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1.
[ATOMIC BOMB] Paul Tibbets
(1915-2007) brigadier general in the United States Air
Force, best known for being the pilot of the Enola Gay (named
for his mother), the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb in
the history of warfare. The bomb, code-named Little Boy, was
dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Signed 7x5
photo. Also signed by Thomas
Ferebee (1918-2000) was the bombardier
aboard the B-29 Superfortress, Enola Gay, who dropped the
atomic bomb. Like Tibbets, Ferebee remained in the military in
the years after World War II as the U.S. Army Air Forces
became the U.S. Air Force. Ferebee spent most of his USAF
career in the Strategic Air Command, serving during the Cold
War and in Vietnam. He retired from the U.S. Air Force as a
Master Navigator (bombardier) with the rank of
Colonel.............100-150
2. [SUPREME COURT] Sandra
Day O'Connor (b. 1930) retired
United States Supreme Court justice. Signed 1981 FDC
honoring the American flag. Clean &
attractive..........50-75
3. [MUSIC]
Edwin
George Monk
(1819-1900) English church
organist and composer, who was
Organist and Master of Choristers at
York Minster for a quarter of a
century, and was previously
associated with St Columba's and
Radley Colleges. Brief ALS,
1888, written on both sides, approx.
3-3/4 x 4-1/4" [looks like this was
trimmed at some
time].............40-60
4. [FILM] Robert
Mitchum
(1917-1997) American film
actor. He is No. 23 on the American
Film Institute's list of the
greatest male American screen
legends of all time. Mitchum rose to
prominence for his starring roles in
several major works of the film noir
style, and is considered a
forerunner of the anti-heroes
prevalent in film during the 1950s
and 1960s. Signed, inscribed
8x10 photo. VG...........60-80
5. [ART] David Deuchar (Edinburgh c. 1750-1803) original etching c. 1800, from Dance of Death. Unsigned, approx. 2-5/8 x 2-1/4 in. plus margins. Some foxing & toned o/w VG......60-80
6. [ART] David Deuchar (Edinburgh c. 1750-1803) original etching c. 1800, from Dance of Death. Unsigned, approx. 3-3/8 x 4-3/4 in. plus margins. Some foxing & toned o/w VG......80-120
7. [FILM] Mary
Pickford (1892-1979)
Canadian-American motion picture actress, co-founder of the
film studio United Artists and one of the original 36 founders
of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Known as "America's Sweetheart," "Little Mary" and "The girl
with the curls," she was one of the Canadian pioneers in
early Hollywood and a significant figure in the development of
film acting. Signed vintage sepia photo, 7.5 x 9.5". VG............100-150
8. [MUSIC] Marie Cabel
(1827-1885) Belgian coloratura soprano. She is probably
best remembered for having created the role of Philine in
Ambroise Thomas' opera Mignon. She was the daughter of a
former cavalry officer in Napoleon's army, who after his
discharge had become an accountant for various theatres in
Belgium. Pauline Viardot, who at that time lived in a chateau
near Brussels, happened to hear Cabel sing as a child and
predicted a great future for her. ALS, no date, 2pp,
approx. 5-1/2 x 8-1/4". VG............75-100
9. [MUSIC] Dave Brubeck
(1920-2012) American jazz pianist and composer, considered to
be one of the foremost exponents of cool jazz. He wrote a
number of jazz standards, including "In Your Own Sweet Way"
and "The Duke". Brubeck's style ranged from refined to
bombastic, reflecting his mother's attempts at classical
training and his improvisational skills. Signed 10x8
photo. VG..........75-100
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James Gillray (1756-1815),
was a British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his
etched political and social satires, mainly published
between 1792 and 1810. Gillray is Generally accepted to be
the greatest of all English Caricaturists, and the recent
exhibition at the Tate Gallery in London, showed the range
of his work. Initially he worked for a number of different
publishers, but from the 1790's he worked exclusively for
Humphreys. Record prices [exceeding $20,000] have been
recently made, many selling for $1000 and up. Most of the
Gillray images that you see on the market today come from
the mid 19th century re-strikeprintings, from the original
plates, and often have recent hand-coloring, and are priced
much lower than the vintage etchings. These are called
the Bohn edition prints. Henry G. Bohn purchased the
original copperplates and began printing Gillray's between
1847 and 1851. Prices had been climbing steadily since
the 1970s, but the auction of the Draper Hill Collection at
Phillips auctioneers in London in 2001 pushed prices to new
highs: several key prints, including Fashionable Contrasts,
fetching more than US$10,000. Since 2002, annual auctions of
Caricatures at Bonhams in London, each of which included
large selections of Gillray prints, have continued this
trend. Escalating prices have also meant that good examples
of major works by Gillray can be very hard to come by at any
price. Unfortunately for the beginning collector this means
that starting a collection now is far more difficult than
thirty years ago, when a very good copy of Light expelling
Darkness could be had for as little as US$250. A good
impression of this print sold in 2006 for over US$9,000,
while Fashionable Contrasts also sold in the same year for
over US$20,000. This dramatic increase in prices has
also led to unscrupulous sellers attempting to pass off
prints from the Bohn Edition as first edition originals, and
it can be difficult for those unfamiliar with these
practices to tell the difference between a restrike
(commonly called "a Bohn") and an original. To be
sure, all of the Gillray etchings offered in this auction
are from the c. 1850 Bohn edition. To see more about the
Bohn edition click
here.
10. [ART] James Gillray (1756-1815) British caricaturist and
printmaker famous for his etched political and social
satires. Original etching, not colored, from the c. 1850
Bohn edition, it's title "THE REPUBLICAN
RATTLE-SNAKE FASCINATING THE BEDFORD SQUIRREL. ",
image size approx. 14 x 10" plus margins. Published Nov.
16th 1795 by H. Humphrey 27 St. James’s Street. Described as
"DUKB OP BEDFORD. FOX. On the political influence exerted by
Fox over Francis, Duke of Bedford, who had become one
of the most zealous of the popular party. " As usual there
are 2 other etchings on the verso............100-150
See
front
See
verso
11. [ART] James Gillray (1756-1815) British caricaturist and
printmaker famous for his etched political and social
satires. Original etching, not colored, from the c. 1850
Bohn edition, it's title "OPPOSITION
TELEGRAPHS; or, THE LITTLE SECOND-SIGHTED LAWYER GIVING A
TRUE SPECIMEN OP PATRIOTIC INFORMATION", image size
approx. 10 x 14" plus margins. Published June 23, 1798
by H. Humphrey 27 St. James’s Street. Described as
"JEKYLL. Early in May, 1798, the English Government
determined to send a naval and military expedition to
Ostend, under the command of Captain Sir Home Popham and
Major-General Coote, " for the purpose of blowing up the
basin, gates, and sluices of the Canal of Bruges, and
destroying the internal navigation between Holland,
Flanders, and France.'' The wind proved extremely
unfavourable to the operations of the squadron, and caused
considerable delay. On the 18th they had anchored in the
Ostend Roads ; and, as the weather appeared something more
favourable. Sir Home Popham had made the signal to approach
the coast, when the wind suddenly veered, and threatened to
blow so violently against them, that Sir Home Popham and
General Coote were deliberating, whether it would not be
better. " As usual there is another etching on the
verso............100-150
See
front
See
verso
12. [ART] James Gillray (1756-1815) British caricaturist and
printmaker famous for his etched political and social
satires. Original etching, not colored, from the c. 1850
Bohn edition, it's title "SHRINE AT ST.
ANNE'S HILL", image size approx. 10 x 14" plus
margins. Published May 26, 1798 by H. Humphrey 27 St.
James’s Street. Described as "NICHOLLS. TIERNET. LORD
LAUDERDALE. DUKE OF BEDFORD. DUKE OF NORFOLK. MARQUIS
OF LANSDOWNE. FOX. Fox is kneeling before the basts of
Robespierre/Egalit,
and Buonaparte. A Tablet is placed on the democratic altar
on which is inscribed ......" As usual there is
another etching on the verso............100-150
See
front
See
verso
13. [ART] James Gillray (1756-1815) British caricaturist and
printmaker famous for his etched political and social
satires. Original etching, not colored, from the c. 1850
Bohn edition, it's title "THE RECEPTION OF
THE DIPLOMATIQUE AND HIS SUITE, AT THE COURT OP PEKIN.
", image size approx. 14 x 10" plus margins. Published
1792 by H. Humphrey 27 St. James’s Street. Described as "THE
EMPEROR KIEN LONG. LORD MACARTNEY. MR. HilTTNER. SIR
QEORQE STAUNTON. A caricature on Lord Macartney's
Embassy to China, and on the little which the
Ambassador and his government are presumed to have known of
the manners and tastes of the people they were desirous of
conciliating. The sabject afforded frequent occasion to
Peter Pindar for the exercise of his wit. Chinese etiquette
is^ that extreme prostrations should be made before the
Emperor, which it was intimated Lord Macartney would not
conform to. The whole contour of the Emperor is indicative
of cunning and contempt. The German face bringing in the
cage is, no doubt, intended for the late Mr. Hiittner, of
the Foreign Office, who accompanied Lord Macartney,
as interpreter, and published his own account of the
Embassy, in German, Berlin, 1797. " As usual there are 2
other etchings on the verso............200-250
See front
See verso
14. [ART] Pierre Salvy Frederic
Teyssonnioeres (b. 1834) French
etcher. Original etching, "Satyr at Bay", image approx.
11-1/4 x 8-1/4", after Louis Pirou, c. 1894, plate
signed. Light damp stain line in middle margin running
into image. When matted this shows very
little...........100-150
15. [ART] Gaston
Manchon (b. 1855) French etcher.
Original etching, "Daphnis and Chloe", c. 1895, approx. 8-3/4
x 13-1/2" plus margins. Very light stain bottom margin touches
image. After a painting by Ricardo Lopez Cabrera. "This
Spanish painter has chosen for the personages with which to
animate his well painted woodland scene the characters in the
pretty Greek pastoral, told by Longos, a Byzantine, in the
fourth century of our era, - the shepherd and the shepherdess
yet too young to know that they are lovers, their spotted and
horned flock and the bearded stranger who visits them one day.
Daphnis is telling the story of his mysterious youth, the
young girl listens in suspense, her hand on her heart, and
something of the old unworldly, antique charm that settles
down over the mimic scene. The artist, who is of Seville,
received a medal of the third class, at the Exposicion
Internacional de Bellas Artes at Madrid, in 1892, and is
represented by four pictures at Chicago, of which this
reproduced by the etching betrays the most
individuality."...........100-150
16. [ART] Karl
Schrag (1912-1995) American
Moderniist artist. He drew inspiration from his summer days
and nights on Deer Isle, Maine. He trained in Geneva and
Paris, came to New York in 1938 as a young man in his twenties
and after studying printmaking at the Art Students League
joined the prestigious Atelier 17 in Greenwich Village. There
he was a leading light among the group of artists who changed
the direction of intaglio printmaking in America and within
ten years of joining he was appointed director of the Atelier.
He later taught briefly at Brooklyn College and for 14 years
at the Cooper Union School of Art. Karl Schrag began
exhibiting almost immediately upon arrival in the United
States, first in the Society of American Etchers Annual
followed by the first of many invitations to participate in
annual exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art. He
has exhibited widely both in the United States and Europe and
his work is included in the permanent collections of over 70
significant museums and institutions in France, Germany,
England and throughout the United States. In 1992, three years
before his death, he was given a major retrospective at the
Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine. Original
lithograph, "Flowering Tree - Moonlight''- lithograph on
Somerset paper, 1991, signed, dated 1990 and titled in
pencil, (edition of 260), The Print Club of
Cleveland, 20 1/4 x 18 1/4''. Fine............200-300
17. [ART] Merv
Slotnick [b. 1941] American artist living
in Maine. His work is in many collections throughout the
United States, Canada, England, Australia, Germany, Denmark,
Ireland, Iceland, Norway, France, etc. His work has been
included in exhibitions at New York University; Maine
Biennial; Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY; Mansfield State
College, Pa.; Ball State Univ.; Edison Community College, Cape
Coral, Florida; Center For The Arts, Midland, Michigan;
Central Michigan Univ.; Saginaw Art Museum; Provincetown Art
Association; Grand Rapids Art Museum; Battle Creek Arts
Center, Mich.; All Michigan Artists Traveling Show [1970-73]
which traveled to various colleges & universities in
Michigan; Northern Arizona Univ.; Alaska Pacific Univ., plus
others. Original acrylic painting on still heavy
paper, signed, done on 2000, approx. 10-1/4 x 14.25". VG.........150-250
18. [ART] Merv
Slotnick [b. 1941] American artist living
in Maine. His work is in many collections throughout the
United States, Canada, England, Australia, Germany, Denmark,
Ireland, Iceland, Norway, France, etc. His work has been
included in exhibitions at New York University; Maine
Biennial; Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY; Mansfield State
College, Pa.; Ball State Univ.; Edison Community College, Cape
Coral, Florida; Center For The Arts, Midland, Michigan;
Central Michigan Univ.; Saginaw Art Museum; Provincetown Art
Association; Grand Rapids Art Museum; Battle Creek Arts
Center, Mich.; All Michigan Artists Traveling Show [1970-73]
which traveled to various colleges & universities in
Michigan; Northern Arizona Univ.; Alaska Pacific Univ., plus
others. Original acrylic & collage
painting on paper, signed, done on 1998, approx. 16-3/4 x
12". VG.........300-500
19. Chet Huntley (1911-1974) American television newscaster, best known for co-anchoring NBC's evening news program, The Huntley-Brinkley Report, for 14 years beginning in 1956. Signed 1950 bank check. See scan for condition..........40-60
20. [SPACE] Charlie Duke (b. 1935) American astronaut. As lunar module pilot for Apollo 16 in 1972, he became the tenth and youngest person to walk on the Moon. Signed, inscribed color litho. photo, 8x10. VG............60-80
21. [FILM - THEATRE] Vincent Price (1911-1993) American actor, well known for his distinctive voice and serio-comic performances in a series of horror films made in the latter part of his career. Original self-portrait ink drawing, showing him as Prince Albert. Signed Vincent Price & Prince Albert. In 1936, Price appeared as Prince Albert Victor in the American production of Laurence Housman's play Victoria Regina, starring Helen Hayes in the title role of Queen Victoria. Approx. 6-1/4 x 4-5/8". Fine...........80-120
22. [TV] Imogene
Coca (1908-2001) American comic actress
best known for her role opposite Sid Caesar on Your Show of
Shows. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.........50-75
23.
[CABINET]
Hubert Work
(1860-1942) was a U.S. administrator and physician. He served
as the U.S. Postmaster General between from 1922 until 1923
during the presidency of Warren G. Harding. He served as the
U.S. Secretary of the Interior from 1923 until 1928, during
the administration of President Calvin Coolidge. TLS,
1928, as Sec. of the Interior, 1928, 2pp., to the US senator
from Texas, Earle B. Mayfield. Good content about
leasing Osage Indian oil lands. One corner staple o/w
VG.........80-120
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24. [ART]
Portrait of
George Washington -
original engraving/etching/aquatint
by T. Johnson, plate signed &
dated 1903 in the plate. This, of
course, was done after Gilbert
Stuart's famous portrait. Image
11-1/2 x 9-3/4" plus wide
margins. VG. Too large for
scanner's window but you can see
most of it in scan
below............100-150
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29. [FRANCE] Charles de Bourbon, Count of Charolais (1700-1760) French noble. As a member of the reigni prince of the Blood. A son of Louis III, Prince of Condé, he was made governor of Touraine in 1720. He fought in Hungary in the war against the Ottoman Turks and won distinction at the battle of Belgrade. He was governor of his nephew Louis Joseph de Bourbon, prince de Condé. In 1728 he became one of the candidates to the hand of wealthy Maria Zofia Sieniawska supported by Louis XV in attempt to gain a strong position in Poland before the Royal Election. He secretly married Jeanne de Valois-Saint Remy, a descendent of Henri II via an illegitimate branch. Their son was Louis-Thomas [1718-1799], who was not legitimated by the king, later was exiled to England. Document Signed, 1740, 1p,, approx. 9-1/4 x 13-1/2 in. As you can see in the scan it appears to have been slightly cropped, affecting very little. One middle fold................150-250
30. Lawrence Ferlinghetti
(b. 1919) American poet, painter, liberal activist, and
the co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers.
Author of poetry, translations, fiction, theatre, art criticism,
and film narration, he is best known for A Coney Island of the
Mind (1958), a collection of poems that has been translated into
nine languages, with sales of over one million copies. Signed
printing on Ferlinghetti, 8-1/2 x 11". VG.........50-75
31. [MILITARY] Joseph "Lightning Joe" Lawton Collins (1896 –1987) Army Chief of Staff during the Korean War. During World War II, he was an Army general, serving in both the Pacific and European Theaters of Operations. Signed COMMEMORATIVE STAMP SHEET, honoring US Bicentenniel (1975) 8x11. Also signed by Gen. Mark W. Clark (1896-1984) general during World War II and the Korean War and was the youngest lieutenant general (three-star general) in the U.S. Army. Approx. 8-1/2 x 11". VG.............80-120
32. [FRANCE] French Mystery
Medieval Document 1352 on vellum, looks like a
long list of names [?], from Rioubert region near Romorantin,
approx. 4-1/2 x 9-1/4". VG.........300-400
33. [CARTOON ART] George Wildman (b. 1927) American cartoonist most noted for his work in the comic books industry. From 1971 until 1985 he was a top editor at Charlton Comics, where he also became the long-time regular artist on Popeye comic books. SIGNED inscribed ORIGINAL SKETCH of “Popeye”(2001) 8x10. VG..............100-150
34. [CARTOON ART] Tony Strobl (1915 –1991)
American cartoonist/illustrator He went to the Cleveland School
of Art from 1933–37, with Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, who
actually got some help from Strobl creating Superman. Gerard
Jones in his book Men of Tomorrow reveals at one point Jerry
Siegel contemplated ending his partnership with Joe Shuster in
developing what became Superman and work with someone else
instead. Strobl was among those approached but he respectfully
declined, feeling his more cartoony artstyle was ill suited for
such a serious character. SIGNED inscribed 8x11 ORIGINAL SKETCH
of “Donald Duck”(1990)...........100-150
35. [WW II] Adolf "Dolfo" Galland (1912-1996) German Luftwaffe general and flying ace who served throughout World War II in Europe. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. He flew 705 combat missions, and fought on the Western and the Defence of the Reich fronts. On four occasions he survived being shot down, and he was credited with 104 aerial victories, all of them against the Western Allies. Signed 1973 FDC honoring President Harry Truman. Clean & attractive. VG...........50-75
36. [POETS]
Lot of 5 signed pieces: [1] Rod McKuen - signed 1977 FDC. [2] Gerard P. Meyer [1900-1983] ANS, 1945, to the pote Louise Bogan
[1897-1970]. [3] Park Benjamin [1809-1864] signature mounted. [4] Conrad Aiken [1889-1973] clip signature. [5] Percy MacKaye [1875-1956] signed card..........60-80
37. [FILM] Meinhardt Raabe (1915-2010) American actor. He was one of the last surviving Munchkin-actors in The Wizard of Oz , and was also the last surviving cast member with any dialogue in the film. He portrayed the coroner of Munchkinland who certified the death of the Wicked Witch of the East. Signed, inscribed 6x4" color photograph. Scene from The Wizard of Oz, pictured with Judy Garland. Fine...........40-60
38. [FILM] Lewis Croft (1919-2008) American actor with dwarfism, best known for his role as a Munchkin soldier in the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz". ALS, [1990], written on both sides of 6x9 sheet. Nice letter about OZ and the other Munchkins. VG.........35-45
39. [FILM] Lewis Croft (1919-2008) American actor with dwarfism, best known for his role as a Munchkin soldier in the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz". Signed, inscribed 5x7 photo. Shows him holding the vest he wore in the film...........30-40
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76. [ART] Fernand
Khnopff (1858-1921) Belgian
symbolist painter. Although not a very open man and a
rather secluded personality, he already achieved cult status
during his life. Acknowledged and accepted, he received the
Order of Leopold. ALS, 1894, 2pp, 4-1/2 x 7". VG........100-150
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77. [FRANCE] Marie Anastasie Vincentine Krysinska - born in Warsaw 1857 and died in Paris on 16 January 1908. French poet. In 1882, she published La Vie Moderne, in the Journal of Black Cat and The Independent Magazine literary pages and his own poems. It becomes the only active member of the literary circles of woman Hydropathes, the Zutistes , the "Hirsutes" and "Jemenfoutistes" who meet at Cabaret Chat Noir. She accompanies on piano songs and poems that are declaims. She participates in the evenings Goguette Black Cat . In 1890, she published, Lemerre his first volume of picturesque Rimes then, in 1892, Love walks, a collection of prose tales. In 1894, she published a second volume of rhymes, Joys wandering, and in 1896, a novel, Folle his body at Harvard. Follow another novel, Juliette Cordelin, another collection of poems, Guitars distant Calendes sentimental (prose) and the force of desire (novel). She will also publish numerous articles on literature, art, music and literary criticism. Married to painter Georges Bellenger (1847-1918), best known for his lithographs - he was one of the most prolific illustrators Editions Flammarion and Marpon - October 1, 1885, she made several trips to the United States . Manuscript poem signed, 2pp, 7-1/4 x 10-3/4". Extremely rare!. Fine.............250-350
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78. SPORTS SIGNED SHEET from the Michael Bolton Celebrity Softball Challenge (1997) SIGNED by 13: KYLE ROTE (1928-2002) Football THOMAS W. BROWN (1940) Football RON WALLER (1933) Football MIKE MEADE (1960) Football MICHAEL SANDOR SOMMER (1934) Football CHET HANULAK (1928) Football DIONNA HARRIS (1968) Olympic Gold Champion others unidentified...........50-75
79. [SPACE] ALEXEY A. LEONOV (b.
1934) Russian Cosmonaut and Air Force General. First human
to conduct a space walk in 1965. SIGNED Large UN Space
Treaty FDC, postmarked 1971 and 1975 (excellent
item)..............100-150
80. YITZHAK RABIN (1922-1995) Israel General and Politician, Prime Minister of Israel, and 1994 Nobel Peace Prize. SIGNED Israeli Envelope postmarked 1967. Signed in Hebrew ............100-150
81. [MUSIC - FILM] GLADYS SWARTHOUT
(1900-1969) American Mezzo-Soprano, Film Star. SIGNED inscribed
8x10, 1930’s photo. VG....75-100
82. [MUSIC] Louis-Charles-Bonaventure-Alfred
Bruneau (1857–1934) French composer who
played a key role in the introduction of realism in French
opera. In his youth, Bruneau studied the cello at the Paris
Conservatory, and played in the Pasdeloup orchestra. He soon
began to compose, writing a cantata, Genevieve de Paris while
still a young man. In 1884 his Ouverture heroique was
performed, followed by the choral symphonies, Léda (1884), La
belle au bois dormant (1886). In 1887, he produced his
first opera, Kérim.The following year, Bruneau met Émile Zola,
launching a collaboration between the two men that would last
for two decades. Bruneau's 1891 opera Le rêve was based on the
Zola story of the same name, and in the coming years Zola
would provide the subject matter for many of Bruneau's works,
including L'attaque du moulin (1893). Zola himself wrote the
libretti for the operas Messidor (1897) and L'Ouragan (1901).
Other works influenced by Zola include L'enfant roi (1905),
Naïs Micoulin (1907), Les quatres journées (1916), and Lazare
(produced posthumously in 1954). Other operatic works by
Bruneau contained themes by Hans Christian Andersen (Le jardin
du Paris in 1923) and Victor Hugo (Angelo, tyran de Padoue in
1928). Bruneau's orchestral works show the influence of
Wagner. His other works include his Requiem (1896) and two
collections of songs, Lieds de France and Chansons à
danser.Bruneau was decorated with the Legion of Honor in
1895. ALS, 1912, 1p. VG............75-100
83. [MUSIC] Félicien-César
David (1810-1876) French
composer. David wrote a number of operas, of which the
most notable are Christophe Colomb (1847), La perle du Brésil
(1851), Herculanum (1859, and Lalla-Roukh (1862). Amongst his
oratorios are Moïse au Sinaï ('Moses on Sinai') (1846), and
Eden (1848). David became a member of the Légion d'honneur in
1862 and was given a civil pension. On the death of Berlioz in
1869, he took his place in the Institut de France. Autograph
Note signed, no date, approx. 4 x 5-1/4". Fine..........150-200
84. [MUSIC] HEINRICH
GORECKI (1933-2010) Polish
composer of contemporary classical music. Górecki became a
leading figure of the Polish avant-garde during the
post-Stalin cultural thaw. His Webernian-influenced serialist
works of the 1950s and 1960s were characterized by adherence
to dissonant modernism and drew influence from Luigi Nono,
Karlheinz Stockhausen, Krzysztof Penderecki and Kazimierz
Serocki. He continued in this direction throughout the 1960s,
but by the mid-1970s had changed to a less complex sacred
minimalist sound, exemplified by the transitional Symphony No.
2 and the hugely popular Symphony No. 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful
Songs) This composition was the largest selling recording of a
classical piece ever sold. RARE ALS, 1983, 1p., in
English. Fine..........100-150
See above
85. [PHOTOGRAPHY] Yousuf Karsh
(1908 – 2002) Armenian-Canadian portrait
photographer - ONE OF THE most celebrated
photographers of the 20th century. SIGNED INSCRIBED
8X10 portrait photograph of himself (stamped on verso KARSH.
Ottawa). VG..........125-175
86. [MUSIC] STING
(Gordon Sumner)(1951) English signer, musician and
songwriter, composer. SIGNED 8x10 photograph, signed
in silver ink. VG............50-75
87. ELLEN A. G. GLASGOW
(1873-1945) American Novelist. TLS, 1925, 1p.
VG...........80-120
88. [FILM] FAY WRAY
(1907-2004) American Actress best known for her female lead
in “King Kong” (1933). SIGNED inscribed 8x10
photograph from “King Kong”. VG...........50-75
89. [ART] Cosmus
Mogalli (1667-1730)
Old Master from Florence, Italy. Original
engraving early 18th century on thick laid paper,
image approx. 13-3/4 x 10-1/2; paper size 17-1/2 x
18"................300-400
90. [FRANCE]
Alphonse-Marie–Marcellin–Thomas Bérenger
(1785-1866), known as Thomas Bérenger or Berenger de la Drôme,
was a French lawyer and politician. He entered the magistracy
and became procureur général at Grenoble, but resigned this
office on the Bourbon Restoration. He then devoted himself
mainly to the study of criminal law, and in 1818 published La
justice criminelle en France, in which with great courage he
attacked the special tribunals, provosts' courts or military
commissions which were the main instruments of the Reaction,
and advocated a return to the old common law and trial by
jury. The book had a considerable effect in discrediting the
reactionary policy of the government; but it was not until
1828, when Bérenger was elected to the chamber, that he had an
opportunity of exercising a personal influence on affairs as a
member of the group known as that of constitutional
opposition. His courage, as well as his moderation, was again
displayed during the revolution of 1830, when, as president of
the parliamentary commission for the trial of the ministers of
Charles X, he braved the fury of the mob and secured a
sentence of imprisonment in place of the death penalty for
which they clamoured. His position in the chamber became one
of much influence, and he had a large share in the modelling
of the new constitution, though his effort to secure a
hereditary peerage failed. Above all he was instrumental in
framing the new criminal code, based on more humanitarian
principles, which was issued in 1835. It was due to him that,
in 1832, the right, so important in actual French practice,
was given to juries to find "extenuating circumstances" in
cases when guilt involved the death penalty. In 1831 he had
been made a member of the court of appeal (cour de cassation},
and the same year was nominated a member of the Academy of
Political and Moral Sciences (Académie des Sciences Morales et
Politiques). He was raised to the peerage in 1839. This
status he lost owing to the revolution of 1848 which ended his
career as a politician. As a judge, however, his activity
continued. He was president of the high courts of Bourges and
Versailles in 1849. Having been appointed president of one of
the chambers of the court of appeal, he devoted himself
entirely to judicial work until his retirement, under the age
limit, on 31 May 1860. He now withdrew to his native
town, and occupied himself with his favorite work of reform of
criminal law. In 1833, he had shared in the foundation of a
society for the reclamation of young criminals, in which he
continued to be actively interested to the end. In 1851 and
1852, on the commission of the academy of moral sciences, he
had travelled in France and England for the purpose of
examining and comparing the penal systems in the two
countries. The result was published in 1855 under the title La
Répression pénale, comparaison du système pénitentiaire en
France et en Angleterre. ALS, 1847, 1p, approx.
8-1/4 x 10-1/2". VG........125-175
91. [FRANCE] François-Joseph
Bélanger (1744 – 1818) French
architect and decorator working in the Neoclassic style.
Bélanger designed and constructed numerous hôtels particuliers
for Parisian aristocrats and bankers. He designed the Château de
Méréville for Jean-Joseph de Laborde, 1784–86. He designed
interiors for the Hôtel Baudart de Saint-James, 12 Place
Vendôme, and influenced garden designs of the epoch. Rare
document signed, 1787, 2pp., 8 x 12-1/4". Extremely rare
contract between the famous architect and the master carpenter
Niquet. For some unknown reason a slim portion of this
document has been trimmed away affecting a few
words..............100-150
92. [NAPOLEONIC
WARS] Warren
Marmaduke Peacocke
(17?? - 1849) British Military Officer. Ensign 88th Foot*
1780, Lieutenant 88th Foot* 1782, Captain-Lieutenant 88th Foot*
1783, Half-pay 1783, Captain 17th Foot 1786, Captain 59th Foot
1792, Captain Independent Company 1793, Lieutenant & Captain
2nd Foot Guards 1793, Brevet Major 1794, Brevet Lieutenant
Colonel 1798, Captain-Lieutenant & Lieutenant-Colonel
2nd Foot Guards 1800, Captain & Lieutenant-Colonel 2nd
Foot Guards 1800, Brevet Colonel 1808, Brigadier General on the
Staff 1811, Major General 1811, Lieutenant General 1821, General
1838. Early Service: Flanders 1793, Aide de Camp Ireland
1796-1799, Helder 1799, Egypt 1800-1801, Hanover 1805,
Copenhagen 1807. Peninsular War: Commanded brigade June
1809. Commanded brigade 4th Division June 1809. Commandant of
Lisbon June 1809- April 1814. Knighted 1815. KCH 1832.
Colonel of the 19th Foot 1843-1849. ALS, Lisbon, 8 Jan.
1812, 1p, approx. 7-1/4 x 12-3/4". To Charles Stuart.
VG............100-150
93. [FRANCE] Louis Desprez
(1861-1885) French author who died so young. Offered here
are 2 ALSs, 1883 & 1884, total 5 lengthy pages, speaks of
Mallarme, etc. Emile Zola wrote a long and eloquent text
about him. One is repaired with archival
paper..............100-150
94. (ART) (Vermigli, Pietro Martire)
(1500-1562). Florentine religious. Augustinian abbot of St.
Peter ad Aram, Naples (1533); met Juan de Valdes and read works
of Reformers; fled (1542) to Zürich after accepting Reformed
faith; divinity professor, Strasbourg (1542-47, 1553-56).
Brought to London by Cranmer; divinity professor, Oxford
(1547-53); aided Cranmer in 1552 Book of Common Prayer; his
Zwinglian doctrine of the Eucharist began a controversy at
Oxford (1549); Hebrew professor, Zürich (1556). Old original
mezzotint portrait, cropped & mounted, 7-3/4 x 9. Engraved
by R. Houston. Probably early 18th century. VG..........150-200
See above
95. (OECOLAMPADIUS,
Johannes) (1482-1531), German
scholar and preacher who led the Reformation in Basel,
Switzerland. Originally named Johannes Hursgen, he was born at
Weinsberg, in Bavaria. Trained in classical languages, he
Grecized his last name and moved to Basel in 1515 to assist
the Dutch humanist scholar Desiderius Erasmus in preparing his
Greek New Testament. After two years (1518-20) as a preacher
at Augsburg, Germany, Oecolampadius entered a Bridgettine
monastery. His discovery of the work of Martin Luther and his
increasing discontent with the Roman Catholic doctrine of
transubstantiation prompted him to leave in 1522. Returning to
Basel, he became a professor of theology and preached at Saint
Martin's Church. Thereafter, he was an ardent supporter of the
Reformation. Old original mezzotint portrait, cropped &
mounted, 7-3/4 x 8-7/8. Engraved by R. Houston (1721-1775).
Excellent 18th century portrait. VG...............150-200
98. [THEATRE] Eddie Leonard
(1870 - 1941) vaudevillian considered the
greatest American minstrel of his day, at a
time when minstrel shows were still
acceptable as entertainment. He performed in
vaudeville for 45 years before that medium
faded in the 1920s, and was known for such
songs as "Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider" and
"Roly Boly Eyes". He published his
memoirs&emdash;titled What a Life I'm
Telling You -- in 1934. Signed &
inscribed 11 x 9.5". Size is slightly larger
but there are faults along edges which are
not pictured below in scan. You are bidding
on the part showing below not the edge
problems..........60-80
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Leonard photo
99. [FRANCE] Émile-Jacques Gilbert
(1795 - 1874) French architect. In 1838
Gilbert was commissioned to reconstruct the hospital
for the insane at Charenton along modern more humane
lines recommended by Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol;
the new structure was completed in 1845. In 1843
Gilbert, as Architect of the City of Paris, was
commissioned to erect the first of the model
penitentiaries following designs of Guillaume-Abel
Blouet, the Mazas Prison, in Paris.[1] In 1858 he was
commissioned to build the new Hôtel Dieu opposite
Notre Dame on the Île de la Cité, Paris. Lengthy
1p. ALS, 1855, approx. 8-1/4 x 10-3/4". Speaks of
hygiene in architecture. VG...........100-150
See
Gilbert letter
100. (CIVIL
WAR) Document SIGNED, with 21 SIGNATURES,
including Colonel C. Burgess
of the 2nd Regiment Calvary Michigan. It mustered into
Federal service for a three-year enlistment on May 25,
1861. The following have not signed this document:
a key early supporter and recruiter was future general Israel B.
