of leading law firms in the United States. ALS, 1983, 1p, a
thank you letter. VG......25-35
127. Leon Errol
(1881-1951) Australian-born American comedian and actor, popular
in the first half of the 20th century. He managed a traveling
vaudeville troupe and gave a young comedian named Roscoe
Arbuckle his first professional opportunity. In America, Errol
became a well-known vaudevillian who appeared in the Ziegfeld
Follies on Broadway, and played skits with such notables as Bert
Williams and W. C. Fields. Errol's sister, Leda Errol (née
Sims), appeared with him in the Follies. Errol made a successful
transition to films in a variety of comedy roles (over 150 films
from 1923). His comic trademark was a wobbly, unsteady walk,
moving as though his legs were made of rubber; this bit served
him well in drunk routines such as the drunken valet in Morgy
and Shoo's "Mama's Little Babies" as well as numerous RKO
two-reelers. Document Signed,
1930, 1p, from Samuel Goldwyn
Inc. for his services in the film "Lilli." Signed in pencil. Old
paperclip mark top edge well away from anything.........50-75
129. [WW II] A.A.
Vandegrift (1887-1973) General in the
United States Marine Corps. He commanded the 1st Marine Division
to victory in its first ground offensive of World War II, the
Battle of Guadalcanal. For his actions during the Solomon
Islands campaign, he received the Medal of Honor. Vandegrift
later served as the 18th Commandant of the Marine Corps, and was
the first U.S. Marine to hold the rank of four-star general
while on active duty. TLS (appears to be a STAMPED
signature), Headquarters US Marine Corps, Washington, Dec. 18,
1946, 1p. To Congressman Philip J. Philbin, of Mass.
regarding underpay of Jacques Eugene Guertin, a Marine. His pay
was short $176.82. Accompanied by TLS of Congressman
Philbin, signed Phil [his retained copy] on which Philbin writes
text of letter sent to Hon. Geo. W. Stanton. Also page
from Marine Corps to Guertin. Philip J. Philbin (1898-1972) was
a Democratic US Congressman from Massachusetts who served as
chairman of the Committee on Armed Services..............50-75
130. [FILM] WALTER M. MIRISCH (1921)
Film Producer, Academy Award winner. Producer of some of
the finest and most memorable films. SIGNED 8x10
photograph. VG.............40-60
131. [LAW] John Augustus (1785 -1859) Boston boot maker who is called the "Father of Probation" in the United States because of his pioneering efforts to campaign for more lenient sentences for convicted criminals based on their backgrounds. Brief ADS, Boston, 1821. "Mr. Wm. Barry Sir please deliver the bearer one Hat & charge the same to your acc." 8 x 2-3/4 in. VG...........75-100
134. [BASEBALL] Vida Blue (b. 1949)
former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. Signed TOPPS
card, 4-3/4 x 7 in. The dark blue signature across his
face is the authentic one [signed in person].
VG.............40-60
See
above
135. [BASEBALL] Fred Lynn (b. 1952) Boston Red Sox center fielder. Signed TOPPS card, 4-3/4 x 7 in. The red ink signature is the authentic one [signed in person]. VG.............40-60
136. William K. Vanderbilt (1849-1920) member of the prominent American Vanderbilt family and a horse breeder. DOCUMENT SIGNED, 1907, approx. 22 pages, 8x13 in. Signed on last page by Vanderbilt and Franklin D. Locke as Trustees selling parcels of land located in Chautauqua County, New York, to Guaranty Trust Co.. The front page has old badly discolored tape repair.........200-300
137. [FILM] Charlie
Ruggles (F1886-1970) comic American actor. In a career
spanning six decades, Ruggles appeared in close to 100
feature films. Ruggles is best remembered today as the
big-game hunter in "Bringing Up Baby". SIGNED, inscribed 5x7
photo, in very good condition except for defective top right
outer corner..........50-75
138. [SILENT FILM] Betty Blythe (1893-1972) American actress best known for her dramatic roles in exotic silent films such as The Queen of Sheba (1921). ALS, NO DATE, WRITTEN ON BOTH SIDES OF 6 x 7-1/4 in. sheet. To Mr. Jess Hoaglin. "Thank you for your letters. Sat we are all attending the funeral of one of our clan here but Sunday afternoon of this week will be convenient for me. I shall wait for you in our drawing room at the 2nd large steel gate opening on Mulholand Dr. The first large gate enters hospital friends [following is on verso] only. It will be pleasant to meet you indeed. Betty Blythe." She is agreeing to meet a fan at the Motion Picture Home, where she lives. VG...........50-75
139.
(ART) WILSON LOWRY
(1762-1824) Celebrated English Engraver and Inventor who’s
creative genius revolutionized printed art. Also a founding
member of the “Geological Society”, elected fellow of the
“Royal Society” in 1812. ALS, 1818, 2pp.
VG............100-150
140. (ART) SAMUEL COUSINS,
RA (1801-1887) Eminent British mezzotint engraver. He is
considered one of the most important figures in the
history of British engraving ALS, 1878,
1p.............75-100
141. [OPERA] ANNIE LOUISE CARY (1842-1921) American Operatic Soprano. Born in Wayne, Maine After studying abroad, she made her debut in New York in 1870, singing with Nilsson, Brignoli, and Vieuxtenips. Her success with the public was instantaneous, and for years she was a favorite singer in the United States. In 1873, she created, in New York, the part of Amneris in Aida, and her tours in Russia in 1875-1877 were a series of continuous triumphs. In 1882 she married Chas. M. Raymond, of Brooklyn, and retired from public life, only occasionally singing for charity. SIGNATURE dtd March 7, 1879.............20-30
142. [BRITISH] Sir George Anson GCB KTS (1769-1849) General, commanded a British cavalry brigade under the Duke of Wellington during the Peninsular War and sat for many years as a Member of Parliament. Signed address panel, dated Sept. 4, 1830. VG..........30-40
143. [MUSIC] FRANCES ALDA [1883-1952]. New Zealand operatic soprano. Made debut at Opéra-Comique (1904); at Metropolitan Opera, New York (1908-29); m. (1910; div. 1928) Giulio Gatti-Casazza. Author of Men, Women, and Tenors (1937). SIGNATURE on card dated 1932............40-60
146. Vasco Ronchi (1897-1988) was an Italian physicist known for his work in optics. Along with Enrico Fermi, he was a student of Luigi Puccianti. He studied from at the Faculty of Physics of the University of Pisa 1915-1919. In 1922 he published work describing testing methods for optics using simple equipment. The Ronchi Test is widely used in amateur telescope making. TLS, 1984, 1p.................40-60
147. [MUSIC] Leonard Slatkin [b. 1944] American conductor. TLS, 1989.......25-35
148. [MUSIC] Harriet Kendall (1857-1933) English composer. ALS, 1889,
4pp......25-35
149. Count Piper (Carl
Edward Vilhelm Piper) (1820 - 1891) was a Swedish nobleman and
diplomat. In the beginning of his career he worked in the
Swedish Foreign Office and had served as Swedish-Norwegian
legation-secretary in Copenhagen during the Crimean War. In the
late 1850s he served as envoyée to Italy. In 1861 he was
appointed minister to the United States and served to 1864, when
he was replaced by Baron de Wetterstedt. Initially, Piper was
very critical of Americans and the U.S. political system,
Americans lacked love of the nation and the constitution needed
to be changed. In 1864 he moderated his views, and
believed that Americans were basically alright. Piper was very
close to Secretary of State William H. Seward. Card signed Count Piper, 3-1/4 x 2 in.
VG.............25-35
150. [THEATRE] Lillah McCarthy (1875-1960) English actress and theatrical manager. SIGNED EARLY POSTCARD PHOTOGRAPH [REAL PHOTO], DATED 1904. Superb condition......25-35
151. [ART] William T. Smedley (1858-1920) American artist, was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, of a Quaker. He worked on a newspaper, then studied engraving and art in Philadelphia, in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; after making a tour of the South Seas. He settled in New York City in 1880; in 1882 went with the Marquis of Lorne through Canada, preparing sketches for Picturesque Canada; and in 1905 became a member of the National Academy of Design. Most of his work was magazine and book illustration for stories of modern life, but he painted portraits and watercolours, and received the Evans Prize of the American Water Color Society in 1890, and a bronze medal at the Paris Exposition of 1900. CLIP SIGNATURE...........25-35
153. Dame Barbara Cartland [1901-2000] one of the most prolific authors of
the 20th century. Barbara Cartland is the sixth most
translated writer Worldwide , and the third best selling, only
William Shakespeare, and Agatha Christie have outsold her. TLS, 1985,
1p......35-45
154. [FILM]
WOODY ALLEN [b. 1935]
American screenwriter, director, actor. Signed 3x5 card, with
typed inscription..........20-30
155. STELLA ADLER (1902-1989) Actress, Director, Teacher. She opened the Stella Adler Conservatory of Acting. Among those to study at the conservatory were Marlon BRANDO Robert De NERO, Warren BEATTY, and Candice BERGEN, Adler is viewed as one of the foremost influences on contemporary acting. TLS dtd 5/12/89 signed "Stella"................40-60
156. [FRANCE]
Nestor Roqueplan
(1805-1870) French writer, journalist, and theatre director.
Roqueplan was considered a dandy, and witty and caustic as a
writer. On 20 November 1857 Roqueplan succeeded Émile
Perrin as director of the Opéra-Comique, and held the position
until 19 June 1860, when he was replaced by Alfred
Beaumont. The first new work to be presented under
Roqueplan was Ambroise Thomas's 3-act Le carnaval de Venise on 9
December. At the beginning of 1859 Roqueplan brought suit
against Le Figaro for harassment regarding his directorship.
According to The Literary Gazette of London, the Figaro had
described Roqueplan as "a species of Pasha, lolling upon a
couch, smoking a cigar, and desirous only of escaping from all
the details of his administration." Not long thereafter came the
triumphant premiere of Meyerbeer's Le pardon de Ploërmel, but
despite its success, his financial difficulties increased.
Eventually the constant money problems caused him to retire from
opera management. ALS, not dated, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8-1/4".
VG.........50-75
158. [FRANCE] Leon Levy said Brunswick (1805-1859) French playwright. He started as a journalist before turning to the theater. He is the author of many comedies with Jean-François Bayard , Emile Vanderburch , Dumersan or Arthur Beauplan . But with Adolphe de Leuven know it, for twenty years, his greatest successes, notably through booklets comic operas of Adolphe Adam (Brewer Preston, The Postilion of Longjumeau , King of yvetot). He has also published under the pseudonym Leo Lhérie. Brief ALS, no date, 1p.............50-75
159. [FRANCE] Auguste Armand Ghislain Marie Joseph Nompar de Caumont de LLa Force (1878-1961), 12th Duke of La Force, was a French duke and historian. Specialising in the 17th century (he was himself a descendent of the 1000-year-old Caumont de la Force family), his work allowed him to reconstruct events in which his ancestors had taken part. He was elected a member of the Académie française on 19 November 1925. ALS, [1899?], 1-1/2 pages. VG.............50-75
160. [FRANCE] Yves Guyot (1843-1928)
French politician and economist. He was born at Dinan.
Educated al Rennes, he took up the profession of journalism,
coming to Paris in 1867. He was for a short period
editor-in-chief of L'Independent du midi of Nîmes, but joined
the staff of Le Rappel on its foundation, and worked
subsequently on other journals. He took an active part
in municipal life, and waged a keen campaign against the
prefecture of police, for which he suffered six months'
imprisonment. He entered the chamber of deputies in 1885 as
representative of the Ier arrondissement of Paris and was
rapporleur general of the budget of 1888. He became minister
of public works under the premiership of PE Tirard in 1889,
retaining his portfolio in the cabinet of Charles de Freycinet
until 1892. Although of strong liberal views, he lost
his seat in the election of 1893 owing to his militant
attitude against socialism. ALS, Paris, 1907, 1p, approx.
5.5 x 8.5". VG........50-75
163. [FRANCE] Judith Cladel
(1873-1958) She was the friend and biographer of the great
sculptor, Rodin. She also wrote on the sculptures of Maillol,
and some plays for the theatre. ALS, 1955, 1p. with last
line and signature on verso. 8-1/4 x 5-1/4.
Fine............50-75
164. [BRITISH] William Waldegrave
Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne KG, GCMG, PC (1859-1942) British politician
and colonial administrator. Like his father, he became a
Liberal Unionist in 1886 when William Ewart Gladstone proposed
Irish Home Rule. He retained his seat till 1892, when he was
elected for Edinburgh West. In 1895 he was appointed
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies by his father-in-law
Lord Salisbury, where he became junior to the Colonial
Secretary Joseph Chamberlain. During the difficult period
before the outbreak of the Second Boer War he progressed
rapidly. In November 1900 Selborne was sworn of the Privy
Council and made First Lord of the Admiralty under Salisbury,
with a seat in the cabinet, an office he retained when Arthur
Balfour became Prime Minister in 1902. In 1905 he succeeded
Lord Milner as High Commissioner for South Africa and governor
of the Transvaal and Orange River colonies. He assumed office
at Pretoria in May of that year. He had gone out with the
intention of guiding the destinies of South Africa during a
period when the ex-Boer republics would be in a transitional
state between crown colony government and self-government, and
letters patent were issued granting the Transvaal
representative institutions. But the Liberal Party came into
office in Britain the following December, before the new
constitution had been established, and, the decision was now
taken to give both the Transvaal and Orange River colonies
self-government without delay. Lord Selborne accepted the
changed situation, and the experiment proved successful. He
ceased to be governor of the Orange River Colony on its
assumption of self-government in June 1907, but retained his
other posts until May 1910, retiring on the eve of the
establishment of the Union of South Africa. The despatch,
dated 7 January 1907 and known as the Selborne Memorandum, in
which he reviewed the situation in its economic and political
aspects, was a comprehensive statement of the dangers inherent
in the existing system and of the advantages likely to attend
union. The document had in fact been compiled by Lionel Curtis
and other members of Milner's Kindergarten. The force of its
appeal had a marked influence on the course of events, while
the loyalty with which Lord Selborne co-operated with the
Botha administration was an additional factor in reconciling
the Dutch and British communities. He returned to England with
his reputation, according to the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica,
"as a statesman enhanced by the respect of all parties, and
with a practical experience, second only to that of Lord
Milner, of British imperialism in successful operation." His
experience made him a valuable ally in the movement among the
Unionist party at home for Tariff Reform and Colonial
Preference, to which he could now give his full support. In
1915 Selborne returned to government during the First World
War when he became President of the Board of Agriculture in
the war time coalition of Liberal prime minister H. H. Asquith
. He resigned the following year and did not hold high
political office again. The Selborne Committee on Church and
State from 1914 to 1916 was chaired by Lord Selborne. Letter SWigned, Downing
Street, 1896, 2pp. To E. Bruce Low regarding an appointment.
Stationery has the embossed Colonial Office seal. VG........50-75
165. [FILM] Diane Ladd (b.
1935) American actress, film director. She has
appeared in over 120 roles, on television, and in miniseries
and feature films, including Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
(1974), Wild at Heart (1990), Rambling Rose (1991), Ghosts of
Mississippi (1996), Touched by an Angel (1997) (TV), Primary
Colors (1998), 28 Days (2000), and American Cowslip (2008).
She is the mother of actress Laura Dern, by her ex-husband,
actor Bruce Dern. Ladd has won a Golden Globe and a BAFTA and
has been nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best
Supporting Actress. ALS, 1982, written on her 6 x
4-1/2 correspondence card. She fills the page with
opinions & thoughts. VG..........50-75
166. [FRANCE] Jacques Raillon (1762-1835)
Bishop of Dijon and Archbishop of Aix
(-Arles-Embrun) , France. He made a famous funeral
speech at Notre Dame for Marshall Lannes. ALS, [1807], 1p,
4-1/4 x 3-1/8". VG..........75-100
See above
168. QUAYLE FAMILY - signed cards by
Dan Quayle [V.P.], and his wife Marilyn Quayle, plus 1995
Season's Greeting card [unsigned]. All
fine..............40-60
172. [MUSIC] Roy Clark (b. 1933)
American country music musician and performer. He is best
known for hosting Hee Haw Show. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo.
VG.............25-35
175. [FILM] Shirley Booth
(1898-1992) American stage, film, radio
and television actress. Signed 8x10
photo. VG......25-35
176. [FILM] Martha
Raye (1916-1994) American
comic actress and standards singer who
performed in movies, and later on
television. Signed 5x7 in. photo.
VG..............25-35
See
above
177. [COUNTRY
MUSIC] group of signed cards: Tennessee
Ernie Ford, Billy Joe Royal, Loretta
Lynn, Roger Whittaker, Crystal Gayle, Kenny
Rogers, John Hartford, and a signed 8x10
photo of Patty Loveless. All very good
condition...........80-120
178. [FILM] Hume Cronyn (1911-2003) Canadian-born actor who was married to Jessica Tandy. TLS, 1957, 1p. Mentions the play "The Man In The Dog Suit" not yet finished. To M. Abbott Van Nostrand, the publisher of plays. VG...........40-60
180. [THEATRE] George Graves (1876-1949) English comic actor who created The Gazeka, a mythical beast. He introduced it as a bit of by-play in the musical, The Little Michus at Daly's Theatre, London, in 1905. As a result, Graves's little idea became a fad of the season and a competition was mounted to encourage artists to give sketches of what the beast might look like. Charles Folkard won the competition and the Gazeka suddenly appeared in the form of various items of novelty jewellery, charms, etc, and was taken up by Perrier , the sparkling water makers, for a series of advertisements. The Gazeka also featured in a special song and dance in the entertainment Akezag, at the London Hippodrome at Christmas, 1905. ALS, no date, 1p..............25-35
181. [THEATRE] Ignacio Martinetti [? - 1931] American actor, director, composer, conductor. He made his Broadway debut in 1900. In 1905 he appeared in Victor Herbert's "Babes in Toyland". His career ended in 1930 with "Fifty Million Frenchmen." Signed, inscribed cabinet photograph from 1890s. 4 x 6-1/2". Photo by Morrison, Haymarket Theatre. VG for its age...........40-60
182. Kim Hunter (1922- 2002)
American film, theatre, and television actress. She won both
an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, each as Best
Supporting Actress, for her performance as Stella Kowalski in
the 1951 film A Streetcar Named Desire. Lengthy TLS, 1980, signed Kim, 1p. Fine.........35-45
182A. Eliza (Buckminster) Lee (1792-1864) American author, the daughter of Joseph Buckminster. She was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire; was well educated by her father and brother, Joseph Stevens Buckminster; married a Thomas Lee of Boston; became a writer; and was unusually felicitous in her descriptions of New England life. She wrote, notably: Sketches of New England Life (1837); Naomi, or Boston Two Hundred Years Ago (1848); and memoirs of her father and brother (1849). She translated from the German, wrote a life of Richter (1842), and published an historical novel, Parthenia, the Last Days of Paganism (1858). ALS, 1843, 2pp. To Phillips Brooks, the famous American clergyman and author. Letter says she is sending the poem Brooks asked for [poem not present here].............75-100
183. [ART] MARGUERITE PEARSON (1898-1978) Noted American painter. Born in
Philadelphia, she made her reputation in the Rockport area of
Mass., north of Boston. She studied at the Boston Art Museum
School; and Rockport Summer School, under A.T. Hibbard. She was
a member of The North Shore Arts Association; Allied Artists of
America; Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts; Rockport Art
Association; American Artists Professional League; American
Federation of Arts. Offered here is
an original oil painting on stretched
canvas, 25-3/4 x 19-1/2 in. plus frame. Painted in black &
white [and therefore grays], obviously to be used as an
illustration for some book or publication unknown to us.
