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Two U.S. Navy ships have been named in honor of
Norman Von H. Farquhar: the destroyer Farquhar (DD-304), of
1920-1932; and the escort ship Farquhar (DE-139), of
1943-1974.
1. [NAVAL] N.H.
Farquhar (Rear Admiral Norman Von H.
Farquhar, USN, (1840-1907). Letter Signed, marked
"Copy", USS Trenton, Apia, Samoa, April 22, 1889, 2 pages,
7-3/4 x 10". The original was sent to the Secretary of
the Navy, Washington DC [Benjamin F. Tracy]. This "copy"
letter was sent to Henry
Lyon, who
became commander of the Nipsic. Dated about a month after
this famous naval incident (The Samoan Crisis ). This letter is of
high praise for Lieut. Commander Henry W. Lyon, saving
the Nipsic "...to his excellent service during the
Hurricane of March 16th and 17th, 1889, and since then
in saving valuable property from the wreck. During the
gale, he intelligently carried out my orders;
personally supervising the many plans to keep out
water, getting lines to the Vaudalia to prevent the
total destruction of the Trenton and many other duties
besides..." Norman Von Heidreich Farquhar (1840-1907) was
born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, attended the U.S.
Naval Academy during 1854-59. After graduation, he served with
the Africa Squadron until September 1861. Lieutenant Farquhar
spent most of the Civil War off the U.S. Atlantic coast and in
the West Indies, serving in the gunboats Mystic, Sonoma and
Mahaska and the cruisers Rhode Island and Santiago de Cuba. He
was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander in mid-1865,
a few months after the fighting ended, and was on duty at the
U.S. Naval Academy from then until September 1868. For the
rest of the 1860s and into the next decade, Farquhar served in
the warship Swatara, was Executive Officer of USS Severn and
USS Powhatan and Commanding Officer of USS Kansas. He also had
two tours at the Boston Navy Yard on ordnance duty and as
Executive Officer. Advanced in rank to Commander in December 1872,
Farquhar spent nearly five years at the Naval Academy. He
commanded the training ship Portsmouth in 1877-78, and the
steam sloops Quinnebaug and Wyoming in European waters in
1878-1881. Five more years of Naval Academy duty were followed
by torpedo instruction at Newport, Rhode Island, in 1886. From
May 1887 until her loss in the March 1889 Samoan hurricane,
Captain Farquhar commanded the steam frigate Trenton. He then
served on several of the Navy's boards and, in March 1890
became the Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks. During
1894-97, he was Commandant of the Philadelphia Navy Yard,
Commanding Officer of the cruiser Newark, and President of the
Naval Examining Board. While holding the ranks of Commodore and Rear
Admiral, Farquhar was Commandant of the Norfolk Navy Yard in
1897-99, commanded the North Atlantic Station during 1899-1901
and was Chairman of the Lighthouse Board in 1901-02. He
retired from active duty in April 1902, upon reaching the
statutory service age limit of 62. Rear Admiral Farquhar died
at Jamestown, Rhode Island, on 3 July 1907. The
letter is in very fine condition. Provenance: Estate
of Admiral
Henry W. Lyon, who had a distinguished Naval career, was
honored for his service in the Spanish-American war where he
commanded the U. S. S. Dolphin. Lyon and his wife,
Liela, bought a house in Paris Hill, Maine in 1899 and
moved there full time when he retired from the Navy in 1907.
Picture of Farquhar is not included here...........300-400
2. [NAVAL] Geo.
Brown - Rear Admiral, Commanding U.S.
Naval Force, Pacific Station. TLS, U.S. Flagship
Charleston, Feb. 5, 1890, 1p, to Lioeut. Commander Henry W.
Lyon, Commanding U.S.S. Nipsic, Honolulu, Hawaii. Says
Secretary of the Navy "...indicates that your request for
detachment from the command of the Nipsic has been favorably
considered...." Delayed, however, because Commander
Wingate "....having been condemned by survey and therefore
unable to execute his orders...." Damped stained.
Provenance:
Estate of Admiral
Henry W. Lyon, who had a distinguished Naval career, was
honored for his service in the Spanish-American war where he
commanded the U. S. S. Dolphin. Lyon and his wife,
Liela, bought a house in Paris Hill, Maine in 1899 and
moved there full time when he retired from the Navy in 1907.
Picture of Farquhar is not included here........100-150
3. [NAVAL] Navy Department document, 1869, appointing Henry W. Lyon, a Master in the navy. Bottom right, in blue pencil, RA Radford, which was probably William Radford (1809-1890) rear admiral of the United States Navy who served during the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War. Approx. 8 x 10". VG.............100-150
4. 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
5. [FRANCE] Faletans or Falletans - the
same family from Burgundy nobility, directly from the middle
ages. It gave its name to a village in Burgundy, and to a
county. The family gave to France many high army officers. The
'Marquis de Falletans" has been general of the National Guard
under Napoleon; Captain of King's Hunters; and Mayor of the
town of Busy. Offered here: 4 manuscript pages
[1812], great large watermarked paper, large sums of money -
de Faletans. Worthy of research. Not translated. Fine
condition.............200-300
6. [FRANCE] Faletans or Falletans
Family - circa 1860 manuscript page, a list of 21 young
noblemen asking for the hnad of Miss Camille de Faletans
between 1845-1848. She was the daughter of Count de Faletans.
Approx. 7-1/2 x 11-3/4". Most unusual.
VG.............150-200
7. [FRANCE] HOUSE OF GARNIER - 4 manuscript
pages, dated 1848, research genealogy, approx. 46 entries,
addressed to Marquis de Falletans. Approx. 8-1/4 x 10-1/4".
VG...........200-300
8.
(OLD MASTER) JAN VAN TROYEN
- Brussels ( flourished 1650-1660) b. Antwerp. Etching pulled
from the original plate, 9 x 6.5 in. plus margins. On old laid
paper. Difficult to date but circa 200-300 years old. Etching
most probably from D. Teniers' "Theatre des
Peintures"-1660, published in Amsterdam in 1755.
Old mounting remains on back affect nothing........100-150
See etching
9. [FRANCE] Jean-Antoine Tinseau (1697-1782)
French prelate. Tinseau earned a doctorate in theology from
the University of Besançon and canon and vicar general of the
Archdiocese of Besançon. In 1743 he became commendatory
abbot of Bitaine and in 1745 Bishop of Belley. He was
transferred to the diocese of Nevers in 1751. In 1760 Tinseau
built a new episcopal palace and in 1762 he replaced by
secular priests Jesuits at college and seminary. ALS,
Nevers, 1782, 2pp, approx. 6-1/4 x 7-3/4".
VG.........100-150
10. [FRANCE] Two
French Mystery Documents,
identified as being from the Burgundy region - one
possibly a Birth Certificate. Small
documented is dated 1753, the larger one has
several dates but appears to be from 1726. As you
can see there a piece missing at edge on 1753
document..............100-150
Front
sides
Back
sides
11.
[ART] Domenico PRONTI (act.c.1790)
2 original 18th century engravings on the same sheet. "Chiesa
e Basilica di S.Paolo Apost." and "Chiesa e Basilica di s.
Groce in Gerusalemme" copper engraving published in Nuova
Raccolta ... Della Citta di Roma e Sue Vicinanze by Domenico
Pronti, about 1790. Plate mark and good margins. Each approx.
3 x 4.5". VG...........100-150
12. [FRANCE] Raymond
Jean-François Marie Lacave Laplagne
(1786-1857) He takes the name of Baron Lacave La Plagne Barris
in 1825. Lawyer. President of the Court of Cassation. Pairs of
France. Senator. Executor of Louis-Philippe I. He was named
peer of France October 30, 1837. He was a grand officer
of the Legion of Honor. ALS, Paris, 1823, 2-1/2
lengthy pages, plus address leaf. Seal tear affects
nothing.........100-150
Page 1
Page 2
Page 3
Address leaf
13. Howard
Baker, Jr. (1925-2014) American
politician and diplomat who served as a Republican U.S.
Senator from Tennessee and Senate Majority Leader. Baker later
served as White House Chief of Staff for President Ronald
Reagan, and a United States Ambassador to Japan. Known
in Washington, D.C. as the "Great Conciliator", Baker was
often regarded as one of the most successful senators in terms
of brokering compromises, enacting legislation, and
maintaining civility. Baker was a moderate conservative who
was also respected enormously by most of his Democratic
colleagues. Signed 8x10 photo. VG........50-75
See above
14.
[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. Letter signed, 1712, 4pp., approx. 6 x 9".
VG.........150-200
Pages 1
& 4
Pages 2
& 3
15. [FRANCE] Jules
Basile Guesde (1845-1922) French
socialist journalist and politician. Guesde was the
inspiration for a famous quotation by Karl Marx.
Shortly before Marx died in 1883, he wrote a letter to
Guesde and Paul Lafargue, both of whom already claimed to
represent "Marxist" principles. Marx accused them of
"revolutionary phrase-mongering" and of denying the value of
reformist struggles. This exchange is the source of
Marx's remark, reported by Friedrich Engels: "ce qu'il y a
de certain c'est que moi, je ne suis pas Marxiste” (“what is
certain is that [if they are Marxists], [then] I myself am
not a Marxist”). ALS, no, 1p, 5-1/2 x 7".
VG...........100-150
See letter
See his
picture
16. [FRANCE] Jean-Charles-Julien Luce Lancival (1764-1810) French poet and
playwright born in French Saint-Gobain ( Picardie ),
France. Luce Lancival was a brilliant student at
Louis-le-Grand College and was appointed professor of
rhetoric at the college of Navarre at age 22 ( 1786 ). The
following year he left teaching and took orders. He
became noted for his talents as a preacher. In the French
Revolution, he broke his vows and turned to theater.
To 1797 , he was in charge of the French literature during
Prytanée former Collège Louis-le-Grand . He remained a
professor of rhetoric at the imperial school at the time of
reorganization of the University. He was then called to the
chair of Latin poetry at the Sorbonne . In 1805 , he
wrote his poem in six cantos Achilles in Skyros,
his best known work. In the theater, Luce Lancival won
his greatest success shortly before his death, with his
tragedy 'of Hector , shown in 1809 at the Comédie-French .
On a subject taken from the Iliad , the piece caused a
sensation by nature judged by the very contemporary faithful
to the spirit of ancient Greece. Napoleon rewarded the
author assigning him a pension of 6,000 French francs. His
love of life, pushed to debauchery, was famous in his time.
He must have lost a leg, probably because of diabetes, and
carry a wooden leg. Despite this disability and poor health,
he gave himself with great dedication to the teaching of
literature and was an outstanding teacher. Rare
ALS, 1808, 1p, approx. 4.5 x 7.5".
Fine..........150-200
17. [MUSIC] Paul-Bernard Barroilhet
(1810-1871) French operatic baritone. He
began his career in Italy during the early 1830s,
performing under the name Paolo Barroilhet and making a
name for himself as an exceptional singer, particularly in
Naples. He returned to France in 1840 to join the roster
of artists at the Opéra National de Paris, where he
performed under his birth name. However, he left the Paris
Opera in 1847 after differences with the company's
management. The by now wealthy Bairrolhet elected to
withdraw completely from the stage and he found a new
vocation as a painter and art collector. He came out of
retirement briefly for appearances in Madrid in 1851–1852,
performing Don Carlo in Ernani. Barroilhet is best
remembered today for originating roles in several operas
by Gaetano Donizetti and Fromental Halévy. For Donizetti
he created Eustachio de Saint-Pierre in L'assedio di
Calais (1836), the Lord Duke of Nottingham in Roberto
Devereux (1837), Alfonso XI of Castile in La favorite
(1840), and Camoëns in Dom Sebastien (1843). The Halevy
roles he created include King Lusignan in La reine de
Chypre (1841), the title role in the premiere of Charles
VI (1843) and Mirobolante in Le lazzarone, ou Le bien
vient en dormant (1844). Other world premières in
which he sang include Saverio Mercadante's La vestale
(Publio) and Elena da Feltre (Guido), Il Conte di Chalais
by Giuseppe Lillo, Richard en Palestine by Adolphe Adam
and Marie Stuart by Louis Niedermeyer. He also sang the
title-role in the pasticcio opera, Robert Bruce, in which
Niedermeyer had adapted music from various operas by
Rossini. ALS, no date, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8-1/4"............100-150
18. [FRANCE] Theatrical Contract, 17 April
1951, for Noel Coward's play WEEKEND. Signed
by the adaptor [translated] Antoine
Bibesco and the French actress Andree Mery
(1876-1968). Two pages, set to expire 31 May 1952. Approx.
6-3/4 x 9-3/4". VG. Prince Antoine
Bibesco (1878 –
September 2, 1951) Romanian aristocrat, lawyer,
diplomat and writer. As a young man, his mother, Princess
Hélène Bibesco's celebrated Paris salon gave him the
opportunity to meet Charles Gounod, Claude Debussy, Camille
Saint-Saëns, Pierre Bonnard, Édouard Vuillard, Aristide
Maillol, Anatole France and Marcel Proust among many other
notables. Both his father and mother commissioned artworks
and music (most notably Edgar Degas and George Enescu) and
Antoine continued this family tradition, particularly
through his friendship with Vuillard. Marcel Proust became a
lifelong friend and shared a secret language in which Marcel
was Lecram and the Bibescos were Ocsebib. Antoine made a
concerted effort to have Proust's Du Côté de Chez Swann (in
which, it is said, Bibesco was the model for Robert de St.
Loup) published by André Gide and the Nouvelle Revue
Française, but failed in that effort. Toward the end of
Proust's life, Bibesco, who was a great raconteur, was an
outside ear for the reclusive writer. Later he published
Letters of Marcel Proust to Antoine Bibesco. Bibesco, though
not a prolific writer, was the author of a number of plays
in French and had at least one American success. In 1930 his
play Ladies All was performed on Broadway at the
Morosco Theatre, running for 140 performances. He
also translated Weekend by Noël Coward and Le Domaine by
John Galsworthy into French. He
married Elizabeth Asquith, daughter of the former
Prime Minister ofr Great Britain. The marriage took place at
St. Margaret's, Westminster on April 29, 1919. It was the
society event of the year, attended by everyone from Queen
Alexandra to George Bernard Shaw. Apparently marriage did
not change Antoine's womanizing ways. Rebecca West (with
whom he had a short affair in 1927) called him "a boudoir
athlete". While attending a party at the French embassy in
London and looking around the room, West realized that every
woman in attendance had been his mistress at one time or
another. Antoine continued his diplomatic career in
Washington, D.C. (1920–1926) as Minister of the Romanian
Legation (the present Embassy of Romania in Washington, D.C.
was first used as such during his tenure) and in Madrid
(1927–1931). In 1936, after Romanian Prime Minister Gheorghe
Tătărescu removed Nicolae Titulescu as Foreign Minister and
recalled nearly all Romania's diplomats, Prince Bibesco had
the unenviable responsibility of reassuring England and
France that Romania was not slipping into the grip of
fascism. The World War II years were spent in Romania where
his wife died (in 1945) and when, after the war, his estates
were confiscated by the communists he left his country,
never to return. Enid Bagnold, in her autobiography, tells
of unwittingly smuggling silver across the English Channel
for him after the war. He died in 1951, only a few months
after signing this document, and was buried in Paris.
RARE! ..................200-300
19. [ART] CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886-1978) Maine artist known as "THE DOWN EAST PRINTMAKER. Six charcoal drawings on one sheet, each approx. 2.25 x 3 in. Image areas very good. Smudging in margins. Unsigned...............100-150
20. [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
21. [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
22. [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
23. [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
24. [FRANCE] Edme Étienne Borne Desfourneaux
(1767-1849, Paris) French Army General and Governor of
Guadalope. Desfourneaux was born in Vézelay and joined the
French Army of the Kingdom of France as sergeant in 1789 with
the Régiment de Conti during the French Revolution. He later
rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the 48th Infantry
Regiment in Saint-Domingue in 1792. From 1798 to 1799 he
served as Governor of Guadeloupe. He was gravely wounded
at the Action of 19 February 1801. Desfourneaux received many
honours for his service including: Commander of the Legion of
Honour in 1804; and Order of Saint Louis 1814. In 1811 he
became a member of the Corps législatif of the First French
Empire in 1811 and served as Vice-President of the body.
He also served as a member of the Chamber of Representatives
in 1815 during the Hundred Days. He briefly return to command
troops during the Bourbon Restoration. Following the
Bourbon Restoration he retired from public life and died in
Paris in 1849. Offered here is an ALS, Year 8 [1800],
1p, to the Minister of Navy and Colonies. Recommendation
for 4 soldiers who fought all Revolution campaigns. The
letter is complete but marginal commentary has been cout away.
Very fresh condition. 7-1/4 X 12-1/4". RARE!..........150-250
25. [FRANCE] Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, comte de Toulouse (1681), duc de Penthièvre (1697), (1711), (1678-1737), a legitimated prince of the blood royal, was the son of Louis XIV and of his mistress Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan. At the age of five, he became grand admiral of France. In 1693, he became a chevalier des Ordres du roi (Order of the King) and, in 1704, a knight of the Toison d’or. Shortly before his death in 1715, Louis XIV added a codicil to his will stating that if all legitimate members of the House of Bourbon, both those descended from Louis and more distant kinsmen, died out, the throne of France could be inherited by the duc du Maine and the comte de Toulouse. The decision was reversed after the death of Louis XIV when Louis Alexandre's cousin, Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, as the new regent, had the Parlement de Paris void that portion of the will. The comte de Toulouse died at the Château de Rambouillet on 1 December 1737. He was buried in the village 12th century Saint-Lubin church. Offered here is a document signed, 1715, 1p, approx. 6-3/4 x 9". Fine condition. Not translated...........300-400
26. [MAINE] William
Allen Hayes (1783-1851) Noted Maine
judge and lawyer, born in North Yarmouth, Hayes had attended
Dartmouth, where he was said to have ridden on horseback from
Maine with all his possessions in his saddlebags. He graduated
with honors in 1805. He then studied with Dudley Hubbard as
well as with lawyers Ezekiel Whitman and Artemas Ward of
Charlestown, Massachusetts, and was admitted to the Middlesex,
Massachusetts, Bar in 1809. Hayes opened an office in South
Berwick village above the Parks Store with local attorney
Charles Northend Cogswell. At the time, the center of South
Berwick was in transition, shifting in location from near the
Salmon Falls River to its present site along Main and Portland
Streets, the route that was part of a developing stagecoach
turnpike between Boston and Portland. Of the Hayes and
Cogswell law firm, the History of York County said, “It proved
a most successful partnership, both being of high intellectual
endowments and large business capacity. It is said that for
many years more business was done in their office than in any
other in the county.” Cogswell died in 1846. Hayes was
judge of probate from 1828 to 1847, and served as president of
the South Berwick Bank and of the York County Bar for more
than 25 years. In 1841 he became an investor in South
Berwick's first railroad line, the Great Falls and South
Berwick Branch Railroad Company, and he owned shares in the
woolen mill at Great Works. He was also a leader of the First
Parish Church. Judge Hayes is believed to have acquired
considerable property in the interior of the town. He “had the
instincts of an English country squire,” later wrote Sarah
Orne Jewett, “and lived like one on his great estate, bringing
up his handsome sons and daughters to be ladies and gentlemen,
to walk and to speak as ladies and gentlemen should, and to be
self-respecting and respectful of others.” In the 20th
century, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts acquired mahogany
chairs from Hayes House that were perhaps made by Langley
Boardman of Portsmouth or by a South Berwick craftsman. The
museum's research found the Hayes family furnished their south
sitting room with “a Franklin stove, a piano, two card tables,
a variety of seating furniture, plants, and portraits of Mrs.