Richardson.The regiment included Sarah Emma Edmonds (aka
"Franklin Thompson") who had enlisted in Company F disguised as
a man. Anna Etheridge served as the regimental vivandiere.The
regiment was mustered out on August 1, 1865, at Detroit.The
regiment suffered 11 officers and 214 enlisted men who were
killed in action or mortally wounded and 4 officers and 143
enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 372 fatalities.
11”x17”..............75-100
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112. [FRANCE] Jean-François
de Hercé (1776-1849) was a dignitary
of the Catholic Church and French politician, mayor of Laval
then bishop of the diocese of Nantes. ALS, 2pp, approx.
8-1/2 x 13". VG. he played a role in the 1848
Revolution...........100-150
113. [FRANCE] Paul Lacroix (1806-1884),
French author and journalist, was born in Paris, the son of a
novelist. He is best known under his pseudonym of P.L.
Jacob, bibliophile, or Bibliophile Jacob, suggested by the
constant interest he took in public libraries and books
generally. Lacroix was an extremely prolific and varied writer.
More than twenty historical romances alone came from his pen,
and he also wrote a variety of serious historical works,
including a history of Napoleon III, and the life and times of
the Tsar Nicholas I of Russia. He was the joint author with
Ferdinand Séré of a five-volume work, Le moyen âge et la
renaissance (1847), a standard work on the manners, customs and
dress of those times, the chief merit of which lies in the great
number of illustrations it contains. His works on bibliography
were also extremely numerous, as was his periodical Revue
universelle des arts [Universal Review of the Arts], which he
founded in 1855. In 1885 he was appointed librarian of the
Arsenal Library, Paris. ALS, no date, 2pp, approx.
5-1/4 x 8". VG..............100-150
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114. [FRANCE] Jacques
Molinos (1743-1831) French architect.
Molinos was born in Lyon and studied in Paris at the Royal
Academy of Architecture under Jacques-François Blondel. Molinos
and Jacques-Guillaume Legrand collaborated on the design of the
Théâtre Feydeau (1789–1790, destroyed 1829). He was
inspector of civil buildings of the department of Seine and
architect of the city of Paris ( 1817 ). He completed the
construction of pavilions for granting pregnant farmers general
( 1804 - 1830 ), including the granting of building door
Charenton ( 1822 ) and the barrier Rochechouart ( 1826 ). He
built the Valhubert fountain, Saint-Honoré market ( 1809 ,
destroyed) and Popincourt Market ( 1829 - 1831 ). He built the
Old Hall machine, consisting of four pavilions around the
Carreau du Temple. In 1827 , he began the construction of
the church of Saint John the Baptist in Neuilly-sur-Seine ,
which was completed by his son Isidore Auguste Molinos . He was
elected member of the Academy of Fine Arts in 1829. ALS,
1818, lengthy one page. Approx. 7-3/4 x 10".
VG...........100-150
115. [FRANCE] 1589 French Mystery
Document on vellum, signed, 1p, approx. 12-1/2 x
6-3/4". In very fresh condition..........150-250
116. [FRANCE] Hugh
Robert-Jean-Charles de La Tour d'Auvergne-Lauraguais
(1768-1851) French cardinal. He was ordained
June 24, 1792 at the age of 23 years. Became vicar 'of Amiens,
he was appointed Bishop of Arras in April 29, 1802. Pope
Gregory XVI created the cardinal at the consistory of 23
December 1839. In 1840, he declined his appointment as
Archbishop of Paris. On 16 April 1846 he was appointed
cardinal-priest of St. Agnes Outside the Walls . However, the
death of Pope Gregory XVI he fails to reach Rome in time and can
not take part in the conclave of 1846. Letter Signed,
do not see year, 1p, approx. 6-3/4 x 8-1/2".
Identified as "To Monseigneur about invitation after "la
Ceremonie du Sacre" (most likely Napoleon I).
VG..........150-250
117. [FRANCE] 1692
French Mystery Document on vellum, signed,
approx. 5-1/2 x 7". Revenue stamp on both sides. In very
fresh condition..........100-150
120. [FRANCE] 1694 French Mystery Document on
vellum, signed, 3+ pages, approx.
5-1/2 x 7". Revenue stamp on back.
VG.........100-150
121. [FRANCE] 1694 French Mystery Document on
vellum, signed, 2+ pages, approx.
5-3/4 x 6-3/4". Revenue stamp on back.
VG.........100-150
122. [FRANCE] 1787 French Mystery Document on
paper, several signatures, 1-page,
approx. 7-1/2 x 9-1/4". Revenue stamp on front.
VG.........100-150
123. [FRANCE] 1738 French Mystery Document on
vellum, signed, 1-page, approx. 10 x
6-3/4". Revenue stamp on verso. VG.........100-150
124. [FRANCE] 1702 French Mystery Document on
vellum, signed, 3+ pages, approx.
5-1/4 x 7". Revenue stamp on back.
VG.........100-150
125. [FRANCE] 1672 French Mystery Document on
vellum, signed, 3+ pages, approx.
5-1/4 x 7". VG.........100-150
126. [CONFEDERACY]
Jefferson Davis. The [1938] reprint of his 2 vol. set THE RISE
AND FALL OF THE CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT, Garrett and Masie,
Richmond, Va., total 1279 pages. No dust jackets.
VG..............200-300
127. [CONFEDERACY] Douglas
Southall Freeman. 1st edition of his 4 vol. set R.E. LEE,
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934, no dust jackets. Red cloth.
VG...................350-450
128.
[NAPOLEON - Book] William Forsyth. HISTORY OF THE
CAPTIVITY OF NAPOLEON AT ST. HELENA; From the
Letters and Journals of the late Lieut-Gen Sir Hudson Lowe.
Publisher: John Murray, London; A superb three-volume set in
cloth, complete with large fold-out map in Vol.1; 495pp.;
490pp.; 529pp, engraved frontispieces to all volumes. Sunned
spines; rubbed corners; small suff-hole front cover vol. 1; vol.
2 cover loose; vol. 3 covers cracked...................250-350
129. [ART] Léonard Tsugouharu Foujita
(1886-1968) was a painter and printmaker born in Tokyo, Japan,
who applied Japanese ink techniques to Western style paintings. In 1910 when he was twenty-four
years old Foujita graduated from what is now the Tokyo
National University of Fine Arts and Music. His paintings
during the period before he moved to France were often signed
"Fujita" rather than the gallicized "Foujita" he adopted
later. Three years later he
went to Montparnasse in Paris, France. When he arrived there,
knowing nobody, he met Amedeo Modigliani, Pascin, Chaim
Soutine, and Fernand Léger and became friends with Juan Gris,
Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse. Foujita claimed in his
memoir that he met Picasso less than a week after his arrival,
but a recent biographer, relying on letters Foujita sent to
his first wife in Japan, clearly shows that it was several
months until he met Picasso. He also took dance lessons from
the legendary Isadora Duncan. Foujita had his first
studio at no. 5 rue Delambre in Montparnasse where he became
the envy of everyone when he eventually made enough money to
install a bathtub with hot running water. Many models came
over to Foujita's place to enjoy this luxury, among them Man
Ray's very liberated lover, Kiki, who boldly posed for Foujita
in the nude in the outdoor courtyard. Another portrait of Kiki
titled "Reclining Nude with Toile de Jouy," shows her lying
naked against an ivory-white background. It was the sensation
of Paris at the Salon d'Automne in 1922, selling for more than
8,000 francs. Within a few years,
particularly after his 1918 exposition, he achieved great fame
as a painter of beautiful women and cats in a very original
technique. He is one of the few Montparnasse artists who made
a great deal of money in his early years. By 1925, Tsuguharu
Foujita had received the Belgian Order of Leopold and the
French government awarded him the Legion of Honor.
Offered here is a rare pencil signed
lithograph, used as a 1960 Christmas card, greeting
part inside. Original lithograph on the front. Under
high powered magnification the ink on the inside portion
appears to be handwriting, HOWEVER, we believe that it is
printed. Provenance: from the personal collection
of Father William Dolan Fletcher, the print
collector, and author of the catalogue raisonne "John
Taylor Arms: A Man for All Time,", published in 1982.
Father Fletcher purchased many Albert Sterner prints from our
collection during the 1980s in preparation for a catalogue
raisonneon Albert Sterner but he passed away in 1986 without
its completion. Father Fletcher also wrote the catalogue raisonne on the etchings of Gerald
Brockhurst. DESCRIPTION: 7-3/8 x 5-1/8". Very fine
condition. Signed in pencil. There are a lot of
fake Foujita drawings out there so be careful. This
lithograph is guaranteed authentic..........600-800
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lithograph
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130. (AMERICAN ARTISTS - 20th Century) - DON BACHARDY (1934- )
celebrated Portrait Artist, SIGNED, inscribed 5x7 photograph
print of artist Kent Twitchell's portrait of him which he
painted on his house, with return address signed
envelope. CHARLES BANKS
WILSON (1918-2013) SIGNED large postcard
reprint of his portrait of "Jim Thorpe" signed on front.
CONRAD BUFF (1886-1979)
Artist and illustrator of children's books. ALS, 1975. ALPHAEUS PHILEMAN COLE
(1876-1988) Painter, Engraver and etcher. When he died at age
112, he was recorded as the oldest living artist in history,
ALS, 1975. WARREN KIMBLE -
Celebrated Folk Artist. SIGNED 6x8 reprint one of his
lighthouse, sailing ship scenes, signed on front. BERNARD FRAZIER (1906-1996)
American Sculptor, TLS 1948. HARRIET C. EDEN (1903-?
), known for her expressionist landscape painting.
SIGNED original still life drawing, dated 1935, on
verso of postcard. RALPH
FASANELLA (1915-1997) Painter. Self
taught whose large, detailed works depicted urban working life
and post WWII in America SIGNED postcard reproduction on
verso from his "Mill Series."................100-150
131. [ART] Willy
Seiler (1926-1989) Original pencil signed
& titled etching, OPIUM SMOKER, approx. 11.5 x 8.5" plus
margins. Shows a Chinese man clutching an opium water pipe
in one hand and a opium knife/bowl scraper in the other.
While he inhales smoke wafts up from the bowl. Signed and
title in pencil "Chinese Smoke" W.Seiler. Willy Seiler was a
German artist trained in Dresden, Munich and Paris. He settled
in Japan just after WWII. He was reknowned for his skilled
etchings depicting everyday life in Asia. Matted &
shrink-wrapped; not examined out of mat; scanned through
shrink-wrap. Appears to be very good condition...........200-300
132. [OLD MASTER ART] Original 18th century
mezzotint portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam, or simply Erasmus,
the Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, social
critic, teacher, and theologian. The artist is Richard Houston
(1721–1775) the Irish mezzotint engraver, whose career was
mostly in London. Born in Dublin about 1721, he became a pupil
of John Brooks, who was also the master of James McArdell and
Charles Spooner. He came to London about 1747, and some of his
early plates bear the address "near Drummond's at Charing
Cross". In debt to Robert Sayer the print-seller, he was
arrested and confined to the Fleet prison; according to Sayer
this in order that he might know where to find the dissipated
Houston. He was released in 1760, on the accession of George
III. As a free agent he was commissioned by Carington
Bowles. Houston died in Hetton Street, London, on 4
August 1775, aged 54. The cropped image is approx. 10 x 8"
plus mounting sheet. VG; slight/light foxing right edge.
Modest estimate given here based on dealer prices and auction
records. Another example of this particular portrait is
in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery in
London............200-300
133. [FRANCE - PHOTOGRAPHY] Original cdv photograph taken by Disderi
of Adolphe Thiers (1797–1877) who served as a
prime minister of France in 1836, 1840 and 1848. He was a
vocal opponent of Emperor Napoleon III. André-Adolphe-Eugène
Disdéri (1819-1889) French photographer who started his
photographic career as a daguerreotypist but gained greater
fame for patenting his version of the carte de visite
(cdv), a small photographic image which was mounted on a card.
Disdéri, a brilliant showman, made this system of
mass-production portraiture world famous. VG.
Rare!...........80-120
134. [MEDICINE] Levi
Bartlett (1763-1828) early American
doctor and son of Josiah Bartlett, who was the governor
of New Hampshire and signer of the Declaration of
Independence. Levi was born on September 3, 1763, and followed
his father into the medical profession, establishing a
practice in Kingston, New Hampshire, and becoming an eminent
citizen of the town. Among other appointments, he served as a
justice of the peace, Kingston postmaster, and lieutenant
colonel commandant in the 7th Regiment of the New Hampshire
militia. One page autograph manuscript written by
Dr. Bartlett, titled "Thoughts on the Vertigo,"
approx. 8 x 13". Slight paper burn right edge o/w in
very fresh condition. Provenance: Estate Sale of Josiah
Bartlett house in Kingston, NH, in 1989. For those
interested you can view video of this auction online. Google
for Martin Willis auction Josiah Bartlett.
Rare!............100-150
135. [MUSIC] Natalie
Cole (b. 1950) American singer, songwriter
and performer. The daughter of Nat King Cole. Signed,
inscribed color photo. 8x10. VG............25-35
136. (SPORTS LOT) MICHAEL SPINKS (1956- )
Boxer, Heavyweight Champion, SIGNED, 8x10 photograph, with
sentiment. DARRELL ROYAL (1924-2012)
Football Player, coach - TLS, 1971. TOM
WEISKOPF (1942- ) American Golfer - SIGNED
8x10 color photograph, inscribed. NANCY
LOPEZ (1957- ) American Golfer -
SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 photograph. HAZEL
HOTCHKISS WRIGHTMAN (1886-1974) American
Tennis Star - ANS, no date, sending birthday greetings.
STANLEY DANCER
(1927-2005) American harness racing driver and trainer. He was
the only horsemen to drive and train three Triple Crowns in
horse racing. In total, he drove 23 Triple Crown winners. TLS,
ny, nd with SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 reprint of cover of Sports
Illustrated with him on cover. ROD
LAVER, MBE (1938- ) Australian former
professional tennis player who holds the record for most singles
titles won in the history of tennis, with 200 career titles.
SIGNED 6x8 print of him playing tennis, with
titles............100-150
137. [MUSIC] Charlie Daniels
(b. 1936) American musician known for his contributions to
country and southern rock music. He is perhaps best known for
his number one country hit "The Devil Went Down to Georgia", and
multiple other songs he has written and performed. Daniels has
been active as a singer since the early 1950s. He was inducted
into the Grand Ole Opry on January 24, 2008, and the
Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2009. Signed 8x10
photo. VG.............35-45
138. [MUSIC] Randy Travis (b. 1959) American country music singer, songwriter and actor. Signed, inscribed color 8x10 photo. VG......25-35
139. [MUSIC] Peter
Duchin ( b. 1937) American pianist
and band leader. Signed 8x10 photo. VG..............25-35
140.
[MUSIC] Jose Feliciano
(1945) Puerto Rican virtuoso guitarist, singer and composer
known for many international hits, including his rendition of
The Doors' "Light My Fire" and the best-selling Christmas single
"Feliz Navidad". Signed, inscribed 5x7
photo............25-35
141. [FRANCE] Jean Chrysostome Louis Baron de Muller
(1774-1851) Mayor of Colmar from 1817-1830. Document
signed, 1826, written on both sides, approx. 8 x
12". Very good for its age..........100-150
142. Patent of Robert
P. Parrott, assignor to General Electric Company, for
Improvement in Airport Illumination, Granted April 9, 1935,
total 5 pages, 8 x 12.5". VG...........80-120
Scan 1
Scan 2
Scan 3
143.
[FRANCE] 1735 French Mystery Document
on vellum, signed, 1p, approx. 9-3/4 x
6". A cover page identifies as duc d'Orleans -
Thomas de Lescornay Dumont. A few spots near top
edge............100-150
144. [FRANCE] Pierre-Augustin-Bernardin
de Rosset de Fleury (1717-1780) French
prelate. Bishop of Chartres
from 1746-1780. Born in Castle Pérignan ( Aude ), is the
second son of John Hercules Rosset of Rocozels Fleury and Marie
de Rey, and grand-son of Bernardin de Rosset of Rocozels and
Marie Fleury (sister of Cardinal Fleury ). Was educated at the
Collège de la Marche in Paris, and the Sorbonne , where he
obtained the cap doctorate in theology in 1742. Appointed Bishop
of Chartres by royal patent, and confirmed in this position by
Pope Benedict XIV in 1746, he took the name of Peter VI. First
chaplain Leszczyńska Marie (1743) and Grand Chaplain
Marie-Antoinette (1774), he was made Commander of the Order of
the Holy Spirit in the royal chapel of the castle of Versailles
(1777). During the harsh winter of 1751-1752, he gave his silver
at the Mint for the relief of the destitute. At Chartres Bishop
rebuilt the episcopal palace. He died on January 13, 1780 the
palace of the Tuileries , where he had an apartment, and was
buried in Saint-Louis-du-Louvre in the family tomb.
Manuscript Document Signed, 1767, written by him, approx. 5-1/4
x 3". VG...........100-150
See document
145.
[FRANCE] François
Simonet de Coulmier (1741-1818) was a French Catholic priest,
originally a member of the Premonstratensian canons regular, and
an active member of the French legislature at the start of the
French Revolution and again during the First French Empire.
Coulmier was born at Dijon in 1741. While serving as the pastor
of Abbéville, he was elected as a representative of the First
Estate in the Estates General, later serving in the National
Constituent Assembly. It is not clear whether or not he was a
part of the juring clergy, who swore to the Civil Constitution
of the Clergy. He again served in the French legislature under
Napoleon. After that period, Coulmier became the Director of the
Charenton insane asylum, despite his lack of any professional
degree in the field of medicine. He was often criticized by the
medical establishment for his "overly liberal" methods of
treatment, as he favored allowing patients the right to express
themselves via art, and discouraged the widespread practices of
physical restraint and punishment of asylum inmate in that day.
He did not believe in many of the treatment practices which are
nowadays termed brutal, including locking patients in a wicker
cage, as well as the use of straitjackets and dunking. He also
employed treatments that at the time were considered quite
advanced, including diet, bleeding and purges. After Napoleon's
fall and the restoration of the Bourbons, Coulmier was relieved
of his duties, probably because of his revolutionary past.
Despite his significant contribution in the field of
mental health, today de Coulmier is known primarily for his
interactions with the Marquis de Sade, having been the
asylum director when Sade was institutionalized. Coulmier
provided Sade with writing supplies, permitted Sade's wife
to live in the asylum, and allowed Sade to produce a play
which featured other asylum residents as actors.
In the film Quills, Coulmier was portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix;
this drew criticism on the part of historians and disabled
activists, as the real Coulmier was extremely short, and has
been described as a hunchback. Coulmier is also represented in
Peter Weiss's famous play The Persecution and Assassination of
Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of
Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade.
Rare ALS, 1807, 1-1/4 pages, approx. 6.5 x 8.5".
In this letter he speaks about Charenton
insane asylum. Fine & RARE!..........300-400
146.
[FRANCE] Large 1557 French Document on vellum, ornate
signatures, fine blue oval ORDER OF MALTA handstamp.
Soiled & some creasing, old tape repairs along one fold line
[on back] a few holes. We call this fair condition. Large
21 x 33".............200-300
Scan 1 - the
letter
Scan 2
- the portrait
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148. [INDIANS] Sidney
Lawrence (1801-1892) U.S.
Representative from New York. ALS, Albany [NY], 1844,
1p. plus postmarked address leaf. This was written while he
was a member of the New York State Senate (4th D.) in 1843 and
1844. Lawrence complains that "The appointment of Mr. Atwater
to the IOndian Agency was in my judgement an unwise
injudicious selection in every point of view & I have
heretofore called on the comptroller & so advised him. But
could get no encouragement for a change at present ... I have
met with unexpected obstacles in the application for authority
to lease the Indian Lands & probably shall not succeed.
The State will buy if the Indians can be induced to
sell." With red Albany/NY postmark, mss. 18-1/2 postal
rate. Approx. 8x10".............50-75
149. [FILM]
Peter Lawford (1923-1984)
English-born American actor. He was a member of the "Rat Pack"
and brother-in-law to President John F. Kennedy, and more noted
in later years for his off-screen activities as a celebrity than
for his acting. In the 1940s to the 1960s he had a strong
presence in popular culture and starred in a number of highly
acclaimed films. Offered here is signed Agreement with
Billy Asher [employment]. Dated 1963,
2-pages, signed also by Billy Asher. Bill Asher (1921-2012) was one of the most
prolific early television directors, producing or directing
over two dozen series. With television in its infancy, Asher
introduced the sitcom Our Miss Brooks, which was adapted from
a radio show. He began directing I Love Lucy by 1952. In 1964,
he produced and directed Bewitched, which starred his
then-wife Elizabeth Montgomery. As a result of his early
success, Asher was considered an "early wunderkind of
TV-land," and is credited in one magazine article for
'inventing' the sitcom. Lawford signs as PRESIDENT of
Chrislaw Productions. They are hiring Asher for a
television series, likely the Patty Duke Show which aired in
1963. Peter Lawford's autograph is surprisingly uncommon
and always expensive when offered..........500-750
150. [FILM] Robert
"Bobby" Diamond (b. 1943) child
star and young-adult actor in the 1950s through the early 1970s.
He is best remembered after more than a half-century for his
role as Joey Clark Newton in the television series Fury, a
western which ran on NBC from October 15, 1955 through March 19,
1960. Signed contract to play the role of Eddie Davis
in the movie BILLIE, starring Patty Duke. Three pages, signed
twice. Folio..........100-150
152. [FILM] James
Coburn (1928-2002) American actor. Signed
8x10 photo. VG............40-60
158. [FRANCE] DECLARATION
DU ROY - dated
November 1704, approx. 7 x 9",
8-pages. Very fresh
condition..........100-150
See front page
160. [FRANCE] François-Joseph de Grammont
- French clergyman of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries,
born May 14, 1644 in Châtillon-Guyotte (now in the Doubs ) and
died August 20, 1717 the castle of Vieilley (Doubs). He was
Archbishop of Besançon from 1698 to 1717. Son of Lawrence
Theodule de Grammont and Jeanne Françoise de Poitiers, nephew 's
Antoine-Pierre de Grammont , he is an adjunct Archbishop of
Besançon in 1686 with the title of Bishop of Philadelphia. He
succeeded his uncle as archbishop of Besançon August 17, 1698.
Associated with the episcopal administration of his uncle, he
continued pastoral work. Documemnt signed May 18, 1711,
2pp., approx. 9x13". VG.........150-200
161. [FRANCE] Antoine Aubéry
(1616 - 1695) French historian. Son of an innkeeper of the rue
Saint-Denis in Paris, he became a lawyer in Parliament. Very
knowledgeable, he was one of the writers and apologists court
officials of France. Aubéry is the author of numerous historical
works, including: General History of Cardinals ( 1642 ); Memoirs
of the history of the Cardinal Duke of Richelieu ( 1660 ),
undertaken at the behest of the Duchess d'Aiguillon, niece of
Cardinal; History of Cardinal Mazarin ( 1688 ), which still
retains a great value thanks to extracts from registers of the
Parliament published later. Brief ADS, 1674, 1p, approx.
6-1/4 x 7". Fine..........100-150
163.
Group Captain Alfred Kitchener "Ken" Gatward (1914-1998) British Royal Air Force (RAF)
pilot of the Second World War. At
the outbreak of war in 1939, Gatward was a sergeant pilot and
was commissioned on 27 July 1940, and flew Bristol
Blenheims with No 53 Squadron on low level raids. Converting to
Bristol Beaufighters in 1941 he flew with No 236 Squadron. Intelligence gathered by Major Ben Cowburn of the
Special Operations Executive (SOE) in the early Spring of 1942
showed that the Germans paraded down the Champs-Elysees every
day between 12.15 and 12.45. With this information, Air Chief
Marshal Sir Philip Joubert de la Ferté, the Commander-in-Chief
of Coastal Command, devised a propaganda idea to boost the
morale of the French by draping the Arc de Triomphe with the
French Tricolour. He called in Flt Lt Gatward to see if he
would volunteer for the "unsafe" mission. Gatward had already
undertaken numerous low-level day light attacks, so he, along
with his navigator, Sgt Gilbert 'George' Fern, both agreed. The
plan was to fly low level down the Champs-Elysees, strafe the
German soldiers on parade, and as a back up target, attack the
Kriegsmarine headquarters in the Ministre de la Marine (the
former home of the French Naval Ministry). On the 5 May
1942 Gatward and Fern began to practice for the daring raid by
attacking a shipwreck in the English Channel. They also pored
over maps of Paris and the best routes to both get in and out of
the city. Prior to the raid Gatward and Fern obtained a
Tricolour from Portsmouth Harbour and had it cut into two. Each
section was weighted with iron and they tested dropping them
from a hangar roof to see how they unfurled. The flags were then
installed on their Bristol Beaufighter (code ND-C, serial
T4800). One section was to be draped over the Arc de Triomphe,
the other over the ministry. They first attempted the raid on
May 13, but encountered poor weather after crossing the French
coast. They were under orders to return if this happened.
On 12 June 1942, Gatward and Fern took off again at 1129 hours
from Thorney Island in heavy rain. Initial weather conditions of
ten tenths cloud at 2,000 feet with heavy precipitation were
encountered and the aircraft set course for the target at 1131
hours. Crossing the French coast a few miles eastward of Fecamp
at 1158 hours, the cloud cover thinned out and by they reached
Rouen there was bright sunshine. With excellent visibility the
aircraft passed over the suburbs of Paris at a very low altitude
and some light flak was encountered for the first time. They
circled the Eiffel Tower at 1227 hours. During this low level
flying he suffered a bird strike in his starboard engine
radiator but managed to fly on. At approximately 1228 hours he
banked to port and headed towards the Champs-Elysees. The
intelligence information about the time of the parade was
incorrect so there were no German soldiers to strafe, but Fern
released the first Tricolour down the flare shute over the Arc
de Triomphe. Gatward then attacked the Ministre de la Marine in
the Place de la Concorde, and strafed the building with 20mm
cannon shells, scattering German sentries. Fern, then dropped
the second part of the Tricolour. Gatward then turned for
home at 1230 hours and landed at RAF Northolt at 1353 hours.
Later intelligence confirmed that the parade had been assembling
at the time of the attack but had to be abandoned due to the
confusion following Gatward’s raid. Gatward was awarded an
immediate DFC for his actions that day and Fern received the
DFM. If you are still awake offered here is a 1981 special
cover, signed by Gatward. This cover was flown on the 70th
Anniversary of the first flight between London and Paris. See
scan. 7.5 x 4.5". Fine..............50-75
See above
164. [CIVIL WAR] Samuel L. Buck (1820-1892) Civil War Union Army Officer. He served as an officer in the pre-War New Jersey Militia, a position that helped him secure a commission of Major, 2nd New Jersey Volunteer Infantry on May 22, 1861. He helped over see his regiments training, and was present with them during the 1st Bull Run Campaign, where the 2nd New Jersey and its division were held in reserve. In January 1862, he was advanced to Lieutenant Colonel, replacing Isaac Tucker, who had been promoted to Colonel of the regiment. He then fought in the Spring 1862 Peninsular Campaign, and was promoted to Colonel and commander of the unit in July 1, 1862, replacing Colonel Tucker, who was killed at the Battle of Gaines Mill. He commanded the 2nd New Jersey through the subsequent battles of 2nd Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. On May 3, 1863 at Chancellorsville he led the regiment in the VI Corps attack on Salem Church near the town of Fredericksburg. He assumed command of his brigade after the repulse of their attack when its commander, Colonel Henry Brown of the 3rd New Jersey, was wounded. The next day, after being in brigade command for only a few hours, he was thrown from his horse and severely injured when it was startled by an exploding artillery shell while crossing Banks Ford. He spent the much of the next few months convalescing first in Washington DC, then in Newark, and missing the Battle of Gettsyburg. He returned to lead the regiment in the Fall 1863 Mine Run Campaign, and in the Spring 1864 Overland Campaign. He was mustered out in July 1864 when his term of service expired, having served a full three years in the Union Army. Clip signature, while Ass't. Adjutant General............40-60
165. [ART] Albert E. Sterner (1863-1946) American illustrator and painter. Sterner was born in London, and attended King Edward's School, Birmingham. After a brief period in Germany, he eventually moved to the United States in 1879 to join his family who had previously moved to Chicago. He soon began doing lithography, painting, and illustrations. He opened a studio in New York in 1885 and began doing illustrations for magazines including Harper's Magazine, Scribner's Magazine, The Century Magazine, and Collier's. In 1888 he became a student at Académie Julian in Paris. He returned to the United States in 1918. In 1918 he returned to America and began teaching at the Art Students League in New York. Institutions that have exhibited his work include the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Carnegie Museum, and the Art Institute of Chicago. Sterner's awards include the Carnegie Prize at the National Academy of Design in 1941. His New York Times obituary stated that he was perhaps best known for his portraits, but "he was also noted for his nudes, religious subjects, landscapes, still-life work and, in his earlier days, his book and magazine illustrations." Signature on 3-1/8 x 1-1/4" card..............25-35
166. [MUSIC] Gladys Swarthout (1900– 1969) American mezzo-soprano opera singer and entertainer. TLS, 1940, 1p. VG......50-75
167.
Corwin H. Spencer - capitalist. The Laclede Gas Light Co. Signed stock
certificate, 1895...........30-40
169. [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. Signed 1896 bank check made out to "Self" so
his signature is also on the verso......40-60
170.
[ART] Vincent
Ferraud (1800-1872)
French painter. Letter to
Minister saying he had 20 Expos in The
Louve, etc. Count de Portalis writes
1848 note at top saying Feraud is a
good citizen and painter and that he
has seen his painting "Christ".
VG............125-175
171. [MINING] Antoine T. Grande - ALS, Deadwood City, Feb. 1, 1877, 1p. Sent to A.M. Holter & Bro., Helena, Mt. Asks that the interest on his money be sent to him. Says winter has been dull......recently a number of Quartz lodes have been sold...one 4 days ago for $50,000. VG. Certainly worthy of research. The settlement of Deadwood began in the 1870s and has been described as illegal, since it lay within the territory granted to Native Americans in the 1868 Treaty of Laramie. The treaty had guaranteed ownership of the Black Hills to the Lakota people, and disputes over the Hills are ongoing, having reached the United States Supreme Court on several occasions. However, in 1874, Colonel George Armstrong Custer led an expedition into the Hills and announced the discovery of gold on French Creek near present-day Custer, South Dakota. Custer's announcement triggered the Black Hills Gold Rush and gave rise to the lawless town of Deadwood, which quickly reached a population of around 5,000. In early 1876, frontiersman Charlie Utter and his brother Steve led a wagon train to Deadwood containing what were deemed to be needed commodities to bolster business. The wagon train brought gamblers and prostitutes, resulting in the establishment of profitable ventures. Demand for women was high, and the business of prostitution proved to have a good market. Madam Dora DuFran would eventually become the most profitable brothel owner in Deadwood, closely followed by Madam Mollie Johnson. Businessman Tom Miller opened the Bella Union Saloon in September of that year. Another saloon was the Gem Variety Theater, opened April 7, 1877 by Al Swearengen who also controlled the opium trade in the town. The saloon was destroyed by a fire and rebuilt in 1879. It burned down again in 1899, causing Swearengen to leave the town. The town attained notoriety for the murder of Wild Bill Hickok [1876], and Mount Moriah Cemetery remains the final resting place of Hickok and Calamity Jane, as well as slightly less notable figures such as Seth Bullock. Deadwood became known for its wild and almost lawless reputation, during which time murder was common, and punishment for murders not always fair and impartial. Hickok's murderer, Jack McCall, was prosecuted twice, despite the U.S. Constitution's prohibition against double jeopardy , because of a ruling that Deadwood was an illegal town in Indian Territory and thus lacked the jurisdiction to prosecute or acquit McCall. This decision moved McCall's trial to a Dakota Territory court ("Indian Court"), where he was found guilty of murder and hanged. Rare letter written during these times.........100-150
172.
[BRITAIN] Harold Wilson
(1916-1995) twice Prime Minister. ANS, as member of the
House of Lords. VG.......40-60
See above
173.
[FRANCE] Jacques-Marie-Adrien-Césaire
Mathieu (1796–1875) Bishop of Langres
, Archbishop of Besançon and cardinal. Very active and
distinguished prelate, His episcopate is especially marked by
activism builder - 320 churches built, rebuilt or restored in
the diocese. His international influence was not
negligible. ALS, 1834, 1p, approx. 7.5 x 9.5". Left
edge mounted to stiff paper. VG...........100-150
175. [AMERICANA] Mixed multiple lot: [1] Robert F.
Wagner (1877-1953)
American politician. He was a Democratic U.S.
Senator from New York from 1927 to 1949. TLS,
1932, 1p. [2] John Bigler (1805-1871)
American lawyer, politician and diplomat. A
Democrat, he served as the third Governor of
California from 1852 to 1856 and was the first
California governor to successfully complete
an entire term in office, as well as the first
to win re-election. His younger brother,
William Bigler, was elected Governor of
Pennsylvania during the same period. Bigler
was also appointed by President James Buchanan
as the U.S. Minister to Chile from 1857 to
1861. CLIP SIGNATURE. [3]WILLIAM ANDREW
LEONARD (1848-1930)
4th Episcopal Bishop of Ohio (1889-1930), was
born in Southport, Conn. He graduated from St.
Stephen's College (1866) and received his B.D.
degree from Berkeley Divinity School (1871).
Ordained a deacon in 1871 and priest in 1872,
Leonard began a long career in the Anglican
church with a rectorship in Brooklyn, N.Y.