Unsigned but with Estate Certification on back signed by Martha
Blanshet [?], Director, Rockport Art Association, Feb. 19, 1980.
She certifies that this unsigned painting is from the Pearson
estate. Several slight crack lines in the paint o/w VG.
Pearson's paintings are today highly prized...........4000-6000
184. [MUSIC] Vladimir Ashkenazy [b. 1937] Russian-Icelandic conductor and pianist. Clip signature from envelope...........20-30
187. Anson Burlingame
(1820-1870) American lawyer, legislator, and diplomat, born in
New Berlin, Chenango County, New York. In 1823 his parents (Joel
Burlingame and Freelove Angell) took him to Ohio, and about ten
years afterwards to Michigan. Apart from his official duties as
an elected official, Burlingame was also famous for disgracing
Representative Preston Brooks after the Congressman physically
assaulted Senator Charles Sumner on the floor of the US Senate.
This was done by goading Brooks to publicly challenge him to a
duel, and then proposing conditions so intimidating that Brooks
backed down. CLIP SIGNATURE..............25-35
189. [MUSIC] PIERRE BEAUDET - noted French Canadian composer. Signed & inscribed, Montreal 1989, edition of his book CHANSONS ET POEMES RETROUVES. Hard cover - pages not numbered. VG..................35-45
190. Porter Emerson Browne [1879-1934] Am. novelist. Signed card.......15-20
191. [ART] Sir William Coldstream (1908-1987) British realist painter and a long standing art teacher. ANS, 1959, 3x5 card.............30-40
192. Art Buchwald (1925-2007) American humorist. Signed, inscribed 5x7 photo. VG....35-45
193. John Bradbury [1872-1950] Brit. economist. Signature.......15-20
194. [WOMEN] Fredrika Bremer (1801-1865) Swedish writer and a feminist activist. She had a large influence on the social development in Sweden, especially in feminist issues. SIGNATURE on 3-1/4 x 2". Very slightly soiled..........35-45
See portrait of Bremer
196. [TV] Natalie
Schafer (1900-1991) American actress, best
known as Eunice "Lovey" Wentworth Howell on CBS's sitcom
Gilligan's Island (1964–67). Signed, inscribed on verso of
photo of cast of Gilligan's Island............20-30
197. Shirley Booth - actress. Signature [crease]...........10-15
198. Claude Akins (1926-1994) American actor. Signed 3x5 card. Fine........20-30
199.
[THEATRE] George Edward Wade (1869-1954) better known by his stage name,
George Robey, was an English music hall comedian and star. He
was marketed as the "Prime Minister of Mirth". SIGNED postcard photograph with sentiment
dressed as the Queen of Hearts. VG.............40-60
200. Adrien Brody - AMERICAN ACTOR. He received widespread recognition and acclaim after starring in Roman Polanski's The Pianist (2002), for which he became the youngest actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor at age 29. Signature........20-30
See above
202.
[THEATRE] Thomas
W. Keene (1840-1898)
American actor who made his acting debut as Lucius
in Julius Caesar. He performed in primarily
dramatic roles in several traveling companies,
performing in Ohio, New York, Maryland, and
London. Other roles performed by Keene have
included Major McTurk in The Overland Route,
Gaspard Laroque in The Romance of a Poor Young
Man, and the title character in Richard III.
Playing a long list of roles, Keene was definitely
a prolific actor, but never quite achieved the
fame he desired. AQS, no
date. Ink is alittle light............40-60
See above
203. [ART] Claude Franqois FORTIER - French engraver, was born in Paris in 1775, and died in the same city in 1835. Original engraving by Fortier, title: "La Matin", image size approx. 10 x 13-1/2" plus wide margins. Circa 1820-1828. Condition: minor foxing spots on verso; minor stains & marks in margin areas; the main flaw, although less visible from front is an offset blue number that must have rested against this print years ago. At first we didn't notice this but its there. We have adjusted the estimate because of this..........75-100
204. [MUSIC] Irving Caesar (1895-1996) American lyricist and theater composer who wrote lyrics for numerous song standards including "Swanee," "Sometimes I'm Happy," "Crazy Rhythm," and "Tea for Two," one of the most frequently recorded tunes ever written. He was born and died in New York. In 1972 he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. TLS, NY, 1972, 1p, 7-1/4 x 10-1/2 in. Mentions Jean Dalrymple (1902-1998) the theatre producer, manager. His typewriter ribbon needed more ink...............60-80
206. [MUSIC]
David Rubinoff (1897-1986) Russian-born violinist who was heard
during the 1930s and 1940s on various radio programs playing his
Stradivarius violin. He also performed in theaters, clubs and
schools, and he gave several concerts at the White House during
the 1940s. TLS, 1933, 1p. Probably an ink signed form letter
sending his autograph. Minor faults........35-45
207. [ART] Christian Haldenwang (German, 1770-1831) one of the finest German landscape engravers of the early 19th Century. His main works includes the cycle of the "Four Seasons" after Claude Lorrains paintings in the collection of the Ermitage Leningrad. He born at Durlach in 1770, was articled to Christian von Mechel, an engraver and dealer in art goods at Basle. He lived five years in this establishment, destitute of every means that could promote his education as an artist; for it was rather a factory than a school of art. The examples set before him were only French engravings. He, however, was able to see some of Middiman's ' Select Views in Great Britain,' and others by Woollett, which were probably presents from those artists to Mechel. Seeing these prints excited Haldenwang creating a desire to imitate them, and he determined to make Woollett his model. During the latter part of his time he made some attempts at aquatint, which, though injurious to his health, had beneficial results; for some well-executed works of this class obtained the notice of the Chalcographic Society, and he went to Dessau in 1796, where he remained for eight years, producing many beautiful landscapes, and improving his skill in that style of engraving. The reputation he acquired induced the Margrave Charles Frederick of Baden to appoint him engraver to the court of Carlsruhe, but during the time the French had the ascendancy in Germany, he was obliged to work for the booksellers. It was then that he executed the views in the ' Rhenish Pocket-book,' and the two masterly engravings for the ' Travels in Brazil ' of Prince Maximilian of Neuwied. He also executed four landscapes, after Claude and Ruisdael, for the ' Musee Napo- leon.' He died at Bad Rippoldsau in 1831. Original engraving by Haldenwang, title: "Paysage", image size approx. 11-1/4 x 14-1/2" plus wide clean margins. Circa 1820-1828. Remarkable detail...........100-150
See Haldenwang engraving
208. [FILM] Iron Eyes Cody (1904-1999) American
actor. He frequently portrayed American Indians in
Hollywood films. In 1995, Cody was honored by the
American Indian community for his work publicizing the
plight of Native Americans, including his acting in
films. In 1996, his Italian ancestry was made public. ANS written on back of
postcard [1990]..........30-40
209. [POP MUSIC] Captain & Tennille are U.S. pop music recording artists who achieved
recording chart success from 1975-80 with a repertoire of
romance and novelty hit songs. The duo consists of "Captain"
Daryl Dragon (born August 27, 1942), and Toni Tennille (born May
8, 1940). They are probably best known for their single, "Love
Will Keep Us Together." SIGNED, INSCRIBED 8x10 photo. Signed by
both. VG...........25-35
210. Lanny Ross [1906-1988] Am. singer. SP, 5x7. Nice.........25-35
211. [MUSIC] Bobby Short (1924-2005) American cabaret singer and pianist. Signed & inscribed 8x10 photo. Very nice. VG...........40-60
212.
[ART] Clinton King
(1901-1979) American artist, born in Fort Worth, Texas and
received his formal education at the University of Texas and
Princeton. He studied painting from Randall Davey and Robert
Reid and gained early recognition in Texas at the Annual Texas
Artists Exhibitions. He is generally associated with the
regional art of Texas and the Santa Fe Art Colony of New Mexico
until 1940. After 1940 and in to the 1960s, he exhibited often
in Chicago, New York and Paris. King painted genre scenes,
landscapes, portraits and still life. His early modernist
portraits and genre were often compared to Diego Rivera. King
was a modernist, and a Renaissance man of the art world, whose
styles included Realism, Impressionism, and Abstract
Expressionism at various periods in his 40 years of artistic
activity. During his lifetime, King's paintings won many prizes
and are held in many public collections, including: the Library
of Congress; National Collection of Fine Art; New York Public
Library; Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe; Philadelphia Museum of
Fine Art; and the Biblioteque Nationale in Paris. Offered
here is his engraving with aquatint titled HELLAS, done in
1974, image approx. 17-1/2 x 21-3/4 in. plus margins.
This is an artist proof numbered XXV over XXV. Still
contained in its original mat. The image area is very
fine; there are a few light spots in the margin close to the
image, and just below the signature area. See scan
below. This is a major intaglio and one of the largest
we have ever offered. An important print............400-600
213. [MUSIC] Noel Paul Stookey (b. 1937) singer-songwriter best known as "Paul" in the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary. He took the stage name "Paul" as part of the trio Peter, Paul, and Mary, but he has been known as Noel (his first name) otherwise, throughout his life. SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.............40-60
214. [MUSIC] Peter Yarrow (b.1938) American singer who found fame with the 1960s folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary. Yarrow co-wrote (with Leonard Lipton) one of the group's most famous songs, "Puff, the Magic Dragon". He is also a political activist and lends his support to causes that range from opposition to the Vietnam war to the creation of Operation Respect. Signed, inscribed 4x5 photo. VG...........25-35
See above216. [OPERA] Jarmila Novotna (1907-1994) celebrated Czech soprano, from 1940
to 1956, a star of the Metropolitan Opera. She appeared in
several films, including Max Ophüls's 1932 version of The
Bartered Bride. In 1948, she won acclaim for playing the
non-singing role of a young mother looking for her son after
being a prisoner at Auschwitz, in The Search, starring
Montgomery Clift. SIGNED, inscribed 4x6 photo, she dates 1993.
Superb shot of her holding a rose to her chin as a young woman.
VG............50-75
217. MYSTERY LOT of about 86 pieces
from 19th & 20th century. Includes: letters; documents;
5 bank checks signed by the noted artist, Douglas Volk,
known for his portraits of Abraham Lincoln, one used on
postage stamp, and various ephemera. Oldest item in this lot
is 1804. Good lot for eBay sellers or those who like
researching items.....150-250 Reserved at $75
218. Edgar
A. Guest (1881-1959) was a prolific
English-born American poet who was popular in the first half of
the 20th century and became known as the People's Poet.
TLS, 1958, 1p, sending appreciation for a Christmas greeting he
had received. Fine............50-75
219. Joseph
Campanella (b. 1927)
American character actor who has appeared in more than
two hundred television and film roles since 1955.
Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo PLUS TLS signed Joe. Two
pieces. VG.......35-45
220. Theodore
"Ted" Roosevelt III (generally known as
Theodore, Jr.) (1887-1944) American political and business
leader, a veteran of both the 20th century's world wars, who was
awarded the Medal of Honor. He was the eldest son of President
Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Roosevelt. Roosevelt was
instrumental in the forming of the American Legion in 1919. He
later served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Governor of
Puerto Rico (1929–32), Governor-General of the Philippines
(1932–33), Chairman of the Board of American Express Company,
and Vice-President at Doubleday Books, and as a Brigadier
General in the United States Army. Mounted SIGNATURE.........50-75
221. [OPERA] Frederica von Stade (b.1945), American mezzo-soprano. She made her debut with the Metropolitan Opera in 1970 and in 1971 appeared as Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro at the Santa Fe Opera. "It was two of the newcomers who left the audience dazzled: Frederica von Stade as Cherubino and Kiri Te Kanawa as the Countess. Everyone knew at once that these were brilliant finds. History has confirmed that first impression. SIGNED & INSCRIBED 10 x 8 photo. VG............25-35
223. [OPERA] Dame EDITH COATES (1908-1983) British Mezzo Soprano - A most successful career at the Old Vic, Sadler Wells, covent Garden. She was fortunate to have a long caeer. She was an impressive singing-actress. She created the role Auntie in Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes, Bardeau, in Sir Arthur Bliss' The Olympians, and other great roles in Gloriana and The Parlour. TLS dtd 1/12/81 ...................35-45
LOT 225.
(British Literature) Leonard
Alfred George Strong (1896 – 1958) highly
popular novelist, critic, historian and poet, and published
under the name "L. A. G. Strong." TLS, 1950, 1p. Laurence Meynell
(1899-1989) writer, journalist and estate agent who also wrote
as Valerie Baxter, Robert Eton, Geoffrey Ludlow and A Stephen
Tring. ALS, 1945 5pp. Sir Sidney
James Mark Low (1857-1932) journalist,
historian, and essayist. He was the editor of the St. James's
Gazette from 1888 to 1897, and was a leader writer and literary
editor for the Standard. He was the paper's special
correspondent on a number of occasions, covering such events as
the visit of the Price of Wales to India, the coronation of
Haakon VII of Norway and the Hague Conference of 1907. During
the First World War he was a journalist in France and Italy, and
edited the wireless service of the Ministry of Information. ALS,
1920. Euphemia Margaret Tait (1866-1946) Mystery
Novelist – She used a pseud of John
Ironside under this name she wrote 8
novels including her famous “The Call Box Mystery”. ALS as
(John Ironside), 1909, 1p (trimmed on left side).
Frederick Edward de Neuflize "Eric" Ponsonby, 10th
Earl of Bessborough
(1913- 1993) diplomat, businessman, playwright, Conservative
politician, and peer. He was the author of plays and other
works. SIGNED House of Lords card, 1989 (4x6).
George Emlyn Williams,
CBE (1905- 1987) Welsh dramatist and actor. In addition to stage
plays, Williams wrote a number of film screenplays, working with
Alfred Hitchcock (on The Man Who Knew Too Much), signed 1959
program. Ida A.R. Wylie
(1885-1959) SIGNED 5x3 card, 1953...............80-120
226. Edmund Muskie
(1914-1996) Governor of Maine from 1955 to 1959, as a member
of the United States Senate from 1959 to 1980, and as
Secretary of State under Jimmy Carter from 1980 to 1981.
Muskie was the Democratic nominee for Vice President in the
1968 presidential election, and was a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for President in 1972. Signed
color photo of Lincoln statue, signed in person at Bates
College in Maine. Condition: the 2 white lines above
Lincoln's head are not in the photo [scanner problem]; white
speck below his knee is flaw, and also finger print near
bottom are also flaws. Still a nice
example..........40-60
227. [OPERA] Jarmila Novotna (1907-1994) Czech Opera . ALS, 1981...........35-45
LOT
229. (BRITISH FILM ACTORS/ENTERTAINERS) Roland Young (1887 –
1953) He made his film debut in the 1922 silent film
Sherlock Holmes, in which he played Watson opposite John
Barrymore as Holmes. He signed a contract with MGM and made
his talkie debut in The Unholy Night (1929), directed by
Lionel Barrymore. In many other films acclaimed for his
comedic ability. SIGNATURE on trimmed album page on verso is
Gregory Ratoff (
1897 –1960) Russian-born American film director, actor and
producer. His most famous role as an actor was as producer
Max Fabian who feuds with star Margo Channing (Bette Davis)
in All About Eve (1950). He has signed with inscription.
Anna Russell (1911-2006)
English–Canadian singer and comedian. ANS,1992, with signed
address return label.
Paul Hogan (b.1939) Australian
comedian and actor best known for his role as Michael
"Crocodile" Dundee in "Crocodile" Dundee (1986), for which
he won a Golden Globe award for his performance, and
subsequent films featuring the character. TNS signed with
initials. Vivienne
Chatterton (1900-1974) Actress,
appeared in many films frm the 1930’s. ANS,1932.
Cyril James Cusack
(1910 –1993) Irish actor, who appeared in numerous films and
television productions in a career lasting more than 70
years. SIGNED postcard size photograph.............50-75
231. Edmund Blunden, MC [1896-1974] English poet, author and critic. Like his friend Siegfried Sassoon, he wrote of his experiences in World War I in both verse and prose. For most of his career, Blunden was also a reviewer for English publications and an academic in Tokyo and later Hong Kong. He ended his career as Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford. Signed in ink limited edition page [proof page] from the "hand-set edition of Near & Far," 6-1/4 x 9-1/2". Fine...........30-40
232. Harold Stirling Vanderbilt (1884-1970 ) Son of William Kissam Vanderbilt. Associated with New York Central management and managed family interests for many years. Turned to sports in later years and was namesake of 'Vanderbilt Cup.' His signature on 5x3 slip. Top portion of slip has oil stain that shows but does not touch signature. .....25-35
233. Cornelius Vanderbilt II (1843-1899) American socialite, heir, businessman, and a member of the prominent United States Vanderbilt family. He was the favorite grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt, who left him $5 million, and the eldest son of William Henry Vanderbilt, who left him close to $70 million. In his turn he succeeded them as head of the New York Central and related railroad lines in 1885. Signature on 4-3/4 x 2-1/4" slip. Different col9or inl "Yours respectfully" above signature. Faint fold line; slightly soiled...........50-75
235. US Senators - 5 TLSs, 1960-1962, all to Vernon Talbertt: Homer E. Capehart [Ind]; John Marshall Butler [Md]; Wallace F. Bennett [Ut]; Quentin N. Burdick [ND]; Styles Bridges [NH]...........35-45
238.
[MUSIC] JEFF VON DER SCHMIDT
is Conductor and Founding Artistic Director of Southwest Chamber
Music. A two-time Grammy Award-winning conductor, he has led
numerous performances of standard 20th century composers as well
as world and local premieres of new work. Mr. von der Schmidt
has received six Grammy nominations, including consecutive 2003
and 2004 Grammy Awards as conductor for the Complete Chamber
Music of Carlos Chávez Volumes and 2. His performance was
nominated for Best Classical Album in 2005 for the Complete
Chamber Music of Carlos Chávez, Volume 3 by both mainstream and
Latin Grammys. Recent projects include leading cultural
exchanges at the Vietnam National Academy of Music and the Royal
University of Fine Arts in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, featuring Aura,
a major new composition by Grawemeyer Award-winning composer
Chinary Ung; and a complete cycle of the chamber music of Carlos
Chávez with Southwest Chamber Music and the Tambuco Percussion
Ensemble at the UNAM Center in Mexico City in May 2007.
His successful 2003 performance at the Library of Congress, with
soprano Phyllis Bryn-Julson in Richard Felciano’s An American
Decameron, was greeted with a standing ovation. He has led
cycles of the Los Angeles works of Arnold Schoenberg at Cooper
Union in New York City and at the Arnold Schoenberg Center in
Vienna, where Southwest Chamber Music was the first American
ensemble to perform at the Center since its relocation from the
University of Southern California. Signed [endorsed on verso] 1984 Warner Bros.
pay check. VG..............25-35
See check
See
signature on verso
240. Benjamin Altman (1840–1913) American businessman who in 1865 founded B. Altman & Co., opening a store on Third Avenue and 10th Street in NYC. In 1906, he moved the business to Fifth Avenue and 34th Street. Benjamin Altman died without heirs. Shortly before the death, he founded the Altman Foundation. Until 1985, it owned B. Altman & Co., which latter closed the last store in 1990. Altman was an avid collector of Rembrandt paintings and china, much of which he acquired through art dealer Joseph Duveen. Upon his death, he donated the collection to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Signed Chemical National Bank check, 1906. VG.................80-120
241. [MUSIC]
WILLY EICKEMEYER [1879-1925] German composer & pianist.
CLIP SIGNATURE........20-30
242. Heneage Finch, 4th Earl of Aylesford (1751-
1812) son of Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Aylesford, was a British
peer. From 1757 until his accession in 1777, he was styled Lord
Guernsey. He was an artist of some repute. Eleven of his
paintings, part of the Oppe Collection, are held on behalf of
the National Museum by the Tate Gallery. CLIP SIGNATURE
[toned/mounted]........20-30
243. [MUSIC] Jack Beeson (b. 1921) American composer. He is known particularly for his operas, the best known of which are Lizzie Borden, Hello Out There! andThe Sweet Bye and Bye. Beeson studied privately with Béla Bartók. SIGNATURE/INSCRIBED with sentiment, 2000.............20-30
248.