Hayes and the Judge.” Portraits of Judge Hayes and his wife
are thought perhaps to have been painted by the New England
artist Joseph Greenleaf Cole (1806 - 1858). In 1811
Hayes married Susan Lord (c. 1790-1870), the only daughter of
merchant and ship-owner Gen. John Lord. The couple and their
children were among those greeting General Lafayette on his
1825 visit to the Frost Tavern on Main Street. “The citizens
were introduced to the General in the parlor of the Hotel,”
recalled Sophia Hayes Goodwin years later. “My father acted as
master of ceremonies and I remember my pride in his easy
address. I remember my father wore a claret colored frock coat
– which displayed his remarkably handsome person to great
advantage. But I was half ashamed when he brought up my sister
Hetta and myself and introduced us as his children, though I
was partially assured when the General complimented him upon
having so interesting a family.” In 1960 Berwick Academy
became a private boarding school, and in 1966 it bought the
Hayes House. The Judson Dunaway Foundation provided a $50,000
grant to convert it to a dormitory known as Dunaway. In 1974
the academy became a country day school and the house a
headmaster's residence. Today the Hayes House is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places. Offered
here is a Folded Stampless Letter, South Berwick [Maine],
1847, 1p. Address leaf on verso. To the clerk of the
court at Alfred, Maine, concerns a legal
matter. Picture of Hayes showing is
not offered here. VG..............100-150
Page 1
Address leaf
See his
portrait
27. [ART] Jeanette A. Stewart (b. 1867) American artist from Somersworth, she studied with William Merritt Chase & Charles Woodbury. Original pencil drawing, unsigned, dated Nov. 7. 1939. Approx. 5.5 x 8.5". She has written some notes on drawing which possibly indicates this was a prepatory study for a painting....... 75-100
Back side
28.
[ART] Ross Turner (1847-1915)
American artist. Ross Sterling Turner was born in
Westport, New York, and after a brief career as a draftsman
traveled to Europe where he studied painting under Frank
Duveneck and William Merritt Chase in Germany and Venice
Italy. Turner returned to America after seven years
abroad and settled in Salem, Mass. shortly after his
marriage to Louise Blaney in 1885. He taught in the
architecture department at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology for 30 years and also in the Massachusetts Normal
Art School. Turner also offered private instruction in his
Boston studio and during the summers in Gloucester or
Salem. He wrote a number of books and frequently
exhibited with the American Watercolor Society. An article
about the artist in the Boston Transcript in 1888 claimed that
"probably there is no one in the locality that knows more
about the manipulation of watercolors, their scope,
properties, and legitimate place." The Peabody Essex
Museum owns a wonderful watercolor of a Salem garden by Turner
and also many of his sketch books and personal papers. Original
etching, plate signed, plate mark approx. 2-3/4 x 3" plus
margins. VG...........40-60
30. [ART] William Grainger - British engraver who was active 1784-1793. Original engraving, c, 1790s, plate size 3 x 3-7/8" plus margins. Image area is clean; light foxing in outer margins.......40-60
See engraving
31. [ART] William Bradley -
original 19th century etching, unsigned as was the custom
at this time, 6.5 x 10 in. plus margins. From Magazine of
Art. Title CADER IDRIS FROM THE DOLGELLY ROAD. Wonderful
detailed vista with cows in forefront and mountains in
background. VG.............40-60
32.
[ART] Boris Artzybasheff
(1899-1965) American artist, illustrator, notable for
his strongly worked and often surreal designs. Born in
Russia he is said to have fought as a White Russian. During
1919 he arrived in New York City, where he worked in an
engraving shop. Over the course of his career, he
illustrated some 50 books, several of which he wrote, most
notably As I See. During his lifetime,
however, Artzybasheff was probably known best for his
magazine art. He illustrated the major American magazines
Life, Fortune, and Time (including more than 200 Time
Magazine covers over a 24-year span between 1941 and
1965.[1]) During World War II, he also served an expert
advisor to the U.S. Department of State, Psychological
Warfare Branch. Original wood-engraving, not signed, c.
1930, image approx. 7.5 x 5 plus margins.
VG.............50-75
See engraving
His portrait
33. [ART] Walter Shirlaw
(1838-1909) Scottish-American artist. Shirlaw was born in
Paisley, Scotland, and moved to the United States with his
parents in 1840. He worked as a bank-note engraver, and his
work was first exhibited at the National Academy in 1861. He
was elected an academician of the Chicago Academy of Design in
1868. Among his pupils there was Frederick Stuart Church. From
1870 to 1877 he studied in Munich, under J. L. Raab, Alexander
von Wagner, Arthur George von Ramberg, and Wilhelm
Lindenschmidt. His first work of importance was the Toning
of the Bell (1874), which was followed by Sheep-shearing
in the Bavarian Highlands (1876) which received
honorable mention at the Paris exposition in 1878. Other
notable works from his easel are Good Morning (1878),
in the Buffalo Academy; Indian Girl and Very Old (1880);
Gossip (1884); and Jealousy (1886), owned by the Academy of
Design, New York. His largest work is the frieze for the
dining-room in the house of Darius O. Mills in New York.
Shirlaw has also earned an excellent reputation as an
illustrator. He was one of the founders of the Society of
American Artists, and was its first president. On his return
from Europe he took charge of the Art Students League of New
York, and for several years taught in the composition class.
He became an associate of the National Academy in 1887, and an
academician the following year. Today his art will be found in
the collections of such major institutions as the Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Yale University Art Gallery, Los Angeles
County Museum of Art, Smithsonian American Art Institution,
the National Gallery of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago,
National Academy of Design Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of
Art and the New York Historical Society. Original etching,
plate signed [monogram lower right of image], approx. 5
x 3-1/4" plus margins. The title: unknown. Fine.........75-100
See
etching
Portrait
of the artist
34. [ART] Isao
Mizutani (1922-2005) Japanese artist.
He was born in Nagoya. He was the recipient of the Shell art
prize in 1958; exhibited Museum of Art, Tokyo, "History of
Surrealism" 1960; Carnegie International, Pittsburgh, Pa.
1961; Won the Maruzen Second Pan Pacific....etc. Original
tempera paint on stretched canvas, approx. 13 x 9.5". Contained
in simple wood lattice frame. Signed. This was done c. 1967.
VG..............1400-1800
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36. [ART] Alexander Liberman
(1912-1999) Russian-American magazine editor, publisher,
painter, photographer, and sculptor. He held senior artistic
positions during his 32 years at Condé Nast Publications.
When his father took a post advising the Soviet government,
the family moved to Moscow. Life there became difficult, and
his father secured permission from Lenin and the Politburo
to take his son to London in 1921. Young Liberman was
educated in Russia, England, and France, where he took up
life as a "White Émigré" in Paris. He began his
publishing career in Paris with the early pictorial magazine
Vu, where he worked under Lucien Vogel and with
photographers such as Brassaï, André Kertész, and Robert
Capa. After emigrating to New York in 1941, he began working
for Condé Nast Publications, rising to the position of
editorial director, which he held from 1962-1994. Only in
the 1950s did Liberman take up painting and, later, metal
sculpture. His highly recognizable sculptures are assembled
from industrial objects (segments of steel I-beams, pipes,
drums, and such), often painted in uniform bright colors.
Prominent examples of his work are in the collections of the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Storm King Art Center, Hirshhorn
Museum and Sculpture Garden, Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park,
Tate Gallery, and the Guggenheim Museum. His massive work
"The Way", a 65 feet x 102 feet x 100 feet structure,
is made of eighteen salvaged steel oil tanks, and became a
signature piece of Laumeier Sculpture Park, and a major
landmark of St. Louis, Missouri. Offered here is a
large back & white lithograph, Signed A. Liberman 65,
edition 7/35, approx. 35 x 24 in. flush, very good condition
except for a tiny 1/4 in. tear into the upper left edge,
only noticeable with close examination.............600-800
See Liberman
lithograph
See
Liberman sculpture
37.
[ART] Jacques Villon
(1875 - 1963) A painter and printmaker, Villon was known for
his Cubist-style works, and is especially noted by art
historians for "his creation of a purely graphic language for
Cubism. He first came to the attention of the American public
when his work was included in the 1913 New York Armory Show,
which introduced modernism to the United Sates. All of his
work sold at this exhibition. He was from a cultured family in
the Normandy region of France, and was much influenced by his
maternal grandfather, Emile Nicolle, who gave him early
artistic training. Villon was born with the name of Gaston
Emile Duchamp, and was the older brother of artists Raymond
Duchamp-Villon, Marcel Duchamp and Suzanne Duchamp-Crotti.
Honoring the French medieval poet, François Villon, and so as
not to be confused artistically with his siblings, he changed
his name to Jacques Villon. Jacques Villon died in his studio
on June 9, 1963, and three years later, Marcel Duchamp, his
last surviving brother, organized an exhibition of his work,
which was held at the Musée National d'Art Moderne in Paris.
In 1922 Villon was commissioned by the Galerie Bernheim-Jeune
to produce a series of color aquatints after 38 major 19th and
20th century paintings. These included works after Braque,
Matisse, Renoir, Manet, Picasso, Cezanne, Dufy, Modigliani,
Bonnard and numerous others. Villon collaborated with these
master artists and signed these prints so that they provided
the public with access to works which otherwise would not be
available. Color aquatint, signed in the plate (not pencil
signed), 1923, title "NATURE MORTE", after Georges Braque, mat
opening size 25-1/2 x 9 in. Framed. Not examined out of frame
but appears to be without faults...............1000-1500
Click links below to see
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38. [ART REFERENCE] Benezit, E., ed DICTIONNAIRE
CRITIQUE ET DOCUMENTAIRE DES PEINTRES, SCULPTEURS,
DESSINATEURS ET GRAVEURS De tous les temps et de tous le pays
par un groupe d'ecrivains specialistes francais et
etrangers.Paris: Librairie Grund, 1976. 10 vols. n. Each
approx.. 700 pages. Text in French - many illustrations of
signatures & monograms. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Blue cloth.
Gilt lettering. Extremities very good. Interiors and exteriors
clean; all quite sound. An impressive set. Very good+/No dust
jacket. A MUST HAVE set for the serious art collector or
dealer....................Minimum Bid..........$250
39. [ART] Ricardo de los Ríos (1846-1929)
this artist was born in Spain. He did a lot of work while he
lived in Paris, France. Original etching, title: The Secret
Tribunal, image approx. 5.5 x 3.5" plus margins. Original
tissue guard still attached. VG..............40-60
40. [ART] Peggy Bacon, one of America's most famous women artists. An ORIGINAL painting by the famous American artist, Peggy Bacon. Done in mixed media, she used ink and what appears to be a combination of watercolor and thinned oil paint. She has signed and dated this work 1971, and titled it THE BABES IN THE WOODS. The mat opening is 14 x 22.5 in. Executed on paper and in fine condition. Prints by Peggy Bacon are fairly common in the market, although expensive, and her paintings are quite scarce as the small number of auction records would indicate. This is a superb example of Bacon's work and should be considered important. Obviously its dark because the bear cubs are in the woods. This is guaranteed authentic and to have been painted and signed by Peggy Bacon, and we will send along a letter stating this. PEGGY BACON [1895-1987] A printmaker, illustrator, and author of children's books, Peggy Bacon later turned exclusively to fine art painting in watercolor, pastel, and oil. Her 1934 book of caricatures, "Off With Their Heads," established her as a leading satirist. Much of her work is satirical and lighthearted and frequently a commentary on the New York art world. She also chose many ordinary events in the lives of city people, giving these pieces a wry twist. She was born in Ridgefield, Connecticut to artist parents and studied at the Art Student's League. There in her drypoints, first completed in 1919, she was especially influenced by the realistic prints of John Sloan and George Bellows, but her style, with flattened forms and hardened contours, was more modern and abstract. In 1920, she married artist Alexander Brook, and during the next decade they were prominent figures in the Woodstock art colony. During the 1920s, she had two one-woman shows in New York and also illustrated and wrote numerous children's books. A satirical work on thirty-nine well known fellow artists, written in 1934 and called "Off With Their Heads," was funded by the Guggenheim Foundation. The book was greatly successful and stirred a demand for her caricatures, but she shied away from those subjects because they were hurtful to the subjects. In the late 1920s, she had began to explore lithographs, etchings, and pastel, but drypoint remained her favorite medium until the 1950s when she concentrated on oil painting. She was financially successful, selling her work well in New York, and she and her husband were part of the group of artists promoted by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. In 1940, she and her husband were divorced, and she continued to paint and also wrote novels. Her 1953 mystery, "The Inward Eye," earned the Edgar Allen Poe Mystery Award for best novel of the year. She lived to age ninety-two, spending the later years of her life at Cape Porpoise, Maine..............5000-7000
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41. [ART] Henry William (H.W.) Burgess was a landscape painter based in London. He came from the Burgess family of British artists, the son of portraitist William (d. 1812) and grandson of Thomas (fl. 1766-1786), and his own son John-Bagnold (1830-1897) also became a painter. Between 1809 and 1844, Burgess exhibited a large number of works at the Royal Academy, the British Institution, Suffolk Street and the New Water-Colour Society in London. He also served as landscape painter to William IV beginning in 1826. Offered here is an original lithograph titled "Thorn Trees, in Bushy Park, Middlesex", image approx. 15.5 x 11" plus margins. This lithograph was published by the firm of Charles Joseph Hullmandel (1789-1850), the famous English draftsman, lithographer and printer. He worked mainly in London, although he had trained in Paris as a painter and travelled extensively in Europe making topographical drawings. In 1817, on a visit to Munich, he was introduced to lithography by the pioneering lithographer Alois Senefelder. The following year he produced Twenty-four Views of Italy, a set of images he had drawn and lithographed. Dissatisfied with the way his work had been printed, Hullmandel set up his own lithographic press. The quality of work he published by himself and other artists such as Giovanni Belzoni helped popularize the topographical lithograph among British artists. This is contained in old blue mat & shrink-wrapped. Not examined out of shrink-wrap.............300-600
42. Art Box #2, produced at ECBART, 2004. Contains 11 objects: original drawings, photo-lithographs, autographs & ephemera. Contents: ¥ H.C. Westermann [1922-1981] photo-lithographed drawing sent to the artist Bill Copley. From SMS published 1968 ¥ Bruce Conner [1933-] American painter, collagist, and draughtsman. Legal Tender. A photo-lithographed 'dollar bill' printed recto and verso with Conner's intricate abstract pattern drawings of the time on each side. From SMS published 1968 ¥ Merv Slotnick [1941-] American conceptualist & abstract artist. Sketchbook containing 20 original signed drawings ¥ Walt Kuhn [1877-1949] American painter. Autograph Letter Signed "W", 1943, written on postcard addressed to his wife, Vera. ¥ Invitation to Walt Kuhn Exhibition, 1987, at the Whitney Museum of American Art ¥ 1948 Walt Kuhn Exhibition brochure, Durand-Ruel Gallery, NYC ¥ Tom Wesselman autograph ¥Invitation from Elizabeth Taylor [actress] to attend Roddy McDowall Party for his photographic book DOUBLE EXPOSURE ¥ Ralph Bakshi original drawing ¥ 1965 Chess Magazine once owned by chess player Bobby Fischer [part of his own personal library] ¥ Richard Hamilton(1922-) British Pop Artist. A Postal Card For Mother. A sepia picture postcard depicting a crowded British beach, the middle of which opens out to reveal eight accordion- folded black and white photographs of the same scene as it gets progressively blown up from a long shot to a close-up blur of a beach ball. From SMS published 1968 ¥ All items contained in distressed looking hand-painted box by Slotnick. The box was made to purposely look distressed. This is the second in series of Art Boxes which will contain related, as well as unrelated objects and original art............1200-1800
Slotnick, Conner and Wesselmann
44. [ART] STEFAN HIRSCH [1899-1964] "Modern" artist closely aligned
with the Precisionists, born in Nurnberg, Germany, to American
parents. Growing up in Europe, he frequently visited museums
and galleries, where he was introduced to the Old Masters and
also became familiar with the innovations of contemporary
painters. After studying law and art at the University of
Zurich in Switzerland, Hirsch settled in New York in 1919.
During the 1920s, he painted images of industrial subjects
that show an attention to detail, clean, dry outlines, and
harmonious colors. While his highly structured early works
reveal his debt to Cezanne, Hirsch favored the urban rather
than the natural landscape. Like Demuth and Sheeler, Hirsch
was attracted to the man made world, the American machine
aesthetic, and his works typically depict the skyline of Lower
Manhattan in a Precisionist-influenced, hard-edged geometric
style. When Duncan Phillips's included works by Hirsch in his
1926 exhibition, the collector stated: "The steady progress of young Stefan Hirsch
may be followed here through influences to invention. The
Farmyard is quaintly seen in its tempera colors "a la Fra
Angelico." The Mill Town is as infallibly decorative as a
Japanese print and yet oh how American! The canvas entitled
New York is a symbolical decoration&emdash;a concept of
the great city rearing its fabulous towers and its walls
without windows above the menace of a black river under the
purity of a pellucid sky. The grim battlements of Industry
are all beautiful in a strange harmony of subtly
orchestrated tones."
Throughout the 1920s Hirsch's works won wide acclaim, and he
continued to paint while experimenting with printmaking,
various subjects, and styles. His works were exhibited
frequently and collected by many prestigious American museums.
In 1929, he traveled to Mexico, where he was befriended by
muralists David Siqueiros and Diego Rivera. Their influence
can be seen in Hirsch's Social Realist paintings of the 1930s,
works that increasingly became more painterly and luminous. He
executed a series of murals in this vein for Federal
buildings. During the 1930s and 1940s he focused his energies
on teaching, notably at Bennington College in Vermont
[1934-1940] and the Art Students League [1940-1946]. In 1942
he joined the faculty at Bard College, where he was chairman
of the Art Department for seventeen years before he retired in
1961. Hirsch&emdash;painter, printmaker, and
educator&emdash;died in New York in 1964. [credit: from
The Phillips Collection, founded by Duncan Phillips]. Offered here is a colored chalk, or pastel, of
a wild turkey. It is signed
"S.H." in the lower right corner although you can hardly make it out. It is identified on the verso. Proenance:
Collection of the noted sculptor, Robert Laurent [1890-1970],
Ogunquit, Maine. Stefan Hirsch was a close friend of Laurent.
Laurent was born in Concarneau, Brittany France. There, at the
age of 12 his artistic talents were recognized by art
connoisseur Hamilton Easter Field who then brought him to the
United States. Field opened an art school in Ogunquit, Maine.
In 1908 he travelled to Rome with Field and there studied with
Maurice Sterne as well as with wood carver Giuseppe Doratori
at the British Academy. Condition: very good with small tear
at top left corner. Contained in old mat [needs to be
re-matted] and simply wood frame. Mat opening is 9-1/8 x 12".
An oil painting of factory buildings in Portsmouth, NH, sold
at auction [Christies] in 2005, 17 x 27". for $100,000 on an
estimate of 25-35,000. In 2001 Swann Galleries auctioned a
1921 Hirsch lithograph for $1500. Work available by Hirsch is
not that common...........600-800
45. [ART] Gustave Fraipont (1849-1923, Paris) was a painter, sculptor, illustrator and poster-designer. Born in Belgium, he later became a naturalised French citizen. Original etching, plate signed, c.1885, image approx. 6 x 3-7/8" plus margins. VG...........80-120
46.
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
47. [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
48. "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
49. Paul Zindel Jr. (1936-2003) American playwright, novelist. Warner Bros. 1985 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG.......20-30
50. [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
See above
51. [RADIO] Amos
n' Andy - signed, inscribed photo, 8x10,
likely signed c. 1934. Amos n' Andy was Radio's most popular
series, 1926-1958. Photograph inscribed and signed:
"To/Mrs. F.B. Prentice/Sincerely/'Amos 'n' Andy.
Amos FREEMAN F. GOSDEN and "'Andy'" CHARLES J.
CORRELL. Amos n' Andy, originally titled Sam n' Henry,
debuted on Chicago's WGN on January 12, 1926. The show
switched over to WMAQ on March 19, 1928. Although the title
characters were played by white men, the storyline was about
two Atlanta Black men who came to Chicago to find their
fortunes. They were members of the Mystic Knights of the Sea
Lodge instead of the Jewels of the Crown. Everything else
remained the same. Amos n' Andy premiered on the NBC radio
network on Thursday night, August 19, 1929 at 11:00 P.M. EST.