(1872-80). His popularity with national
leaders such as JOHN HAY , made while a rector
in Washington, D.C. (1880-89), helped overcome
a Tractarian-versus-evangelical dispute that
caused the Diocese of Ohio to vote 5 times
before electing him bishop coadjutor. Although
an evangelical himself, Leonard used his
personal wealth to adopt the lifestyle of his
neighbors on Euclid Ave.'s Millionaires' Row
as he cajoled them to financially support the
diocese. Leonard founded the Free Library in
Brooklyn, N.Y.; was a trustees of Kenyon
College; and helped St. John's Home for Girls
in Painesville. Diocesan clergy doubled, and
membership quadrupled during Leonard's
episcopacy. He supervised the building of
Trinity Cathedral and saved Kenyon College and
Bexley Hall from enrollment disasters caused
by the high church-low church dispute. He was
first president of Mid-West (1914-24) and
presiding bishop of the church (1929, 1930).
He supervised the American Episcopal churches
in Europe (1897-1906). TLS, as Bishop of Ohio,
1928, 1p, 8vo. To Miss Marguerite Thomas at
Cambridge, Mass. She was a poet and connected
with the famous Blackwell family. Great joy in
anticipation of your coming back to us. "I
expect to dedicate the new St. Paul's Church
on the Heights....It is a handsome building,
and the outlook is very hopeful." With
envelope. See
Leonard TLS [4] THE NILES'
NATIONAL REGISTER, Washington City, August 11,
1838, No. 24 - Vol. IV, 16 pages. Includes
news of Indian murders in Georgia; also
Florida; death of Commodore John Rodgers, and
much more. This newspaper began in 1811 and
was a prime source for national political news
of the first half of the19th century. VG. See
Niles paper [5] Samuel Wesley Stratton (1861-1931)
U.S. administrator and educator. In March
1901, President William McKinley appointed
him as the first director of the Bureau of
Standards. He served until 1923. He also
served as the president of MIT from January
1923 until 1930. DOCUMENT SIGNED, Department
of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of Standards
Certificate, 1906. Granted to S.I.P. Geneve
for ONE STEEL METER BAR, submitted by R.S.
Woodward, Carnegie Inst. Test No. 1581.
1-page, 8.5 x 11. Folds o/w fine. [6]Arthur E. Bestor (1879
-1944) educator who served with distinction as
President of Chautauqua Institution in
Chautauqua, New York from 1915 to 1944. Bestor
was a national force for adult education and
under his twenty-five year administration, the
Institution grew from an assembly for teachers
and ministers with modest facilities to a
wide-ranging summer program with a symphony
orchestra, an opera company, a resident
repertory theater company, and celebrated
lecturers. TLS, 1920, 1p, 8.5 x 11". To Miss
Helen Chase, Curch Sec'y, First Presbyterian
Church, Buffalo, NY. Re: speakers for
programs. [7] Antique Steel-engraving - Episcopal
Church, Richmond, Virginia. Image 7-1/2 x 5-3/4 in. plus
margins. VG. See
engraving [8] Alexander
Henry (1823-
1883) was the mayor of Philadelphia, Penn.,
during the Civil War. He was prominent in the
efforts to suppress Confederate sympathizers
within the city early in the war, and helped
organize civilians to assist in constructing
earthworks to defend the city during the 1863
Gettysburg Campaign. Clip
Signature. [9] Frederic Thomas Greenhalge (1842-1896)
Gov. of Mass. [1894-96]. ALS, 1893, 1-full page, 8.5 x
11". To Mr. Rice. Political content mentioning
Senator {Henry Cabot] Lodge. VG. [10]
(COLORADO GOLD RUSH OF 1896). JAMES F. BURNS -
Financier from the time of the Colorado Gold
Rush. Document Signed, The Exchange National
Bank, Colorado Springs, Colorado, January 17,
1916. Check for $2,000.00 issued to The Burns
Trading Company. Vignette of Eagle standing on
globe of the world. Signed by Burns on the
back as Treasurer.............100-150
176.
MYSTERY LOT of about
105 pieces from 19th
& 20th century.
Includes: letters;
documents; 5 bank
checks signed by the
noted artist, Douglas
Volk, known for his
portraits of Abraham
Lincoln, one used on
postage stamp, and
various ephemera.
Oldest item in this
lot is 1807. There is
also an 1843 bank
check signed by R.G.
Hazard [look him up].
Good lot for eBay
sellers or those who
like researching
items.....125-150
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177. (ROCKET
SCIENCE) Heinz-Hermann
Koelle (1925-2011) German
aeronautical engineer who made the preliminary designs
on the rocket that would emerge as the Saturn I. Closely
associated with Wernher von Braun's team at the Army
Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA), he was a member of the
launch crew on Explorer 1 and later directed the Marshall
Space Flight Center's involvement in Project Apollo.
SIGNATURE, attached to Postcard portrait has written
on verso & A note not signed - William
Hayward Pickering (1920-2004) New
Zealand born rocket scientist who headed Pasadena,
California's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). He was a
senior NASA luminary and pioneered the exploration of space.
Pickering was also a founding member of the United States
National Academy of Engineering. TLS 2001 -
Christopher Columbus
Kraft, Jr. (1924-) NASA engineer and
manager who was instrumental in establishing the agency's
Mission Control operation SIGNED CARD - Robert Rowe Gilruth (1913-2000)
American aviation and space pioneer. He is noted for being
the first director of NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center, later
renamed the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. SIGNED
8x10 NASA litho-photo of Apollo 16 Liftoff, signed on verso,
also SIGNED 10X8 Color NASA photograph of Neil Armstrong on
the Moon signed on verso by
Gilruth...............100-150
178. . (20th SCIENTISTS) Mahlon Bush Hoagland (
1921 - 2009) American biochemist who discovered transfer
RNA, the translator of the genetic code. ALS,
2002 Neil Bartlett
(1932-2008) British Chemist who specialized in fluorine, and
became famous for creating the first noble gas compounds.
SIGNED 5x7 color photograph. Svyatoslav Nikolayevich Fyodorov (1927-2000)
Russian ophthalmologist, politician, professor, full member
of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Russian Academy of
Medical Sciences. He is considered to be the father of the
ophthalmic microsurgery. SIGNED card 1977.
Roger John Williams (1893-1988)
American biochemist who named folic acid and discovered
pantothenic acid, ANS. John Zachary Young
(1907-1997) British Zoologist and neurophysiologist
-"one of the most influential biologists of the 20th
century. He was noted for his research and for the
imaginative understanding and interpretation of the nervous
system and brain function." TLS ,1992.
Dr Alice
Mary Stewart (1906-2002) British
physician and epidemiologist in social medicine and the
effects of radiation on health. Her study of
radiation-induced illness among workers at the Hanford
plutonium production plant, Washington, is frequently cited
by those who seek to demonstrate that even very low doses of
radiation cause substantial hazard. She was awarded the
Right Livelihood Award in 1986. TLS,
2001...........100-150
179. (
DUKES OF BEAUFORT LOT) Duke of Beaufort
is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created by
Charles II in 1682 4 SIGNATURES
Henry Somerst
(1844-1803) 5th Duke - Master of the Horse to Queen
Charlotte, Lord Lt. of Leistershire and
Brecknockshire, CLIPPED SIGNATURE. HENRY CHARLES SOMERSET (1766-1835)
6th Duke Tory member of Parliment, Lord Lt. of Monmouthsire,
Gloucestershsire, HIgh Steward of Bristol CLIPPED SIGNATURE.
HENRY SOMERSET,
Maj. (1792-1853)7th Duke - British Military Soldier, Aide de
Camp to the DUKE of WELLINGTON in Portugal and Spain. Member
of Palrlimen, LORD OF the ADMIRALTY, HIgh Steward of Bristol
- SIGNED ADDRESS PANEL. Captain Henry Charles FitzRoy SOMERSET (1824-1899)
8th Duke- Briish Soldier and Politician-Aide de Camp to the
Duke of WELLINGTON and also Viscount HARDINGE, Member of
Parliment, Master of the horse to QUEEN VICTORIA, Privy
Counsellor. CLIPPED SIGNATURE, from
ALS...........75-100
180. [FILM] 1965 contract with John "Jack" Russell as the
Cinematographer for the film "Billie". Dated May 12, 1965,
1p., signed in ink by Milton Ebbins for Chrislaw
Productions. Russell was nominated in 1961 for an Academy
Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White "Psycho"
(1960). Russell worked extensively on both "Alfred
Hitchcock Presents" and "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour". Milt
Ebbins was a well-liked Hollywood insider who directed the
careers of actors, musicians and comedians. For more than 30
years, he was the personal manager of actor Peter
Lawford. Ebbins was a well-connected show business
manager who was a liaison between Hollywood and the Kennedy
White House. Approx. 8.5 x 11". VG Signed only by
Ebbins............50-75
181.
[FILM] Billy De Wolfe (1907-1974) American character
actor. He was active in films from the mid-1940s until his
death in 1974. He was a good friend of Doris Day from the
time of their meeting during the filming of Tea for Two
(1950) until his death. Contract signed 1965, to play the
part of Mayor Davis in the film "BILLIE" starring Patty
Duke.
182. [FILM] Jim Backus (1913-1989) American radio,
television, film, and voice actor. Among his most famous
roles are the voice of nearsighted cartoon character Mr.
Magoo, the rich Hubert Updike III on the radio version of
The Alan Young Show, Joan Davis's character's husband (a
domestic court judge) on TV's I Married Joan, James Dean's
character's father in Rebel Without a Cause and Thurston
Howell, III on the 1960s sitcom Gilligan's Island. He also
starred in his own show of one season, The Jim Backus
Show, also known as Hot off the Wire.
183. [ART] Edward
H. Potthast (1857-1927) American
Impressionist painter. He is known for his paintings of people
at leisure in Central Park, and on the beaches of New York and
New England. His work is included in many major museums in the
United States. Clip Signature, top corner missing.
About 4-3/4 x 2-1/4".........50-75
184. [ART] William
Holbrook Beard (1825-1900)
American painter. Beard was born in Painesville, Ohio. He
studied abroad, is associated with the Düsseldorf school of
painting, and in 1861 moved to New York City, where, in 1862, he
became a member of the National Academy of Design. Beard was a
prolific artist. His humorous treatment of bears, cats, dogs,
horses and monkeys, generally with some human occupation and
expression, usually satirical, gave him a great vogue at one
time, and his pictures were largely reproduced. Clip
Signature, about 3-3/4 x 3/4"...........25-35
185. [ART] Samuel
Colman (1832-1920) American painter,
interior designer, and writer, probably best remembered for his
paintings of the Hudson River. Clip Signature, about
3-3/4 x 3/4"...........25-35
186.
[GOODYEAR COMPANY] Charles
Goodyear (1800-1860) American inventor who
developed a process to vulcanize rubber in 1839 — a method that
he perfected while living and working in Springfield,
Massachusetts in 1844, and for which he received patent number
3633 from the United States Patent Office on June 15, 1844.
Offered here is a "copy" of 1849 letter from Charles Goodyear
requesting a patent for Goodyear Transparent Cement. Two
pages, contained in an elaborate mat with wooden inserts.
Provenance: Goodyear Family. Overall size approx. 25-1/2 x
19". Obviously a latter copy of the letter, probably circa
1900, possibly earlier. VG.........150-250
187.
[ART] Carleton Wiggins
[1848-1932] American landscape and cattle painter.
He was born in Orange County, New York, and studied in New York
at the National Academy of Design and with George Inness, and in
Paris, and settled in New York. His landscape were executed in
broad flowing lines, with a rich low-toned color scheme, and
often contain cattle, solidly and realistically portrayed. Signed
card, approx. 3-1/2 x 1-3/4". ...........30-40
See Wiggins
signature
188.
[FRANCE] Medieval Document
from 1366 on vellum, 1 page, approx. 8
x 6.5". Quite fresh condition. See small slip [scan 2]
identifies as being from Montils...........300-400
189. [ABRAHAM
LINCOLN] Archive from the
Herbert Wells Fay Collection.
Herbert W. Fay (1859-1949) was custodian of the
Abraham Lincoln Tomb and Monument in Springfield
from 1921 until his death. He is buried just 100
yards from Lincoln’s tomb. Custodian Johnson
died in 1921. Shortly afterward, Herbert Wells Fay
of DeKalb, Illinois, was appointed his successor.
Fay was "a noted Lincoln collector" who owned a
large photograph collection, making him a logical
choice at a time when Memorial Hall was used for the
display of relics. Fay soon became a popular figure
in Springfield. He wrote a column for a local
newspaper in which he provided news of visitors to
the Lincoln Tomb and details of events there. His
collection of Lincoln relics and photographs, housed
in glass-topped display cases in Memorial Hall, was
the focal point of his lectures to visitors. He
encouraged them to ask about the mementos, and when
they did, he provided elaborate accounts of how each
one was acquired. His entertaining lecture-tour of
the tomb "abounded in dramatic incidents," as Fay
retold the story of the attempt to steal Lincoln's
remains. "To those of us who know him," wrote one
admirer, "the venerable Custodian of the Tomb is
second only to the shrine itself." Includes: 3
signed photos: John R. Gregg, & 2 others, one of
which is pictured in scan below, inscribed to Fay.
Irene Bewley [Mountain Monologues] signed &
inscribed to Fay, 1944. Three ALSs, one from King
Hostick [the great Lincoln collector], another dated
1909 from L.D. Bradley of the Chicago Daily News,
plus another unidentified. Life magazine clipping
signed by noted photograph Fritz Goro. Plus TLSs by
Francis Curtis, Dir. of Republican Congressional
Committee, and one from Winnifred Mason Huck
(1882-1936) American journalist and politician from
the state of Illinois who became the third woman to
serve in the United States Congress, after Jeannette
Rankin and Alice Mary Robertson, the first woman to
represent Illinois in Congress, and the first
mother. All in very good
condition..........150-200
See
scan 1
See
scan 2
190. [ART] Le Chevalier Langlois [Jean-Charles Langlois. 1789-1870] French soldier and painter. Langlois was born in Beaumont-en-Auge. He graduated from the École Polytechnique in 1806 and fought, as an infantry officer at the battles of Wagram, Gerona and Waterloo with a bravery that had him seriously injured and appointed colonel at the young age of twenty-six. After he retired on half-pay, Langlois devoted himself to painting. Studying with Girodet-Trioson, he specialized in landscapes, painting battles only, for he considered these to embody the most intense experiences life could offer. His paintings include the Fire of Moscow, the Battle of Eylau, the Battle of the Nile, the Battle of Montereau, the Battle of Borodino, the Battle of Wagram. He also used photography to document the Crimean War where he traveled with photographer Léon-Eugène Méhédin. He specialized in panoramic painting after having seen the Panorama of Athens by the first French panorama painter Pierre Prévost. Many of his panoramas were destroyed during the Siege of Paris of 1870. In 1873, Langlois' family bequeathed 256 paintings representing battles and military panoramas to the musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen. These paintings were transferred in 1888 to the Pavillon des sociétés savantes, an 18th-century building spruced up at his niece's expense to house the Langlois museum. Half of the works exhibited there were destroyed in 1944 during the Battle for Caen. François-Émile de Lansac was his pupil. Offered here is a rare ALS, 1817, 1p, 8-1/4 x 12-3/4. Content unknown. VG+.............175-275
See picture of battle scene painting
191. [FRANCE] JOURNAL
MILITAIRE, DEDIE, A MONSIEUR, FRERE DU ROI -
dated 1787, two years before the
Revolution, during the Reign of Louis XVI.
Extremely rare prospectus for the foundation of
a sort of military magazine. DEDIE FO "Monsieur"
(brother of Louis XVI) speaking extensively
about war & many glorious officers.
15-pages, approx. 5-1/2 x 8-1/4". Even
overall toning. VG......100-150
Page
1
Last
2 pages
192. [FILM] Johnny
Depp (b.
1963) American actor. Signed color 8x10
photo [youthful]. VG...........50-75
See
Depp photo
194. [FILM] WALTER MATTHAU (1920-2000) Actor, Academy Award Winner TLS, 1990, 1p. VG............35-45
195. [MUSIC] RONNIE GILBERT
(b. 1926) Folk Singer with ”The Weavers”. Brief ALS, no
date, on verso of collecto's letter.......25-35
196. [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
197. [FILM] PATRICIA NEAL (1926-2010)
Actress, Academy Award Winner. TLS, no date, 1p.
VG...........40-60
198. MARIA VON TRAPP (1905-1987)
Singer, Entertainer, matriarch of the Trapp Family Singers .
SIGNED match book cover from a collector who years ago collected
hundreds of celebrities on such.............40-60
199. ( BLACK FILM HISTORY) HARRY
CLIFFORD SCOTT (1879- ?) EDDIE WALLEY (1877-?)
They were the 1st black performers to star in a British film.
Later to appear in 1938 in the movie “Take Off That Hat”. They
met in 1905 went to the UK in 1909 to perform on the music hall
stage. RARE signed CARD...........50-75
200. [FILM] SIR JOHN MILLS
(1908-2005) British Actor of stage and film, Academy Award
Winner. SIGNED typescript from “Un In the Clouds, Gentleman
Please.” VG.............40-60
201. "Jack" LaLanne (1914 - 2011) American fitness, exercise, and nutritional expert and motivational speaker who is sometimes called "the godfather of fitness" and the "first fitness superhero. Signed, inscribed 7x7 photo. VG...........25-35
204.
[IRISH LITERATURE] Aubrey Thomas de Vere [1814-1902]. Irish
poet and critic. Wrote The Waldenses and Other Poems (1842),
English Misrule and Irish Misdeeds (1848), devotional verse
and hymns; turned to Irish bardic lore and ecclesiastical
medievalism in Inisfail (1862), Legends of St. Patrick
(1872). ALS, 1870, 1p. Asks to have a copy of his book "The
Infant Bridal" sent to Mrs. Burrows............75-100
205. [SIGNED
BOOK] Albert L. Murray
(b. 1916 in Nokomis, Mobile County, Alabama) is an
African-American literary and jazz critic, novelist and
biographer. SIGNED, inscribed copy of his book "From the
Briarpatch File", dated 2002, 195 pages, with very
good dust jacket. First edition. Murray and the American
painter Romare Bearden were close friends and influenced
each other's art. Bearden's 1971 six-panel, 18-foot collage
"The Block" was inspired by the view from Murray's Harlem
apartment.........40-60
206. Susan Ertz (1894 - 1985) British fiction writer and novelist. ALS on notecard, no date, 5-1/4 x 3-1/4. VG.........40-60
207.
[THEATRE] Sir Herbert
Beerbohm Tree (1852-1917) English
actor and theatre manager. ALS, [1900?], 1p, Royal Box is
reserved. To Sir Spencer. VG.........40-60
208. Elmer Rice
(1892-1967) American playwright. He is best known for
his plays The Adding Machine (1923) and his Pulitzer
Prize-winning drama of New York tenement life, Street Scene
(1929). ALS, 1953, 1p, thanking recipient for la place
to reherse his new play, not mentioned but probably "The
Grand Tour", signed "Elmer", on his personal
stationary.............150-200
210. Kenneth Roberts (1885-1957) American author of historical novels. In 1957, two months before his death, Roberts received a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation "for his historical novels which have long contributed to the creation of greater interest in our early American history." SIGNED Bookplate mounted to postcard............30-40
211. [FRANCE] Eugene Marsan [1882-1936] Right-wing French author. He wrote the first French biography of Mussolini. ALS, 1902, 1p, 4-1/2 x 6-1/4 in. Irrregular/toned left edge........50-75
212. (Colonial Philadelphia ) THOMAS P. COPE (1768-1854) American Merchant, Quaker, Philanthropist, Author, he was the son of Caleb Cope. He was originally from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He became one of Philadelphia's wealthiest citizens, and a politician. He authored "Passages from the Writings of William Penn", also his daughter wrote "Philadelphia Merchant, the Diary of Thomas P. Cope." - PAUL BECK (1760-1844) Revolutionary War Soldier, Wealthy Philadelphia Merchant and philanthropist. He joined the Revolutionary War and was an associate of General Thomas Miflin, and the Clymers. He protected the home of Declaration of Independence SIGNER James Wilson, and is mentioned in the summary of "The Lives of The Signers". He was one of Philadelphia's most eminent personalities and philanthropists. - EDWARD THOMSON (1810-1870) Prominent Philadelphia Bishop, Physician. He was against Methodism., but years later converted and in 1831 became a traveling preacher He was appointed President of Wesleyan University and was for 16 years. He later became Bishop. SIGNATURES of ALL THREE, mounted to a larger piece of very old paper.............50-75
213. [MUSIC] Cora
de Wilhorst [b. 1835] Opera
singer. Signature with sentiment dated 1858. VG...........20-30
214. [FILM] JO VAN FLEET (1914-1996)
Actress, Academy Award. Brief ALS, 1979.
VG.............35-45
215. Benjamin Fine [1905-1975] Am. journalist, author. TLS, 1956........20-30
216. Carl Hayden [1877-1972] US senator [Ariz.] TLS, 1964, 1p........20-30
217. [MUSIC] Lugi
Ottolini - Italian Opera
Singer, associated with the Chicago Lyric Opera and Metropolitan
Opera Co. ANS, no date.......25-35
218. [MUSIC] Connee Boswell [1907-1976] American vocalist who performed in the 1930s with The Boswell Sisters. Signed & inscribed 8x10 photo. VG...........30-40
219. Ignacio
Mariscal [1829-1910] important
Mexican writer and diplomat . He was Vice President, as well as
Secretary of Foreign Affairs in 1871 - 1872. Signed card,
1876.....25-35
220. [POETRY] John Hall Wheelock (1886-1978) American poet. He was a descendant of
Eleazar Wheelock, founder of Dartmouth College. He wrote
fourteen books of poetry and was co-winner of the 1962 Bollingen
Prize. As an editor, he is noted for discovering young poets
like May Swenson and James Dickey. Signed 1p. typescript of his
poem "To You, Perhaps Yet Unborn, That Some Day May Read These
Rhymes."..........50-75
221. [NOBEL PRIZE] PAUL BOYER (1918- ) American Chemist - Nobel Prize 1997 - he formulated a hypothesis to describe what he calls "the most prominent chemical reaction in the whole world." It is the process by which molecules produce ATP (adenosine triphosphate), thereby transmuting light, air, water and food into the energy required for both plant and animal life. SIGNED 4x6 portrait PHOTO..........25-35
222. ANTONIO RUIZ SOLER "Antonio " (1922-1998) Spanish Dancer/Choreographer. One of
the most celebrated Flamenco and Ballet stars of Spain in the
last century. Became Director of the Spanish National Ballet.
SIGNED/inscribed 5x7 dtd 1982. VG..........25-35
223. [EARLY FILM] CLARA KIMBALL
YOUNG (1890-1960) film actress, who was
highly regarded and publicly popular in the early silent film
era. SIGNATURE on Album Page dated 1947. VG..............40-60
224. [FILM] PATRICIA NEAL
(1926-2010) Actress, Academy Award. TNS on card, 2001.
Fine.........30-40
225. [MUSIC] Jack Palmer (1900-1976) American composer, pianist, Jazz musician. Signed, inscribed vintage 8x10 photo. VG.............25-35
226. [MUSIC] Ferdinand Q. Dulcken (1837-1902) German concert pianist and composer.
ANS, no date, not translated. Approx. 6-3/4 x 3".
VG...........40-60
227. [MUSIC] Pavel Blatny (b. 1931) Czech composer, conductor. One of the first modernist composers of Czechoslavkia. Signed biographical brochure from 1974. The booklet has been inscribed with sentiment dated 1974. Appr.c 4 x 8"........25-35
228. [MUSIC] Sir (Herbert) Hamilton Harty (1879-1941) Irish composer, conductor, pianist and organist. After an early career as a church organist in his native Ireland, Harty moved to London at about age 20, soon becoming a well-known piano accompanist. The Musical Times called him "the prince of accompanists". As a composer he wrote throughout his career, many of his works being well received, though few are regularly performed in the 21st century. Signed card, 1930. VG......30-40
229. [MUSIC] Johannes Wolff (1869-1947) Leading German musicologist, medieval
music expert, and violinist. A close friend of the artist John
Singer Sargent who painted a celebrated portrait of Wolff.
Signature..........25-35
230. ELECTION DE
TONNERRE - Document
dated 1775 [during reign of Louis XVI], signed. Approx. 7.5 x
4.5". Excellent condition..........50-75
231. [MUSIC] Franz Kullak (1844-1913) German composer and pianist. ALS, Berlin, 1875, 1p, 4.5 x 7". VG..........50-75
232. [MUSIC] Emanuele Bucalo (1864-1941) Italian opera star - considered one of the greatest baritones of his time. ALS, Milan, 1904, 1p. Not translated. VG........50-75
233. [MUSIC] Radie Britain (1899-1994) American pianist and composer. ALS, 1989, 1p......40-60
234. [ART] Charles Biederman (1906-2004) American artist best known for his three-dimensional painted aluminum constructions, created from the early 1950s to the late 1990s, in which brightly colored squares and rectangles are arranged in patterns projecting out from a flat background. His works are represented in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York; the Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C.; Tate Gallery in London; Art Institute of Chicago; Walker Art Center, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and the Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis and other museums in the United States and western Europe. TLS, 1985, 1p.VG.........50-75
235. Dinah Maria Craik (born Dinah Maria Mulock, also , also often credited as Miss Mulock or Mrs. Craik) (1826-1887) English novelist and poet. Clip signature, with sentiment from ALS........25-35
236. [FRANCE]
Emmanuel Roblès (1914-1995) Algerian-French author. He was
elected a member of the Académie Goncourt in 1973.
SIGNED/INSCRIBED [on the back] 5x7 photograph which he dates
[19]91. Fine...............35-45
237. [ART] Adolphe Desbarrolles (1801-1886) French artist. He is considered the father of modern chiromancy, aka palmistry or palm reading, a form of divination. A friend of Dumasd he accompanied him on many trips abroad. ALS, no date, 2-1/2pp................50-75
239. [ART] Louis-François Raban [1795-1870] French engraver and writer. At age 19 Raban enlisted in the artillerymen, in 1814 and participated, with the polytechnic School, in the defence of Paris. He was an avid admirer of the Emperor Napoleon and wrote a book about him under the pseudonym, the Comte de Barins. He was a member of the Secret Society of Les Saisons [very important in the 1839 Revolution]. He was arrested in the act of making bullets for the revolutionaries. Despite being an exceedingly prolific writer not only of biographical dictionaries but also 'bodice-rippers', and (as we have seen) that he tried to profit from contemporary politics to enhance his sales, he never managed to emerge from extreme poverty and died supported by his daughter at the fall of the Second Empire in 1870. "The issue of the powder plot of the Rue de Poursine was the condemnation of twenty-four individuals to various sentences of fine and imprisonment, from 300 to 3000 francs, and from four months to two years. Among the rest, Blanqui, Beaufotir, and Robier, figured as the highest mulcts, the longest terms, and each two years of surveillance at the expiration of their punishment. In November 1838, another manufactory of cartridges was discovered, and Raban, an en graver in the Palais Royal, the principal, condemned to two years in prison, two of his associates to eighteen and three months. A very large quantity of ammunition was also seized ; and every thing went to prove that the formation of secret societies to overturn the government had not ceased for an instant...." Two ALS letters, both 1829, written to Cassin. One is a lengthy 2-page letter [age toned paper], and the other one-page. Certainly worthy of further research!............100-150
240. [SHOW BIZ] Pinky Lee (1907-1993) burlesque comic and host of a children's television program, The Pinky Lee Show, in the early 1950s. Signed vintage contract, March 4, 1936, 2pp. Appears he'll be paid $45 to appear at the Norshore in Chicago. VG. Two small mounting remains affect very little. With unsigned 8x10 photo............50-75
241. [FILM] Heinz Woester (1901&endash;1970) was a Swiss film and television actor. Signed, inscribed postcard photo. Condition very good; minor corner crack..........25-35
242. [MUSIC] Country Joe McDonald (b. 1942) American musician who was the lead singer of the 1960s psychedelic rock group Country Joe and the Fish. Signed 10x8 printed picture. Only very minor faults.........25-35
243. [MUSIC] Lorin Maazel [b.1930] conductor, composer and violinist. Signed, inscribed 5x7 photo. VG.......25-35
244. [DANCE] Merce Cunningham [1919-2009] American dancer and choreographer who was at the forefront of the American avant-garde for more than 50 years. Throughout much of his life, Cunningham was considered one of the greatest creative forces in American dance. Signed, inscribed 9x11 picture removed from some publication. VG........50-75
245. [FILM - THEATRE] Marie Lohr (1890 - 1975) Australian film and stage actress. Her first film appearance was in the 1932 film version of Aren't We All?, and &emdash; having appeared in several of George Bernard Shaw's works onstage - her subsequent films included two Shaw adaptations. Signed 1929 real photograph postcard, 3.5 x 5.5". Top right corner crack.............40-60
246. John Gunther (1901-1970) American journalist and author whose success came primarily in the 1940s and 1950s with a series of popular sociopolitical works known as the "Inside" books. He is best known today for the memoir "Death Be Not Proud" about the death of his teenage son, Johnny Gunther, from a brain tumor. Signed 1966 First Day Cover honoring Bill of Rights. Signed and inscribed. Clean with cachet.........30-40
247. Albertus Christiaan van Raalte (1811-1876) 19th century pastor in the Reformed Church in America. He led the Dutch immigrants who founded the city of Holland, Michigan in 1846 and played an important role in establishing the school that would become Hope College. Signed Autograph Card, dated Chicago, 1872......25-35
248. RELIGION] Charles-Francois Turinaz [1838-1918] Catholic Archbishop. Extremely long ALS, 1902, 4 very full pages. Fine. Not translated.........50-75
249. [THEATRE] 4 SIGNED vintage photos [postcard size] of British actresses: [1] Jose Collins [1887-1958] celebrated for her performances in musical comedies and early silent screen movies. [2] Evelyn Laye [1900-1996] theatre & film actress. [3] Cicely Alice Debenham [1891-1955] 1920s musical comedies. [4] Violet Vanbrugh [1867-1942] her career lasted more than 50 years. Signed in dark area so poor contrast.........80-120
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250. [FILM & THEATRE] 4 SIGNED vintage photos [postcard size] of British actors: [1] Leslie Lincoln Henson [1891-1957] comedian. [2] Raiph Lynn [1882-1962] stage & screen. Signature possibly facsimilie. [3] Harry Welchman [1886-1966] early silent screen. [4] Edward O'Connor Terry [1844-1912] one of the most influential actors of the Victorian era. Signed photo dated 1907. Superb photo although signed in dark area...........75-100
251. [THEATRE] Adelaide Ristori (1822-1906) distinguished Italian tragedienne, who
was often referred to as the Marquise. AQS, dated London July
16, 1873, written on 8x3 in. card. Fresh
condition..........30-40
252. [TV] ART LINKLETTER
(1912-2010) Entertainer, author. TLS, 1983, lengthy 1p.,
about "success.". VG............40-60
253. [MUSIC] William Schuman (1910-1992) American composer and music administrator. Brief TLS, 1988. Fine.........25-35
254. [ART] Peter Blume [1906-1992] American artist. Blume, born in Smarhon, Russia (present-day Belarus], in a Jewish family, emigrated with his family to New York City in in 1912; the family settled in Brooklyn. He studied art at the Educational Alliance, the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design, and the Art Students League of New York, establishing his own studio by 1926. He trained with Raphael Soyer and Isaac Soyer, exhibited with Charles Daniel, and was patronized by the Rockefeller family. An admirer of Renaissance technique, Blume worked by drawing and making compositional cartoons before putting his work on canvas. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1932 and spent a year in Italy. His first major recognition came in 1934 with a first prize for South of Scranton at a Carnegie Institute International Exhibition. The painting was inspired by a trip across Pennsylvania in an old car that required frequent repair. Eternal City [1934-1937] was politically charged, portraying Benito Mussolini as a jack-in-the-box emerging from the Coliseum; as a one-man, one-painting exhibition, it excited considerable attention from critics and audiences. Signed soft-cover catalog of his paintings & drawings, publ. 1964, 26pp, plus many more pages of illustrations. About 7.5 x 10. Signed inside on flyleaf - bold signature............50-75
See Blume catalog
255. [FILM] WALTER M. MIRISCH (1921)
Film Producer, Academy Award winner. Producer of some of
the finest and most memorable films. SIGNED 8x10
photograph. VG.............40-60
256. [MUSIC] Leslie Bassett (b. 1923) American composer of classical music, and the University of Michigan's Albert A. Stanley Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Composition. Bassett received the 1966 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his Variations for Orchestra. AMQS on 3x5 card. VG.........50-75
257. [LAW] John Augustus (1785 -1859) Boston boot maker who is called the "Father of Probation" in the United States because of his pioneering efforts to campaign for more lenient sentences for convicted criminals based on their backgrounds. Brief ADS, Boston, 1821. "Mr. Wm. Barry Sir please deliver the bearer one Hat & charge the same to your acc." 8 x 2-3/4 in. VG...........75-100
258. André Henri Constant van Hasselt (1806-1874) Flemish poet. Van Hasselt's fame has continued to increase since his death. A series of tributes to his memory are printed in the Poesies choisies (1901), edited by M. Georges Barral for the Collection des poètes français de l'etranger. This book contains a biographical and critical study by Jules Guillaume, and some valuable notes on the poet's theories of rhythm. Rare signed 4 page handwritten poem titled "Adieu", dated 1928. Very early example. VG............100-150
259. [MUSIC] Sir Julius Benedict [1804-1885] German-born composer and conductor, resident in England for most of his career. BRIEF ALS WRITTEN ON BOTH SIDES, 1861. Moderate toning at bottom edge...........50-75
260. [THEATRE] Early Stage Actors - signatures of: James Powers, Sydney Parradough, Eric Hope, Richard Golden, Max Freeman, Stephen Grattan, Harold Blake......50-75
261. [THEATRE] Gertrude
Elliott
(1874-1950) American actress. ALS, 1917, 1p. Her husband
was the actor Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson.