(Opera Lot) VIRGILIO
BELLATI (1869-1917) Italian Opera Baritone
and conductor. He made in 1892 at La Pergola in Florence in
Pescatori di Perle. He enjoyed excellent reputation and had a
long career. In 1894 he performed in the new opera of
Leoncavallo "I Medici" at the Dal Verme in Milan and later in
Naples in the role of Poliziano. In 1896 he was the first
Schaunard in Genoa at the Politeama Genovese. In 1899 he took
part in a very long tour in the United States. In 1901 he was
cast in the first of the new Scala opera of Mascagni "The Masks"
His career ended in 1917, the year of his death. SIGNED
early Postcard Photograph [poor contrast]. Harry Dearth (
? -1933) English Opera Star - a high basso. Active
in opera, oratorio and concerts, Dearth made more than 225
recordings, mostly fascinating ballads. CLIPPED SIGNATURE.
H. GREGORY HAST
(1862-1944) English tenor who founded the
Meister Glee-Singers in 1890. He was a member of the choirs of
both Westminister Abbey and the Temple Church. Hast became a
noted recitalist following his St. James's Hall debut in 1898
touring in both America and Europe. SIGNATURE.
Anton Schott (1846
- 1913) German dramatic tenor. e began his studies with Agnes
Schebest-Strauss, and by the end of the year had already
appeared at the Munich Opera. The following year saw him engaged
as leading lyric tenor of the Berlin Opera. In 1880 he made his
London debut, in the title role of Rienzi; two years later he
went to Italy with Angelo Neumann's company to appear in the
works of Richard Wagner. He made his American debut at the
Metropolitan Opera on, 1884, singing the title role of Wagner's
Tannhäuser; it marked the beginning of Leopold Damrosch's first
season of German opera with the company. SIGNATURE, 1889.
Luigi Ravelli (1848-?)
Italian Opera Singer. SIGNED card, 1881. Ruggero Raimondi
(1941) Italian bass-baritone opera singer who has also appeared
in motion pictures. SIGNED 4x6 photo in “Tosca”. Frances Lillian Bible
(1919 –2001) American operatic mezzo-soprano who had a
thirty-year long career at the New York City Opera between 1948
and 1978. SIGNED album page. Marguerite
Piazza (1921 -2012) American soprano,
entertainer and philanthropist. SIGNATURE from address
return on envelope (large signature). Marcia
Baldwin (1939- ) Met Opera
mezzo soprano. SIGNED Album page.............100-150
249.
[MUSIC] Carl Ehrenberg
(1878-1962) German composer. TLS, 1937, 1p. In German.
VG.............30-40
250.
[MUSIC] Juan Bautista Plaza Alfonso
(1898-1965) was a classical composer. He began studies in
medicine at the Central University of Venezuela but, with time,
left in order to dedicate himself to music. His first teacher
was Jesus Maria Suárez. He studied in Rome from 1920 and 1923
and obtained the title of professor of sagrada (sacred)
composition. After his return to Venezuela he was named Master
of Chapel at Caracas Cathedral and carried out this position
until the year 1948. In the Caracas Superior Music School he
taught music history and appreciation to composer Antonio Lauro
and singer Morella Muñoz. A Note Signed, Bogata, 1964. Approx. 4
x 4". VG..........30-40
251.
[NOBEL PRIZE] FREDERICK
C. ROBBINS (1916-2003) American
Physiologist -He shared the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physiology
or Medicine with John F. Enders, Ph.D., and Thomas H.
Weller, M.D., for discovering a method of growing
poliovirus in a test tube; up until that time, the virus
had to be studied in monkeys, which were expensive to use
and difficult to handle. Their achievement resulted in the
development of effective poliomyelitis vaccines and also
paved the way for the ultimately successful development of
vaccines for other major scourges of childhood,
particularly measles and German measles, a major cause of
birth defects. ANS on 3x5
card........................20-30
252. [TV] Sid Caesar (1922-2014) Emmy award winning American comic
actor and writer known as the leading man on the 1950s
television series Your Show of
Shows and Caesar's Hour. Signed
3x5 card. Fine.........25-35
253. (FRENCH LITERATURE) PIERRE DESCAVES - 3 to 4 pages of autograph notes unsigned and approx. 36 news clippings on Henri Troyat [French author]. Including a program from "Le Vieux Colombier." Descaves' file on Troyat....................50-75
254. {CABINET] James
Wilson (1835-1920) Scotland-born United
States politician who served as US Secretary of Agriculture from
1897-1913. SIGNED CARD............20-30
256. Calvin Klein
(b. 1942) American fashion designer who launched
the company that would later become Calvin Klein Inc., in
1968. Signed 8x10 photo [youthful image].
Fine.............25-35
257. [OPERA] Elizabeth Harwood (1938-1990)
English lyric soprano. She enjoyed an operatic career
lasting for over two decades and worked with such
conductors as Colin Davis and Herbert von Karajan. She was
one of the few English singers of her generation to be
invited to sing in productions at the Salzburg Festival
and La Scala, Milan, as well as at the Metropolitan
Opera. ANS, with envelope postmarked 1981. 7x9
in. Mail folds............20-30
258. [MUSIC] George Crumb
(b. 1929) American composer of avant-garde music.
Signed 5-1/2 x 3-1/4 in. slip plus envelope addressed in his
hand, signed in the return address portion. Two signed
pieces. VG..........30-40
259. [DANCE] Antonio Ruiz Soler (1921-1996) Spanish flamenco dancer, choreographer and dance director. During appearances in the United States he danced in Ravel's "Boléro" in New York City and appeared in several Hollywood movies, including "Ziegfeld Girl" (1941), "Hollywood Canteen" (1944) and "Honeymoon" (1947). Signed, inscribed 1983 photo, 5x7 in. Slight creasing top edge which doesn't show much on front..............35-45
260. [MAINE] John Baldacci
(b. 1955) the 73rd Governor of Maine
from 2003 to 2011. A Democrat, he also served as a
member of the United States House of Representatives
from 1995 to 2003. TLS, 1997, 1 full page,
about cutting Medicare................20-30
261.
[ENTERTAINMENT LOT] includes: David Niven
(1910-1983) signed card; Red
Skelton (1913-1997) small photo signed
on verso; Caesar Romero (1907-1994)
signed 5x7 photo; Leon
Belasco (1902-1988) autograph
note signed 1982; Belita
(1923-2005) signed & inscribed card; Don Beddoe
(1903-1991) ANS; Lina Basquette
(1907-1994) 4x5 photo signed on verso; Whitt Bissell
(1909-1996) signed & inscribed card; Joyce Matthews (1919-1999)
signed, inscribed stationary...........80-120
266. [US POLITICIANS] TLSs by US
senators: Wm. Spong, Harold E. Hughes, William
Proxmire, Ernest Hollings, Birch Bayh. ALSO
congressmen Carl Albert, and 7 others. These date
1969-1972.............100-150
269. [TV] SOUPY SALES (1926-2009 ) American Entertainer/Comedian - One
of the most popular kiddie-show hosts of his day, Soupy Sales's
daily satirical show was as popular with parents as it was with
the younger set. He even had a hit dance record, "The Mouse,"
during the show's run. His recordings are an extension of the
zany show. While some bemoaned his use of slapstick and
double-entendre jokes, his popularity has never waned, as shown
by the success of his current stand-up act and the release of
several video tapes with scenes from his old show.
SIGNED/Inscribed 8x10 photograph.........25-35
270.
[FRANCE] Joseph-Philippe Simon, called Lockroy
(1803-1891) French actor and playwright.
Joseph-Philippe Simon began as an actor under
the pseudonym Lockroy at the Odéon-Théâtre de
l'Europe and the Comédie-Française in Paris
before devoting himself entirely to writing. For
a few months in 1848 he served as provisional
administrator of the Comédie-Française.
Brief ALS, no date, 1p. "How is our dear Dumas?"
VG.............50-75
272. [BASEBALL] Bob Lemon [1920-2000] Baseball Hall of Fame. Signed 1p. form, no date, 8.5 x 11. Sent by a Sports company in Wellesley, Mass. regarding the signing of baseballs. The players were given a number of choices to respond to - Lemon has checked "I am interested in your offer. Please send a ball for me sign so that I can see the finished product. " Mail creases............35-45
273. Cyrus Townsend Brady (1861-1920) American journalist, historian and adventure writer. His most well-known work is "Indian Fights and Fighters". Brady's first major book "For Love of Country" whilst telling the story of a fictitious John Seymour was actually based in part on the true heroics of Nicholas Biddle one of the first five captains of the fledgling Continental Navy. AQS, 1901, on 3-3/4 x 2-3/8" card........20-30
274. [ENGLAND] Sir Nicolas C. Tindal (1776-1846) celebrated English lawyer who successfully defended Queen Caroline at her trial for adultery in 1820. ALS, 1836, written on both sides of 7x9 in. sheet. Light toning; old mounting remains along one edge on back do not affect text......50-75
275. Alfred L. Atherton Jr. (1921 - 2002) United States Foreign Service Officer and diplomat. He served as United States Ambassador to Egypt in 1979-1983. TLS, 1979, 1p..........20-30
276. [THEATRE] Victor Mapes (1870-1943) American playwright. Brief ALS, 1907, 1p. VG.......25-35
277. Lowell Thomas [1892-1981] Am. writer/broadcaster. Clip signature.........20-30
278. Peter Benchley [1940-2006] author
"JAWS". ANS ON 3X5 CARD.....25-35
282. [ENGLAND] Gathorne
Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook
(1814-1906), known as Gathorne Hardy until 1878, was a prominent
British Conservative politician. He held office in every
Conservative government between 1858 and 1892 and notably served
as Home Secretary from 1867 to 1868 and as Secretary of State
for War from 1874 to 1878. Signed address posal
panel, postmarked 1867. Tipped to page...........25-35
283. [THEATRE] E.L. Davenport (1816-1877) American actor. Born in Boston, he
made his first appearance on the stage in Providence, Rhode
Island in support of Junius Brutus Booth. Afterwards he went
to England, where he supported Mrs. Anna Cora Mowatt (Ritchie)
(1819 -1870), William Charles Macready and others. In 1854 he
was again in the United States, appearing in Shakespearian
plays and in dramatizations of Dickens's novels. As Bill Sikes
he was especially successful, and his Sir Giles Overreach, a
role he played at Daly's Fifth Avenue Theatre in 1869, and
Brutus were also greatly admired. Signature on 4-1/4 x 2-1/2. Superb example...........25-35
284. [MILITARY] Robert C. Davis (1876-1944) American Major General who served as Adjutant General of the U.S. Army from 1922 to 1927. Signed 3x5 card ; he has added rank. Even overall age toning......20-30
285. [MILITARY] Charles H. Muir - American Major General. Signed 3x5 card. Sun
toned at 2 edges.....20-30
289. [NOBEL] Frederick C. Robbins (1916-2003) American pediatrician and virologist. He received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1954 along with John Franklin Enders and Thomas Huckle Weller. The award was for his breakthrough work in isolation and growth of the polio virus, paving the way for vaccines developed by Albert Sabin, Jonas Salk. Signed 1967 Air Mail FDC honoring JFK. Also signed by Alice Robbins, his wife. Fine.........40-60
290. Carlos P. Romulo [1899-1985] Filipino diplomat. He had served with General Douglas MacArthur in the Pacific, was Ambassador to the United States, and became the first Asian to win the Pulitzer Prize in Correspondence in 1942. Signature card as Ambassador. VG..........25-35
291. [FILM] Shannon Day (1896 - 1977) (born, Sylvia Day)[1] was an American silent film actress who appeared in supporting parts in numerous productions. She also performed on the Broadway stage as a teenager. Her career did not survive the sound era. Her first film was Cecil B. DeMille's Forbidden Fruit. Signed card, approx. 3-1/2 x 2-1/4", with envelope, 1921..............20-30
292. PETER
Y. CUTLER
(1820-1869)
Wall-street lawyer,
who was found dead
in his room at the
Pacific Hotel, under
circumstances that
led to the
supposition that he
had committed
suicide. Post war he
was a defender of
Jefferson Davis.
ALS, 1859, 2pp.
VG........50-75
293. Melbourne [1779-1848] Prime Minister of Great Britain. Clip Signature.......50-75
294. Gladys Hasty Carroll [1904-1999] American novelist. Slip containing 2 of her signatures [could be separated]..........40-60
295. Irving Bacheller [1859-1950] American writer. Brief AQS.......40-60
296. Philip Berrigan (1923-2002) was an internationally renowned American peace activist, Christian anarchist and former Roman Catholic priest. Along with his brother Daniel Berrigan, he was for a time on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list for acts of vandalism including destruction of government property. Signature, inscribed on 3x5 card........20-30
297. [FRANCE] J. A. Coulangheon [1875-1904] French, author, poet. His output was small, as he died young. Rare signature............50-75
298. [MUSIC] DELLA REESE (1932- ) American Singer/Actress. SIGNED Document - A contract for her to appear on the Rosey Grier Show, for $57.00.........................40-60
299. [FILM - MUSIC] Nelson Eddy [1901-1967] American singer and
actor who appeared in 19 musical films during the 1930s and
1940s, as well as in opera and on the concert stage, radio,
television, and in nightclubs. Signature on 3 x 2-3/4" slip.............40-60
300. Louise Gluck (b. 1943) American poet. TLS, 2002, to Robert Allen Jr. VG........25-35
301. [TV] Robert Horton (b. 1924), American television actor, was most noted for the role of Flint McCullough in the TV series Wagon Train (1957-1962). ANS, 1991, on back of postcard picturing him......20-30
302. Lewis B. Hershey [1893-1977] Am. general. Signed card.........20-30
303. [THEATRE] Harriett Vernon [1851-1923] British actress. Clip signature.........20-30
304. Jack Mulhall [1887-1979] actor; in 430 films. Sig/inscribed......15-20
305. Kate Terry [1844-1924] Brit. actress; sister of Ellen Terry. Clip signature......15-20
306. Camille Darville [1863-?] Dutch actress, singer. Signed card........15-20
309. The Masters and Johnson research team,
composed of William
H.
Masters and Virginia E. Johnson, pioneered research into the nature of human
sexual response and the diagnosis and treatment of sexual
disorders and dysfunctions from 1957 until the 1990s. Sheet
signed by both, 1973, 8.5 x 11. Inscribed in type to
collector..........60-80
310. [FILM] Holly
Hunter (b. 1958) American actress. Hunter
starred in The Piano for which she won the BAFTA Award for Best
Actress in a Leading Role and Academy Award for Best Actress,
among other awards. Signed & inscribed 3x5
card..........15-20
311. [FILM] Maureen
Stapleton (1925-2006) American
actress in film, theater and television. Signed 3x5
card.......15-20
313. [MUSIC] Émile Louis Fortuné Pessard
(1843-1917) French composer. Pessard was born and died
in Paris. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire where he won
1st prize in Harmony. In 1866 he won the Grand Prix de Rome
with his cantata Dalila which was performed at the Paris Opera
on February 21, 1867. From 1878 to 1880 he was inspector of
singing at Paris Schools, in 1881 he became professor of
Harmony at the Paris Conservatory. After 1895 he was a
critic and director. He composed many comic operas and
operettas, as well as masses. ALS, 1916, 2pp, approx.
5-1/4 x 8-1/4. VG............60-80
315. [FILM] Lee
Grant (b. 1926) American stage, film and
television actress, and film director. She was blacklisted for
12 years from film work beginning in the mid-1950s, but worked
in the theatre, and would eventually win the Academy Award for
Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Felicia Karpf in
Shampoo (1975). Signed 3x5 card.........15-20
316. [FILM] Diane Wiest (b.
1948) American actress on stage, television and film. She has
won two Academy Awards, two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe
Award. Wiest has also been nominated for a BAFTA Award.
Signed 3x5 card........15-20
317. [BRITAIN]
Anthony Perrinott Lysberg Barber, Baron Barber (1920- 2005)
British Conservative politician who served as a member of
both the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Barber was
appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer by Edward Heath in
1970 after the early death of Iain Macleod, serving in that
capacity until 1974. He became Chairman of Standard
Chartered Bank after retiring from front-line politics in
1974, and served from 1974 to 1987. SIGNED 6 x 8
PHOTO............25-35
320. Jasper Yeates (1745-1817) was a lawyer and judge from Pennsylvania. He was born in Philadelphia into a prominent family, and was sent to the Inns of Court in England for his legal training. He became a resident of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. During the American Revolution he sided with the Patriot cause. In 1776, he served as a commissioner to investigate Native American affairs in Pittsburgh. After the Revolution, Yeates was a delegate to the Pennsylvania convention that ratified the United States Constitution in 1787. He served as a justice on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court from 1791 until his death in 1817. A Federalist, he was appointed by the Washington administration in 1794 to serve on a commission sent to negotiate an end to the Whiskey Rebellion. The Jasper Yeates House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Offered here is a small document dated 1782, written out by Yeates, signing his name in the text. This is a receipt. There are signatures of others on both sides. This looks like it was removed from a larger document. Approx. 6 x 2-1/4". VG...........50-75
321. [ENGLAND] Cecilia Nina Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1862-1938) was the mother of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (later Queen Elizabeth, and then Queen Mother) and maternal grandmother and godmother of Elizabeth II. Rare ALS, 1936, 1p., sending autograph during the year her daughter became Queen. With envelope...........150-200
322. [MUSIC] Sigmund Spaeth [1885-1965] musicologist who traced the sources and origins of popular songs to their folk and classical roots. Presenting his findings through books, lectures, liner notes, newspapers, radio and television, he became known as The Tune Detective. ANS, 1940, 1p. stating his favorite composer was Brahms. G+..........30-40
323. [FILM] June Allyson - actress. Signed 3x5 card.......20-30
325. [FILM] TONY RANDALL (1920-2004) Actor, Director. SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 photograph. Signed in dark area. VG..........30-40
326. [FILM] CELESTE HOLM
(1917-2012) Actress, Academy Award winner. SIGNED
inscribed 8x10 photograph. VG.........30-40
328. [FILM] VIRGINIA
CAPERS (1925-2004) Actress. SIGNED
inscribed 8x10 photograph (1975)...............30-40
331.
