10. [FILM] Bill of Lading - 1963.  Peter Lawford pays $159.94 to have a sofa shipped to Bette Davis [actress] at the Grand Hotel, Rome, Italy.................80-120

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11. [NAVAL HISTORY] B. F. TRACY (1830-1915) Secretary of the Navy from 1889 through 1893, during the administration of U.S. President Benjamin Harrison.  An 8-1/2 page lengthy letter written to Rear-Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly  (1830-1902) officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War and the years following.   He was then appointed the Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Squadron.   In March 1889, during the Samoan crisis, his flagship Trenton was struck by a violent cyclone while at harbor at Apia. Guiding his men with the words, "If we go down, let us do so with our flag flying," Kimberly skillfully beached his flagship, losing only one man in the raging storm that wrecked Trenton.  This letter is a period copy of the original, and was given to Lieut. Commander Henry W. Lyon, who took command of the ship Nipsic after this crisis, sailing her to Hawaii. Provenance: Collection of Rear-Admiral H.W. Lyon [Maine]. Below is the full content of this letter.

Navy Department, Washington. April 27, 1889.

Rear Admiral L.A. Kimberly, U.S. Navy
Commanding U.S. Naval Forces of the Pacific Squadron.

Sir : The Department is in receipt of your cable dispatch of March 30, from Auckland, and also of your letter of March 19  from Samoa, with accompanying reports from Captain Farquhar, Commander Mullan, and Lieut. Carlin, narrating the circumstances of the overwhelming disaster which has recently befallen your squadron in Apia harbor.

I need not say to you that this event has caused the Department profound sorrow, which, as the appalling extent and character of the catastrophe became known, was reflected throughout the country. Even if  the Navy were possessed of an adequate number of ships to supply the necessities of the service, the loss of three at one blow would be a serious diminution of the available cruising force. To a Navy passing, as is that of the United States, through a stage of transition, when most of its previously existing vessels have disappeared and its new fleet is only on the threshold of existence, the blow comes with crippling force.

The Department learns with the deepest pain that the wreck at Samoa resulted in the death of four officers. Captain C. M. Schoonmaker, Paymaster Frank H. Arms, First Lieut. F. E. Sutton of the Marine Corps, and Pay Clerk John Roche, and thirty-nine men of the Vandalia, seven men of the Nipsic, and one man of the Trenton. However severely the destruction of the vessels may be felt by the Navy, the loss of so many valuable lives is a far greater and more irreparable  misfortune. Captain Schoonmaker died, as he had lived, at the post of duty, a gallant and generous officer, and a devoted servant of his country to the last. Weakened by long ettbrt, he was swept by the sea from the deck of his vessel, soon after she had drifted to her final resting place. The hurricane at Samoa has brought affliction to many American households, which will receive the deepest sympathy of the Government, yet it cannot be said that those who died thus manfully, facing danger in the execution of their duty, have died in vain.

The Department, having closely examined the reports of the circumstances under which the disaster occurred, learns that on the 15th of March, when indications of bad weather first appeared, every preparation was made to meet the coming gale. The ships were stripped and steam was raised. The force of the approaching storm could not be foreseen, and there was every reason to hope and believe that the vessels would ride it out at their moorings in safety. The extraordinary violence of the gale rendered this impossible, while the crowded condition of the harbor, where the vessels lay exposed to the full force of the wind and sea, yet shut in on both sides by the sharp edges of coral reefs,  made their position one of extreme danger. The Nipsic Commander Dennis W. Mullan, the innermost vessel of the fleet, was enabled to reach a place of comparative safety on the beach, where her gig's crew were lost while gallantly attempting to run a line to the shore. The Vandalia, commanded by Capt. C. M. Schoonmaker, and upon his death by Lieut. J. W. Carlin, after skillfully avoiding a collision as she dragged into the inner harbor struck the point of the reef not far from the Nipsic.  Here she remained, exposed to the fury of the storm, her officers and men taking refuge in the rigging, while the seas swept over her and the spray and surf were flying to her mastheads. Many of her crew were lost in the attempt to swim ashore, and one man, E. M. Hammer (seaman), met hiis death in a brave but fruitless effort to carry a line to the Nipsic. The survivors, after remaining for eight hours in momentary expectation of death, were finally rescued through the efforts of the Trenton.  The latter vessel, Capt. Norman H. Farquhar commanding, had the misfortune early on the morning of the 16th to lose her wheel  and break her rudder. Soon after the heavy sea, forcing its way into the house-holes in spite of obstructions, filled the fire-rooms and put out  the fires. The flagship, now without steam or rudder, her anchors dragging, drifted almost at the mercy of the gale along the edges of the eastern reef, at times not more than 20 feet from total destruction. Every endeavor was made to control her movements, and her commanding officer states in his report that upon at least one occasion it was through the excellent judgment of Lieut. R. M. G. Brown, the Navigating  officer, that the ship  cleared the reef and the four hundred and fifty lives on  board were saved. The Department notes with satisfaction your commendation of Lieutenant Brown and also of Lieut. Commander Henry W. Lyon, the executive officer, for their efforts to save the ship. After a collision with the Olga the Trenton passed over to the western reef,  where she drifted with the current until she struck the ground near the Vandalia.

From your own report, and from other accounts that have reached  the Department, it appears that the conduct of those under your command evinced throughout that courage, resolution, and fortitude which  the United States has learned always to expect from the officers and  seamen of its Navy.  When her Britannic Majesty's ship Calliope, fortunate in the possession of more powerful engines, succeeded in her  gallant effort to pass the Trenton and steam out of the harbor against  the hurricane, the ringing cheer from the American flagship, as her crew  were standing in the face of death, showed a spirit alike generous and  dauntless.  During the whole of Saturday, when the Trenton was helplessly dragging her anchors on the verge of destruction, the officers preserved their composed and heroic bearing, and directed her movements  with consummate skill;  the crew were thrown into the rigging as a substitute for sails, and through the cool and exact judgment of those charged with her guidance, she was enabled to escape the extremity of peril. Finally, at the close of the day, when she brought up alongside  of the Vandalia  her officers and men, notwithstanding the suffering  through which they had  passed, and the dangers by which they were  still surrounded, thought only of doing their utmost to assist their comrades of the Vandalia whose distress was greater than their own, and  by firing rockets with life lines over the masts and rigging of the sunken vessel, they succeeded in rescuing all those who had taken refuge there;  while under the inspiration of a sentiment which has awakened a response in every American heart, the band of the flagship, to encourage  those who, dazed with fatigue and weakened by exposure, were still  clinging to the rigging, played the national anthem.

In reply to your request and that of Captain Farquhar for a court of  inquiry, this Department  has to say, that it deems such a court unnecessary.   It is satisfied that the officers in command of the ships at Apia did their duty with courage, fidelity, and sound judgment, and that they  were zealously and loyally seconded by their subordinates; that the hurricane which caused the destruction of the vessels and the loss of so  many lives was one of those visitations of Providence in the presence of which human efforts are of little avail; that the measures actually  taken by yourself and the officers under you were all that wisdom and  prudence could dictate, and that it was due to these measures that a large proportion  of the crews were saved; that the one step which might have averted the catastrophe, namely, to have put to sea before the storm had developed, could only have been justified, in view of the  grave responsibilities  resting upon you at Samoa, by the certainty of  overwhelming danger to your fleet, which could not then be foreseen; that you rightly decided to remain at your post, and that the Department,  even in the face of the terrible disaster which it involved, approves absolutely your decision, which has set an example to the Navy  that should never be forgotten.

To convene a court of inquiry under these circumstances would seem to imply a doubt on the part of the Department where no doubt exists;  and instead of ordering an investigation,  it tenders to you, and through you to the officers and men of your command, its sympathies for the exposures and hardships you have encountered, and its profound thanks
for the fidelity with which you performed your duty in a crisis of appalling danger.

Very respectfully,

B. F. Tracy
Secretary of the Navy

It is interesting, and understandable, that the Secretary of the Navy would speak so favorably of all the men men involved in this crisis, even though the Commander of the Nipsic, Dennis W. Mullan, was removed from command of the Nipsic.  Henry Lyons took command and sailed the Nipsic to Hawaii. VG................400-600

12.  [AMERICAN NAVAL]  Commander John Mitchell Hawley -  a native of Northampton, Mass., a descendant of one of the oldest and most prominent families of the town. He made his home here until he was appointed to the Naval Academy, from which he was graduated in 1868. In 1869 he was made an ensign, in 1870 a master, and in 1874 a lieutenant, and from the time of his graduation until 1887 he rendered valuable service in several coast survey expeditions and in the hydrographic office. From 1887 to 1890 he was executive officer of the Nipsic, one of the United States fleet sent to Apia, Samoan islands, during the uprisings in 1889. The American, British and German fleets in the bay were overwhelmed by a fearful hurricane which swept the islands in March, 1889, and the Nipsic was one of the two or three vessels that escaped total destruction. Commander Hawley received a vote of thanks from the Legislature of Massachusetts for rare courage and ability displayed during the hurricane, and was commended to the Navy Department by Rear Admiral Kimberley, '"for zeal and energy in getting the Nipsic afloat after -she was beached. He had entire charge of this work, and to his efforts, in a large measure, is due the fact that the Nipsic is now afloat without more serious injury." In 1894 he was promoted to be lieutenant-commander and in 1896 was ordered to duty as assistant to the chief of the Bureau of Navigation, having charge of enlisted men. During the Spanish-American war, he was engaged in recruiting men from the west for the navy, having charge of three parties who secured nearly two thousand men for the service. He was promoted to commander March 3, 1899, and in May was ordered to the command of the Hartford, Admiral Farragut's old flagship, which is to be used as a practice-ship.  Offered is is a 1p. typed letter, undated but c. 1889, from John M. Hawley [signed only in type],  sent to Lieut. Henry W. Lyons offering his testimony if desired.  The dockets in pencil are in Lyon's hand.  VG............100-150

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13. [NAVAL] N.H. Farquhar (Rear Admiral Norman Von H. Farquhar, USN, (1840-1907). Letter Signed, marked "Copy", USS Trenton, Apia, Samoa, April 22, 1889, 2 pages, 7-3/4 x 10".  The original was sent to the Secretary of the Navy, Washington DC [Benjamin F. Tracy].  This "copy" letter was sent to Henry Lyon, who  became commander of the Nipsic. Dated about a month after this famous naval incident (The Samoan Crisis ).  This letter is of high praise for Lieut. Commander Henry W. Lyon, saving the Nipsic "...to his excellent service during the Hurricane of March 16th and 17th, 1889, and since then in saving valuable property from the wreck. During the gale, he intelligently carried out my orders; personally supervising the many plans to keep out water, getting lines to the Vaudalia to prevent the total destruction of the Trenton and many other duties besides..." Norman Von Heidreich Farquhar (1840-1907) was born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania,  attended the U.S. Naval Academy during 1854-59. After graduation, he served with the Africa Squadron until September 1861. Lieutenant Farquhar spent most of the Civil War off the U.S. Atlantic coast and in the West Indies, serving in the gunboats Mystic, Sonoma and Mahaska and the cruisers Rhode Island and Santiago de Cuba. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander in mid-1865, a few months after the fighting ended, and was on duty at the U.S. Naval Academy from then until September 1868. For the rest of the 1860s and into the next decade, Farquhar served in the warship Swatara, was Executive Officer of USS Severn and USS Powhatan and Commanding Officer of USS Kansas. He also had two tours at the Boston Navy Yard on ordnance duty and as Executive Officer.  Advanced in rank to Commander in December 1872, Farquhar spent nearly five years at the Naval Academy. He commanded the training ship Portsmouth in 1877-78, and the steam sloops Quinnebaug and Wyoming in European waters in 1878-1881. Five more years of Naval Academy duty were followed by torpedo instruction at Newport, Rhode Island, in 1886. From May 1887 until her loss in the March 1889 Samoan hurricane, Captain Farquhar commanded the steam frigate Trenton. He then served on several of the Navy's boards and, in March 1890 became the Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks. During 1894-97, he was Commandant of the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Commanding Officer of the cruiser Newark, and President of the Naval Examining Board.  While holding the ranks of Commodore and Rear Admiral, Farquhar was Commandant of the Norfolk Navy Yard in 1897-99, commanded the North Atlantic Station during 1899-1901 and was Chairman of the Lighthouse Board in 1901-02. He retired from active duty in April 1902, upon reaching the statutory service age limit of 62. Rear Admiral Farquhar died at Jamestown, Rhode Island, on 3 July 1907. The letter is in very fine condition.  Provenance: Estate of Admiral Henry W. Lyon, who had a distinguished Naval career, was honored for his service in the Spanish-American war where he commanded the U. S. S. Dolphin. Lyon and his wife, Liela, bought a house in Paris Hill, Maine  in 1899 and moved there full time when he retired from the Navy in 1907. Picture of Farquhar is not included here...........300-400

14.  [NAVAL] Geo. Brown - Rear Admiral, Commanding U.S. Naval Force, Pacific Station.  TLS, U.S. Flagship Charleston, Feb. 5, 1890, 1p, to Lioeut. Commander Henry W. Lyon, Commanding U.S.S. Nipsic, Honolulu, Hawaii.  Says Secretary of the Navy "...indicates that your request for detachment from the command of the Nipsic has been favorably considered...."  Delayed, however, because Commander Wingate "....having been condemned by survey and therefore unable to execute his orders...."  Damped stained.  Provenance: Estate of Admiral Henry W. Lyon, who had a distinguished Naval career, was honored for his service in the Spanish-American war where he commanded the U. S. S. Dolphin. Lyon and his wife, Liela, bought a house in Paris Hill, Maine  in 1899 and moved there full time when he retired from the Navy in 1907.........100-150
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15 . [FILM]  Group photo of friends Van Johnson, Mickey Rooney, Keenan Wynn and Peter Lawford.  c. 1950s. 8 x 10 in.

17 . [FILM] rare photo of the cult and tragic character actor Laird Cregar, the child is Ned Wynn [son of Keenan Wynn], The original photo taken in 1942.  This appears to be a later vintage photo of the original. VG............25-35

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18. [THEATRE] Katharine Cornell (1893-1974) American stage actress, writer, and theater owner and producer. Offered here from her estate is her Phillips plastic credit card in her married name, Katharine McClintic.........50-75

LOT 19.  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

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22. [ENGLAND]  Duchess of Sutherland, Harriet Sutherland, Leveson-Gower  (1806-1868)   was Mistress of the Robes under several Whig administrations: 1837–1841, 1846–1852, 1853–1858, and 1859–1861; and was a great friend of Queen Victoria. She was an important figure in London's high society, and used her social position to undertake various philanthropic undertakings including the protest of the English ladies against American slavery.  ALS  written in the 3rd person, dated July 26, no year, 1p. Approx. 4-1/2 x 7-1/4".   Written from Stafford House, (St. James's Palace), which became an important centre of society,  and the starting-point of various philanthropic undertakings. There the protest of the English ladies against American slavery was framed in 1853.  On the accession of Queen Victoria the duchess was appointed Mistress of the Robes, and held that post when the Whigs were in office until her husband's death (August 1837 to September 1841, July 1846 to March 1852, January 1853 to February 1856, June 1859 to April 1861). From the Queen's refusal to part with the Duchess and her other ladies arose the bedchamber crisis of 1839, with the result that the Whigs returned to office. Victoria gave a sympathetic description of the Duchess's character, and after the death of Prince Albert, the prince consort, spent the first weeks of her widowhood with the Duchess as her solitary companion.  The Duchess's last public appearance was at the Prince of Wales's marriage in 1863. In that year she was seized with an illness from which she never recovered. However, she was able to entertain Garibaldi, for whom she had great admiration, at Chiswick House and Trentham, Staffordshire, during his visit to England in April 1864. In her letter she is declining assistance. VG.  RARE!..............100-150

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25. [Americana]  Capt. Richard Howe  (1799-1872) Capt. Richard Howe was a resident engineer for the Ohio Canal northern division around 1830. Richard left Akron with a group of 350 people to guide their wagon train to California in search of gold in the 1860s. He never found the gold but did find work as an engineer for the U.S. government. One of his jobs was plotting the baseline from Mount Diablo in northern California to the Pacific Ocean. He returned to Akron two years later and lived there untill his death in 1872. His contributions for the area included helping to route the Pa. & Ohio canal through Akron, helping to start Glendale Cemetery which was then known as Akron Rural Cemetery, raising money for the first Summit County Courthouse and jail and being a founding member of the First German Reformed Church. Offered here is an archive of  11 documents & letters, 4 of which are letters to Richard Howe.  The document are financial accounts.  Two of the letters are certainly worthy of research, one by Sylvanus Lothrop from Pittsburgh 1843.  Mostly very good. .........150-250

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26. [ART] Hermann Richter (1875-1941) artist who lived and painted in California in the early part of the 20th century. He was born in Hamburg Germany, on July 29, 1875, came to the U.S. in 1927, and lived in California for 14 years. He died in San Diego, California on May 03, 1941. Original pastel, signed, approx. 10-1/2 x 8 in. VG................200-300

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27. [OLD KENTUCKY] Jacob Van Meter Jr.  (Jacob Vanmetre Jr. 1762-1850) Kentucky Pioneer.  Jacob came to Kentucky with his father's party as a youth and later inherited his father's homestead. He continued to live at the old home place until about 1806, when the farm was sold to the Geohegan family.  Jacob Van Meter was a very religious man and reared his large family of ten sons and four daughters to take an active interest in the work of the church. Seven of his ten sons were deacons in the Baptist church. At the time of his death he was the last survivor of the old pioneers of the Severn's Valley Baptist Church of Elizabethtown, having been a member for 78 years.  As a Mill Creek church elder he founded the Hill Grove Baptist Church, 1822, Radcliff, Hardin Co., KY. Offered here is a 4 page manuscript document that concerns land transaction[s] with Geohegan dating back to 1781.  Jacob Vanmetre Jr. has signed at the conclusion. On verso there is a docket with signature of Ben Helm, dated 1811. Approx. 7-5/8 x 12-3/8 in.  Ben Helm (1767-1858)  known as "Kitchen Knife Whetted on a Brick." (See the Manuscript magazine, Winter, 1991, p. 24). He was a surveyor, state senator, clerk of Hardin Co. courts; major in War of 1812; purchased the farm owned by Christopher Bush, father of Mrs. Sallie [Bush] Johnston Lincoln, step-mother of Abraham Lincoln. He was a partner, in the general store business, with Duff Green [later
statesman] in the early frontier days of Kentucky. It is likely that young Abe Lincoln visited his store often in his early youth. VG.............200-300