VG...........40-60
See letter
262. [THEATRE] Ruth Draper (1884-1956) American actress, dramatist and noted diseusewho specialized in character-driven monologues. Draper's inspiration to become an actress came from pianist Ignacy Jan Paderewski, a friend of her family. She made her Broadway debut in the 1916 play A Lady's Name by Cyril Harcourt, and by 1921 was becoming well known as monologist, or more specifically diseuse, appearing in monodramas. With a chair, shawl and occasional table as her only props, Draper entertained audiences in a half dozen languages worldwide for nearly forty years. Such theatre legends as George Bernard Shaw, Thornton Wilder, John Gielgud, Katharine Hepburn, Maurice Chevalier, Laurence Olivier, and Uta Hagen were among those dazzled by Draper's artistry and talent, as were Henry James, Henry Adams, and Edith Wharton. ALS, 2pp, with envelope postmarked 1936. To James Webb Jr. (1916-2000) Vanderbuilt heir, while he was attending Yale University. Watson became a film editor. Fine.........60-80
263. [THEATRE] Maud Skinner (1874-1936) American actress.
ALS. no date, written on both sides of 5-1/4 x 3-1/2" card.
Regarding invitation which she must refuse as her husband [actor
Otis Skinner] is away and she has a long standing commitment.
VG............30-40
264. [THEATRE] Celine Montaland (1843-1891) French actress who made her debut at age twelve at the Palais Royal in Paris. But she soon left the theater world for a Russian prince and became scandalous. Attempting to make a comeback, Montaland performed opera-bouffe at the Grand Opera House of New York, but with little success. Montaland returned to Paris where she undertook the serious study of drama. She was soon engaged by the prestigious Comedie Francaise and became one of the leading actresses of France. Eugène Marin Labiche, the dramatist, wrote several roles for her. ALS, no year, 3pp, 4-3/8 x 7". Excellent condition...........80-120
265. [THEATRE] Noel Coward's "WEEK END" - an archive concerning this play by Coward: Andree Mery [translator of this play] signed 1946, contract, 2 pages. A brief TLS, 1961, signed Andree mery mentioning Week End. A 1935 TLS [signature not identified] mentioning Mery and Week End. Two more ALSs by Andree Mery, both 1928, both about Week End. Lastly, a 1929 contract for Week End, signed by several. Nothing is signed by Noel Coward..........75-100
267. [BRITISH] Sir George Anson GCB KTS (1769-1849) General, commanded a British cavalry brigade under the Duke of Wellington during the Peninsular War and sat for many years as a Member of Parliament. Signed address panel, dated Sept. 4, 1830. VG..........30-40
268. [MUSIC] FRANCES ALDA [1883-1952]. New Zealand operatic soprano. Made debut at Opéra-Comique (1904); at Metropolitan Opera, New York (1908-29); m. (1910; div. 1928) Giulio Gatti-Casazza. Author of Men, Women, and Tenors (1937). SIGNATURE on card dated 1932............40-60
269. [THEATRE] Sir
Augustus Henry
Glossop Harris
(1852-1896) British actor, impresario, and dramatist. From 1879,
Harris was manager of the Drury Lane Theatre in London, and was
nicknamed the "Father of Modern Pantomime" and "Augustus
Druriolanus". He introduced Jean de Reszke, Nellie Melba, Emma
Eames, and Emma Calvé. His first panto was 'Bluebeard'; the next
one 'Forty Thieves'. ALS, 1892, 2pp, approx. 4-3/8 x 7". First page has
been "backed" to another stiffer paper. he writes to a Lodge
Brother saying the doctor will not let him attend the Lodge
meeting; the recipient has the flu............50-75
270. [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
271. Vasco Ronchi (1897-1988) was an Italian physicist known for his work in optics. Along with Enrico Fermi, he was a student of Luigi Puccianti. He studied from at the Faculty of Physics of the University of Pisa 1915-1919. In 1922 he published work describing testing methods for optics using simple equipment. The Ronchi Test is widely used in amateur telescope making. TLS, 1984, 1p.................40-60
272. [MUSIC] Leonard Slatkin [b. 1944] American conductor. TLS, 1989.......25-35
273. [MUSIC] Harriet Kendall (1857-1933) English composer. ALS, 1889, 4pp......25-35
274. [ART] Sir Charles Thomas Wheeler KCVO RA (1892-1974) British sculptor, and the
first sculptor to hold the Presidency of the Royal Academy (from
1956 through 1966). ANS on card, 1957. About 3x5". VG..........25-35
275. [ART] ANNI ALBERS (1899-1994) Textile Artist considered the foremost textile artist of the twentieth century. Born in Berlin she studied weaving and taught at the Bauhaus until it was closed in 1933, and afterwards immigrated to the United States where she continued to make innovative textiles and prints From the time she was a young student at the, she created wall hangings that stand on their own as abstract works of art, comparable in their boldness and modernism to some of the bravest paintings of the epoch. In her upholstery, drapery fabrics, and other functional materials. She married the great painter Josef Albers. Brief TLS dtd 2/10/83.................50-75
276. [FRANCE] 1628 French Mystery document on
vellum, signed, approx. 11-1/2 x 7-1/4". Appears to be
incomplete; probably to save the signature & seal, as it
is most probably written by an archbishop or Cardinal [so
identified on plastic cover]. Approx. 17-3/4 x
7-3/4". Scan below shows left side of document; too
large for scanner's window...........125-175
280. KEN BERRY (1933) American comedic actor. Signed document - application for Membership in AFTRA, dated 1-5-1957............30-40
281. [ART] Gali Mathias [Patrick Heinrich] French artist born in 1942. Original signed drawing done in pencil, dated 1963, approx. 12 x 8-1/4". VG............50-75
282. [ART] Jules Laurens 1825-1901] French artist. He began etching in 1862, probably at the urging of Cadart. Altogether he etched 216 plates, the best being, "Sous Les Murs de Teheran", Truands de Campagne" and "Canard Sauvage" (Wild Ducks), all published by the "Societe des Aqua-Fortistes". Jules Laurens was decorated by the French government for his achievement in the arts in 1868. ALS, 1891, 4 full pages, 4-1/8 x 5-1/4 in. Speaks about his brother; also his prints. Detailed letter in fine condition............60-80
283. [FILM] GLORIA
STUART (1910-2010) Actress, stage, film
Nominated for Oscar for “Titanic”. Brief ALS, written at
bottom of collector's letter........30-40
284. Alice Childress (1912-1994) American playwright, actor, and author. Signed, inscribed 5x7 photograph, dated 1984 on verso. VG........40-60
285. 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
286. [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
287. Marsha Mason (b. 1942) American actress. Signed 8x10 color photo. VG....25-35
288. Alexander Godunov [1949-1995]
Russian ballet start & actor. Sig. 3x5 card.........20-30
289. Jacques Lipchitz (1891-1973) Cubist sculptor. FULL SIGNATURE on return address panel of envelope [backside], with his address in his hand; postmarked May 4, 1943..........60-80
290. Carlos P. Romulo [1899-1985] Filipino diplomat. He had served with General Douglas MacArthur in the Pacific, was Ambassador to the United States, and became the first Asian to win the Pulitzer Prize in Correspondence in 1942. Signature card as Ambassador. VG..........25-35
291. Porter Emerson Browne [1879-1934] Am. novelist. Signed card.......15-20
292. [ART] Sir William Coldstream (1908-1987) British realist painter and a long standing art teacher. ANS, 1959, 3x5 card.............30-40
293. Art Buchwald (1925-2007) American humorist. Signed, inscribed 5x7 photo. VG....35-45
294. John Bradbury [1872-1950] Brit. economist. Signature.......15-20
295. [WOMEN] Fredrika Bremer (1801-1865) Swedish writer and a feminist activist. She had a large influence on the social development in Sweden, especially in feminist issues. SIGNATURE on 3-1/4 x 2". Very slightly soiled..........35-45
296. [DELAWARE] Bill Roth (1921-2003) U.S. Senator from Delaware. Signed & inscribed color 8x10 photo.............25-35
297. [OKLAHOMA] Don Nickles (b. 1948) US Senator from Oklahoma from 1981-2005. SIGNED & INSCRIBED color 8x10 photo..........20-30
298. Shirley Booth - actress. Signature [crease]...........10-15
299. Claude Akins (1926-1994) American actor. Signed 3x5 card. Fine........20-30
300. [THEATRE] George Edward Wade (1869-1954) better known by his stage name, George Robey, was an English music hall comedian and star. He was marketed as the "Prime Minister of Mirth". SIGNED postcard photograph with sentiment dressed as the Queen of Hearts. VG.............40-60
301. J.C. Wise [b.1881] Am. historian. TLS, no date.........20-30
302. Russell Arms [b.1922] Am. actor, singer. Signed 5x7 photo........20-30
303. [FRANCE] Gaston Calmette (1858-1914) French journalist. In January 1914 Calmette, who had been editor of the newspaper Le Figaro since 1902, launched a campaign against Minister of Finance Joseph Caillaux, who had introduced progressive taxation and was known for his pacifist stance towards Germany during the Second Moroccan Crisis in 1911. During this campaign, which was orchestrated by Louis Barthou and Raymond Poincaré, Le Figaro published several letters from the Minister's private correspondence. Caillaux's second wife Henriette , fearing that the newspaper would also make public a love letter that showed how he was already having a relationship with her during his first marriage, entered Calmette's office on 16 March 1914 and shot him four times. Calmette died instantly. Caillaux had to resign his post the next day, but during a spectacular trial later that year his wife was acquitted. MARCEL PROUST dedicated Swann's Way, the first volume of his novel In Search of Lost Time, to Calmette 'as a testimony of deep and affectionate recognition'. Offered here is Calmette's called card which he signed and has written 3 lines. Fine. Below is his portrait & an illustration of the murder..........50-75
304. Katherine Biddle [1890-1977] Am. poet. ALS, n.d., 1p........20-30
305. Bella Abzug [1920-1998] women's movement-MOC. TLS 1972.......20-30
306. Arthur B. Allen [1881-1947] Am. actor. TLS, 1935, 1p..........25-35
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307. [NIXON] Edward F. Cox (b.1946), is the chairman of the New York Republican State Committee and the son-in-law of the late President Richard M. Nixon. Cox is a lawyer in the Manhattan law firm of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP where he has served as the Chairman of the Corporate Department and a member of the Management Committee. In 2008, Cox was named in Super Lawyers in the area of Securities & Corporate Finance and his firm was ranked third on The American Lawyer's 2008 "A-List" of leading law firms in the United States. ALS, 1983, 1p, a thank you letter. VG......25-35
308. Leon Errol (1881-1951) Australian-born American comedian and actor, popular in the first half of the 20th century. He managed a traveling vaudeville troupe and gave a young comedian named Roscoe Arbuckle his first professional opportunity. In America, Errol became a well-known vaudevillian who appeared in the Ziegfeld Follies on Broadway, and played skits with such notables as Bert Williams and W. C. Fields. Errol's sister, Leda Errol (née Sims), appeared with him in the Follies. Errol made a successful transition to films in a variety of comedy roles (over 150 films from 1923). His comic trademark was a wobbly, unsteady walk, moving as though his legs were made of rubber; this bit served him well in drunk routines such as the drunken valet in Morgy and Shoo's "Mama's Little Babies" as well as numerous RKO two-reelers. Document Signed, 1930, 1p, from Samuel Goldwyn Inc. for his services in the film "Lilli." Signed in pencil. Old paperclip mark top edge well away from anything.........50-75
309. Isabelle de Montolieu (1751-1832) was a Swiss novelist and translator. She wrote in and translated to the French language. Montolieu penned a few original novels and over 100 volumes of translations. She wrote the first French translation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility (Raison et Sensibilité, ou Les Deux Manières d'Aimer) and Persuasion (La Famille Elliot, ou L'Ancienne Inclination). One of her translations to French - Johann David Wyss's German-language The Swiss Family Robinson (Le Robinson suisse, ou, Journal d'un père de famille, naufragé avec ses enfans ) - was adapted and expanded by her with original episodes more than once. Montolieu's French version is the literal source of still frequently reprinted English translations - for example William H. G. Kingston's 1879 version, one of the most popular in English over the years, is actually a translation of Montolieu's French adaptation.Her first novel, Caroline de Lichtfield, ou Mémoires d'une Famille Prussienne, was an influential instant best-seller in the 1780s and stayed in print until the mid-19th century. ALS (1814), 1p...........50-75
313. [FRANCE] Jules Lemaître (1853-1914) French critic and dramatist. Document Signed, Paris, 1890, 2-page manuscript pages, regarding banquet. Also signed by Paul Ginisty (1855-1932), Reni Maizeroy, and Etenni Charavay. Short tear right edge. Approx. 5-1/4 x 8 each page [side].............75-100
314. [NORTH DAKOTA] Kent Conrad (b.1948) US senator from North Dakota. In April 2006, he was selected by Time Magazine as one of "America's 10 Best Senators." Signed & inscribed color 8x10 photo.....25-35
315. [KENTUCKY] Wendell Ford (b. 1924) the longest-serving US senator in Kentucky history. Signed & inscribed color 8x10 photo..........25-35
316. Richard Monckton Milnes,
1st Baron Houghton FRS (1809-1885) English poet, patron of
literature and politician. ALS, May 14, no yr., 2pp, signed
Baron Houghtyon. About invitation and meeting.
VG............50-75
317. [MUSIC] Claude-Marie-Mécène Marié de l'Isle [1811-1882] French musician and opera singer. Later in life he became a voice teacher. His pupils included his three daughters, notably Célestine Galli-Marié, who created the title role in the premiere of Bizet's Carmen. ALS, no date, 1p. Accompanied by a small mounted photograph of Galli-Marie, his famous daughter. Two pieces, both very good condition..........75-100
318. John Nance Garner
"Cactus Jack" (1868 –1967) American Democratic politician and
lawyer from Texas. He was a state representative from 1898 to
1902, and U.S. Representative from 1903 to 1933. He was the
44th Speaker of the House in 1931–1933. In 1932, he was
elected the 32nd Vice President of the United States, serving
from 1933 to 1941. A conservative Southerner, Garner opposed
the sit-down strikes of the labor unions and the New Deal's
deficit spending. He broke with President Franklin D.
Roosevelt in early 1937 over the issue of enlarging the
Supreme Court, and helped defeat it on the grounds that it
centralized too much power in the President's hands. TLS
as Speaker of the House,1933, one page. Unattractively
foxed......100-150
319. [OPERA] ANNIE LOUISE CARY (1842-1921) American Operatic Soprano. Born in Wayne, Maine After studying abroad, she made her debut in New York in 1870, singing with Nilsson, Brignoli, and Vieuxtenips. Her success with the public was instantaneous, and for years she was a favorite singer in the United States. In 1873, she created, in New York, the part of Amneris in Aida, and her tours in Russia in 1875-1877 were a series of continuous triumphs. In 1882 she married Chas. M. Raymond, of Brooklyn, and retired from public life, only occasionally singing for charity. SIGNATURE dtd March 7, 1879.............20-30
320. RICHARD OLNEY (1835-1917) American Statesman. He became a national figure in 1893 when President Grover Cleveland, appointed him the U.S. attorney general. During the Pullman Strike in 1894 sought an injunction under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act against the American Railway Union. Controversially, Olney sent federal troops to Chicago and shots were fired at the strikers. As a result, of Olney's action, Eugene Debs, president of the union was arrested and despite being defended by Clarence Darrow, was imprisoned President Grover Cleveland appointed Olney as his SECRETARY OF STATE in June, 1895. Soon afterwards Olney had to deal with a dispute with Britain over the Venezuela-British Guiana boundary. SIGNATURE on Card......20-30
321. (ART) Alexander POPE [1849-1924] Notable American sporting artist, hailing from Dorchester, Massachusetts and studying under William Copley. One of America's popular gaming artists. As a youth, Alexander Pope carved and sketched animals around his home in Massachusetts. In the 1860s, he worked for his family's lumber business. Pope studied carving, painting, perspective, and anatomy with William Rimmer, an important romantic-baroque sculptor, painter, and influential teacher of many Boston artists. From 1879 to 1883, Pope created many well-received carvings of game. Czar Alexander III of Russia acquired two of the carvings. In 1893, Pope began painting animal portraits and, later, pursued a career as a portrait painter. Eventually, he was considered one of the best Bostonian trompe l'oeil painters of the 19th century Pope's work is recognized in many private collections and museums, including the M.H. De Young Memorial Museum and the National Museum of Wildlife Art. Offered here is one of his childhood sketches. Small sheet, unsigned, with minor sketches on both sides. On one side - 1 head, 1 partial face, 2 small apples. On the verso is childish sketch of man. He has also written an arithmetic problem on the better side. Lined paper, 7.5 x 4.25. Top corner missing. An opportunity to purchase a minor piece by a major artist...............100-200
322. [THEATRE] Lillah McCarthy (1875-1960) English actress and theatrical manager. SIGNED EARLY POSTCARD PHOTOGRAPH [REAL PHOTO], DATED 1904. Superb condition......25-35
323. [ART] William T. Smedley (1858-1920) American artist, was born in Chester
County, Pennsylvania, of a Quaker. He worked on a newspaper,
then studied engraving and art in Philadelphia, in the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and&emdash;after
making a tour of the South Seas&emdash;in Paris under
Jean-Paul Laurens. He settled in New York City in 1880; in 1882
went with the Marquis of Lorne through Canada, preparing
sketches for Picturesque Canada; and in 1905 became a member of
the National Academy of Design. Most of his work was magazine
and book illustration for stories of modern life, but he painted
portraits and watercolours, and received the Evans Prize of the
American Water Color Society in 1890, and a bronze medal at the
Paris Exposition of 1900. CLIP
SIGNATURE...........25-35
324. [SILENT
FILM] Jane Novak (1896-1990)
was a silent film actress. Born in St. Louis she
attended convent school but ran away with a friend with
whom she created a vaudeville act. Although she returned
home, an aunt invited her to California where she began
acting in motion pictures in 1913 at the age of 17. She
appeared in a movie on her very first day in southern
California, before there was a film studio in Hollywood.
Novak endured as a performer, in part, by sacrificing
sensational roles for roles as leading women in more
wholesome films. Some actresses who were Novak's
contemporaries quickly found stardom, yet were forgotten
soon afterward, while she was considered an
"old-fashioned girl." As a result, Novak, refused to
work in films with other leading ladies. She played
opposite Wallace Beery, Tom Mix, Hobart Bosworth, Alan
Hale, Thomas Moore, and Lewis Stone. At one time she was
engaged to marry Western star William S. Hart, although
their marriage never took place. She is celebrated for
her westerns; and made five films with Hart. Offered here is
a signed sheet with a small picture scene from the
film "ROADS OF DESTINY" affixed above her autograph. Shown in the scene
are Pauline Frederick, John Bowers and Novak..........20-30
325. [NEW YORK] NEW YORK CONGRESSMAN - SIGNED 1966 FDC honoring Humane Treatment of Animals. Signed by thirteen New York Congressmen of the 1960's including: T.R. Kupferman, B.B. Canable, Frank Horton, Alexander Pirnie, S.S. Stratton, R. D. McCarthy, Ogden Reid, A.J. Multer, R.L. Ottinger, H.P. Smith, C E. Goodell, Seymour Halpern and T.J. Dulski. Nice clean cover.......50-75
326. [NOBEL PRIZE] Glenn T. Seaborg (1912-1999) American scientist who won the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements," contributed to the discovery and isolation of ten elements, developed the actinoids concept and was the first to propose the actinoids series which led to the current arrangement of the Periodic Table of the Elements. Signed 1982 FDC honoring Robert Millikan one of the most illustrious scientists of the U.S. Clean, with cachet.........40-60
327. BEVERLY BAYNE [1894-1982] actress. Brief ALS, n.d.......35-45
328. [VERMONT] George David Aiken [1892-1984] Gov. of Vermont from 1937-41; US senator 1941-1975. TLS on Senate stationary, 1967..............25-35
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329. 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
330. [Country Music] Charlie Pride - American country music singer. Signed &
inscribed 8x10 color photo..........20-30
331. [COUNTRY MUSIC] "Mother" Maybelle Carter (1909-1978) American country musician. She is best known as a member of the historic Carter Family act in the 1920s and 1930s and also as a member of Mother Maybelle and the Carter Sisters. She has signed a book page photograph, about 8x6". Also signed by Helen Carter (1927-1998) American country music singer. The eldest daughter of Maybelle Carter, she performed with her mother and her younger sisters, June Carter and Anita Carter, as a member of Mother Maybelle and the Carter Sisters, a pioneering all female country/folk music group. The group was also known as The Carter Family. Signed by both. VG............50-75
332. [NOBEL] Frederick C. Robbins (1916-2003) American pediatrician and virologist. He received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1954 along with John Franklin Enders and Thomas Huckle Weller. The award was for his breakthrough work in isolation and growth of the polio virus, paving the way for vaccines developed by Albert Sabin, Jonas Salk. Signed 1967 Air Mail FDC honoring JFK. Also signed by Alice Robbins, his wife. Fine.........40-60
333. MYSTERY LOT - 9 misc. autographs, unidentified and not researched. There will be several of these Mystery Lots offered elsewhere in this auction. For those who prefer to do the research..............50-75
334. [MILITARY] Lyman Louis Lemnitzer [1899-1988] American Army General, who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1960 to 1962. He then served as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO from 1963 to 1969. Signed bank check, 1957. VG example............50-75
335. Mr. Tindal (Nicolas Tindal. 1687 - 1774) was the translator and continuer of the History of England by Paul de Rapin. Very few comprehensive histories existed at the time and Tindal wrote a three volume 'Continuation', a history of the Kingdom from the reigns of James II to George II. Tindal was Rector of Alverstoke in Hampshire, Vicar of Great Waltham, Essex, Chaplain of Greenwich Hospital and a Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford. ALS, in 3rd person, August 22, 1764, 1p, 6-1/4 x 8-1/4 in. VG. Archival tape repair on verso...............100-150
336. Lawrence
Eagleburger
(1930-2011) American
statesman and former career diplomat, who served briefly as the
Secretary of State under President George H. W. Bush.
Previously, he had served in lesser capacities under Presidents
Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and as Deputy
Secretary of State under George H. W. Bush. Eagleburger is the
only career Foreign Service Officer to have served as Secretary
of State. Signed 8x10 photo. VG...........25-35
337. MYSTERY LOT - 12 misc. autographs, unidentified and not researched. There will be several of these Mystery Lots offered elsewhere in this auction. For those who prefer to do the research..............50-75
338 Helen Astor [1893-1976] American Socialite. In 1913, she married William Vincent Astor. ALS, nd, 3pp. VG...........50-75
339. SIMON LAKE (1866-1945) American mechanical engineer and naval architect who obtained over two hundred patents for advances in naval design and competed with John Holland to build the first submarines for the United States Navy. SIGNED Document -check dedicated and signed by him 1910. With COA from The Simon Lake Collection..........................75-100
340. [ENGLAND] Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster KG, PC, JP (1825-1899), styled Viscount Belgrave between 1831 and 1845 and Earl Grosvenor between 1845 and 1869 and known as the 3rd Marquess of Westminster between 1869 and 1874, was an English landowner, politician and racehorse owner. ALS, 1899, 2pp. Accompanied by vintage mounted photograph [foxing in margins]...........50-75
341. [FILM] Wynne Gibson (1905-1987) American actress of the 1930s. Early in her career she had a small part in a film but had no special interest in appearing before the camera. It was the stage that interested her and she began her stage career in chorus and was soon playing leads. She toured Europe then returned to America and tried for a dramatic part but failed and returned to musical comedy. Paramount signed her when about to film Nothing But the Truth (1929), starting her success which continued in some 50 films between 1929 and 1956 although many were B movies. Gibson was a long-time companion of former Warner Brothers actress Beverly Roberts. AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT SIGNED, not dated, 1p. She answers 2 questions on a questionaire. About 5 lines plus signature in her hand. 8.5 x 11". VG..........25-35
343. MARQUESS OF BATH, The 6th (1905-1992) (Henry F. Thynne) British nobleman who in 1949 turned Longleat House, his financially distressed family's 16th-century home, into a tourist attraction, setting a precedent that was followed by a number of his peers. In the 1960s he introduced African wildlife in a safari park on the estate's grounds, it has become one of England's great attractions. TLS dtd 2/14/87...............................25-35
344. STELLA ADLER (1902-1989) Actress, Director, Teacher. She opened the Stella Adler Conservatory of Acting. Among those to study at the conservatory were Marlon BRANDO Robert De NERO, Warren BEATTY, and Candice BERGEN, Adler is viewed as one of the foremost influences on contemporary acting. TLS dtd 5/12/89 signed "Stella"................40-60
345. [SCIENCE] DANIEL I. ARNON (1910-1994) American Plant Physiologist - one of the 20th century's leaders in the field of photosynthesis. ALS dtd 8/22/89.......35-45
346. [FRANCE] Pauline Trigère (1909-2002) was a French-born American fashion designer, known for her crisp, tailored cuts and innovative ideas. Her clientèle included many famous women such as the Duchess of Windsor, actress Claudette Colbert and singer Lena Horne. SIGNED, inscribed 10x8 photo.........25-35
348. Herb Shriner (1918-1970) American humorist, radio personality and television host. Herb Shriner was best known for his homespun monologues, usually with roots in his adopted home state of Indiana. He was often compared to fellow humorist Will Rogers. Signed, inscribed 6.5 x 8.5 photo. Condition: photo has been cropped; faults at top & bottom areas............20-30
349. James Duff, 4th Earl of Fife KT, GCH (1776-1857) was a Scot who became a Spanish general. On 9 September 1799 he married Mary Caroline Manners (second daughter of daughter of John Manners and Louisa Tollemache, 7th Countess of Dysart ), who died on 20 December 1805 without children. Thereupon Duff sought distraction in 1808 by volunteering to join the Spaniards in their war against Napoleon . His assistance was gladly received, especially as he came full of enthusiasm and with a full purse, and he was made a major-general in the Spanish service. He served with great distinction at the battle of Talavera , where he was severely wounded in trying to rally the Spanish runaways, and was only saved from becoming a prisoner by the gallantry of his lifelong friend, Major (afterwards Lieutenant-general Sir) S. F. Whittingham. In that year, 1809, he became Viscount Macduff on his father's accession to the Irish earldom of Fife, but he still continued to serve in Spain, and was present during the defence of Cadiz against Marshal Victor, and was again severely wounded in the attack on Fort Matagorda in 1810. On 17 April 1811 he succeeded his father as fourth Earl Fife, and as Lord Lieutenant of Banffshire, and returned to Britain, after being made for his services a knight of the order of St. Ferdinand. He was elected M.P. for Banffshire in 1818, and made a lord in waiting in the following year. He was created a peer of the United Kingdom as Lord Fife on 27 April 1827, in which year he was also made a knight of the Thistle. He soon afterwards retired altogether to Scotland, where he lived at Duff House , Banffshire. SIGNED address panel postmarked 1833. Tipped to page from book mentioning him..........25-35
350. Martin F. Tupper (1810-1889) was an English writer, and poet, and the author of Proverbial Philosophy. ANS, 1876, mounted to album page...........20-30
351. [ART] Peter Blume (1906-1992) American painter and sculptor. His first major recognition came in 1934 with a first prize for South of Scranton at a Carnegie Institute International Exhibition. Signed 3x5 card. VG.........20-30
353. Mary Louise Booth (1831-1889) American editor, translator and writer. She was editor of Harper's Bazaar from its beginning in 1867 until her death. She was a prolific translator into English the works of French-language authors. AQS, 6 lines dated New York, Jan. 18, 1887, approx. 6-3/4 x 8". Very nice............60-80
354. [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
356. [FILM] Ben Lyon (1901-1979) American actor. TLS, 1967, 1p..............25-35
357. [FILM] Lita Grey (1908-1995) American actress and second wife of Charlie Chaplin. Signed 3x5 card. Fine..........25-35
359. [FILM] Beulah Bondi (1888-1981) American actress. ANS, 1962..........25-35
360. [FILM] Edmund Lowe (1890-1971) American actor. Signed &
inscribed slip........25-35
361. Carlos P. Romulo [1899-1985] Filipino diplomat. He had served with General Douglas MacArthur in the Pacific, was Ambassador to the United States, and became the first Asian to win the Pulitzer Prize in Correspondence in 1942. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo, dated April 15, 1959. Only very minor faults - shouldn't concern anyone...........50-75
362. [ART] Arthur Szyk (1894-1951) Polish-born American artist, famous for his anti-Axis political illustrations, caricatures, and cartoons during World War II, as well as his illustrations for magazine and newspaper articles and books. Signed bank check, 1947. VG..........75-100
363. [MUSIC] William Bolcom [b. 1938] American composer and pianist. He has received the Pulitzer Pulitzer Prize, the National Medal of Arts, two Grammy Awards, the Detroit Music Award and was named 2007 Composer of the Year by Musical America. Bolcom taught composition at the University of Michigan from 1973-2008. AMQS, inscribed, from his 8th Symphony. 10-1/4 x 4-1/4". Two mail fold lines o/w VG.........75-100
364. [FILM] Don Ameche (1908-1993) Academy Award winning actor. Signed,
inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.............40-60
365. [MUSIC] Herman Lohr (1871-1946) English composer. One of his most famous works was "Little Grey Home In The West", written in 1911, and recorded in 1914 by Irish tenor John McCormack. Rare AMQS, dated 1938, from his celebrated song "Little Grey Home In The West". Approx. 5-3/4 x 3-1/2". Fine........60-80
366. Alistair Cooke (1908-2004)
British/American journalist, television personality and
broadcaster. Signed original character portrait drawing of
himself executed in 3x5 card. Fine........50-75
367. [France] Misc. group of items from France. Worthy of research, many are accompanied with biographical information in either English or French. [1] Maurice Donnay [1859-1945] dramatist. Signature. [2] Rene Cagnat [1852-1937] historian. ALS, 1896, 2pp. [3]Auguste Chavannes [1810-1879] Zoologist. ALS, 1867, 1p. [4] Jean-Marie Magnaud [1848-1926] jurist, feminist pioneer. ALS, 1906, 1p. [5] Amable Pierre Floquet [1797-1881] historian, ALS, 2pp. [6] Henri Leroy-Beaulieu [1842-1912] publicist and historian. His signature on page from book. [7] Emile Perrin [1814-1885] Director of Paris Opera. ALS, 1878, 2pp. [8] Pierre De La Gorce [1846-1934] historian. ALS, 1p. [9] Charles Laubry [1872-1960] physician. ALS, 1p. [10] Charles Louvet [1806-1882] Minister of Commerce. ALS, 1p. ...............200-300
368. [THEATRE] Julia Marlowe (1866-1950) English
born American actress. AQS dated 1927, approx. 6 x
7-3/4".......50-75
369. [ART] Emile van Marcke (1827-1890 or 1891) French painter. He studied under Troyon at Barbizon. He received the cross of the Legion of Honor in 1872 and a gold medal at the Paris exhibition. He is represented at the Louvre and other museums of France, and at the Metropolitan Museum in New York, The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Florida, and in other public and private collections in the United States. Typical of his work is the public domain image "Summer Pastoral, Bresle Valley " on this page reproduced courtesy of the Morton Collection. This gem-like work offers the favorite themes of van Marcke in a microcosm; it incorporates cattle, water, reflections, dramatic cloudscapes and a feeling of life and motion and verdant nature. Nature is idyllic and animals emblematic of that harmony. ALS, no date, 2 pages, approx. 4.5 x 7". VG+...........100-150
370. [MUSIC] Gunther Schuller (b. 1925) American composer,
conductor. AMQS, dated Feb. 4, 2000, from "Of
Reminiscences and Reflections" [1993]. 9-3/4 x 2-1/2".
VG....75-100
371. [AMERICANA] John Vaughan (1755-1841) Early Colonial Philadelphia wine merchant, and the secretary and librarian of the American Philosophical Society for more than 50 years. It was Vaughan who notified Lewis &emdash; via Thomas Jefferson &emdash; in late November of 1804, that he had been elected to the American Philosophical Society. The notification would not have reached Lewis, of course, until his return from the expedition. Brief ALS, Phila., 1819, 1p, 6-3/4 x 9-1/4". Receives check drawn on N. Am. Bank $2099.54, for E. I. Dupont's account. The DuPont referred to here was Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours [1771-1834], known as Irénée du Pont, or E.I. du Pont, was a French-born Huguenot chemist and industrialist who immigrated to the United States in 1799 and founded the gunpowder manufacturer, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company. His descendants, the Du Pont family, were one of America's richest and most prominent families in the 19th and 20th centuries. Some loss of paper [seal area] affects signature in minor way..........75-100
372. [CARTOON] Ted Key (1912-2008) American cartoonist and writer. He is best known as the creator of the cartoon panel Hazel,which was later the basis for a television series of the same name. Signed, inscribed 3x6" original drawing of Hazel, dated 1973, accompanied by envelope with signature in return address......60-80
373. [THEATRE] multiple lot: Matheson Lang [1879-1948] Canadian born British
matinee idol and Shakespearean actor, Signed vintage postcard
photo. / Richard
Kiley
[1922-1999] TLS, 1958, to the Theatre Guild - where to send his
check. Walter
Hampden
[1879-1955] signature on hotel sheet. Olga Nethersole [1863/70? - 1951] English
actress. Signature dated 1899. Agnes Huntington - American actress best known for her famous role
of playing the famous naval hero John Paul Jones, which caused
controversy, a woman playing a man. Signed card on which she
pens "Where ever Paul Jones is - there I will be! Yours truly
Agnes Huntington."............60-80
374. [MUSIC] Jessica
Dragonette (1900-1980) was a singer who
became popular on American radio and was active in the World War
II effort. Signature with sentiment on
card............20-30
375. [FILM] Geraldine Leigh Chaplin
(b. 1944) is a British-American actress and the daughter of
Charlie Chaplin. Signed 3x5 card. Fine..........20-30
376. [FILM] Lew Ayres (1908 1996) American actor, best known for starring as Paul in All Quiet on the Western Front and for playing Dr. Kildare in several movies. Signed 3x5 card..........2O-30
377. [MARYLAND] Augustus Williamson Bradford (1806-1881) he was the 32nd Governor of Maryland from 1862 to 1866. He served as governor during the Civil War and paid a heavy price for his devotion to the Union. In February 1861, Governor Thomas H. Hicks appointed Bradford one of Maryland’s delegates to the Washington Peace Conference, where he made a speech supporting the Union. Following the conference, the Union Party named Bradford as its candidate for governor, opposing the Democratic candidate General Benjamin C. Howard. Bradford defeated Howard by approximately 30,000 votes and took office on January 8, 1862. During his term, he violently opposed the Federal government’s interference in Maryland’s elections, upheld the dignity of the State government and defied the harsh and arbitrary military occupation, and went to great lengths to keep the State in the Union. At the same time he upheld the Federal government's authority although he differed with its methods. In September 1862, he was one of the many northern governors to attend the Loyal War Governors' Conference in Altoona, Pennsylvania. During the Civil War, the Confederates invaded Maryland three times. During the last of these, Bradley T. Johnson’s raiders visited Bradford’s home in July 1864, and during his absence, burned it to the ground together with all his furniture, library, and papers. This action was partially in retaliation for Union General David Hunter’s burning of the home of Governor John Letcher of Virginia, and partially because of Bradford’s "uncompromising spirit and strong leanings." During his four years in office, Augustus Bradford released Samuel Green (freedman) from jail on the condition he leave the state. Green was an African-American slave and minister, who was jailed in 1857 for possessing a copy of the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. DOCUMENT SIGNED, 1865, Mechanics Bank, approx. 7-1/2 x 2-3/4. Has the usual "slice cancel". VG example.............50-75
Portrait of Gov. Bradford378. [MARYLAND] Thomas Swann (1809-1883)
American politician. Initially a Know-Nothing, and later a
Democrat, he served as mayor of Baltimore (1856–1860), as the
33rd Governor of Maryland (1866–1869), and as U.S.