[FRANCE] Joseph Auguste Emile
Vaudremer (1829-1914) French architect. He
won the prix de Rome and designed several public buildings in
France, particularly in Paris. He designed several typical
19th century buildings in Paris : lycées (including the Lycée
Buffon), churches (including Notre-Dame-d'Auteuil, and
Saint-Pierre-de-Montrouge) and the Prison de la Santé. In
1867 he was elected to the seventh seat of the Académie des
Beaux-Arts, architecture section, succeeding Alphonse de
Gisors. ALS, 1882, 2pp, 4 x 5-1/4 in. VG..........80-120
Page 1
Page 2
332. JOHN
MASEFIELD (1878-1967) English Poet Laureate
(1930-1967) SIGNATURE, with sentiment mounted to larger
sheet......30-40
333. [POETRY] John Hall Wheelock (1886-1978) American poet. He was a descendant of Eleazar Wheelock, founder of Dartmouth College. He wrote fourteen books of poetry and was co-winner of the 1962 Bollingen Prize. As an editor, he is noted for discovering young poets like May Swenson and James Dickey. Signed paper below affixed portrait. Very neat. Overall 6.5 x 9.5". VG..........40-60
335. [FILM] JOAN BENNETT
(1910-1990) Actress. SIGNED inscribed book page portrait
8x1.............30-40
336. ART LINKLETTER (1912-2010) Entertainer, author. SIGNED 5x7 photograph in silver ink. VG.........25-35
337. [FILM] DEANNA DURBIN (1921-2013)
Canadian born American Actress/singer who appeared in a number
of films in the 1930’s and 40’s. TLS (1989)...........30-40
338. [FILM] Lilia Skala (1896-1994) Austrian-American actress. She was
nominated for a Best Supporting Actress for her most famous role
as the Mother Superior in Lilies
of the Field opposite
Oscar-winning Sidney Poitier. Skala also appeared in Ship of
Fools,
339. PHYLLIS DILLER 1917-2013) Actress, comedian.SIGNED inscribed 8x10 photograph. VG............30-40
340. [FILM] CHARLES L. BUSCH (1954) Actor, screenwriter, dramatist, female impersonator. TLS (2002)...........25-35
344. [FRANCE] Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant (1797-1886) French mechanician and mathematician who contributed to early stress analysis and also developed the one-dimensional unsteady open channel flow shallow water equations or Saint-Venant equations that are a fundamental set of equations used in modern hydraulic engineering . Although his surname was Barré de Saint-Venant in non-French mathematical literature he is known simply as Saint-Venant. His name is also associated with Saint-Venant's principle of statically equivalent systems of load, Saint-Venant's theorem and for Saint-Venant's compatibility condition, the integrability conditions for a symmetric tensor field to be a strain. In 1843 he published the correct derivation of the Navier-Stokes equations for a viscous flow and was the first to "properly identify the coefficient of viscosity and its role as a multiplying factor for the velocity gradients in the flow". Although he published before Stokes the equations do not bear his name. In 1868, at 71 years old, he was elected to succeed Poncelet in the mechanics section of the Académie des Sciences. In 1869 he was given the title 'Count' (comte) by Pope Pius IX. ALS, 1861, 2pp, approx. 5-1/4 x 8-1/4". There is a tear coming up from botton edge that touches the signature but no loss of paper. See scan.........100-150
See page 2
345. [FRANCE] 1810 Manuscript Document
Signed, identified as "Marquise d'Anhalt. Our research
identifies this person as Favras Caroline Hedwig of
Anhalt-Schauenbourg (Marquise de) ( 1759-1841). Approx.
6-3/4 x 4-1/4" with very nice red wax seal still intact.
See both side's below. Certainly worthy of research.
Excellent condition.........100-150
Front
side
Back
side
346. [FRANCE] Guillaume-René
Meignan (1817-1896) French
Catholic apologist and scriptural exegete, Archbishop of Tours
and Cardinal. ALS, 1887, 1-1/5 pp, 8vo. Not translated.
VG........100-150
347. [MUSIC] Ludwig
Karpath (1866-1936) Austrian
writer on music. Karpath was with numerous composers
such as Johannes Brahms , Pietro Mascagni , Giacomo
Puccini , Gustav Mahler and his wife Alma , Max Reger and
Siegfried and Cosima Wagner , as well as musicians such as
Arthur Nikisch , Hans Richter and Felix Mottl friends.
Strauss dedicated to him in 1924 to be Ballet whipped
cream. In several publications, he devoted himself to
these people as gourmet , he also published a
cookbook. ALS, 1920, written on verso
of portrait postcard of him, also signed on front. Pretty
good condition for its age.........60-80
Scan 1
Scan 2
348. [FILM] ALICE
WHITE (1904-1983) Silent Screen Actress
who started her film career when Charlie Chaplin put her in the
movies. Entered talkies in 1928. ALS, no date,
1p...........40-60
349. [MEDICINE] DENTON
COOLEY (1920) American Heart Surgeon first
to implant an artificial heart. SIGNED 5x7 photograph
(2000). VG.......25-35
350. [ART] Sears Gallagher [1869-1955] American artist of note, Signature with sentiment dated 1930...........20-30
351. [US CONGRESS] Slip of
paper with two signatures. (1) Hendley
Stone Bennett (1807-1891) was a U.S.
Representative from Mississippi. He moved to Paris, Texas, in
1859 and continued the practice of law. He served as a captain
in Company G, Thirty-second Regiment, Texas Cavalry, Confederate
States Army, from August 5, 1861, to August 31, 1862. (2)
Thomas Birch Florence
(1812-1875) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of
Representatives from Pennsylvania. He learned the hatter's
trade and engaged in that business in 1833. He was engaged in
the newspaper business. He was an unsuccessful Democratic
candidate for election in 1846 and 1848. After leaving Congress
edited and published the Constitutional Union in Washington,
D.C., and subsequently became the proprietor of the Sunday
Gazette. Approx. 5 x 4-3/4 in. VG..............20-30
Gerhardt
side
Leffler-Burckhard
side
353.
[ART] Frank
Beard (1842-1905) grew
to become a widely known American illustrator,
"chalk talk" artist, and cartoonist in the late
19th century. In early 1850s, Beard was a
boy of 7 or 8 years old when he first saw Yankee
Notions, which he later termed "the first American
comic journal," published by T.W. Strong in New
York City USA. His favorite was Brother Jonathan
published by Wilson & Company in New York
City. He and his brothers would "spread the pages
on the floor and lie on our stomachs, studying the
pictures and spelling out the titles and jokes
beneath them, for hours together." Beard's first
published work as an illustrator may have appeared
in Comic Monthly, published from 1859 to 1881. His
cartoons also appeared in Judge. Beard drew both
single panel cartoons and sequential art (comics).
Around 1893 he began illustrating for The Ram's
Horn, a non-denominational Christian periodical
published during the 1890s and early 1900s by
Frederick L. Chapman & Company in Chicago,
Illinois USA. The magazine warned of the growing
dangers of secularism in American society which
were becoming more evident at that time.
Eventually Beard became the magazine's principal
illustrator, drawing both covers and interior
illustrations. It is reported that, at some point
in his career, Beard vowed to no longer do any
cartoons which weren't aimed at spreading
Christianity. Some of The Ram's Horn material was
gathered together into a book called Fifty Great
Cartoons(1899), published by the magazine for its
subscribers. A full color edition of Beard's
artwork, entitled One Hundred Sermon Pictures, was
published in 1902. Frank's brother was
Daniel Carter Beard [1850-1941] American
illustrator, author, youth leader, and social
reformer who founded the Sons of Daniel Boone in
1905, which Beard later merged with the Boy Scouts
of America (BSA). Offered here is an original ink
drawing, unsigned but guaranteed to be by him,
approx. 14-1/2 x 11-1/4" thick paper stock. Small
corner piece missing affects nothing.
VG..........200-300
See
Beard drawing
354. (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
355.
[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
356. [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.
357. [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
358. Will Durant (1885-1981) was a
prolific American writer, historian, and philosopher. He is best
known for The Story of Civilization, 11 volumes written in
collaboration with his wife Ariel Durant and published between
1935 and 1975. He was earlier noted for The Story of Philosophy,
written in 1926, which one observer described as "a
groundbreaking work that helped to popularize philosophy".
Signed 1946 bank check...............40-60
359. [GOLF] Raymond
Floyd [b. 1942] American golfer.
Signed, inscribed 8x10 color photo. VG......25-35
360. [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
361. [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
363. [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
364. [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
See above
366. [MUSIC] Eberhard
Eyser (1932 - ) Germany composer. AMQS from
his "King of Hearts." Approx. 9.5 x 4.5". VG..........50-75
See AMQS
367. [MAINE] Frederick G. Payne (1904-1978) American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from Maine from 1953 to 1959. He previously served as the 60th Governor of Maine from 1949 to 1953. DOCUMENT SIGNED, 1950, appointing Earl W. Davis of Harrison, Maine, as elected a Representative in the 95th Legislature of the State of Maine. Approx. 9.5 x 14"; one fold..........25-35
See document
368.
[MUSIC] Charlotte Mellot Joubert
- French Opera singer,
noted on the world stage at the turn of the
century. Made early recordings. ALS on 4-1/4 x
2-3/4" card, dated 1934. Written on both sides.
Includes envelope. VG..........35-45
370. Jos.
Hiller (1748-1814) American
clockmaker, silversmith, and engraver. He enlisted to
fight in the Revolutionary War, rising to major. In
1789, President George Washington appointed Hiller the
first Collector of the Port of Salem; he served until
1803. Fine condition with professional repair to top
right corner. In 1780 he moved from Boston to Salem,
Mass. and set up shop. He was noted as one of the first
major clockmakers in Revolutionary times, and also known
as an engraver of many celebrated prints. CLIP SIGNATURE
as Collector. VG..........50-75
See above
371. [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
372. [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
373. [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
374.
Roger Wolcott (1847-1900)
Governor of Massachusetts from 1897, serving until
1900. TLS, 1896, signed as Acting Governor.
Receives admission cards to an exhibition at the Boston Art
Club. VG............25-35
375. [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
376. [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
377. [MUSIC] Andrew Litton (b. 1959) American orchestral conductor. Signed, inscribed color 5x7 photo. VG.........25-35
378. [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
380. [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
381. [MUSIC] Wilfred Glenn (1881-1970) American opera singer. Signed 8x10 photo [sepia tone], dated 1932. VG.........30-40
See Glenn382. [MUSIC] George Hamilton
[1901-1957] popular bandleader. Signed vintage 5x7 photo.
VG..........35-45
383. [FILM] Gregory Hines
[1946-2003] American actor, singer, dancer and choreographer.
TLS, 1981, 1p. VG.........25-35
384. [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
385. 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
386. [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
387. Tom Eagleton (1929 - 2007) US Senator from Missouri,
serving from 1968 -1987. He is best remembered for
briefly being a Democratic Vice Presidential nominee,
sharing the ticket under George McGovern in 1972. Nice
8x10 photo signed 1985. VG...........25-35
388. [MUSIC] Archibald Joyce [1873-1963] British composer. Signed
card......20-30
391. Fancis G.
Peabody [1847-1936]
Unitarian clergyman. ALS 1901......25-35
393. 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
394. [BALLET] HELGI TOMASSON (1942- ) American Ballet Star/Choreographer.
SIGNED 8x10 portrait photograph. VG...................25-35
395. [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
396. 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
397. Paul Zindel Jr. (1936-2003) American playwright, novelist. Warner Bros. 1985 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG.......20-30
398. (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
399. [MUSIC] James Conlon (b. 1950) American conductor. Signed, inscribed
8x10 photo. VG.......25-35
400. [FRANCE] Adolphe Perraud (1828-1906) French Cardinal and academician. His calling card as Le Cardinal Perraud on which he pens 13 lines on both sides. Accompanied by original envelope addressed to Edmond de Morsier. About reunion; mentions Leon XIII. Don't think he signed. VG.........50-75
Scan 1
401. IRVIN S. COBB - writer.
Clip signature. [stains]............15-20
402. [FILM] Jack Alberton (1907-1981) American character actor who began in vaudeville. A comedian, dancer, singer, and musician, Albertson is perhaps best known for his roles as Manny Rosen in The Poseidon Adventure (1972), Grandpa Joe in the 1971 version of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Amos Slade in the 1981 animated film "The Fox and the Hound" (1981), and as Ed Brown in the 1974-1978 television sitcom Chico and the Man. For contributions to the television industry, Jack Albertson was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Signed lobbycard from the film "Changes." 14 x 11".............35-45
See Albertson
403. [FILM] Sandy Dennis (1937-1992) American theater and film actress. In 1966, she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Set of 8 signed lobbycards from the film "Up The Stair Case", 2 are also inscribed. 14 x 11. VG. A signed set like this is rare!............500-700
404. [FILM] Gene
Raymond (1908-1998) American film,
television, and stage actor of the 1930s and 1940s. In addition
to acting, Raymond was also a composer, writer, director,
producer, and decorated military pilot. SIGNED sheet
music, WILL YOU?. Approx. 9x12 in. Vintage item with
expected wear faults..........60-80
405. [FILM] Martin Landau - American film and television actor. Landau began his career in the 1950s. His early films include a supporting role in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959). He played continuing roles in the television series Mission: Impossible (for which he received several Emmy Award nominations) and Space:1999. He received a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture and his first nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in Tucker: The Man and His Dream, and was nominated for an Oscar for his role in Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989). His performance in the supporting role of Bela Lugosi in Ed Wood (1994) earned him the Academy Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe. He continues to perform in film and television and heads the Hollywood branch of the Actors Studio. Signature matted with portrait. Overall 12x16. Mat has bumped corners...........35-45
See Landau
408.
[STOCK CERTIFICATES] group of 10 stock certificates for COMPAGNIE FERMIERE DE LUCHON,
all 1925, approx. 7-1/2 x 12-1/4". VG.
Farmer Company Luchon
Country: France
Date: 1925
Genre: Action de 500 Francs
Issue: 3000 action
Activity: Cures
State: UNC (Uncirculed) new document had almost never
circulated. No folds, trace or task.
Description section - Title from the Farmer Company Luchon,
dating from 1925 whose action was worth 500 francs.
Companies registered capital of 1.5 million francs.
Headquarters: Bagneres-de-Luchon. Established in 1924. Hotel
operations and Royal Majestic Bagneres-de-Luchon
All of these have these coupons still
attached. They all look alike. Fine
condition..............200-300 Reserve at $50
409. [CARDINAL] Francis Cardinal Spellman (1889-1967) American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the sixth Archbishop of New York from 1939 to 1967, having previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston (1932-39). He was named a cardinal in 1946. Signed print that has postage stamp affixed. Also signed by James Francis Aloysius McIntyre (1886-1979) American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Los Angeles from 1948 to 1970, and was created a cardinal in 1953. Print size approx. 8 x 10"...........100-150
410. [CARDINAL] Francis Cardinal Spellman (1889-1967) American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the sixth Archbishop of New York from 1939 to 1967, having previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston (1932-39). He was named a cardinal in 1946. Signed print that has postage stamp affixed. Also signed by James Francis Aloysius McIntyre (1886-1979) American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Los Angeles from 1948 to 1970, and was created a cardinal in 1953. Print size approx. 8 x 10"...........100-150
See above411. [ART] Original
antique wood-engraving - SCENES IN ST.
LOUIS, from Picturesque America, image approx. 10
x 7 plus margins. printed text on verso as usual.
VG.........40-60
414. AMERICAN
EXPRESS - 3 stock certificates, 1960-63.
VG...........40-60
415. [PORTRAIT] Philip H. Sheridan (1831-1888) was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War. His career was noted for his rapid rise to major general and his close association with Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. Antique original wood-engraved portrait by T. Johnson. Approx. 6 x 5-1/4" plus wide margins. C. 1892 for The Century Magazine. VG..........25-35
416. [PORTRAIT] Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st (1792- 1871) English mathematician, astronomer, chemist, and experimental photographer/inventor. Antique original wood-engraved portrait by T. Johnson. Approx. 6-1/2 x 5-1/4" plus wide margins. C. 1892 for The Century Magazine. VG..........25-35
See Herschel portrait419. [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 2425.
[GOODYEAR COMPANY] Charles
Goodyear (1800-1860) American inventor who
developed a process to vulcanize rubber in 1839 — a method that
he perfected while living and working in Springfield,
Massachusetts in 1844, and for which he received patent number
3633 from the United States Patent Office on June 15, 1844.
Offered here is a "copy" of 1849 letter from Charles Goodyear
requesting a patent for Goodyear Transparent Cement. Two
pages, contained in an elaborate mat with wooden inserts.
Provenance: Goodyear Family. Overall size approx. 25-1/2 x
19". Obviously a latter copy of the letter, probably circa
1900, possibly earlier. VG.........100-150
426. [MYSTERY LOT] includes: Warner Bros. pay check, 1984, signed on verso by Lawrence Roman (1921-2008) known for writing the hit Broadway play "Under the Yum-Yum Tree" and for adapting the farce into the 1963 movie version. Also includes CLIP SIGNATURE of Henry Martyn Scudder (1822-1895) missionary under American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions and Board of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Church in America to Japan and South India—to American Madura Mission and American Madras Mission. He established American Arcot Mission, North Arcot of South India—then under Madras Presidency. Also includes Edward Fuller Witsell (1891- 1969) was an officer in the United States Army who served as Adjutant General from 1946 to 1951. General Witsell was a 1911 graduate of The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina and a World War I veteran. TLS, 1946, to congressman [Mas] Philip J. Philbin re: request for relief of active duty for Chaplain (1stn Lieut.) Donald B. Weymouth. Also 1881 Gov. doc from Sec. of War Alex. ramsey about Des Moines Rapids Canal; 1828 Norwich, Ct. document; 1839 document signed by I.P. hazard, Providence, RI; 4 checks signed by Brenda Kuhn; some items from the papers of congressman Philip J. Philbin; a calling card signed Mrs. Wainwright; card signed by Richardson K. Dilworth (1898-1974) American Democratic Party politician, born in the Pittsburgh area, who served as the 118th Mayor of Philadelphia from 1956 to 1962. Also card signed George W. Williams (naval officer); 1811 document from Kittery, Maine area [Spinney]; various bank checks, some small old prints, unidentified autograph signatures; documents, ephemera, etc. Approx. 82 pieces. Good lot for eBay sellers or those who like researching items............80-120
427. [FILM] Bill Williams (1915-1992) American television and film actor. He is best known for his starring role in the early 1950 television show The Adventures of Kit Carson. Signature matted with vintage photo. Overall 9x13"...........40-60
See above428. [FRANCE] Louis-François Chamillart, Marquis de la Suze ( 1751
- 1833 ) was a French politician. He was allowed to sit at the
Chamber of Peers in 1815. ALS, 1791, written from Chateau
des Tuileries, to certified services of La Plasse "Marechal
des Logis des Rois." 1p, 7-3/4 x 12-1/4 in. VG...............100-150
430. [RELIGION] Pierre Simon de Dreux-Breze (1811-1893) Priest since 1825 , Vicar General and Canon Emeritus of Paris, he distinguished himself as a preacher, and was appointed Bishop of Moulins October 28, 1849, by the President of the Republic Called to Rome by Pope Pius IX on 7 January 1850, it was dedicated to Our Lady of Paris on 14 April and took possession of his see on 1 May. Near Dom Prosper Gueranger, he established the Roman rite in his diocese a pastoral letter by the 21 November 1853 and was a promoter of the Gregorian chant. [internet translation]. ALS, not dated, 3 full pages, 5-1/4 x 8-1/4". On the verso of page 3 is an ALS by Xavier de Ravignan (1795-1858) French Jesuit preacher and author. Educated in Paris, he resigned his army commission to study law. Auditor of the royal court. Deputy attorney-general by 1821. Entering a Sulpician monastery, and later joining the Society of Jesus, he was ordained in 1828, and after several years as professor and retreat preacher at Montrouge, he went to Notre Dame, where his logic, serenity, and zeal won souls by the hundreds. Superior of his brethren at Bordeaux from 1837 to 1842, and at Paris from 1848 to 1851. He preached throughout France and in Rome, Belgium, and London. His calm, eloquent De l'Existence et de l'Institut des Jesuites of 1844, vindicating the Society, sold 25,000 copies in one year. However, the Jesuits' strife continued until they were forced to disband for a time in France. Despite painful controversy with his superiors and imputations from other quarters, he remained loyal to his order. In 1854 he brought out Clement XIII et Clement XIV, a dispassionate treatise, of no great literary merit, on the defender and the suppressor of the Jesuits. He steadfastly refused preferment, even the archbishopric of Paris, devoting himself to other works. He died a saintly death, and thousands followed the remains of the "Apostle of Paris" to his grave. VG..........200-300
Pages 2 & 3From
the private collection of HENRI CORBIERE, the noted French art
critic. The following are original drawings sent to Corbiere
from friends. Approx. paper sizes. All are in very good
condition.