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28.  Kentucky Pioneer document dated 1805, summons for Williamson Bruce to appear before the Judges of Hardin County [Elizabethtown] Kentucky. They are to answer William Bush plaintiff.  William Bush, brother of Sarah who was Abraham Lincoln's step-mother, therefore William Bush was Abe's uncle by marriage. This document was written and signed by the noted Kentucky pioneer, Ben Helm. Also signed by William Bush on the verso. BEN HELM (b. Fairfax county, Va., May 8, 1767; son of Capt. Thomas Helm, apioneer settler of Kentucky, who moved from Virginia to the Falls of Ohio, in the fall of 1779. In 1801-03 Ben Helm erected the first brick house built there. He became a surveyor; was state senator, 1796-1800; clerk of the Hardin county courts, 1800-17; an officer with the rank of major in the war of 1812; filled various other offices of honor and trust in Kentucky: purchased the farm owned by Christopher Bush, father of Mrs. Sarah (Bush) Johnston Lincoln, step-mother of Abraham Lincoln, and was a partner in a general store with Duff Green [later, American statesman], conducting the business as Green & Helm. He died in Elizabethtown, 1858, nearly 91 years old.Apparently William Bush was somewhat of a troublemaker in the E-town area. He was born in 1763, and in 1828 he acquired the Knob Creek farm where the Lincolns had lived, before they left for Indiana. His sister, Sarah, became the step-mother of the future U.S. president, Abraham Lincoln. See the article THAT ROGUE, WILLIAM BUSH, by Blaine V. Houmes, the Iowa physician and collector of Lincolniana. This article appears in The MANUSCRIPT, Summer 2002. William Bush acquired land like his parents, and by 1817 had married and built an attractive brick house [Elizabethtown area], a sign of sure success. He served on jury duty with Thomas Lincoln, after of Abraham and acquired the Knob Creek farm where the Lincolns had lived, before they left for Indiana∞, and later Illinois. Although prosperous, he was frequently entangled in lawsuits. His reputation was guarded and he did not enjoy the respect of other members of the Bush family. Little is known of Lincoln's relationship with the Bush family. Lincoln claimed that his family's removal (to Indiana) was partly on account of slavery, but chiefly on account of the difficulty in land titles in Kentucky. Thomas Lincoln was known to be anti-slavery, and as a young boy Abraham probably observed slaves being taken in chains to Southern markets, on the road beside his home. Carl Sandburg and other historians have not dwelt on the cantankerous nature of the President's uncle by marriage, let alone the fact that there was a slave-trader in the family. We wish to give credit to Blaine Houmes for much of what appears in this description.  Approx. 6-1/8 x 7-1/2 in. Rare!............400-600

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30. [ART] Walt Kuhn (1877-1949) American painter and an organizer of the famous Armory Show of 1913, which was America\'s first large-scale introduction to European Modernism. In 1925, Kuhn almost died from a duodenal ulcer. Following an arduous recovery, he became an instructor at the Art Students League of New York. In 1933, the aging artist organized his first retrospective. During these years, he began to question his earlier allegiance to European Modernism. On a 1931 trip to Europe with Marie and W. Averell Harriman, his staunchest supporters, he declined to join the Harrimans on their visits to the studios of Picasso, Georges Braque, and Fernand Léger. Yet neither did he want to align himself with the anti-Modernist camp of Regionalists like Thomas Hart Benton and politically-minded social realists. In the art politics of the day, Kuhn was caught between two extremes. By the 1940s, Kuhn’s behavior began to take on unsound characteristics. He became increasingly irascible and distant from old friends. When the Ringling Brothers Circus was in town, he attended night after night. He also became frustrated by the lack of attention his own work was receiving and was particularly strident about the Museum of Modern Art\'s support of abstraction and neglect of American art in the postwar period. In 1948, he was institutionalized, and on July 13, 1949, he died suddenly from a perforated ulcer.  Offered here are two letters he wrote on August 4, 1925, from Salzburg, Austria.  Both letters are on a single sheet, his retained copies, written and signed by him. One one side he writes to the banking firm firm of Morgan, Harjes & Co., saying that he will be travelling to London in a few weeks, requests that his account be transferred to Morgan in London. On the other side, same date, he writes to the local water department in Maine. Says they will be travelling in Europe for the summer, they have closed their place in Ogunquit [Maine], disconnected the water pipes, will use no water therefore no water bill to pay.  The picture showing here is NOT included.......300-400

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

44. [MUSIC] Jean Michel Jarre  (b. 1948) French composer, performer, and music producer. He is a pioneer in the electronic, ambient, and new-age genres, and known as an organizer of outdoor spectacles of his music featuring lights, laser displays, and fireworks. His first mainstream success was the 1976 album Oxygene. Recorded in a makeshift studio at his home, the album sold an estimated 12 million copies. Oxygène was followed in 1978 by Équinoxe, and in 1979 Jarre performed to a record-breaking audience of more than a million people at the Place de la Concorde, a record he has since broken three times. More albums were to follow, but his 1979 concert served as a blueprint for his future performances around the world. Several of his albums have been released to coincide with large-scale outdoor events, and he is now perhaps as well known as a performer as well as a musician.  As of 2004 Jarre had sold an estimated 80 million albums. He was the first Western musician officially invited to perform in the People's Republic of China, and holds the world record for the largest-ever audience at an outdoor event. Offered here is a signed & inscribed sheet, 6-3/4 x 8-1/4 in.  He mentions his famous song Oxygene.  on the verso is the autograph of Mick Jagger  [obtained in 1977].  In 1979, Jean Michel Jarre was chosen by Paris mayor to give a free outdoor concert on Place de La Concorde for the 14th of July, which is National Day in France. Instead of the hundred thousand people the authorities were excepting (there was no reference point), a million  Parisians came around their biggest square. Jarre made a superb light show, using buildings and fountains as backdrops. In the audience was Mick Jagger who immediately after the show, ran to see Jean Michel, and offered him to work with the Rolling Stones. It never happened as  Jarre had great advertising after the show, that was a bash to everything in the music world. He told the press eventually he needed a complete year to realize what he had done that day of July. Mick Jagger's autograph is one of the most sought after in rock and roll.  SUPERB!...............200-300

51. [TV] Milton Berle (1908- 2002)  American comedian and actor. As the host of NBC's Texaco Star Theater (1948–55), he was the first major American television star and was known to millions of viewers as "Uncle Miltie" and "Mr. Television" during TV's golden age. Boldly signed but in the dark area. VG..........35-45

52. [TV] Dale  Robertson (1923- 2013)  American actor best known for his starring roles on television. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo.....35-45

53. [ART] David Jagger  (1891 – 1958)  English portrait painter. A prolific painter, he is renowned for his 1929 painting of Robert Baden-Powell.  Jagger produced portraits of illustrious people, such Queen Mary, exhibited in the Royal Academy exhibition of 1930,  and Winston Churchill.  ALS, no yr., 3 pages. VG..........50-75

61. [FRANCE] Aime Giron  (1836-1907) French poet, writer, lawyer.  Aimé Giron began his literary career by publishing poems which appeared in the Revue de Paris, while continuing his legal career in his hometown, where he was secretary of the Academic society. In 1863 he published The Christmas Sabot (with illustrations by Léopold Flameng) who met a great success and was translated into several languages.  He then published the poetry collection The Strange Loves, and Three girls in 1864 and Mysterious new in 1866.  In 1870 he abandoned as a lawyer to defend the invaded territory. He moved to Bois-Colombes and becomes a contributor to Figaro, the Gauls and France Illustrated.  In 1873 he published a new collection of poems Les Cordes de Fer who obtained a warm welcome. He was one of the most prolific writers of his time, finding his inspiration in history and legends of the Velay. He described the most beautiful sites, he has told the captions so that gave rise to the desire to know the Haute-Loire, with warm enthusiasm that gives the love of native soil.  He was distinguished on numerous occasions and in particular by the Academy of Floral Games and the French Academy. It is decorated in July 1899 by the Spanish Queen Regent of the Order of Charles III on behalf of King Alfonso XIII, in return for pro-Spanish articles he published during the Spanish-American War in 1898.  Aimé Giron is the brother of the painter Léon Giron and the father of the Egyptologist Christmas Giron (Giron-loved Christmas).  A street in the Puy-en-Velay bears his name. Offered here are 4 lengthy handwritten pages, unsigned, c. 1880,  approx. 4-1/4 x 6 in.  sheet.  Identified as "about his library & the history of France.  VG................100-150

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63. [MUSIC]  Celedonio Romero (1913-1996) was a guitarist, composer and poet, perhaps best known as the founder of The Romeros guitar quartet.  Signed concert program.  Also signed by  Celin Romero (b. 1936)  classical guitarist and member of the guitar quartet the Romeros. He is the eldest son of Celedonio Romero,  who in 1957 left Franco's Spain for the United States with his family.  Four pages; mounting residue on back page.............50-75

71. [TV] Harry Crane (1914-1999)  comedy writer who helped create the long-running and perpetually rerun television show ''The Honeymooners,'' featuring Jackie Gleason.  Besides writing for Mr. Gleason, Mr. Crane concocted gags and routines for Jimmy Durante, Abbott and Costello, the Marx Brothers, Milton Berle, Jerry Lewis and others.  He also wrote jokes for singers like Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Dinah Shore and Perry Como, for television specials featuring Alan King and for Dean Martin's ''Celebrity Roast'' television series.  Among his screenplays were ''Air Raid Wardens'' (1943), starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, ''The Harvey Girls'' (1946), with Judy Garland and Angela Lansbury, and ''Song of the Thin Man'' (1947), starring Myrna Loy and William Powell.   Brief TLS, 1968, to Peter Lawford [actor].  "Dear Peter, Thanks for courtesy extended to my daughter and her husband. Stay well - there's a shortage of nice guys. Warmly, Harry."  Accompanied with signed bank check from Harry Crane to Peter Lawford. Lawford never cached this check.  Fine.........60-80

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72. [MIXED LOT OF AUTOGRAPHS] Comprised of: [1] Edward Martin (1879-1967) Gov. Pennsylvania & US Senator. Signature. [2] Alexandra Danilova (1903-1997) Russian-born prima ballerina who became an American citizen. She had a long intimate relationship with George Balanchine although they never officially married. Signed, inscribed 3x5 card. Fine. [3] Hiram Walbridge (1821-1870) U.S. Rep. from NY. Signature. [4] Peter W. Strader (1818-1881) U.S. Rep. from Ohio. Signature. [5] Charles Stewart (1840-1907) English zoologist and comparative anatomist. Stewart was born in Plymouth and studied at St Bartholomew's Hospital, receiving his MRCS in 1862. He was Conservator of the Hunterian Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England from 1884 to 1900, in succession to William Henry Flower. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on 4 June 1896, and he was the president of the Linnean Society from 1890 to 1894. Brief ALS, 1901, 1p. "Dear Sir, I have arranged for the visit of your party on Oct. 5th. Yours truly C. Stewart. VG. [6] Sir Thomas Brooke-Pechell, 2nd Baronet (1753-1826) Major General. Signed address panel postmarked 1833. [7] Moses Norris, Jr. (1799-1855) United States Representative and Senator from New Hampshire. Clip Signature. Click to see signature [8] G. MONOD [Monod, Gabriel-Jean-Jacques. 1844-1912]. French historian. Founder and director of Revue historique (1875); lectured at École des Hautes Études, École Normale Supérieure; professor, Collège de France (1905). Author of Allemands et Français (1872), Études critiques sur les sources de l' histoire mérovingienne (1872-85), etc. ANS, in English. Clipped from a letter but complete in itself. Mounted. No year. [9] Jonathan Chace (1829-1917) US Representative and Senator from Rhode Island. He was also the nephew of famed 19th century abolitionist Elizabeth Buffum Chace and had himself been active in the Underground Railroad during his time in Philadelphia, where he operated a dry goods store. CLIP SIGNATURE. [10] Alan Dershowitz (b. 1938) American lawyer, and political commentator. He is the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. He is known for his career as an attorney in several high-profile law cases. SIGNED 3x5 card.............100-150

73. BRENDA KUHN ARCHIVE - approx. 11 letters by Brenda Kuhn. These are mostly typed ink signed letters, copy replies. She had the habit of signing retained replies for her own records. PLUS approx. 38 letters sent to her from various persons. Also includes about 24 other items plus clippings & envelopes. BRENDA KUHN (1911-1993) the only child of the famous American artist, Walt Kuhn. She spent her whole life overseeing the Kuhn Estate, was a philanthropist, Kuhn scholar, amateur photographer. The artist, his wife Vera, and their daughter Brenda were very private people. The Archive of American Art at the Smithsonian, Washington DC, has a notebook containing notes written by Brenda Kuhn about her father Walt Kuhn. Included are notes regarding a meeting with Garnett McCoy, Deputy Director of the Archives of American Art, in October, 1974. These items remained in storage for years.............200-300

74. [ART] ROY CHARLES FOX (1908-1993) American artist. Member of Print Council of America; Rochester Print Club; Cooperstown Art Association; Elmira Art Club. His work is in the permanent collections of Elmira College, Arnot Art Museum, Florida Southern, etc. He exhibited at Audubon Artists 1942-44; Saranac Lake Art League 1943 & 1944; Northwest Print Makers 1944-48; Wawasee Art Gallery 1944 & 45; Laguna Beach AA 1944 & 45; Oakland Art Gallery 1944 & 45; Phila. Print Club 1956; Phila. Etchers 1962; Albany Print Club 1947; Grand Central Galleries (NY) 1946; Corning Glass Center 1965, etc. Offered here is a large signed watercolor, winter scene dated 1977, approx. 15 x 22". Fine condition..............600-800

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75. [ART] Auguste Nicholas Cain (1822-1894) was a noted French sculptor known for his portrayals of wild and domesticated animals. ALS, no date, 1p, 4.5 x 7 in. VG.............50-75

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76. [MUSIC] Rod McKuen  (1933-2015) American singer-songwriter, musician and poet.  Signed and inscribed sketch, dated Paris 1977, approx. 8-1/2 x 6-3/4 in. Fine..................60-80

77. (ART) Charles Albert Waltner [1846-1925] this celebrated etcher was born in Paris, France. He first studied in the atelier of Gerome, but abandoned painting after about two years instruction, subsequently devoting himself entirely to etching, in which art he soon acquired a great reputation. Original etching titled "Forbidden Fruit" after painting by J.E. Millais, R.A. dated 1875 in plate. Published 1880. 10-1/4 x 8 plus margins............100-150

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78. [MIXED LOT] [1] To Organize Gov. of Nebraska - Speech of Joseph R. Chandler, of Penn. on the Bill to organize Territorial Government in Nebraska. Delivered to the House of Rep., April 5, 1854. 7-pp. VG. See speech above [2] [BOER WAR] stereo-view photograph card issued 1900, Underwood & Underwood. When the Cannon's Roar is Still - men sleeping by their stacked arms. VG. [3] [SINGER SEWING] EDWIN DEAN - Singer Sewing machine agent from Missouri. ALS, St. Louis, 1866, 2 separate pages, 4to. To The Singer Manuf. Co. describing a trade fair "at which $20,000 will be distributed in premiums and which will be attended by 50,000 persons at least..." Says he will distribute Singer products to stimulate business. On Singer Co. letterhead. Light stain along edge from mounting trace on back. Page 1 Page 2 [4] Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber (1814 - 1890) American humorist. Clip signature. [5] S. Parkes Cadman (1864-1936) American clergyman, newspaper writer, and pioneer Christian radio broadcaster of the 1920s and 1930s. He was an early advocate of ecumenism and an outspoken opponent of anti-Semitism and racial intolerance. By the time of his death in 1936, he was called "the foremost minister of Congregational faith" by the New York Times. ANS on card. [6] Nat C. Goodwin (1857-1919) American actor and vaudevillian. Signature. [7] Senator Lloyd Bentsen - TLS, 1989, 1p. [autopen?] [8] Clyde Fitch (1865-1909) American dramatist. Clip signature. [9] Edward J. Phelps (1822-1900) lawyer and diplomat from Vermont. [10] Lee Iacocca - signed 8x10 photo.........75-100

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81.  [ART] Etienne-Gabriel Bocourt (1821-1882)  French etcher.  Original etching, portrait of the artist Gustave Courbet, image approx. 9-1/4 x 6-1/4" plus margins.  The soft crease in scan below is not that visible in real life. VG............100-150

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83. MYSTERY LOT of about 93 pieces from 19th & 20th century. Includes: letters; documents; a few autographs; 5 bank checks signed by the noted artist, Douglas Volk, known for his portraits of Abraham Lincoln, one used on postage stamp, and various ephemera. Oldest item in this lot is 1838. There is also an 1842 document signed by R.G. Hazard [look him up], and a 1945 TLS by Commodore Badt. Good lot for eBay sellers or those who like researching items.....125-225

84. [ART]  Sir HUBERT von  HERKOMER, (1849-1914, painter, R.A., R.W.S.) SELF-PORTRAIT, original etching, head and shoulders, with his children Siegfried and Elsa below half-length as a vignette, signed ('HH') and dated '79 on the plate, titled 'Published London April 1st 1880 by The British and Foreign Artists Association', 'Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1880 by Knoedler & Co in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington', extremely fine impression, 13-1/2 x 8 in.  Herkomer regarded this as his best etching. He described the circumstances of the production of it when on a camping trip to Wales in 1879. 'As I knew the painting of one landscape would not give me sufficient occupation for so many weeks, I took with me all the paraphernalia of the etcher - plates, grounds, dishes, acids, and a small printing press (an invention of Mr Hamerton's). This wretched little contrivance proved utterly inadequate for my work. In order to get a decent impression we tightened the rollers to their last gasp, and then we dragged the whole machine around the tent in the vain attempt to turn the toy handles. Still, it was under these circumstances that I did - what I consider my best etching - a portrait of (the handy model) myself, with my two children in the lower corner of the plate.'  Very good condition.   In an auction at Bonhams   [London] [2005] another example of this etching was estimated at £500 - 600  US$ 840 - 1,000.  It realized $730.........700-900