Representative from Maryland's 3rd congressional district and
then 4th congressional district (1869–1879). In eulogy,
the Baltimore Sun criticized his early political errors, but
nevertheless credited him as "a great mayor, conferring
inestimable benefits on the city he governed; not only was he a
wise and beneficient governor to the oppressed portion of the
citizens of the State, but he was one of the most useful and
influential Congressmen this State or city ever had."
Large Document Signed as Governor, 1868, appointment of Robert
H. Boteler to Office of Registration. Also signed by the Sec. of
State, John M. Carter [b. 1843]. Approx. 16 x 10.5".
Three folds o/w superb condition.............80-120
See document
Portrait
of Gov. Swann
379. [MARYLAND] Francis
Thomas (1799-1876) was a Maryland
politician who served as the 26th Governor of Maryland from
1842–1844. He also served as a United States Representative from
Maryland, representing at separate times the fourth, fifth,
sixth, and seventh districts. In 1841, Thomas was elected
Governor of Maryland, defeating challenger William Cost Johnson
by a margin of 600 votes. During his tenure as governor, he is
perhaps best known for his highly publicized and violent divorce
with his wife, Sally Campbell Preston McDowell. Until that
event, he had been a leading candidate for Democratic nomination
for President of the United States, but the divorce seriously
disrupted his chances in succeeding in the nomination, and thus
he did not pursue it. DOCUMENT
SIGNED as Governor, 1843, appointment of District
Justices. Approx. 16-1/4 x 10-1/4. Also signed by Theodorick Bland
(1776-1846) American lawyer, statesman, and federal judge in
Maryland. Folds o/w excellent condition............100-150
380. [MARYLAND] Thomas
G. Pratt (1804-1869) He was the 27th
Governor of Maryland from 1845 to 1848 and a U.S. Senator from
1850 to 1857. When the American Civil War began, Pratt was
eyed suspiciously by Maryland authorities, as he was staunchly
pro-slavery, but mostly pro-South, and even gave a son to the
Confederate Army. In 1863, Pratt tried to vote in the November
election. He was not allowed to vote because he would not take a
loyalty oath. Pratt and his secretary Col. Nicholson were
arrested because of the refusal on November 21, 1863. He was
imprisoned at Fort Monroe, but was later released. He moved to
Baltimore, Maryland in 1864, resuming the practice of law. The
same year, Pratt served as a delegate to the Democratic National
Convention. In 1866, he attended the National Union Convention
in Philadelphia. Pratt was one of the attorneys for Jefferson
Davis during his trial at Fortress Monroe. DOCUMENT SIGNED as Governor, 1845, appointment
of District Justices. Approx. 15-3/4 x 10-1/4. Also
signed by Theodorick Bland
(1776-1846) American lawyer, statesman, and federal judge in
Maryland. Folds o/w excellent condition............80-120
381. [MARYLAND] Thomas
Ward Veazey (1774-1842) Maryland
politician that served in a variety of roles. The zenith of his
career was being the 24th Governor of the state from 1836 to
1839, when he was selected to serve three consecutive one-year
terms by the Maryland General Assembly. Veazey was the last
Maryland governor to be elected in this fashion and also the
last Whig Party member to serve as Maryland governor. The
governor vehemently and firmly believed in slavery, advocated
for a general system of education throughout the State, and
expressed a great deal of interest and concern over the matter
of internal improvements. DOCUMENT SIGNED as Governor,
1838, appointment of Justices of the Levy Court of Frederick
County. Approx. 16-3/4 x 10-3/4. Also signed by Theodorick Bland
(1776-1846) American lawyer, statesman, and federal judge in
Maryland. Folds o/w excellent condition............100-150
382. [TV] Natalie
Schafer (1900-1991) American actress, best
known as Eunice "Lovey" Wentworth Howell on CBS's sitcom
Gilligan's Island (1964–67). Signed, inscribed on verso of
photo of cast of Gilligan's Island............20-30
383. [FILM] Fay Bainter (1893-1968)
American film and stage actress. Bainter quickly
achieved success, and in 1938 she became the first performer
nominated in the same year for both the Academy Award for Best
Actress, for White Banners (1938), and the Academy Award for
Best Supporting Actress, for Jezebel (1938), winning for the
latter. Signed, inscribed 4 x 2-3/4" slip..........30-40
385. [FILM] Curly Joe DeRita
(1909-1993) American comedian who is best known as the "sixth"
member of The Three Stooges, and the "second" Curly. Signed
3x5 card "Curly Joe." VG............25-35
386. Ivy Litvinov [1889-1977] English writer, wife of Soviet Foreign Affairs minister. Ivy Lowe, born in London in 1889 of the unlikely union of a Jewish intellectual and the daughter of an Indian army colonel, grew up to be a writer and a rebel. The man she met in 1914 and married two years later was the Bolshevik revolutionary, Maksim Litvinov (born Meyer Genokh Wallakh to Orthodox Jewish parents). He became one of the most important figures in the Soviet Union and was ultimately Stalin's Minister of Foreign Affairs and ambassador to Washington. Ivy spent most of her long life in Moscow. She never took to being the Commissar's wife, but devoted herself to literature. Her writing is almost without exception a heightened autobiography, the collection of short stories depicting her daily life and observations. The fact that she survived under Stalin is remarkable, although there was an unexplained year when she was virtually in exile in the Urals, separated from her husband and two children. The happiest time of her life was when Maxim was the ambassador to the United States, and she and America fell in love with one another. Her dynamic, bohemian personality entranced Americans and she was fêted by artists, film stars, writers and statesmen alike. It is perhaps appropriate that many of her stories were first published in the New Yorker. They were collected in 1971 under the title She Knew She Was Right. "She also translated into English her husband's speeches and party tracts and later such Russian classics as Pushkin, Turgenev, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, and Chekhov." "Her final years were spent adding to a disorderly pile of unpublished manuscripts, but never producing the volume of memoirs about high life in the Kremlin that was expected of her. In fact, she always remained something of an outsider, and her fifty-year sojourn in the Soviet Union owed more to personal loyalty to her husband, and later her children, than to sympathy with Communist ideology." ANS written on postcard, postmarked May 9, 1960, saying she has just become a great grandmother. "Please you don't have to congratulate me!" She is writing to the celebrated journalist Leonard Lyons [1906-1976]. Signed "Ivy". She writes on front side "Do you remember?" Uncommon autograph.............100-150
Other side
391. John Forsythe (1918-2010) American actor. SIGNED, inscribed 5x7 photo. VG........25-35
392. [FRANCE] Jean-Barthélémy Hauréau (1812-1896) French historian and writer. Born in Paris, he was educated at the Louis-le-Grand and Bourbon colleges in his native city, and won high honours at his public examination. After graduating he became a journalist, and soon was a contributor to several democratic papers: La Tribune, Le National, Le Droit, and La Revue du Nord; at Le National, he was praised by Théophile Gautier as the "tribune" of romanticism. At the age of twenty he published a series of apologetic studies on the Montagnards &emdash; in later years, regretting his youthful enthusiasm, he attempted to destroy the studies. In 1838 he took the chief editorship of the Courrier de la Sarthe and was appointed librarian of the city of Le Mans , which position he retained until 1845, when he was dismissed on account of comments of his on the daring speech of the Mayor of le Mans to the Duke of Nemours. He returned to Paris and once more became one of the editors of Le National. At this time he seemed destined for a political career, and after the revolution of February 24, 1848 was elected to the National Assembly; but close contact with revolutionary men and ideas cooled his old ardour. Throughout his life he opposed innovation, not only in politics and religion, but also in literature. After the coup d'état he resigned his position as director of the manuscript department of the Bibliothèque Nationale , to which he had been appointed in 1848, and refused to accept an administrative post until after the fall of the empire. Having acted as director of the national printing press from 1870 to 1881, he retired, but in 1893 accepted the post of director of the Fondation Thiers. He was also a member of the council of improvement of the École des Chartes. From the time of his appointment to the Bibliothèque Nationale up to the last days of his life he was engaged in making abstracts of all the medieval Latin writings (many anonymous or of doubtful attribution) relating to philosophy, theology, grammar, Canon law, and poetry, carefully noting on cards the first words of each passage. After his death this index of incipits , arranged alphabetically, was presented to the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, and a copy was placed in the manuscript department of the Bibliothèque Nationale. ALS, 188?. written on both sides of 4-1/2 x 7" page. Includes a small ink drawing [man's head on one side and women's on the other side]. We assume the drawing is by Haureau. He speaks about a bust by Power and of Boulanger, Louis Napoleon and politics. Ends with "How humiliating it is to be French." Fine condition...........100-150
393. [ART] Marie-Victoire Jaquotot [1778-1855] French painter on Porcelaine. ALS, 1831, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8 in. She signs Veuve (widow) Jaquotot. VG...........75-100
395. [FILM] BUCK JONES (1891-1942) American motion picture star of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, best known for his work starring in many popular western movies. In his early film appearances, he was billed as Charles Jones. Jones had more than 160 film credits to his name, in a career that began in 1918. By the 1920s, Jones joined Hoot Gibson, Tom Mix, and Ken Maynard as the top cowboy actors of the day. Buck Jones was one of the 492 victims of the 1942 Cocoanut Grove fire in Boston, Massachusetts , dying two days after the November 28 blaze. For years, legend held that Jones' fatal injuries were the result of his going back into the burning building to save victims, but it is now known that he was trapped in the fire. Offered here is a SIGNED PICTURE in "The Stranger From Arizona." 5x7. Nice ink signature. VG...........200-250
396. BILL
HEADS - collection of 36,
dating from 1874 to 1905, mostly illustrated. 26 from New York
and 10 from other cities like Boston, Providence, and an early
one from Liverpool [no year showing]. Varied conditions but most
are G-VG..........60-80
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400. [SPACE] James H.J. Tate (1910-1983) American politician. He served as the Mayor of Philadelphia between 1962 and 1972. Signed 1970 cover honoring Apollo 12. Dated 1970........25-35
401. [POLITICS] mixed lot of poltical autographs: [1] Isaac Hill - Gov. NH. Clip signature. [2] JONES, James Kimbrough [1839-1908] Representative and a Senator from Arkansas; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. CLIP SIGNATURE [3] DORSEY, Stephen Wallace, a Senator from Arkansas; born in Benson, Rutland County, Vt., February 28, 1842; during the Civil War served in the Union Army. CLIP SIGNATURE [4] DAVIS, Cushman Kellogg, a Senator from Minnesota; born in Henderson, Jefferson County, N.Y., June 16, 1838; moved with his parents to Waukesha, Wis.; attended the public schools, Carroll College in Waukesha; graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1857; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced practice in Waukesha; during the Civil War served as first lieutenant in the Twenty-eighth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, in 1861 and 1862; assistant adjutant general 1862-1864; moved to St. Paul, Minn., in 1865; member, State house of representatives 1867; United States district attorney 1868-1873; Governor of Minnesota 1874-1875; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1886; reelected in 1892 and again in 1898, and served from March 4, 1887, until his death on November 27, 1900; chairman, Committee on Pensions (Fiftieth through Fifty-second Congresses), Committee on Territories (Fifty-fourth Congress), Committee on Foreign Relations (Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses); member of the commission which met in Paris, France, in September 1898 to arrange terms of peace after the war between the United States and Spain; died in St. Paul, Minn.; interment in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. Mounted CLIP SIGNATURE. [5] George Truitt [1756-1818] American farmer and politician from Murderkill Hundred, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as Governor of Delaware. He began his political career as a delegate to the convention which ratified the United States Constitution of 1787. He then served five years in the State House from the 1788/89 session through the 1791/92 session and again in the 1794 session. He then served most of two terms in the State Senate, from the 1803 session through the 1807 session. In 1807 he was elected Governor of Delaware, beating Joseph Haslet the Democratic-Republican Party candidate. Truitt took office January 19, 1808 and served until January 15, 1811. Like other Governors, Truitt was concerned about issues like slavery , penal reform, and public education. A new issue arose during his term, however. Due to increasing tensions with Great Britain, the U.S. government had directed Delaware to create and equip a militia of 1300 men. The General Assembly, in turn requested Federal fortification of Wilmington, New Castle, Port Penn, Reedy Island, and Lewes. CLIP SIGNATURE mounted. [6] Henry E. Burnham (1844-1917) US States Senator from New Hampshire. SIGNATURE. [7]Samuel James Renwick McMillan (1826-1897) Republican U.S. Senator from Minnesota. He served in the U.S. Senate in the 44th, 45th, 46th, 47th, 48th, and 49th United States Congresses from March 4, 1875, to March 3, 1887. He had also been a member of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1864 to 1875 and served as Chief Justice from 1874-1875. Clip Signature........40-60
402. MYSTERY LOT - 12 misc. autographs, unidentified and not researched. There will be several of these Mystery Lots offered elsewhere in this auction. For those who prefer to do the research..............50-75
403. [MORMONISM] Clayton Silas Rice [1883-1972] sometimes referred to as Claton Rice, was a clergyman who served in Utah and Idaho for many years. He authored several books on Mormans, including "The Mormon Way" self-published in 1929. Rice was a theologan of another denomination who traveled and lived in Utah in the early twentieth century. He wrote a curious and interesting account from a non-Mormon perspective. In 1901 the first Presbyterian church building was dedicated. It served the community until it was sold to the Roman Catholic church in 1950. The assignment was difficult for the ministers as they received little support from the Mormon community. Reverend Clayton Rice came to the area in 1908 and used friendliness and community activity as tools to break into Dixie. He loved the desert and enjoyed the people on a social level. He directed plays, coached baseball, taught violin and trained debaters. He was well received, but only a handful attended his sermons. Other ministers also found little success. Rare signed bank check, 1918, The Riggs National Bank, Wash. DC. Nice example..........50-75
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404. [SPACE] Group of 6 postal tracking station covers from various countries...........20-30
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406. [PENN] CRAWFORD, Thomas Hartley, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Chambersburg, Pa., November 14, 1786; was graduated from Princeton College in 1804; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1807 and commenced practice in Chambersburg; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses (March 4, 1829-March 3, 1833); member of the State house of representatives in 1833 and 1834; appointed a commissioner to investigate alleged frauds in the sale of the Creek Reservation in 1836; appointed by President Van Buren Commissioner of Indian Affairs and served from October 22, 1838, to October 30, 1845; appointed by President Polk as judge of the criminal court of the District of Columbia in 1845 and served until 1861, when the court was reorganized; died in Washington, D.C., on January 27, 1863; interment in the Congressional Cemetery. CLIP SIGNATURE.......20-30
407. [NY] BEACH, Lewis, a Representative from New York; born in New York City March 30, 1835; was graduated from the Yale Law School in 1856; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in New York; took up residence in Orange County, N.Y., in 1861; member and treasurer of the Democratic State central committee 1877-1879; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-seventh, Forty-eighth, and Forty-ninth Congresses and served from March 4, 1881, until his death at his home, "Knoll View," Cornwall, Orange County, N.Y., August 10, 1886; chairman, Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings (Forty-ninth Congress); interment in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. CLIP SIGNATURE.........15-20
408. [KENTUCKY]
STANTON, Richard Henry, a Representative from Kentucky; born in
Alexandria, Va., September 9, 1812; completed preparatory
studies; attended Alexandria Academy; studied law; was admitted
to the bar and began practice in Maysville, Ky., in 1835; editor
of the Maysville Monitor 1835-1842; postmaster of Maysville;
elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first, Thirty-second, and
Thirty-third Congresses (March 4, 1849-March 3, 1855); chairman,
Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (Thirty-first and
Thirty-second Congresses), Committee on Elections (Thirty-third
Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1854 to the
Thirty-fourth Congress; State's attorney 1858-1861; delegate to
the Democratic National Convention in 1868; district judge
1868-1874; resumed the practice of law until his retirement in
1885; died in Maysville, Ky., March 20, 1891; interment in
Maysville Cemetery. SIGNED CARD........15-20
409. [FILM] Martha Raye (1916-1993) American comic actress and standards singer who performed in movies, and later on television. Signed, inscribed page from publication, 8.5 x 11".........25-35
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410. [POLITICS] mixed lot of signatutes in various forms: [1] Giles Waldo Hotchkiss (1815-1878) U.S. Representative from New York during the American Civil War. Signature. VG. [2] DONLEY, Joseph Benton [1838-1917] Representative from Pennsylvania, entered the Union Army as a captain in the Eighty-third Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, in 1862 and served throughout the war. SIGNATURE. [3]WOODWARD, George Washington [1809-1875] Representative from Pennsylvania; nominated in 1845 by President Polk a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States but was not confirmed by the Senate. SIGNATURE. [4] ARMSTRONG, William Hepburn [1824-1919] Representative from Pennsylvania. SIGNATURE. [5] Everett Sanders (1882-1950) was an American political figure. He was secretary to President Calvin Coolidge and chairman of the Republican National Committee. SIGNED 3X5 CARD. [6] TALLMADGE, Nathaniel Pitcher, a Senator from New York; born in Chatham, Columbia County, N.Y., February 8, 1795; graduated from Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., in 1815; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1818 and commenced practice in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; member, State assembly 1828; member, State senate 1830-1833; elected as a Jacksonian to the United States Senate in 1833; reelected as a Democrat in 1839, and served from March 4, 1833, to June 17, 1844, when he resigned, having been appointed by President John Tyler to be Governor of Wisconsin Territory, with residence in Fond du Lac; served as Governor of Wisconsin Territory until his removal from office in May 1845; devoted himself to writing religious tracts; died in Battle Creek, Mich., November 2, 1864; interment in Rienzi Cemetery, Fond du Lac, Wis. CLIP SIGNATURE [quite foxed]. [7] album page signed on both sides by: SOUTHWICK, George Newell, (1863 - 1912) NY; BODINE, Robert Nall, (1837 - 1914) Mo; BURLEIGH, Edwin Chick, (1843 - 1916) US senator, congressman & Gov. of Maine. Signed on other side by: SUTHERLAND, Roderick Dhu, (1862 - 1915) Neb.; VANDIVER, Willard Duncan, (1854 - 1932) Mo.; STEPHENS, John Hall, (1847 - 1924) Texas. VG. [8]JAMES J. DAVIS (1873-1947) American steel worker and Republican Party politician in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He served as U.S. Secretary of Labor and represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate. He was also known by the nicknames of the "Iron Puddler" and "Puddler Jim." Typewritten Manuscript Signed, 1p. Re: the home is the basis of civilization as we have known it. Clean. Click to see Davis [9]FISHER, John [1806-1882] Representative from New York. SIGNATURE. [10] Omar D. Conger [1818-1898] U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Michigan. He was a member of the State military board during the Civil War, holding the rank of colonel. Senator Conger is the namesake for Fort Conger, the pioneering Arctic outpost established by Augustus Greeley's 1881 expedition and named by the explorer in gratitude for the senator's support. SIGNATURE ON ALBUM PAGE. See signature [11] McCARTY, Andrew Zimmerman [1808-1879] Representative from New York. SIGNATURE. [12] [PENN] nice clean album page signed by 2 Penn. congressmen: MORRELL, Daniel Johnson, (1821 - 1885); TOWNSEND, Washington, (1813 - 1894). Both are large clean signatures. [13] SHOBER, Francis Edwin [1831-1896] Representative from North Carolina. SIGNATURE. [14] Charles Benjamin Farwell (1823 - 1903) U.S. Representative and Senator from Illinois. Clip Signature. [15] Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg (1837-1908) nineteenth century politician, lawyer and judge from Missouri. Born near Cologne, Germany, Finkelnburg immigrated to the United States with his parents in 1848, settling in St. Charles, Missouri. During the Civil War, Finkelnburg served as a private in the Union Army and was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from 1864 to 1868, serving as speaker pro tempore in 1868. He was elected a Republican and later reelected a Liberal Republican to the United States House of Representatives in 1868, serving from 1869 to 1873. Finkelnburg was appointed judge of the eastern district of Missouri by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1905, serving until 1907. CLIP SIGNATURE, mounted. [16] Jacob Hart Ela (1820- 1884) U.S. Representative from New Hampshire. SIGNATURE, Rochester, NH, on album page. [17] Ossian Ray (1835- 1892) United States Representative from New Hampshire. SIGNATURE, Lancaster, NH...............100-150
411. [ART] Gwen
Raverat (1885-1957) English wood
engraver who was a founder member of the Society of Wood
Engravers. She
was the granddaughter of the naturalist Charles Darwin and the
first cousin of the poet Frances Cornford. She married
the French painter Jacques Raverat in 1911. They were active
in the Bloomsbury Group and Rupert Brooke's Neo-Pagan group
until they moved to the south of France, where they lived in
Vence, near Nice, until his death from multiple sclerosis in
1925. Raverat was one of the very first wood engravers
recognised as modern. She went to the Slade School in 1908,
but stood outside the groups growing up at the time, the group
that gathered around Eric Gill at Ditchling and the group that
grew up at the Central School of Arts and Crafts around Noel
Rooke. She was influenced by the Impressionists and
Post-Impressionists and developed her own painterly style of
engraving. There was some similarity between her early
engravings and those of Gill, and she did know Gill, but the
similarity was based mostly on her black line style at the
time, influenced by Lucien Pissarro, and the semi-religious
themes that she then chose. Balston credits her with having
produced one of the first two books illustrated with modern
wood engravings. This was Spring Morning by her
cousin Frances Cornford, published by the Poetry Bookshop in
1915. It was accessioned at the British Library in May 1915,
which makes it the first modern book illustrated with wood
engravings, as the other contender, The Devil's Devices
illustrated by Eric Gill, was accessioned in December 1915. Original
wood-engraving, image is 4-1/8 x 6" plus margins. The title:
"CHILD-STEALERS." Fine...........100-150 See Raverat
engraving
412. [ART] Robert Walker Macbeth (1848-1910)
Scottish painter, etcher and watercolourist, specialising in
pastoral landscape and the rustic genre. His The Cast Shoe was
bought by the Chantrey Bequest in 1890, and is now at Tate
Britain. From 1871 Macbeth exhibited at the Royal Academy,
Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Grosvenor Gallery, New
Gallery and the Fine Art Society in London. There were also
exhibitions in the regions at the Royal Birmingham Society of
Artists in Birmingham, the Royal Scottish Academy in
Edinburgh, the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, the
Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool and Manchester City Art
Gallery. In the same year (1871) Macbeth was made an associate
of the Royal Watercolour Society (RWS) becoming a full member
in 1901. He became a member of the Royal Society of
Painter-Etchers and Engravers (RE) in 1880, and an honorary
member in 1909. In 1882 he was elected a member of the Royal
Institute of Painters in Water Colours (RI) and in 1883 was
elected to be a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters
(ROI). In 1883 he was elected an associate of the Royal
Academy (RA), becoming a full member in 1903. Original
etching, signed in the plate [lower right], approx. 3-5/8 x
5-3/4" plus clean margins. Still has tissue guard showing
title "Nigel and the King". Of Macbeth's own design and
etched by him. Fine.............50-75
See etching
above
413. [PORTRAIT] John Pendleton Kennedy (1795-1870) American novelist and Whig politician
who served as United States Secretary of the Navy 1852 &
1853, during the administration of President Millard Fillmore,
and as a U.S. Representative from the Maryland's 4th
congressional district. Antique original engraved portrait.
Approx. 6.5 x 5 oval" plus margins. Neatly inlaid.
VG..........25-35
See Kennedy
portrait
414. [FILM] Robert Clarke (1920-2005) actor known for cult classic sci-fi films of the 1950's. ANS, 1985.....20-30
415. Tisha Sterling (b.1944) Am. actress, and the daughter of the late actor Robert Sterling and the late actress/singer Ann Sothern. Sig. & inscribed 3x5 card.....10-15
416. [FILM] Bernard Hughes [1915-2006] American actor of theater and film . Hughes became famous for a variety of roles; his most notable roles came after middle age, and he was often cast as a dithering authority figure or grandfatherly elder. Signed 3x5 card......15-20
417. Somersworth, New Hampshire - 5 Manuscript documents concerning business matters with Andrew Rollins, dating from 1795 to 1809. One of them [1798] is split in half............50-75
418. Dover, New Hampshire - 4 manuscript documents signed Mark Walker. Receipts for oak shooks [ship building] purchased by Andrew Rollins. Each dated 1816.............40-60
See documents419. Message of the
President, regarding the Chippewa Indians in
Minnesota, printed government document,
51st Congress, Doc. 247, 1890, 193 pages, approx. 9
x 5.75 in., very good condition. RE: The government thought they
had an agreement with the Chippewas' to remove to specific
reservations but there was also a provision that any Indian
could stay in his present reservation wherein the problem was.
The President further said "the commissioners did not
escape the embarrassment which unfortunately too often attends
our negotiations with the Indians, viz: An indisposition to
treat with the Government for further concessions while its
obligations incurred under former agreements are unkept. ---
consider promptly, and in a just and friendly spirit, the claims
presented by these Indians through our commissioners, which have
been formulated in the draft of a bill prepared by the Secretary
of the Interior herewith. Record of all the meetings conducted
with Indians at the various places where they resided. Signed
in type by Benj. Harrison..............25-35
420. Hugh
Cecil (1869-1956) The Lord
Quickswood. British Conservative Party politician. During the
early 20th century, Cecil (known to his friends as "Linky") was
the eponymous leader of the Hughligans, a group of privileged
young Tory Members of Parliament critical of their own party's
leadership. Modelled after Lord Randolph Churchill's Fourth
Party, the Hughligans included Cecil, F. E. Smith, Arthur
Stanley, Ian Malcolm, and, until 1904, Winston Churchill. In
1908, Cecil was the best man at Churchill's wedding. Cecil
dissented from the beginning from Joseph Chamberlain's policy of
tariff reform, pleading in Parliament against any lowering of
the idea of empire into that of a "gigantic profit-sharing
business." He took a prominent position among the "Free Food
Unionists", and consequently was attacked by the tariff
reformers and lost his seat at Greenwich in 1906.
Signature on 3-3/8 x 2-1/2"............25-35
422. S. I. Hayakawa (1906-1992)
Canadian-born American academic and political figure of Japanese
ancestry. He was an English professor, and served as president
of San Francisco State University and then as United States
Senator from California from 1977 to 1983. Signed, inscribed
color photo, 8x10. Accompanied by his unsigned US Senate calling
card. VG..........35-45
423. John W. Forney (1817-1881) American journalist and politician. He was Clerk of the United States House of Representatives 1851-1856 and 1860-1861. He was Secretary of the United States Senate 1861-1868. Brief ALS, Dec. 27, no tr., 1p...........25-35
424. [FILM] Sunset Carson (1920-1990)
American B-western star of the 1940s. Signed & inscribed
card showing as cowboy riding horse. 5-1/4 x 3-1/4".
VG........25-35
425. (CANAL ZONE) W. S. CROSLEY (1871-1939). Rear Admiral, U. S. Navy. Naval attache, Petrograd Russia (1917-1918). Commanded Fifteenth Naval District, Balboa, Canal Zone. Document Signed, The Riggs National Bank, Washington, D.C., 1914. Bank check. With vignette of bank...........40-60
426. [ART] Lily Cushing (1909-1969) American painter. Autograph Note Signed "Lily" sent to artist Walt Kuhn. Postmarked Paris, 1938 she says "Dear Walt - Paris looks fine but the weather in wintery & wet. Will call you in a day or so. Lily." Slightly [unimportant] sun-toned........40-60
427. [IDAHO] Weldon B. Heyburn (1852-1912) U.S. Senator from Idaho from 1903 - 1912. The city of Heyburn is named for him, as is Mount Heyburn. Signed Riggs National Bank check, 1909. Good clear signature............25-35
428. Group of 7 biographical proof sheets signed. These are for the 1946-47 edition of WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA. Includes: W. Morgenstierne, Paul V. McNutt [signed with initials], Clarence E. manion, Chesly Manly, L.C. Marshal, Wm. McChesney Martin Jr., and James Lewis Morrill......................40-60
429. [ART] THREE [3] antique woodcut prints being different views of Cincinnati, Ohio. These date to 1847 & 48. Images about 6 x 3" give or take. Titles: Cincinnati, From The Ohio / Cincinnati In 1810 / View of Cincinnati from the River. ONLY LIGHT FOXING IN MARGINS. VERY GOOD CONDITIONS FOR THEIR AGE. Would frameup nicely. Great gift for someone living in Cincinnati............40-60
430. Elsie Janis (1889-1956) American singer, songwriter, actress, and screenwriter. Entertaining the troops during World War I immortalized her as "the sweetheart of the AEF" (American Expeditionary Force). ANS written on postcard postmarked 1942. "Thanks so much. It's a nice song. If I were singing in this war I would use it. My best wishes to you, Elsie Janis." VG.........25-35
431. [THEATRE] Beatrice Cameron (1868-1940) actress who was married to Richard Mansfield. She earned an enviable reputation as leading lady in many of his most successful plays. ANS, no date, about 4-1/4 x 4-3/4". Says she has a fatigued throat. VG.........20-30
432. [BENJ. HARRISON] Message from the President of the United States, Feb. 19, 1890, government document, Senate Ex. Doc. No. 66, 29 pages, signed in type by Harrison. A report relative to the purchase and release of the surplus lands in the Lake Traverse Indian Reservation.......30-40
433. [BENJ. HARRISON] Message from the President of the United States, Dec. 18, 1889, government document, Senate Ex. Doc. No. 14, 91 pages, signed in type by Harrison. "A letter of the Secretary of the Interior relative to the purchase of a part of the Coeur d'Alene Reservation". Disdound but all present. Contains one foldout diagram....30-40
434. [AMERICANA]
misc. mixed lot: [1] (US
CONGRESSMEN) album page 7 signatures: E.J. Hill [1845-1917 Ct] ¥ Wm. S. Greene [1841-1924 Mass] ¥ C.H. Grosvenor [1833-1917 Ohio]. On
other side are signatures of W.P.
Hepburn [1833-1916 Iowa] ¥ C.A.
Sulloway [1839-1917 NH] ¥ J.B.
Strode [1845-1924 Neb] ¥ Morgan
B. Williams [1831-1903 Pa]. VG.
[2] James Y. Smith [1809-1876] Gov. of
Rhode Island during the civil war [May 26, 1863 - May 29,
1866]. Excellent example of his autograph signature on slip
with wide clean margins. [3] US
CONGRESSMEN] album page signed on one side by: LASH, Israel George,
(1810 - 1878) NC; BURDETT,
Samuel Swinfin, (1836 - 1914) Missouri - entered the
Union Army as a private in the First Regiment, Iowa Volunteer
Cavalry, in May 1861; promoted to the rank of lieutenant,
later becoming captain, and served until August 1864; SWEENEY, William
Northcut, (1832 - 1895) Ky. VG. [4] ohn Scott (1824-1896) US
Senator from Penn. Signature.
[5] Robert Carter
Nicholas (1793-1857) United States
Senator from Louisiana. Born in Hanover, Virginia, he served
in the War of 1812 as a captain and major. He attended the
College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, and
moved to Louisiana, where he became a sugar planter in
Terrebonne Parish in 1820. Nicholas was elected as a
Jacksonian (later, a Democrat to the U.S. Senate to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator-elect Charles
E.A. Gayarre and served from January 13, 1836, to March 3,
1841. He was Secretary of State of Louisiana from 1843 to
1846, when he resigned; he died in Terrebonne Parish in 1857.
Interment was in the Burthe vault, St. Louis Cemetery, New
Orleans. SIGNATURE CLIPPED FROM ALBUM PAGE. [6] Samuel
Wesley Stratton (1861 -1931) American
physicist. In March 1901, President William McKinley
appointed him as the first director of the Bureau of
Standards. By request of U.S. secretary of the treasury,
prepared report on a proposed Bureau of Standards, drafted
bill establishing bureau (passed by Congress, 1901), and
became first director of the bureau (1901-23). President,
M.I.T. (1923-30). DOCUMENT SIGNED, Bureau of Standards
Certificate, 1906. Issued to S.I.P. Geneve; submitted by
R.S. Woodward - ONE WHITE BRONZE METER BAR NO. 17. TEST NO.