Click
on descriptions to see the drawings
434. DANIEL FERRARA (Algerian, born 1906) signed ink drawing, approx. 12 x 9 in.............75-100
435. ANDRE BOUEY (1898-1976) signed ink drawing, 1966, 12 x 8 in............75-100
436. JACQUES DEMOULIN (born 1905) signed ink drawing dated 1972, 12 x 9.5 in.............75-100
437. STEFAN WALLMARK (born 1912) signed pencil drawing dated 1972, 12 x 8.5 in..........75-100
438. ERIKA BUENTELLO (American) signed pencil drawing dated 1978, 8 x 10.5
in..............75-100
439. [FILM & THEATRE] Colleen Dewhurst (1924-1991) actress. Brief Document Signed, 1961, 1p. Authorization "I HEREBY AUTHORIZE YOU TO MAKE PAYMENT (IN MY NAME) FOR MY EMPLOYMENT ON THE PLAY OF THE WEEK IN 'NO EXIT' TO MY AGENT JANE BRODER."...........40-60
440. [PORTRAIT] Benoît-Constant Coquelin (1841-1909) French actor, "one of the greatest theatrical figures of the age." Antique original wood-engraved portrait by R.G. Tietze. Approx. 7 x 5" plus wide margins. C. 1892 for The Century Magazine. VG..........25-35
443. [LINCOLN] LEONARD W. VOLK (1828-1895) American sculptor. Most famous for making a life mask of American President Abraham Lincoln. In 1857, he settled in Chicago, where he helped to establish the Academy of Design and was for eight years its head. In 1860 he made a life mask of Lincoln, of whom only one other was ever made (by Clark Mills in 1865). In the early part of spring in 1860, during Abraham Lincoln's visit to Chicago, Volk asked him to sit for a bust. When Lincoln agreed, the artist decided to start by doing a life mask. Lincoln found the process of letting wet plaster dry on his face, followed by a skin-stretching removal process, "anything but agreeable." But he endured it with good humor, and when he saw the final bust, he was quite pleased, declaring it "the animal himself." Volk later used the life mask and bust of 1860 as the basis for other editions, including a full-length statue of Lincoln. Signed 1893 bank check. VG.................100-200
444. [MIXED LOT OF AUTOGRAPHS] Comprised of: [1] Norman Zollinger - author. Sig. & inscribed page, 1981. [2] Henry William Herbert (pen name Frank Forester) (1807-1858) English novelist and writer on sport. CLIP SIGNATURE. [3] Ben Davies (1858-1943) was a popular tenor from Swansea, Wales. He performed in the first production of the Royal English Opera (now the Palace Theater), playing in the première of the opera Ivanhoe. Davies was noted for frequently singing with his eyes closed. SIGNED CARD, 1922. [4] Howard Crosby (1826-1891) American preacher and teacher. From 1870 to 1881 Crosby was chancellor of New York University. He was one of the American revisers of the English version of the New Testament. Crosby took a prominent part in politics. He urged to excise reform and opposed total abstinence. He was one of the founders and the first president of the New York Society for the Prevention of Crime, and pleaded for better management of Indian affairs and international copyright. CLIP SIGNATURE. Fine. [5] William H. Armstrong (1914-1999) Am. author, most noted for his Newbery Medal-winning novel, Sounder. Signed, inscribed 3x5 card. [6] Margaret Fitzhugh Browne [1884-1972] Am. artist. Signed card. [7] SirFrederic G. Kenyon (1863-1952) British paleographer, biblical and classical scholar. He was the director of the British Museum. He was also the president of the British Academy from 1917 to 1921 SIGNED CARD, 1922. Toned around edges. [8] Cyrus H.K. Curtis (1850-1933) was a significant American publisher. Curtis was born in Portland, Maine, and entered the publishing business there with a weekly newspaper. He founded the Philadelphia-based Curtis Publishing Company, which published the Ladies' Home Journal and the Saturday Evening Post, as well as several other magazines and newspapers. For a time he own the Public Ledger, the Philadelphia Inquirer and the New York Evening Post. He was also known for his philanthropy to hospitals, museums, and schools. He obtained a pipe organ manufactured by the Austin Organ Company which had been displayed at the Philadelphia Sesquicentennial Exposition of 1926 and donated it to the University of Pennsylvania. It was built into Irvine Auditorium when the building was constructed and is known to this day as the Curtis Organ. It is one of the largest pipe organs in the world. SIGNATURE on card. VG. [9] Benay Venuta (1911-1995) American actress, singer and dancer. CLIP SIGNATURE. [10] J. SCOPE [1662-1752] English Justice; Sec. of the Treasury [1724-1752]. Small mounted irregular slip of paper signed..........80-120
445. [TV] Sharon Gless (b. 1943)
is an American character actress of stage, film and
television, who is best known for her roles as Maggie Philbin
on Switch (1975–1978), as Sgt. Christine Cagney in the police
procedural drama series Cagney & Lacey (1982–1988), as
Debbie Novotny in the Showtime cable television series Queer
as Folk (2000–2005), and as Madeline Westen on Burn Notice
(2007–2013). Gless has won two Emmy Awards and has received 10
Emmy nominations, has been nominated seven times for the
Golden Globe (winning two in 1986 and 1991) and has received
her own Star on the Walk of Fame in 1995. Signed,
inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.............25-35
448. 1876 Centennial Reprint of the classic July 8, 1776 issue of DUNLAP'S PENNSYLVANIA PACKET OR THE GENERAL ADVERTISER containing the Declaration of Independence 16.5" x 11," as expected small tears, partial separation at one fold, all iwell away from the Declaration printing. Published by J.V. Vondersmith and printed in Philadelphia in 1876 by the Saturday Evening Mirror. A fun and historic souvenir piece.............150-200
449. [TV] Robert
Urich (1946-2002)
American film, television and stage actor and television
producer. Over the course of his 30-year career, Urich starred
in a record 15 television series. Signed, inscribed 8x10
photo. VG...........40-60
450.
[MUSIC] Georgia
Hanni - Executive
Director, Composers and Lyricists Guild of
America. TLS, 1963, 1p., to Milt Ebbins, asking
for copies of contracts for the film Johnny
Cool. Mentions Billy May, Sammy Cahn, &
Jimmy Van Heusen............50-75
451. [ART] Portrait of
George Washington - original
engraving/etching/aquatint by T. Johnson, plate signed &
dated 1903 in the plate. This, of course, was done after
Gilbert Stuart's famous portrait. Image 11-1/2 x 9-3/4" plus
wide margins. VG...........100-150
See
Portrait of Washington
452. [ART] James McGarrell [b. 1930] is one of the most influential figural painters of the 1980's and 90's postmodern movement. His work is in many museum collections, including: the Centre Georges Pompidou, France; Hamburg Museum of Art, Germany; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City; and the Museum of Modern Art, also in New York City. McGarrell has won countless honors for his intricately detailed figurative paintings, based upon a myriad of fictive and literary sources. He is an elected member of both the National Academy of Design in New York and the Academie des Beaux-Art de l'Institute de France. In 1995, he was awarded the prestigious Jimmy Ernst Award in Art from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He has received grants and fellowships from the Fulbright Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, and has been featured in five Whitney annuals and biennials as well as in the 1968 Venice Biennale. His work is included in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Centre Georges Pompidou, the Hamburg Museum of Art in Germany, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Hirshhorn Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Original b/w lithograph, pencil signed & titled "Elephant Bathers II", 22-1/2 x 30" flush, Printer's proof. VG.......400-600
See McGarrell lithograph453. [ART] Claude Franqois FORTIER - French engraver, was born in Paris in 1775, and died in the same city in 1835. Original engraving by Fortier, title: "La Matin", image size approx. 10 x 13-1/2" plus wide margins. Circa 1820-1828. Condition: minor foxing spots on verso; minor stains & marks in margin areas; the main flaw, although less visible from front is an offset blue number that must have rested against this print years ago. At first we didn't notice this but its there. We have adjusted the estimate because of this..........75-100
454. JOHN SAVAGE (1779-1863), Democratic-Republican Congressman from New York from 1815 to 1819; Chief Justice of the N, Y. Supreme Court 1823 to 1837. DS dated May 21, 1830, as Chief Justice authorizing Thomas G. Fletcher to practice before the Court. Nice paper seal and remnants of ribbon. 11 X 7-3.4 in. VG...........40-60
455. [CABINET] CLINTON P. ANDERSON (1895-1975), Sec. of Agriculture under Truman. Congressman and then Senator from New Mexico. LS as Chairman on the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy congratulating long-term Senate employee on 50 years of service. FINE..........25-35
459. [MIXED LOT] [1]
[PHILADELPHIA] C.
TOWER - noted trial lawyer. LS,
Phila., 1885, 1-1/2 pages, 4to. To William Henry Rawle, praising
Rawle's oration of the statue of Chief Justice Marshall [1884]
at Washington. Continues with compliment of Rawle on his address
: The Case of the Educated Unemployed," delivered before the
Harvard College Phi Beta Kappa Society. Excellent letter. [2] IRA A. HAYNES [1859-1955] General, U.S. Army. He served in
Hawaii [1899]. Signed 1920 Riggs National Bank check. [3] KEEPER
OF THE PRIVY PURSE) - Sir Thos. (Myddleton) Biddulph
[1809-1878] He entered the Army as a Cornet (1st Life Guards) in
1826. On his promotion to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1857 he went on
half pay. He was later appointed Master of the Queen's
Household, and then Receiver-General of the Duchy of Cornwall.
In 1867 he was appointed Keeper of the Queen's Privy Purse. Sir
Thomas had enjoyed the Queen's trust and confidence for 27
years, but there had been one occasion when he had threatened to
resign, because of rows with John Brown, the Queen's personal
gillie and favourite. It is on record that the Queen made gentle
fun of Sir Thomas behind his back: with roars of laughter she
told Sir Henry Ponsonby how shocked Sir Thomas had been by the
design for a medal of the Ashanti campaign and she quoted his
comment, "Roman soldiers with nothing - nothing at all - but
helmets on." However, Sir Thomas was not without a sense of
humour: in 1871, when the Queen was gravely ill with an abscess
on her arm, Lady Churchill wanted to send for all her children.
"Goodness", said Sir Thomas, "that would have killed her at
once!" Two [2] ALSs, 1874 and 1876, each 1p. [4] [US
CONGRESSMEN] album page signed on both sides by: RIDGELY, Edwin Reed, (1844 - 1927) Ks; SIMS, Thetus Willrette, (1852 - 1939)
Tenn; CLARDY, John Daniel, (1828 - 1918) Ky.
Signed on the other side by: BOTKIN, Jeremiah Dunham, (1849 - 1921) Kan; GREENE, William Laury, (1849 - 1899)
Neb; SKINNER, Harry, (1855 - 1929). VG. [5] [STOCK CERTIFICATE] JOHN F. SHAFROTH (1887-1967)
distinguished naval officer, comdr. battleship division that
bombarded Japan in 1945. DS, 1928, North American Edison Co. [6]
[SCIENCE] Alembert,
Jean Le Rond [1717-1783].
French mathematician, scientist, and philosopher. Son of Mme. de
Tencin and of the chevalier Destouches; member of Academy of
Sciences (1741); wrote Traitéde dynamique (1743) containing "d'
Alembert' s principle,"Traitéde l' équilibre et du mouvement des
fluides (1744), Réflexions sur la cause générale des vents
(1747) containing his discovery of partial differential
equations; explained precession of equinoxes, rotation of Earth'
s axis; associated with Diderot in editing the Encyclopédie
(1746-54), writing Discours préliminaire for Vol. I (1751);
member (1754) of French Academy; wrote six volumes of Histoire
des membres de l' Académie (1785-87); author also of Éléments de
musique (1752), Mélanges de littérature, d' histoire et de
philosophie (1753); published collected Opuscules mathématiques
(1761-80). ENGRAVED PORTRAIT, c. 1853. Clean. [7] LADD, George Washington, a Representative from Maine;
born in Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, September 28, 1818;
attended the common schools and Kents Hill Seminary; engaged in
the drug business in Bangor, Maine; later engaged in the lumber,
commission, and wholesale grocery business in Bangor; was also
interested in railroad development; elected as a Greenback
candidate to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses (March
4, 1879-March 3, 1883); chairman, Committee on Expenditures in
the Post Office Department (Forty-sixth Congress); unsuccessful
candidate for reelection in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress;
died in Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, January 30, 1892;
interment in Mount Hope Cemetery. SIGNATURE. [8] LAMPORT, William Henry, a Representative from New York;
born in Brunswick, N.Y., May 27, 1811; moved with his parents to
Gorham, Ontario County, in 1826; attended the public schools;
engaged in agricultural pursuits; supervisor of Gorham in 1848
and 1849; sheriff of Ontario County 1850-1853; member of the
State assembly in 1854; moved to Canandaigua in 1864; president
of the village of Canandaigua in 1866 and 1867; elected as a
Republican to the Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses (March
4, 1871-March 3, 1875); was not a candidate for renomination in
1874; retired to Canandaigua, N.Y., where he died July 21, 1891;
interment in the West Avenue Cemetery. CLIP SIGNATURE, mounted. [9] [ASSAULT ON A POLICEMAN] H.D. Hawley - Singer Sewing Co. Agent. ALS,
on illust. sewing machine letterhead, Savannah, Ga., Nov. 4,
1871, written on both sides of 8.5 x 11 in. sheet. To the Singer
Manufacturing Company about a Lady La Velle who was unhappy with
Singer for not exchanging her sewing machine, which she had used
for a year, for a brand new model. Gives background on the
woman's history. "She had a spite against a Policeman their" (in
Brunswick) "and once upon a time as he was passing her window,
She having prepared with a Mug of her dear Virgin water took the
liberty of transfering it to the head of the Policeman. Cause of
her being in New York, a choice was given her to go to the
penitentiary or leave the State." As usual with almost all
Singer letters there are mounting traces on verso along one
edge. Small loss to one corner. Front side Back side [10] [OPERA]
Jess Thomas [1927-1993] Am. lyric and Wagnerian tenor. In
1963, he joined the cast of the Metropolitan Opera appearing in
95 performances for 15 years. Amongst the highlights of his
career with the Metropolitan Opera was appearing at the opening
of the new Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center in the
first performance of Samuel Barber's Antony and Cleopatra with
Leontyne Price. Signed photo, 4 x 5-3/4". Also signed with
initials with sentiment on verso. Edge crack. [11] 1814 Gov. Doc., 2pp, Report
of the Committee of Ways and Means. [12] Six. bank checks dated
1923...........80-120
LOT
461. BIG BAND/JAZZ MUSICAN LOT - Horace Heidt (1901–1986)
pianist, big band leader, and radio and television personality.
His band, Horace Heidt and his Musical Knights, toured
vaudeville and performed on radio and television through the
1930s and 1940s. SIGNED, inscribed 5x7 photograph - Mark Warnow (1900 -1949)
noted violinist and orchestra conductor, who performed widely on
radio in the 1930s and 1940s. Warnow's superb, smoothly-flowing
arrangements made him quite popular during his career. SIGNED
CARD, in pencil, also with Andre
Baruch (1908-1991), popular broadcaster on
radio, film narrator, disc jockey -- Harry
James (1916 –1983) actor and musician best
known as a trumpeter who led a swing band during the Big Band
Swing Era of the 1930s and 1940s. He was especially known among
musicians for his astonishing technical proficiency as well as
his superior tone. SIGNED card plus music sheet of “I had
the Craziest Dram”. TED WEEMS
( 1901 -1963) bandleader and musician. Weems' work in music was
recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
SIGNED, inscribed 10x8 photograph (signed only by him)
with Elmor Tanner and Red Ingle, who are pictured (outer edge
tape stains on white margin). Philip
Wells Woods (1931- ) jazz bebop alto
saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader and composer. ALS,
2001, with SIGNED 8x10, inscribed photograph. Charles Melvin "Cootie" Williams (1911
– 1985) jazz, jump blues and rhythm and blues trumpeter. SIGNED
paper, (with tape outlined all sides), also signed with members
of his band: Darrell James, Jess Payne, Danny
Logan.................100-150
471. [MIXED LOT] [1] Ben Spock (1903-1998) American pediatrician whose book Baby and Child Care, published in 1946, is one of the biggest best-sellers of all time. Signed card. [2]Bainbridge Wadleigh (1831-1891) US Senator from New Hampshire. SIGNED CARD, DATED 1874. [3] [CABINET] William DeWitt Mitchell [1874-1955] U.S. Attorney General for the entirety of Herbert Hoover's Presidency. Born in Winona, Minnesota, he received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Minnesota. After he was admitted to the Minnesota bar he began practicing law in St. Paul. Mitchell served as an infantry officer during the Spanish-American War and World War I. On June 4, 1925, he was appointed Solicitor General of the United States. President Hoover appointed him Attorney General of the United States on March 4, 1929, and he held that office until March 4, 1933. Mitchell then settled in New York City where he practiced law. He was named chairman of the Committee on Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and chief counsel of the joint congressional committee investigating the attack on Pearl Harbor. He died in 1955, in Syosset, New York. signed 3-3/4 X 2-1/4 IN. card. [4] Samuel John "Lamorna" Birch, RA, RWS (1869 - 1955) was an artist in oils and watercolours. At the suggestion of fellow artist Stanhope Forbes, Birch adopted the soubriquet "Lamorna" to distinguish himself from Lionel Birch, an artist who was also working in the area at that time. Lamorna Birch was born in Egremont in Cheshire, England. He was self-taught as an artist, other than for a brief period of study at the Académie Colarossi in Paris during 1895. He is thought of as a painter of northern England, but his most important period was when he settled in Lamorna, Cornwall in 1902, and many of his most famous pictures date from this time and the beautiful Lamorna Cove is usually their subject matter. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1892. He held his first one man exhibition at the Fine Art Society in 1906. He is said to have produced more than 20,000 pictures. The exhibition Shades of British Impressionism Lamorna Birch and his Circle was shown at Warrington Museum & Art Gallery in the Mezzanine in October 2004. This details his links with Henry Scott Tuke and Thomas Cooper Gotch and many others who settled in the artists' colony in the 1880s and 1890s. "These painters helped to change the face of British art. Their emphasis on colour and light, truth and social realism brought about a revolution in British art." says the catalogue for the show. SIGNED CARD dated 1935. VG. [5] MYSTERY LOT - 9 misc. autographs, unidentified and not researched. There will be several of these Mystery Lots offered elsewhere in this auction. For those who prefer to do the research. See signatures [6] Douglas Volk - American artist famous for his portrait of Lincoln used for postage stamp. His Lincoln portrait hangs in the Lincoln Bedroom in The White House. Signed 1922 bank check. [7] H.S. Bundy - Congressman from Ohio. Signature. [8] TAYLOR, Joseph Danner [1830-1899] Representative from Ohio; during the Civil War entered the Union Army as a captain in the Eighty-eighth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; was judge advocate of the Department of Indiana in 1863 and 1864 SIGNATURE. [9] HATCH, Herschel Harrison [1837-1920] Representative from Michigan. SIGNATURE. [10] etching by A. Lalauze, portrait of Alain Rene Lesage........100-150
472. (ART) (JASPER JOHNS) original multiple. New York. Museum of Modern Art. Text by Riva Castleman Technics and Creativity Gemini GEL, 1971, 10.5 x 8.5 in. stiff wrappers in plastic clamshell box. 108 pp. 364 mostly thumbnail illustrations (20 full size in color), bibliography, index of artists. A Catalogue raisonne (to early 1971), published in a boxed edition of 22,500, with its problematic Jasper Johns "Target," an offset lithograph with applique paintbrush and three watercolor disks, in addition to the print , which is glued to the inside front cover of the box). Box also contains the catalog, a sheet of protective foam. The foam sheet is normally discolored and usually has three circular offprints from the watercolor disks. According to Richard S. Field ("Jasper Johns Prints 1970-1977"), the image was derived from a pencil drawing and collage of 1960 in the Sonnabend collection. A hand-pulled edition of 50 copies and six artists proofs was printed by Kenneth Tyler at Gemini in 1971. The offset edition was produced by Graphic Press, Los Angeles. Johns's participation in this enterprise was, at best, limited to the Gemini printing, which was hand-signed and numbered. The signature on the MoMA target was mechanically reproduced [the one offered here]. If it appears to have been signed in ink or pencil, forgery is indicated. The white clamshell box is spotted but intact. The other main factor involving this multiple is the condition of the offset target lithograph. As is often the case a former owner has wetted the watercolor blocks and started to paint the target but has only painted a small part in yellow. The brush is often missing as is missing here. VG condition.............300-400
Clamshell box
474. [FRANCE] Pierre Barillet [b.1923] dramatist. ALS, 1967, on both sides,
8-1/4 x 10-1/2. Speaks about translation of Black Comedy and
Peter Shaffer. VG.............60-80
475. Herb Shriner (1918-1970) American humorist, radio personality and television host. Herb Shriner was best known for his homespun monologues, usually with roots in his adopted home state of Indiana. He was often compared to fellow humorist Will Rogers. Signed, inscribed 6.5 x 8.5 photo. Condition: photo has been cropped; faults at top & bottom areas............20-30
476. [FILM] Walter Pidgeon (1897-1984) actor
who starred in many good films. Clip signature...........25-35
480. Sir Lewis
Casson [1875-1969] Eng. actor. ANS, nd...........20-30
481. [MUSIC] Joseph
Schuster [1903-1969] Russian
Cellist. Sig. card............20-30
485. Reginald De Koven
[1859-1920] Am. music critic, composer. Sig.