The show was broadcast an unprecedented six days a week. It
was so popular that it was moved to 7:00 P.M. EST to reach a
broader audience. There were protests on the west coast
because it would be aired there at 4 P.M. so, for the first
time in radio history, NBC did a repeat broadcast for its west
coast affiliates. Amos n' Andy hit its peak of popularity in
the 1930s, but the show remained on radio until 1958. Lightly
soiled at margins. Mounting remnants and copyright stamp on
verso (no show through). Overall, very good condition. We have
done a great deal of research on this photo, trying to
determine who actually signed, one of both. We can say
that the handwriting on this photo matches those of the same
period, whether on photos or album pages. Since no one
ever said otherwise, it is assumed that Gosden signed Amos and
Charles signed Andy.........300-400
52. [FILM] Ernest Borgnine [1917-2012] American actor. Academy Award winner. Signed, inscribed 5x7 color photo. VG............35-45
53. [MUSIC] Baroness Jacqueline Fontyn [b. 1930] contemporary Belgian composer, pianist and music educator. She was born in Antwerp, and has received the title of baroness from the King of Belgium in recognition of her many artistic contributions. AMQS on 6x4 card. VG.......35-45
54. [FILM] Kim
Novak (b. 1933)
American actress. Signed, inscribed 4.5 x 7 photo.
VG...............25-35
See
photograph
56. [MUSIC] John Mellencamp (b. 1951) American rock singer-songwriter, musician, painter and occasional actor. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG...........25-35
See Mellencamp photo
57. Josephine
Miles (1911-1985) American poet.
Signed typescript of her poem "Warning." Inscribed for
L.L. VG............50-75
58.
FRANCE] Antoinette Henriette Clémence Robert (1797-1872)
French writer of historical fiction, poetry, non-fiction,
stage plays, and short stories. She published much of her
work as Clémence Robert. ALS, no date, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8". To Paul Foucher.
VG............50-75
See Robert
letter
59.
[FRANCE] Jules
Lemaitre (1853-1914) French
critic and dramatist. Lemaître was born in Vennecy,
Loiret. He became a professor at the University of Grenoble
in 1883, but was already well known for his literary
criticism, and in 1884 he resigned his position to devote
his time to literature. He succeeded Jean-Jacques Weiss as
drama critic of the Journal des Débats, and subsequently
filled the same office on the Revue des Deux Mondes. His
literary studies were collected under the title of Les
Contemporains (7 series, 1886-1899), and his dramatic
feuilletons as impressions de théàtre (10 series,
1888-1898). His sketches of modern authors show great
insight and unexpected judgment as well as gaiety and
originality of expression. He published two volumes of
poetry: Les Médaillons (1880) and Petites orientales (1883);
also some volumes of contes, among them En marge des vieux
livres (1905). Two brief ALSs, written on 4.25 x
3.25" cards plus signature with 2 lines on small slip................60-80
60.
[FRANCE] Letter identified as written by J.M. Perisse,
Ampere's brother-in-law. Not dated and doesn't appear to be
signed. André-Marie Ampère (1775-1836) French
physicist and mathematician who is generally regarded as one
of the main founders of the science of classical
electromagnetism, which he referred to as "electrodynamics".
The SI unit of measurement of electric current, the ampere, is
named after him. Written in Frencn, not translated. Approx. 8
x 11". VG.............75-100
61. Small collection: includes: Ira Allen Haynes [1859-1955] American General who served in Hawaii in 1899. He commanded the 64th F.A. Brigade, Camp Beauregard, Alexandria, La. [1917]; served in France [1918-1919]; later commanded 9th Coast Artillery District, San Francisco. Signed Riggs Nationa Bank check dated 1920. ¥ Gordon G. Heiner [1869-1943] American General who commanded coast defenses Honolulu, Hawaii [1923-26]. Signed Rigs bank check, 1900. Plus 5 color lithographed stereocards showing life in Hawaii [c. 1905]...............50-75
62.
[AVIATION] Giuseppe Mario
Bellanca (1886-1960) Italian-American
airplane designer and builder who created the first enclosed
cabin monoplane in the United States in 1922. This aircraft is
now on display at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven
F. Udvar-Hazy Center. Closely cropped clip signature mounted
to card.........40-60
See
signature
63.
[ART] David Levine
(1926-2009) American artist and illustrator best known
for his caricatures in The New York Review of Books. Jules
Feiffer has called him "the greatest caricaturist of the last
half of the 20th Century". ALS, 1989, 1p., with
envelope and signature in return address.......75-100
64. (MIXED LOT) Sir Edwin
Arnold (1832 –1904) English poet and journalist, who is
most known for his work, The Light of Asia. SIGNATURE, mounted
to card. TITO GUIZAR (1908 –1999) Mexican
singer and actor. Together with Dolores del Río, José Mojica,
Ramón Novarro and Lupe Vélez, Guízar was among the few Mexican
people who made history in the early years of Hollywood. In a
career that spanned over seven decades. TLS, 1988. HAROLD
TAYLOR (1914-1993) American Philosopher of education,
college president, and social activist, . He was a recognized
spokesperson for Progressive education at the postsecondary
level. TLS, 1974. ARTHUR BURNS (1904-1987)
American Economist who served as Chairman of the Federal
Reserve (1970-1978). SIGNED FDC on Banking. Clara
McBride Hale (1905 –1992) known as Mother Hale, was an
American humanitarian who founded the Hale House Center, a
home for unwanted children and children who were born addicted
to drugs. SIGNED 5x7 photograph.
Harold Herman Greene (1923-2000) federal judge for the
United States District Court for the District of Columbia. He
was nominated by President Jimmy Carter in 1978. Judge Greene
presided over United States v. AT&T, the antitrust suit
that broke up the AT&T. In 1990, Greene sentenced the 1983
United States Senate bombing suspects, Laura Whitehorn and
Linda Evans, to prison. SIGNED, inscribed 10x8 photograph.
Hanna Holborn Gray - historian of
political thought in the area of the Renaissance and
Reformation, and an emerita professor and former President of
the University of Chicago. TLS, 1990...........100-150
65. Fitz-Greene
Halleck (1790-1867) American poet
notable for his satires and as one of the Knickerbocker Group.
Born and reared in Guilford, Connecticut, he went to New York
City at the age of 20, and lived and worked there for nearly
four decades. He was sometimes called "the American Byron".
His poetry was popular and widely read but later fell out of
favor. It has been studied since the late twentieth century
for its homosexual themes and insights into nineteenth-century
society. In 1832, Halleck, a cultural celebrity, started
working as personal secretary and advisor to the
philanthropist John Jacob Astor, who appointed him as one of
the original trustees of the Astor Library. Given an annuity
by Astor's estate, in 1849 Halleck retired to Guilford, where
he lived with his sister Marie Halleck for the remainder of
his life. ALS, 1864, 1p. The ink has
lightened a little over the years.......80-120
66. [FRANCE] Louis-Antoine-François de Marchangy (1782-1826) French writer. He
rose to fame as both a literary figure and a
prominent prosecutor for the Restoration
government. His most famous case was his
prosecution of the four sergeants of La Rochelle
who were executed in 1822 for their part in a
Carbonari plot to overthrow the government. His
summary for the prosecution lasted five hours and
was published as a 196-page book. In numerous
other cases, he supported the repressive
conservative government against the liberal
opposition. ALS, Paris, 1823, written on both sides
plus postmarked address leaf with intact red wax
seal. Quite nice. Not translated - content not
known. VG...............80-120
67. Edwin
Markham (1852-1940) American poet.
From 1923 to 1931 he was Poet Laureate of Oregon. Signed
broadside of his poem "Lincoln, The Man of the People", dated
1928. Approx. 8-1/2 x 14". Top portion not showing in
scan below. One middle fold o/w VG.............50-75
69. [FILM] Fay Bainter (1893-1968) American film and stage actress. Bainter quickly achieved success, and in 1938 she became the first performer nominated for both the Academy Award for Best Actress, for White Banners (1937), and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Jezebel (1938), winning for the latter. Since then, only nine other actors have won dual nominations in a single year. She was again nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Children's Hour (1961). Signed, inscribed vintage 8x10 photo. THERE ARE CONDITION PROBLEMS: a 1 inche tear coming in from left edge; long crease mark bottom right corner; other faults are minor at best. See scan below...............100-150
70. [COLONIAL] JAMES TRIMBLE [1755-1837] The First Deputy Secretary Of The Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania. appointed Deputy Secretary, or Assistant Secretary of the Supreme Executive Council. Alexander J. Dallas, the first Secretary of the Commonwealth, under the Constitution of 1790, appointed Trimble Deputy Secretary on March 12, 1791. He was Deputy Secretary through all the administrations from 1777 until 1837. Trimble aided in packing and removing the state papers when the British occupied Philadelphia, and when the seat of government was removed to Lancaster in 1799 and then to Harrisburg in 1812. ADS, Lancaster, Penn., August 5, 1800, 2pp, 7-3/4 x 12-1/2". Fold separation halfway through one fold line. This is a handwritten "copy" of 1794 Brigade military document...........75-100
Back side
71. (JOURNALISM). Max Gebhard SECKENDORFF (1852-1911). American journalist; chief, Washington bureau of the "New York Tribune" (1883-1911); a very influential journalist between the time of President Chester Arthur and President William Howard Taft. Signed Riggs National Bank check, 1910......25-35
72.
[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
See above
73. [MUSIC] John
Thomas (1795-1871) Welsh, born in
Carmarthen, musician, poet and schoolmaster who taught
in Machen and Merthyr before moving to the Pontypridd district
in 1850. From his time in Merthyr he pioneered choral music in
Wales, leading his own choirs to success in eisteddfodau in
the 1830s. He was also an essayist on Welsh music and culture,
winning awards at eisteddfodau in 1838 and 1840, and in 1845
published Y Caniedydd Cymreig, a collection of airs with
English and Welsh words. ALS, 1875, 2pp. To Mr.
Planché, probably James Robinson Planché (1796 – 1880) the
British dramatist. Thomas is anxious to set up a meeting
about "a Libretto...", approx. 4-1/2 x 7".
VG.........75-100
74. [PHOTOGRAPHY] Original 1953 International
News Photo taken by the legendary photographer, Al Muto, of
President Eisenhower. Approx. 7 x 9-1/8". Caption attached to
backside. VG.................100-150
75. [ENGLAND] John Plampin (1727?-1805)
British Naval officer; father of Robert Plampin the more noted
naval officer. John Plampin's portrait was painted by Thomas
Gainsborough circa 1752, and hangs in the National Portrait
Gallery. Document Signed by John Plampin, Seth Bull and
Richard Hodge. DATED 1786 - BOND FOR PEACEABLE EMPLOYMENT, 3pp,
approx. 8-1/4 x 13". VG. Parly toned on front
page......100-150
76. [MEDICINE] JOHN
MILLAR [1733-1805]
PHYSICIAN AND MEDICAL WRITER. His "Observations of the
Asthma..." published in 1769. In 1774, Millar was appointed
physician to the Westminister General Dispensary. Fine ALS,
1797 noted in docket on verso, no place, 1p, 4to. "Sir -
Having submitted, through the proper office, a Memorial on
Military Medical Arrangements, to His Majesty in ..... it is a
duty incumbent on me to present the enclosed Papers [not
present] on that subject for your consideration, I have the
honour to be....." FINE CONDITION...........80-120
Click to see
Millar See back side
77. Blanche Butler Ames
(1847-1939) was the wife of Adelbert Ames, a decorated general
of the American Civil War and Senator and Governor of
Mississippi during Reconstruction. Blanche Butler was
born in Lowell, Massachusetts, the second child and only
daughter of Sarah Jones and Benjamin Franklin Butler,
who would also serve as a general in the Civil War. She
attended school in Lowell until she was sent to the Academy of
the Visitation in Washington, D.C. at age 13, where she
described the sectional tension between northern and southern
students on the eve of the Civil War. Blanche met
Adelbert Ames, who had served under her father in the Army of
the James, while he was serving as Senator from Mississippi
during Reconstruction. They married at Saint Anne's Episcopal
Church in Lowell, the same church where her parents were wed,
on July 21, 1870, and had six children: Butler, Edith, Sarah,
Blanche, Adelbert, Jr., and Jessie. When her husband was
elected Governor of Mississippi in 1873, Blanche accompanied
him, and wrote a series of letters detailing her experiences
as a Northern woman living in the South during Reconstruction.
After Adelbert resigned under pressure in 1876, the Ames
family returned to Lowell to pursue business interests, where
they remained for much the rest of their lives. After
her husband's death in 1933, Mrs. Ames compiled a collection
of their letters, released by the family as Chronicles from
the Nineteenth Century: Family Letters of Blanche Butler and
Adelbert Ames in 1957. She died at the Ames winter home in
Ormond Beach, Florida, on December 26, 1939, at the age of 92,
and is buried beside her husband and their children at the
Hildreth family cemetery in Lowell, across from her parents
and siblings. ALS, on Colonial Dames of New
Hampshire stationery, 1899, 3 pages, 4x6". Fine. To
Miss Garland re: New Hampshire history................50-75
Page 1
Pages 2 &
3
Her
portrait
78. William Rawle Jr., (1788-1858) noted American lawyer. He followed
in his father's footsteps, not only joining his law firm but
also holding a membership at the American Philosophical
Society and positions on the boards of the Historical Society
of Pennsylvania, the Library Company of Philadelphia, and the
University of Pennsylvania, as had his father. In addition to
his own family legacy in the legal profession, William Rawle
Jr. married into a prestigious legal family-his wife, Mary
Anna Tilghman, was the daughter of prominent Philadelphia
lawyer Edward Tilghman and the granddaughter of Chief Justice
Benjamin Chew. ADS, 1841, 1p, approx. 8x4". Receipt for $9,342.60 from Rowland
G. Hazard. VG............50-75
79. [MUSIC] Milton Ebbins (1912–2008)
Film executive, songwriter ("Yale Blues", "Basic Boogie")
and composer. Ebbins helped produce JFK’s 1961 Inaugural
Ball and the subsequent 1962 JFK Anniversary Gala. In May of
1962, Ebbins escorted a very late Marilyn Monroe to Madison
Square Garden where she famously — and breathlessly — sang
“Happy Birthday, Mr. President.” He was also the man that
Lawford called after speaking to Monroe the night of her
death in August of 1962. Ebbins was one of the few allowed
inside the White House after the JFK assassination. As the
link between Washington and Hollywood, Ebbins helped Kennedy
family patriarch and former ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy
navigate through the movie business, not only keeping him
apprised of his son-in-law’s career moves but at one point
advising him against purchasing United Artists’ movie
studio. At the time of his death, Ebbins was working with
his friend, actor Bill Paxton, on an HBO project about the
Kennedy assassination. Ebbins music career began in 1936, he
formed his own orchestra, then became music director at CBS,
and went to New York in 1938, joining an advertising
agency's radio department. He also had been a road manager
for the Jack Jenny and Count Basie orchestras, and then a
personal manager. He left his career as bandleader and
became a talent manager, rising to become one of Hollywood’s
top personal managers, guiding the careers of Count Basie,
Sarah Vaughn, Billy Eckstine and singer Vic Damone. Because
of Ebbins’ musical background and his adeptness at arranging
scores, he had a knack for picking hit songs for his
clients. He also represented actresses Elizabeth Montgomery
and Patty Duke, comedian Mort Sahl and actor Peter Lawford,
who Ebbins managed for 35 years. TLS, 1963, 1p.
Plus TLS, 1963, to Ebbins from Phil Fischer, American
Federation of Musicians. Two letters........100-150
80. [ART] Ferdinand Le Chuiton (1893-1968)
French artist. Original signed ink/wash
drawing executed in 1953 and mailed to a
collector in New York City. Approx. 5-1/4 x
4-1/4. Includes his letter to the collector
written on blank sheet.
Fine.............150-250
See
Le Chuiton drawing
81. [ENGLAND] John Duke Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge PC (1820- 1894) British lawyer, judge and
Liberal politician. He held the posts, in turn, of Solicitor
General for England and Wales, Attorney General for England
and Wales, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and Lord Chief
Justice of England. In 1871 he was also involved in the
high-publicity Tichborne Case. ALS, Judges Lodgings Warwick, 16 November 1884, 1p.
4.5 x 7". See scan below........50-75
82. [INVENTOR] The Reverend Robert Willis (1800-1875) English academic. He was the first Cambridge professor to win widespread recognition as a mechanical engineer, and first set the scientific study of vowels on a respectable foundation, but now best remembered for his extensive architectural writings, including a 4-volume treatise on the architecture of the University of Cambridge. Willis's theory of vowel production assumed a close correspondence between vowel production and the production of musical notes using an organ: the lung acted as a bellows, the vocal folds acted as the reed, and the mouth cavity acted as the organ pipe. Different vowels corresponded to mouth cavities(/organ pipes) of different lengths, which were independent of the properties or vibrations of the vocal folds(/reed). Willis's 1830 paper On vowel sounds, and on reed-organ pipes is usually given as the reference for this theory, and is often contrasted with Wheatstone's "harmonic" theory of vowel production.Russell devotes two chapters to the discussion of these two theories in his 1928 book on The Vowel , and Willis and Wheatstone figure prominently in the discussion of vowel theories given by Chiba and Kajiyama in their 1941 book of the same name. ALS, Cambridge, 1851, 2pp. He returns something which he fears he has kept too long / have looked on them carefully and made necessary alterations / return proofs of my plates which are very well executed, etc. VG. EXCESSIVELY RARE!.....100-200
83. Charles Sackville, 2nd Duke of Dorset PC (1711-1769) British nobleman, politician, and cricketer. He was styled Lord Buckhurst from 1711 to 1720 and Earl of Middlesex from 1720 to 1765. He was bitterly opposed, politically, to his father, and ventured to oppose his candidates in the boroughs he controlled. He became an ally of Frederick, Prince of Wales. In the 1734 election, he was defeated at Kent, but was returned as Member of Parliament for East Grinstead. He was appointed Captain of Walmer Castle in September. He continued to sit for East Grinstead until 26 May 1741, when he accepted the office of High Steward of the Honour of Otford. He was returned for Sussex in a by-election in 1742, and for Old Sarum at the 1747 election. He served as a Lord of the Treasury from 1743 until 1747, and was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Sussex on 20 October 1745. He was appointed Master of the Horse to the Prince of Wales in 1747, and served until Frederick's death in 1751. Middlesex married Hon. Grace Boyle, daughter and heir of Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon, on 30 October 1744, but they had no children. During the 1754 election, he unsuccessfully contested Westminster, and held no seat until the next election. He returned to the House of Commons as Member for East Grinstead from 1761 until 1765. In that year, he succeeded his father as Duke of Dorset, and also as Lord Lieutenant of Kent, and was made a Privy Councillor in 1766. However, he did not long enjoy the ducal honours. Upon his death in 1769 in London, he was succeeded by his nephew, John Sackville. ALS, Asley, June 14, 1752, 1-1/2pp. Concerns monetary matters. Small chip missing bottom edge affecting one words o/w very good condition for its age........75-100
84. [RELIGION]
Étienne-Hubert de Cambacérès
(1756-1818) Archbishop of Rouen in 1802, cardinal in 1803
and senator from 1805. He was younger brother of the jurist,
Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès the Duke of Parma. DOCUMENT
SIGNED, no year showing, 1p, 7-3/4 x 10". VG.........80-120
85. [FILM] Jane Greer (1924-2001)
American film and television actress who was perhaps best
known for her role as femme fatale Kathie Moffat in the 1947
film noir Out of the Past starring Robert Mitchum. Her signed contract for
the film "BILLIE", starring Patty Duke. Also signed
by Milt Ebbins [see lot 58 in this auction]. Includes
3 additional Rider pages, each signed with the initials of
Greer and Ebbins. VG..........100-150
See contract
Portrait
of Greer
86. [FILM] Irving
Salkow (1909-1989) Legendary
Hollywood agent. This is one of the first and most historic
agencies in town, for it was founded by Salkow in 1940, during
the golden age of Hollywood. One of the agents during this
time was Ray Stark, who later turned into one of the
industry's premier movie directors. Some of Salkow's clients
at that time were movie stars Ava Gardner, Marilyn Monroe and
William Holden. TLS, signed Irv, 1963, brief
1-page, to Milt Ebbins regarding William Asher. Stapled
to letter is TLS signed by William Asher (1921-2012) was one of
the most prolific early television directors, producing or
directing over two dozen series. With television in its
infancy, Asher introduced the sitcom Our Miss Brooks, which
was adapted from a radio show. He began directing I Love
Lucy by 1952. In 1964, he produced and directed Bewitched,
which starred his then-wife Elizabeth Montgomery. As a
result of his early success, Asher was considered an "early
wunderkind of TV-land," and is credited in one
magazine article for 'inventing' the sitcom.