1581, also signed in ink by Louis A. Fischer, In charge of
test. Mail folds o/w fine. [7] [US
CONGRESSMEN] Album page signed by 3 congressmen on one side
and 3 on the other side. Includes: James M. Robinson
[1861-1942] Ind. / Ferdinand
Brucker [1858-1904] Mich / Robert W. Miers
[1848-1930] Ind. On the other side: Samuel Maxwell [1825-1901]
Neb / Wm. T. Zenor
[1846-1916] Ind / Sam. M. Clark
[1842-1900] Iowa. VG. [8] Jackson Kemper (1789-1870) was
the first missionary bishop of the Episcopal Church in the
United States of America. He was the son of Col. Daniel
Kemper, a former aide-de-camp to Gen. George Washington. In
1835, the Episcopal Church undertook to consecrate missionary
bishops to preach the Gospel west of the settled areas, and
Kemper was the first to be chosen. Signature clipped away from
letter. Laid to backing sheet; one fold.
[9] G.H. Richards, Sear Building, Boston, writes 2
letters to Col. Francis E. Heath, both dated 1893, 1p. each
about stock purchase in Skowhegan Pulp Co. We don't know who
Richards was but Col. [Brig. Gen.] Heath had a distinguished
record during the civil war. He was in command of the 19th
Maine Inf'y Reg't., 1st Brigade, 2d Division, 2d Corps at
Gettysburg. On the evening of July 2d this Regiment at a
position on the left of Batt'y C, 5th U.S. helped to repel the
enemy that had driven in Humphreys' Division, taking one
battle flag and re-capturing four guns. On July 3, after
engaging the enemy's advance from this position, it moved to
the right to the support of the 2d Brigade and joined in the
final charge and repulse of Pickett's Command. Effective
strength. July 2d. 405; Killed & mortally wounded 65;
Wounded not fatally, 137; Missing 4. Colonel Francis E. Heath,
who was wounded on July 3rd. [10]
Early Shipping Bill of Lading from the Rowland G.
Hazard papers, dated Providence [RI], 1836. For eleven bales
domestic goods [known as Hazard's Goods] being shipped on the
Brig Waltham, now in Harbor of Providence and bound for
Savannah [Georgia]. 9-3/8 x 4-3/4 in. Numerous foxing spots,
folds o/w good............80-120
435. AGUSTIN EDWARDS [1878-1941]. Chilean banker and diplomat. Vice president of Chile (1901-02); minister for foreign affairs (1903, 1905, 1909, 1910); minister to Italy, Spain, and Switzerland (1905-06) and to Great Britain (1910-25); ambassador to Great Britain (1935-38). President, League of Nations Assembly (1922), and of 5th Pan-American conference (1923). ALS, Paris, 1922, 1p, 8vo. Sends these few lines in reply.............25-35
436. [MUSIC] STANISLAV SKROWACZEWSKY - FAMOUS CONDUCTOR. Signed 3x5 card......20-30
437. William Alfred Baehr (1873-1943). American financier who was president of many utilities firms. Document Signed, North American Light and Power Co., Maine, 1919. Stock certificate. Signed while he was serving as vice-president. Issued to HENRIETTA COLGAN for ten shares of stock. Folded but VG...............50-75
438. [GREAT BRITAIN] Burke, Edmund. 1729-1797. British statesman and orator, b. Dublin. Entered Middle Temple (1750) but abandoned legal studies for literary work; published Vindication of Natural Society, satire upon Bolingbroke (1756), and On the Sublime and Beautiful (1757); began Annual Register (1758) and edited it for some 30 years. Became secretary to Marquis of Rockingham and entered Parliament (1765); gained high position among Whigs through eloquence on American question and vigorous opposition to George III' s policy of court domination and arbitrary rule; issued political pamphlets On the Present State of the Nation replying to Grenville on commerce and finance (1769), and Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents, accusing Tory government of suppressing public opinion, as in Wilkes case (1770); advocated liberal treatment of colonies in speeches American Taxation (1774) and Conciliation with the Colonies (1775); championed free trade with Ireland and Catholic emancipation. Paymaster of the forces under Rockingham (1782) and in succeeding coalition government; took active part in investigation of East India Company and urged impeachment of Warren Hastings, opening the case (1788), and delivering nine-day speech in reply to defense (1794); supported Wilberforcein advocating abolition of slave trade (1788-89); appeared as champion of tradition and constitutionalism in conservative English mold in opposition to speculative innovation and mere democracy in Reflections on the French Revolution (1790) and a series of writings mounting in passionate denunciation and reaching climax in Letters on a Regicide Peace (1795-97); quarreled with Fox and Whigs (1791); retired from Parliament on pension (1794), defending its acceptance in the Letter to a Noble Lord (1796). ORIGINAL ENGRAVED PORTRAIT of BURKE [1853], image approx. 5 x 4 in. plus margins. Engraved by C.E. WAGSTAFF. UNSIGNED, of course. Very good condition...................35-45
439. Francis George Godolphin D'Arcy-Osborne, 7th Duke of Leeds (1798-1859) British peer and politician. ALS, nd, 2-1/2 pp..........25-35
440. [RUSSIA - Book] James H. Billington. MIKHAILOVSKY AND RUSSIAN POPULISM, 1958, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 217 pp,
8vo., no dj. EX-LIBRARY. VG.................25-35
441. Sir Francis C. BURNAND [1836-1917]. English playwright. Editor of Punch (1880-1906). Author of many burlesques, including Black-eyed Susan (1866), Cox and Box (with music by Sir Arthur Sullivan, produced 1867), The Colonel (1881), and Happy Thoughts (1866). CLIP SIGNATURE.....20-30
442. [BASEBALL] Masato Yoshii (b. 1965 in Aridagawa, Wakayama, Japan) retired baseball player who is currently a pitching coach for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in the Japanese Pacific League. He pitched in the Major Leagues from 1998-2002. Signed & inscribed 3x5 card........10-15
443. [MUSIC] EDDY ARNOLD (1918-2008) Country-Western Singer. Signed 3x5 card dated 1988. Fine........20-30
444. Zack Mosley - Am. cartoonist who created Smilin' Jack, an aviation comic strip that first appeared October 1, 1933 in the Chicago Tribune and ended April 1, 1973. After a run of 40 years, it was the longest running aviation comic strip. He had previously worked on the Buck Rogers and Skyroads strips. ANS, 1975, written on bottom of letter from collector............25-35
445. Beatrice (BOYD) TLS, May 31, 1979. To Charles "Buddy" Rogers. Written 2 days after Mary Pickford died. Well composed uplifting words: "rejoice for Mary's having achieved this life, in having run her course and completed all that God willed for her here......" With envelope...........20-30
446. Burton Frye - signed title page from his "The Good Surprise - Poem by Burton Frye."..........20-30
447. [ART] George Cruikshank (1792-1878) British caricaturist and book illustrator, praised as the "modern Hogarth" during his life. His book illustrations for his friend Charles Dickens, and many other authors, reached an international audience. Original Etching - title "The MIDDLEMAS WIVES AND GIDEON GRAY". Image is approx. 3-1/8 x 5" plus clean margins. Tissue guard still attached. Fine condition......50-75
See etching
448. Hiram Corson (1828-1911) American professor of literature. ALS, Utica, NY, 1907, 4 pages, 4to. To Miss Whiting. Begins by saying he has sent a photo of him taken by Frederick Robinson "It is regarded as the most artistic photograph taken of me..." Followed by good content. Two file holes o/w VG..............40-60
449. [TEXAS] Richard "Cactus" Pryor (1923-2011) American broadcaster. He received his nickname after the old Cactus Theater on Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas, which was run by his father, "Skinny" Pryor. Pryor was first heard on Lady Bird Johnson 's radio station 590 KLBJ, though his face became as well known as his voice once he moved to television broadcasting on Austin television station KTBC. In addition to his work in radio and television, Pryor also appeared in two movies, Hellfighters and The Green Berets with John Wayne. Signed 1st edition of his book "Inside Texas", 1982, 194pp. The dust jacket is very good; book VG+. Signed & inscribed on half title page.........25-35
450. Oleg Cassini [1913-2006] French-born American fashion designer noted for being chosen by Jacqueline Kennedy to design her state wardrobe in the 1960s. He became the exclusive costume designer for his then-wife, American film and stage actress Gene Tierney. Signed magazine cover - also signed again inside..............20-30
451. ENGRAVED PORTRAIT of JEREMIAH DAY [1773-1867] NOTED YALE CLERGYMAN. Clean.....................20-30
452. [FILM] Greta Nissen (1906-1988) Norwegian-born American film and stage actress. Nissen made her Broadway debut as a ballerina in 1924. Greta was discovered by film producer Jesse L. Lasky of Paramount Pictures, and would appear in more than twenty films. She appeared in The Wanderer (1925, director Raoul Walsh). Among her other films were A Wife, The King on Main Street, The Love Thief, Ambassador Bill, The Lucky Lady, and Honours Easy. In 1932, she played in The Silent Witness with Weldon Heyburn, who became her first husband. Her film career ended in the mid-1930s after she had appeared in a few British films. Signed 3x5 white card [late in life]. Fine.........25-35
454. James Steranko (b.1938) American graphic artist, comic book writer-artist-historian, publisher and film production illustrator. His most famous comic-book work was with the 1960s superspy feature "Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D." in Marvel Comics' Strange Tales and in the subsequent eponymous series. Steranko earned lasting acclaim for his innovations in sequential art during the Silver Age of comic books, particularly his infusion of surrealism, op art, and graphic design into the medium. His work has been published in many countries and his influence on the field has remained strong since his comics heyday. He was inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2006. For the movie industry, Steranko has produced a number of posters for various films, and was a conceptual artist on Steven Spielberg's Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), doing production designs for the film and designing the character of Indiana Jones. He also served in a similar capacity as project conceptualist on Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) and wrote the episode "The Ties That Bind" of the DC Comics animated TV series Justice League Unlimited. He has "amassed an enormous portfolio of more than sixty projects (which he called the "Theater of Concepts") designed to be seen in multimedia form, drew the comic-book adaptation of the 1981 film Outland, which was serialized in Heavy Metal magazine. The lighthearted spy movie If Looks Could Kill (1991) features Roger Rees as the villain, Augustus Steranko, and director Brad Bird has stated that Steranko's work was his main comic-book influence on Pixar's The Incredibles. ALS, or ANS, SIGNED "JS". He sends a check for 2 items and says he'll pass on Tarkington letter; "...Keep me posted on your new acquisitions.Till next time, stay well." Steranko's autograph is quite scarce! VG..............75-100
456.
(MAINE) JOCK [John R.
McKernan, Jr.] - Gov. & U.S. congressman from Maine. Group
of 7 TLSs, 1983-90, all signed Jock. 2 have punch holes. All
to General Manager of Gannett Books in Portland, Maine. Thanks
for book gifts. We don't know how many may be authentic but
most, if not all, do not appear to be autopen signatures.
McKernan is married to Sen. Olympia Snow.........60-80
457. [MAINE] PETERS, John Andrew, (uncle of John Andrew Peters [1864-1953]), a Representative from Maine; born in Ellsworth, Hancock County, Maine, October 9, 1822; attended Gorham Academy, and was graduated from Yale College in 1842; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1844 and commenced practice in Bangor, Maine, in 1844; member of the State senate in 1862 and 1863; served in the State house of representatives in 1864; attorney general of the State 1864-1866; elected as a Republican to the Fortieth, Forty-first, and Forty-second Congresses (March 4, 1867-March 3, 1873); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1872; judge of the supreme judicial court of Maine 1873-1883 and served as chief justice from 1883 until January 1, 1900, when he resigned; died in Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, April 2, 1904; interment in Mount Hope Cemetery. SIGNATURE........15-20
458. [NY] BENNETT, David
Smith, a Representative from
New York; born on a farm near Camillus, Onondaga County, N.Y.,
May 3, 1811; attended the common schools and the local academy
in Onondaga; engaged in agricultural pursuits; moved to Syracuse
and engaged in the produce business, afterwards extending his
business to New York City; moved to Buffalo in 1853 and built
and operated several grain elevators; also purchased the
original Dart grain elevator; elected a member of the State
senate in 1865; elected as a Republican to the Forty-first
Congress (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1871); declined to be a
candidate for renomination in 1870; resumed his former business
pursuits in Buffalo, N.Y., where he died November 6, 1894;
interment in Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
SIGNATURE............15-20
459. [AMERICANA]
misc. mixed lot: [1] (RAILROAD) M.E.I.
(Melville Ezra Ingalls) (1842-1914). important railroad man,
President of the Big Four. He was one of the founders of the
Cincinnati Art Museum; pres. Cincinnati Exposition; one of the
pioneers in the modern playground movement, advocating more
baseball and athletic fields for children. TLS, 1896, as
President of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis
Railway Co. ANS [signed with initials] at bottom of TLS by J.A.
Barnard, The Peoria & Eastern Railway Co., Indianapolis,
1894, 1p, 4to. "J.A.B. I will send it to you just as soon as it
comes back to us from Richmond. Rent should commence from March
1st payable first of each succeeding month. Vouchers will be
made up in Mr. Axtell's office at Richmond." VG. Very scarce in
autograph material. [2] Early
Shipping Bill of Lading from the Rowland G. Hazard papers,
dated Providence [RI], 1829. For one Hogshead Georgia Syrup
being shipped on the Sloop Providence, now in Port of Providence
and bound for New York. 8-3/4 x 6 in. A few light foxing spots,
tattered right edge affects nothing. VG. Nice small vignette for
W. R. Danforth, Printer, Providence. Master of the sloop was
George L. Brown, who signs at bottom. Damaged along right side
edge. [3] MITCHELL, Hugh Burnton, a Senator
and a Representative from Washington; born in Great Falls,
Cascade County, Mont., March 22, 1907; attended the public
schools at Great Falls, Mont., and Dartmouth College, Hanover,
N.H.; engaged in editorial work on a newspaper in Everett,
Wash., 1931-1933; elected Democratic precinct committeeman in
Everett, Wash., 1931; served as executive assistant to Monrad C.
Wallgren during his services in the United States House of
Representatives and the United States Senate 1933-1945;
appointed as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of Monrad C. Wallgren and
served from January 10, 1945, until his resignation on December
25, 1946; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for election to the
United States Senate in 1946; engaged in economic research and
public relations; elected to the Eighty-first and Eighty-second
Congresses (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1953); was not a
candidate for renomination in 1952 but was an unsuccessful
Democratic candidate for election as Governor of Washington; was
an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1954 to the
Eighty-fourth Congress and in 1958 to the Eighty-sixth Congress;
engaged as owner and partner in transportation and manufacturing
businesses since 1953; chairman, Committee for Washington Tax
Reform; was a resident of Seattle, Wash. until his death on June
10, 1996. SIGNED PROOF SHEET FOR HIS BIO. IN WHO'S WHO IN
AMERICA, 1946-47. [4] [NEW
HAMPSHIRE] Isaac Twombly (1735-1824] Manuscript Document
Signed, Rochester [NH] Oct. 31, 1793, 1p., approx. 6x2". Rec.
of Andrew Rollins....Ichebod Rollins as witness. Isaac Twombly
was a Quaker and one of twenty-two belonging to the Society of
Friends from Rochester, NH, that "did not choose to sign," the
1776 Revolutionary War Proposal. One hundred and ninety-eight
persons in Rochester (N.H.) signed this agreement, twenty-two
belonging to the Society of Friends "did not choose to sign,"
and twenty-two others refused to sign. This placed every man
as a friend or an enemy to his country, and informed the
committee of Safety what individuals to watch or disarm.". [5] Louis
E. ATKINSON [1841-1910] US Representative
from Pennsylvania; during the Civil War entered the medical
department of the United States Army on September 5, 1861;
served as assistant surgeon in the First Pennsylvania Reserve
Cavalry and as surgeon of the One Hundred and Eighty-eighth
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, until mustered out in December
1865; was disabled while in the Army and, being unable to
practice medicine, studied law. SIGNATURE. [6] THOMAS MELVILL
Jun. [1776-1845] sent to Europe as a banker at age 18;
exporter; farmer in Pittsfield, Mass; uncle of the famous
author Herman Melville. DS, Carriage to Liverpool and Charges
- Received payment for James Tisdale. 8x3 in. Docketed 1790 on
verso so he would have been 14 at the time; 4 years later a
banker in Europe. Although not a valuable signature it is
rare. Fine.. [7] EDWARD
HAMILTON - ALS, Boston, 1885, 1p, 4to. To M.E. Ingalls, the
famous railroad man. "So many years have passed since I saw
you, that you may have forgotten me, and I should not now
trespass on your time except by the advice of my counsel &
our friend Woodbury, who feels that you like myself still
think the grand principles of American government should be
maintained against the wild theories of ambitious &
selfish, as well as short sighted men. Your Senator Sherman
last fall made a silly speech here and I thought now he again
proposes to come before the people of Ohio for endorsement, it
was a good time to show him up a little. I wish you would put
this where it will reach your people, and have a copy sent me
if used or return it to me if not used. I have headed it as to
the Enquirer. If they do not want it perhaps some other paper
would be better." Fine. [8] J.F. TUCKER - General Superintendent, Illinois Central
Railroad Co. ALS, Chicago, 1877, 1p, 4to. To M.E. Ingalls, the
famous railroad man. Mentions that the 3 mail cars are
finished & they will cost about $3100 each. File punch
holes left margin - no affect. [9] George Mitchell (b. 1933) American Statesman. TLS, US Senate
stationery,Jan. 4, 1989, 1p, 6-1/4 x 8-1/2 in. To Guy Gannett
Publishing Co., Portland, Maine. To Allan. "I appreciate your
thinking of me during this holiday season. I certainly enjoy
the two books, especially the Bill Caldwell book. I am looking
forward to my new role in the Senate and the challenges that
the 101st Congress will bring. Thank you for your kinfs
words." Signed "George." In comparison with other Mitchell
signatures this does not appear to be an autopen signature. [10] Henry C. Deming
(1815-1872) U.S. Representative from Connecticut. He was
admitted to the bar in 1839 and began practice in New York City
but devoted his time chiefly to literary work. He moved to
Hartford, Connecticut, in 1847. He entered the Union Army in
September 1861 as colonel of the Twelfth Regiment, Connecticut
Volunteers. He served as mayor of New Orleans under martial law
from October 1862 to February 1863, when he resigned from the
Army. Signature.............100-150
460. [ART] RALPH BAKSHI - American
animator/draftsman. In the late 1950s & early 1960s he
worked at CBS-Terrytoons on such series as "Heckle and Jeckle"
and "Mighty Mouse." From there he went to Famous
Studios-Paramount, where he directed countless "Casper the
Friendly Ghost" and "Little Audrey" cartoons, among others.
During the 1960s he also animated Peter Max's commercials. When
Famous Studios closed in 1967, Bakshi went into partnership with
Steve Krantz. Their first venture was "Fritz the Cat", released
in 1972. The success of "Fritz" prompted "Heavy Traffic" [1973],
a funny-sad chronicle of life in New York's slums. Striking out
on his own, Bakshi produced the sometimes brilliant, often
disappointing "Coonskin" [1974]; also "Wizards" [1977]; "Lord of
the Rings" [1978]. Ralph Bakshi occupies a somewhat ambiguous
position in the animation world. He is one of the more original
artists at work in the animated cartoon medium. He has become a
cult figure. ORIGINAL Ink drawing, unsigned on 6 x 8.5 in.
sheet. Fine. As this was a "working study" there was no reason
for him to have signed it................50-75
See Bakshi drawing
461. [AMERICAN NAVAL] Chas. A. Seas - US Cousul. at [?] country. We can't make out the place but its somewhere in the Mediterranean. Very attractive ALS, 1870, 2-1/2pp, about 8 x 13". To Capt. Walker of the US Frigate Sabin. [ John Grimes Walker]. Content concerns an anchor of a Portuguese vessel is laying near, or under, the Sabin and cannot be taken up. Near fine condition.............75-100
462. [SC] Solomon Lafayette Hoge (1836 - 1909) lawyer, soldier, judge and
politician in Ohio and South Carolina. Upon the outbreak of the
Civil War in 1861, Hoge enrolled in the Union Army as a First
Lieutenant in the Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was promoted to
captain and became the commander of a Federal company of
infantry. Nice SIGNATURE.......20-30
463. [ART] SCENE ON THE WABASH - and
Potawattamie Indians. Original 1850 engraving, image approx.
4-3/4 x 6-1/4" plus clean margins. VG......30-40
See engraving
464.
Leonard Andrew
Scheele (1907-1993) American physician
and public servant. He was appointed the seventh
Surgeon General of the United States from 1948 to
1956. TLS, Federal Security Agency,
1949, 1p, as Surgeon General, to Philip J.
Philbin, US congressman from Mass. Accompanied by TLS by Vlado A.
Getting MD, and 4 telegrams. VG............50-75
465. MYSTERY LOT of about 83
pieces from 19th & 20th century. Includes: letters;
documents; a few autographs; and various ephemera. Oldest item
in this lot is 1811. There is also an 1838 document signed by
R.G. Hazard [look him up]. Also, a, 1811 NY Supreme Court
document. Good lot for eBay sellers or those who like
researching items.....80-120
466. [LINCOLN]
LEONARD W. VOLK (1828-1895) American sculptor. Most famous
for making a life mask of American President Abraham
Lincoln. Signed 1893 bank check. VG.........100-200
467. [MUSIC] Paul
Anka (b. 1941) is a
Canadian-American singer, songwriter, and actor.
Anka became famous in the late 1950s and 1960s
with hit songs like "Diana", "Lonely Boy", and
"Put Your Head on My Shoulder". He went on to
write such well-known music as the theme for The
Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and one of
Tom Jones' biggest hits, "She's a Lady", and the
English lyrics for Frank Sinatra's signature
song, "My Way". Signed & inscribed
poster that folds out to 16 x 21". Except for
folds in very good condition.......50-75
See
poster signed portion
468. [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: &emdash;"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 is a State
of Vermont, legal writ, 1811, signed twice on the front and
once on the verso. Approx. 7-3/4 x 12-3/4". VG............50-75
469. [CALIF.] JOHNSON, James Augustus, a Representative from California; born in Spartanburg, S.C., May 16, 1829; moved with his parents to Arkansas when quite young; attended the common schools; moved to California in 1853; studied medicine and was graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced the practice of law in Downieville, Calif.; member of the general assembly in 1859 and 1860; elected as a Democrat to the Fortieth and Forty-first Congresses (March 4, 1867-March 3, 1871); Lieutenant Governor of California 1875-1880; moved to San Francisco; registrar of voters in 1883 and 1884; engaged in the practice of his profession until his death in San Francisco, Calif., May 11, 1896; interment in the Masonic Cemetery. CLIP SIGNATURE........15-20
470. [NY] SCHUMAKER, John Godfrey, a Representative from New York; born in Claverack, Columbia County, N.Y., June 27, 1826; completed preparatory studies in the Lenox (Mass.) Academy; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in 1847; moved to Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1853 and continued the practice of law; district attorney for Kings County 1856-1859; corporation counsel for the city of Brooklyn 1862-1864; member of the State constitutional conventions in 1862, 1867, and 1894; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1864; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-first Congress (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1871); was not a candidate for renomination in 1870; elected to the Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1877); was not a candidate for renomination in 1876 to the Forty-fifth Congress; resumed the practice of law; died in Brooklyn, N.Y., on November 23, 1905; interment in Greenwood Cemetery. SIGNATURE.......15-20
471. [MUSIC] Clara de Chatelain (1807-1876) English writer and composer, who wrote numerous charming ballads and songs as well as a Handbook of the Four Elements of Vocalisation (1850). In addition, she produced several books of fairy tales: The Silver Swan (1847), Child's Own Book of Fairy Tales (1850), Merry Tales for Little Folk (1851), Little Folks' Books (1857), and The Sedan-Chair. ALS, n.d., 1p, 3-3/4 x 6 in. Asks recipient to look at her "short tale of mine entitled __? Eye....to insertion in the St James's...." de Chatelain died insane. VG....50-75
472. [MIXED LOT] [1] Frank Pace, Jr. (1912-1988) United States public official and business executive. He was Sec. of Army in the Eisenhower administration. SIGNED card. [2] Harriet Winslow Sewall (1819-1889) was an American poet, and editor of the collected letters of Lydia Maria Child. SIGNED ALBUM PAGE, Jan. 12, 1886. Also signed by her husband, Samuel E. Sewall. Harriet Winslow was born in Portland, Maine on June 20, 1819 into a Quaker family. She was educated in Portland and at a boarding school in Providence, Rhode Island. She was, at least in her early years, interested in transcendentalism and animal magnetism; and arguably more practically engaged with contemporary anti-slave and women's rights movements. In 1882 she arranged for publication the letters of her friend, the author Lydia Maria Child. VG. [3] Makio Murayama - Biochemist who conducted vital research in the U.S. that laid the groundwork for combating sickle-cell anemia. SIGNED 3x5 card. [4] Ernest W. Gibson (1872-1940) United States Representative and Senator from Vermont. Signed card. Fine. [5] Douglas Volk - famous artist. Signed 1906 bank check. [6] [US CONGRESSMEN] album page signed on both sides by: BRUNDIDGE, Stephen, Jr., (1857 - 1938) Ark; BURKE, Robert Emmet, (1847 - 1901) Texas - volunteered as a private in Company D, Tenth Georgia Cavalry, Confederate Army, at the age of sixteen and served throughout the Civil War; STOKES, James William, (1853 - 1901) SC. Signed on other side by: TODD, Albert May, (1850 - 1931) Mich; LANHAM, Samuel Willis Tucker, (1846 - 1908) Texas - entered the Confederate Army when a boy; and McRAE, Thomas Chipman, (1851 - 1929) Ark. VG. [7] NICHOLS, Matthias H., [1824-1862] Representative from Ohio. CLIP SIGNATURE [8] William Alfred [1922-1999] Playwright and Harvard professor. Signed bookplate. [9] John Manke - NASA test pilot. Signed 1973 cover honoring his flight piloting the X-24B Lifting Body flight. [10] David Paul Brown (1795-1872) American lawyer and orator, whose tragedy, "Sertorius" was a vehicle for the English actor Junius Brutus Booth (1796-1852), whose son John Wilkes Booth assassinated U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in 1865. CLIP SIGNATURE dated 1842. Light spotting. [11] (BRITISH SIGNATURES) - F.T. BUCKLAND & SAMUEL WHITBREAD. Needs research............80-120
473. [KENTUCKY] BELL, Joshua Fry, a Representative from Kentucky; born in Danville, Boyle County, Ky., November 26, 1811; attended the public schools; was graduated from Centre College, Danville, Ky., in 1828; studied law in Lexington, Ky.; traveled in Europe for several years before admission to the bar; commenced practice in Danville, Boyle County, Ky.; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1845-March 3, 1847); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1846; secretary of state of Kentucky in 1849; chosen by the legislature as one of six commissioners to the peace convention of 1861 held in Washington, D.C., in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending war; delegate to the Border State convention in 1861; nominated in 1863 by the Union Democrats for Governor of Kentucky, but declined to accept the nomination; member of the State house of representatives 1862-1867; died in Danville, Ky., August 17, 1870; interment in Bellevue Cemetery. CLIP SIGNATURE........20-30
474. [RELIGION] W. DURHAM [William Van Mildert. 1765-1836) was the last Prince-Bishop of Durham (1826-1836), and one of the founders of the University of Durham. His name survives in Van Mildert College, founded in 1965. Mounted clip signature.......20-30
475. [PA] John Heinz (1938-1991) US Senator (1977-1991). Heinz and six other people were killed when a helicopter collided with the Senator's Piper Aerostar plane over Merion Elementary School in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania. Signed color 8x10 photo.............40-60
476. (David
Berkley McCreary) Gunnison & McCreary [1826-1906] Union
Brevet Brigadier General. He served as a 1st Lieutenant in one
Erie Regiment of the Pennsylvania militia at the start of the
Civil War. He then enlisted in the 145th Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry, rising to Lieutenant Colonel and commander
of the regiment. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US
Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for "gallant and meritorious
services during the war". He served as Adjutant General of the
Pennsylvania National Guard from 1867 to 1870. DS, 1874.
Signed with his business name, Humboldt Safe Deposit &
Trust Co., bank check. Cancellations affect
signature......25-35
477. [MEDICINE] William C. DeVries - American cardiothoracic surgeon, who performed the first successful permanent artificial heart implantation. And Michael DeBakey [1908-2008] world-renowned American cardiac surgeon. Both have signed a postcard honoring the Univ. of Texas............30-40
478. [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
479. MILITARY - 2 antique prints after William Hogarth, engraved by T. Cook circa 1855. Both are military scenes - Blackwell's Military Figures. On request will show scans. Approx. 5 x 8 plus wide margins.........40-60
480.
482. (MASSACHUSETTS) CENTRAL PART OF CONCORD, MASS. - original 1839 wood-engraved view, 6-1/2 x 3-1/4 plus margins. Part of the court house is seen on the left. Burying-ground Hill [a post of observation to the British officers in the invasion of 1775] is seen a short distance beyond. VG...................25-35
483. (MASSACHUSETTS) LENOX, MASS. - original 1839 wood-engraved view, 6-1/2 x 3-1/4 plus margins. VG.................25-35
484. [Olympics] Horace Ashenfelter, III (b.1923) American athlete. He competed in international athletics from 1947 to 1956 after service in World War II. Ashenfelter was one of America's finest runners during his career. Although he was considered a long shot, Ashenfelter was the surprise winner of the steeplechase at the 1952 Summer Olympics at Helsinki. He finished ahead of Vladimir Kazantsev of USSR and John Disley of Great Britain, and broke Kazantsev's unofficial world record. Since Ashenfelter worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation , it led to humorous comments about him being the first American spy who allowed himself to be chased by a Russian. In addition, Ashenfelter won the Sullivan Award as outstanding amateur athlete for the year 1952. The indoor track facility at his alma mater, Penn State, is named in his honor. Signed & inscribed album page. He adds 3000 meter steeplechase 1952 Olympic Games.........20-30
485. [Olympics] Tom Courtney (b. 1933) iAmerican athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Signed album page to which he adds 1956 Olympic 800 meters, 1600 meter relay.......20-30
486. [MUSIC] Ivor Foster (1870-1959) Baritone and teacher of singing. SIGNATURE ON ALBUM PAGE, HE DATES IT MARCH 1/1902. SIGNED BELOW BY H. LANE WILSON........20-30
487. Gloria Loring (born Gloria Jean Goff on December 12, 1946 in New York City) is an American singer and actress. Signed 3x5 card..........15-20
488. MARY WILSON - singer., best known for her work as a founding member of The Supremes. Signed 3x5 card..........20-30
489. LOUIS ELSBERG (1836-1885) physician & author. Two ALS's [1875] on postal cards.......25-35
490. (OHIO) MARTIN L. DAVEY (1884-1946) Governor. DS, 1935, appoitment...........25-35
491. [BASKETBALL] George Yardley (1928-2004) Basketball HOF. Sig. on lined card.......20-30
492. [BASKETBALL HOF] Dave Tobey (1898-1988 ) American basketball referee. He refereed many notable pro games in New York between 1918 and 1925. In 1926 he refereed the Syracuse vs. West Point game, which featured two future Hall of Famers, Vic Hanson and John Roosma . After that game he became popular and refereed many important games from 1926 to 1945, such as the first game with a three-man officiating crew (Georgetown vs. Columbia). He was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1961. Signed & inscribed 2-1/2 x 6-1/2" card with his picture & bio. information......20-30
493. [ART] Ludwig Rieppel (1861-1960) American sculptor. ALS, New York, 1901, 2pp, to the noted artist Douglas Volk. Speaks of sending 200 pounds of modeling clay to Volk. Ink has lightened abit with time o/w VG............40-60
494. Early Shipping Bill of Lading from the Rowland G. Hazard papers, dated Boston, 1840. For "Three Cases Shoes" being shipped on the Schooner Henry, now in Port of Boston and bound for Mobile. 10-1/2 x 5 in. Quite clean. VG. Nice small vignette of full-masted sailing ship. Signed by E. Bangs for the Master. Very nice example............25-35
496. [FRANCE] Charles Wagner (1852-1918) French reformed pastor whose
inspirational writings were influential in shaping the reformed
theology of his time. He graduated from the Sorbonne in 1869;
and studied theology at Strassburg and Göttingen. He was the
pastor of a small parish in the French province of Vosges until
1882, when he went to Paris, and there opened a Sunday school
and later began preaching. The publication of his book Jeunesse
("Youth") in 1891 marked him as a leader in the ethical movement
in France and his influence continually increased. Besides
serving as pastor to a large congregation, he took an active
part in many philanthropic and charitable undertakings, and in
this work came into cordial relations with men of all shades of
religious belief. Of his publications, The Simple Life attracted
particular interest in the United States and was widely
commended by religious and ethical leaders. In the fall of 1904,
Wagner visited the United States. He was invited to preach at
the White House by Theodore Roosevelt on whom The Simple Life
had made a lasting impression. Wagner made numerous addresses
and gained material for his book My Impressions of America
(1906). Two ALSs, 1917 &
1918, plus small signed & inscribed picture portrait
dated 1918; also envelope. All fine........100-150
497. [U.S. GRANT] Message from the President of the
United States, April 4, 1876, government document, House of Rep.
Ex. Doc. No. 154, 12 pages, signed in type by Grant. Regarding
Pawnee Indians. VG....30-40
498. Sir Gerald
du Maurier (1873-1934) was an English
actor and manager. He was the son of the writer George du
Maurier and brother of Sylvia Llewelyn Davies. In 1902, he
married the actress Muriel Beaumont with whom he had three
daughters: writer Angela du Maurier (1904–2002), best-seller
Daphne du Maurier (1907–1989) and painter Jeanne du Maurier
(1911–1996). His popularity lay in his subtle yet
realistic acting style: a "delicately realistic style of acting
that sought to suggest rather than to state the deeper
emotions". His Times obituary said of his career: "His
parentage assured him of engagements in the best of company to
begin with; but it was his own talent that took advantage of
them." With Frank Curzon, he co-managed Wyndham's Theatre
from 1910 to 1925, and then moved to the St James's Theatre. He
served as the president of the Actors' Orphanage. Knighted in
1922 at the peak of his popularity, he continued to perform
throughout his life. In later years he took on cinema roles such
as Lord Camber's Ladies (1932), a German doctor in I Was a Spy
(1933), the emperor's valet in Catherine the Great (1934) and,
shortly before his final illness, Wessensee in the Michael
Balcon version of Jew Süss (1934). Brief TLS,
Wyndham's Theatre, London, 1912, 1p. Says he will read
the play as soon as he can. VG............25-35
499.