85. [ART] Sir Hubert von Herkomer CVO (1849-1914)  British painter of  German descent, and also a pioneering film-director and composer. Though a very successful portraitist, especially of men, he is mainly remembered for his earlier works that took a realistic approach to the conditions of life of the poor. Hard Times, showing the family of a travelling day-labourer at the side of a road, is probably his best known work.  Original etching, title "The Poacher's Fate", plate signed, image approx. 14 x 10-1/4" plus margins. Done c. 1880.  Herkomer etched this print after one of his own paintings.  VG...............200-300

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86. [NOBEL] K. ALEX MULLER - Swiss Physicist. Nobel Prize Winner 1987. The search for ceramic superconductors has begun in 1986. K. Alex Mueller and J. Georg Bednorz, researchers at IBM Zurich laboratory, discovered that ceramics from a class of materials called perovskite were superconductors at a temperature of about 35 Kelvin. This event sparked great excitement in the world of physics and the discovery of the first of the superconducting ceramics won the 2 men a Nobel Prize the following year. At the time Bednorz and Mueller began their work, the idea of a high-temperature ceramic superconductor was considered to be so crazy that they did their research quietly--not even telling their colleagues what they were doing. They tried more than two hundred combinations of ceramic oxides before achieving success. SIGNED 7x5 photograph.............35-45

88. [MUSIC] Perry Como [1912-2001] Smerican singer & TV personality. Signed, inscribed sheet music from "Glendora." Signed on cover picturing Como. In good condition except for missing bottom right corner edge........25-35

89. [FRANCE] Eugène Rouher (1814- 1884) French statesman of the Second Empire. ALS, 1873, 1p. After the death of Napoleon III he speaks of the sorrow of Napoleon's son. 5.25 x 8". Fine............75-100

90. [THEATRE]  William Henry Berry (23 March 1870 – 2 May 1951), always billed as W. H. Berry, was an English comic actor. Two signed vintage photographs, 3-1/2 x 5-1/4 in.  Both signed in darker area - fair contrast............50-75

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91. [BALLET] Julie Kent (born 1969)  is an American ballet dancer; she remained a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre from 1993 to June 2015. Her farewell role was Juliet (in Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet). Signed & inscribed 4x6 in. photo shown dancing on point, together with ALS with envelope, 2007. Both are fine. Beautiful..........50-75

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92. [RUSSIA]  Véra Korène (1901-1996), was a Russian-born French actress and singer.  Born Rébecca Véra Korestzky in Russia of Jewish heritage, she fled the Revolution and settled in Paris, France.  Using the Francized name Korène, she began her career in the theatre but also appeared in a number of films during the 1930s. A mainstay of the Parisian stage, in the 1950s she organized her own theatre production company, putting on performances at the Comedie Française. In 1956 she was named director of the Theatre de la Renaissance, a position she held until 1978.  Signed photo, 5-1/2 x 7-1/4 in. VG...............50-75

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93. [BALLET] Darci Kistler (b. 1964)  is a noted American ballerina. She is often said to be the last muse for the choreographer,  George Balanchine.  Signed & inscribed color 8.5 x 11 photo shown dancing with Jock Soto at the NY City Ballet in THEM TWOS.  VG............50-75

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95.  [NASA]  Collection of 28 covers related to the space program, 1976 & 1981.  All clean.....120-180

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96.  [US NAVAL] Ellsworth "Dave" Davis [1892-1946] American naval officer. He served on the U.S.S. Florida as a signal officer, official uniform inspector and flag lieutenant. During the U.S. occupation of Vera Cruz, Mexico on April 1914, Davis led a company onshore and overtook the town's postal service building. In addition to his service on the U.S.S. Florida, Davis served in the Mediterranean and off of the U.S. Atlantic Coast on the Brooklyn and the Fairfax. He was commanding officer of the USS Fairfax from 1934 to 1936. Collection of approx. 25 letters with envelopes, 5 without, 2 signed Easter cards,  dated 1913-1933. Most of the letters are to his mother,  Mrs. Frederick W. Davis, and one to his brother Roger.  There is a large archive of Davis's letter at the Nimitz Library, United States Naval Academy.............200-300

97. [ART] WALT KUHN (1877-1949), American painter. After studying in many European countries, he helped organize the famous Armory Show (International Exhibition of Modern Art, New York City, 1913). He is noted chiefly for his vigorous studies of circus performers, chorines, and trapeze athletes. His Blue Clown (1931, Whitney Museum, New York City) is the most popular example of his work. He also did a number of brilliant still lifes, as well as designs for musical reviews. Kuhn helped introduce the techniques and theories of modern art to the American public and to many American artists. Offered here are twenty-seven handwritten letters-   twenty-five [25] letters are from 1943,  one is 1940 & the last is 1948, the year before Walt died. Most are two pages on 8 x 11 in. sheets. The majority of the letters were written from  Ogunquit, Maine where the Kuhn's owned a home with a studio. At the end of 1948 he had a nervous breakdown. In some of his letters he starts to wonder about his mental abilities. Walts' letters run the gamut  of  town gossip to art gossip mentioning names of artists who summered in Ogunquit, war activity near Ogunquit off Boone Island, descriptions of the areas where he paints, his feelings about tourists, how his painting is going, his art patrons and dealers. A Colliers article about Walts' paintings is mentioned in a few letters and a copy of the article goes with the group. One letter is answering a question from a Chicago woman about a version of the 1913 Armory Show held there. The only archive of Kuhn's letters still in private hands......12,000-18,000

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98. (KUHN) original photograph of WALT KUHN PAINTING - Peaches on Blue Cloth, done in 1944. Durand-Ruel blindstamp on verso. 8 x 10, b/w.........40-60

99. (KUHN) original photograph of WALT KUHN PAINTING -Dominique Clown, done in 1947. Durand-Ruel blindstamp on verso. 10 x 8, b/w.........40-60

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100. [KUHN]  Joseph S. Trovato ( 1912-1983) American artist and museum curator.  TLS, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, TLS, 1962, 1p., to Brenda Kuhn, daughter of the American artist Walt Kuhn. Re: preview of the Arthur B. davies Centennial Exhibition;  and interest in showing the Armory Show - 50th Anniversary Exhibition. Includes a signed TLS [her signed retained copy] from Brenda Kuhn to Trovato, 1962, 1p. reply to his letter of May 11th.  Two letters. VG.............100-150

101. [VERMONT]  An archive of approx. 330 pieces including deeds, documents, letters, receipts, ephemera.  These are from the papers of Dr. D.W. Blanchard of Coventry, Vermont. Looks like mostly 1870s-80s running into the early 1900s.  Mixed conditions.........150-200

102. Joseph Nourse (1754-1841) was the first United States Register of the Treasury whose career spanned forty years and six presidential administrations. He played a key role in administering the finances of the new Republic.  Nourse first served during the American Revolution as military secretary to General Charles Lee. He returned for a short time to his family's farm in Berkeley County, Virginia (now West Virginia). He settled in Philadelphia in 1779, where he served as Assistant Auditor General for the Board of Treasury. He was elected Register in 1781, where he assumed responsibility for keeping the financial records and accounts of the new government. He also authenticated each piece of Continental currency by personally signing it.  In 1800, he moved with the federal government from Philadelphia to the City of Washington. He purchased a residence in the Georgetown area, first at 3101 P Street and later acquired Cedar Hill (as Dumbarton House was historically named) in 1804. As Register of the Treasury, he worked closely with four administrations and early political leaders of the new nations.  When Andrew Jackson was elected President in 1829, Joseph Nourse was forced from office.  Signature removed from a 1792 document. Approx. 4 x 3-3/8 in.............60-80

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103. [MAINE]  Benjamin Lincoln (1802-1835) graduated from Bowdoin College in 1822 and studied medicine for five years before practicing in Boston, Massachusetts, and Burlington, Vermont. He also lectured in medicine for the University of Vermont and the University of Maryland. He returned home to Dennysville before his death on February 26, 1835.  ALS, folded stampless letter, Bowdoin College [Maine],  1821, 1p, plus manuscript address leaf.  To John R. Parker in Boston.  He sends $3 membership fee in behalf of the Pan-Harmonic Society. VG...............75-100

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104. [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

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105. [ART] DOUGLAS VOLK [1856-1935] AMERICAN ARTIST. Douglas was born to be an artist. His father was the famous sculptor Leonard Wells Volk and his mother Emily Barlow Volk was counsin to Senator Steven Douglas. At a young age Douglas showed an ability to draw and was taken seriously later studying with George Inness, and at age 14 took classes at the Accademia San Luca in Italy. In 1873 Volk went to Paris to study at Ecole des Beaux Arts with the Master Jean-Leon Gerome. When he returned to the U.S. he began teaching at The Cooper Institute in New York and in 1886 was founder of the Minneapolis School Of Fine Art. In 1893 Volk was chosen for the selection committee at the Columbian Expo where he exhibited three paintings and the the gold medal, his first major award. In 1899 the National Academy granted him membership. His paintings hang in many important collections including the Metropolitan Museum in NY. Douglas Volk first ventured into Lincoln portraiture in 1908, and that canvas, reworked in 1917, eventually found its way into the National Gallery of Art. It also achieved a kind of anonymous familiarity between 1954 and 1968, when it was featured on the regular four-cent U.S. postage stamp. When in 1860, Lincoln sat in Leonard Volk's studio, a liittle child was running in and out. The great man took him on his knee and asked his name. It was Douglas. It was this boy, long grown to manhood who was the paint one of the most famous portraits of Lincoln. One of his Lincoln portraits hangs in the Lincoln Bedroom in The White House. Collection of 15 signed bank checks, dating 1906-1921...........200-300

106. [ART] Charles Meryon (1821-1868) French artist, who worked almost entirely in etching, as he suffered from color-blindness.  He is generally recognised as the most significant etcher of 19th century France. He also suffered from mental illness, dying in an asylum. His most famous work is a series of views of Paris. Offered here is a photogravure 1926 of his etching [1865].  These superb photogravures, there were 20 printed in 1926, are often sold as etchings. You see them all the time offered at around $400 to $800 each. The sellers, obviously are not aware of what they are offering. The original 1865 etching retailed at $1500. Plate size approx. 6-1/2 x 5-1/2" plus wide clean margins. A superb example of the original..............100-150

LOT 107.    (AMERICAN LITERATURE LOT)   Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)  American poet and literary translator. He was appointed the second Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1987, and twice received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, in 1957 and again in 1989.  SIGNATURE, inscribed 2000.   Theodore Russell Weiss (1916-2003) American poet, and literary magazine editor. He edited (with his wife, Renee Karol Weiss) Quarterly Review of Literature, which published William Carlos Williams, Wallace Stevens, E. E. Cummings, and Ezra Pound.In 1987, he was the subject of a documentary, Living Poetry: A Year in the Life of a Poem, made by Harvey Edwards.   ALS, 1973. Eleanor Clark Warren (1913 –1996) American writer. She was married to Robert Penn Warren. TLS,1990.  Paul Henry de Kruif 1890 -1971) American microbiologist and author. He is most noted for his 1926 book, Microbe Hunters. This book was not only a bestseller for a lengthy period after publication, it has remained high on lists of recommended reading for science and has been an inspiration for many aspiring physicians and scientists.   TLS, 1957.  George Herbert Palmer (1842 –1933) American scholar and author.  ALS, 1908, 2pp.    William Babcock Weeden (1834-1912) American Historian, author. ALS,1910, 2pp.   James Russell Wiggins (1903 –2000) managing editor of The Washington Post and United States Ambassador to the United Nations. After his tenure as ambassador, Wiggins moved to Brooklin, Maine where he became editor and publisher of the The Ellsworth American of Ellsworth, Maine.  SIGNED 8x10 photograph; signed in dark area [poor contrast]..............70-90

108. [FRANCE] Aime Giron  (1836-1907) French poet, writer, lawyer.  Aimé Giron began his literary career by publishing poems which appeared in the Revue de Paris, while continuing his legal career in his hometown, where he was secretary of the Academic society. In 1863 he published The Christmas Sabot (with illustrations by Léopold Flameng) who met a great success and was translated into several languages.  He then published the poetry collection The Strange Loves, and Three girls in 1864 and Mysterious new in 1866.  In 1870 he abandoned as a lawyer to defend the invaded territory. He moved to Bois-Colombes and becomes a contributor to Figaro, the Gauls and France Illustrated.  In 1873 he published a new collection of poems Les Cordes de Fer who obtained a warm welcome. He was one of the most prolific writers of his time, finding his inspiration in history and legends of the Velay. He described the most beautiful sites, he has told the captions so that gave rise to the desire to know the Haute-Loire, with warm enthusiasm that gives the love of native soil.  He was distinguished on numerous occasions and in particular by the Academy of Floral Games and the French Academy. It is decorated in July 1899 by the Spanish Queen Regent of the Order of Charles III on behalf of King Alfonso XIII, in return for pro-Spanish articles he published during the Spanish-American War in 1898.  Aimé Giron is the brother of the painter Léon Giron and the father of the Egyptologist Christmas Giron (Giron-loved Christmas).  A street in the Puy-en-Velay bears his name. Offered here is a handwritten poem  written on 4 sides of a  approx. 5-1/4 x 8-1/4 in.  pages.  No signature or date. VG................100-150
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109. [ART] Walt Kuhn (1877-1949) Original metal etching plate, title unknown, c. 1920s , 5-3/4 x 4-5/8 in.  Walt Kuhn was born in Brooklyn, and after a period of study art in Europe, he returned to the US to work as a cartoonist; illustrator, and developing artist. Aware of the great surge of modernist artistic activity in Europe, he joined with others to encourage Arthur B. Davies to get behind the idea of bringing a great European modernist art show to the US, and traveled with Davies to Europe to select art for the occasion (which became the 1913 Armory Show).  Negligee was probably done c. 1920 when Kuhn, Davies, and a few others in the US were experimenting with modernism as they developed their printmaking skills.  Kuhn successfully continued printmaking and painting in a modernist mode for the next 30 or so years.   The picture of Kuhn was borrowed and not offered for sale here.  You are bidding on the original plate only. ...............2500-3500

110. [ART] Walt Kuhn (1877-1949) Original metal etching plate, title Vaudville, 3 Women, c. 1920s , 7-1/2 x 5-3/4 in.  Walt Kuhn was born in Brooklyn, and after a period of study art in Europe, he returned to the US to work as a cartoonist; illustrator, and developing artist. Aware of the great surge of modernist artistic activity in Europe, he joined with others to encourage Arthur B. Davies to get behind the idea of bringing a great European modernist art show to the US, and traveled with Davies to Europe to select art for the occasion (which became the 1913 Armory Show).  Negligee was probably done c. 1920 when Kuhn, Davies, and a few others in the US were experimenting with modernism as they developed their printmaking skills.  Kuhn successfully continued printmaking and painting in a modernist mode for the next 30 or so years.   The picture of Kuhn was borrowed and not offered for sale here.  You are bidding on the original plate only.......2500-3500

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111. [ART] Walt Kuhn at the Marie Harriman Gallery 1934 - Original exhibition catalog of work by Walt Kuhn at the Marie Harriman Gallery, 61-63 East 57 Street, New York, 8 pages, plus cover. There were 14 paintings in this show, all are illustrated in this catalog. Staples are rusted. Included is a signed 1965 bank check, signed by Brenda Kuhn, the daughter of the artist. Provenance: Directly out of the Kuhn Estate.............75-100

112. "Chuck" Jones (1912-2002)  American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films, most memorably of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio. He directed many classic animated cartoon shorts starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote, Pepé Le Pew, Porky Pig and a slew of other Warner characters. Signed , inscribed 6x8 in. color print of various cartoon characters he developed. Dated 1985. VG...............80-120

113.  [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

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115.  [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


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116. [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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117.  (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 BEN HELM (1767-1858)  known as "Kitchen Knife Whetted on a Brick." (See the Manuscript magazine, Winter, 1991, p. 24). He was a surveyor, state senator, clerk of Hardin Co. courts; major in War of 1812; purchased the farm owned by Christopher Bush, father of Mrs. Sallie [Bush] Johnston Lincoln, step-mother of Abraham Lincoln. He was a partner, in the general store business, with Duff Green [later statesman] in the early frontier days of Kentucky. It is likely that young Abe Lincoln visited his store often in his early youth. Bleakley's siganture appears twice on the verso as well as another signature of Ben Helm.  Approx. 7-1/2 x 6-1/4 in. VG...........200-300

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118. [KENTUCKY] BEN HELM (1767-1858)  known as "Kitchen Knife Whetted on a Brick." (See the Manuscript magazine, Winter, 1991, p. 24). He was a surveyor, state senator, clerk of Hardin Co. courts; major in War of 1812; purchased the farm owned by Christopher Bush, father of Mrs. Sallie [Bush] Johnston Lincoln, step-mother of Abraham Lincoln. He was a partner, in the general store business, with Duff Green [later statesman] in the early frontier days of Kentucky. It is likely that young Abe Lincoln visited his store often in his early youth. Document written and signed by Helm, dated 1812, approx. 7-1/2 x 6-1/4 in. Also signed [twice] on the verso by 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].  A court summons for Edward Rawlings and Thomas Swan to answer a plea of debt owed to John Geoghegan - son of Amrose, he inherited Hynes Station, one of the original three forts from which Elizabethtown sprang up.  EDWARD RAWLINGS   (died 1830)  Kentucky pioneer,  married Sarah "Sallie" Vertrees (1776-) in Hardin County Kentucky.  He was born in Berkeley County Virginia and died in Washington County Indiana.  He was a Deputy Sheriff in Hardin County Kentucky in 1794-1795 and Hugh Sheriff in 1798.  He served as a Captain in the War of 1812.  His company was connected to the regiments commanded by Lieutenant Col Benjamin Wright and Lieutenant Col Nicholas Miller, Kentucky Militia.  It consisted of men from the Hardin County Kentucky area.  The company was sent out for a six month term in March of 1813.  Edward originally owned land that today contains the Old Rawlings Cemetery, also known as The Walton Cemetery in Posey Township {Indiana}. VG...............200-300 