1907...........20-30
486. John
Kendrick Bangs (1862-1922)
American author and satirist, and the creator of modern Bangsian
fantasy, the school of fantasy writing that sets the plot wholly
or partially in the afterlife. Signed card with sentiment, dated
Nov. 27, 1896. Very fine example..............20-30
487. [NOBEL
PRIZE] Jean-Marie Lehn (born 1939) ) French chemist. He
received the Nobel Prize together with Donald Cram and Charles
Pedersen in 1987 for his work in Chemistry, particularly his
synthesis of the cryptands. Professor Lehn was an early
innovator in the field of supramolecular chemistry. SIGNED
& INSCRIBED CARD, 1990............20-30
488. [NOBEL] PHILLIP A. SHARP (1944 -) American Biologist. Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine IN 1993. Signed 9x11 photo with biosketch below image.................25-35
489. Elisabeth Beresford (also known as Liza) is an author of children's books, best known for creating the Wombles.ALS, 1993, 1p.............25-35
491. Charles Astor Bristed (1820-1874) American scholar and author, sometimes writing under the nom de plume Carl Benson. He was the first American to write a full-length defense of Americanisms. ALS, NEW YORK CLUB, Sept. 27, 1865, 1p. A few light foxing spots...........50-75
492. MARTIN DIBNER (1911-1991) American Novelist - His first novel, The Bachelor Seals, was published in 1948. The next novel, The Deep Six (1953), was his most popular one and was released as a film in 1958. Showcase, his third novel, was also published in 1958. His novels published in the 1960s are Sleeping Giant (1960); A God For Tomorrow (1961); and The Admiral: A Novel (1967). Others. Signed 4 x 5 photo dtd 1976. Signed on dark area [poor contrast]. Also signed & inscribed on back........25-35
493. BRITISH
THEATRE - 7x8 in. sheet SIGNED
by many British Theater Stars, among them MARIE LOHR (1890-1975), Clive Currie (1877-1935), Marjorie Playfair, Basil Foster
(1882-1959), Elizabeth Allan (1908-1990), Michael Shepley
(1907-1961), Alice O' Day (d. 1937), plus others. Signed on both
sides...........40-60
494. [CABINET] BENJAMIN CIVILETTI - American Cabinet Official. He was
Attorney-General of the US under the Carter Administration from
1979-1981. SIGNED 5x7 photograph...........25-35
495. [MASS] DAVID I. WALSH (1872-1947) American Politician - He was a member of the State house of representatives 1900-1901; lieutenant governor of Massachusetts 1913 and GOVERNOR 1914-1915.He was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1919, to March 3, 1925. He re-elected to the United States Senate in 1926 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of HENRY CABOT LODGE and took his seat December 6, 1926; reelected in 1928, 1934, and again in 1940 for the term ending January 3, 1947 -TLS dtd 12/20/1936 as US Senator............20-30
496. [BALLET] LEON DANIELIAN (1920-1997) American Ballet Dancer/Choreographer. He was one of the 20th century's premier dancers. As premier danseur with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo from 1943 to 1958, Mr. Danielian secured his place in dance history as the first American-born ballet dancer in the twentieth century to gain international fame. His Ballet Russe career and firsthand knowledge of the works of Michel Fokine, Leonide Massine, Anton Dolin, Eugene Loring, George Balanchine, and other great choreographers made him an invaluable company member, ballet master, and teacher. SIGNED/inscribed 8x10 photograph..............30-40
497. SIR GEORGE EDWARDS (1908-2003 ) British Aviation Engineer. In 1939, he was appointed Experimental Works Manager and in 1941 was seconded to the government to advise on expedited aircraft production. In1945, he was Chief Designer of the team that produced the Viking, Valetta, Varsity, Viscount and Valiant. In this period, he was associated with development of the Vanguard, VC 10 and TSR 2. In May 1961, as Executive Director - Aircraft, British Aircraft Corporation, initiated the BAC One Eleven jet airliner. Then came a series of major international ventures that would include Concorde, Jaguar and the Panavia Tornado, Multi Role Combat Aircraft'In large measure, the survival and ultimate successes of the British aviation industry in the post-World War II era are directly attributable to the technical skills, managerial acumen and foresight of Sir George Edwards. ALS postmarked 11/7/91........35-45
498. JOHN TRACY ELLIS (1905-1992 ) American Educator/Author/Historian. He is the celebrated author of numerous books such as American Catholicism, The Life of James Cardinal Gibbons, Essays in Seminary Education, A guide to American Catholic History, John Lancaster Spalding, First Bishop of Peoria, many others. TLS dtd 4/30/90...............25-35
499. JOHN D. deBUTTS (1910-?) American Businessman/CEO. He became CEO of AT&T in 1972. He was one of the first executives to offer GAY employees benefits to its employees. Also was in charge when the US Government broke up AT&T. SIGNED 8x10 photograph dtd Dec 1982...............25-35
500. [NOBEL] Sir Godfrey Hounsfield (1919-2004) English electrical engineer who shared the 1979 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Allan McLeod Cormack for his part in developing the diagnostic technique of X-ray computed tomography (CT). Signed, inscribed photo, 4x5. VG...........40-60
501. [EARLY FILM] Beulah Marie Dix [1876-1970] American screenwriter of the silent era and an author of children's books. She wrote for over 55 films between 1917 and 1942. ANS, 1932, written on half-title page removed from her book "Pity of God."..........25-35
503. JEAN DIEUDONNE (1906-1992) French Mathematician. He was one of the two main contributors to the Bourbaki series of texts. He began his mathematical career working on the analysis of polynomials. He worked in a wide variety of mathematical areas including general topology, topological vector spaces, algebraic geometry, invariant theory and the classical groups. His best known books are La Géométrie des groupes classiques (1955), Foundations of Modern Analysis (1960), and Algèbre linéaire et géométrie élémentaire (1964). SIGNED/inscribed booklet titled Remise a Jean Dieudonne - signed on front cover 5x7............25-35
504. Mr. Rush
[Richard Rush, 1780-1859] he was the 8th US Secretary of the
Treasury [1825-29] and the 8th Attorney General of the United
States. ALS, London, Sept. 14, 1819, 1p, 8x10 in. This is written in the 3rd Person. "Mr.
Rush has the honor to present his compliments to.......Le Roy and
Bayard, and, in requesting that they will be so kind as to send to
the post office the enclosed letter directed to Mr. Davidson,
ventures to hop, that they may find it convient to place at the
disposal of that gentleman the sum mentioned in the letter of
Mess. Morlands, Auriol and company, within the space of a week or
two after it may get to hand." VG..........75-100
505. [MUSIC] Attila Molnar [b. 1970] Hungarian composer and jazz musician. AMQS from his "Hugarian Fantasy for Violin and Piano." Approx. 3x5. VG.........50-75
506. [THEATRE] Neil Burgess [1846-1910] Vaudevillian comedian who specialized in female impersonations. Signature.........20-30
507. [SCIENCE] Paul D. Boyer (b. 1918) U.S. biochemist. He is one of the laureates for the 1997 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research on the "enzymatic mechanism underlying the synthesis of Adenosine triphosphate (ATP)". SIGNED 4x6" photo................35-45
508. Harry F. Byrd, Jr. (b. 1914) American politician. He represented Virginia in the United States Senate from 1965 to 1983. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo, 2001. Very slight creasing at one corner [not bad]..........20-30
509. Tom Douglas [1895-1978] Am. actor. TLS c.1930 re: appearance in "Fata Morgana......25-35
510. Chas. Earle Funk [1881-1957] Am. writer of Funk & Wagnalls Dictionary fame. TLS, 1936......35-45
511. Robert Jones Burdette (1844-1914) American humorist and clergyman, who became famous through his paragraphs in the Burlington (Iowa) Hawkeye. ALS, 1874. SOILED + OTHER FAULTS.............20-30
512. [AVIATION] J. Leland Atwood (1904-1999) engineer and manager in the aerospace industry. He worked in various prominent positions at North American Aviation for over 35 years. The International Aerospace Hall of Fame invested Atwood in 1984. SIGNED 8x10 photo, 1983. VG........25-35
513. [ENGLAND] David George Coke Patrick Ogilvy, 8th and 13th Earl of Airlie, KT, GCVO, PC, JP[1] (born 17 May 1926), is the eldest son of David Ogilvy, 7th (or 12th) Earl of Airlie and Lady Alexandra Coke. In 1984, Lord Airlie resigned from Schroder in order to take up the position of Lord Chamberlain. He was following in the footsteps of his late father, who served as Lord Chamberlain to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, He remained in the post until 1997. He was made a Knight of the Thistle in 1985. Lord Airlie has also served as the Lord Lieutenant of Angus in Scotland, and as the Captain General of The Royal Company of Archers and Gold Stick for Scotland. His wife, formally known as the Countess of Airlie, is a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth II. SIGNED 3-1/2 X 5 in. photo, signed on the back, with from his secretary.......20-30
514. [ENGLAND] Sir Samuel Romilly (1757-1818) English legal reformer. The greatest labour of his life was his attempt to reform the criminal law of England, then at once cruel and illogical. His work in reforming criminal law began with his "Thoughts on Executive Justice" (1786). Sir Samuel Romilly's efforts made his name famous not only in England but all over Europe. Rare clip SIGNATURE dated 1803.............25-35
515. George Ade (1866-944) American writer, newspaper columnist, and playwright. CLIP SIGNATURE..........20-30
516. [MUSIC] Robert Baksa [b. 1938] American composer. AMQS from his "Trumpet Concerto."....40-60
517. [MUSIC] Irmgard Seefried (1919-1988) distinguished German opera soprano. Signed 5x7 photo. VG............50-75
518. [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
519. PETER DRUCKER (1909- 2005) American Writer/Teacher. He is also a consultant specializing in strategy and policy for businesses and social sector organizations. He has consulted with many of the world's largest corporations as well as with nonprofit organizations, small and entrepreneurial companies, and with agencies of the U.S. government. He has also worked with free-world governments such as those of Canada, Japan, and Mexico. He is the author of thirty-one books which have been translated into more than twenty languages. Thirteen books deal with society, economics, and politics; fifteen deal with management. ANS on 3x5 card dtd 1985...............20-30
520. George Maharis - actor. TLS, 1979..........25-35
521. James R. Killiam [1904-1988] Pres. MIT. SP, 5x7..........25-35
522. Victoria Holt - British novelist. TLS, 1973, 1p..........25-35
523. Sir Frederick McCoy, KCMG, FRS [1817-1899] Irish palaeontologist and museum administrator, active in Australia. Last 4 pages of an ALS, no date. Ink has lightened on last name. Mounting trace along edge on last page. Very small punchhole............30-40
524. [MEDICINE] Ernest Besnier (1831 - 1909) French dermatologist and medicinal
director of the Hôpital Saint-Louis in Paris. He introduced
histopathology and parasitology to the clinic, and originated
the term biopsy for tissue samples. He was the first to describe
the chronic skin changes of sarcoidosis, and gave it the name
lupus pernio. He founded the medical journal Annales de
dermatologie et de syphiligraphie with Pierre Adolphe Adrien
Doyon . He attempted to balance the differences between the
French and Viennese approaches to dermatological medicine, and
in 1881 with Doyon, translated Moritz Kaposi's famous book on
skin diseases (Pathologie und Therapie der Hautkrankheiten in
Vorlesungen für praktische Ärzte und Studirende) from German
into French (Leçons sur les maladies de la peau). The eponymous
Besnier's prurigo is named after a type of atopic dermatitis
that he described. ALS, 1902, 1p,
4-3/8 x 7". Not translated.
Fine...........75-100
525. [MEDICINE] William Sharpey [1802-1880] British anatomist and physiologist. He was one of the founders of modern physiology in Great Britain and the first to occupy a chair of physiology in a British medical school. Joseph Lister was one of his pupils. SIGNED fragment removed from letter. No date...............50-75
527. Thomas J. Dodd [1907-1971] US Sen. TLS, 1961 re: World Peace......25-35
528. BILL BLASS (1913-2002) Am. Fashion Designer. ISP, 8X10......25-35
529. [CABINET] HOWARD "Bo" CALLAWAY- American Politician - United States Representative, Georgia, and Secretary of the Army under Presidents Nixon and Ford. SIGNED/Inscribed 5x7 photograph............25-35
530. James Caleb "Cale" Boggs (1909-1993) a veteran of World War II, and a member of the Republican Party, who served three terms as U.S. Representative from Delaware, two terms as Governor of Delaware, and two terms as U.S. Senator from Delaware. He was known b y his middle name. SIGNED/INSCRIBED 8x10 photo, 1983.................20-30
531. [FILM] Fay Bainter (1893-1968) American film and stage actress. Bainter quickly achieved success, and in 1938 she became the first performer nominated for both the Academy Award for Best Actress, for White Banners (1937), and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Jezebel (1938), winning for the latter. Since then, only nine other actors have won dual nominations in a single year. She was again nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Children's Hour (1961). ALS, no date, 1p. To Franklyn Lenthall - actor, director, producer, curator of the Boothbay Theater Museum [Maine]. "My dear Mr. Lenthall - How can I thank you for your wonderful letter - It helps a lot - I shall keep on trying until I get something to please everyone - Good luck to you - Please don't give up - Sincerely Fay Bainter." Written on Hotel Astor, NYC, letterhead. VG...........80-120
533. [ROYALTY] Princess Stephanie of Monaco (born 1965) member of the royal family
of Monaco. She is the youngest child of Grace Kelly and Rainier
III of Monaco. SIGNED 1978 FDC honoring American Quits. Clean
& attractive.............30-40
534. [NOBEL] Dr Edwin Gerhard Krebs (born 1918) American biochemist. He received the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research and the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize in 1989 together with Alfred Gilman winner of Nobel Prize in medicine in 1994 and, together with his collaborator Edmond H. Fischer, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1992 for describing how reversible phosphorylation works as a switch to activate proteins and regulate various cellular processes. SIGNED soft cover pamphlet about him. Not published with cover.............20-30
535. PEGGY STEWART (1923- ) American Actress. Her family moved to
California in the mid '30s, where she made the acquaintance of
character actor Henry O'Neill. Aware that Paramount Pictures was
looking for a new face to play the part of Joel McCrea's and
Frances Dee's daughter in Wells Fargo (1936), O'Neill
recommended Stewart. The assignment led to numerous other roles
for the teenaged actress, who by the end of 1940 was not only
established in Hollywood but the wife of actor Don "Red" Barry
(Stewart was also the sister-in-law of another actor, Wayne
Morris). At about the time her marriage was breaking up in 1944,
Stewart signed with Republic Studios, where, starting with
Tucson Raiders (1944), she became resident leading lady for many
of Republic's western stars. She also appeared in serials at
Republic but preferred westerns because the shooting schedules
were shorter and she was able to wear a more varied wardrobe.