VG...........100-150
See
Salkow letter
See Bill
Asher letter
87. [RELIGION] Pierre-Paul Guérin de Tencin (1679-1758), French ecclesiastic, was archbishop of Embrun and Lyon, and a cardinal. His sister Claudine was a spur to his career. After studying with the Oratorians in his native Grenoble, he entered the Sorbonne, where he became prior in 1702, and obtained the doctorate in 1705. He was then appointed Vicar-General of the diocese of Sens and, in 1721, accompanied Cardinal de Rohan[2] to Rome as his conclavist, to support the candidacy of Cardinal Conti (Innocent XIII), from whom he had obtained a promise to bestow the purple on the French minister Guillaume Dubois. He remained at Rome as French chargé d'affaires, with the appointment in commendam of abbot of Trois-Fontaines to support him (1739-1753), until Benedict XIII, with whom he was on cordial terms of intimacy and very influential, consecrated him Archbishop of Embrun (26 June 1724). On 22 February 1739, Guérin de Tencin was created cardinal, of the titulus of Sts. Nereus and Achilleus. He remained at Rome as French ambassador until 1742, when he took possession of the archiepiscopal see of Lyon, to which he had succeeded on 19 November 1740. Louis XV appointed him minister of state in September 1742, though he held no portfolio, and Commander of the Order of Saint-Esprit. He was overzealous in the persecution of the Jansenists, and, at the provincial synod which he held at Embrun from 16 August to 28 September, 1727, he suspended Jean Soanen, Bishop of Senez, a prelate eighty years of age, who had appealed against the Bull Unigenitus. After the death of André-Hercule Cardinal de Fleury , the prime minister to whom he owed much of his political advancement, his influence began to decrease. The death of his profligate sister in 1749, removed some of his political ambition, and in 1752 he retired to his see of Lyons. Offered here is ALS, 1735, 1p, approx. 7 x 10 in. Not translated. Excellent condition...............100-150
See Letter above
88.
[THEATRE] Lee Simonson
(1888-1967, Yonkers, N.Y.)
a major force in American scenic design, discovered in his
youth what the "painters' and designers' vision could do to
revivify the theater." After graduating magna cum laude from
Harvard in 1909, he went to Paris hoping to become a mural
painter. There he formed friendships with such expatriate
Americans as writer and collector Gertrude Stein and painter
Stanton MacDonald-Wright. He also attended some of the most
experimental European theatrical productions, and when he
returned to New York in 1912, he was determined to launch
his career as a set designer. He was influential in freeing American stage design
from constraints imposed by traditional realism. ALS on
back of postcard, 1933.........50-75
89. [CARDINAL] Jean-Sifrein Maury (1746-1817) French cardinal and Archbishop of Paris. As a politician, his wit and eloquence made him a worthy rival of Mirabeau . He sacrificed much to personal ambition, yet remained publicly unremembered by Louis XVIII as a courageous supporter of Louis XVI and by the papacy as the one defender of the Church during the States-General. As a critic, he was and is considered a very able writer. Sainte-Beuve gives him the credit of discovering Father Jacques Bridayne and of giving Bossuet his rightful place as a preacher above Massillon. Manuscript Document Signed, 1813, approx. 15.5 x 9.5". Re: names of students in the priesthood - to be exempted of military service by his Majesty Emperor & King. Signed by Cardinal Maury. In VERY FINE condition. Picture of him is NOT included here............100-150
90. [FRANCE] Gay, Jean-Baptiste-Sylvère. Vicomte de Martignac [1778-1832] French politician. Royalist in sympathy; appointed attorney general of Limoges (1819); member of Chamber of Deputies (1821-32); appointed councilor of state (1822); created vicomte (1824). As minister of interior and virtual head of the cabinet (1828-29), superintended final attempt to reconcile monarchy with the people; removed by kin 206. g for making concessions to the left. Author of Bordeaux au mois de Mars 1815 (1830) and Essai sur les révolutions d' Espagne et l' intervention française de 1823 (1832). ALS, 1829, 1p. Re: conveying the President on behalf of the King? VG. Approx. 6 x 7-3/4".............100-150
See above
93.
[ART] WALT
KUHN
(1877-1949),
American painter.
After studying in many
European countries, he
helped organize the
famous Armory Show
(International
Exhibition of Modern
Art, New York City,
1913). He is noted
chiefly for his
vigorous studies of
circus performers,
chorines, and trapeze
athletes. His Blue
Clown (1931, Whitney
Museum, New York City)
is the most popular
example of his work.
He also did a number
of brilliant still
lifes, as well as
designs for musical
reviews. Kuhn helped
introduce the
techniques and
theories of modern art
to the American public
and to many American
artists. Offered here
are twenty-seven
handwritten
letters-
twenty-five [25]
letters are from
1943, one is
1940 & the last is
1948, the year before
Walt died. Most are
two pages on 8 x 11
in. sheets. The
majority of the
letters were written
from Ogunquit,
Maine where the Kuhn's
owned a home with a
studio. At the end of
1948 he had a nervous
breakdown. In some of
his letters he starts
to wonder about his
mental abilities.
Walts' letters run the
gamut of
town gossip to art
gossip mentioning
names of artists who
summered in Ogunquit,
war activity near
Ogunquit off Boone
Island, descriptions
of the areas where he
paints, his feelings
about tourists, how
his painting is going,
his art patrons and
dealers. A Colliers
article about Walts'
paintings is mentioned
in a few letters and a
copy of the article
goes with the group.
One letter is
answering a question
from a Chicago woman
about a version of the
1913 Armory Show held
there. The only
archive of Kuhn's
letters still in
private
hands......12,000-18,000
94. [SPORTS] Multiple lot comprised of the following figures from the World of Sports: [1] BICYCLING] REGGIE MCNAMARA - member US Bicycling Hall of Fame. Signed [lined side] and inscribed 3x5 card. 1950. [2] [GOLF] Cary Middlecoff (1921-1998) was a dentist who gave up his practice to become a professional golfer on what is now the PGA Tour in the 1940s. At the time, a career as a dentist would quite likely have been more lucrative. During his playing career, Middlecoff won 40 professional tournaments, including the 1955 Masters and U.S. Open titles in 1949 and 1956. He won the Vardon Trophy for lowest scoring average in 1956. He played on three Ryder Cup teams: 1953, 1955, and 1959. In 1986, Middlecoff was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. SIGNED 1957 FIRST DAY COVER HONORING HUMAN RIGHTS DAY [UN COVER]. Stamp-addressed; one middle fold crease. [3] BONNIE BLAIR - won 2 Golds in speed skating. SP, color 4 x 5-1/2. [4] John M. Gaver, Sr. (1900-1982) American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. In 1939, Gaver was appointed head trainer for Greentree Stable, a position he would hold for the next thirty-eight years. During his time with Greentree, John Gaver conditioned seventy-three stakes-winning horses. Signed 1981 bank check. [5] [GOLF] Ken Venturi (b.1931) was a prominent PGA Tour professional during the late 1950's and early 1960's. His signature on 1965 cover bearing golf sticker. Type addressed. [6] [GOLF] Marlene Hagge (b.1934) professional golfer. She was one of the thirteen founders of the LPGA and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2002. Her signature on 1961 cover bearing golf sticker. Type addressed. Several spots show.........50-75
95. [ART] Winslow
Homer (1836-1910) American
landscape painter and printmaker. He is considered one
of the foremost painters in 19th-century America and a
preeminent figure in American art. Original
wood-engraving titled "WATERMELON-EATERS",
published in The American Art Journal in 1879.
Image size is approx. 5-1/8 x 7" plus large margins. The
image area is very clean; some small light spots in
margins not close to image [will not show when
matted]. Printed text on verso as usual. Often
Homer's wood-engravings are described as "after Homer",
as are most of the wood-engraved illustations during
those times. The difference between Winslow Homer,
however, the those other artists is that Homer actually
draw on the blocks, which were then cut by craftsmen and
printed. Almost all other artists, except Homer,
never drew on the blocks themselves but would make
the drawing, then someone else would copy the drawing on
the wood block and then someone else would cut the
block. This is why Winslow Homer woodengravings are
usually described as being "By" Homer, not after Homer.
You will see them described both ways today.
Winslow Homer was not only the 19th Century's most
popular artist and illustrator, but he is also considered
one of the most important American artists of all time.
The warmth and charm with which he interpreted the
American experience has enchanted generation after
generation. His best known works have been his water
colors and oil paintings; reproductions of these are
commonplace. As popular as Homer has
remained, it was not until the early 1950's that his
work as an illustrator was "rediscovered" on a large
scale. Renewed interest in his illustrations has led to
many Homer exhibitions at such places as Smith and
Bowdoin Colleges and at the National Gallery in
Washington, D.C. Institutions have increasingly
tried to acquire these rapidly decreasing treasures. The
Metropolitan Museum in New York has a large collection, as
do the fine art museums at Duke University and Dartmouth
as well as the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. It is
not surprising that private collectors are attempting to
increase their holdings of this dwindling supply. The amusing, fascinating and profitable
thing about collecting Winslow Homer illustrations is
that no one knows exactly what remains. What could be a
more interesting challenge for antique print collectors,
historians, art lovers and
investors!.............200-300
See
Watermelon-Eaters
96. [ART] Winslow
Homer (1836-1910) American
landscape painter and printmaker. He is considered one
of the foremost painters in 19th-century America and a
preeminent figure in American art. Original
wood-engraving titled "IN THE FIELDS",
published in The American Art Journal in 1879.
Image size is approx. 6-3/4 x 5-1/8" plus large margins.
The image area is very clean; nothing bad in
marins. Printed text on verso as usual. ............200-300
See In The
Field
97. [FRANCE] Nicolas de Lamoignon - Nicolas Lamoignon-Bâville (1648-1724) was a French official said to have been accused by Voltaire of instigating the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. He made himself famous by the measures he adopted against the Protestants, and by the manner in which he associated himself with the religious policy of Louvois, of which the revocation of the Edict of Nantes was the culminating point. But it is without proof that Voltaire accused him of having instigated this revocation. "I never counselled the revocation of the Edict of Nantes", he wrote to his brother in 1708. On the contrary he considered that "in religion hearts must be attacked, for it is there that it resides", and immediately after the revocation he sent for Bourdaloue to come and evangelize the Protestants of Montpellier. From 1702 to 1704 he helped in the repression of the uprising of the Camisards, occasioned in the Cevennes by English and Calvinistic influences.Document Signed, 1710, 4-pages, 8-1/4 x 12". Tattered edges; slight unimportant small missing pieces. "Very Rare".............125-225
98. [STOCK CERTIFICATE] Oriental Inland Steam Company
- England 1858. Beautiful certificate from the Oriental Inland
Steam Company issued in 1860. This historic document was
printed by C.A.Doubble and has an ornate border around it.
This item has the signatures of the Company's President and
Secretary and is over 155 years old. Approx. 9 x 6-1/4".
VG................200-300
See stock certificate
99. [STOCK
CERTIFICATE] Australian Royal
Mail Steam Navigation Co, stock certificate
for one share, 1852, approx. 9-1/4 x 7".
VG..............200-300
100. [RUSSIA] Konstantin A. Umansky (1902-1945) Soviet diplomat. In 1936, Umansky was posted to Washington, D.C. where he was an Adviser at the Soviet Embassy. When the diplomatic mission of Alexander Troyanovsky was completed, Umansky acted as chargé d'affaires of the embassy, when on 11 May 1939, Umansky was appointed by Joseph Stalin as Ambassador of the Soviet Union to the United States and he presented his Letters of Credence to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 6 June 1939, becoming, at the time, the youngest Ambassador in Washington, D.C. TLS, 1943, as newly appointed Ambassador to Mexico. On 25 January 1945, Umansky was to have travelled to San José in Costa Rica to present his Letters of Credence to Costa Rican President Teodoro Picado Michalski, however the Mexican Air Force plane which he was aboard crashed on take-off in Mexico City, killing the Ambassador, his wife (Raisa Umanskaya) and three embassy officials...........75-100
101. [FRANCE] Leon Xanrof (1867-1953) French playwright and songwriter, noted for writing the play The Prince Consort, which was used to create the 1929 film Parade d'amour (The Love Parade). Brief ALS, [1930s], 1p, 8-1/4 x 5 in. Accompanied by 4 small portraits, 2 of which are original photos. VG..........50-75
102. Archive of approx. 61 letters written by Henriette Baumes-Thion and Antoine describing life in France during the American civil war. Most, if not all dated 1863 and written in French. Not translated. Most are multi-page in length. VG.........150-250
104. (British Literature Lot) Ursula Bloom (1892-1984)
Prolific novelist. She wrote over 500 books, an achievement
that earned her recognition in the Guinness Book of World
Records. SIGNATURE on card signed on front and verso. John Morley, 1st
Viscount Morley of Blackburn OM, PC (1838-1923) statesman,
writer and newspaper editor. ANS, 1897. Ernest Temple Thurston (1879-1933)
Anglo-Irish poet, playwright and author of 40 novels, also
plays many made into films. ALS, 1905, 4pp. Austin Dobson (1840-1921)
poet and essayist. AQS, on card 1908. Lady Margaret Sackville
(1881 –1963) poet and children’s author. When the Poetry
Society was formed in 1912, Lady Margaret was made its first
president. She had a passionate 15-year love affair with
Ramsay MacDonald, recorded in letters they wrote to each other
between 1913 and 1929. Lady Margaret never married.
ALS, 1907, 3pp. Leonard
Alfred George Strong (1896 – 1958) highly
popular novelist, critic, historian and poet, and published
under the name "L. A. G. Strong." ALS, 1942
2pp. Frank Arthur
Swinnerton (1884-1982) novelist, critic,
biographer and essayist. He was the author of more than
50 books, and as a publisher's editor helped other writers
including Aldous Huxley and Lytton Strachey. His long life and
career in publishing made him one of the last links with
writers including H. G. Wells, John Galsworthy and Arnold
Bennett born in the nineteenth century. SIGNED,
inscribed card 1948. H. M.
Tomlinson (1873-1958) writer and
journalist. He was known for anti-war and travel writing,
novels and short stories, especially of life at sea.
biographies of that scandalous but then much admired writer.
SIGNED presentation title page from his book “Gallions Reach”
(1927).........100-150
105. (British Literature Lot)
Leonard Alfred
George Strong (1896 –1958) highly popular
novelist, critic, historian and poet, ANS, 1944. Ishbel Ross (1895-1975)
Journalist. Her book “Ladies of the Press” in 1936, did
great service to historians. She became a leading writer
for the NY Hearld Tribune. She also wrote several books of
fiction. TLS, 1949. Lady
Margaret Sackville (1881 –
1963) English poet and children’s author .When the
Poetry Society was formed in 1912, Lady Margaret was made its
first president. She had also been the first president of its
predecessor, the Poetry Recital Society, formed in 1909.
She had a passionate 15-year love affair with Ramsay
MacDonald. Lady Margaret never married. ALS,
2pp 1944. Henry Major Tomlinson (1873-1958)
British writer and journalist. He was known for anti-war and
travel writing, novels and short stories, especially of life
at sea. SIGNED presentation title page from his book “Gallions
Reach” (1927). Edwin
Herbert Samuel, 2nd Viscount Samuel CMG
(1898 –1978) writer and Lecturer . He served in the Jewish
Legion. He also served as the last Mandate-era Director of the
Palestine Broadcasting Service. ALS (1973). Lord Francis Scott
(1879-1952) Writer, diarist – He was the son of the 7th Duke
of Buccleuch. He was one of the first British elite to travel
and live in Kenya. He was the uncle to HRH Alice, Duchess of
Gloucester (18901-1904) ANS 1936. Edward
Abbott Parry (1863-1943) judge and
dramatist.. He wrote several plays and books for children,
ALS, 1903, 4pp..............100-150
106. (BRITISH RELIGOUS LOT) William W. How (1823 –
1897) In 1888 he was made the first bishop of Wakefield. His
sermons were straightforward, earnest and attractive; and
besides publishing several volumes of these, he wrote a good
deal of verse, including such well-known hymns as Who is this
so weak and helpless, Lord, Thy children guide and keep and
For All the Saints. CLIPPED SIGNATURE, from ALS.
John Richardson Selwyn (1844
– 1898) Anglican priest who became the second Bishop of
Melanesia and then the second Master of Selwyn College,
Cambridge. His father was the first Bishop of New Zealand who
gave his name to Selwyn College, Cambridge. Like his
father, Selwyn rowed for Cambridge and took part in the Boat
Races of 1864 and 1866, both of which were won by Oxford.] In
1864 he won the Silver Goblets at Henley Royal Regatta
partnering Robert Kinglake and beating Edwin Brickwood and his
brother in the final. He served as curate of All Saints
Church, Alrewas, Staffordshire from 1869 to 1870, then curate
of St George's, Wolverhampton from 1870 to 1871, before
promotion to Vicar of St George's. He also served as honorary
chaplain to Queen Victoria. ALS, 1894, 2pp. Henry Ignatius Dudley Ryder
(1837- 1907) Roman Catholic priest of the Birmingham Oratory
and controversialist. Ryder's lifelong connection with John
Henry Newman and the Oratory began as a private pupil, when he
was about twelve years old. Clipped SIGNATURE from ALS.
Hugh Richard Lawrie "Dick"
Sheppard (1880- 1937) English Anglican
priest, Dean of Canterbury and pacifist. From 1924, when
Sheppard provided the first service ever broadcast by the BBC,
his broadcast sermons gave him national fame. Having become a
pacifist, he articulated a vision of a non-institutional
church in The Impatience of a Parson (1927). Sheppard was
partly responsible for the annual Festival of Remembrance that
takes place in the Albert Hall, London on the first Saturday
in November before Remembrance Sunday. SIGNATURE,
mounted to card. George
Anthony Denison (1805 -1896) Church of
England priest. Archdeacon Denison represented the extreme
High Tory party not only in politics but in the Church,
regarding all progressive movements in education or theology
as abomination. He edited The Church and State Review
(1862–1865). Secular state education and the conscience clause
were anathema to him. ALS, 1887, 3pp. John Keble (1792
–1866) English churchman and poet, one of the leaders of the
Oxford Movement. Keble College, Oxford was named after him. He
wrote 'The Christian Year', which appeared in 1827, and
met with an almost unparalleled acceptance. Though at first
anonymous, its authorship soon became known, with the result
that Keble was in 1831 appointed to the Chair of Poetry at
Oxford In his essay on Tractarian Aesthetics and the Romantic
Tradition, Gregory Goodwin claims that The Christian Year is
"Keble’s greatest contribution to the Oxford Movement and to
English literature.". SIGNATURE.............100-150
107. (MIXED NOTABLES LOT) Rose Mary Woods (1917
–2005) was Richard Nixon's secretary from his days in Congress
in 1951, through the end of his political career. Before H. R.
Haldeman and John Ehrlichman became the operators of Nixon's
presidential campaign, Woods was Nixon's gatekeeper. TLS,
1963. With trimmed photo of her at her desk, with portrait of
Nixon above it. William M.
Batten (1909–1999) American businessman.
He served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the J. C.
Penney Company, and Chairman of the New York Stock
Exchange. TLS, 1989. Robert
Leslie Shapiro ( b. 1942) American civil
litigator most recognized for being part of the defense team
which successfully defended O.J. Simpson. TLS, 2001. George Howard Herbig (1920
– 2013) astronomer. He is perhaps best known for the
discovery of Herbig–Haro objects. His specialty was
stars at an early stage of evolution (a class of intermediate
mass pre–main sequence stars are named Herbig Ae/Be stars
after him and the interstellar medium. He was perhaps best
known for his discovery, with Guillermo Haro, of the
Herbig-Haro objects; bright patches of nebulosity excited by
bipolar outflow from a star being born. ALS, 2001.
Oscar Terry Crosby (1861-1947)
American Electrical Engineer, Author, Traveler and Public
Servant - collector of an important group of Khotanese texts.
He began his career as an electrical engineer, having a
particular interest in high-speed electric loco¬motion. He
became the first president of the Potomac Electric Power
Company in Washington, D.C., and was later president of the
Washington Traction and Electric Company, the Trenton (N.J.)
Street Railway Company, and the Wilmington-Philadelphia
Traction Company. During World War I he served as assistant
secretary of the treasury in charge of loans to the Allies
and, as United States commissioner of finance, presided over
the Inter-Allied Council for War Purchases and Finance.