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120. [ART] Robert Frederick Blum (1857-1903)  American artist born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was one of the youngest members of the National Academy of Design, was President of the Painters in Pastel, a member of the Society of American Artists, and the American Watercolor Society. Original etching, titled A LONDON SUBURB, in excellent condition with  original tissue paper cover still attached. Plate size 3-3/4 x 5-1/4 in.  VG................50-75

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121. [MUSIC]  circa 1820 printed broadside, LOW BACK'D CAR, approx. 5-3/4 x 9-3/4 in. Single sheet, four 13 line stanzas published in New York by T.M. Scroggy, ca. 1820. This is a Love Ballad. Condition is very good except for two light stains at the bottom...............40-60

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122. [NAVAL] Robert F. Bradford (1836-1892)  Commander of the Navy. Bradford had served on the “flying squadron” and blockading squadrons during the Civil War, and retired as commandant of Portsmouth Naval Yard.  ALS, US Navy Yard, Portsmouth, NH, Commandant's Office, May 28, 1889, 1p, 7-3/4 x 10 in. Written to Henry R. Billings, Kittery Point, Maine, appointing Billings a watchman at the navy yard. VG.........60-80

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123.  (MUSIC) G. BICKHAM [artist] - original engraved sheet of music. sheet size 14 x 8-1/2 in. At top of page is a handcolored engraving by Bickham. Slightly soiled from age. Slight chipping & small tears at top & bottom edges. Dates to 1737. Fine for framing. The Bickhams, George Sr. and George Jr., practiced their art and published their books in London in the late 1730s and 1740s, the period in which such people as William Hogarth and John Gay flourished. This fine print is from George Bickham Jr.'s "Musical Entertainer", a beautifully illustrated collection of songs set for amateur musicians. Little is known of the Bickhams' private lives. George Bickham Jr. (who did this print) died in 1758. Although George Jr. engraved the plates for The Musical Entertainer, the first editions were published and sold by his father. These musical prints are considered his finest work. This information was taken from Joan D. Dolmetsch's book "Eighteenth-Century Prints in Colonial America." Evidently these were some of the prints that were used to decorate the homes of our Colonial forefathers. This IS NOT a later copy..............100-150

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124. [Theatre: Drury Lane] ALS of Samuel Spring to the Duke of Sussex, submitting a bill for two private boxes, together with the receited bill itself. Each 1p, 1816............80-120

125. 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

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126. [STOCK CERTIFICATE] Oriental Inland Steam Company - England 1858. Beautiful certificate from the Oriental Inland Steam Company issued in 1860. This historic document was printed by C.A.Doubble and has an ornate border around it. This item has the signatures of the Company's President and Secretary and is over 155 years old. Approx. 9 x 6-1/4". VG................150-200
 
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127. [STOCK CERTIFICATE] Australian Royal Mail Steam Navigation Co, stock certificate for one share, 1852, approx. 9-1/4 x 7". VG..............150-200

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128. [ENTERTAINMENT] LITTLE LORD ROBERT (Robert Kantor) LITTLE LORD ROBERT was the stage name of English dwarf Robert Kantor, who performed with the Ringling Bros. circus, circa 1909, and later appeared in the film The Wizard of Oz (1939). The New York Times stated his age in 1909 as 23, when it announced his engagement to female dwarf Coretta (Ruby Richoff). This turned out to be a Ringling Bros. publicity stunt, however, and Lord Robert may have been as young as 10.  A card dated 1/11/13 signed and inscribed to Geo. Bancroft. VG...............50-75

LOT 129.  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

130. [WISC.] Oscar Rennebohm (1889-1968) Governor of Wisconsin. He was born near Leeds, Wisconsin, in Columbia County. Rennebohm served in the United States Navy during World War I. Oscar Rennebohm was a druggist. In 1945, he was elected lieutenant governor of Wisconsin. In 1947, on the death of Governor Walter Samuel Goodland, he became acting governor; and in 1948, he was elected governor. In 1949, Governor Rennebohm founded the Rennebohm Foundation to support education in the Madison area as well as the school of pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison that is named after him. SIGNED MOUNTED PHOTO. VG..................................25-35

131. [WISC.] Albert George Schmedeman (1864-1946) American politician who served as the 28th governor of Wisconsin. Schmedeman was born in Madison, Wisconsin, the son of Heinrich Schmedeman, a "Forty-Eighter" from Germany. Albert Schmedeman was elected to the city council in 1904 and served for four years. A Democrat, he ran for a seat in the United States House of Representatives in 1910 but lost to John M. Nelson. In 1913 he was appointed the U.S. Minister to Norway and held this position until 1921. He then planned to retire from politics, but instead Schmedeman was elected Madison's mayor, serving from 1926 to 1932. In 1932 he was elected governor of Wisconsin and served only one term from 1933 to 1935. His term was both preceded and succeeded by Philip La Follette, son of former governor Robert M. La Follette, Sr. SIGNED PHOTO, 7-1/2 x 9-1/4 in. Fine........................35-45

132. [WISC.] Walter Samuel Goodland (1862-1947) American politician and governor of Wisconsin. He was a Republican. He was born in Sharon, Wisconsin, and went to Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. Walter Goodland was a lawyer and newspaper owner; he had owned a newspaper in Michigan in Iron Mountain. Goodland served in the Wisconsin State Senate. From 1911 to 1915, he was mayor of Racine, Wisconsin. From 1939 to 1943, Walter Goodland was lieutenant governor. In 1942, he was reelected lieutenant governor. On December 7, 1942, Governor-elect Orland Steen Loomis died before his inaugural. The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that Lieutenant Governor Goodland would serve Orland Loomis's term as acting governor, overriding the view of Governor Julius Heil that he should continue as Governor of Wisconsin. In 1944, Walter Goodland was elected Governor of Wisconsin, and in 1946 he was reelected. Walter Goodland died in office in Madison, Wisconsin, at age 84. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Walter Goodland was the oldest individual to date to serve as Governor of any state in the union. SIGNED PHOTO, 8 X 9-3/4 IN. FINE...............35-45

133. [WISC.] Walter Jodok Kohler, Sr. (1875-1940) American businessman and politician. Kohler was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. The Kohler Company was founded by his father, John Michael Kohler. Walter Kohler served as the company's president 1905 to 1937. Kohler was elected governor of Wisconsin as a Republican, serving one term from 1929 to 1931. His son, Walter J. Kohler, Jr., also served as governor, from 1951 to 1957. SIGNED PHOTO, 7-3/4 X 9-3/4 IN. Contained in Stein [the photographer] folder. Fine.............35-45

134. [MASSACHUSETTS] WM. GASTON - Gov. 1875-1876. Short ALS. 1878. Written at bottom in pencil is note signed Calvin. Piece along left edge missing does not affect text.............................20-30

135. [MUSIC] SAXIE DOWELL - BIG BAND ERA band leader. Signed vintage 5x7 photo. Fine..........40-60

136. [ENGLAND] Henry Brook Parnell, 1st Baron Congleton (1776-1842), was the second son of Sir John Parnell, Bt (1744-1801), chancellor of the Irish exchequer, and was educated at Eton and Cambridge. In 1801 he succeeded to the family estates in Queen's County, and married a daughter of the earl of Portarlington; and in 1802, by his father-in-law's interest, he was returned for Portarlington to parliament , but he speedily resigned the seat. In 1806 he was returned for Queens county, for which he sat until 1832, when he withdrew from the representation. In 1833, however, he was returned for Dundee; and after being twice re-elected for the same city (1835 and 1837), he was raised to the peerage in 1841 with the title of Baron Congleton of Congleton. He was a Liberal Whig, and took a prominent part in the struggle of his party. In 1806 he was a commissioner of the treasury for Ireland; it was on his motion on the civil list that the Duke of Wellington was defeated in 1830; in that year and in 1831 he was secretary at war; and from 1835 until 1841 he was paymaster of the forces and treasurer of the ordnance and navy. He was the author of several volumes and pamphlets on matters connected with financial and penal questions, the most important being that On Financial Reform, 1830. In 1842, having suffered for some time from ill-health and melancholy, he committed suicide. He was succeeded as 2nd baron by his eldest son John Vesey (1805-1883), who in 1829 joined the Plymouth Brethren , and spent his life in enthusiastic religious work. He left no son, and his brother Henry William (d. 1896) became 3rd baron, being succeeded by his second son Henry (1839-1906), a soldier who rose to be major-general. ALS, 1841, 1p. Tipped to another sheet. VG............................50-75

137. [MIT] Julius Adams Stratton (1901 - 1994) was a U.S. educator. He served as the president of MIT between 1959 and 1966. He also served as the chairman of the Ford Foundation between 1964 and 1971. TLS, MIT, 1958, 1p. ...................25-35

138. Evan Hunter (1926-2005) American author and screenwriter. Born Salvatore Albert Lombino, he legally adopted the name Evan Hunter in 1952. While successful and well known as Evan Hunter, he was even better known as Ed McBain, a name he used for most of his crime fiction, beginning in 1956. Brief Typed note signed; sends autograph, 1975...........25-35

139.  Admiral Sir Dudley R. de Chair (1864-1958) Governor of New South Wales from 1924-1930. The highlight of de Chair's naval career came in 1915-16 when, as rear admiral commanding the tenth cruiser squadron, he was responsible for the effective North Sea blockade of Germany. Signed 1905 Riggs National Bank check [Wash. DC]. Signed as Capt. RN. Good clear signature................75-100

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140.  [RI NEWSPAPER] BLACK HISTORY - The Woonsocket Patriot, May 6, 1870, 4 pp. Article concerning the 15th Amendment and the affect it would have on Northern States voting.........25-35

141. [THEATRE]  Collection of autographs formerly in the collection of the Booth Bay Theatre Museum, which was in Maine.  Most are not identified here but here are a few. 1. Henry Eugene Abbey (J1846-1896) was an American theatre manager and producer. During the 1870s - 1890s, he managed such prominent Broadway theatres as Booth's, Wallack's, and the Park Theatre, promoting the talents of some of the foremost American actors of his day, as well as European stars. Abbey also had the distinction of being the first manager of New York's Metropolitan Opera Company, which opened for its inaugural season in 1883.  2. Dan Daly (1864 - 1904) was an actor known as the "eccentric comedian".  PLUS 7 other unidentified autographs.  See scan.........70-90

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142. [THEATRE]  Collection of autographs formerly in the collection of the Booth Bay Theatre Museum, which was in Maine. All unidentified - not researched. Mixed condition. See scans.............80-120

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143. Desmond Mpilo Tutu (b. 1931) is a South African social rights activist and retired Anglican bishop who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984; the Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism in 1986; the Pacem in Terris Award in 1987; the Sydney Peace Prize in 1999; the Gandhi Peace Prize in 2007;[1] and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009.  Color photo signed twice, 8-1/2 x 10-3/4 in. VG..............75-100

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144. [VERMONT] 2 letters to William Gay, Keeper, Vermont State Prison, Windsor, Vt.  One dated 1833, 2 pp. plus address leaf from his brother; another from his wife dated, 1850, 4pp. Unread.............50-75

145. [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

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146. [VERMONT] Benj. Swan (1762-1839) an interesting Vermont person. Known as Major Ben Swan, was born in Worcester, Mass. At Worcester and in Boston, Benjamin received a most thorough mercantile education in the house of Messrs. Samuel & Stephen Salisbury, a firm whose standing and credit for a series of years gave them the highest reputation in the commercial community, both in Europe and America. Mr. Swan was for some time in a mercantile house in Montreal, where he became quite thoroughly versed in the French language, then more generally spoken in Canada. In 1791 he began business in Woodstock, Vermont, in connection with the Chandlers. In the general theory and the various details of the business of a merchant he was probably the best-educated man in Vermont. His unvarying rectitude in all his affairs won for him the confidence of every one, while his cheerful manners and the good-humor with which he enlivened his various business transactions made him a favorite with all classes of the community. After Mr. Swan retired from mercantile pursuits, he sustained a variety of offices and trusts. For many years he was the principal officiating magistrate in Woodstock, and in the numerous trials of cases which came before him the parties rarely, if ever, resorted to a jury. He was the first postmaster in this town [Woodstock]. In 1796, on the resignation of General Morris of the office of county clerk, Mr. Swan was appointed to that place, and from that time to his death, a period of forty-three years, retained the position of clerk of the Supreme and County Courts. In the year 1800 he was appointed by the legislature treasurer of the State, and thenceforward, for thirty-two years, the freemen of Vermont honored themselves and reflected honor upon him by electing him annually to that office, and generally without opposition. For a large portion of the time during which he served as treasurer, while banks were still scarce, and poor at that, he acted as a kind of general banker, to whom all classes of people resorted who were wishing to borrow, for an emergency, a moderate sum of money. The following is an instance among many that might be mentioned. When Zadock Thompson was ready to have his first Gazetteer printed, he needed money to run the paper. This was to be made at Wells River. His father said he would go to Benjamin Swan and see if he could raise the money from him. When he mentioned the matter to Major Swan, and asked if he could do the favor, the major answered, " Yes, yes, hum-m-m," and sat down and wrote to the paper-maker thus:  "Mr. Thompson wishes to buy fifty dollars' worth of paper for his Gazetteer, for which he shall be good. "Benjamin Swan." Many of the loans, however, which Mr. Swan made in his function of general banker, proved detrimental to bis pocket, if not to his peace of mind. After his death there was found on the upper shelf of the bookcase in his office a long row of files of notes, embracing many thousand dollars in value, all outlawed, or otherwise wholly worthless, &emdash; notes taken for sums of money lent to people in needy circumstances living in the neighborhood, to young men going West, and to various classes of people who called on this patient and forbearing man for help out of some difficulty. From this fact it would appear that the words of Scripture, "from him that would borrow of thee, turn not thou away," Mr. Swan regarded more in the light of a rule to live by than as merely a piece of fine sentiment. No man was ever more highly esteemed by the people of this State of Vermont than Major Benjamin Swan, and no man was ever more deserving of such esteem. Yet, notwithstanding the regard in which he was held, and the universal deference paid to him, in his deportment and in his heart he was a man of great modesty and humility. This was in keeping with the kind and benevolent spirit he exercised towards all classes of people with whom he came in contact, whether in business affairs or in the private walks of life. Offered here are 9 State of Vermont documents, one dated 1811, the others likely around 1811, all signed, signed twice on the front and once on the verso. Approx. 7-1/4 x 12 in. All have stains...........350-500

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147. [MILITIA]  James Farrar - Captain of a Company of Cavalry, 3rd Regiment, 1st Brigade, 3rd Division of the Massachusetts Militia.  An 1805 manuscript written and signed by Capt. Farrar, 1p, 7.5 x 11.5 in. Orders for Zebulon Blood (1770-1840) who was a private of the Troop. VG.............80-120

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

152a. Roger Sherman (1721-1793) was an early American lawyer and statesman, as well as a Founding Father of the United States. He  served on the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence, and was also a representative and senator in the new republic. He was the only person to sign all four great state papers of the U.S.: the Continental Association; the Declaration of Independence; the Articles of Confederation, and; the Constitution. Image 5.5 x 7.5. VG............40-60

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152b. Richard Henry Lee (1732-1794) was an American statesman from Virginia best known for the motion in the Second Continental Congress calling for the colonies' independence from Great Britain. He was a signatory to the Articles of Confederation and his famous resolution of June 1776 led to the United States Declaration of Independence, which Lee signed.  Image 7-1/2 x 5-1/4. VG..............40-60

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152c. Patrick Henry (17361799) was an American attorney, planter and politician who became known as an orator during the movement for independence in Virginia. A Founding Father, he served as the first and sixth post-colonial Governor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779 and from 1784 to 1786. Image 7-1/4 x 5-1/4 in. VG...............40-60

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152d. Robert Livingston (1746-1813) was an American lawyer, politician, diplomat from New York, and a Founding Father of the United States. He was known as "The Chancellor", after the high New York state legal office he held for 25 years. Image 7-1/2 x 5-1/2. VG..............40-60

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152e. Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791) designed the first official American flag. He was an author, a composer, and one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence as a delegate from New Jersey.
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152f. John Paul Jones (1747-1792) was a Scottish American sailor and the United States' first well-known naval fighter in the American Revolutionary War. Image 7-1/2 x 5-1/2. VG..............40-60

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152g. James Otis, Jr. (1725-1783) was a lawyer in colonial Massachusetts, a member of the Massachusetts provincial assembly, and an early advocate of the Patriot views against British policy that led to the American Revolution. His catchphrase "Taxation without representation is tyranny" became the basic Patriot position. Image 7-1/2 x 5-1/2. VG..............40-60

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152h. Richard Montgomery (1738-1775) was an Irish-born soldier who first served in the British Army. He later became a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and he is most famous for leading the failed 1775 invasion of Canada. Image 7-1/2 x 5-1/2. VG..............40-60

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152i. John Stark (1728-1822) was a New Hampshire native who served as an officer in the British Army during the French and Indian war and a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. He became widely known as the "Hero of Bennington" for his exemplary service at the Battle of Bennington in 1777. Image 7-1/2 x 5-1/2. VG..............40-60

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153. [BOOK]   HISTORIC SILVER OF THE COLONIES AND ITS MAKERS  by Francis Hill Bigelow. MacMillan, New York, 1931. 3rd Edition. Abundantly illustrated with supplementary photo plate examples throughout. Good-VG cloth copy in a good, if somewhat edge nicked and dust dulled. Overall,  tight. No dust jacket. 476 pages including index, illustrations too numerous to counts. An extemely useful reference which is uncommon........Reserved at $40.