[PORTRAIT] of Robert Bloomfield engraved by William Ridley
(1764-1838), after painting by Samuel Drummond
(1765-1844). Approx. 3.5 x 3" on 10 x 7 paper. Robert
Bloomfield (1766-1823) was an English labouring class poet whose
work is appreciated in the context of other self-educated
writers such as Stephen Duck, Mary Collier and John Clare.
Fine.....25-35
500. [PORTRAIT] of Robert Bloomfield engraved by William Ridley (1764-1838 ), after painting by Samuel Drummond (1765-1844). Approx. 3.5 x 3" on 9 x 5.5" paper. Dated 1801. Robert Bloomfield (1766-1823) was an English labouring class poet whose work is appreciated in the context of other self-educated writers such as Stephen Duck, Mary Collier and John Clare. Fine.....25-35
501. [PORTRAIT] of Thomas Erskine [1750-1823] engraved by
Richard Woodman (1784-1859) English engraver and miniature
portrait painter. Approx. 5 x 4" plus margins.
VG............25-35
502. [PORTRAIT] of Thomas Cecil
: first earl of Exeter (1542-1623) engraved by John
Cochran (active 1821-1865) was a Scottish portrait
miniaturist, a stipple and line engraver and a painter of
watercolours. Cochran exhibited his portraits at the Royal
Academy between 1821 and 1823, and at the Suffolk Street Gallery
from 1821 to 1827. Image approx. 5x4" plus marghins.
VG..........25-35
504. [PORTRAIT]
of The Earl of Moira (1754-1826) engraved by William Ridley (1764-1838) c. 1811. Image approx.
3.5 x 3" plus margins. VG........25-35
505. [PORTRAIT] of Sir Edward
Codrington GCB RN (1770-1851) British admiral, hero of the
Battle of Trafalgar and the Battle of Navarino. Engraved
c. 1830 by John Cochran
(active 1821-1865) was a Scottish portrait miniaturist, a
stipple and line engraver and a painter of watercolours. Cochran
exhibited his portraits at the Royal Academy between 1821 and
1823, and at the Suffolk Street Gallery from 1821 to 1827. Image
approx. 4.5 x 3.5" plus marghins. Chipped outer edges but around
image area VG..........25-35
506. John
Lithgow (b.1945) American character actor. He
appeared in the films The World According to Garp (1982) and
Terms of Endearment (1983), receiving an Academy Award
nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for each. Warner Bros. 1985 check made out to Lithgow,
not signed by him. VG.......20-30
507. Noam Pitlik (1932 – 1999) American television
director and actor. In 1979, Pitlik won an Emmy for Outstanding
Directing for a Comedy Series for his work on the ABC-TV sitcom
Barney Miller. Warner
Bros. 1985 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG.......20-30
508. Anne Marie Pohtamo (b. 1955, Helsinki, Finland) was the second woman from Finland to capture the Miss Universe crown. She claimed the Miss Universe crown in 1975 at the pageant held in El Salvador. Warner Bros. 1985 check made out to her but not signed by her. VG.......20-30
509. Gerald McRaney (b. 1947) American television and movie actor. McRaney is best known as one of the stars of the television shows Simon & Simon, Major Dad, and Promised Land. He was a series regular for the first season of Jericho, and the final season of Deadwood. Warner Bros. 1985 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG.......20-30
510. "Barnard"
Hughes (1915- 2006) American actor of theater and film.
Hughes became famous for a variety of roles; his most-notable
roles came after middle age, and he was often cast as a
dithering authority figure or grandfatherly elder.
Warner Bros. 1984 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG.......20-30
511. Stella
Parton (b.1949) American country singer and
songwriter. She is a younger sister of entertainer Dolly Parton.
Warner Bros. 1985 check made out to her but not signed by her. VG.......20-30
512. Paul Zindel Jr. (1936-2003) American playwright, novelist. Warner Bros. 1985 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG.......20-30
513. William Goldman (b.1931) is an American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. He came to prominence in the 1950s as a novelist, before turning to writing for film. He has won two Academy Awards for his screenplays, first for the western Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) and again for All the President's Men (1976), about journalists who broke the Watergate scandal of President Richard Nixon: both films starring Robert Redford. His other notable works include his thriller novel Marathon Man and comedy-fantasy novel The Princess Bride, both of which Goldman adapted for film. Warner Bros. 1985 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG.......20-30
514. Larry Kasdan (b.1949) American film producer, director, and screenwriter. He is best known as the co-writer of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. Kasdan has been confirmed to be a consultant for the upcoming third trilogy of Star Wars. Warner Bros. 1985 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG.......20-30
515. Dee Barton (1937-2001) American jazz
trombonist, big band drummer, and prolific composer for big band
and motion pictures. Barton is known for his horror-esque style
of composing in action thriller films. He created the soundtrack
to the Clint Eastwood films Play Misty for Me, and the eerie
soundtrack to the 1973 film High Plains Drifter. Warner Bros. 1985 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG.......20-30
516. [AMERICANA MIXED LOT] [1] an 1852 engraving of the Indiana Institute for
the Education of the Blind. [2] R.C. Winthrop (1809-1894) Am. lawyer and philanthropist and one
time Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. Clip
signature. Mounting trace show thru. [3] Richard Salter Storrs (1821-1900)American
Congregational clergyman of considerable note. He was pastor of
the Harvard Congregational church of Brookline, Massachusetts, in
1845-1846, and of the Church of the Pilgrims in Brooklyn, New
York, from 1846 until shortly before his death. He was a
conservative in theology, and an historical writer of considerable
ability. From 1848 to 1861, he was associate editor of the New
York Independent , which he had helped to establish; from 1887 to
1897 he was president of the American board of commissioners for
foreign missions, and he was prominent in the Long Island
Historical Society. Brief ALS, Brookyn [NY], May 14, no yr. Re:
Sunday School meeting. Letter appears to have been cropped along
left edge, although no loss of text.. [4] Rose Eytinge (1838 - 1911) was an American actress and author,
born in Philadelphia. From 1862 to 1869 she played in various
theatres in New York City and then went abroad with her second
husband, Col. George H. Butler, Consul General to Egypt. SIGNED
CARD, 4 x 2-7/8". [5] [MICHIGAN] STRICKLAND, Randolph, a Representative from Michigan; born in
Dansville, N.Y., February 4, 1823; attended the common schools;
moved to Michigan in 1844 and taught school in Ingham County;
studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1849 and commenced
practice in De Witt, Clinton County, Mich.; moved to St. Johns,
Clinton County, and continued the practice of law; elected
prosecuting attorney for Clinton County in 1852, 1854, 1856,
1858, and 1862; member of the State senate in 1861 and 1862;
provost marshal of the Sixth Congressional District 1863-1865;
delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1856 and
1868; elected as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress (March
4, 1869-March 3, 1871); was an unsuccessful candidate for
renomination in 1870; resumed the practice of law; died in
Battle Creek, Mich., May 5, 1880; interment in De Witt Cemetery,
De Witt, Mich. SIGNED album page. Large signature, St. Johns,
Mich. [6] [PENN] John Heinz [1938-1991] US
Senator from Penn. He died in a tragic plane crash. TLS, 1986,
1p. Routine content [sending autograph]. [7] 1839
wood-engraving - View of Lowell, Mass. [8] John Sherman Cooper -
US senator from Ky. Clip signature. [9] Alexander Wiley (1884-1967)
was a member of the Republican Party who served four terms in
the United States Senate for the state of Wisconsin from 1939 to
1963. Signed 1948 FDC honoring Wisc. Statehood............80-120
517.
[ART] Original Portrait Etching RUFUS CHOATE -
Original etching [not steel-engraving; not photo-mechanically
reproduced], image 13.75 x 10.75 in. plus wide margins. Overall
size is 21 x 16 in. Good quality laid paper. Copyright &
Published 1895, by Chas. Barmore, 280 Broadway, NY. Signature
below image is engraved. Artist not known. Condition is very
good. CHOATE,
Rufus, a Representative and a Senator from
Massachusetts; born in Essex, Mass., on October 1, 1799; was
graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1819;
studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in
Danvers, Mass., in 1823; member, State house of representatives
1825; member, State senate 1826; moved to Salem in 1828; elected
as a Whig to the Twenty-second and Twenty-third Congresses and
served from March 4, 1831, to June 30, 1834, when he resigned;
moved to Boston in 1834; elected to the United States Senate to
fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Daniel Webster and
served from February 23, 1841, to March 3, 1845; retired from
political life to devote his time to law; member of the State
constitutional convention in 1853; attorney general of
Massachusetts in 1853; died in Halifax, Nova Scotia, July 13,
1859. VG...........100-150
See portrait of
Choate Closeup
518. David Stewart (1800-1858) American Senator. Stewart was born in Baltimore, Maryland, completed preparatory studies, and attended the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University). He graduated from Union College of Schenectady, New York in 1819. He later studied law, was admitted to the bar about 1821, and commenced practice in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1849, Stewart was appointed as a Whig to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Reverdy Johnson and served from December 6, 1849, to January 12, 1850, when a successor was elected. He was not a candidate for election to fill the vacancy, and resumed the practice of his profession in Baltimore soon thereafter. ALS, not dated but appears to be as a senator, written on both sides to Robert P. Anderson about having books sent to him. VG............35-45
519. [ASTRONOMY]
HERSCHEL, Sir William (1738-1822), German-born British
astronomer, who made many important contributions to astronomy.
Originally named Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel, he was born in
Hannover, Germany. At the age of 19 he went to England, working
as a music teacher and organist but devoting all his spare time
to the study of astronomy and mathematics. Unable to procure
adequate instruments, he constructed and constantly improved his
own telescopes. In 1774, with the aid of his sister Caroline
(also an astronomer), he began a comprehensive and systematic
survey of the heavens. In 1781 he discovered a new planet, which
he named Georgium Sidus in honor of George III, king of Great
Britain, but which is now universally called Uranus (q.v.) . A
year later he was appointed private astronomer to the king, a
position that enabled him to devote all his time to his
astronomic pursuits. He erected a telescope at Slough with a
48-in. (1.22-m) mirror and a focal length of 40 ft (12.2 m).
Using this, he discovered two satellites of Uranus and the sixth
and seventh satellites of Saturn (q.v.) . He studied the
rotation period of many planetsand the motion of double stars,
and also cataloged more than 800 double stars ( see Star). He
studied nebulas, contributing new information on their
constitution and increasing the number of observed nebulas from
about 100 to 2500. Herschel was the first to propose that these
nebulas were composed of stars. He was elected to the Royal
Society in 1781 and knighted in 1816. He is considered the
founder of sidereal astronomy. ENGRAVED PORTRAIT, c. 1853.
Clean........30-40
521. Lemuel Shaw (1781-1861) American jurist who
served as Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial
Court (1830–1860). Prior to his appointment he also served for
several years in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and
as a state senator. 3-1/4 x 2" card signed "Chief Justice Shaw."
VG..........25-35
522. Charles Jared Ingersoll (1782-1862)
American lawyer and Democratic member of the U.S. House of
Representatives from Pennsylvania. Clip Signature.........15-20
523
s. MYSTERY LOT of about 83 pieces from 19th & 20th
century. Includes: letters; documents; a few autographs.
Oldest item in this lot is 1836. Good lot for eBay sellers
or those who like researching items.....80-120
524. [POLITICS MIXED LOT] [1] Jefferson Davis as Secretary of War - printed government document, Ex. Doc. No. 79, A resolution of the 13th instant; calling for information relative to the removal of the rocks in Hell Gate, East River, New York; and other aids to the navigation through that passage.. Signed IN TYPE Jeff'n Davis.May 19, 1856, printed on both sides. 34th Congress, 3d Session, House of Representatives. [2] Washington Hunt (1811-1867) American lawyer and politician. CLIP SIGNATURE [3] Willard Hall (1780-1875) American jurist and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. he was elected to the US congress. On May 6, 1823 Hall received a recess appointment from President James Monroe to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Delaware vacated by John Fisher. Hall was formally nominated on December 5, 1823, and four days later was confirmed by the United States Senate and received his commission. He served on the court until December 6, 1871, over 48 years, when he resigned, making him one of the longest-served United States federal judges. On May 6, 1823 Hall received a recess appointment from President James Monroe to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Delaware vacated by John Fisher. Hall was formally nominated on December 5, 1823, and four days later was confirmed by the United States Senate and received his commission. He served on the court until December 6, 1871, over 48 years, when he resigned, making him one of the longest-served United States federal judges.ANS, "Have the goodness to send me the catalogue published 1866. With great respect William Hall, Wilmington, Del. "To the Librarian at Harvard College. Approx. 5 x 8-1/4". Some foxing spots. [4] Repeal Missouri Prohibition Of Slavery - Speech of S.P. Chase , of Maine AGAINST THE REPEAL OF THE MISSOURI PROHIBITION OF SLAVERY, North of..... Delivered in the Senate of the United States, Feb. 3, 1854. 30-pp. VG. See speech above [5] John Rogers [1813-1879] Representative from New York. CLIP SIGNATURE. [6] William S. Damrell [1809-1860] Congressman from Mass. [7] William H. Kelsey [1812-1879] U.S. Representative from New York. Clip signature. [8] Orsamus B. Matteson (1805-1889) U.S. Representative from New York. Clip signature. [9] Jacob Broom (1808-1864) American Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Clip signature. [10] Edward Wade (1802-1866) U.S. Representative from Ohio. Signature............60-80
525. [AMERICANA MIXED LOT] [1] [HARVARD] Thomas Hill (1818-1891) American Unitarian clergyman,
mathematician, scientist, philosopher and educator.
Taught to read at an early age, Hill read voraciously
and was well regarded for his capacious and accurate
memory. He was taught botany by his father, took a
delight in nature and devised scientific instruments,
one of which was designed to calculate eclipses and was
subsequently awarded the Scott Medal by the Franklin
Institute. Though not formally educated in his youth,
Hill briefly attended the Lower Dublin Academy in
Holmesburg, Pennsylvania and the Leicester Academy in
Massachusetts, now the Leicester campus of Becker
College, leaving in 1837. He earned his A.B. and D.Div.
from Harvard University in 1843 and 1845 respectively.
Hill was president of Antioch College from 1860 to 1862
until the Civil War forced the college to shut down; he
then held the presidency of Harvard University from 1862
to 1868. Ink signed form letter, Harvard College, Nov. 1,
1865, 1p, 5x8", filled in by Hill. Sent to Paul Willard,
concerning meeting of the Law School. VG. [2] Asbury Dickins [1780-1861] Secretary of the U S. senate.
He lived his early life in Philadelphia, and afterward
spent several years in Europe. In 1801 he was associated
with Joseph Dennie in founding the "Port Folio" at
Philadelphia. He was a clerk in the treasury department
under Secretary Crawford from 1816 till 1833, and while
there composed and read Secretary Crawford's successful
vindication of himself against the charges preferred by
Ninian Edwards, then minister to Mexico. He was chief
clerk of the state department in 1833'6, and became
secretary of the United States senate in 1836, an office
that he retained until 1861. He published an oration on
Washington (Philadelphia. 1800; New York. 1825). Heavily
browned CLIP "Free" SIGNATURE as Secretary of the
Senate. Accompanied by 1853 government document, Report
of The Secretary of the Senate. Amount paid for
documents, books, and maps or purchased for distribution
by order of the Senate since the 1st May, 1832. Signed
in type Asbury Dickins. 17 pages. [3] [OHIO] Album page signed by 3 Ohio
Congressmen [all on same side]: CAMPBELL, Lewis Davis, (1811 - 1882) served in the
Union Army as colonel of the Sixty-ninth Regiment, Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, in 1861 and 1862; appointed by
President Andrew Johnson as Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary to Mexico on May 4, 1866; WADE,
Edward, (1802 - 1866); LEITER, Benjamin Franklin, (1813 - 1866). VG.
[4] Album page signed on both sides by: THORNBURGH, Jacob Montgomery, a Representative from
Tennessee; during the Civil War entered the Union Army
as a private and was promoted to lieutenant colonel of
the Fourth Regiment, Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, July
11, 1863 / BAGLEY,
George Augustus, a Representative from New York. On the
other side: WRIGHT,
Hendrick Bradley, a Representative from Pennsylvania / NEAL, Henry Safford, a Representative from
Ohio. VG. [5] EUGENE ERNST PRUSSING (1855-?). American author and lawyer;
author of GEORGE WASHINGTON, IN LOVE AND OTHERWISE
(1925) and THE ESTATE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, DECEASED
(1927). Document Signed, The Riggs National Bank,
Washington, D.C., Bank check with vignette of bank.
1921. Clear signature. [6] Jefferson Davis as Secretary
of War - printed government document, Mis. Doc. No. 66,
Estimate - Experiments On Gun Metal. Signed IN TYPE
Jeff'n Davis. Feb. 24, 1857, printed on both sides. 34th
Congress, 3d Session, House of Representatives. [7] Benjamin F. Rice (1828-1905) Republican politician from
Arkansas who represented the state in the U.S. Senate
from 1868 to 1873. Rice was born in East Otto, New York,
on May 26, 1828; his schooling was private. He studied
law, and upon his admission to the bar began practice in
Irvine, Kentucky , in which state's house of
representatives he served from 1855 to 1856. In 1856 he
served as a presidential elector for the Republican
ticket; in 1860 he moved to Minnesota, where he began
service as a Union captain during the Civil War.
Eventually he gained promotion to the rank of major in
position of judge advocate with the 3rd Minnesota
Volunteer Infantry Regiment. In 1864 Rice settled in
Little Rock, Arkansas and resumed his law practice. He
was active in organizing the Republican Party in the
state, and was appointed the chair of a committee which
in 1868 prepared the state's code of practice. Upon
readmission of Arkansas to the Union, Rice was elected
to the Senate, serving from 1868 to 1873 and holding at
one point the chairmanship of the Committee on Mines and
Mining. Clip Signature as
USS, mounted. Rice
signature [8] SAM FREEMAN (1743-1831) American jurist from Maine.
He was an active patriot during the Revolutionary
struggle; was secretary of the Cumberland County
convention in 1774, secretary of the provincial congress
[John Hancock was president] in 1775, member of the
Massachusetts house of representatives in 1776 and 1778.
From 1776 - 1805 he was also postmaster of Portland. The
historian William Willis described Freeman: "We believe
no other man ever held so many responsible trusts at one
time, and none was ever more faithful in the discharge
of his duties." Signed court document, Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, Portland [then Maine], 1807, 8 x 9 in.
Stephen Longfellow [so stated in text] witnessed
Freeman's signature. He was the father of the famous
poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Nice signature of
Freeman as Clerk. [9] [MISSOURI] Edwin Dean - Agent for the Singer
Manufacturing Co. ALS, St. Louis, on wonderful Singer
letterhead, July 27, 1867, 1p, 8x10 in. Sewing machine
business. Mounting traces on verso along one edge. [10]
[CIVIL WAR] JOHN MANNING JR. [1830-1899] Representative from North
Carolina; enlisted in the Chatham Rifles in 1861; was
made first lieutenant, later becoming adjutant of the
Fifteenth Regiment, North Carolina Volunteers, and
served throughout the Civil War. CLIP SIGNATURE. Click
to see Manning......100-150
526. Robert
Peters (b.1924) American poet,
critic, scholar, playwright, editor, and actor born in an
impoverished rural area of northern Wisconsin. His
poetry career began in 1967 when his young son Richard died
unexpectedly of spinal meningitis. The book commemorating this
loss, Songs for a Son, was selected by poet Denise Levertov to
be published by W. W. Norton in 1967, and it still remains in
print. Songs for a Son began a flood of poetry. Peters is a
prolific poet, having published some 30 books of poems, and he
is an important critic of contemporary American poetry. Signed
1p. typescri[pt of his poem "State of Mind." VG..........40-60
527. Chauncey M. Depew
(1834-1928) was an attorney for Cornelius Vanderbilt's
railroad interests, president of the New York Central Railroad
System, and a United States Senator from New York from 1899 to
1911. Signed card, 3-1/4 x 2-1/4".
VG..........25-35
See Depew
autograph
See his
portrait
528.
[FILM] Original vintage photograph of George C. Scott on
the set of the film Patton. He's standing in the
rear wearing sun glasses, with camera. Approx. 10x8.
Numerous cracks & other faults but in much better
condition than above. Normally we seldom offer
unsigned photos but this particular one once owned by
Scott himself [his personal collection]..........40-60
531. [MIXED LOT] contains: [1] Elisha Phelps (1779-1847) US Representative from Connecticut. ALS, 1885, 1p. Laid to another sheet. [2] John A. Rockwell (1803- 1861) was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut. CLIP SIGNATURE. [3] Chauncey F. Cleveland (1799-1887) US Representative and the 31st Governor of Connecticut. CLIP SIGNATURE [2 mounting stains]. [4] Philip Philbin - US congressman from Mass. ALS, 1949, 1p. [5] 1856 printed Gov. Doc. from Sec. of Treas., James Guthrie. [6] 1914 SONS OF VETERANS application card to Camp George A. Custer. [7] 1838 Bill of Lading document - NY bound for Charleston, SC. [8] R. H. Duell (1824 - 1891) US congressman from NY. Clip signature. [9] Moses G. Leonard (1809-1899) US congressman from NY. Clip Free Frank signature. [10] C.H. Calkin (1828-1913) US congressman from NY. Clip signature [half toned]. [11] Unidentified signature of congressman or senator from Hartford, Ct. [11] Royal Cleaves Johnson (1882-1939) Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from South Dakota and a highly decorated veteran of World War I. Signature. [12] Frederick Haskell Dominick (1877-1960) U.S. congressman from South Carolina. He served for eight terms from 1917 to 1933. Signed card........50-75
532. [ENGLAND] Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey (1802-1894), known as Viscount Howick from 1807 until 1845, was an English statesman. He was the eldest son of Prime Minister Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey. ALS, Whitehall, 1855, 1p, folio. To Lord Fortescue. "My Lord. I have the honor to lay before the Queen your Lordships letter of 23rd inst. and I am to inform you that Her Majesty does not disapprove of the undenucutioned [?] promotion & appointment in the 1st ___? Devon ____? Cavalry....." Fine.........50-75
533. [MAINE] Henry S. Burrage (1837-1926) he was the First State Historian [Maine 1907-1926]. Henry Sweetser Burrage was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, the son of Jonathan Burrage and Mary Upton Burrage. He prepared for college at Pierce Academy and graduated from Brown University in 1861. After a year at Newton Theological Seminary, he enlisted as a private in the 36th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry and rose to the rank of major. Wounded in the shoulder at Cold Harbor, he was captured at Petersburg and spent time in Libby Prison. At the end of the Civil War, Henry Burrage resumed his studies at Newton, graduating in 1867. His first and only pastorate was at the First Baptist Church in Waterville, Maine from 1869 to 1873. For the next thirty-two years, he was the editor of Zion's Advocate, a statewide weekly Baptist newspaper which was based in Portland. Highly respected in education circles, he was a trustee of Colby College from 1881 to 1906, Newton Theological Seminary from 1881 to 1906, and Brown University from 1889 to 1901. Active in veterans organizations, he served as chaplain of the National Soldiers Home at Togus from 1905 to 1912. Burrage excelled in the research and writing of Maine's Colonial history, as is reflected in his publications. He was a member of the Standing Committee as well as vice-president and president of the Maine Historical Society. In 1907 Governor William T. Cobb appointed him as State Historian, which he held until his death on March 9, 1926, at the age of 89. Offered here is a partly-printed Document Signed, Military Order, Loyal Legion, United States - Commandery of the State of Maine, Portland, 1900, 1p, 8-1/2 x 6 in. Dues receipt for Edward W. Heath. VG............50-75
See above534. [ART] Rare Kuhniana! ORIGINAL 1989 consignment contract between the the Estate of Walt Kuhn [Brenda Kuhn, artist's daughter] and the Midtown Galleries, Inc., 11 East 57th St., NYC. Ten pages plus Page for Notary Public signatures and a cover letter from Attorneys firm. Part of the agreement is for Midtown Galleries to advance $100,000 to Brenda Kuhn. The document is signed by Brenda Kuhn. Walt Kuhn (1877-1949) American painter and was an organizer of the modern art Armory Show of 1913, which was the first of its genre in America. Today, Walt Kuhn is best remembered for his key role in planning the Armory Show of 1913. Nevertheless, he holds a place in American art history as a skilled cartoonist, draughtsman, printmaker, sculptor and painter. Although he destroyed many of his early paintings, his works that remain today are powerful. His portraits of circus and vaudeville entertainers are some of the most memorable works of early American Modernism. They are reminiscent of commedia dell'arte actor portraits done by the French masters centuries earlier. Nevertheless, Kuhn's works are entirely his own. His intimate portraits and expressionistic still lifes can be found in many top museums and universities across the United States. By the 1940s, Kuhn's behavior began to take on unsound characteristics. He became increasingly distant, and when the Ringling Brothers Circus was in town, he attended night after night. In 1948, he was institutionalized, and on July 13, 1949, he died suddenly from a perforated ulcer. It is highly unusual for a gallery contract for a prominent artist to offered for sale. I am sure that it has happened before but we've never seen one. Highly unusual. Excellent condition..........300-400
See portrait of Walt Kuhn535. [FILM] Peter Lawford
(1923-1984) American actor. Carbon receipt copy for
$75 - his dues for 1966 SCREEN ACTORS GUILD. Approx.
6 x 3.5". VG. Not signed.............20-30
536. 1876 Centennial Reprint of the classic July 8, 1776 issue of DUNLAP'S PENNSYLVANIA PACKET OR THE GENERAL ADVERTISER containing the Declaration of Independence 16.5" x 11," as expected small tears, partial separation at one fold, all iwell away from the Declaration printing. Published by J.V. Vondersmith and printed in Philadelphia in 1876 by the Saturday Evening Mirror. A fun and historic souvenir piece.............150-200
538. [ART] FREDERICK "Fritz" SOLOMON (1899-1980) German Expressionist artist. Original pencil DRAWING, unsigned, dated 1930 approx. 9.5 x 12 in. paper. Unframed. Comes with biographical information. This is, without doubt, by Solomon and guaranteed to be so without a time limit. Solomon won the Mowbray Prize [1944] in London; was listed in WHO'S WHO IN ART [1954 London edition]. He studied art with such famous German artist's as: Max Liebermann, Martin Brandenburg, Eugene Spiro & Willy Jaeckel [Masterclass]. Exhibitions: Berlin, Cologne, Capetown, Haifa, London [Royal Academy], U.S., and in 1958 had one-man show at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Havana, Cuba. In 1956 several of his paintings were exhibited at the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio. He died in the U.S. We purchased his personal papers and most of his drawings at his estate sale. His work is fairly scarce. The photos shown below DO NOT accompany this drawing and are not for sale. Also, showing below is a copy of Royal Academy of Arts notification that Samuel Courtauld has selected a painting by Solomon for purchase in 1945. Courtauld, who would died two tears later, was the founder of the Courtauld Art Institute in England. Courtauld had formed an important art collection including multiple works by Manet, Cezanne, Renoir etc., which he gave to the Courtauld and the Tate. He had purchased at least 5 paintings by Frederick Solomon and when he saw the painting JACOB at Solomon's exhibition at the JABE Gallery he ordered that the painting be sent to the TATE Gallery but he died a few days later and the purchase never took place. We will include a copy of the Royal Academy/Courtauld purchase document to the winning bidder.........100-150
Click to see Solomon539. [ART] ALBERT STERNER (1863-1946) Noted American artist. OFFERED HERE: ORIGINAL ink drawing unsigned, image size approx. 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 in. plus margins. Left margin with numerous faults - one short tear into image is not bad. Otherwise the image is in very good condition. STERNER'S influence is seen in the works of both Rockwell Kent and George Bellows who he introduced to the technique of lithography and put in touch with master printer/artist Bolton Brown. In 1915, Sterner rallied a group of printmakers together to raise the general quality of American prints. The founders of the Painter-Gravers of America included, along with Sterner, Childe Hassam, Bellows, & George Elmer Brown. He became a member of the National Academy, won a bronze medal at the Paris Exposition of 1900; gold medal at Munich in 1905, a bronze at Buffalo Exposition in 1901, and Carnegie Prize in 1941. He was President of Soc. of Illustrators, 1907-09. Sterner concentrated increasingly on portraits of famous people, for which ultimately he was to become best known. His personality, wit, charm, erudition, and talent endeared him to many of his famous patrons. His opinions - definite and energetically stated - were such that he took no nonsense from sitters, which included the nobility and gentry of three generations, among them, the Vanderbilts, Whitneys, Reids, Wideners, Armours, and members of the royal family of Siam. Provenance: From the Sterner Estate sale held in Massachusetts. Guaranteed authentic with no time limit...........120-180
540.
[CARDINAL] Romualdo
Braschi-Onesti (1753-1817) Italian
Cardinal. He was the cardinal-nephew of Pius VI (1775–1799), was
the penultimate cardinal-nephew. Despite Pius VI's lineage to a
noble Cesena family, his only sister had married a man from the
poor Onesti family. Therefore, he commissioned a genealogist to
discover (and inflate) some trace of nobility in the Onesti
lineage, an endeavor which yielded only a circuitous connection
to Saint Romualdo. Nephew of Pius VI, son of Marquis
Honest di Cesena, was adopted, with his brother Louis, who
lacked family Braschi male succession. Created Cardinal in 1781,
was Grand prior of the order of Malta, prefect of Propaganda,
Secretary of small and one of the promoters, in 1800, the
election of Pius VII. Signature on a papal brief in excellent
condition on vellum dated 1806 "Pius PP. VII". Approx.
15-1/4 x 7. Boldly signed bottom right.........200-300
541.
[MUSIC] JEFF VON DER SCHMIDT
is Conductor and Founding Artistic Director of Southwest Chamber
Music. A two-time Grammy Award-winning conductor, he has led
numerous performances of standard 20th century composers as well
as world and local premieres of new work. Mr. von der Schmidt
has received six Grammy nominations, including consecutive 2003
and 2004 Grammy Awards as conductor for the Complete Chamber
Music of Carlos Chávez Volumes and 2. His performance was
nominated for Best Classical Album in 2005 for the Complete
Chamber Music of Carlos Chávez, Volume 3 by both mainstream and
Latin Grammys. Recent projects include leading cultural
exchanges at the Vietnam National Academy of Music and the Royal
University of Fine Arts in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, featuring Aura,
a major new composition by Grawemeyer Award-winning composer
Chinary Ung; and a complete cycle of the chamber music of Carlos
Chávez with Southwest Chamber Music and the Tambuco Percussion
Ensemble at the UNAM Center in Mexico City in May 2007.
His successful 2003 performance at the Library of Congress, with
soprano Phyllis Bryn-Julson in Richard Felciano’s An American
Decameron, was greeted with a standing ovation. He has led
cycles of the Los Angeles works of Arnold Schoenberg at Cooper
Union in New York City and at the Arnold Schoenberg Center in
Vienna, where Southwest Chamber Music was the first American
ensemble to perform at the Center since its relocation from the
University of Southern California. Signed [endorsed on verso] 1984 Warner Bros.
pay check. VG..............25-35
See check
See
signature on verso
542.
[Old Master] Original Portrait of John of Lancaster,
1st Duke of Bedford, engraved by George Vertue
(1684 – 1756) English engraver and antiquary, whose notebooks on
British art of the first half of the 18th century are a valuable
source for the period. The subject of this portrait appears ion
Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1; Henry IV, Part 2; Henry V; Henry
VI, Part 1. Prince John first appears in 1 Henry IV where
he fights for his father at the Battle of Shrewsbury.
Historically, John was only fourteen at the time of the battle,
but, considering that boys were put into battle at relatively
young ages, it is possible that he may have at least been on the
battlefield. In 2 Henry IV he is portrayed in a negative light
when he dupes the Archbishop and Earl Marshal into dismissing
their army, before arresting them for treason. In reality, it
was the Earl of Westmorland who talked down the rebels. Bedford
appears as a man who is completely loyal to his brother in Henry
V and is a main figure in the government of his nephew Henry VI.
As Regent of France, he returns to his area of responsibility in
an attempt to subdue the rebellions there. He dies while sitting
in a chair at Rouen, just after he hears the patriotic screams
of his fellow countrymen. The last impression one is given of
Bedford by Shakespeare is a fairly positive one: he is a loyal
servant of the crown who gave his life for his king, cause and
country. The image is approx. 11 x 7-1/4" plus margins which
are only lightly foxed. Along 2 of the edges there are short
tears but all are well away from the image........150-200
545. [ART] Gustave Marie Greux [1838-1919] French etcher. Original etching, classic Barbizon scene, signed in the plate, image about 3-3/4 x 6-3/4" plus margins. Printed text on verso. VG............50-75
546. [POLITICS] mixed lot: [1] Thomas Clay McCreery (1816-1890) Democratic U.S. Senator from Kentucky. SIGNED CARD. [2] John H. Trumbull (1873-1961) 55th Governor of Connecticut. SIGNED CARD. [3] Frank J. Lausche [1895-1990] 47th mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, as the 55th and 57th Governor of Ohio, and as a United States Senator from Ohio for two terms [1957-69]. Signed card, 1953. [4] Herbert H. Lehman [1878-1963] Gov. & senator from NY. Signature. [5] William V. Allen - US senator from Neb. Clip signature. [6] Gilbert M. Hitchcock [1859-1934] senator from Neb. Signed card. [7] John J. Ingalls - US senator from Kansas. Signed card. [8] Eugene Hale [1836-1918] US senator from Maine. Signature. [9] Geo. F. Edmonds - US senator from Vermont. Signature. [10] WINANS, Edwin Baruch [1826-1894] Representative from Michigan. CLIP SIGNATURE. [11] CHAPMAN, Bird Beer s [1821-1871] Delegate from the Territory of Nebraska. SIGNATURE.......80-120
547. [LINCOLN] LEONARD W. VOLK [1828-1895] American sculptor; founder & president [1867] of Chicago Academy of Design. Among his works are the Douglas monument in Chicago and a Douglas & Lincoln statue at the capitol in Springfield. He made the famous life mask of Lincoln and cast of his hands as well as a bust of the president from life. ADS, Chicago, 1876. A promissory note filled out by Volk, and since he wrote his name in the body we are calling this signed. The man owed the money has signed at bottom. Nautical vignette. Looks like a bank check...............100-150
548.