ALS, 2pp, 1930. Don Messick
(1926 –1997) American voice actor best known for his work for
Hanna-Barbera. His best remembered vocal creations include
Scooby-Doo, Bamm-Bamm Rubble and Hoppy in The Flintstones,
Astro the dog in The Jetsons, Muttley the dog in Wacky Races
and Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines, Gears,
Ratchet and Scavenger in The Transformers, Papa Smurf in The
Smurfs, and Dr. Benton Quest in Jonny Quest. He also did the
voice of Snip in the Rankin/Bass 1979 movie Jack Frost.
TLS, 1989. Harriet
Andersson (b. 1932) Swedish
actress, best known outside Sweden for being part of director
Ingmar Bergman's stock company. She often played impulsive
working class characters and quickly established a reputation
on screen for her youthful, unpretentious, full-lipped
sensuality. She disdains the use of makeup. SIGNED trimmed
postal receipt. Laura Capon
Fermi (1907–1977) Italian-born writer
and political activist, and the wife of Nobel Prize physicist
Enrico Fermi. She met Enrico Fermi while she was a
student in general science at the University of Rome. She
published a book about her life with Enrico, Atoms in the
Family, the same year he died.
ANS,1961.............100-150
108. (BRITISH ARTISTS LOT) – Thomas Dugdale
(1880-1952) Exhibited at the R.A. from 1901. Held an
exhibition at the Leicester Galleries 1919 of pictures of
Palestine, Syria, etc. Married Amy K. Browning, painter, 1916.
Member of the R.P. 1925, A.R.A. 1936, R.A. 1943. TLS,
1938. Arthur James Wetherall
Burgess (1879-1956) Australian Painter
and Illustrator. Best known as a historical marine
painter, Burgess exhibited widely in Europe and
Australia. In 1913 he was commissioned to paint the Australian
Fleet entering Sydney Harbour for the Art Gallery of New South
Wales, where his work is now represented. SIGNED 5x8
Naval Print, signed lower left hand corner on front
(VERY POOR CONTRAST). Richard
Redgrave RA (1804 – 1888) English
artist. Clipped SIGNATURE. James
Elder Christie (1847-1914)
Scottish Painter - He became known for his portraits,
paintings of children, moral allegories and illustrations to
the poetry of Robert Burns. SIGNATURE on card. Sir William Reid Dick
(1879–1961) Scottish sculptor known for his innovative
stylisation of form in his monument sculptures and simplicity
in his portraits. Dick served as president of the Royal
Society of British Sculptors from 1933 to 1938. He was
knighted by King George V in 1935. He was Sculptor in Ordinary
for Scotland to King George VI from 1938 until his
death. SIGNATURE. Sir William
Goscombe John R.A. (1860 –1952) Welsh
sculptor. Goscombe John was commissioned to design many public
monuments and statues of public figures. He received a
gold medal in Paris in 1901, was made a Royal Academician in
1909, was knighted in 1911, and became corresponding member of
the French Institute. CLIPPED SIGNATURE, 1929.
Sir David Murray
RA (1849-1933) Scottish landscape painter. SIGNED CARD,
inscribed. Arnold Mason (1885-1963)
Portrait and landscape painter. Exhibited at the R.A. from
1919; A.R.A. 1940, R.A. 1951.
SIGNED mounted book print of one of his works
(4x6)...........80-120
109. (INTERNATIONAL SPORTS Figures LOT) CHRIS EVERT (b. 1954)
from 1979 to 1987, is a World No. 1 professional tennis player
from the United States. She won 18 Grand Slam singles
championships and three doubles titles. She was the
year-ending World No. 1 singles player in 1974, 1975, 1976,
1977, 1978, 1980, and 1981. Overall Evert won 157 singles
championships and 29 doubles titles. SIGNED, inscribed
8x10 photograph. CAL
RIPKIN (b. 1960) American
Baseball Player. Signed postcard photograph on verso. Max Schmeling (1905
–2005) German boxer who was heavyweight champion of the world
between 1930 and 1932. SIGNED, inscribed 4x6 photograph.
Some ilk loss on his signature. Judy
Rankin (1945) American professional
golfer and golf broadcaster. A member of the World Golf Hall
of Fame. SIGNED 5x7, inscribed photograph. ELI A. SMITH (?-1948)
Early 20th century Dogsledder in Alaska once brought a letter
all the way to the White House for President Teddy
Roosevelt. ADS, from payment of services he did. Baron Maximillian Hugo
Converse Wilhelm von Rossberg (1910-1938), International known
Polo Player, early Aviator, daredevil. Killed in plane crash
at 28 – (2) TLSs, 1936, signed “Max” and the other ny,
nd, but signed with full signature. Leon Spinks (b. 1953)
American heavyweight boxing champion when he beat Muhammad Ali
1978. SIGNED, 8x10 photo of a collage of his
boxing history. Cathy Rigby (b. 1952) gymnast.
SIGNED, inscribed booklet page from her “Peter Pan” acting
days..............100-150
110. (Nobel Prize Lot)
SIGNATURES of Melvin Schwartz
(1932-2009) Physics 1988 signed biographical sketch. Paul Samuelson (1915-2009),
Econonics 1970, signed 3x5 paper. Glenn
Seaborg (1912-1999), Chemistry 1951,
signed card........50-75
114. [EARLY FILM] Vivian
Prescott - American actress.
She appeared in 202 films between 1909 and 1917. Signed 8x10
photo. VG...........25-35
115. Mystery French Document from Napoleonic period dated 1806 on paper, signed [?], 1p, about 7-1/4 x 9-1/2". VG.........80-120
See document above116. [MUSIC] Norman Dello Joio (1913- 2008) American composer. By the late forties, he was considered one of the foremost American composers. Signed, inscribed 3x5 card. VG......25-35
See Dello Joio
120. [FRANCE] French DECRET from the CONVENTION NATIONALE, dated 22 October 1792, 3 months before the King would be guillotined. Concerns ORDER OF MALTA, 4-pp, 7-3/4 x 8". OLD DAMPSTAINS AT CORNER OTHERWISE Very fresh condition............80-120
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121.
[CABINET] James
Harlan
(1820-1899) member of the
United States Senate and a U.S.
Cabinet Secretary. He was
Secretary of the Interior under
President Andrew Johnson, an
appointment he held until 1866. Signature,
with sentiment. Harlan was a close
friend of President Abraham Lincoln
and his family. In 1868 his
daughter, Mary Eunice Harlan,
married Lincoln's son, Robert Todd
Lincoln. Harlan's home in Mount
Pleasant, now known as the
Harlan-Lincoln House, is a museum
that houses memorabilia from both
the Harlan and Lincoln
families........25-35
122. Lot of 10 signed photos & printed portraits of 20th century governors. All are 10 x 8" unless otherwise indicated. [1] JOHNSON, PAUL B., governor of Mississippi 1964-68. 11 x 8 overall. Inscribed, "Best wishes to a fine young man." Glossy. [2] GUERRERO, MANUEL FLORES LEON. Governor of Guam 1963-69, apptd. by JFK. He has added "Governor of Guam". Matte finish. [3] WALLACE, LURLEEN B. Governor of Alabama 1967-68 until her death. Her husband George was the noted opponent of integration and a presidential candidate who was shot while campaigning. 5 x 3", matte finish. She added to her signature "Gov". [4] KNOWLES, WARREN P. Governor of Wisconsin 1965-71. Matte finish. Punch holes at left border barely touching the image. [5] CARGO, DAVID F. Governor of New Mexico 1967-71. Glossy. Cargo has added "Governor". [6] SMITH, HULETT C. Governor of West Virginia 1965-69. "With best wishes". Glossy. [7] BREWER, ALBERT P. Governor of Alabama 1968-78. Glossy. Inscribed "To George Berstler Sincere best wishes from his friend Albert P. Brewer, Gov." [8] HEARNES, WARREN E. Gov. of Missouri 1965-73. "Best regards". Glossy. Punch holes at right border barely touching the image. [9] WILLIAMS, JOHN BELL. Gov. of Mississippi 1968-72. "Best wishes". Glossy. Punch holes at left border not touching the image. [10] BRANIGAN, ROGER D. Gov. of Indiana 1965-69. Matte finish.........60-80
123.
James R. Osgood (1836-1892)
American publisher probably best known for his partnership
with Mark Twain and his involvement with the publishing
company that would become Houghton Mifflin. Osgood
published an edition of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass in 1881
that was attacked by the Boston district attorney as "obscene
literature". Osgood gave in and refused to bring out
another edition, forcing Whitman to find another publisher. By
this time Osgood had befriended Samuel L. Clemens, whose pen
name was "Mark Twain." In 1882 the company published Twain's
The Prince and the Pauper and The Stolen White Elephant. That
same year, Osgood accompanied Clemens on a riverboat trip
collecting material for Life on the Mississippi, which was
published by Osgood in 1883. ALS, 1869, 2pp.
VG...........75-100
See page 1
Page 2
124. [MUSIC] Natalie
Cole (b. 1950) American singer,
songwriter and performer. The daughter of Nat King Cole.
Signed, inscribed color photo. 8x10. VG............25-35
125 [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
126. [MUSIC] Randy Travis (b. 1959) American country music singer, songwriter and actor. Signed, inscribed color 8x10 photo. VG......25-35
127. [MUSIC] Peter
Duchin ( b. 1937) American pianist
and band leader. Signed 8x10 photo. VG..............25-35
128.
[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
129. Benjamin Perley Poore (1820-1887) was a prominent American newspaper correspondent, editor, and author in the mid-19th century. One of the most popular and prolific journalists of his era, he was an active partisan for the Whig and Republican parties. ALS, Boston, 1840, 1p, ragged right edge. Military content concerns 1st Regt. Infantry, 1st Brigade...........60-80
130. [FRANCE] Jacques Marie de Caritat
de Condorcet (1703-1783) French prelate, Bishop
of Auxerre , of Gap and Lisieux
1761–1783. Jacques-Marie de Condorcet's
vicar-general of the Bishop of Rodez , Yse Saléon his uncle.
He then became the headquarters of Gap in 1742 and
transferred to the diocese of Auxerre in 1754. It
shows a declared enemy of Jansenism and raises a formidable
opposition. Its own chapter seeks and obtains an order from
the king into exile in the convent of Bernardine of
Vauluisant near Villeneuve-Archbishop . It gives him the
bishopric of Lisieux in 1761. The famous Marquis de
Condorcet , who is his nephew, was raised by his care.
[translated]. ALS, 1764, 2pp, approx. 5-1/2 x
7-1/4". Fine.............100-150
Page 1
Page
2
131. [FRANCE] Adolphe
Perraud (1828-1906) French
Cardinal and academician. Three ALSs, 1878, 1894, and
1904, total 11 pages........150-200
132. [FRANCE] Jean Soanen (1647–1740) French Oratorian and bishop of Senez. He was a convinced Jansenist. In opposition to the papal bull Unigenitus, he with Charles-Joachim Colbert, bishop of Montpellier, Pierre de la Broue who was bishop of Mirepoix, and Pierre de Langle who was bishop of Boulogne, appealed against it in 1717 to a general council. This group and their followers were known as Appellants; the council was though entirely hypothetical as an idea. Later, he sent out a pastoral letter to his congregation, urging the reading of Pasquier Quesnel. Pierre Guérin de Tencin, the archbishop of Embrun, then in 1727 had him exiled from his diocese. But Jean Soanen of Senez, a small mountain diocese in Provence, issued in 1726 a Pastoral instruction to his diocese, in which, at the age of 80, he reviewed his whole position in the controversy. He regretted that he had ever signed the Formulary of 1665, withdrew his adhesion to the Bull "Vineam Domini Sabaoth", blamed himself for prohibiting, against his real convictions, the moral Reflexions, and promised never to accept the Unigenitus. Soanen was deprived of his see by the Provincial Synoid of Embrun, which on carious canonical grounds he refused to recognize, and was banished to the abbey of Chaise Dieu in Auvergne, where he remained imprisoned till his death in 1740, at the age of 95. Autograph Document Signed, unsure if dated, different later handwriting below, approx. 6-1/4 x 4-1/4". Accompanied by 3 small pages of handwritten notes from circa 1880. VG.............150-250
See Soanen document
133. [FRANCE] Antoine
de Montazet (1713 - 1788)
French theologian, of Jansenist tendencies, who became
bishop of Autun and archbishop of Lyon. He was elected
to the Académie française in 1756, but did not produce
significant literary works. He had published for
his seminary by the Oratorian Joseph Valla, six volumes
of "Institutiones theologicæ". These were known as
"Théologie de Lyon", and were spread throughout Italy by
Scipio de’ Ricci, bishop of Pistoia and Prato, until
condemned by the Index in 1792. Contrary to the papal
bull of Pope Pius V on the Breviary, Montazet changed
the text of the Breviary and the Missal. The later
efforts of Pope Pius IX and Cardinal Bonald to suppress
the innovations of Montazet provoked resistance on the
part of the canons, who defended the traditional
Lyonnese ceremonies. Document Signed, 1759, written
on both sides, about 7-1/4 x 8-3/4". Top right
coner missing affecting a few
words................100-150
134. [FRANCE] Gustave
Lannes de
Montebello (1838-1907) French
diplomat. After studying law, he embraced a career diplomat,
first under the orders of his father, the 2nd Duke of
Montebello , Ambassador of France to Saint Petersburg. In 1886
, he was appointed ambassador of France to Constantinople,
then to St. Petersburg in 1891. He contributed to the
preparation of the exhibition horse and ethnographic Russian
in Paris ( 1895 ). Become an intimate Romanov , Gustave
de Montebello plays an essential role in the consolidation of
the Franco-Russian alliance . It welcomes President Félix
Faure , at the laying of the first stone of Trinity Bridge in
St. Petersburg on 24 August 1897, a symbol of the alliance.
The Comtesse de Montebello was a benefactor of the French
colony of capital of the Russian Empire, including providing
funding to the French Asylum Benevolent Society of Saint
Petersburg and its new hospital. On 28 August 1899 , the
Marquis de Montebello is made Grand Cross of the Legion of
Honor. Rare ALS [c. 1891], St. Ptersburg [Russia],
3pp, approx. 5-1/8 x 7-1/8". Slightly toned but
VG..........100-150
See page 1
See pages 2
& 3
135. [FRANCE] Alfred-Casimir-Alexis Williez (1836-1911) Bishop of Arras 1892-1911. ALS, 1904, 2 pages, approx. 5 x 8-1/4". Speaks of preparation for the great Catholic Youth Congress. Fine............80-120
Page 1
136. [FRANCE] Guillaume-René Meignan (1817-1896) French Catholic apologist and
scriptural exegete, Archbishop of Tours and Cardinal. ALS,
1887, 1-1/5 pp, 8vo. Not translated. VG........100-150
137. [FRANCE] offered here are 2 documents from France: one dated 1783, signed by Jean Francois Joly De Fleury [1718-1802] State councillor who was fired in 1783, the year of this letter which speaks of Countess of La Rochefoucault. 1-page, about 6-3/4 x 8-1/4". PLUS another document 1701, 4pp, about 8.5 x 12. Identified as being about the grandfather of de Fleury..........100-150
1701 page 2
138. [FRANCE] Jacques
Raillon (1762-1835) Bishop of Orleans;
also of Dijon; also Archbishop of Aix. Letter
Signed, Paris, 1813, 1p, approx. 8x10". To
Monseigneur. This churchman lived through the troubling
history of France's Catholicism Revolution; Napoleon's
problems with Pius VII; return of the monarchy, etc. He
made a famous funeral speech at Notre-Dame for Marshall
Lannes. VG...........100-150
140. [FRANCE] Alexander Raymond Devie
(1767-1852 ) French ecclesiastic. He was bishop of the
diocese of Belley from 1823 to his death. He was the first
bishop of the diocese reconstituted after its removal by the
Concordat of 1801. He led a major action for the
renewal of the Catholic Church in his diocese. Many churches
in the department of Ain were built or rebuilt under his
leadership: it is at the origin of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Belley Cathedral. ALS, 1844, 1-1/2 pages,
approx. 5-3/4 x 7-3/4". VG...........100-150
141. [FRANCE] Felix Dupanloup (1802-1878) French ecclesiastic. In 1825 he was ordained priest, and was appointed vicar of the Madeleine at Paris. For a time he was tutor to the Orléans princes. He became the founder of the celebrated academy at St Hyacinthe, and received a letter from Gregory XVI eulogizing his work there, and calling him Apostolus juventutis. He was elected to the Académie française in 1854, occupying the thirty-eighth chair, becoming leader of the Academy’s "religious party", in which capacity he opposed the election of agnostic intellectuals. His imposing height, his noble features, his brilliant eloquence, as well as his renown for zeal and charity, made him a prominent feature in French life for many years. Crowds of persons attended his addresses, on whom his energy, command of language, powerful voice and impassioned gestures made a profound impression. When made bishop of Orléans in 1849, he pronounced a fervid panegyric on Joan of Arc, which attracted attention in England as well as France. Joan of Arc would later be canonized, due partly to Dupanloup's efforts. Before this, he had been sent by Archbishop Aifre to Rome, and had been appointed Roman prelate and protonotary apostolic. For thirty years he remained a notable figure in France, doing his utmost to arouse his countrymen from religious indifference. He was a distinguished educationist who fought for the retention of the Latin classics in the schools and instituted the celebrated catechetical method of St Sulpice. Among his publications are De l'éducation (1850), De la haute éducation intellectuelle (3 vols., 1866), Œuvres choisies (1861, 4 vols.); Histoire de Jésus (1872), a counterblast to Renan's Vie de Jésus. ALS, no date, 1p, plus cdv photo, plus 1862 pamphlet............100-150
See above
142. [MUSIC] Leonardo Balada [b. 1933] American composer. AMQS from his 1986 Opera "Christopher Columbus. Very nice. Approx. 8 x 7. Inscribed to a collector. VG..........75-100
See AMQS
143. Larry McMurtry (b.1936) American novelist, essayist, bookseller, and Academy Award winning screenwriter whose work is predominantly set in either the old West or in contemporary Texas. He is known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning 1985 novel Lonesome Dove. Brief ALS, 2000, on 6-1/4 x 5-1/2 in. card. Signed with intials.............40-60
144. [FRANCE] ANTOINE-ALEXANDRE BARBIER (1765-1825) Prior to the Revolution, Barbier was a maths and physics teacher, and in 1789, he was the vicar at Dammartin. He accepted the "constitution civile du clergé" and became priest at La Ferté-sous-Jouarre. In 1794 he was given the job of itemising and safeguarding the huge number of books and papers that had been confiscated by the revolutionaries on behalf of the Nation. These books, many of which were falling apart due to insects and poor conservation conditions, were also taking up offices that were required by the local authorities. Having constructed proper shelving for the books and introduced air-flow systems to allow ventilation between the shelves, the monumental task of cataloguing the confiscated works remained. This task required the assistance of specialists: archivists, curators, bibliophiles and librarians were called in to sort through the books, destroy any considered "seditious", sell any that were no longer needed and replace any considered important enough in the public libraries. A large of number of public libraries benefitted from this process, in particular the Bibliothèque Nationale. In 1795, Barbier was seconded to Gaspard Michel Leblond with the task of reducing the huge book depots in Paris and in Versailles, sorting, cataloguing and selling the books stored on these sites. Barbier was also heavily involved in the creation of provincial public libraries and the cataloguing of the books stored therein. In 1798, Barbier created the bibliothèque du ministère de l'Intérieur, which was designed to hold the collections that formerly belonged to the Académie Française and the Académie des Inscriptions et Belle-Lettres, as well as any works considered worthwhile that had been seized from libraries belonging to émigrés or those condemned to death. This library became the Conseil D'Etat's library in 1799, shortly after 18 Brumaire, and Barbier became its librarian. Putting together a catalogue for the library, he abandoned the traditional alphabetical classification, instead opting for classification by subject-matter. In 1807, Barbier replaced Louis-Madeleine Ripault and was put in charge of Napoleon's personal libraries at Compiègne, Rambouillet and Trianon as well as the travel libraries that Napoleon took with him whilst on campaign. The first travel library, conceived in July 1808, included texts on a variety of different subjects: novels, history, poetry, and theatre. Barbier was also asked to write numerous reports regarding the history, geography and religious issues of various regions and countries which Napoleon used in his political and military planning. Barbier was also expected to keep the French Emperor constantly supplied with reading material, along with reports, analyses and commentaries regarding each publication. Napoleon, known to be a voracious reader, complained on a number of occasions about the lack of reading material at his disposal, which led to letters being dispatched to Barbier, reminding him of his duties regarding this matter. In his role as "conseiller littéraire", he was also expected to brief Napoleon when the Emperor was back in Paris. He also served the Empress Josephine in a similar manner, and managed her libraries at the Tuileries, Compiègne, Saint-Cloud, Fontainebleau, Trianon, Rambouillet and at her other residences. Between 1808 and 1810, he published his Nouvelle bibliothèque d'un homme de goût, which was based on Louis-Mayeul Chaudon's Bibliothèque d'un homme de goût. This catalogue gathered together various critical and analytical extracts from works and periodicals dedicated to literary criticism, adding to and correcting the original work of Chaudon. The goal of this catalogue was to examine both modern and classical literature and separate the "wheat from the chaff", rewrite any critiques that were unmerited, and ensure that books which did not deserve to be forgotten were not, whilst books that were unworthy of remembrance were removed. The catalogue included entries for both French and foreign literature, as well as offering notes on the best editions and most accurate translations, where necessary. Despite his work for Napoleon, Barbier remained principled and incurred the wrath of the Emperor on a number of occasions: as well as being reluctant to forward any works that he considered mediocre (despite the Emperor's continuous desire for new reading material), he also refused to catalogue a number of books dedicated to or concerning Napoleon and his numerous successes. Works that were omitted from the libraries that Barbier curated included Relation de la bataille de Marengo, Vies de Bonaparte, and Histoires de l'Empereur Napoléon, which he argued were written by "second-rate writers", driven by greed and a desire to flatter the Emperor. Napoleon nevertheless insisted that Relation... be inserted into all of his libraries, despite his librarian's reluctance. During the Restoration, Barbier was put in charge of the royal libraries, but was dismissed from the King's service in 1822, for reasons not listed in his biographies (although Muriel Brot hypothesises that this may have been simply due to his prolonged service for Napoleon). Barbier was severely affected by the dismissal and fell ill shortly afterwards, dying in 1825. Offered here is a Autograph Letter Signed, 1807, one page, approx. 6-1/2 x 9-1/4". Appears to be about Certificate of Pension. We are unable to find any prices for documents signed by Barbier however some of the books he authored have sold at auction for as high as $11,400. Very good condition........200-300
145. John Patrick
(1905-1995) American playwright and screenwriter.