Leaving Republic in 1948, she freelanced until 1953, when she
briefly gave up acting to become a casting director at NBC
television. SIGNED/inscribed 8x10 photograph with
sentiment...........25-35
536. [POETRY] Mary E. Ireland - American Poet at turn of the century. Signed holograph poem "Home On Furlough", 1p, 32 lines. Fine.......25-35
537. [FRANCE] Émile Fabre
(1869-1955) French dramatic author and general administrator of
the Comédie-Française from 1915 to 1936. To the film actress
Tania Fedor. VG.........50-75
538. Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867) American physicist, great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin, was born at Philadelphia. After graduating at the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1825, he acted as assistant professor there for some time, and as a lieutenant in the corps of engineers he was engaged for a short time in the erection of coastal fortifications. He occupied the post of professor of natural philosophy and chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania from 1828 to 1841 and again from 1842 to 1843. He spent the years 1836 to 1838 in Europe on behalf of the trustees of what, in 1848, was to become Girard College. Abroad, he examined European systems of education and, on his return, published a very valuable report. In 1843, on the death of Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler, he was appointed superintendent of the United States coast survey. He succeeded in impressing the United States Congress with a sense of the great value of this work and by means of the liberal aid it granted, he carried out a singularly comprehensive plan with great ability and most satisfactory results. By a skillful division of labour, and by the erection of numerous observing stations, the mapping out of the whole coast was completed. In addition, a vast mass of magnetic and meteorological data was collected. His autograph in the form of a FREE FRANK SIGNATURE [used in place of stamp on envelope]. Actual size 2-5/8 x 1-1/4 in. Mounted to another sheet; handly any margins; condition - stained..............50-75
539. [ART] André Berne-Joffroy (1915-2007) Former Director of the Museum of Modern Art in Paris, Iimportant art critic in France. He was responsible for many of the important Paris exhibitions of modern art during the 1950-1980 era. He is also credited with the rediscovery of the Italian artist Michelangelo Caravaggio [1571-1610], who had a formative influence on the Baroque school of painting. Infamous while he lived, Caravaggio was forgotten almost immediately after his death, and it was only in the 20th century that his importance to the development of Western art was rediscovered. Despite this, his influence on the new Baroque style that eventually emerged from the ruins of Mannerism, was profound. It can be seen directly or indirectly in the work of Rubens, Jusepe de Ribera, Bernini, and Rembrandt , and artists in the following generation heavily under his influence were called the "Caravaggisti" or "Caravagesques", as well as Tenebrists or "Tenebrosi" ("shadowists"). Andre Berne-Joffroy, said of him: "What begins in the work of Caravaggio is, quite simply, modern painting." Offered here are 23 manuscript pages written by Berne-Joffroy [UNSIGNED]. He has written on the front "Exposition de Peinture Surrealiste Lima 1954." Written in French. Very rare! Excellent condition...........150-200
540. [FRANCE] approx. 17 signed petitions to save the Olympia Music Hall in Paris [1970]. Signed by musicians, dancers etc. Each 8.5 x 11. All VG. Needs research..........100-150
542. [FRANCE] HENRY JOUIN [b.1841] Fr. writer. ALS, 1900, written on correspondence card. Bottom right corner trimmed. To Aimi Giron. Not translated.........................50-75
543. Jilly (Cooper) OBE (b. 1937) is an English author. She started her career as a journalist and wrote numerous works of non-fiction before writing several romance novels, the first of which appeared in 1975. She is most famous for writing the six blockbuster novels the Rutshire Chronicles. BRIEF TLS, 1979, 1p............25-35
544. [GREAT BRITAIN] George Nicoll Barnes CH PC (1859-1940) Scottish politician and a leader of the Labour Party. He was leader of the Labour Party from 14 February 1910 to 6 February 1911. He was Minister of Pensions (1916-1917) and Minister without Portfolio (1917-1920) under David Lloyd George. In 1918 the Labour Party decided to leave the Lloyd George Coalition but Barnes refused to resign. As a result he was expelled from the Labour Party and founded the National Democratic Party. SIGNATURE...........20-30
545. Lizzie Sparks Pickering [d. 1906] wife of Edward Charles Pickering, the noted American astronomer and physicist. ALS, nd, 2pp. to Mrs. Amedee Mouchez. Says she would very much like to see the astronomers without interferring with their work. Regards to Admiral Mouchez. Fine..........25-35
546. Sir Edward Thornton [1817-1906] English diplomat, son of Sir Edward Thornton [1766-1852] of the same occupation. He was born in London and was educated at King's College London, and at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He entered the diplomatic service as attaché to the mission at Turin in 1842, filled the same position in Mexico in 1845, and was made Secretary of Legation in that Capital in 1853. During 1848 he did much to forward the conclusion of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. In 1852 he was appointed Secretary of Legation at Buenos Aires; chargé d'affaires to Uruguay (1854); Minister to the Argentine Republic in 1859, to Brazil in 1865, and from 1867 to 1881 to the United States. He was knighted in 1870; in 1871 was a member of the commission on the Alabama Claims, and was appointed Privy Councilor; and in 1873 was arbitrator in the commission on the Mexican and United States Claims. He was appointed Ambassador at St. Petersburg in 1881, Ambassador at Constantinople in 1884, and retired to private life in 1887. It was because of him that the Triple Alliance War (Argentina, Brasil and Uruguay against Paraguay) took place. This war was a genocide to the Paraguayan people, killing 90% of Paraguay's population, including women and children. ALS, Montevideo, 1857, 1-1/3pp. Written in French. Fine.....40-60
547. [FRANCE] Ambroise-Marie Carré OP (1908-2004) Catholic priest, author and member of the French Academy. Born in Fleury-les-Aubrais in Loiret, France, Carré studied at l'école Saint-Joseph and the collège Sainte-Croix de Neuilly before entering the Dominican order in 1926 and being ordained a priest in 1933. Not long thereafter, he was to edit, from 1936 until 1939, the Revue des Jeunes. Under the German Occupation, following the capitulation of the French government to the Nazis during the Second World War, Carré aided those persecuted by the Vichy government, regardless of their religion or ethnicity; for this, he was awarded the Légion d'honneur and the Croix de guerre. Both before and after the war, he preached many sermons and participated in conferences in France and abroad (especially in the Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, and Belgium). He preached the Lenten sermons many times at Notre Dame de Paris, and in 1964, Paul VI called him to present spiritual exercises at the Vatican. He was elected to the French Academy on 26 June 1975, replacing Jean Cardinal Daniélou, a post he held until his death on 15 January 2004 at Ancourt, in France. BRIEF ALS, not dated, written on inside of Paul VI card. Identified as "Carre was very near the pope for a certain period. This is probably from Paul VI's trip to Jerusalem." Fine.........80-120
548. Theobald Mathew (1790-1856) Irish temperance reformer, popularly known as Father Mathew was born at Thomastown, near Golden, County Tipperary, on October 10, 1790. The movement with which his name is associated began in 1838 with the establishment of the Teetotal Abstinence Society which relied on one enduring act of will to keep a person sober for life. It was called simply The Pledge. It could be made by anybody, either with or without an alcohol problem. CLIP SIGNATURE........25-35
549. [ABRAHAM LINCOLN] Clarence Cleveland Dill (1884 -1978) American politician
from the state of Washington. He was a US congressman 1915-19,
and US senator from 1923-35. Offered here is a signed printed
speech he delivered on Abraham Lincoln, 1917. He has signed on
front page. 4pp. Excellent condition except for mail fold
creases.............25-35
550. Liverpool, England - manuscript document signed, 1852, 8pp. Indenture listing a Watchmaker, Hatter, Tailor, Draper, Paper Dealer, etc. Folds out to 9-3/4 x 15-1/2 in......35-45
551. [CINEMA] Val Guest (1911-2006) was a British film director, best known for his science-fiction films for the Hammer company in the 1950s, but who also enjoyed a long, varied and active career in the film industry from the early 1930s up until the early 1980s. SIGNED & INSCRIBED CARD, 1991, accompanied by small color print of his film Le Monstre..............25-35
552. [MUSIC] Georg JACOBI [1840-1906] Violinist, composer, conductor. ALS, 1878, 1p. "The music of the Golden Wreath being not published and having no time to spare I beg to excuse me if I can not grant your desire to plat some of my music. I am very much obliged for your kind letter and also pleased to know you like my music." Laid to mounting paper board.........25-35
553. FRITZ HOCHWALDER - important Swiss dramatist. TLS, 1962 - not translated. Together with a contract signed by Suzanne Arnoux & R. Thieberger, concerning his play SUR LA TERRE COMME AU CIEL. Both very good............75-100
555. [FRANCE] Albert
Thibaudet (1874-1936) French essayist
and literary critic. A former student of Henri Bergson, he
was a professor of Jean Rousset. He taught at the
University of Geneva, and was succeeded in his post by
Marcel Raymond. ALS, no date, written on both sides.
VG............50-75
556. [FRANCE] Hartwig Derenbourg
(1844-1908) French Orientalist. He was born in Paris, son of
scholar Joseph Derenbourg. He was educated at Göttingen and
Leipzig. Subsequently he studied Arabic at the Ecole des Langues
Orientales. In 1879 he was appointed professor of Arabic, and in
1886 professor of Muslim Religion, at the École pratique des
hautes études in Paris. He collaborated with his father in the
great edition of Saadia and the edition of Abu al-Walid, and
also produced a number of important editions of other Arabic
writers. ALS, Paris, 1888, 3pp, approx. 4.5 x 7". To Count de
Chambrun. About one of the Count's main works "La Psychologic de
l'Histoire." VG.......75-100
557. [FILM] Greta
Nissen (1906-1988) Norwegian-born
American film and stage actress. Signed 3x5 card.
Fine......25-35
558. US Senators - 10 TLSs, 1960-1962, all to Vernon Talbertt: Olin D. Johnston [SC]; Henry M. Jackson [Wash]; Spessard L. Holland [FL]; Lister Hill [Ala]; B.B. Hickenlooper [IA]; Carl Hayden [Ariz]; Vance Hartke [Ind]; Ernest Gruening [Alaska]; J.W. Filbright [Ark]; Hiram L. Fong [Hawaii]..........50-75
559. US Senators - 10 TLSs, 1960-1962, all to Vernon Talbertt: Leverett Saltonstall [MA]; A. Willis Robertson [VA]; Jennings Randolph [WV]; Claiborne Pell [RI]; John O. Pastore [RI]; Maurine Neuberger [OR]; Joseph O'Mahoney [WYO]; James E. Murray [MT]; Karl E. Mundt [SD]; Frank E. Moss [Ut]...........50-75
560. [MARYLAND] Paul Sarbanes (b. 1933) a Democrat, is a former United States Senator who represented the state of Maryland. Sarbanes was the longest-serving senator in Maryland history, having served from 1977 until 2007. Group of 3 TLSs, 1977-80, 1p. each. To the President of a financial company, regarding various bills......40-60
561. WINTON M. BLOUNT [1921-2002] Postmaster General under Nixon. Typed Letter Signed, May 17, 1968, as president of Chamber of Commerce of the US, welcoming a new member. VG.............25-35
562.
[ART] Jacques Villon
(1875 - 1963) A painter and printmaker, Villon was known for his
Cubist-style works, and is especially noted by art historians
for "his creation of a purely graphic language for Cubism. He
first came to the attention of the American public when his work
was included in the 1913 New York Armory Show, which introduced
modernism to the United Sates. All of his work sold at this
exhibition. He was from a cultured family in the Normandy region
of France, and was much influenced by his maternal grandfather,
Emile Nicolle, who gave him early artistic training. Villon was
born with the name of Gaston Emile Duchamp, and was the older
brother of artists Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Marcel Duchamp and
Suzanne Duchamp-Crotti. Honoring the French medieval poet,
François Villon, and so as not to be confused artistically with
his siblings, he changed his name to Jacques Villon. Jacques
Villon died in his studio on June 9, 1963, and three years
later, Marcel Duchamp, his last surviving brother, organized an
exhibition of his work, which was held at the Musée National
d'Art Moderne in Paris. In 1922 Villon was commissioned by the
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune to produce a series of color aquatints
after 38 major 19th and 20th century paintings. These included
works after Braque, Matisse, Renoir, Manet, Picasso, Cezanne,
Dufy, Modigliani, Bonnard and numerous others. Villon
collaborated with these master artists and signed these prints
so that they provided the public with access to works which
otherwise would not be available. Color aquatint, signed in the
plate (not pencil signed), 1923, title "NATURE MORTE", after
Georges Braque, mat opening size 25-1/2 x 9 in. Framed. Not
examined out of frame but appears to be without
faults...............1000-1500
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564. 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
565. [FILM] Wynne Gibson (1905-1987) American actress of the 1930s. Early in her career she had a small part in a film but had no special interest in appearing before the camera. It was the stage that interested her and she began her stage career in chorus and was soon playing leads. She toured Europe then returned to America and tried for a dramatic part but failed and returned to musical comedy. Paramount signed her when about to film Nothing But the Truth (1929), starting her success which continued in some 50 films between 1929 and 1956 although many were B movies. Gibson was a long-time companion of former Warner Brothers actress Beverly Roberts. AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT SIGNED, not dated, 1p. She answers 2 questions on a questionaire. About 5 lines plus signature in her hand. 8.5 x 11". VG..........25-35
566. [ART - FRANCE] Alfred-Alexandre
Delauney (1830-1894) -
"Group of Oaks, Forest of
Fontainebleau" Original
etching after Rousseau,
image size: 6 x 9 inches
plus wide clean margins, plate
signed lower right. c.
1870. VG...........150-200
See
etching
567.
[ART] Johannes Volpato
(1733-1803) Old Master Italian engraver. Original Engraving
with very large margins. Plate approx. (9¾ x
12½"). Perseus flying to slay the dragon that threatens
to kill Andromeda. After the painting on the facade of the
demolished Ninfeo in the Palazzo Bufalo Cancellieri, taken
down in 1885 and now in the Museo di Roma. From "Schola
Italica Picturae sive Selectae Quaedam Summorum e Schola
Italica Pictorum Tabulae Aere Incisae Cura et Impensis Gavini
Hamilton Pictoris", a series of forty plates. Circa 1772 on
thick laid paper. In very good copndition, esp. for its
age. The slight color showing in scan is from light
source - so disregard..........300-400
See above
568.
Charles Sprague (1791-1875)
early American poet. He worked for 45 years for the State and
Globe Banks and was often referred to as the "Banker Poet of
Boston". His odes and prologues won several competitive prizes
and were collected and published in 1841 as The Writings of
Charles Sprague. Clip Signature. VG............30-40
569. Charles Rollin Buckalew (1821-1899) American lawyer and Democratic party politician from Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. Buckalew was the most influential early advocate of proportional representation in the United States. His proposals for a type of voting system known as cumulative voting gained significant support in Congress, and he played a central role in the adoption of cumulative voting in several places, including Illinois for state legislative elections in 1870, a system that lasted in that state until 1980. Autograph Letter Signed, Near Bloomsburg, Oct. 15, 1862, 2pp, approx. 7-3/4 x 9-3/4" To Col. N.E. Piollet. Good political content. VG.......75-100
Portrait of Buckalew
570. [ENTERTAINMENT] Edward "Eddie" Rubin (1912-1999)
was a Los Angeles-based entertainment lawyer, who represented
such clients as Steve McQueen, Goldie Hawn, Warren Beatty and
Howard Hughes. As a partner at Mitchell Silberberg &
Knupp, Eddie chaired the firm's entertainment practice, during
which time he represented several major film studios.
During his career, he served as president of the California Bar
Association, the largest state bar association in the United
States, and as a trustee of the Los Angeles County Bar
Association. TLS, 1963, 1p, to Milton Ebbins, c/o
Chrislaw Productions, about employing a composer. VG........25-35
571. [SPACE PHOTOGRAPHY] WILLENE WHISENHANT - early NASA photographer. Offered here is an original color vintage photograph of astronaut Gordon Cooper standing near plane. Whisenhant writes in ink below image "Cooper's Private Plane." NASA S-63-1757. Provenance: from the personal files of Willene Whisenhant, the photographer. Fine....100-150
See photograph
572. Group of 7 biographical proof sheets signed. These are for the 1946-47 edition of WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA. Includes: W. Morgenstierne, Paul V. McNutt [signed with initials], Clarence E. manion, Chesly Manly, L.C. Marshal, Wm. McChesney Martin Jr., and James Lewis Morrill......................40-60
573. [THEATRE] Beatrice Cameron (1868-1940) actress who was married to Richard Mansfield. She earned an enviable reputation as leading lady in many of his most successful plays. ANS, no date, about 4-1/4 x 4-3/4". Says she has a fatigued throat. VG.........20-30
574. [CIVIL WAR] Fred. E. Edgar
(1842-?) Union soldier from Brooklyn, NY. He enlisted in the
83d N. Y. Volunteers and remained with that regiment two
years. He was transferred to the United States signal corps,
and served with distinction four years longer. Upon returning
home at the close of the war he joined the 7th Regiment, and
has served consecutively twenty years. His signature on album
page. VG.................25-35
575. [MARINE NAVIGATION] Group of 5 stock certificates: Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Co. 1950; International Mercantile Marine Co. 1938; two United States Lines Co. 1930 & 1948; and The Pioneer Steamship Co. 1913. All VG...........40-60
576. [MISSISSIPPI] Lee M. Russell (1875-1943) the 40th Governor of Mississippi. He was born in Lafayette County, Mississippi and later attended the University of Mississippi. During his time as a student, he was the leader in a movement to abolish Greek fraternities. Russell was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1907 and to the Mississippi State Senate in 1909. n 1912, he successfully passed a bill prohibiting secret and exclusive societies at the public institutions of higher learning. The law stayed on the books for twelve years. Russell was elected to the office of lieutenant governor in 1915 and elected governor in 1919. His term was marked by crop failures due to the boll weevil. Russell also filed an antitrust suit against several fire insurance companies for their business practices. In 1923, he was sued for seduction and breach of promise by his former secretary Frances Birkhead.[1] Russell was acquitted and he blamed the lawsuit on the fire insurance industry. TLS, 1919, 1p, to WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA, stating he does not wish to provide a biographical sketch of himself and noting, "We all know 'who's who' down here and that suits us." Also, does not wish to be annoyed to death by a salesman trying to sell him a copy of the book. Includes carbon copies of several Who's Who letters to Russell...............60-80
See his letter
577.
[TEDDY ROOSEVELT] DAN
T. MOORE - Lt. Col., aide to Theodore
Roosevelt during his first term of office. Died in Texas. It
was not until October, 1917, when he was World War I
commander of the 310th Field Artillery at Camp Meade, Md.,
that Colonel Moore learned that a blow struck by him in a
friendly sparring bout with President Theodore Roosevelt in
1905 had caused blindness in one of his opponent's eyes.
Distressed at the news, he said, in part: "But could you ask
for any better proof of the man's sportsmanship than the
fact that he never told me what I had done to him, never
told anybody else that I know of - at least, it never got
around to me till I saw in the papers the other day that he
had said that he lost the sight of his eye while boxing with
a captain of artillery who was his aide. He didn't name
anybody then, but I knew that he must have meant me, for I
happen to have been the only boxing aide he had who was in
the artillery." Signed 1916 bank check. Clear
signature........75-100
578. [Country Music] Charlie Pride - American country music singer. Signed &
inscribed 8x10 color photo..........20-30
579. [US CONGRESS] album page signed by
2 US congressmen on each side: Geo. M. Curtis [1844-1921] Iowa;
Frank G. Clarke [1850-1901] NH; David H. Mercer [1857-1919]
Neb.; Nehemiah Day Sperry [1827-1911] Ct........20-30
580. [WEST VIRGINIA] Signatures in various form of congressmen: LILLY, Thomas Jefferson, (1878 - 1956); McGREW, James Clark, (1813 - 1910); REED, Stuart Felix, (1866 - 1935); ROSENBLOOM, Benjamin Louis, (1880 - 1965); plus album page signed Jno. A. Campbell, Hancock Co., W. Va. [not listed as congressman].........25-35
581. [OHIO] Album page signed by 3 Ohio
Congressmen [all on same side]: STANTON, Benjamin, (1809 - 1872); DAY, Timothy Crane, (1819 - 1869); ALBRIGHT, Charles Jefferson, (1816 - 1883).
VG...........30-40
582. Lloyd
Bridges
(1913-1998) American actor who starred in a number of
television series and appeared in more than 150 feature films.
He was the father of actors Beau Bridges and Jeff Bridges.
Signed & inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.........50-75
583.
[ART] Ludwig
Rieppel
(1861-1960) American sculptor. ALS, New York, 1901, 2pp,
to the noted artist Douglas Volk. Speaks of sending 200
pounds of modeling clay to Volk. Ink has lightened abit
with time o/w VG............40-60
584. [MIXED LOT] multiple items offered here: [1] [ENGLAND] The Rev
Dr John Pye-Smith FRS, FGS
(1774-1851) was a Congregational theologian and tutor,
associated with reconciling geological sciences with the
Bible, Repeal of the Corn Laws and abolition. He was the
author of many learned works. OFFERED HERE is an
UNSIGNED AUTOGRAPH NOTE - "The books which
I have referring to Aug. Hermann Franke. .." Follows is a
short list of books. Mounted to larger sheet identifying the
handwriting in 1840 and "Presented by Jas. W. Alexander." Dr
John Pye-Smith was Theological Tutor at Homerton College near
Hackney, London for forty-five years between 1805 and 1850,
and minister of the Old Gravel Pit Chapel in Chatham Place,
Hackney for nearly as long (1811-50). His pupils included
Robert Halley (future Principal of New College, London),
Samuel Dyer the missionary, and William Johnson Fox of the
South Place Ethical Society. The son of a Sheffield
bookseller, he was surrounded by books in his youth and,
practically self-taught, rose not only to become a dissenting
academic and author, but through his interest in science and
geology, was elected to become the first Fellow of the Royal
Society from a nonconformist background. He was also elected a
Fellow of the Geological Society at a time when there was
considerable debate about accepting the idea of geological
time, and if so to find ways of reconciling this with the
teachings of the Old Testament. During the politically
turbulent 1790s, before moving to London he had taken over the
editorship of the Sheffield Iris, the leading abolitionist
newspaper in the North of England, during imprisonment of its
editor, his friend James Montgomery. In 1830 Dr Pye Smith took
the Chair of The Board of Congregational Ministers when it
passed an anti-slavery motion to secure support from all
Congregational chapels across the country in petitioning
parliament:That we feel it to be a solemn duty to employ our
influence with our congregations and the public, to promote
petitions to both Houses of Parliament for the abolition of
Colonial Slavery, and therefore pledge ourselves, and beg to
recommend to our brethren throughout the kingdom to prepare
from each congregation such petitions to parliament... The
Congregationalists' 1833 abolition lecture, The Sinfulness of
Colonial Slavery, was delivered at John Pye-Smith's Meeting
House in Hackney by his former pupil, Robert Halley Dr John
Pye Smith died in Hackney in 1851 and is buried below a marble
chest tomb monument in Dr Watts' Walk, at the
Congregationalists' non-denominational garden cemetery in the
grounds of Abney Park, Stoke Newington.. [2] ROUNDELL PALMER - 1st Earl of
Selborne [1812-1895]. English jurist. M.P. (1847-52, 1853-57,
1861-72); solicitor general (1861); attorney general
(1863-65); opposed Gladstone' s Irish church policy; lord
chancellor (1872-74, 1880-85); author of the Supreme Court of
Judicature Act of 1873, which established a single hierarchy
of courts; edited a hymnal, The Book of Praise (1863). Created
earl (1882). ALS, 1866, 2pp. [3] ABDNOR, James [1923-]
Representative and a Senator from South DakotaTLS, 1977, 1p.