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154. WORLD WAR 2 letters - a collection of letters from 2 different officers to their families in New Jersey, 1943-1945.  Mostly handwritten, a few typed. A great many are the famous V-MAIL, used by the War & Navy Depts. V-Mail Service. Mostly from England. Excellent picture of a soldier's life in Great Britain during the war. Approx. 110 letters pasted into a scrapbook..................400-600

155a. [ART]  RICHARD CARLE - deceased New England artist. Worked a lot around Boston and the north shore. Offered here is a group of 15 drawing by Carle, only 2 signed, 1977-1985, sizes approx. 9x11.  Showing 3 scans of the better drawings.............100-150

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155b. [ART]  RICHARD CARLE - deceased New England artist. Worked a lot around Boston and the north shore. Offered here is aunsigned color abstract on paper, 2-sided, 8x10 in. VG.............75-100

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156a. [THE GAME OF BRIDGE]  William Orpen  RA (1878-1931)  Irish artist who worked mainly in London. William Orpen was a fine draughtsman and a popular, commercially successful, painter of portraits for the well-to-do in Edwardian society. During World War I, he was the most prolific of the official artists sent by Britain to the Western Front. There he produced drawings and paintings of privates, dead soldiers and German prisoners of war along with portraits of generals and politicians. Most of these works, 138 in all, he donated to the British government and they are now in the collection of the Imperial War Museum. His connections to the senior ranks of the British Army allowed him to stay in France longer than any of the other official artists and although he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, KBE, in the 1918 King's birthday honours list and elected a member of the Royal Academy of Arts, his determination to serve as a war artist cost him both his health and social standing.  A letter sent to Orpen from a newspaper editor stating  that Winston Churchill confessed that he "hardly ever" played bridge, someone retorted, "Funny that so few people of brains do."  He asks Orpen "Is this observation true? Then asks "Do you play bridge, if so, whuy; if not, why Not?"  To which William Orpen writes "No - I have something better to do - William Orpen." 1-page. VG............75-100

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156b. [THE GAME OF BRIDGE] Lucy Christiana, Lady Duff-Gordon ((1863 – 1935) was a leading British fashion designer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known as "Lucile", her professional name. Lucile, the first British-based designer to achieve international acclaim, was a widely acknowledged innovator in couture styles as well as in fashion industry public relations. Apart from originating the "mannequin parade", a precursor to the modern fashion show, and training the first professional models, she launched liberating slit skirts and low necklines, popularized less restrictive corsets, and promoted alluring and pared-down lingerie. Opening branches of her London house, Lucile Ltd, in Chicago, New York City, and Paris, her business became the first global couture brand, dressing a trend-setting clientele of royalty, nobility, and stage and film personalities. Duff-Gordon is also remembered as a survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912, and as the losing party in the precedent-setting 1917 contract law case of Wood v. Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, in which Judge Benjamin N. Cardozo wrote the opinion for New York's highest court, the New York Court of Appeals.  ALS,  [c. 1930], 1p. to a  newspaper editor about playing bridge.  VG............75-100

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156c. [THE GAME OF BRIDGE] Dame Laura Knight (1877-1970) English artist.  During her long career, Knight was among the most successful and popular painters in Britain. In 1929 she was created a Dame and in 1936 became the first woman elected to the Royal Academy since its foundation in 1768. Her large retrospective exhibition at the Royal Academy, in 1965, was another first for a woman.  Although Knight was known for painting amidst the world of the theatre and ballet in London, and for being a war artist during the Second World War, she was also greatly interested in, and inspired by, more marginalised communities and individuals including Gypsies and circus performers. Her success in the male-dominated British art establishment paved the way for greater status and recognition for women artists. 
A letter sent to Knight from a newspaper editor stating  that Winston Churchill confessed that he "hardly ever" played bridge, someone retorted, "Funny that so few people of brains do."  He asks Orpen "Is this observation true? Then asks "Do you play bridge, if so, whuy; if not, why Not?"  Knight gives her answer signing L.K.  VG..........150-250

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157. John Mortimer (1923-2009) British barrister, dramatist, screenwriter and author. Mortimer is best remembered for creating a barrister named Horace Rumpole. TLS, 1990, 1p. VG...........40-60

158. Sir James Knowles (1831 - 1908) was an English architect and editor. ALS, 1905, brief 1p........25-35

159. Frederic Henry Chase (1853-1925) British academic and bishop. In 1901 he was elected the President of Queens' College, Cambridge and also the Norris Professor of Divinity. In 1905 he was consecrated as the Bishop of Ely. He resigned as bishop in 1924 and died in 1925. ALS, 1906, written on both sides. Mounting traces along top edge...........25-35

160. Edward Richard Assheton Penn Curzon, 6th Earl Howe, CBE [1908-1984] British peer, known as Viscount Curzon from 1929-1964. He served as an officer of the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve in World War II later becoming a Conservative politician ALS, 1983, written on both sides...........30-40

161. David Masson [1822-1907] Scottish writer. ALS, 1846, 1p............50-75

163. Eileen Heckart [1919-2001] American actress of stage, screen, and television. Butterflies Are Free and was nominated in 1956 for her performance as the bereaved, besotted Mrs. Mrs. Daigle in The Bad Seed. She also appeared as a Vietnam War widow with Clint Eastwood in Heartbreak Ridge. Signed, inscribed vintage 8x10 photo. VG............40-60

164. [FILM] Eddie Albert (1906-2005) American actor. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.......35-45

166. John W.  McCormack (1891- 1980)  American politician from Boston, Massachusetts. McCormack served as a member of United States House of Representatives from 1928 until he retired from political life in 1971. As a Democrat, McCormack served as House Majority Leader three times, the first time from 1940 to 1947, the second time from 1949 to 1953, and again from 1955 to 1961. He served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1962 to 1971.  Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.........40-60



167. [FILM] Lois Moran (1909-1990) American film actress. She also had a brief affair with writer F. Scott Fitzgerald while he was married to Zelda Fitzgerald . He once remarked that she was "The most beautiful girl in Hollywood". She was also an inspiration for the character of Rosemary Hoyt in Fitzgerald's novel Tender is the Night (1934). ALS, 1977, written on both sides, 7-1/4 x 10-1/2". Signed "Lois". VG........30-40

168. Kathleen Freeman [1919-2001] American actress. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.........30-40

169. [ENGLAND] Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope FRS (1805-1875), styled Viscount Mahon between 1816 and 1855, was a British politician and historian. He held political office under Sir Robert Peel in the 1830's and 1840's but is best remembered for his contributions to cultural causes and for his historical writings. ALS, 1858, 1p, 4-1/2 x 7-1/4 in. Neatly inlaid. VG............40-60

170. James Lees-Milne (1908-1997) English writer and expert on country houses. He was an architectural historian, novelist, and a biographer. He is also remembered as a diarist. TLS, 1966, 1p. VG..........40-60

171. Mary Noel Streatfeild OBE [1896-1986] author, most famous for her children's books including Ballet Shoes (1936). Several of her novels have been adapted for film or television. TLS, 1981, 1p. VG............40-60

172. Sir Francis Palgrave [1788-1861] English historian. Brief ALS, no date, acknowledging help from someone the following morning.......35-45

173. Earl L. Butz (1909-2008) US government official who served as Secretary of Agriculture under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. TLS, 1989, 1p.......25-35

174. Evan Connell (b. 1924, Kansas City, Missouri) American novelist, poet, and short story writer. TLS, no year...........25-35

176. Admiral George Edgcumbe, 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, PC [1720-1795] British peer, naval officer and politician. He was commissioned a lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1739 and in 1742 was promoted to be commander of the Terrible bomb. In the course of 1743 he was appointed acting captain of the Kennington of 20 guns, and was officially confirmed on 19 August 1744. He commanded her in the Mediterranean till 1745, when he was advanced to the Salisbury of 50 guns. This ship, as part of the Western Fleet under Hawke and Boscawen, initially patrolled the Bay of Biscay during the War of Austrian Succession. Its ship's surgeon was James Lind, who conducted his experiments on scurvy during such a patrol in 1747. The war ended in 1748. About this time Edgcumbe was painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds and the Salisbury appears in the background. Signed address panel............40-60

178. [MUSIC] RONNIE GILBERT  (b. 1926) Folk Singer with ”The Weavers”.  Brief ALS, no date, on verso of collector's letter.......25-35

179. [ENTERTAINMENT]   EDDIE PEABODY (1902-1970) Entertainer, singer and known as “King of the Banjo” TLS, 1995, 1p. Says Chicago audiences have always been kind to hom. Nice example..........40-60

183. Herbert H. Lehman (1878-1963) Democratic Party politician from New York. He was Governor of New York from 1933 to 1942, and represented New York in the United States Senate from 1950 to 1957. Signed NY Governors card. Mounting stains in 3 corners..........20-30
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184. [MUSIC] The Sons of the Pioneers are one of America's earliest Western singing groups whose classic recordings set a new standard for performers of Western music. Known for the high quality of their vocal performances, musicianship, and songwriting, they produced finely-crafted and innovative recordings that have inspired many Western music performers and remained popular through the years. Since 1933, through many changes in membership, the Sons of the Pioneers have remained one of the longest-surviving country music vocal groups in history. Between 1935 and 1984, the Sons of the Pioneers appeared in 87 films, several movie shorts, and a television series. In 1937, the Sons Of The Pioneers signed a deal with Columbia Pictures to appear in a number of movies. In 1938, Leonard Slye was offered a contract as an actor with rival Republic Pictures. Part of that deal required him to officially leave the group. Leonard Slye changed his name to Roy Rogers, and went on to achieve major success as a singing cowboy in the movies. Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers still remained close throughout the coming years. When their contract with Columbia Pictures ended, they signed a new contract with Republic Pictures to be with Roy. They were soon appearing as highly popular supporting players in many of Roy Rogers' movies. Rare Signed vintage vintage 8x10 photograph. SIGNED on the front by Pat Brady & Hugh Farr. Signed on the back by Tim Spencer & Lloyd Perryman. Crease upper left corner; small margin edge tear left middle, plus other minor faults. Very uncommon..........125-175

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185. [FILM]  Ruth Gordon  (1896-1985) American actress.   Signed and inscribed 10 x 8 photo. VG............50-75

186. [FILM]  Kurt Kreuger (1916-2006) was a Swiss-reared German actor.  Kreuger once was the third most requested male actor at 20th Century Fox. He starred with, among others, Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart. Kreuger was primarily offered roles in World War II movies as a German officer,  prompting him to complain about being typecast as a Nazi.  TLS signed Kurt, no dated, sent to Jess who was a syndicted columnist.  Jess was likely Jessica Leigh who wrote about dogs. Nice letter talking mostly about German Shepard..........35-45

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187. ALEXANDER WILEY - US Sen. from Wis. TLS, 1950 re: Bureau of Am. Ethnology. WILEY, Alexander, a Senator from Wisconsin; born in Chippewa Falls, Chippewa County, Wis., May 26, 1884; attended the public schools, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minn., and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor; graduated from the law department of the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1907; admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Chippewa Falls, Wis.; district attorney of Chippewa County 1909-1915; unsuccessful Republican candidate for governor in 1936; engaged in agricultural pursuits and banking; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1938; reelected in 1944, 1950 and 1956 and served from January 3, 1939, to January 3, 1963; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1962; chairman, Committee on the Judiciary (Eightieth Congress), Committee on Foreign Relations (Eighty-third Congress), resided in Washington, D.C., until a few days before his death, May 26, 1967, at High Oaks Christian Science Church Sanitarium in Germantown, Pa.; interment in Forest Hill Cemetery, Chippewa Falls, Wis...................25-35

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

192. [FRANCE] Francois-Alphonse Aulard [1849-1928]. French historian. Professor, Sorbonne (1887-1922). Known esp. as historian of the French Revolution. Author of Histoire politique de la Révolution française (1910) and editor of Receuil des actes du comitéde salut public (1889-1904), La Societédes Jacobins (1889-97), Paris pendant la réaction thermidorienne et sous le directoire (1898-1902); founded journal La Révolution française. AQS, no date, Paris, on 4.5 x 2.75 in. card. Not translated............25-35

193.  Major-General Sitiveni Ligamamada Rabuka  (b.1948) is best known as the instigator of two military coups that shook Fiji in 1987. He was later democratically elected the third Prime Minister, serving from 1992 to 1999. He later served as Chairman of the Great Council of Chiefs, and is currently Chairman of the Cakaudrove Provincial Council, a position he has held since 24 May 2001. He was re-elected to this position for another three-year term on 13 April 2005. Signed 3x5 card. Fine.........25-35

194. Russell Long [1918-2003] LA. Senator. SP, 8x10. VG......25-35

195. Florence George [1917-?] American actress. In films from 1938, stage and TV. TLS, 1938, 1p. Talks about the movie "College Swing" preview "...and it is most unfortunate that so many feet of film were cut from the picture. Being a newcomer in films, my scenes had to suffer, however, there is enough left to give you a fair idea of my performance..." VG...........30-40

196. [FILM] Jan Sterling (1921-2004) American actress. Most active in films during the 1950s, Sterling received a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in The High and the Mighty (1954), and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the same performance. Her career declined during the 1960s, however she continued to play occasional roles for television and theatre. Bold Signature ON VINTAGE ALBUM PAGE [1945]............25-35

197. [FILM] EMIL SITKA (1914-1998) American Actor. He spent many years as a comic foil for the Three Stooges, from 1957-1965, first appearing with the Stooges in Half-Wits Holiday. He himself was about to become a Stooge in 1975 when Moe Howard passed away and broke up the trio forever. Sitka started out working odd jobs in mid-'30s Hollywood to support his family. Tiny acting roles were among those jobs. Sitka continued to appear in over 500 short films working with some of Hollywood's brightest stars, including Lucille Ball, Milton Berle, and Red Skelton. SIGNED/inscribed 3x5 card...........20-30

198. LOUISE DRISCOLL (1875-1957) American Poet. She was the author of many works of prose, some of her most famous poems were: Harbury, The Accused, The Highway others. SIGNATURE, with sentiment............20-30

199. HARRIET DOER (1910-2002 ) American Author/Short Story Writer. She started very late in life, . In 1982, she won the Henfield Foundation Award for a group of short stories which led to the publication of her first novel, Stones for Ibarra, two years later. Written under a National Endowment for the Arts grant, the book went on to win the American Book Award for First Fiction. In 1990, she published a book of short stories, Under an Aztec Sun. Her second novel Consider this Senora was released in 1993. In 1995, she published another collection of short stories, Tiger in the Grass: Stories and other Inventions. SIGNATURE/inscribed with unsigned 5x7 portrait photograph...........20-30

200. John B. Butler (1793-1870) US Army officer who fought in 3 wars (War of 1812, Mexican War, Civil War).  ADS, 1844, signed promissory note for $1000 top [General] James K. Moorehead  (1806-1884) endortsed by Moorehead & 2 others. Approx. 8 x 3 ion. VG............60-80

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201. [PHOTOGRAPHY] John Lawrence Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven GCMG DSO PC JP DL (1874-1941), known as Sir John Baird, Bt, between 1920 and 1925 and as The Lord Stonehaven between 1925 and 1928, was a British Conservative politician, who served as a Member of Parliament, government minister, and was later the eighth Governor-General of Australia. Offered here is an original 5-1/4 x 7-3/4 in. sepia photograph signed in pencil [lower right] by the photographer  Layfayette. VG.  Not signed by Baird....................50-75

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202. Alexander Albert Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke GCB GCVO GCStJ (born Prince Alexander Albert of Battenberg; 1886-1960) was a member of the Hessian princely Battenberg family and the extended British Royal Family, a grandson of Queen Victoria. He was a Prince of Battenberg from his birth until 1917, when the British Royal Family relinquished their German titles during the First World War and he was created Marquess of Carisbrooke by King George V.  Signed card, 3-1/2 x 2-1/4 in. Light toning on edges...............40-60

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203. Erskine Caldwell  (1903-1987) American author. Signed 1-page typescript on 8.5 x 11 in. page. There are two large white black labels affixed to the backside, one apparently to cover a smasll hole that affects one word in the 3rd line........50-75

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

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205. [THEATRE} Madge Kennedy [1891-1987] silent film and stage actress. Kennedy first started out on Broadway with the show, Little Miss Brown. This was a farce in three acts presented at the 48th Street Theater in August 1912. Critics found Kennedy's performance most pleasing, writing, "Miss Kennedy's youth, good looks, and marked sense of fun helped her to make a decidedly favorable impression last night." After making movies for three years she returned to the New York stage in November 1920. Kennedy played in Cornered, staged at the Astor Theatre. Produced by Henry Savage, the play was taken from the writing of Dodson Mitchell. Kennedy performed a dual role. She acted the character of a widow in the comedy Beware of Widows which was produced by the Maxine Elliott Theatre in December 1925. A reviewer for The New York Times remarked about Kennedy's physical beauty as well as her skill as a comedian. She returned to Broadway in her later years, performing in August 1965 with Ruth Gordon, in A Very Rich Woman. That was her first stage appearance in 33 years. ALS, 1981, 1p. "....What can I say of my joy in a profession for so many years - To be a part of it and to share my happiness with the wonderful.....audience - is the end of the rainbow..." Accompanied by unsigned sheet music from "Poppy" with W.C. Fields, 1923. VG........40-60

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206. CLARENCE BARNHART (1900-1993) American Lexicographer. Perhaps his most lasting contribution to lexicography was his editing of the American College Dictionary (1947), which introduced the participation of leading linguists and psychologists and was the forerunner of the entire line of Random House dictionaries. TLS, 1981. Mail crease runs right through the signature..........10-20

207. Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833-1908) American poet, critic, and essayist was born at Hartford, Connecticut. SIGNATURE WITH SENTIMENT.........20-30

208. [MUSIC] Stanislav Skrowaczewski - composer, conductor. Sig. in return address.....15-20

209. William Robert Ware (1832-1915) American architect, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts into a family of the Unitarian clergy. He received his professional education at Milton Academy, Harvard College and Harvard's Lawrence Scientific School. He is credited with designing the High Street Church in Brookline, Massachusetts while at the first firm he partnered, Philbrick and Ware, and Harvard's Memorial and Weld Halls, the Episcopal Divinity School campus at Harvard University, and the Ether Monument at the Boston Public Garden while at the second firm he partnered, Ware and Van Brunt. In 1865, Ware became the first professor of architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1881 he moved to New York City and founded the School of Architecture at Columbia University, which began as the Architecture Department in the Columbia School of Mines. He retired in 1903. Clip Signature........20-30