Puliyzer Prize winning dramatist. Signed 1p.
typescript from THE TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST NOON.
VG............50-75
See above
146. [PHOTOGRAPHY] Original vintage
photograph taken by Oliver Baker. The photo is of a painting
by Walt Kuhn, Portrait of Brenda, 1927. The photo is 8x10 and
has Baker blindstamp of the verso. This particular
photograph was from the Kuhn Estate and used for the Walt Kuhn
exhibition at the Cincinnati Art Museum. Today this painting
is in the collection of the Ogunquit Art Museum, in Maine.
Slight top right corner creasing. VG for its age.
Oliver Baker was known for the photos he took of many of
America's top artists during the 1950s &
60s.............100-150
See photo
See verso
147.
[FRANCE] 1810 Manuscript Document Signed, identified as
"Marquise d'Anhalt. Our research identifies this person
as Favras Caroline Hedwig of Anhalt-Schauenbourg
(Marquise de) ( 1759-1841). Approx. 6-3/4 x 4-1/4" with
very nice red wax seal still intact. See both side's
below. Certainly worthy of research. Excellent
condition.........100-150
Front
side
Back
side
148.
[FRANCE] c. 1840 Manuscript document - identified as
"To Delegate of Peace Society - speaks about two big nations
[France & Germany?", unsigned, 2pp, approx. 8 x 11-1/2".
VG..............100-150
149. [CARDINAL] Charles Erskine (b.
at Rome, 13 February 1739; d. at Paris, 20 March 1811) was
an Italian-Scottish papal diplomat and cardinal. In
October 1793, Erskine was sent as papal envoy to Great
Britain. By his tact Erskine established excellent relations
with the Court of St. James and the ministry, diminished the
dissensions among Catholics, and avoided stirring up any
anti-Catholic demonstration against himself. During his stay
in London the pope named him a full auditor, and in 1795
gave him additional powers as envoy extraordinary. He left
London in 1801 and returned to Rome, where in 1803, he was
installed as a Cardinal Deacon, it being revealed that he
had been elevated to this office in pectore in the
Consistory of February 1801. He was then assigned the Church
of Santa Maria in Campitelli as his titular church. As a
member of the Sacred Congregation of Propaganda Fide, he was
still useful to English Catholics, and was made Cardinal
Protector of Scotland. He was ordained a deacon the
following January. On the French invasion of Rome in
1808 Erskine was made pro-Secretary of Briefs, and was
confined in the Quirinal with the pope. When Pope Pius VII
was taken prisoner Erskine was allowed to go free, but his
property was now lost and he would have been reduced to
poverty if his Protestant relations in Scotland had not
granted him an allowance. In 1809 Napoleon ordered him to
Paris and though ill he was forced from Rome in January
1810. Shortly after his arrival in Paris, Erskine fell
into a gradual decline and soon died. He was buried in the
Church of Saint-Genevieve, now the Panthéon. Offered
here is a ALS, his signmature appearing in the first line,
dated 1801 [?], 1p, approx. 8-1/4 x 8-1/4".
Accompanied by a manuscript page identified as
"Funeral inscription of Erskine from ther handf of Carolo
Colini......120-180
150. [CINEMA] Melanie Griffith (b. 1957) Golden Globe-award winning and Oscar-nominated American film actress. DOCUMENT SIGNED, Oct. 6, 1980, 1p. Contract with International Creative Management. ..............50-75
151. [FT. KNOX, KENTUCKY] 13
letters from soldier Alvin O. Crook, to his mother and
father at Frankport, S.D. All with envelope marked
"Free". Sent while he was stationed at Ft. Knox,
1942. He was member of Co. H, 43rd Regt.
Unread.........50-75
152. [ENTERTAINMENT] Edward "Eddie" Rubin (1912-1999)
was a Los Angeles-based entertainment lawyer, who represented
such clients as Steve McQueen, Goldie Hawn, Warren Beatty and
Howard Hughes. As a partner at Mitchell Silberberg &
Knupp, Eddie chaired the firm's entertainment practice, during
which time he represented several major film studios.
During his career, he served as president of the California
Bar Association, the largest state bar association in the
United States, and as a trustee of the Los Angeles County Bar
Association. TLS, 1963, 1p, to Milton Ebbins, c/o
Chrislaw Productions, about employing a composer. VG........25-35
153. [TV] Robert
Urich (1946-2002) American film, television and
stage actor and television producer. Over the course of his
30-year career, Urich starred in a record 15 television
series. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo.
VG...........40-60
154. [FILM] Cesar Romero (1907-1994) American actor. Signed, inscribed
5x7 photo. VG......40-60
See Romero
photo
ARCHIVE LETTERS TO LOUIS ALIBERT
155. [FRANCE] Félicien Champsaur (1858-1934) French novelist and journalist. His first novel was the roman à clef Dinah Samuel (1882), said to present portraits of poet Arthur Rimbaud and actress Sarah Bernhardt. He went on to publish many novels, collections of articles, and other works, including Miss America (1885), Entrée de clowns (1886), Parisiennes (1887), Les Bohémiens (1887), Lulu (1888), L'Amant des danseuses (1888), La Gomme (1889), and Poupée Japonaise (1912), Nora, la guenon devenue femme (1929), a parody loosely based on the career of American dancer Josephine Baker. He died in Paris. ALS, 1909, WRITTEN ON POSTCARD. SPEAKS OF L'ABATTUIR. * ALSO letters to Alibert from Jean Royere, the poet [ALS1911]; Julia Allard [1884-1940]; Eugene Hollande; and Leon Hennique. Very good condition. Certainly worthy of research...........100-150
156.
[TV] Stacey Keach (b. 1941) American
actor. Signed 5x7 photo. VG..........25-35
157. [FILM] Olympia Dukakis (b. 1931) American actress. Signed 8x10 printed photo. VG............25-35
158. [FILM] Colleen Dewhurst (1924-1991) Sanadian-American actress. Signed 8x10 photo, 1989. VG.............25-35
159. [FRANCE] Marquis Dupuy De La Mothe -
ALS, 1769, 1p, 8-1/4 x 12-3/4". VG.....100-150
160. [FRANCE] Roch-Ambroise Cucurron Sicard (1742-1822)
French abbé and instructor of the deaf. Born at Le
Fousseret, in the ancient Province of Languedoc (now the
Department of Haute-Garonne), and educated as a priest,
Sicard was made principal of a school for the deaf at
Bordeaux in 1786, and in 1789, on the death of the Abbé de
l'Épée, succeeded him at a leading school for the deaf
which Épée had founded in Paris. He later met Thomas
Hopkins Gallaudet while traveling in England, and invited
him to visit the school. Sicard's chief works were his
Eléments de grammaire générale (1799), Cours d'instruction
d'un sourd-muet de naissance (1800) and Traité des signes
pour l'instruction des sourds-muets (1808). The Abbé
Sicard managed to escape any serious harm in the political
troubles of 1792, and became a member of the Institute in
1795, but the value of his educational work was hardly
recognized till shortly before his death at Paris. In 1803
Sicard became a member of the Académie française,
occupying Seat 3 as the successor to the François-Joachim
de Pierre de Bernis, who was a diplomat. Offered here
is either a manuscript or a letter written by Sicard,
doesn't appear signed but his name appears on the text
at bottom of page 3. No date that we can see.
Approx. 4-1/2 x 7-1/4". VG.............100-150
Page 1
Pages 2
& 3
See
his portrait
161. [SILENT FILM] Leatrice Joy
(1893-1985) American actress most prolific during the early
silent film era. Leatrice Joy married John Gilbert in 1922.
ALS, no yr, 2pp. Says it was a "real joy to work with Mr. de
Mille." Signed Leatrice Joy Gilbert. VG.............40-60
162. HENRY FORD II (1917-1987) He was the son of Edsel Ford and oldest grandson of Henry Ford. He was president of the Ford Motor Company from (1945-1960), CEO from (1960-1979). TLS, (1979) 1p...........40-60
163. [FILM] Greer Garson (1904-1996) British-born actress who was very popular during World War II, being listed by the Motion Picture Herald as one of America's top ten box office draws in 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, and 1946. As one of MGM's major stars of the 1940s, Garson received seven Academy Award nominations, winning the Best Actress award for Mrs. Miniver (1942). ANS, 1972, sends autograph.........40-60
164. [FILM] Joanne
Woodward (b. 1930) American actress
and producer. She is perhaps best known for her Academy
Award-winning role in The Three Faces of Eve (1957).
Signed movie still photo from the film "Winning" pictured with
her husband Paul Newman. Fair contrast........35-45
See above
165. ( BRITISH ARTISTS/PAINTERS
LOT) SIGNATURES in various forms - Reginald Rex Vicat Cole (1870-1940)
landscape painter. He exhibited landscapes at the Royal
Academy. Frederick Henry
Townsend (1868–1920 best remembered for
his satirical illustrations in The Illustrated London News,
The Graphic, The Tatler, The Sphere, and Punch. He was also a
prolific and eclectic book illustrator. In addition to popular
adventure fiction such as H. Rider Haggard and Sir Frederick
Marryat, he also illustrated new editions of Charlotte
Brontë’s Jane Eyre (1896) and Shirley (1897) Nathaniel
Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter (1897), and Sir Walter Scott’s
Rob Roy (1897). Thomas
Roberts (1748 – 1778) Irish landscape
painter. He was present at the Dublin Society's School in 1763
and went on to exhibit at the Society of Artists from 1766 to
1777. That year he left Ireland for Lisbon where he died the
following year. Andrew Carrick
Gow RA (1848 –1920) painted scenes from
British and European history as well as portraits. He was a
regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy, became a full Royal
Academician in 1890. In 1900, he visited Egypt and he used his
sketches to compose a scene representing the death of the
Mahdi soon after the defeat of his troops by Colonel Wingate
in 1898. The artist Lawrence Alma-Tadema was a close friend.
In later life, he became Keeper of the Royal Academy. Charles Landseer R.A.
(1799-1879) painter, mostly of historical subjects.
SIGNATURE from ALS. Leonard
Campbell Taylor (1874 –1969) of mainly
portraits and interiors in a traditional style. He
served as an official war artist with the infantry and later
the Royal Navy during the First World War.
ANS............75-100
169. [FILM] Kitty Carlisle
(1910-2007) American singer, actress, married to Moss
Hart. Signed & inscribed music sheet of "Love Is
Just Around the Corner", from the film "Here Is My
Heart". She is pictured with Bing Crosby. Signs of
some wear but pretty good condition.........50-75
See above
170. [FILM] Tony Randall (1920-2004)
American actor in film and TV. ALS, 1989, on his
personal note card. Fine..........35-45
See above
171. [BOSTON] DORUS CLARKE - student philosopher. ALS, Boston, 1870, 12 pages, 8vo. To Rev. William Reed Huntington, Worcester, Mass. With envelope. VG...................35-45
172.
(AMERICAN FILM STARS LOT)
John Phillip Law
(1937-2008) SIGNED 5x7 photograph – Betty FURNESS
(1916-1994). TLS dated May 16, 1990 - Richard Maximillian Ney
(1916- 2004) ALS 1992, with SIGNED, inscribed 4x4
photograph - Eddie Mayehoff
(1909 –1992) TLS, 1990, with SIGNED print stock
photograph, inscribed (folds) - Peter Lind Hayes
(1915-1998-) &. Mary
Healy (1918- ) ANS, by both on
postcard, with Norman Rockwell portraits of them on front
- Harold John Russell
(1914 2002) SIGNED, inscribed 5x7 photograph (signed
in dark area in red ink) - Nina
Foch (1924- 2008). Signed, inscribed
8x10 photograph............80-120
173. [ART] George Cooke [1781-1834] Well-known English engraver; he was the father of Edward William Cooke [1811-1880], the noted painter. ALS, 1825, 1p, 4-3/8 x 7-1/4 in. In part "....The Plate will be ready in one month - will that do?..." VG............60-80
175. Francis
Cardinal Spellman (1889-1967) American
archbishop of the Catholic Church. He was the sixth
Archbishop of New York from 1939 to 1967, having previously
served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston
(1932–39). He was named a cardinal in 1946. TLS,
1956, 1p.............40-60
176. [MEDICINE] John Rock (1890-1984)
American obstetrician and gynecologist. He is best known
for the major role he played in the development of the
first hormonal contraceptive, colloquially called "the
pill". TLS, 1976, brief 1-page.
VG..........75-100
See above
177. John Reed,
Jr. (1781-1860) Representative from
Massachusetts. He was elected as a Federalist to the
Thirteenth and Fourteenth Congresses (March 4, 1813-March 3,
1817); elected to the Seventeenth through Twenty-third
Congresses; elected as an Anti-Masonic candidate to the
Twenty-fourth Congress, and elected as a Whig to the
Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1821-March
3, 1841). He was chairman of the Committee on Revisal and
Unfinished Business (Twenty-second Congress). He declined to
be candidate for reelection in 1840. He was the 17th
Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (1845–1851). ALS,
Yarmouth Port, Mass., 1844, 1p., plus address leaf. He
writes to Franklin Dexter, a District Attorney for Mass.,
about the character of two men he knows. Concerns a
trial concerning a schooner called the Scituate.
VG............50-75
See letter
See address
leaf
178. [NOBEL PRIZE] Linus
Pauling (1901-1994) American
chemist, biochemist, peace activist, author, and educator. He
was one of the most influential chemists in history and ranks
among the most important scientists of the 20th century.
Pauling was one of the founders of the fields of quantum
chemistry and molecular biology. For his scientific
work, Pauling was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in
1954. In 1962, for his peace activism, he was awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize. This makes him the only person to be
awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes. Brief RLS, 1973, 1p. 8.5
x 7". VG............100-150
See above
179.
[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
180. [FILM] Jimmy Lydon (b.
1923) American movie actor and television producer, whose
career in the entertainment industry began as a teenage
actor in the 1930s. One of his first starring roles was the
title character in the 1940 movie Tom Brown's School Days,
also starring Cedric Hardwicke and Freddie Bartholomew.
Between 1941–1944, Lydon starred as the screechy-voiced,
adolescent Henry Aldrich in the movie series of that title.
ALS, 2001, 2pp. Very nice letter about his career. VG.............60-80
See letter
181. [BASEBALL] Charles Ruffing - This
is a Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo. Designated M113
or M114 by collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these
photos around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium
Photos are blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on
semi-gloss heavy paper stock. You had to send away for the
photos. The bottom center has the players name, the lower left
reads "Published by the Baseball Magazine Company, New York"
and the lower right reads "Enlarged from an original
photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY". From the beginning, the
posters offered collectors a chance to obtain high-quality
reproductions of photos taken by such legends as Charles
Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for the sport of
baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the century,
through his retirement shortly before World War II. A
substantial percentage of the posters issued during that span
featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12. Superb
condition when compared to the usual found. Often these were
trimmed down in size, this one is full size.............40-60
See above
182. [FILM] Horst
Buchholz (1933-2003) German actor,
remembered for The Magnificent Seven, in which he played the
role of Chico,[1] and One, Two, Three and Nine Hours to Rama.
He appeared in over sixty films during his acting career from
1952 to 2002. Signed 4x6 postcard picture.
VG............35-45
183. [FILM] Sam Waterston (b.
1940) American actor, producer and director. Among other
roles, he is noted for his Academy Award-nominated portrayal
of Sydney Schanberg in The Killing Fields (1984), and his
Golden Globe-nominated and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning
portrayal of Jack McCoy on the NBC television series Law &
Order. Signed 8x10 photo. VG..........30-40
184. [FILM] Patricia Neal (1926-2010) American actress of stage and screen. She was best known for her film roles as World War II widow Helen Benson in The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), wealthy matron Emily Eustace Failenson in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), and middle-aged housekeeper Alma Brown in Hud (1963), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She also played Olivia Walton in the 1971 made-for-television film The Homecoming: A Christmas Story, a role played in the regular series by actress Michael Learned. Signed 8x10 photo. VG..........40-60
185. [MUSIC] Judy
Collins (b. 1939) American singer
and songwriter known for her eclectic tastes in the material
she records (which has included folk, show tunes, pop, rock
and roll and standards) and for her social activism.
Signed 8x10 photo. VG............25-35
See above
186. [MUSIC] Andy Williams (1927-2012) American popular music singer. Signed 8x10 photo. VG.........50-75
See above
187. [ART] Beatrice Wood (1893-1998) American artist and studio potter, who late in life was dubbed the "Mama of Dada," and served as a partial inspiration for the character of Rose DeWitt Bukater in James Cameron's 1997 film, Titanic. Wood was introduced to Marcel Duchamp, who in turn introduced her to her first great love, Henri-Pierre Roché, a man fourteen years her senior. She worked with Duchamp and Roché in the 1910s to create The Blind Man, a magazine that was one of the earliest manifestations of the Dada art movement in New York City. ALS, 1990, 1p, 8.5 x 11". About her biography "I Shock Myself." .............100-150
188. [FRANCE] Mlle Cécile
Charlotte Furtado (1821-1896) was a
daughter of Elie Furtado, the chief rabbi of Bayonne, and Rose
Fould, a daughter of Beer Léon Fould, banker and the mayor of
Rocquencourt. She married in 1838 Charles Heine (1810-1865), a
scion of a rich banking dynasty and first cousin of the poet
Heinrich (Henri) Heine (1797-1856). Mme Furtado-Heine
was chiefly known for her philanthropy in the areas of
medicine, education, and religion. During the Franco-Prussian
war of 1870-1871, she supported the Red Cross and the
ambulance services; and in 1895 she bequeathed her villa in
Nice as a hospital and sanatorium for wounded and convalescent
soldiers. In 1884 she founded and endowed an orphanage in the
14th Arrondissement on the street which was renamed Rue
Furtado-Heine in her honour after her death, as well as
similar children’s establishments in Bayone and
Montrouge. She was a generous donor to the Institut
Pasteur, and her commemorative bust still adorns the halls of
the Institute. Mme Furtado-Heine also generously contributed
to numerous Jewish charities and benevolent organisations; and
financially supported the building of new synagogues in France
and Belgium. Her charitable and philanthropic endeavours
were recognised by the Government of France, and in 1896 she
became the Officer of the Legion d’Honneur, a distinction very
rare for a woman in the nineteenth century. ALS, no date,
1p, approx. 4 x 6". Fine.............75-100
189. [RELIGION] Benoit-Marie Card. Langénieux (1824-1905) French Archbishop of Reims and
Cardinal. Langénieux enjoyed the friendship of Pope Leo XIII ,
who consulted him on all matters concerning the Church in
France. The universal esteem in which he was held was
abundantly proved by the many decorations which European
rulers bestowed on him and by the vast concourse of bishops,
priests, and people at his two jubilees and at his funeral.