[4] [BOXING] EDDIE MACK - President and
Matchmaker, Argonne Athletic Association. TLS, Boston, 1932,
1p, 4to. To [Rev.] Roland Sawyer of Ware, Mass. Encloses 2
tickets [not present here] for the Schaaf-Winston bout. Roland
Sawyer was the noted Socialist who ran for governor in Mass.
Mail folds. [5] Max Gebhard SECKENDORFF (1852-1911).
American journalist; chief, Washington bureau of the "New York
Tribune" (1883-1911); a very influential journalist between
the time of President Chester Arthur and President William
Howard Taft. Signed Riggs National Bank check, 1911. [6]
(Thomas) BRASSEY (1836-1918), Earl
Brassey, became civil lord (1880-83) and secretary (1884-85)
of the admiralty; governor of Victoria, Australia (1895-1900);
author of an encyclopedic work, The British Navy (1882-83);
founder of the Naval Annual (1886); created earl (1911). ALS,
1899, 2 pp, 4to. Re: resignation of Bishop Thornton of
Victoria. [7] [RELIGION] WM. C. HAWLEY - minister. Neat
little document signed. Methodist Episcopal Church Quarterly
Ticket [member] dated 1844. No place given but the document is
dated 1844, which is important. The church split over the
question of slavery in 1844 with the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South being formed in southern states. It is unknown
at this time whether Rev. Hawley was a black minister. Partly
printed, approx. 3 x 2-1/4 in. Lightly toned. Click to see
Hawley [8] D.W.
CALDWELL - Gen. Manager, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St.
Louis Railway Co. ALS, Columbus, Ohio, 1877, 1p, to. To
Ingalls. About low wages. File punch holes along margin
don't detract. [9] Paul A. Dever (1903-1958) He
served as the 58th Governor of Massachusetts. Signed 3x5 card.
Slighted toned. See Dever
signature [10] US CONGRESSMEN) album page 7 signatures: R.C. De Graffenreid [1859-1902 Tx] ¥ John L. Brenner [1832-1906 Ohio] ¥ C.P. Dorr [1852-1914 W.
Va]. On other side are signatures of H.S. Boutell [1856-1926 ILL] ¥ R.C. Davey [1853-1908 La] ¥ John M. Allen [1846-1917 Miss].
VG..........100-150
585. Francis George Godolphin D'Arcy-Osborne, 7th Duke of Leeds (1798-1859) British peer and politician. ALS, nd, 2-1/2 pp..........25-35
586. [ART] FREDERICK SOLOMON (1899-1980)
German Expressionist. He 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
artists 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. He died
in the U.S. An early charcoal drawing unsigned circa
1930, approx. 14-1/2 x 11-3/4 in.
VG.............600-800
587. [ART] FREDERICK "Fritz" SOLOMON (1899-1980)
German Expressionist. He 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
artists 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. He died
in the U.S. An early charcoal drawing signed FS and
dated 1927, approx. 12 x 16 in.............700-900
589. [ART] Henry William (H.W.) Burgess was a landscape painter based in London. He came from the Burgess family of British artists, the son of portraitist William (d. 1812) and grandson of Thomas (fl. 1766-1786), and his own son John-Bagnold (1830-1897) also became a painter. Between 1809 and 1844, Burgess exhibited a large number of works at the Royal Academy, the British Institution, Suffolk Street and the New Water-Colour Society in London. He also served as landscape painter to William IV beginning in 1826. Offered here is an original lithograph titled "Thorn Trees, in Bushy Park, Middlesex", image approx. 15.5 x 11" plus margins. This lithograph was published by the firm of Charles Joseph Hullmandel (1789-1850), the famous English draftsman, lithographer and printer. He worked mainly in London, although he had trained in Paris as a painter and travelled extensively in Europe making topographical drawings. In 1817, on a visit to Munich, he was introduced to lithography by the pioneering lithographer Alois Senefelder. The following year he produced Twenty-four Views of Italy, a set of images he had drawn and lithographed. Dissatisfied with the way his work had been printed, Hullmandel set up his own lithographic press. The quality of work he published by himself and other artists such as Giovanni Belzoni helped popularize the topographical lithograph among British artists. This is contained in old blue mat & shrink-wrapped. Not examined out of shrink-wrap.............300-600
See lithograph592. [ART] Stow Wengenroth (1906-1978) American artist and lithographer, born in 1906 in Brooklyn, New York. Wengenroth was once called "America's greatest living artist working in black and white" by the American realist painter Andrew Wyeth, and he is generally considered to be one of the finest American lithographers of the twentieth century. He studied at the Art Students League of New York under George Brant Bridgeman and John Carlson from 1923 to 1927, then at the Grand Central School of Art under Wayman Adams. Wengenroth was elected a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters (renamed the American Academy of Arts and Letters) in 1942 and was also a member of the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts and the Prairie Printmakers. He was elected an Associate of the prestigious National Academy of Design in 1938, and a full Academician in 1941. Wengenroth was also the author of several influential books on lithography. Wengenroth's lithographs are found in most major American collections, including the Library of Congress, Whitney Museum of American Art, and Metropolitan Museum of Art. During his career, Wengenroth became well-known for his detailed depictions of the seascapes and landscapes of New England and, particularly, Maine . As an artist, he eschewed colour in his lithographs but rather focused on shadow, light, and form to transmit detail and dimension. While his urban scenes of Manhattan and the New York City environs are especially coveted by the current market, Wengenroth was most adept at creating sincere yet vivid simulacra of the New England littoral and interior. Offered here is an unsigned 2-sided watercolor. Sand dunes on one side and a most unusual abstraction watercolor on the other. This is the last of our Wengenroths that we bought at the Bruce Collins auction in Kennebunk, Maine. These were consigned to Collins from the estate of Wengenroth. Youngs Fine Arts sold our companion piece to this in their 7/12/97 sale, lot 52. It was 1-sided, signed, almost identical scene, a little smaller, and brought $660. We saved this one because it was nicer but mainly because of the unusual abstraction on the one side. This is guaranteed, without a time limit, to be by Stow Wengenroth and we will send along a letter of guarantee to the winning bidder. This piece is approx. 14-3/4 x 19-3/4 in. Pin holes in the corners caused by Wengenroth. His watercolors & drawings are quite uncommon. CLICK BELOW TO SEE BOTH SIDES............1000-1500
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593. AGUSTIN EDWARDS [1878-1941]. Chilean banker and diplomat. Vice president of Chile (1901-02); minister for foreign affairs (1903, 1905, 1909, 1910); minister to Italy, Spain, and Switzerland (1905-06) and to Great Britain (1910-25); ambassador to Great Britain (1935-38). President, League of Nations Assembly (1922), and of 5th Pan-American conference (1923). ALS, Paris, 1922, 1p, 8vo. Sends these few lines in reply.............25-35
596. [MUSIC] Jan Peerce [1904-1984] Opera star. ISP, 8x10, 1982.........25-35
597. [MUSIC] Xavier Cugat (1900-1990) Cuban-American bandleader. Signed 8x10 photo dated 1963. Fairly minor fault..........50-75
598. [MUSIC] Leslie Bassett (b. 1923) American composer of classical music. He received the 1966 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his Variations for Orchestra. AMQS from his " Variations for Orchestra." On 8.5 x 5.5" sheet. Written in pencil. VG.........50-75
599. [MUSIC] Mel Torme [1925-1999] nicknamed The Velvet Fog, he was one of the great jazz singers. He composed the music for "The Christmas Song. Signed & inscribed King Center for the Performing Arts Program [1991-92]. Also signed by Maureen McGovern. Both on the cover. Fine.............35-45
600. Alan Bates (1934-2003) English actor who came to prominence in the 1960s. Signature. Very nice example.......20-30
802. [BOOK] Jewett, Sarah Orne [1849-1909]. American writer, b. South Berwick, Me. Author of sketches and tales of New England important in the "local color"school, including Deephaven (1877), A Country Doctor (1884), A Marsh Island (1885), A White Heron (1886), Tales of New England (1890), The Country of the Pointed Firs (1896), etc. Her book A Native of Winby and Other Tales. Sarah Orne Jewett. Boston and New York. Houghton, Mifflin and Company. 1893. First Edition. Sarah Wyman Whitman binding. Nice tight copy. No dust jacket. Minor color loss on spine. Approx. 7.25 x 5........150-200
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803. [SIGNED BOOK] Benjamin Lawrence Reid
(1918-1990) his book "The Man from New York: John
Quinn and His Friends" (1968), which won the
1969 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography. Dr.
Benjamin L. Reid, biographer, literary critic and
professor emeritus of English at Mount Holyoke College. He won
a Pulitzer Prize in 1969 for "The Man From New York: John
Quinn and His Friends," a biography of a wealthy New York
lawyer who owned the largest single collection of modern
European paintings in the world in the 1920's and was an
assiduous patron of artists and writers. Dr. Reid's
interest in Quinn stemmed from his own undergraduate days at
the University of Louisville, where he studied art history and
literature. He subsequently traveled in Europe under a
Fulbright research grant that enabled him to interview T. S.
Eliot, Ezra Pound and other luminaries who were close to
Quinn. B.L. Reid has signed on the flyleaf. First edition
in dust jacket, 708 pages. Following the Armory Show,
the artist Walt Kuhn acted as an art advisor to the
collector John Quinn and assisted in the formation of his
unique collection of modern art, unfortunately dissolved and
sold at the time of Quinn's death in 1924.
Quinn’s most important contribution to the Amory Show was as a
patron, lending and buying more artworks than any other
collector or dealer. His loan included seventy-five works by
artists such as Cézanne, Van Gogh, Puvis de Chavannes, and
Augustus John and he spent nearly $6,000 on a variety of
artworks from the lithographs of Redon to the paintings of Walt
Kuhn and the cubist sculptures of Duchamp-Villon.
According to a 1909 congressional tariff, Americans were
required to pay a 15% tax on imported artworks produced in the
last twenty years. In an effort to repeal the tariff in
advance of the Armory Show, Quinn appeared before the House
Ways and Means Committee arguing against the tax. Although it
was not repealed in time for the exhibition, the tariff was
overturned in October 1913 and Quinn’s advocacy helped promote
the sale of modern European art in America in the wake of the
Armory Show. This signed book comes directly from the
Brenda Kuhn [daughter of artist Walt Kuhn] estate in
Maine.........100-150
Dust jacket
Signed page
Photo of
Quinn, Walt Kuhn & John Wilson
Photo of John
Quinn
804. [BOOK] Jacob Brown. BROWN'S
MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS - Upon A Great Variety Of Subjects.
Prepared and written from 1880 to 1895. 1896, J.J. Miller,
Cumberland, Md., 325pp, 8vo. Cloth covers slightly scuffed. VG
tight copy of a somewhat scarce edition. Provenance: Frank
Cutter Derring Collection...............75-100
808. [SIGNED BOOK] author: Jim Dan Hill [noted historian]. "The Minute Man in Peace & War: A History of the National Guard." The history of the National Guard from the first Colonial Militia [Concord 1775] to Berlin, 1961. First Edition, 1964, The Stackpole Co., 585pp., 9-1/4" high. Signed & inscribed on front flyleaf by the author. Chipped dj. Good+...........50-75
815. (BOOK) Clara Endicott Sears, Days Of Delusion, A Strange Bit of History, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1924, 1st Ed., 264pp., 8vo. Sl. faded spine, no dj. This book is about MILLER, William (1782-1849), American religious leader, who founded the Protestant Adventist denomination ( see Adventists), also known as the Millerites. Miller, a Baptist, closely studied the Bible, especially the Book of Daniel, and concluded that the world would end and Christ would appear in the year 1843. He began preaching these ideas in 1831. By 1840 some of his many followers had disposed of their belongings in anticipation of the judgment day. When 1843 passed uneventfully, Miller set a new date in 1844 for the end of the world. In 1845, although the movement had collapsed in disillusionment, Miller and a few loyal followers met in Albany, N.Y., and founded the Adventist church. Former owner's signature. Scarce........150-200
818. (REV. WAR) SCHUYLER, George L. Correspondence and Remarks Upon Bancroft's History of the Northern Campaign of 1777, and the Character of Major-General Philip Schuyler. N.Y.,1867. 47pp., David G. Francis, publisher, 8vo. Finally rebound in half-medium brown Levant. Extra-illustrated by the insertion of 24 plates. With paper bookplate of Frank Cutter Deering as well as his leather bookplate. A few of the plates are foxed but text is clean. Overall in fine condition.............150-250
821. [CONFEDERACY] Douglas
Southall Freeman. 1st edition of his 4 vol. set R.E. LEE,
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934, no dust jackets. Red cloth.
VG...................350-450
822.
[NAPOLEON - Book] William Forsyth. HISTORY OF THE
CAPTIVITY OF NAPOLEON AT ST. HELENA; From the
Letters and Journals of the late Lieut-Gen Sir Hudson Lowe.
Publisher: John Murray, London, 1853; A superb three-volume set
in cloth, complete with large fold-out map in Vol.1; 495pp.;
490pp.; 529pp, engraved frontispieces to all volumes. Sunned
spines; rubbed corners; small suff-hole front cover vol. 1; vol.
2 cover loose; vol. 3 covers cracked...................250-350
824. [SIGNED BOOK] JOHN HAYS HAMMOND [1855-1936] American mining engineer, b. San Francisco. On staff, U.S. Geological Survey, in California gold fields (1880); associated with Cecil Rhodes in development of South African resources; a leader in Transvaal reform movement (1895-96); arrested after Jameson Raid and sentenced to death; sentence commuted to imprisonment; freed finally on payment of fine. Consulting engineer, esp. to Guggenheim Exploration Co. (1900-07). A signed book from his library titled INTRODUCTION TO FRESH-WATER ALGAE, by M.C. Cooke, 1890, London, 339 pages with 13 illus. plates. Book from the International Scientific Series. Hammond writes by his signature "Johannesburg, South Africa, 1895. Signed the year of the Jameson Raid for which Hammond was to be sentenced to death. NO dj o/w VG. Quite uncommon.........................200-300
826. [SIGNED BOOK] Samuel Hazo - American poet, essayist, and novelist. He is the founder and director of the International Poetry Forum. Hazo is McAnulty Distinguished Professor of English Emeritus at Duquesne University, where he taught for 43 years. He was chosen to be the first State Poet of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by Governor Robert Casey in 1993 and served in that role until 2003. Offered here is his book "Once for the Last Bandit", signed & inscribed, 1973, U. of Pittsburgh Press, [1972], 206pp. Book of his poems. In VG dust jacket. Samuel Hazo was a National Book Award finalist for his collection "Once for the Last Bandit." ...........25-35
828. [SIGNED BOOK] JOHN HAYS HAMMOND [1855-1936] American mining engineer, b. San Francisco. On staff, U.S. Geological Survey, in California gold fields (1880); associated with Cecil Rhodes in development of South African resources; a leader in Transvaal reform movement (1895-96); arrested after Jameson Raid and sentenced to death; sentence commuted to imprisonment; freed finally on payment of fine. Consulting engineer, esp. to Guggenheim Exploration Co. (1900-07). A signed book from his library titled "THE FORMS OF WATER IN CLOUDS & RIVERS, ICE & GLACIERS,"by John Tyndall, London, 1889. Hammond writes by his signature "Johannesburg 1895". Signed the year of the Jameson Raid for which Hammond was to be sentenced to death. NO dj o/w VG. Quite uncommon.........................200-300
831. (BOOK - REV. WAR) PAUL REVERE'S OWN STORY, AN ACCOUNT OF HIS
RIDE AS TOLD IN A LETTER TO A FRIEND, TOGETHER WITH A BRIEF
SKETCH OF HIS VERSATILE CAREER, BY HARRIET E. O'BRIEN. Perry Walton, Boston,
1929. Edition limited to 500 copies, privately printed. Contains
a complete facsimile of the letter written by Paul Revere to
Rev. Dr. Jeremy Belknap, recounting his famous ride. Eight pages
in all, with each reproduced in the text in its original
spelling, capitalizing and phrasing. A comprehensive biography
of Revere is also included, with his work as a silversmith,
engraver, designer of bookplates, dentist, gunsmith, soldier and
other professions. Well-illustrated with photographs,
facsimiles, engravings and more. Bibliography. Quarter bound in
cream cloth with teal paper covered boards, the Revere (Rivoire)
family crest in gold. Corners bumped, some chipping, ends of
spine bumped. Minor foxing on free endpapers. 4to.. A most
interesting book.........100-150
832. [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
833. [RUSSIA - Book] James H. Billington. MIKHAILOVSKY AND RUSSIAN POPULISM, 1958, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 217 pp, 8vo., no dj. EX-LIBRARY. VG.................25-35
834. [BOOK] James Brown Scott. ROBERT BACON LIFE AND LETTERS [Assistant Secretary of State], 1923, 1st
edition, Doubleday, Page & Co., illus. from photographs,
459pp, 8vo. Cloth, no dj. VG. Provenance: Frank Cutter Derring
Collection................30-40
835. [JUDAICA - Signed Book] Anton Darms (1869-1968) signed & inscribed copy of his
book "The Delusion of British-Israelism, no publ. date, 223
pages. No dust jacket. The author writes inscription of flyleaf
yo E.S. Olson. "In defense of the Inspired Word of God
concerning His chosen people Israel - the Jews, who have a
greater history awaiting them in the future than they have had
in the past." An interesting statement considering the
establishment of the State of Israel in 1948. British-Israelism
(also called Anglo-Israelism) is the belief that people of
Western European descent, particularly those in Great Britain,
are the direct lineal descendants of the Ten Lost Tribes of
Israel. The concept often includes the belief that the British
Royal Family is directly descended from the line of King David.
There has never been a single head or organisational structure
to the movement. However, various British Israelite
organisations were set up across the British America and in
Commonwealth from the 1870s, and many continue to
exist...............80-120
836. [MUSIC] Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. New
York: G. Schirmer, 1940. 1234 pages A-Z listing, with a second
A-Z listing in the appendix of additions and corrections. This
is a definitive work up to the date of publication. Maroon cloth
hard cover, gilt titles, very good condition;. Bookplate:
from the Library of Ernest Dickinson Eames. Ernest Dickinson
Eames, an accomplished singer and actor, died in 1965 in
Cambridge, Mass.............50-75
![205. [MUSIC] Jay Livingston (1915-2001) partner with Ray Evans in a composing and songwriter duo best known for songs composed for films. Livingston wrote the music and Evans the lyrics. Livingston and Evans won the Academy Award for Best Original Song three times. AMQS, BAR OF MUSIC FROM "MONA LISA" for which he won the Academy Award in 1950. Signed/inscribed on 3x5 card................40-60](https://merv2.tripod.com/livingston-512.jpeg){kind=link}