210.  [CINEMA] BILLY BARTY (1924-2000) American Actor he made several films appearances from at least 1931 onward, most often cast due to his height as bratty children. He was a peripheral member of an "Our Gang" rip-off in the Mickey McGuire comedy shorts, portrayed the infant-turned-pig in Alice in Wonderland (1932), did a turn in blackface as a "shrunken" Eddie Cantor in Roman Scandals (1933) and frequently popped up as a lasciviously leering baby in the risqué musical highlights of Busby Berkeley's Warner Bros. films. One of Barty's most celebrated cinema moments occurred in 1937's Nothing Sacred, in which, playing a small boy, he pops up out of nowhere to bite Fredric March in the leg.TV audiences began to connect his name with his face in the 1950s when Barty was featured on various variety series hosted by bandleader Spike Jones. SIGNED/inscribed 8x10 photograph....................35-45

212. WARREN MAGNUSON (1904-1988) American Politician. He was a US Rep from the State of Washington from 1937-1944. He then served in the Navy during WW2. After the war he ran for the US Senate and was elected from 1944-1981. He was one the most powerful senators ever from his home state. SIGNED 8x10 portrait photogragh...................20-30

213. Arthur Cleveland Bent (1866-1954) American ornithologist. He is notable for his encyclopedic 21-volume work, Life Histories of North American Birds, published 1919-1968 and completed posthumously. Following a request from the Smithsonian Institution in 1910, Bent started work on the project that would dominate the rest of his life. Using his own experiences, the published literature, and contributions from hundreds of others, he put together by far the most comprehensive repository of knowledge about the biology of the birds of North America. His accounts were published progressively in the United States National Museum Bulletin. ALS, Smithsonian Institution, Jan. 5, 1929, 1p. Sends thanks to Arthur Norton of Portland, Maine, for sending picture owl. "I suppose you took near Portland. I shall file it away for future use in Life Histories..." With envelope.............75-100

214. [MUSIC] Nedda Casei [b. 1932] American operatic mezzo-soprano. Signed 1983 FDC honoring the Met Opera. Clean with cachet. Nice..........25-35

216. [SCIENCE] Henri CARTAN (1904-2008) one of France's leading mathematician's. He made fundamental advances in the theory of analytic functions, worked on the theory of sheaves, homological theory, algebraic topology and potential theory. He wrote under the name Bourbaki with some 30 Volumes. ANS, 1992, with signed return address envelope/both signed H. Cartan...........25-35  

217. [BOXING] Carmine Basilio (1927-2012) Welterweight & Middleweight Champion of the World. Signed 8x10 photo. VG.........35-45

218. [MUSIC] Jacob Avshalomov [b. 1919] Jewish American composer and conductor. Signed 3.5 x 4" photo. VG..........25-35

220. [MUSIC] Leonid Hambro [1920-2006] American concert pianist and composer. Clip signature with sentiment...........25-35

221. [ARTISTS] Mystery Lot of 10 signed items by American and European artists [20th century]. Includes: Elmer Bischoff (1916-1991) important Fransciso Bay artist;  Cadious;  Robert Camelot  plus 7 others...........100-150

222. [MILITARY] ROBERT B. JOHNSTON - American 3-star general USMC. SIGNED/INSCRIBED color 8x10 photo in uniform..............25-35

223. JOSEPH C. G. KENNEDY (1813-1887), noted American statistician. His grandfather, Andrew Ellicott, surveyed and planned the national capital in 1791. His father was a Revolutionary war surgeon on Gen. Washington's staff. He was appointed by Pres. Taylor to be secretary of the U S. census board. He drafted the bill that created the Census Bureau and was its Superintendent in 1850 and 1860. He was internationally known and honored. ALS, 2 full pages from Washington June 30, 1858, to Mrs. Francis B. Stockton. Kennedy writes on behalf of Congressman Sickles (General Daniel E. Sickles) who wishes to continue renting from Mrs. Stockton the house Sickles is presently occupying. VG.............50-75

224. Richmond Lattimore (1906 - 1984) American poet and translator known for his translations of the Greek classics, especially his versions of the Iliad and Odyssey, which are generally considered as among the best English translations available. Signed 1p. typescript from his poem "Sonnett on Hope." VG......40-60

225. [ART] Eduard Georg Gehbe [1845-1935] German Painter, Illustrator. Signed postcard reproduction of his work "Salzburg," signed on front with notes............35-45

226. Charles Follen Adams [1842-1918]. American poet, b. Dorchester, Mass. Author of German dialect poems, as in Leedle Yawcob Strauss, and Other Poems (1877) and Dialect Ballads (1888). Signed 7x4-1/4 slip, Boston 1896........20-30

227. Alexander Schindler (1925-2000) Rabbi and the leading figure of American Reform Judaism during the 1970s and 1980s. Born in Germany , he came to America with his sister at age 12; his mother later followed. He was one of the last European-born leaders of American Reform Jewry. He served as president of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (since renamed the Union for Reform Judaism) from 1973 to 1996. His best-known, and most-controversial, pronouncements were his call for Jews to accept Patrilineal Descent (recognizing as Jewish, children of Jewish fathers) and "outreach" to non-Jews. He intended this to include general proselytizing to non-Jews, but in practice this applied to non-Jews married to Jews. He served as chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. Signed page "The American Jewish Experience. Also signed by Rabbi Alfred Gottschald (1930-2009) German-born American Rabbi who was a leader in the Reform Judaism movement, serving as head of the movement's Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC) for 30 years, as president from 1971 to 1996, and then as chancellor until 2000. In that role, Rabbi Gottschalk oversaw the ordination of the first women to be ordained as rabbis in the United States and Israel , and admitted gay and lesbian students to the school's seminary. During his tenure as president, he oversaw the development of new HUC campuses in Jerusalem, Los Angeles and New York City, three of the school's four campuses. VG............75-100

228. [TV] James Drury (b.1934) American actor probably best known for his success in playing the title role in the 90-minute weekly Western television series The Virginian, broadcast on NBC from 1962-1971. With 12-14 hour workdays, the series had perhaps the most demanding production schedules in the history of network television. TLS/agreement, not dated, 1p, giving his permission to use his name and photograph. VG...........25-35

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

230. MICHAEL DEBAKEY - famous heart surgeon. Signed card. Nice.........20-30

231. Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833-1908) American poet, critic, and essayist was born at Hartford, Connecticut. SIGNATURE WITH SENTIMENT............20-30

232. [MUSIC] Sergiu Comissiona (1928-2005) Romanianviolinist and conductor. Signed 1973 FDC honoring George Gershwin. Clean with cachet.......25-35

233. [BRITAIN] Sir George Sinclair [1790-1868] English abolitionist; friend of Byron. Postmarked free franked address panel, 1836................35-45

234. (Chaplain to Queen Victoria) JBD - the D stands for Durham (Joseph Barber Lightfoot) (1828-1889) was an English theologian and Bishop of Durham, usually known as J.B. Lightfoot. In 1857 he became tutor and his fame as a scholar grew. He was made Hulsean professor in 1861, and shortly afterwards chaplain to the Prince Consort and honorary chaplain in ordinary to Queen Victoria. In 1866 he was Whitehall preacher, and in 1871 he became canon of St Paul's Cathedral. In 1879 Lightfoot was consecrated bishop of Durham in succession to Charles Baring . He was as successful in this position as he had been when professor of theology, and he soon surrounded himself with a band of scholarly young men. Autograph Note Signed with initials, 1881 on back of postcard. Re: his busy schedule..........25-35

235. STEPHEN SIMPSON (1789-1854) Am. newspaperman. His father was commissary-general in the American Revolution; one of the chief officers of the Bank of North America [1st bank in the Union], and rendered greatly in raising money to finance the War of 1812. Stephen, author of the letter offered here, began as a note-clerk in the Bank of the United States, but resigned and soon afterward attacked the bank in a series of vindictive articles signed "BRUTUS." He then fought at the battle of New Orleans. Afterward he established "The Columbian Observer," a Democratic paper in the interests of Andrew Jackson, also resuming the letters of "Brutus," whose authorship was thus acknowledged. He wrote "Life of Stephen Girard." ALS (stampless cover), Washington City, 1831, 1p, 4to. To Hon. Samuel Smith of Baltimore, Md. Thanks for letter received from Sec. of the Senate, stating the votes upon my nomination. Nice Free postal mark...........75-100

236. Benjamin Day [1810-1889] U.S. illustrator and printer. He published the original New York Sun, the first penny press newspaper. He sold the New York Sun to his brother-in-law for $40,000. Benday Dots are also named after him. In 1842, Day created the "Brother Jonathan," which went on to be the first illustrated weekly in the U.S. Document Signed, a 1902 bank check. Very nice example...............50-75

237. [MUSIC] Frankie Laine (1913-2007) American singer, songwriter and actor. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.........25-35

238. William Hunter, Jr. [1805-1886] politician and diplomat from Rhode Island. He was a confidential clerk to Secretary of State John Clayton in the United States Department of State from 1849 to 1850, serving with George P. Fisher. He had served as acting Secretary of State on two occasions, once in 1853 and again in 1860, and served as Chief Clerk of the State Department from 1852 to 1855, Assistant Secretary of State in 1855 and Second Assistant Secretary of State from 1866 until his death in 1886. LETTER SIGNED, Department of State, Washington, Oct. 3, 1874, 3pp. To William Idler & John Haseltine of Philadelphia, regarding a claim against the country of Venezuela from the heirs of Jacob Idler. He mentions Sec. of Sate Daniel Webster and Sen. Sumner of Mass. VG.........50-75

239. Paul Harvey [1918-2009] Am. radio broadcaster. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo...........20-30

240. Mario Cuomo (1932-2015) served as the 52nd Governor of the state of New York from 1983 to 1994. Cuomo became nationally known for his keynote speech at the 1984 Democratic National Convention and the subsequent speculation over the next decade that he might run for the Democratic Party nomination for President of the United States. Signed, inscribed program for "An Evening With Mario Cuomo," dated 2001. VG........50-75

241. JOHN FIEDLER (1925- ) American Actor -did his first professional work in his native Wisconsin. Fiedler's many Broadway appearances included the 1960 play A Raisin in the Sun, in which he was the only Caucasian in a virtually all-black cast. His first film role was as the supplicative Juror No. 2 in Twelve Angry Men (1957). Fiedler's stock in trade was the meek-looking soul who compensated for his demeanor with a nasty temper or sadistic streak. In this capacity, he was often seen as vindictive school principals, obstreperous civil servants or combative psychiatric patients (vide TV's The Bob Newhart Show). Incredibly prolific in films and on television, John Fiedler's best-known role was Vinnie, Oscar Madison's card-playing crony in both the stage and screen versions of Neil Simon's The Odd Couple. SIGNED 10x8 photograph..............25-35

243. [VERMONT] George David Aiken [1892-1984] Gov. of Vermont from 1937-41; US senator 1941-1975. TLS on Senate stationary, 1967..............25-35

244. Josephine Miles (1911 - 1985) poet and literary critic, was the first woman to be tenured in the English Department at the University of California, Berkeley. She wrote over a dozen books of poetry and several works of criticism. She was fascinated with Beat poetry and was both a host and critic to many Beat poets from her chair at Berkeley. Most notably, she helped Allen Ginsberg publish Howl by recommending it to Richard Eberhart, who would publish an article in the New York Times praising the poem. She was also the founder of the internationally distributed Berkeley Poetry Review in 1974 on the U.C. Berkeley campus. Signed, inscribed, 1971, 1p. typescript of her porm "Signs of Affection." VG.........50-75

245. [FILM] GLORIA STUART (1910-2010) Actress, stage, film Nominated for Oscar for “Titanic”.  Brief ALS, written at bottom of collector's letter........30-40

246. Alice Childress (1912-1994) American playwright, actor, and author. Signed, inscribed 5x7 photograph, dated 1984 on verso. VG........40-60

247. Sir Edwin Arnold CSI CIE (1832-1904) English poet and journalist, who is most known for his work, The Light of Asia. Signed picture [removed from some publication, signed in ink, 4.5 x 6.5". VG.............50-75

248. [ENGLAND] Richard Wilberforce, Baron Wilberforce, PC (1907-2003) Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in the House of Lords from 1964 to 1982. He was a great-great-grandson of William Wilberforce, the famous abolitionist, and son of a judge of the Lahore High Court. He grew up in India and attended Winchester College and New College, Oxford, and was later elected a Fellow of All Souls College. He was called to the Bar in 1932 and became a Queen's Counsel in 1954. He was first appointed to the bench in 1961 as a Chancery judge. Then in 1964 he was appointed to the House of Lords as a Lord Appeal in Ordinary, made additionally a life peer as Baron Wilberforce, of the City and County of Kingston-upon-Hull. He is the only judge in recent times to have been appointed to the House of Lords straight from the High Court Bench, without serving in the Court of Appeal. His decisions were known for being reserved and cautious. Wilberforce was Chancellor of the University of Hull between 1978 and 1994. ALS, May 18 (no year), written on both sides, re: sending autographs.........25-35

249. Marsha Mason (b. 1942) American actress. Signed 8x10 color photo. VG....25-35

250. [SPACE] CLYDE TOMBAUGH (1906-1997) American Astronomer. He was the final discoverer of planet PLUTO after many years of research. When he was 22 he had a home-made 9 inch reflector that he used to makde drawings of Saturn and Jupiter from. After sending his pictures to Lowell Observatory for critique, he was immediately offered a position as astronomical photographer. Later, his research gained him another position as researcher, and his goal was to find the infamous Planet X, which would later be Pluto. Finally, on March 12, 1930, Pluto was discovered. Afterwards, he continued to discover a comet, five open clusters, globular cluster, and a supercluster of galaxes stretching from Andromeda to Perseus - ANS dtd 3/23/1994 regretting he has no photographs...........50-75

251 [RELIGION] Mystery Document Signed. Approx. 12 x 8" on paper. Appears to be from Italy or Spain of religious content. We have just received the following information about this document. It says - This is a fairly routine document issued IN THE NAME of Archbishop Francesco Saverio Mastrilli, C.R., of Taranto Italy (1699-1777). It has something to do with the Congregation of the Universal Inquisition, now known as the Propagation of the Faith. It probably was the granting of church approval for publication of a book or some dispensation/approval.  See scan below. Certainly worthy of research..........100-150

See document

253. Harold Ickes (1874-1952)   United States Secretary of the Interior for 13 years, from 1933 to 1946, the longest tenure of anyone to hold the office, and the second longest serving Cabinet member in U.S. history next to James Wilson. Ickes was responsible for implementing much of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "New Deal" and is the father of Harold M. Ickes. He and Labor Secretary Frances Perkins were the only original members of the Roosevelt cabinet who remained in office for his entire presidency.  TLS, 1950, 1p, declining offer to send autographed photo saying he finds the cost something he can't afford. VG...........50-75

254. [FILM] Theodore Bikel (b.1924) actor, folk singer and musician. He made his film debut in The African Queen (1951) and was nominated for an Academy award for his supporting role as Sheriff Max Muller in The Defiant Ones (1958). SIGNED, INSCRIBED 10X8 PHOTO FROM "FIDDLER ON THE ROOF." VG.............35-45

255. [FILM-MUSIC] Geraldine Farrar (1882-1967) American soprano opera singer and film actress. She had a large following among young women, who were nicknamed "Gerry-flappers". ALS, 1962, written on both sides, sending thanks for birthday greetings to friends and saying she had been suffering with the "shingles." VG.........60-80

256. Sir George Hubert Wilkins (1888- 1958) Australian polar explorer, pilot, soldier, geographer and photographer. Signed card. VG.......30-40

257.  Stewart Edward White [1873-1946] Am. author. Sig. w/sentiment 1925.....20-30

258. George Opdyke (1805 - 1880) was an entrepreneur and the Mayor of New York (1862 to 1863) during the American Civil War. He joined the Republican Party and its anti-slavery platform. He was a delegate to the Buffalo Free Soil Party convention in 1848, and served on its committee on resolutions. He was a candidate for U.S. Congress on the Free Soil ticket in New Jersey.  He was a member of the New York State Assembly (New York Co., 14th D.) in 1859, and was a delegate to the 1860 Republican National Convention where he played a role in the nomination of Abraham Lincoln.  As mayor, Opdyke recruited and equipped troops for the war and responded to draft riots. His company was the largest clothing manufacturing and merchandiser in the area.  Document Signed, March 5,  1863, signed as Mayor of New York City. Approx. 8-1/4 x 3-3/4".  VG.............40-60

259. [FILM] Richard Todd [1919-2009] Irish-born British stage and film actor and soldier. Clip signature, approx. 4 x 1.5"..........25-35

260. [THEATRE] Helen Hayes (1900-1993) two-time Academy Award-winning American actress whose successful and award-winning career spanned almost 70 years. She eventually garnered the nickname "First Lady of the American Theater", and was one of the nine people who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony Award. SIGNATURE on album page..........20-30

261. [MUSIC] Seals and Crofts are Jim Seals (b. 1941) and Dash Crofts (b.1940). The soft rock duo was one of the most successful musical acts of the 1970s. They are best-known for their hits "Summer Breeze" and "Diamond Girl". Both have signed & inscribed the same slip of paper, 4 x 7-3/4 in. VG..........25-35

262. Lot M Morrill  (1813-1883) 28th Governor of Maine; United States Senate and as Secretary of the Treasury appointed by President Ulysses S. Grant. Signature on 5 x 3" slip.  VG........ 25-35

263. Robert Collyer (1823-1912) English-born American Unitarian clergyman. ALS, 1884, 1p......60-80

264. Maurice Hewlett (1861-1923) English historical novelist, poet and essayist. ALS, 1912. 1p......50-75

See his portrait

265. [ITALY] Guglielmo Ferrero (1871-1942) Italian historian, journalist and novelist, author of the Greatness and Decline of Rome (5 vols., published after English translation 1907-1909). Ferrero devoted his writings to classical liberalism and he opposed any kind of dictatorship and Big Government. ALS, 1906, 1p. 4-1/4 x 7". VG.........50-75