[ART] Scott Leighton
(1849-1898) Although American artist Nicholas Winfield
Scott Leighton is best known for his paintings of horses, horse
racing and barnyard scenes, Scott Leighton was also an
accomplished landscape artist. At the age of 17, Scott
Leighton moved to Portland, Maine, and received his early
artistic training under Harrison Bird Brown (1831-1915).
In 1880, Leighton moved to Boston to set up a studio of his
own. He continued to be involved with horses and their
trainers and produced many lithographs for Currier and
Ives. Some of his paintings that were reproduced in prints
included: On the Road, In the Stable, Three Veterans, and The
Fearnaught Stallions. The artist exhibited his work at the
Boston Art Club, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the
National Academy of Design. Leighton’s talent and skill as
an artist was so great, he was often complimented as the
“Landseer of the United States.” This was a direct
reference to British artist Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, RA
(1802-1873), an acclaimed nineteenth-century artist who
specialized in animal paintings. Unfortunately, Leighton
met with a sad and tragic end. According to a New York Times
article published on January 4, 1898:“Scott Leighton, the
well-known artist, was committed to the McLean Insane Asylum
to-day…Mr. Leighton’s condition was certified to by Dr. George
F. Jelly, the expert on mental diseases.” The article
continues to relate the event by stating: “Mr. Leighton’s
delusion is that he is possessed of millions, and wants to build
a great theatre. He also planned a big banquet for Sunday
night, at which all his friends were to be present…As the time
for dinner approached…Mr. Leighton put on his dress suit and
paraded up and down the corridor of the Revere House awaiting
the arrival of his guests. Then he fell to singing negro
songs. The hotel rang with the notes of his powerful
voice, which years ago was trained for choir singing. To
Dr. Jelly, who examined him, [Leighton] said: “If I go to the
McLean Asylum for treatment, Doctor, will it hurt my business or
reputation when I leave it?” “Not in the least,” replied Dr.
Jelly. “All right, I’ll go”’ the artist answered at once.”
Scott Leighton passed away on the morning of January 18, 1898
from complications of pneumonia. CLIP SIGNATURE, approx.
4-1/2 x 2-1/8"..............50-75
549. [OLD MASTER] Coryn Boel II [1622-1660]
Flemish. Original etching, approx. 6-3/4 x 9" plus
margins. Boel was born about 1620/22 in Antwerp. Most
likely from TENIERS GALLERY, published in Amsterdam in 1755.
VG..................100-150
550. [OLD MASTER] Coryn Boel II [1622-1660]
Flemish. Original etching, approx. 9 x 6-1/2" plus
margins. Boel was born about 1620/22 in Antwerp. Most
likely from TENIERS GALLERY, published in Amsterdam in 1755.
VG..................100-150
551.
[MEDICINE] William Henry Welch
(1850-1934) American physician, pathologist,
bacteriologist, and medical school administrator. He was one of
the "Big Four" founding professors at Johns Hopkins
Hospital. The "Big Four", often called the "Four
Horsemen", were William Osler, Professor of Medicine; William
Stewart Halsted, Professor of Surgery; Howard A. Kelly,
Professor of Gynecology; and William H. Welch, Professor of
Pathology. He was the first dean of the Johns Hopkins
University School of Medicine and was also the founder of the
Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, the first
school of public health in the country. The medical school
library is named after Welch. In his lifetime he was referred to
as "the Dean of American Medicine". ALS, c. 1908,
written in the 3rd person [begins with Dr. William H. Welch],
1p. To Robert S. Woodward regrading invitation to meet members
of the National Academy of Sciences. WThe
autographs of Dr. Welch are rare and expensive. We were only
able to locate 2 offered for sale on the net, one TLS offered at
$3999, and a ALS offered at $5999. Those prices are, of course,
much too high in our opinion. This letter is in very good
condition................400-600
555. (ART) Alexander POPE [1849-1924] Notable American sporting artist, hailing from Dorchester, Massachusetts and studying under William Copley. One of America's popular gaming artists. As a youth, Alexander Pope carved and sketched animals around his home in Massachusetts. In the 1860s, he worked for his family's lumber business. Pope studied carving, painting, perspective, and anatomy with William Rimmer, an important romantic-baroque sculptor, painter, and influential teacher of many Boston artists. From 1879 to 1883, Pope created many well-received carvings of game. Czar Alexander III of Russia acquired two of the carvings. In 1893, Pope began painting animal portraits and, later, pursued a career as a portrait painter. Eventually, he was considered one of the best Bostonian trompe l'oeil painters of the 19th century Pope's work is recognized in many private collections and museums, including the M.H. De Young Memorial Museum and the National Museum of Wildlife Art. Offered here is one of his childhood sketches. Approx. 8 x 5" sheet, unsigned. An opportunity to purchase a minor piece by a major artist...........80-120
556. [ENGLAND] Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps (1801-1866) British soldier and courtier. Phipps joined the army by purchasing a commission as an ensign and lieutenant in the Scots Fusilier Guards on 17 August 1820. He ranked as lieutenant and captain by 1 January 1828, when he was made adjutant. In 1832, his brother Constantine, then 2nd Earl of Mulgrave, was appointed Governor of Jamaica, and Charles accompanied him as his private secretary. Mulgrave left the governorship in 1834, and was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1835; Phipps continued with him to act as steward of his official household. On 25 June 1835, he married Margaret Anne Bathurst (d. 1874). The two had four children, including Harriet Lepel Phipps, a confidential attendant to Queen Victoria.He purchased a commission as captain and lieutenant-colonel on 26 May 1837. On 1 August 1846, Phipps was appointed an Equerry in Ordinary to Queen Victoria, succeeding Charles George James Arbuthnot, and hereafter was much in the royal household. He was appointed private secretary to Prince Albert on 1 January 1847, and went on half-pay from the Army later that month as a lieutenant-colonel. On October 10, 1849, Phipps replaced George Edward Anson as Keeper of the Privy Purse, Treasurer and Cofferer to the Prince of Wales, and Treasurer to Prince Albert, resigning his post as private secretary. Phipps was much in the confidence of Victoria and Albert, and aided Charles Grey in his duties as Private Secretary to the Sovereign after the death of Albert in 1861. He was appointed Receiver-General of the Duchy of Cornwall on 26 May 1862, and was appointed to the Council of the Prince of Wales on 27 January 1863. On 8 February 1864, he received the additional offices of Secretary, Chamberlain and Receiver-General and Keeper of the Signet to the Prince of Wales as Prince and Steward of Scotland. ALS, Buckingham Palace, 1855, 1p., written in the 3rd person, begins with "Colonel Phipps is commanded to express the Queen's regret...." Approx. 4.5 x 7". Fine..............60-80
Portrait of Col. Phipps
557. [ACTORS & ACTRESSES] multiple lot comprised
of: [1] [THEATRE] Willis P. Sweatnam (1854-1930)
Broadway actor. He was born in Zanesville, Ohio, died at the
Lambs Club in NYC. The New York Times, November 26, 1930 said,
" One of the Best End-Men Who Ever Cracked Jokes in a Minstrel
Show. Organized Several Companies. Created a Score of Negro
Characters in Comedies." Clip Signature mounted to blank page
from autograph catalog. Has sentiment plus "St. James Hotel,
New York." [2] [TV]Debbie Watson, (b. 1949) American movie and television
actress. Born in Culver City, Los Angeles, she got her start
on television, starring as the boy-struck teenage girl Karen
Scott in the 1964 sitcom TV series Karen. She then went on to
star in the 1965 rural themed sitcom TV series Tammy. Perhaps
her best known film appearance was when she portrayed Marilyn
Munster in Munster Go Home 1966. Signed [on lined side] 3x5
card. Fine. [3] [FILM] Virginia Madsen (b.1961)
American actress. She came to fame during the 1980s, having
appeared in several films aimed at a teenage audience. Several
decades later, she once again became known after an Academy
Award and Golden Globe-nominated role in the 2004 film
Sideways. SIGNED, inscribed "To John" 8x10 photo. VG. [4] [THEATRE] Wilson Barrett (1846-1904)
English manager, actor, and playwright. With his company,
Barrett is credited with attracting the largest crowds of
English theatregoers ever because of his success with
melodrama, an instance being his production of The Silver King
(1882) at the Princess's Theatre of London. The historical
tragedy The Sign of the Cross (1895) was
Barrett's most successful play, both in England and in the
United States. He writes on 4-7/8 x 3" slip "I am very
Virginius Wilson Barrett." [5] [THEATRE] Marshall P. Wilder - vaudeville
performer. Signature. [6] [THEATRE] Daniel Frohman (1851-1940)
American theatrical producer and manager and an early film
producer. CLIP SIGNATURE. [7]
[FILM] Nick Stuart[1904-1973] serial star of THE LOST PLANET, THE
ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN KIDD, etc. Signature, inscribed.
Scarce!. [8] [FILM] PATRICIA NEAL - actress. Her signature on imprinted 3 x 5
card. [9] [CINEMA] Leo Chalzel [1901-1953]
actor. In Ida Lipino's film "Men In White." Small clipping
about him signed in ink, 1938........80-120
558. [MUSIC] Walther
Ludwig (1902-1981) German operatic lyric
tenor, particularly associated with Mozart roles and Schubert
lieder. He first studied medicine in Freiburg before turning
to voice studies in Königsberg, where he made his debut in
1928. He then sang in Schwerin, where he created the title
role in Paul Graeners's Friedmann Bach in 1931. He joined the
Städtische Oper Berlin in 1932, where he established himself
in Mozart roles such as Belmonte, Don Ottavio, Tamino,
Idomeneo, Ferrando, etc. After the war, he began appearing at
the Hamburg State Opera, and made his debut at the Vienna
State Opera in 1947, and at the Salzburg Festival in
1948. He also made guest appearances at La Scala in
Milan, the Paris Opéra, the Royal Opera House in London, the
Liceo in Barcelona. Large bold signature on 5-3/8 x 3-1/2"
card. Fine example. Superb!.............25-35
559. MYSTERY LOT of about 81 pieces
from 19th & 20th century. Includes: letters; documents; a
few autographs; and various ephemera. Oldest item in this lot
is 1815. Good lot for eBay sellers or those who like
researching items.....80-120
560. [ART] Horatio
W. Shaw (1847-1918) American artist
rediscovered by the Bicentennial Inventory of American Paintings
Executed Before 1914. Shaw studied with Thomas Eakins at the
Philadelphia Academy. His work was exhibited at the Penn.
Academy and the Detroit Institute of Art. A major article on
Shaw appeared in American Heritage magazine. Rare original
drawing, unsigned but guaranteed, approx. 6-1/2 x 5". All
of the known drawings were purchased by a friend back around
1963 at Adrian College in Michigan. About 15 years ago we
purchased the whole collection. There weren't many drawings and
most were sold years ago. Horatio Shaw's work is very rare.
Accompanied by 4 pages of biographical information on the
artist.The Shaw papers are in the Bentley Historical Library
University of Michigan, and the Archives of American Art,
Smithsonian...............200-300
561.
[ART] Walt Kuhn (1877-1949)
American painter and an organizer of the famous Armory Show of
1913, which was America's first large-scale introduction to
European Modernism. Rare b/w print pulled directly from
the original block. The block was made for a 1932 Kuhn
family Christmas card. During the 1930s up until
around 1940, the Kuhn family sent out cards printed from the
blocks that were hand-colored by Walt Kuhn and Brenda
[daughter]. It is unknown how much watercoloring that each
did on all those cards. In later years, Brenda had
photo-mechanical reproductions made, which she herself
hand-colored and sent out. One of those hand-colored [by
Brenda] reproductions of this 1932 print is in the
permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institute. Over
the years we've noticed that these christmas cards have been
sold as original watercolors. To be more
specific - those Christmas cards could technically be discribed
as watercolors although since it is known how much of the
coloring was done by Walt himself it seems a little misleading
to call those prints watercolors by Walt Kuhn. The black &
white print offered here was pulled about 10 years ago by Merv
from the original block which we own. To be sure Merv will be
pulling more prints in the future, still these prints are rather
scarce. Image approx. 5-1/4 x 6" plus margins. On
quality thick printmaking paper. VG.............50-75
562.
[CUBA] Don PEDRO C. BOMBALIER
- ALS, 1816, 2 full pages, approx. 6 x 8-1/2". To Dr.
William Frost, sixth son of Brigadier General Frost,
practiced at Demarara, Cuba and was a naval Surgeon; he
died in Cuba in 1823. In Spanish - not translated. The
following is from The New York Times, Havana, 1861.
Don Pedro C. Bombalier, the former
proprietor and founder of the Express between the United
States and this city [Havana, Cuba] has been honored by
the Queen of Spain with the Cross of the Order of CHARLES V.,
with which he was recently "condecorated" at the "Chapel of
the Palace," His Excellency the Captain-General appearing as
Grand Master of the Order, the Cadre PEREIRA as Priest, and
Don JOAQUIN LUQUE Y ROMERO as the Master of Ceremonies. The
Conde de Canangoo was Padrino (godfather) to the neophyte, and
there were also present Hon Manuel Gonzalez del Valle, Don
Miguel Suarez Vigil, Don Antonio Garcia Riorzo, Don Jose
Alonzo y Delgado, Don Jose I de Arazorza, Don Jose Segundo,
and Don Jose Chinchilla." This letter is in fine
condition...........100-150
563. [ART] John Kay (1742-
1826) Scottish caricaturist and engraver. He was born near
Dalkeith, where his father was a mason. At thirteen he was
apprenticed to a barber, whom he served for six years. He
then went to Edinburgh , where in 1771 he obtained the
freedom of the city by joining the corporation of
barber-surgeons. In 1785, induced by the favour which
greeted certain attempts of his to etch in aquafortis, he
took down his barber's pole and opened a small print shop
in Parliament Square. There he continued to flourish,
painting miniatures, and publishing at short intervals his
sketches and caricatures of local celebrities and
oddities, who abounded at that period in Edinburgh
society. Kay's portraits were collected by Hugh Paton and
published under the title A series of original portraits
and caricature etchings by the late John Kay, with
biographical sketches and illustrative anecdotes
(Edinburgh, 2 vols. 4to, 1838; 8vo ed., 4 vols., 1842; new
4to ed., with additional plates, 2 vols., 1877), forming a
unique record of the social life and popular habits of
Edinburgh at its most interesting epoch. Original etching, image size approx. 4-1/4
x 4-1/4" plus margins. Image area VG...........50-75
See Kay
etching
564. (ART) Alexander POPE [1849-1924] Notable American sporting artist, hailing from Dorchester, Massachusetts and studying under William Copley. One of America's popular gaming artists. As a youth, Alexander Pope carved and sketched animals around his home in Massachusetts. In the 1860s, he worked for his family's lumber business. Pope studied carving, painting, perspective, and anatomy with William Rimmer, an important romantic-baroque sculptor, painter, and influential teacher of many Boston artists. From 1879 to 1883, Pope created many well-received carvings of game. Czar Alexander III of Russia acquired two of the carvings. In 1893, Pope began painting animal portraits and, later, pursued a career as a portrait painter. Eventually, he was considered one of the best Bostonian trompe l'oeil painters of the 19th century Pope's work is recognized in many private collections and museums, including the M.H. De Young Memorial Museum and the National Museum of Wildlife Art. Offered here is one of his childhood sketches. Approx. 3-1/4 3-7/8" sheet, unsigned. An opportunity to purchase a minor piece by a major artist...........80-120
565.
Sir Alexander Beresford Hope PC (1820-1887), known as Alexander Hope until 1854
(and also known as A. J. B. Hope until 1854 and as A. J. B.
Beresford Hope from 1854 onwards), was a British author and
Conservative politician. Brief ALS, 1878, 1p. Tear [1" top edge]
& light stain bottom............25-35
566. [GOLF] GOLF COVER WITH CANCELLED GOLF STAMPS [but
no POSTAL MARK] SIGNED BY Patty
Berg, Nancy Lopez, and
tennis player Tracy Austin.........20-30
567. [ENGLAND] John Mason Good (1764-1827) English writer on medical, religious and classical subjects. In the autumn of 1784, he began to practise as a surgeon at Sudbury in Suffolk. There he was an acquaintance of Nathan Drake, a fellow writer and student of Shakespeare. n 1794 John Good became a member of the British Pharmaceutical Society, and in that connection, and especially by the publication of his work, A History of Medicine (1795), he did much to effect a greatly needed reform in the profession of the apothecary. OFFERED HERE is clip signature. Accompanied by a clip signature of Nathan Drake (1766-1836) English essayist and physician. Drake's works include several volumes of literary essays, and some papers contributed to medical periodicals, but his most important production was Shakespeare and his Times, including the Biography of the Poet, Criticisms on his Genius, and Writings; a new Chronology of his Plays; a Disquisition on the Object of his Sonnets; and a History of the Manners, Customs and Amusements, Superstitions, Poetry and Elegant Literature of his Age (2 vols., 1817). Click below to see portrait of Nathan Drake, which does NOT come with this lot. Two signatures..........40-60
568. [ANDREW JOHNSON] Message from the President of the United States. "A resolution of the House of the 7th instant, transmitting a statement from the State Department relative to the clerks employed in that department." 1866, 2pp. Ex. Doc. No. 111, 39th Congress, 1st Session, US House of Rep. 5-3/4 x 9". Signed in type by the President. VG............35-45
569. Rex Allen, Jr. (b. 1947) American country music singer, who started singing at the age of six; he had followed in the footsteps of his father, Rex Allen, a singing cowboy. Signed & inscribed 10x8 photo...........20-30
570. [OPERA] John Dudley [1905-1994] Between December 1940, when he made his debut as a student in Louise , and May 1944, he appeared in 235 performances at the Metropolitan Opera House and elsewhere, taking 28 roles in 24 different operas. He may be heard on several recordings of live Met productions. SIGNED, inscribed [someone tried to erase name inscribed to], 8x10 vintage photo. Photograph by James Abresch, NYC...........35-45
571. [IOWA] HAROLD E. HUGHES - Senator from Iowa; born near Ida Grove, Ida County, Iowa, February 10, 1922; attended the public schools and the University of Iowa; Army combat rifleman in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy during the Second World War; engaged in motor transportation business; elected to Iowa State Commerce Commission 1959-1962; Governor of Iowa 1963-1968; executive committee, National Governors Conference 1965-1967; chairman Democratic Governors Conference 1966-1968; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1968 and served from January 3, 1969, to January 3, 1975; was not a candidate for reelection in 1974; briefly sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 1971; served on the Commission on the Operation of the Senate 1975-1976; consultant to the Senate Judiciary Committee 1975-1976; president, The Hughes Foundation; chairman, Harold Hughes Centers for Alcoholism and Drug Treatment; was a resident of Des Moines, Iowa, before moving to his retirement home in Glendale, Ariz., where he died on October 23, 1996; remains were cremated. SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO AS SENATOR. Fine....................25-35
572. Edie Falco - actress. signed small newspaper picture..................20-30
573. [ART] Roy Charles Fox (Born, Hartwick, NY, 1908 - Died, Elmira, NY, 1993) American painter, etcher and engraver, Roy Fox studied under Ernfred Anderson at Elmira College and at Illinois Wesleyan. Fox began exhibiting his art in the early 1930's and during the following years his work was included in exhibitions of the Society of American Etchers, Audubon Artists, Philadelphia Print Club, Oakland Art Gallery, Laguna Beach Art Association and the Northwest Print Makers. Roy Fox was a full member of the Bloomington Art Association, Elmira Art Club and the Print Council of America. Fox's art concentrated mostly upon landscapes, figure studies and nudes. His paintings and original prints are included in the collections of Elmira College, Florida Southern College and elsewhere. Roy worked and lived in the apartment over the Arnot Art Gallery (Museum) in Elmira for many years. He was much loved by his friends. Offered here is a signed & dated 1947 ink drawing, image approx. 6-1/2 x 10-3/4 plus margins. VG...........100-150
575. [EDGAR A. GUEST] Lot of 3 soft-cover books from his library, each signed & inscribed to Guest. Inludes: "Rainbow Ribbons" poems by Juanita Elliott; "Philosophic Phantasies" by William Wallace Ellis; "Recitations" by Zilla Vollmer Tietgen. 1946-1952. G-VG........50-75
576. [PHOTOGRAPHY - NASA] WILLENE WHISENHANT - one of the important photographers at NASA at the beginning. ORIGINAL vintage color 10x8 photo showing Alan Shepard lying down in space suit with technicians around him. Whisenhant has written caption in ink below "MA-9 - Backup - Shepard." NASA S-63-3888. VG. Provenance: Ex-collection of the photographer.........100-200
577. RAYMOND ROBINS [1873-1954] Am. Social economist. Colonel Robins had a colorful career. At the age of 17 he worked in coal and lead mines, and went to the Klondike in search of gold. There, as a minister and a social worker, he founded a church and a hospital. He studied law in Washington, D.C. and became a social economist. As his fame and reputation grew, he was much in demand as a speaker in universities and colleges. Colonel Robins served as an economic advisor to five presidents. He was honored with the title of colonel for his work with the American Red Cross in Russia during the First World War. When the Russian Revolution broke out, he was the sole Allied representative in Russia. Through his work with the Red Cross, he became acquainted with Lenin and Trotsky, and debated endlessly with Lenin the virtues of democracy as opposed to communism. In 1918, Mrs. Robins plated an acorn on the Chinsegut grounds as the Colonel met with Lenin in Russia. When Mrs. Robins told the Colonel of the planting, he responded, "If it grows, we will call it the Lenin Oak." The Lenin Oak stands majestically on the grounds today. Chinsegut Hill became the residence of Colonel and Mrs. Robins. In 1932, Colonel and Mrs. Robins gave their property to the Federal Government as a Wildlife Refuge, Forest Preserve and Agricultural Experiment Station. TLS, 1927, 1p, 4to. To Miss Chase, Buffalo, NY. re: a lecture he will give. "My subject will be THE NEXT STEP IN CIVILIZATION -- THE OUTLAWRY OF WAR...." Edges toned with some chipping. The body and signature are very good..........20-30
578. Alice Muriel Williamson (1869 - 1933) British novelist. Born Alice Muriel Livingston, she married Charles Norris Williamson (1859-1920) in 1894 and many of her books were jointly written with her husband. After her marriage she introduced herself as Mrs. C.N. Williamson. A number of their novels cover the early days of motoring and can also be read as travelogues. Under the pseydonym Alice Stuyvesant she wrote "The Hidden House" serialised in The Cavalier 1913-1914. Alice apparently said of her husband "Charlie Williamson could do anything in the world except write stories": she said of herself "I can't do anything else." She continued to write after her husband's death in 1920. ALS, no year, 3 full pages. To Miss Marshall [journalist]. Nice content............50-75
579. [MASS] Henry Joseph Gardner [1819-1892] Governor of Massachusetts from 1855-58. Gardner was the candidate of the Know-Nothing movement, and was elected governor as part of the sweeping victory of Know-Nothing candidates in the Massachusetts elections of 1854. In line with the nativist and anti-Catholic politics of the Know-Nothing movement, Gardner proposed an amendment to the Massachusetts state constitution banning appropriations of tax funds to Catholic schools, which was passed by the state legislature and ratified after it was approved by referendum. During Gardner's term in office, Anthony Burns was arrested in Boston under the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850. Edward G. Loring, a Suffolk County probate judge who also as served U.S. commissioner of the Circuit Court in Massachusetts, ordered that Burns be forced back into slavery in Virginia, outraging abolitionists and the increasingly antislavery public in Massachusetts. Under the pressure of a public petition campaign spearheaded by William Lloyd Garrison , the legislature passed two Bills of Address calling for Judge Loring to be removed from his state office, in 1855 and 1856, but in both cases Gardner declined to remove Loring. (A third Bill of Address to remove Loring from office was later approved by Gardner's Republican successor, Nathaniel Prentice Banks.) SIGNATURE........20-30
580. MYSTERY LOT of about 81 pieces from 19th & 20th century. Includes: letters; documents; a few autographs. Oldest item in this lot is 1816. Good lot for eBay sellers or those who like researching items.....80-120
581. [WALLY WALLGREN] Abian A. Wallgren [1891-1948] better known as "Wally" Wallgren, worked as a cartoonist for the Philadelphia Public Ledger and Washington Post before World War I, creating strips like 'Inbad the Sailor' and 'Tired Timothy'. So who was he? A Marine, for starters. An American soldier in the AEF during WW1, Abian "Wally" Wallgren drew comics for "Stars and Stripes." The Stars and Stripes, published exclusively in France during its seventeen-month run, used a layout typical of American newspapers of the day, with wide columns, "all-cap" headlines, and lots of illustrations. The editorial staff assigned to the newspaper was composed mostly of enlisted men, including several career journalists. Second Lieutenant Guy T. Viskniskki from the Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate, New York Times drama critic Alexander Woollcott, bibliophile John Winterich, and cartoonist Abian "Wally" Wallgren of the Washington Post were among those who contributed their experience and skill. Besides expressing editorial opinion, cartoons entertained the troops, offering them humorous stories and images that satirized everyday life in the military. Many of these spoofs, written in 1918 and 1919, remain relevant today. The most popular among the soldiers were Private Abian A."Wally" Wallgren's cartoons and irreverent "Helpful Hints," which poked fun at army conventions from food to uniforms to rank. When a new issue of The Stars and Stripes arrived, the soldiers scanned it first for the cartoons by "Wally" Wallgren. OFFERED HERE are 57 letters (1943-47) from Harold E. Homrig to Wally Wallgren, plus one bank check signed by Wallgren. Most of the letters are from 1946 and all are about Homrig working on a project concerning the exhibition of Wally's cartoons at military sites. Many of the letters have brief handwriting by Wally. VG.............300-400
700. [ART] RICHARD CARLE - deceased New England artist. Worked a lot around Boston and the north shore. ORIGINAL ink drawing, signed, 13 x 17". VG.........75-100
701. [ART] RICHARD CARLE - deceased New
England artist. Worked a lot around Boston and the north shore.
ORIGINAL watercolor, signed, dated 1960, 14 x 16.5".
VG.........100-150
702. [ART] HENRY HELPRIN - UNSIGNED charcoal drawing, 4.25 x 8.5 in. plus margins. The only thing we know about this artist is that he studied drawing at the Art Students League in NYC, under Bridgman. He may have also been an illustrator. Worthy of research. There is also part of another sketch on the verso...........25-35
704. [ART] 19th century pencil drawing, unsigned, oval
approx. 8 x 6". VG..........60-80
705. LONG'S PEAK, FROM ESTE'S PARK - after Thomas Moran. Nice full page scene. Image approx. 6-1/8 x 9-1/4" plus margins.........40-60
706. CALIFORNIA - group of 6 views including: San Francisco shore, Cliff House Sacramento Valley, Coast Scene at Marin County, etc. Various sizes.........60-80
707. [ART] Anthony
Thieme (1888-1954) was a landscape
and marine painter and a major figure of the Rockport
(MA) School of American regional art. He was a
contemporary of important Rockport artists Aldro
Hibbard, Emil Gruppe, W. Lester Stevens, Antonio Cirino,
and Marguerite Pierson. Born in Rotterdam on 20 February
1888, Thieme studied at the Academie of Fine Arts in
Rotterdam for two years and then, briefly, at the Royal
Academy, the Hague. He traveled widely in Europe,
frequently finding work as a stage designer.
Thieme traveled to the United States at the age of 22.
He quickly found work as a stage designer at the Century
Theater in New York, designing sets for the Russian
ballerina Anna Pavlova. When the commission ended, he
traveled to South America, primarily Brazil and
Argentina. Stage work again provided his livelihood. A
return to Europe followed with further work in England,
France, and Italy. Returning to the United States with a
contract for additional stage work, Thieme found himself
in Boston. He discontinued work on the stage in 1928 and
from then on made his living with the sales of his
paintings and etchings. Thieme married Lillian Beckett
in 1929 and moved to Rockport, MA. He established the
Thieme School of Art. He exhibited his work frequently
at the Grand Central Art Galleries in New York. He
continued to travel widely; Mexico, Guatemala, Florida,
and France were major destinations, always painting en
plein air. Thieme committed suicide on 6 December 1954
in Greenwich, CT. The circumstances of his death are not
fully understood. Anthony Thieme was a full member
of the American Watercolor Society, Art Alliance of
America, the Salmagundi Club, the Boston Art Club, North
Shore Art Association, Rockport Art Association, New
York Water Color Club, Art Alliance of Philadelphia and
the National Arts Club. Original etching plate,
title "Coach & Inn". Not sure if this is the
actual title - its simply what is written on the
envelope and above an etching [included] pulled from
the plate. Original etching plates are very
uncommon............800-1200
708. [ART] <
![204. [IRISH LITERATURE] Aubrey Thomas de Vere [1814-1902]. Irish poet and critic. Wrote The Waldenses and Other Poems (1842), English Misrule and Irish Misdeeds (1848), devotional verse and hymns; turned to Irish bardic lore and ecclesiastical medievalism in Inisfail (1862), Legends of St. Patrick (1872). ALS, 1870, 1p. Asks to have a copy of his book "The Infant Bridal" sent to Mrs. Burrows............75-100](https://merv2.tripod.com/vere-370.jpeg){kind=link}
![215. Benjamin Fine [1905-1975] Am. journalist, author. TLS, 1956.](https://merv2.tripod.com/fine-393.jpeg){kind=link}
![278. [THEATRE] Fritz Williams [1869-1930] Am. actor very popular at turn of the century. Appeared on Broadway from 1899-1930. Signed cabinet photograph dated '98. VG.......40-60](https://merv2.tripod.com/williams-553.jpeg){kind=link}
![451. [MEDICAL] ENGRAVED PORTRAIT of JOHN WAKEFIELD FRANCIS [1789-1861] one of the most distinguished American physicians. Clean........................20-30](http://home.gwi.net/%7Eecbart/francis-442.jpeg){kind=link}
![[NEW HAMPSHIRE] Isaac Twombly (1735-1824] Manuscript Document Signed, Rochester [NH] Oct. 31, 1793, 1p., approx. 6x2". Rec. of Andrew Rollins....Ichebod Rollins as witness. Isaac Twombly was a Quaker and one of twenty-two belonging to the Society of Friends from Rochester, NH, that "did not choose to sign," the 1776 Revolutionary War Proposal. One hundred and ninety-eight persons in Rochester (N.H.) signed this agreement, twenty-two belonging to the Society of Friends "did not choose to sign," and twenty-two others refused to sign. This placed every man as a friend or an enemy to his country, and informed the committee of Safety what individuals to watch or disarm.".](https://merv2.tripod.com/twombly-604.jpeg){kind=link}
![THOMAS MELVILL Jun. [1776-1845] sent to Europe as a banker at age 18; exporter; farmer in Pittsfield, Mass; uncle of the famous author Herman Melville. DS, Carriage to Liverpool and Charges - Received payment for James Tisdale. 8x3 in. Docketed 1790 on verso so he would have been 14 at the time; 4 years later a banker in Europe. Although not a valuable signature it is rare. Fine..](https://merv2.tripod.com/melvill-411.jpeg){kind=link}
![574. Joseph Parker (1830-1902) was an English Nonconformist divine. ALS, July 16, 1881, 2pp, 8vo. To Mr. (Samuel Carter) Hall [1800-1889] the Irish-born Victorian journalist who is best known for his editorship of The Art Journal and for his much-satirised personality. Parker was the son of Teasdale Parker, a stone mason , and Elizabeth, née Dodd. He managed to pick up a fair education, which in after-life he constantly supplemented. In the revolutionary years from 1845 to 1850 young Parker as a local preacher and temperance orator gained a reputation for vigorous utterance. He was influenced by Thomas Cooper, the Chartist, and Edward Miall, the Liberationist, and was much associated with Joseph Cowen, afterwards MP for Newcastle upon Tyne. In the spring of 1852 he wrote to Dr John Campbell, minister of Whitefield Tabernacle, Moorfields, London , for advice as to entering the Congregational ministry, and after a short probation he became Campbell's assistant. He also attended lectures in logic and philosophy at University College London. From 1853 to 1858 he was pastor at Banbury. His next charge was at Cavendish Street, Manchester, where he rapidly made himself felt as a power in English Nonconformity. While here he published a volume of lectures entitled Church Questions, and, anonymously, Ecce Deus (1868), a work provoked by Seeley's Ecce Homo. The University of Chicago conferred on him the degree of D.D. In 1869 he returned to London as minister of the Poultry church, founded by Thomas Goodwin. Almost at once he began the scheme which resulted in the erection of the great City Temple in Holborn Viaduct. It cost £70,000, and was opened on 19 May 1874 . From this centre his influence spread far and wide. His stimulating and original sermons, with their notable leaning towards the use of a racy vernacular, made him one of the best known personalities of his time. Dr Parker was twice chairman of the London Congregational Board and twice of the Congregational Union of England and Wales. The death of his second wife, Emma, née Common, in 1899, was a blow from which he never fully recovered. Parker was pre-eminently a preacher, and his published works are chiefly sermons and expositions, chief among them being City Temple Sermons (1869-1870) and The People's Bible, in 25 vols (1885-1895). Other volumes include the autobiagraphical Springdale Abbey (1869), The Inner Life of Christ (1881), Apostolic Life (1884), Tyne Chylde: My Life and Teaching (1883; new ed., 1889), A Preacher's Life (1899). This letter is in fine condition..............100-150](https://merv2.tripod.com/parker-646-1.jpeg){kind=link}