ALS, 1897, 1p, 4-3/4 x 6-3/4 in. Fine.........100-150
190. [FRANCE] 1780
French Mystery Document on paper,
Senechal d'Auvergne, 3 different signatures, nice woodcut
revenue stamp at head, 3 pages, approx. 7 x 9-3/4".
VG............100-150
191. [MUSIC] SONS OF THE PIONEERS -
signed color 10x8 picture. Signed by all 6members.
VG.........100-150
192. Lee
Meriwether (b. 1935) American
actress, former model, and the winner of the 1955 Miss America
pageant. She is perhaps best known for her role as Betty
Jones, Buddy Ebsen's secretary and daughter-in-law in the
long-running 1970s crime drama, Barnaby Jones. Signed,
inscribed 8x10 photo. VG...........25-35
See above
193. 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
194. CALIFORNIA - group of 6 views including: San Francisco shore, Cliff House Sacramento Valley, Coast Scene at Marin County, etc. Various sizes.........60-80
See one of the above195. 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
196. [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
197 . [FRANCE] Albert Auguste Gabriel
Hanotaux, known as Gabriel Hanotaux
(1853-1944) French statesman and historian. ALS, 1905, 3 pages.
VG............75-100
198. [NEWSPAPER] JEFF. DAVIS IN PETTICOATS. WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, Madison, Wis., June 13, 1865, VOL. XIII, No. 39. 8 pages, FILLED with Civil War news. Includes: on the front page, a half column poem by L.J.Bates, "JEFF DAVIS IN PETTICOATS."; "Sherman's Armistice"; "THE ASSASSINATION TRIAL. The Suppressed Testimony. MORE STARTLING REVELATIONS. Complicity of Jeff Davis in the President's Murder." Illustrated advertisements, including a full column illustrated advertisement on the last page for an amusement show called "The Equesqurriculum" tin three "Gigantic Circuses".) Fascinating reading. .........75-100
199. Minnie Pearl (1912-1996) Country comedian. Sig. FDC honoring Jimmie Rodgers.....20-30
200. 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
201. [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
202. [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
203. [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
204. 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
205. [PORTRAIT] William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891) General in the Union Army during the Civil War. Antique engraved portrait approx. 5.5 x 8.5". Few stains in margins but image area is very good...........25-35
See Gen. Sherman portrait
206. [WW II] EVELYN W. FARRAND. Assist. to Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt, Chairman of YOUNG AMERICA WANTS TO HELP, operated under the auspices of the British War Relief Society, Inc. Typewritten Letter Signed, New York, July 21, 1941, to Mrs. Burton Musser, the president of the Utah British War Relief Society. One page, 4to. Sending three pages of information on projects for raising funds for immediate aid of the children in Britain to the additional objective of "crystalliz[ing] the sympathy of the youth of America for the youth of Great Britain." Four pages total.........40-60
207. James
Doohan (1920-2005) Canadian character and
voice actor best known for his role as Montgomery "Scotty"
Scott in the television and film series Star Trek. Signed 8x10
color photo as "Scotty" from Star Trek. VG...............40-60
208. [SPACE] Joseph
P. Allen (b. 1937) former NASA
astronaut. He logged more than 3,000 hours flying time in
jet aircraft. Allen logged a total of 314 hours in
space. Signed, inscribed color litho. photo.
VG.............50-75
See Allen
photo
210. [FRANCE] Jean Baptiste Antoine-Aime Sanson De Pongerville [1792-1870] Fr. poet, writer. ALS, 1855, 1p, to PHILARETE CHARLES. VG.......60-80
Portrait of Pongerville
211. [CARDINAL]
Louis Jacques Maurice de Bonald
(1787- 1870) French cardinal (1841). Born at Millau, he was
the son of the philosopher Louis Gabriel Ambroise de Bonald.
He was condemned by the council of state for a pastoral letter
attacking Dupin the elder's Manuel de droit ecclsiastique . In
1848 he held a memorial service for those who fell gloriously
in defence of civil and religious liberty. In 1851 he
nevertheless advocated in the senate the maintenance of the
temporal power of the Pope by force of arms. ALS, no date, 1p, 7-1/2 x 5-3/4 in., signed at
the beginning and at the end. Sunned along the left edge.
See scan below..............75-100
212. [FRANCE] DECRET De La Convention Nationale, 29 November 1792, 2-pages, signed inprint by Garat & Monge, 7 x 9-1/2". Two months after abolition of Royalty. Concerns factories, Very fresh condition..........80-120
See front
213. [FILM]
Sally Field (b. 1946) American Academy
Award winning actress. Signed, inscribed 5x7 photo.
VG...........25-35
See above
214. William E.
Bridges (1933-2013) American author,
speaker, and organizational consultant whose pioneering
work on transition transformed the way people think about
change. He emphasized the importance of understanding
transitions as a key for organizations to succeed in making
changes. He says that transition the psychological process of
adapting to change. Transition consists of three phases;
letting go of the past, the "neutral zone" where the past is
gone but the new isn't fully present, and making the new
beginning. Document Signed, 1961 bank check made out by his
mother to William who signed on the back. VG.............40-60
215. [FILM] RANDOLPH SCOTT (1898-1987) American film actor whose career spanned from 1928 to 1962. As a leading man for all but the first three years of his cinematic career. Signed 3x5 card [yellow]. Fine..............30-40
216. [FILM] WOODY ALLEN [b. 1935] American screenwriter, director, actor. Signed 3x5 card, with typed inscription..........20-30
217. Alan Bates (1934-2003) English actor who came to prominence in the 1960s. Signature. Very nice example.......20-30
218. Adrien Brody - AMERICAN ACTOR. He received widespread recognition and acclaim after starring in Roman Polanski's The Pianist (2002), for which he became the youngest actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor at age 29. Signature........20-30
See above
219. [ART] Marc CHAGALL - Derriere le Miroir 182. Soft cover: Paris: Maeght, 1969, first edition, folio, 32 pages, text in French, contains 2 original color lithographs by Chagall, the cover and an excellent double page ("Le Peintre Devant le Village" and "Reverie", Mourlot 603a and 605; Cramer 81); many b&w and color reproductions; an excellent copy in publisher's wrappers. Excellent condition.............400-600
220. [SPACE PHOTOGRAPHY] WILLENE
WHISENHANT - early NASA photographer. Offered here is an
original b/w vintage photograph of astronaut Gordon Cooper
strapped in centrifuge at Naval Air Development Center,
Johnsville, Pa. NASA S-63-3978. The photographer writes "Gordo
Cooper in Centrifuse" below image. Provenance: from the
personal files of Willene Whisenhant, the photographer.
Fine.........100-150
221. [SPACE PHOTOGRAPHY] WILLENE WHISENHANT - early NASA photographer. Offered here is an original color vintage photograph of astronaut Gordon Cooper standing near plane. Whisenhant writes in ink below image "Cooper's Private Plane." NASA S-63-1757. Provenance: from the personal files of Willene Whisenhant, the photographer. Fine....100-200
See photograph
222. [PORTRAIT] Andrew Hull Foote (1806-1863)
American naval officer who was noted for his service in the
American Civil War and also for his contributions to several
naval reforms in the years prior to the war. When the war came,
he was appointed to command of the Western Gunboat Flotilla,
predecessor of the Mississippi River Squadron. In that position,
he led the gunboats in the Battle of Fort Henry. For his
services with the Western Gunboat Flotilla, Foote was among the
first naval officers to be promoted to the then-new rank of rear
admiral. Original antique engraved
portrait, image approx. 7 x 5" plus margins.
VG........25-35
223. JOHN SHERMAN (1823-1900) American
Republican representative and senator from Ohio during the
Civil War and into the late nineteenth century. He also
served as both Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of
State and was the principal author of the Sherman Antitrust
Act. Sherman ran for the Republican presidential nomination
three times, coming closest in 1888, but never winning. His
brothers included General William Tecumseh Sherman of Civil
War fame. Signature, mounting
traces.......20-30
224.
[FILM] Ned Beatty
(b. 1937) American actor who has appeared in more than 100 films
and has been nominated for an Academy Award. Signed color photo
from the film "Deliverance", 10x8". VG. Signed in silver
ink...........25-35
225. [NASA] Edward C. Stone (1936- ) internationally known physicist who has served as project scientist for the Voyager program from 1972 to the present. Signed 5x7 photo. VG............20-30
226. [BRITAIN] Denman, Thomas. 1st Baron Denman. (1779-1854) English judge. Solicitor general to Queen Caroline (1820), whose innocence he maintained before bar of House of Lords (1820); attorney general (1830); prosecuted reform rioters (1832); M.P. (1818-26, 1830-32); lord chief justice (1832-50); speaker of House of Lords (1835); condemned Moxon, publisher of Shelley' s complete works, for blasphemy (1841). SIGNED address panel postmarked 1836.............25-35
228. [FRANCE] ANTOINE-ALEXANDRE BARBIER (1765-1825) Prior to the Revolution, Barbier was a maths and physics teacher, and in 1789, he was the vicar at Dammartin. He accepted the "constitution civile du clergé" and became priest at La Ferté-sous-Jouarre. In 1794 he was given the job of itemising and safeguarding the huge number of books and papers that had been confiscated by the revolutionaries on behalf of the Nation. These books, many of which were falling apart due to insects and poor conservation conditions, were also taking up offices that were required by the local authorities. Having constructed proper shelving for the books and introduced air-flow systems to allow ventilation between the shelves, the monumental task of cataloguing the confiscated works remained. This task required the assistance of specialists: archivists, curators, bibliophiles and librarians were called in to sort through the books, destroy any considered "seditious", sell any that were no longer needed and replace any considered important enough in the public libraries. A large of number of public libraries benefitted from this process, in particular the Bibliothèque Nationale. In 1795, Barbier was seconded to Gaspard Michel Leblond with the task of reducing the huge book depots in Paris and in Versailles, sorting, cataloguing and selling the books stored on these sites. Barbier was also heavily involved in the creation of provincial public libraries and the cataloguing of the books stored therein. In 1798, Barbier created the bibliothèque du ministère de l'Intérieur, which was designed to hold the collections that formerly belonged to the Académie Française and the Académie des Inscriptions et Belle-Lettres, as well as any works considered worthwhile that had been seized from libraries belonging to émigrés or those condemned to death. This library became the Conseil D'Etat's library in 1799, shortly after 18 Brumaire, and Barbier became its librarian. Putting together a catalogue for the library, he abandoned the traditional alphabetical classification, instead opting for classification by subject-matter. In 1807, Barbier replaced Louis-Madeleine Ripault and was put in charge of Napoleon's personal libraries at Compiègne, Rambouillet and Trianon as well as the travel libraries that Napoleon took with him whilst on campaign. The first travel library, conceived in July 1808, included texts on a variety of different subjects: novels, history, poetry, and theatre. Barbier was also asked to write numerous reports regarding the history, geography and religious issues of various regions and countries which Napoleon used in his political and military planning. Barbier was also expected to keep the French Emperor constantly supplied with reading material, along with reports, analyses and commentaries regarding each publication. Napoleon, known to be a voracious reader, complained on a number of occasions about the lack of reading material at his disposal, which led to letters being dispatched to Barbier, reminding him of his duties regarding this matter. In his role as "conseiller littéraire", he was also expected to brief Napoleon when the Emperor was back in Paris. He also served the Empress Josephine in a similar manner, and managed her libraries at the Tuileries, Compiègne, Saint-Cloud, Fontainebleau, Trianon, Rambouillet and at her other residences. Between 1808 and 1810, he published his Nouvelle bibliothèque d'un homme de goût, which was based on Louis-Mayeul Chaudon's Bibliothèque d'un homme de goût. This catalogue gathered together various critical and analytical extracts from works and periodicals dedicated to literary criticism, adding to and correcting the original work of Chaudon. The goal of this catalogue was to examine both modern and classical literature and separate the "wheat from the chaff", rewrite any critiques that were unmerited, and ensure that books which did not deserve to be forgotten were not, whilst books that were unworthy of remembrance were removed. The catalogue included entries for both French and foreign literature, as well as offering notes on the best editions and most accurate translations, where necessary. Despite his work for Napoleon, Barbier remained principled and incurred the wrath of the Emperor on a number of occasions: as well as being reluctant to forward any works that he considered mediocre (despite the Emperor's continuous desire for new reading material), he also refused to catalogue a number of books dedicated to or concerning Napoleon and his numerous successes. Works that were omitted from the libraries that Barbier curated included Relation de la bataille de Marengo, Vies de Bonaparte, and Histoires de l'Empereur Napoléon, which he argued were written by "second-rate writers", driven by greed and a desire to flatter the Emperor. Napoleon nevertheless insisted that Relation... be inserted into all of his libraries, despite his librarian's reluctance. During the Restoration, Barbier was put in charge of the royal libraries, but was dismissed from the King's service in 1822, for reasons not listed in his biographies (although Muriel Brot hypothesises that this may have been simply due to his prolonged service for Napoleon). Barbier was severely affected by the dismissal and fell ill shortly afterwards, dying in 1825. Offered here is a document signed, 1807, one page, approx. 7 x 9.5". Appears to be about Certificate of Pension. We are unable to find any prices for documents signed by Barbier however some of the books he authored have sold at auction for as high as $11,400. Very good condition........200-300
229.
[FRANCE] Camille Flers, born in
Paris in 1802, was a painter of landscapes and a scholar of
Pâris. His Views of Normandy and The Banks of the Marne and Eure
display a great amount of study and power or feeling in the
colouring. He died at Annet (Seine-et-Marne) Paris in 1868. He
was the instructor of Cabats. In the Louvre is a landscape by
this artist of the Environs of Paris. Document Signed,
Societe Des Amis Des Arts, 1833, 1p, approx. 9-1/8 x 7-1/4"
VG..............100-150
230.
[AMERICANA] V.D. Bonesteel
- St. Louis, Missouri businessman. 3-page letter, St. Louis,
Mo., Sept. 13, 1859, to William Eno. "I left Po'keepsie on
Wednesday of last week & arrived here on Saturday afternoon
last. We came by a new very pleasant route, returning by
way of Philadelphia, Baltimore, Harpers Ferry, Wheeling,
Columbus, Cincinnati & Vincennes & passing through the
states of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, Indiana
& Illinois to this place, running for many miles along the
banks of the Potomac, crossing the Ohio at Wheeling &
running along the Wabash..." No address leaf.
Fine...........75-100
231.
[MUSIC - FRANCE] Henri Montan
Berton (1767-1844) French composer,
teacher, and writer. He is principally remembered as a
composer of operas, most of which were first performed at the
Opéra-Comique. Riding a wave of anti-clericalism which arose at
the time of the French Revolution, his first real success was
with Les rigueurs du cloître (23 August 1790), "in which a young
nun is saved from entombment at the hands of a corrupt mother
superior."[1] The work has been described as the first rescue
opera. One of his greatest early successes was Aline, reine de
Golconde (1803), which was performed internationally. ALS,
no date, 1p, about 4-1/4 x 7". The picture of
him is not included here. VG.............100-150
233. [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. From the 1940s to the 1960s, he had a strong
presence in popular culture and starred in a number of highly
acclaimed films. DOCUMENT SIGNED [1967], Employee's
Withholding Exemption Certificate, 8 x 3.5". Fine. Provenance: estate of Milton Ebbins.
Fine...............300-400
234.
[FRANCE] Jacques Vallée, Sieur Des
Barreaux (1599-1673) French poet. His
great-uncle, Geoffroy Vallée, had been hanged in 1574 for the
authorship of a book called Le Flau de la Joy. His nephew
appears to have inherited his scepticism, which on one occasion
nearly cost him his life; the peasants of Touraine attributed to
the presence of the unbeliever an untimely frost that damaged
the vines, and proposed to stone him. His authorship of the
sonnet on "Penitence", by which he is generally known, has
been disputed, notably by Voltaire. Des Barreaux was
apparently bisexual. Although he was later known as one of the
lovers of Marion Delorme, a famous courtesan, he also was the
lover of the freethinking poet Théophile de Viau, called the
"King of Libertines" by Jesuit prosecutors. During his
imprisonment in 1623–25 on charges of writing atheistic poems
with homosexual allusions, de Viau addressed a poem to Vallée,
"The Complaint of Théophile to his friend Tircis", reproaching
Des Barreaux for doing little to help him. After de Viau's
death in 1626, a contemporary biographer of high society,
Tallement des Réaux, referred to Des Barreaux as de Viau's
widow, "thus indicating that their physical relationship was
common knowledge at the time." Subsequently, Des Barreaux was a
lover of the libertine poet Denis Sanguin de Saint-Pavin, the
so-called "King of Sodom", "a consummate gentleman" whose
aristocratic rank and social connections protected him from
prosecution for his witty, homosexually themed writings.
In his Pensées, Pascal refers to him in a passage about those
who renounce reason and "become brute beasts". A
French mystery document on vellum, either written and signed
"Vallee" or about him. Approx. 7-3/4 x
1-3/4". Right edge affixed to back of an 1809 showing 3
signatures not identified. Worthy of research.
VG............350-450
235.
[FILM] Daniel "Danny"
Kaye (1911-1987) American actor,
singer, dancer, and comedian. His performances featured physical
comedy, idiosyncratic pantomimes, and rapid-fire nonsense
songs. He was the first ambassador-at-large of UNICEF in
1954 and received the French Legion of Honor in 1986 for his
years of work with the organization. Signed Israeli cover
postmarked 1967. Nice example. Signed "Daniel Kaye." VG..........50-75
236. Susan Howlet Butcher
(1954-2006) was an American dog musher, noteworthy as the second
woman to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in 1986, the
second four-time winner in 1990, and the first to win four out
of five sequential years. She is commemorated in Alaska by the
Susan Butcher Day. Two signed Iditarod cards. Fine............75-100
237.
[FILM] Richard Farnsworth (1920-2000) American actor and
stuntman. His film career began in 1937; however, he achieved
his greatest success for his performances in The Grey Fox
(1982) and The Straight Story (1999), for which he received a
nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actor. Signed 10x8
photo. VG...........30-40
See
Farnsworth
238.
[FILM] Preston Foster (1900-
1970) American stage and film actor. Foster entered films in
1929 after appearing as a Broadway stage actor. Foster was
considered ruggedly handsome and a talented singer. SIGNED 6.5 X
8.5 " photo. Handsome item.............40-60
239. [FRANCE] Nicolas Alexandre Barbier - French landscape painter , was born in Paris in
1789. He at first executed architectural subjects, but
afterwards joined the realistic school of landscape painting,
and exhibited a great number of works at the Paris Salons from
1824 to 1861. He died at Sceaux in 1864. Offered here is a long
ALS, 1836, 4 long pages, 5x8 in. Very good content about the Jury for
admission of paintings to the Louvre. VG condition. Has to be
rare!...........100-150
241. [FRANCE] REVOLUTION - 1791. Partly-printed document signed, 1p, approx. 6-3/4 x 9". Identified as having "Scarce censored Revenue - large sums of Assiginats coming from a business. Fresh condition..........80-120
See document244.
[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
245. [MILITARY] Robert C. Davis (1876-1944) American Major General who served as Adjutant General of the U.S. Army from 1922 to 1927. Signed 3x5 card ; he has added rank. Even overall age toning......20-30
246. [MILITARY] Charles H. Muir - American Major General. Signed 3x5 card. Sun
toned at 2 edges.....20-30
249. [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
250.
[FILM] Joey Bishop (1918-2007)
American entertainer who appeared on television as early as 1948
and eventually starred in his own weekly comedy series playing a
talk show host, then later hosted a late night talk show. He
later became a member of the "Rat Pack" with Frank Sinatra,
Peter Lawford, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Dean Martin. NOTICE OF
EMPLOYMENT document signed,1962, at $100 per day.