See his portrait

266. Julia Frankau (1863-1916) was a successful novelist under the name of Frank Danby. She married the poet Arthur Frankau. With him, she became the mother of the author Gilbert Frankau and the actor Ronald Frankau. She is thus grandparent of Pamela Frankau. During the 1890s, she focused on engraving and wrote about this topic. She returned to writing fiction in 1902. SIGNATURE with Pseud. & sentiment.................20-30

267. [FILM] Shirley Ross (1913-1975) American actress and singer. Her film career began in 1933 and the following year she introduced the melody of the song "Blue Moon" for the Clark Gable movie Manhattan Melodrama, only with different lyrics. Ross first achieved prominence appearing opposite Bing Crosby in the 1937 film Waikiki Wedding, in which she and Crosby sang "Blue Hawaii". In The Big Broadcast of 1938 she sang "Thanks for the Memory" with Bob Hope. She again teamed with Hope the following year to sing "Two Sleepy People" in the 1938 film Thanks for the Memory. Ross also introduced "The Lady's in Love with You" in the 1939 film Some Like It Hot featuring Bob Hope, which is not the 1959 comedy starring Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon, and Tony Curtis, although both films share the same name. Her sole Broadway appearance was in the Rodgers and Hart musical Higher and Higher in 1940. Ross recorded four songs from the show including "It Never Entered My Mind". She made her final film, A Song for Miss Julie, in 1945. ANS, 1938, 1p. VG..........25-35

268. [FRANCE] Emile Egger [1813-1885] French scholar who was born in Paris. From 1840 to 1855, Egger was assistant professor, and from 1855 until his death he was professor of Greek literature in the Faculté des Lettres at Paris University. In 1854 Egger was elected a member of the Académie des Inscriptions and in 1873 of the Conseil supérieur de l'instruction publique. Egger was a voluminous writer, a sound and discerning scholar, and his influence was largely responsible for the revival of the study of classical philology in France. ALS, 1854, 3pp. Not translated........50-75

See portrait of Egger

269. [MEDICINE] Ferdinand-Jean Darier (1856 -1938) French physician, pathologist and dermatologist called the "father of modern dermatology in France". Darier discovered several diseases, most notably Darier's disease. ALS, 1924, 3pp, 5 x 6.5". Pin holes upper corner o/w VG. Not translated..........80-120

270. [MUSIC] (NEIL SEDAKA) Contract signed by his wife and manager Leha Sedaka, 16pp for performance on November 18, 1992, with many notes and statements written in. Signed fully by Mrs. Sedaka 4 times and numerous initials. Very indepth contract!. VG...........50-75

271. Augustus Trowbridge [1870-1934] Am. physicist, inventor. Signature......20-30

272. John Morley [1838-1923] British statesman. Signed address panel addressed to Prime Minister Earl of Rosebury........25-35

273. Henry M. Baird (1832-1906), American historian and educationalist. He is best known as a historian of the Huguenots. SIGNATURE with sentiment on card 1885.......20-30

274. EARL of CLARNEDEN (4th) (1800-1870) (Willam F. Villiers) British Diplomat- Lord Lt. of Ireland (1847-52), Foreign Secretary 3 times between 1853 and 1870. He was posted to Ireland at the time of the GREAT POTATO FAMINE. His diplomatic skill was shown at the Congress of Paris in 1856 and in the settlement of the dispute between Britain and the US over the Alabama Cruiser incident. SIGNATURE with ending from a letter...............................20-30

275. [MUSIC] Johannes Wolff (1869-1947) German musicologist, Medieval music expert, violinist. His close friend John Singer Sargent, the American artist, painted him with a celebrated portrait. Signature with sentiment.........25-35

276. Ben Turner [1912-1966] American painter. Signature...........20-30

277. Clarence Cook (1828-1900) American author and art critic. Between 1863 and 1869, Cook wrote a series of articles about American art for The New York Tribune. In 1869, he moved to France and was the Parisian correspondent for The New York Tribune until the onset of the Franco-Prussian War. Cook was known for his expertise in archeology and antiquities and was instrumental in the criticism of the collection of General di Cesnola. In the mid-1850s Cook began to read works by John Ruskin and associated with a group of American artists, writers, and architects who followed Ruskin's thinking. Through this group he became aware of the British Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. In 1863, with Clarence King and John William Hill he helped to found the Society for the Advancement of Truth in Art, an American group, similar to the Pre-Raphaelites, who published a journal called The New Path. In 1869 Cook wrote A Description of the New York Central Park. In 1877, articles on home furnishings that Cook had written for Scribner's Monthly were published as a book entitled The House Beautiful. In 1879, Cook served as editor for Wilhelm Lübke's History of Art. ALS, 1896, 1p, 4.5 x 7". Declines invitation. Fine...........50-75

278. [BRITAIN] Elizabeth, Lady Eastlake (1809-1893) British author, art critic and art historian who was the first woman to write regularly for the Quarterly Review. She is known not only for her writing, but also for her significant role in the London art world while her husband, Sir Charles Eastlake, was director of the National Gallery there. Signature with sentiment clipped from letter. Mounted. VG.........40-60

279. Alexander Godunov [1949-1995] Russian ballet start & actor. Sig. 3x5 card.........20-30

281.  CHARLES SAWYER ( 1887-1980) American Cabinet Official/Politician. He was Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, 1933-35; member of Democratic National Committee from Ohio, 1936-44; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1940; U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, 1944-45; U.S. Minister to Luxembourg, 1944-45; U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1948-53 under Harry S. Truman - TLS dtd 2/18/74. One corner stain.............25-35

283. Brander Matthews (1852-1929} Am. writer and educator. Matthews was the first U.S. professor of dramatic literature. From 1892 to 1900 he was professor of literature at Columbia, and thereafter held the chair of dramatic literature. His influence was such that a popular pun claimed that an entire generation had been "brandered by the same Matthews". ALS, 1918, written on both sides. Re: why doesn't the Dunlap Society pay its debts?".............50-75

284. [SILENT SCREEN] FRED SCOTT (1902-1992) American Actor/Silent Screen Star -started out entertaining on vaudeville, acting on Broadway, and singing operetta. He later appeared in many silent comedies, including those of Mack Sennett, and appeared in one feature-length silent film. Later he worked in a few musicals during the early '30s, but soon left movies to spend a few years singing opera. Between the late '30s and early '40s, Scott played a cowboy crooner known as "the Silvery-Voiced Buckaroo" in a few Westerns. - SIGNED 8x10 photograph as cowboy star.......................25-35

285. Boots Randolph [1927-2007] saxophone player "Yakety Sax." ISP, 8x10.....25-35

286. [THEATRE] Shirley Booth [1898-1992] American actress. Primarily a theatre actress, her Broadway career began in 1925. Her most significant success was as Lola Delaney, in the drama Come Back, Little Sheba, for which she received a Tony Award in 1950. She made her film debut, reprising her role in the 1952 film version, and won both the Academy Award for Best Actress and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her performance. Despite her successful entry into films, she preferred stage acting, and made only four more films. From 1961 until 1966, she played the title role in the sitcom Hazel, for which she won two Emmy Awards, and was acclaimed for her performance in the 1966 television production of The Glass Menagerie. Signed Playbill from the play "Goodbye, My Fancy", 1949. She signs insude..........25-35

288. GENE SAKS (1921- ) American Actor/Director - He began directing in 1963, helming such Neil Simon Broadway plays as Biloxi Blues and Brighton Beach Memoirs and such Simon-scripted films as Barefoot in the Park (1967), The Odd Couple (1968), and Last of the Red Hot Lovers (1986). Saks made his film acting bow in 1965, recreating his stage role as paranoid kiddie-show host Chuckles the Chipmunk in A Thousand Clowns. Saks is married to actress Beatrice Arthur, who co-starred in his 1974 film version of Mame.. SIGNED/inscribed 8x10 PHOTO........................25-35

291. [MUSIC] Jan Bach (b. 1937) American composer. His primary performing instrument is the horn, and he is especially renowned for his horn pieces and especially well-known among hornists. AMQS, inscribed from his "2nd Opera "The Student from Salamanca." Approx. 10-1/2 x 4-1/4". Two mail fold-lines o/w VG..........75-100

292. [FILM] Dina Merrill  (b. 1925- ) American actress and socialite. Signed 3x5 card...........15-20

293. [FILM] Carol Channing (b. 1921) American singer, actress, and comedienne. Clip signature.........15-20

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

295. Helen Miller Gould Shepard (1868-1938) American philanthropist, the first born daughter of Jay Gould. At the commencement of the Spanish-American War, she donated $100,000 to the United States government in support of the war. She gave an additional $50,000 toward military hospital supplies and was active in the Women's National War Relief Association, working in a hospital for wounded soldiers. She donated the library building at New York University and began the Hall of Fame. She gave $10,000 for the engineering school. She gave additional contributions to Rutgers College. Both the YMCA and the YWCA benefited from her contributions, as well as other organizations. She was a member of the board of the Russell Sage Foundation and of the national board of the YWCA. ALS, 1905, 3pp. VG...........50-75

296. [BALLET] Ruth Page (1899-1991) American ballerina and choreographer, considered a pioneer in creating works on American themes. To the classical ballet vocabulary she added movements from sports, popular dance and everyday gestures. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.........50-75

 See photograph of Ruth Page

297. [FILM]  Vera Ralston (1923-2003)  Czech figure skater and actress. She later became a naturalized American citizen. She worked as an actress during the 1940s and 1950s.  Signed 3x5 card.................20-30

299. [FILM] Helen Hunt  (b. 1963)  American actress, film director, and screenwriter. She starred in the sitcom, Mad About You, for seven years before being cast in the 1997 romantic comedy film, As Good as It Gets for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress.  Signed 3x5 card..........20-30

300. John L. Lewis (1880-1969) American leader of organized labor who served as president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1920 to 1960. He was a major player in the history of coal mining. SIGNATURE on card, typed inscription, dated Sept. 18, 1947. VG.......25-35

301. MARTHA OSTENSO (1900-1963) Canadian Novelist and screenwriter.   Many of her novels are of Minnesota farm life.   ALS, 1930, 1p. VG......60-80

302.  John Galsworthy (1867-1933)  English novelist and playwright. Clip signature..........40-60

303. ALFRED AUSTIN (1835-1913)  English Poet, Poet Laureate  (1896-1913).  ALS, 1908, 2pp. VG............80-120

305.  [FILM] Virginia Gilmore (1919-1986) American film, stage, and television actress. Gilmore began her stage career in San Francisco at the age of 15, but moved to Los Angeles in 1939 to pursue work in films. When her movie career was not progressing, Gilmore mustered the nerve to approach Samuel Goldwyn at his home. As a result of their meeting, he promised her a screen test. When her movie role options began to dwindle, Gilmore left Los Angeles for New York City and started working on Broadway. In 1944 she married Yul Brynner. TLS, Feb. 8, 1945, 1p. Concerns employment agreement with Samuel Goldwyn. VG..........50-75

306.   (BRITISH SCIENCE/MEDICINE NOTABLES LOT) DANIEL LYSONS (1762-1834) Notable topographer and antiquary who published the 4 volume “The Environs of London”.  SIGNATURE with sentiment.  LYON PLAFAIR, 1st Baron Playfair (1818-18898) Scottish scientist, politician, Gentleman Usher to Prince Albert and Sec. to the Dept of Science. ADS, 1872 to admit to the House of Commons.  SIR WILLIAM MILLER ORD (1834-1902) Physician, author. Clipped SIGNATURE.   ANDREW C. de la CHERIOS CROMMELIN (1865-1939) Astronomer, expert on comets and a crater on the moon named after him.  SIGNATURE (1921) on large page.  JOHN HENRY CLARKE (1853-1931) Prominent Classical homeopath.  He was the most important anti-Semite in Britain, author of many books.  ALS (1912) 2pp............75-100

307. [FILM] James Fox [b. 1939] English actor. He first appeared on film in The Miniver Story in 1950. His other early film appearances were made under the name William Fox. During the 1960s he gained popularity and appeared to be heading for stardom. His roles in films such as The Servant (1963), Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965), King Rat (1965), The Chase (1966), Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967), Isadora (1968) and Performance (1970) (alongside Mick Jagger), as well as his relationship with actress Sarah Miles, had made him a media personality. Signed photo 3.5 x 5.5". VG..............25-35



308. [FILM] Richard Webb (1915-1993) film, television and radio actor. TLS, 1986, 1p., mentions Captain Midnight and also actor Sid Melton. VG..........40-60

309. [TV] Denver Pyle (1920-1997) American film and television actor. He is best remembered for playing Uncle Jesse in The Dukes of Hazzard (1979-1985). Signed photo card picturing him in his role as Briscoe Darling", the gruff patriarch of a clan of musical hillbillies, on CBS's The Andy Griffith Show. 2.5 x 3.5". Fine..........25-35

310.  (BRITISH SCIENCE/MEDICINE NOTABLES LOT) DR. JOHN ABERNETHY 1764-1831) Surgeon.  He is associated with the treatment of aneurysm by ligature, he is also author of one of the great medical books of his time . UNSIGNED prescription in his handwriting (12 lines).  ANDREW CLARK (1826-1893) Physician.  He was one of the first to believe that maladies were due to poor diet and lifestyle .  Clipped SIGNATURE.  WILLIAM PLANE PYCRAFT (l1868-1942) Osteologist, author of many books on the subject and natural history.  ALS (1910) 3pp.   DR. HARRY LEACH (1836-1879) Physician, noted for his Survy Irradication.  ANS  (1875).  JOHN FLETCHER MOULTON,  Baron Moulton (1844-1921) Mathematician, Judge.  Considered at the time one of the 12 most intelligent men in England.   ALS (1892) 3pp.   JOSEPH HUME (1777-1855) Scottish Doctor/Politician  who knowledge of chemistry provided a means to recover damp gunpowder for use again. He also later in life worked to improve the fortunes of the working class. SIGNED address panel (1822).........75-100

311. [MUSIC]  Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (b.1934) English composer and conductor and is Master of the Queen's Music. Davies is a prolific composer who has written music in a variety of styles and idioms over his career, often combining disparate styles in one piece. ALS, 1986, 1p.........50-75

312. Julian Leonard Street (1879-1947) American author, born in Chicago. He was a reporter on the New York Mail and Express (later Evening Mail ) in 1899 and had charge of its dramatic department in 1900-01. His writings, characterized by a rather obvious but yet a genuine sense of humor. He made contributions to magazines. In 1915 he published a book on Theodore Roosevelt, called The Most Interesting American. He is credited with being the art critic who wrote that the painting exhibited at the 1913 Armory Show by Marcel Duchamp called Nude Descending a Staircase, resembled "an explosion in a shingle factory." Street moved to Princeton in the 1920s. The university houses his manuscript collection and a library is named after him there. TLS, 1924, 1p. He is confirming a contract with Red Book magazine to write a serial. They will finance him for one year. If he dies the estate will be indebted to the magazine. Punch hole near top............50-75

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

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

316. Donald Hall (b. 1928) American poet. He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (commonly known as the Poet Laureate of the United States) in 2006. TLS, 2001, 1p. Says he has never written an autobiography "...but I have written much memoir." Mentions several titles. To Mr. Allen.........40-60

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

318. [BRITAIN] Dame Genevieve Ward DBE (1837-1922) born Lucy Genevieve Teresa Ward, was an American-born British soprano and actress. She was created a Dame Commander of the British Empire. AUTOGRAPH QUOTE SIGNED, 1919. "Cheerfulness is the sunny rey of life." VG..........20-30

319. [MUSIC] Ivan Erod (b. 1936) Hungarian-Austrian composer and pianist. AMQS on 6x4 card. Fine........60-80

321. [MUSIC] Gerard Schwarz (b.1947)  American conductor. He was music director of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra from 1985 to 2011. His numerous awards include Musical America's Conductor of the Year in 1994 (the first American to win that award), 13 Grammy nominations, and 3 Emmy nominations (2 of which resulted in Emmy wins) for his performance of Mozart's Requiem on Live from Lincoln Center and performances with the Seattle Symphony on PBS. He received Seattle's City of Music Outstanding Achievement Award for 2010.   Signed 8x10 photo. VG......25-35

See above

322. [POETRY] Riccardo Bacchelli (1891-1985) Italian writer. SIGNED handwritten poem, 1975, written on both sides, inscribed. In Italian. Folds o/w FINE..........50-75

323. [MUSIC] Sigmund Lillebjerka  (1931 - ) Norwegian composer. AMQS from his "Elegisk Intermezzo" dated 2013, inscribed. Approx. 9-1/4 x 4-1/4". VG..........50-75

See AMQS

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

326. Marty Allen (b.1922) American stand-up comedian, actor, and veteran of World War II. He has worked as a comedy headliner in night clubs and as a dramatic actor in TV roles. SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 photograph.........25-35

327. [MUSIC] Bobby Helms (1933-1997) American country music singer who enjoyed his peak success in 1957 with the seasonal hit "Jingle Bell Rock". His other hits include "Fraulein" and "My Special Angel".  SIGNED 8x10 portrait photograph........60-80

328. [FILM - TV] Betty Garrett (1919 – 2011) was an American actress, comedienne, singer and dancer who originally performed on Broadway before being signed to a film contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. While there, she appeared in several musical films before returning to Broadway and making guest appearances on several television series. SIGNED inscribed 8x10 photograph. VG............25-35

331. [MUSIC] Noel Paul Stookey (b. 1937) singer-songwriter best known as "Paul" in the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary. ANS, no date, accompanied by unsigned music sheet "PUFF"..........40-60

332. [CIVIL WAR] Henry Watterson (1840-1921) American journalist who founded the Louisville Courier-Journal. He also served part of one term in the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat. He fought for the Confederate States of America under General Nathan B. Forrest during the American Civil War, and edited a pro-Confederate newspaper, the Chattanooga Rebel. Signature on mounted card......25-35

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

334. [MEDICINE] George Crile [1864-1943]. American surgeon; a founder and first director (1921-40) of Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Conducted pioneering research into shock, surgical trauma, resuscitation, etc. SIGNED/INSCRIBED card with sentiment..........25-35

335. John Trowbridge [1827-1916] American author. Signature, 1887......25-35

336. Jane Wyatt (1910 –2006) American actress best known for her role as the housewife and mother on the NBC and CBS television comedy series, Father Knows Best, and as Amanda Grayson, the human mother of Spock on the science fiction television series Star Trek. Wyatt was a three-time Emmy Award-winner.  SIGNED 8x10 photograph. VG.............40-60

337. [FILM] Tom Tully (1908-1982) American film actor. He received an Academy Award nomination for the role of the first commander of the "Caine" in 1954's The Caine Mutiny, with Humphrey Bogart. Signature..........20-30

338. GUY DAVENPORT - American Short Story Writer/Illustrator/Poet. His published work includes short-fiction, such as 12 Stories (1997) and The Cardiff Team (1966); poetry, collected in his Flowers and Leaves (1966) and Thasos and Ohio (1985); and collections of essays, including The Geography of the Imagination (1981) and Every Force Evolves a Form (1987). Davenport's work as an illustrator has appeared in Arion and Paideuma. He also created the cover art and illustrations for his collection of stories, Apples and Pears and Other Stories (1984). In 1996 a collection of Davenport's artwork, 50 Drawings, was published. TLS dtd 10/28/02 ................25-35

340. Dick Van Patten (b. 1928) American actor, best known for his role as patriarch Tom Bradford on the television sitcom Eight is Enough. He began work as a child actor and was successful on the New York stage, appearing in more than a dozen plays as a teenager.  SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 photograph. VG...........25-35

341. Dick Martin (1922 –2008) American comedian and director, best known for his role as the cohost of the sketch comedy program Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In from 1968 to 1973. SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 photograph. VG...........35-45

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

343. [MUSIC] Chester Biscardi (b. 1948) Italian American composer and educator. AMQS, inscribed, 1993, from his composition "Mestiere" for Piano [1979]. On 6x4" card. VG...........40-60

 See AMQS above



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

346. [THEATRE] OTIS SKINNER (1858-1942) American Actor - His first stage appearance was at the Philadelphia Museum in 1877 in Woodleigh.and made his New York City debut in 1879. During the next five years he developed a classical repertory and a successful acting style, first with Edwin Booth, at Booth's Theatre, and then, for three years, with Lawrence Barrett. In 1884 he joined Augustin Daly's company at Daly's Theatre, remaining with it for four years. He made his London debut in 1886 with Daly's company. After two years with the Booth-Modjeska company, he became, in 1892, leading man opposite Helena Modjeska. In 1903 he starred with Ada Rehan. By his own estimation he appeared in 16 plays of Shakespeare, "acting therein, at various times, 38 parts." In addition to his Shakespearean roles, Skinner's chief successes were in Kismet, which he played between 1911 and 1914, and Blood and Sand (1921), in which he played the matador, Juan Gallardo. Skinner was active in the theatre until his death. He was the author of Footlights and Spotlights (1924) and Mad Folk of the Theatre (1928). SIGNATURE with sentiment dtd 1922.....20-30

348. Rue McClanahan (1934 –2010) American actress, best known for her roles on television as Vivian Harmon on Maude (1972–78), Fran Crowley on Mama's Family (1983–85), and Blanche Devereaux on The Golden Girls (1985–92), for which she won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 1987. SIGNED, inscribed 10x8 photograph........30-40

349. [FILM] Whoopi Goldberg (b. 1955) American comedienne, actress. SIGNED STAR TREK BOOKPLATE. VG...........20-30

350. [FILM] Jessica Tandy (1909 –1994) British-American stage and film actress She appeared in over 100 stage productions and had more than 60 roles in film and TV. Awarded Oscar (1989).   ANS on verso of 4x6 photograph of her and Eva Maria Saint. VG............40-60

351. Jean-Baptiste Léon Say (1826-1896) French statesman and economist, was born in Paris. Brief ALS, 1891, 1p., 4-1/2 x 6-3/4". VG............50-75

See Leon Say letter

Portrait of Say

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

353. [FRANCE] Pierre Lanfrey (1828-1877), French historian and politician. ALS, 1871, 2 full pages, 5.5 x 8 in. There are 4 unsigned lines written across top by Jules Simon [1814-1896] the French statesman and philosopher, and one of the leader of the Opportunist Republicans faction. Fine............75-100

354.  (American Sports Figures/ Celebrites )    A large grouping of 20 Sports Figures who have all signed the Golf Score cards will playing for a Golf Tournement : SIGNED by: Peter T. Wills, football, Jack Marin, Football, Tom Dreesen, comedian, Richard Rhoden, Golfer, Robert Tichenal, Football Coach, William S. Humphries, Football, Bruce Brooks, Author, Richard Anderson, Football, Charles Wasserman, Hollwood director, David McNally, baseball, Michael Caruso, baseball, Clark Gillies, hockey, Ed Mariano, Actor, Football, Jeremy Roenick, hockey,Steven Bartkowksi, football, George Alvareyz, Actor, Michael Eruzione, hockey, Shane Rawley, baseball, John Congemei, football, Albert Del Greco, football, Craig Nettles, baseball, Steven Gatlin, Signer (Gatlin Bros), Neil Lomax, football, Craig Hentrich, Football, Tommy Moore, comedian, John Kidd, football, Philip Smith, basketball, Robert Remus, wrestler, Kenneth Harrelson, baseball.........200-300

357. [ITALY] Giuseppe Bianchini (1704-1764) Italian Oratorian, biblical, historical, and liturgical scholar. Clement XII and Benedict XIV , who highly appreciated his learning, entrusted him with several scientific labors. Bianchini had contemplated a large work on the texts of the Bible, Vindiciae Canonicarum Scripturarum Vulgatae latinae editionis, which was to comprise several volumes, but only the first, in which, among other things, are to be found fragments of the Hexapla (cod. Chisianus), was published (Rome, 1740). Much more important is his Evangeliarium quadruplex latinae versionis antiquae , etc., 2 vols. (Rome, 1749). Among his historical works may be mentioned the fourth volume which Bianchini added to the publication of his uncle, Francesco Bianchini, Anastasii bibliothecarii Vitae Rom. Pontif. (Rome, 1735); he also published the Demonstratio historiae ecclesiasticae quadripartitae (Rome, 1752&endash;54). The chief liturgical work of Bianchini is Liturgia antiqua hispanica, gothica, isidoriana, mozarabica, toletana mixta (Rome, 1746). He also undertook the edition of the works of B. Thomasius (Tomasi), but only one volume was issued (Rome, 1741). Offered here are 3 separate pages containing his handwriting but not signed. Contents unknown. VG...........75-100

358.  Phylicia Rashād (b. 1948) American Tony Award-winning actress, singer and stage director, best known for her role as Clair Huxtable on the long-running NBC sitcom The Cosby Show. She was nominated for an Emmy Award for this part in 1985 and 1986.  SIGNED inscribed 8x10 photograph. VG.............25-35

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

362. John Beverley Nichols (1898-1983) English author, playwright, journalist, composer, and public speaker. ALS, 1973, 1p.............40-60

364. [THEATRE] Ernest Legouve (1807-1903) French writer; author of novel Édith de Falsen (1840) and plays Louise de Lignerolles (1848), Adrienne Lecouvreur (with Scribe, 1849), Bataille de dames (1851), Un Jeune Homme qui ne fait rien (1861). ALS, 1879, 2pp. Not translated. Written to Pingard. VG..........50-75

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

369. [FRANCE] Charles Lucas (1803-1889) French jurist and administrator, author of many books and articles on the abolition of the death penalty, the theory of preventive detention, law enforcement and imprisonment, and finally the civilization of war. ALS, 1828, 2pp. Speaks of Keratry and justice. Below signature of Lucas there are about 10 lines and sifnature of Auguste Hilarion, comte de Kératry [1769-1859] French poet, novelist, short story writer, literary critic, historian, and politician. He was the father of Emile de Kératry. VG.........60-80

370. [NOBEL PRIZE] Sydney Brenner, CH FRS (b. 1927) is a South African biologist and a 2002 Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate, shared with H. Robert Horvitz and John Sulston. HIS SIGNATURE ON KING'S COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE CARD, 20 MAY 2002........20-30

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

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

374. [MUSIC] Maryan Rawicz (1898-1970) Polish Pianist. Sig. inscribed.........20-30

375. [NY] David B. Hill [1843-1910] Governor of New York from 1885 to 1891. During his tenure as Governor, William Kemmler was executed in the electric chair, the first inmate in the country ever to be put to death in this manner. He served as a U.S. Senator from New York from 1892 to 1897. He was also a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President in 1892, but lost to Grover Cleveland. Document Signed, 1902 National Commercial Bank check [Albany]. VG.........25-35

376. Glyn Warren Philpot (1884-1937) English artist, best known for his portraits of contemporary figures such as Siegfried Sassoon, and Vladimir Rosing. Signed postcard reproduction of his work "The Adoration of the Three Kings." .............35-45

377. FRANCES M. FROST (1905-1959) American Poet. ANS on card 1929......25-35

378. Sir Francis Grant RA [1803-1878] notable Scottish artist of the 19th century. He also served as President of the Royal Academy. ALS, no date, written on both sides. 4.5 x 7 in.............40-60

379. Sir George Rostrevor Hamilton (1888 - 1967) was an English poet and critic. He worked as a civil servant: his experience as an inspector of taxes meaning he could help out his friend Walter de la Mare. He was knighted in 1951. He had a classical education at the University of Oxford, and later compiled anthologies of Latin and Greek verse for Nonesuch Press. He was a published war poet of World War I, known for the rather conventional and sentimental A Cross in Flanders. His book The Tell-Tale Article on the Auden Group made an impact by the expedient of counting the proportion of definite articles in Auden 's verse, remarking that it was much higher than in older styles. In general he was a steady conservative in matters of literature. He was a director of the Poetry Book Society, and well connected as a correspondent of many literary figures; including E. R. Eddison and Owen Barfield. AQS, "A Judge Reflects" from The Carved Stone 1952. On 5-1/2 x 3-1/4 white card. VG...........30-40

380. Frank R. Stockton [1834-1902] Am. writer, humorist. Signature..........20-30

381. Denison Olmsted [1791-1859] Am. astronomer. Signature......25-35

382. [CINEMA] BIRAN AHERNE (1902-1986) British Actor - Oscar Nominee for Juarez - Leading man in Hollywood in the 30's and 40's, played opposite, Helen Hayes, Katharine Hepburn, Ann Harding, Merle Oberon, Carol Lombard, Claudette Colbert, Bette Davis - 1st husband of Joan Fontaine. SIGNED 3x5 card [green]........20-30

385. JOSEPH W. MARTIN, Jr. (1884-1968) US Speaker of the House, elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth and to the twenty succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1925-January 3, 1967); minority leader in the Seventy-sixth, Seventy-seventh, Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, Eighty-first, Eighty-second, Eighty-fourth, and Eighty-fifth Congresses; Speaker of the House of Representatives (Eightieth and Eighty-third Congresses). SIGNATURE clipped from letter...........20-30

386.  [CLOWNS] Duane "Uncle Soapy" Thorpe [1925-1995] American clown inducted into the Clown Hall of Fame in 2000. Wonderful 4 pages ALS, written in 1994 from Spain. Written to friends back in Florida he talks about the famous clow, Lou Jacobs, and his fear of ending up in a nursing home. He begins by saying he is disappointed from not being elected into the Clown Hall of Fame. He would be elected after his death. Mentions letter he got from John Ringling North II about a plaque for his father. Besides the envelope he includes 6 color photos of Spain with his descriptions on their backs. VG...............60-80

388. [FILM] Ben Lyon (1901-1979)American film actor and a 20th Century Fox studio executive. His greatest success as an actor came in 1930 with the film Hell's Angels. TLS, L.A., Calif., 1973, 1p. To Harriet. In part - "...When we were visiting Colleen Moore up north last week, Barbara called from London..." VG.............50-75

391. [FILM] Olympia Dukakis (b. 1931) American actress. Signed 8x10 printed photo. VG............25-35

392. [FILM] Colleen Dewhurst (1924-1991) Sanadian-American actress. Signed 8x10 photo, 1989. VG.............25-35

393. [ENGLAND] Charles Townshend, Second Viscount, (born 1674, died 1738) a statesman. document signed, JUNE 17, 1710, APPROX. 9 X 3-1/2 in. Payment order for 1,000 pounds. Fine condition. Charles Townshend, Second Viscount, (born 1674, died 1738) a statesman of unsulliintegrity, was the eldest son of Horatio, the first Viscount. He succeeded to the Peerage in December 1687, being educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge. When he took his seat in the House of Lords his sympathies leant to Toryism, but this predilection soon faded away, and in February 1701 it was rumoured among the courtiers that he would hold office of Privy Soal in the Whig Ministry which William the Third had in view. For some years after the accession of Queen Anne he remained without office, but on September 29th 1707 he was created Yeomen of the Guard, and in the same year he was summoned to the Privy Council, a distinction renewed by the queen's two successors to the throne. The command og the Yeomen remained in his hands until June 13th 1711, but its responsibilities did not prevent him from acting as joint plent- potentiary with the Duke of Marlborough in the peace negotiations with France which were carried on at Gertruydenburg, near Breda, o from serving as ambassador extraordinary at the Hague Congress (May 2, 1709 to March 26, 1711). Townshend was in high favour of George the First and on that king's arrival at the Hague in September 1714 he published the appointment of Charles as Secretary of State for the Southern Department, entrusting to his new minister the privilege of nominating his own colleague: Horace Walpole (??? Robert Walpole ), his brother-in-law and private secretary recommended Stanhope for the vacant post, and Stanhope was duly appointed. Townshend did not neglect to avail himself of the advantages afforded by his attendance on the king, and before he arrival of George the First in England he had obtained complete ascendency both over his mind and the dispositions of the advisors by whom his line of conduct was usually determined. The policy of the new ministers, both at home and abroad, lay in the promotion of peace. With this object they endeavoured to limit the charges against their predecessor Harley, Lord Oxford, to high crimes and misdemeanours. To gain this and they brought about, in 1716, an alliance between those ancient rivals in arms, France and England. In spite of their success their influence was gradually undermined by the intrigues of Lord Sunderland and by the discontent of the Hanoverian favourites, who deemed the pensions and the places which they had gained as insufficient reward for their exertions. In October, 1716 Stanhope accompanied the King on a journey to Hanover, and during this visit was seduced from his allegiance to his colleague by the wily Sunderland, who had ingratiated himself into royal favour. George the First was induced into believing that Townshend and Walpole were caballing with the prince of Wales, and were forming designs against the royal authority. Townshend was dismissed in December 1716 from his place of Secretary of State, and was afforded in lieu thereof the splendid banishment of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, a gilded sinecure which he at first contemptuously declined, but finally condescended ultimately to accept on condition that he was not required to set foot on Irish soil. His latent spirit of hostility to this arrangement quickly developed into open antagonism, and in March 1717 he was dismissed from this position. At the close of May 1720, a partial reconciliation took place between the opposing Whig sections of Stanhope and Townshend. The Latter was readmitted into the Ministry as Lord President of the Council on 11th June 1720, and his devoted colleague, Sir Robert Walpole, became Paymaster General. When the South Sea Bubble burst, the fortunes of the Ministry shared in the misfortunes of the scheme which they had promoted. Stanhope, in a paroxysm of passion during a heated debate broke a blood vessel, and Sunderland, although acquitted of the charge of personal corruption, was forced to retire into private life. The withdrawal of these statesmen assigned to their rivals the chief positions in the state. Townshend became Secretary of State on the 10th February 1721, and Walpole gained the position of First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer. The death of George the First threatened a change of advisors, but the dismay of the new king's favourite, Spencer Compton, at being called upon to draw up the royal speech led to the old ministers of the Crown being retained in their places. What the attack on the opposition could not affect, the internal strife of the administration accomplished. Townshend was of a proud, impetuous nature, born more accustomed to rule than obey. His family had for many generations stood higher in the social life of Norfolk than Walpole's progenitors, and when he himself attained the distinction in politics his position as a member of the Upper House was greater than that enjoyed by his friend in the Commons.As the power of the Lower House increased, and as Walpole became more and more the object of attacks by the Tories, the pre-eminence of Townshend passed from him. So long, to use the witty remark of Sir Robert Walpole, as the firm of Townshend and Walpole was such, things went well with them, [Lady Dorothy Walpole 1686-1726] but when the positions were reversed jealousies arose between the partners. The growing alienation was hastened by the death in 1725 of the Secretary's wife, Walpole's sister. At the close of 1729 Townshend endeavoured to obtain the appointment of his old and attached friend, Lord Chesterfield, as his fellow secretary of state, and the failure of the attempt brought about a fierce scene between himself and Walpole. They broke into passionate words, seized one another by the coat collars, and would have come to blows had their friends not intervened. After the outbreak of passion further co-operation was impossible and Townshend had the good sense to recognise the position. He retired tp private life on 15th May 1730. The Chief domestic events of Townshend's ministry were the impeachment of Bishop Atterbury; the partial restoration of Lord Bolingbroke; and the troubles in Ireland over the granting to a man named Wood of a patent for coining pence. Its concluding act was the signing of the Treaty of Seville on November 9th 1729. Charles Townshend died of apoplexy on 21st June 1738, aged 64. Slow in forming, but resolute in adhering to, his opinion, and like so many many men of that stamp, he was impatient of contradiction. His manners have been styled "course, rustic, and seemingly brutal" but these defects were not visible in his domestic life. Never did minister leave office with cleaner hands. He did not add one acre to his estate, nor leave large fortunes to his younger children.............80-120

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

398. La Fayette Grover (1823-1911)  Democratic politician and lawyer from the US state of Oregon. He was the fourth Governor of Oregon, represented Oregon in the United States House of Representatives, and served one term in the United States Senate. Signature as Gov. of Oregon.........25-35

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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

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

Sandy Dennis 1

Sandy Dennis 2

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

See above

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

408. [STOCK CERTIFICATES] group of 10 stock certificates for COMPAGNIE FERMIERE DE LUCHON, all 1925, approx. 7-1/2 x 12-1/4". VG.

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

See above

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

411. [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

See Sheridan portrait

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 Duvivier etching

419. [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

See 1783 document

1701 page 1

425. [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

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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

428. [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

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From 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.

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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