Although not mentioned this was for his work in the 1963 film
Johnny Cool, starring Henry Silva, Elizabeth Montgomery, Sammy
Davis Jr., Telly Savalas, Jim Backus etc. Provenance:
Milton Ebbins Estate [VP of Chrislaw Productions]. Approx.
8x5", signed in ink. The picture included here of Joey
Bishop is NOT included. VG.........60-80
252.
[ART] Launt
Thompson (1833-1894), American sculptor,
born in Abbeyleix, Ireland. Due to the potato famine occurring
in Ireland at the time, he emigrated to the United States in
1847 with his widowed mother, and they settled in Albany, New
York. There, he found work as a handyman. After studying
anatomy in the office of a physician, Dr. James H. Armsby, he
spent nine years as the studio boy of the sculptor, E. D.
Palmer. In 1858 he moved to New York where he opened a studio.
There he shared an apartment with James Pinchot. In 1862 he was
elected academician at the National Academy due to his work
Rocky Mountain Trapper, a marble portrait of James "Grizzly"
Adams. He visited Rome in 1868-1869, and married Maria Louisa
Potter (1839–1916), daughter of Alonzo Potter, Episcopal Bishop
of Pennsylvania. From 1875 to 1887 he was again in Italy, living
for most of the time at Florence. He died at the State Mental
Asylum at Middletown, New York. Brief ALS, 1874, 1p.
One mounting trace on verso and small piece missing bottom
edge o/w VG..............50-75
254. [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
See Raye 256. [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
259. [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 etching260. [MUSIC] Sammy Kaye [1910-1987] band leader. Sig. with sentiment......20-30
263. [ART] Gilroy Roberts
(1905-1992) American sculptor, gemstone carver, and the ninth
Chief Engraver of the United States Mint between 1948 and 1964.
He designed the obverse of the United States Kennedy half
dollar, which was first issued in 1964. After he retired from
the U.S. Mint, he became chairman of the Franklin Mint, where he
continued to use his engraving talents. He served in this
position until 1971. Signed 3x5 card...........20-30
264. [ART] Jules Adeline (1845-1909), historian, draughtsman, architect and engraver. Original etching, plate signed, 1885, image 5-1/8 x 3-1/2" plus margins. Toned top margin but well away from image...........80-120
265. [ART] Original photograph of a painting inscribed on the back by the artist to fellow artist, Albert Sterner. Written on the back - In sincere homage To Albert Sterner, this wise and always young nestor of American painters on his 80th birthday from his admirer Josp Nicolas. Approx. 9.5 x 8". Sterner, of course, was a prominent artist who died in 1946. Sterner was born in 1863 so that would date this present around 1943. There are some surface scratches that show when held at certain angle o/w very good......50-75
266. Ira McL. Barton - Union Lt. Col. from New Hampshire. Document Signed, Pine Bluff, Ark., Dec. 31, 1867, 1p, 8-1/2 x 14 in. For wood purchased for 28th NH Infantry. Folds o/w very fresh condition.............50-75
267. [ART] Stepan Dmitrievich Erzia (Nefyodov) (1876 - 1959) was a Mordvin sculptor who lived in Russia and Argentina. Erzia chose his pseudonym after the native ethnic group, the Erzya Mordvins. Stepan became an apprentice of various icon-painting studios. In 1893-1897 he lived in Kazan, previously at the joiner's shop, later he worked at P. A. Kovalinski's icon-painting studio in Kazan. That time Erzia decorated churches in the various cities and villages of the Volga area and attended Kazan Art School. In 1902-1906 he studied at Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. In 1906-1914 he lived in Italy and France. He took part in the exhibitions in Venice and Milan in 1909, in Paris in 1912. In 1914 he returned to Russia and in 1918 he moved to Yekaterinburg where he created his monumental works of art. In 1921 he moved to Novorossiysk, then to Batumi. Living there, he created portraits of Lenin, Marx and Engels, many cultural workers of Georgia. In 1923 he lived in Baku, where he created in monumental genre. In 1926 the Soviet government made a decision to send Stepan Erzia abroad "to spread the knowledge of the Soviet art". He came to Paris again and his one-man shows received positive response in the Western press. In 1927-1950 he worked in Buenos Aires, creating portraits there of Lenin, Moses, Tolstoy, and Beethoven. In 1950 he returned to the Soviet Union. In 1957 he was decorated with the Order of the Red Banner of Labour. Stepan Erzya died in 1959 in Moscow and was buried in Saransk, the capital of Mordovia. Offered here is a rare pre-printed card, signed in ink, Paris, postmarked [1910 or 1911?]. VG...........75-100
Click to see Erzia signed card
268. [SPAIN] Juan Antonio Llorente (1756-1823) Spanish historian. He studied at the University of Zaragoza, and, having been ordained priest, became vicar-general to the bishop of Calahorra in 1782. In 1785, he became commissary of the Holy Office (Inquisition) at Logroño and, in 1789, its general secretary at Madrid. In the crisis of 1808, Llorente identified himself with the Bonaparte regime and was engaged for a few years in superintending the execution of the decree for the suppression of the monastic orders, in examining the archives of the Spanish Inquisition and in arguing for the submission of the Spanish church to the Bonaparte monarch. His 1810 project for a division of Spain in prefectures and subprefectures (under the French revolutionary inspiration) was never brought into practice because of the war. On the return of King Ferdinand VII to Spain in 1814, he retreated to France, where he published his great work, Histoire critique de l'Inquisition espagnole (Paris, 1817-1818). Translated into English, German, Dutch and Italian, it attracted much attention in Europe and involved its author in considerable persecution. After the coup of Rafael de Riego (1820), he supported the new Liberal government. The discovery of his Carbonarian activities and the publication of his Portraits politiques des papes in 1822 culminated in a peremptory order to leave France. Both the personal character and the literary accuracy of Llorente have been assailed, but, although he was not an exact historian, there is no doubt that he made an honest use of documents relating to the Inquisition which are no longer extant. ALS, Paris, 1822, 1p. In French - not translated. Fine..........100-150
269. [BRITISH] Lord Charles Beresford (1846-1916) British Admiral and Member of Parliament. He combined the two careers of the navy and a member of parliament, making a reputation as a hero in battle and champion of the navy in the House of Commons. He was a well-known and popular figure who courted publicity. ALS, 1887, 4pp. To Mr. Collett......50-75
270. [FRANCE] Alfred de Tarde [1880-1925] Right wing economist. ALS, no yr., 4 full pages. To a graphologist about his articles on graphology. Tarde was an Anti-Dreyfus. Could letter refer to the writings of Dreyfus proving he was a spy - but they were forged??? ..............75-100
271 [FRANCE] Jeanne Galzy
[1883-1977] Fr. novelist. ALS, 1915, 1p., congratulating Robert
Kemp on his nomination to the French Academy. VG..........60-80
272. [FRANCE] Medora Vallambrosa, Marquise de Morès (1856-1921) was the daughter of wealthy New York banker Louis von Hoffmann and his wife, Athenais Grymes, whose family had been prominent in Louisiana. Medora was the wife of Antoine Amédée-Marie-Vincent Manca de Vallombrosa, the Marquis de Morès. They had three children, a daughter Athenais, born in 1883, a son Louis, born in 1885; and a son Paul, born in France in 1890. The town of Medora, North Dakota , founded in 1883, was named by the Marquis in her honor. The Marquis's meat packing plant failed and the town fell into a decline after the family left. However, the story of the Marquis de Mores and Medora are now featured in The Medora Musical held every summer in Medora, a major tourist town in the North Dakota Badlands. The 26-room clapboard-sided ranch house the Marquis built for his heiress wife, known as the "Chateau de Mores", has been restored, and tours of it are given. The Marquise de Morès lived in both Paris and Cannes , France after the assassination of the Marquis de Morès in 1896. During World War I, she turned her home into a hospital for wounded soldiers. She died in 1921 of a leg injury she received while working as a nurse. The wound never fully healed. Others say she died of an infectious disease she acquired while touring India with her husband. This gave her bouts of illness throughout her life which eventually resulted in her death. ALS, Paris, 1897, 2pp, written on black-boarded mourning stationery after the assassination of her husband. Approx. 4.5 x 7". Excellent condition. Not translated. Extremely RARE!.........150-250
273. [BALLET] Ruth Page
(1899-1991) American ballerina and choreographer, considered a
pioneer in creating works on American themes. To the classical
ballet vocabulary she added movements from sports, popular dance
and everyday gestures. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo.
VG.........50-75
274. Tom Eagleton
(1929 - 2007) US Senator from Missouri, serving from 1968 -1987.
He is best remembered for briefly being a Democratic Vice
Presidential nominee, sharing the ticket under George McGovern
in 1972. Nice 8x10 photo signed 1985. VG...........25-35
275. [MUSIC] Archibald Joyce [1873-1963] British composer. Signed
card......20-30
276.William R. Day [1849-1923] served 19 years on the
US Supreme Court. CLIP SIGNATURE, mounted......25-35
277. [THE WHITE HOUSE] Jack Valenti (1921- 2007) long-time president
of the Motion Picture Association of America. He was generally
regarded as one of the most influential pro-copyright lobbyists
in the world. TLS, on White house stationery, Feb. 4, 1965, as
Special Asst. to President Johnson. Some condition problem
caused by mounting remains on verso. Some show through on
front............15-25
278. Fancis G.
Peabody [1847-1936]
Unitarian clergyman. ALS 1901......25-35
279. [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, 1959. VG example............50-75
281. Earl
Holliman (b. 1928) is an
American actor. Firm career: Holliman first appeared in 1953's
Scared Stiff. Three years later, he won the Golden Globe Award
for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture for his performance
in the 1956 film, The Rainmaker. Other notable film appearances
were in Broken Lance, Giant, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral,
Forbidden Planet, Hot Spell, Visit to a Small Planet, The
Bridges at Toko-Ri, The Trap, The Big Combo, The Sons of Katie
Elder, Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff, Last Train from Gun Hill and
Summer and Smoke. Signed 8x10
color photo. VG............25-35
282. [BALLET] HELGI TOMASSON (1942- ) American Ballet Star/Choreographer.
SIGNED 8x10 portrait photograph. VG...................25-35
283. [COMPUTERS] Gene M. Amdahl (. 1922) Norwegian American computer architect and hi-tech entrepreneur, chiefly known for his work on mainframe computers at IBM and later his own companies, especially Amdahl Corporation. He is perhaps best known for formulating Amdahl's law, which states a fundamental limitation of parallel computing. ALS, no date, on 4x6 card. Fine............40-60
284. [VERMONT] George D. Aiken (1892-1984) American politician from Vermont. A
Republican Party, he served as governor of Vermont from 1937 to
1941 and as a U.S. Senator from 1941 to 1975. At the time of his
retirement, Aiken was the most senior member of the Senate.
SIGNED postcard photo, dated Dec. 10, 1941 on verso.
VG........25-35
285. Roger Ward Babson (1875-1967) remembered today largely for founding Babson College in Massachusetts. TLS, 1958, 1p.........25-35
286. [BALLET] Dame Beryl Grey (b. 1927) British ballet dancer. ALS, 1982, 2pp. PLUS signed & inscribed 3.5 x 5.5 in. photo.........35-45
287. ROBERT L. SHAPIRO - noted defense attorney. ISP,
8x10................20-30
288. JONATHAN DANIELS - Press Sec. to FDR. TLS, 1977.........................20-30
289. LLOYD K. GARRISON - Pres. National Urban League. Short ALS,
1973.......20-30
290.
[TV] FRED de CORDOVA (1910-2001) American Director/Producer - He
started his career as a director in the 1940s, directing
B-movies including Here Come the Nelsons, with Ozzie, Harriet
and sons, and Bedtime for Bonzo, with Ronald Reagan. But
during the television boom in the '50s and '60s, he began
directing and producing television programs, including My
Three Sons and variety shows with Jack Benny, George Gobel,
Burns and Allen, and the Smothers Brothers. Mr. De Cordova
began producing The Tonight Show in 1970, eight years after
Carson became the show's star, and became executive producer
in 1984. ANS dtd 3/6/89.........25-35
291. [FRENCH THEATRE] MARC CAMOLETTI - playwright. Signed 1970 contract for L'AMOUR-PROPRE, also signed by the Belgian director Lucien Declercq. VG. ..........40-60
292. [FRANCE] Pierre François Léonard Fontaine (1762-1853) neoclassical French architect, interior decorator and designer, who worked in such close partnership with Charles Percier, originally his friend from student days. Starting from 1794, it is fruitless to disentangle artistic responsibilities in their work. Together, Percier and Fontaine were inventors and major proponents of the rich and grand, consciously archaeological versions of neoclassicism we recognize as Directoire style and Empire style: see Charles Percier. ALS, 1801 [STAMPLESS COVER], 1p, approx. 6-1/4 x 8 in. About General Bernard. Seal removal has caused loss of paper on both sides affecting a few words............100-150
293. [FRANCE] Simon
GANTILLON - FR. author. ALS,
1947, 1p. PLUS unsigned telegram re: his play MAYA [1927]. Not
translated............50-75
294. HEDLEY DONOVAN (1914-1990) American Editor - He was Henry R. Luce's handpicked successor for all of TIME INC. From 1965 till 1979 He is best remembered for toning down their polemical coverage particularly of foreign affairs. After he left time, he spent a very disappointing year as top advisor to Pres. Jimmy Carter. SIGNED 8x/10 portrait photograph..................25-35
295. (FRANCE) CH. FOLEY [1861-?] Fr. author of novels and plays. Two ALSs, 1909, 1p. each. 4 x 6. Not translated.........50-75
296. [ARCHEOLOGIST] Louis-Georges-Alfred de Martonne [b.1820] French archeologist and man-of-letters. ALS, Paris, 1872, 1p Speaks about his work on biography and his mentor Philarete Chasles [1798-1873] the French scholar and writer. Not translated. Fine..........50-75
297. [ARCHEOLOGIST] Bernard-Jacques-Joseph Maximilien de Ring [1799-1873] French archeologist. ALS, 1852, 2pp, speaks about articles in La Revue Contemporaire.......50-75
298. 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
299. [OPERA] ILENA COTRUBAS - Romanian Operatic Soprano. She debuted with the Bucharest Opera in 1964, and soon became well known, appearing in productions throughout Europe in the 1960s. was contracted as member of Vienna Opera starting in 1970. In 1973 she joined the Lyric Opera in Chicago then in 1975 to La Scala in Milan, and then to New York's Metropolitan Opera in 1977. Her singing was known for her strikingly beautiful voice, atheletic stamina, and finesse with opera in many different languages. Cotrubas retired from public singing in 1990. ALS 11/2/84........................35-45
300. [NOBEL] Charles H. Townes (b.1915) American Nobel Prize-winning physicist. Signed 1963 FDC honoring Academy of Sciences. Clean but with very faint paperclip stain top edge [not bad at all]..........25-35
301. [ART] Bernie Fuchs [b.1932] Am. illustrator. Signature in pencil............20-30
303. [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
304. [LITERATURE] Sir Hall Caine [1853-1931]. English novelist. Secretary to Dante G. Rossetti (1881-82). Author of Shadow of a Crime (1885), Son of Hagar (1886), The Deemster (1887), The Bondman (1890), The Manxman (1894), The Christian (1897), Eternal City (1901), Prodigal Son (1904), The Woman Thou Gavest Me (1913), The Master of Man (1921), and Life of Christ (1938). Signed card.........25-35
305. [FILM] Samantha Eggar [b. 1939] English actress. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.....25-35
306. [RELIGION] ROBERT LAIRD COLLIER [1837-1890] He was originally an itinerant Methodist preacher, united with the Unitarian church in 1866, was pastor of large churches in Chicago and Boston, and at the same time became a popular lecturer and writer of magazine articles. His principal published works are "Every-Day Subjects in Sunday Sermons" (Boston, 1869)'" Meditations on the Essence of Christianity" (1876); and "English Home Life" (1885). ALS, 1869, 1p............50-75
307. George Ball (1909-1994) American diplomat. He was the Under Secretary of State for Economic and Agricultural Affairs in the administrations of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He is well known for his opposition to escalation in the Vietnam War. Ball also served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from June 26 to September 25, 1968. During the Nixon Administration, George Ball helped draft American policy proposals in the Persian Gulf. SIGNED & INSCRIBED 5 x 7 photo. VG...............25-35
308. [CINEMA] CARA WILLIAMS
(BARRYMORE) (1925- ) American Actress - At 17, Williams was
signed to a 20th Century Fox contract, but few of her subsequent
film roles were large enough to attract notice. Her fortunes
improved when she replaced Judy Holliday in the Broadway
production of Born Yesterday (1950); thereafter, her film and TV
roles increased in size and prominence. She was nominated for an
Academy Award for her portrayal of a sex-starved farm woman in
The Defiant Ones (1958). By virtue of her flaming red hair and
acute comic timing, Williams was touted as "the new Lucille
Ball" on the CBS sitcoms Pete and Gladys (1961) and The Cara
Williams Show (1964). She was married to John Barrymore, Jr. and
had a son. SIGNED/inscribed 8x10 photograph with sentiment .
DIFFERENT POSE FROM ABOVE...............20-30
309. [NOBEL PRIZE] GEORGE OLAH (1927- ) Hungarian b. Chemist. He was awarded the chemistry prize in 1994 for illuminating basic chemical reactions that had never before been observed, and also for showing that carbon itself, the backbone of organic chemistry, could be cajoled into behaving in ways that scientists had not believed possible. SIGNED 4x6 photograph..........35-45
310. Kate Field
(1838-1896) American journalist, lecturer, and actress, of
eccentric talent. ALS, Feb. 22, no yr, 2pp. From Shoreham
Hotel in NYC. Sends payment for tickets received and
discussing distributing others, etc...........40-60
311. [ACTRESS]
FLORENCE STANLEY (1924-2003) American Actress. She launched
her career on Broadway and was a regular on television shows
including "Barney Miller," She appeared on Broadway in
"Fiddler on The Roof," "The Prisoner of Second Avenue" and
was in the Manhattan Theater Club's "What's Wrong with This
Picture?" before heading to Hollywood. Her TV appearances
include Judge Margaret Wilbur on "My Two Dads" and Bernice
Fish on "Barney Miller," as well as numerous guest roles on
shows including "Dharma & Greg" in 2002.
SIGNED/inscribed 8x10 photograph with
sentiment.................20-30
312. Ted Key (1912-2008)American cartoonist and writer. He is best known as the creator of the cartoon series Hazel. ANS, no date........25-35
313. [FRANCE] Ernest Menault (1830-1903) French author and zoologist. He wrote, principally Les Insectes nuisibles à l' Agriculture et à la Viticulture, L'intelligence des animaux and L'amour maternel chez les animaux. ALS, 1867, 1-1/2 pp. VG..........50-75
314. Hjalmar H. Boyesen [1848-1895] Norwegian-American author and college professor. ALS, 1891, 1p, regarding lectures scheduled & unable to attend invitation. On Columbia College letterhead. VG.......50-75
315. [FRANCE] Louis (Adrien) Huart [1813-1865] Editor in Chief of Le Charivari, the illustrated newspaper published in Paris, France from 1832 to 1937. Le Charivari published caricatures, political cartoons and reviews. In 1835 the government banned political caricature, thus Le Charivari began publishing satires of everyday life. Ownership of the paper changed often due to censorship, and related taxes and fines. It was used Le Charivari as the mode
316. [NOBEL PRIZE] Arthur L. Schawlow (1921-1999) American physicist. He is best remembered for his work on lasers, for which he was awarded a 1981 Nobel Prize. HIS STATIONERY SIGNED, 1982, inscribed in type to collector..............25-35
317. John Cameron Swayze [1906-1995] popular news commentator. Signed,
inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.........35-45
318. [FILM & TV] Macdonald Carey [1913-1994] American actor. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG........40-60
319. [FILM] Bea Lillie [1894-1989] actress and comedic performer. Following her 1920 marriage to Sir Robert Peel in England, she was known in private life as Lady Peel. Signed 3x5 card..........25-35
320. [THEATRE] Henry de GORSSE [1868-1936] Fr. dramatist. ALS, no date, 1p. Speaks about his play. Not translated. Fine................40-60
321. [ENGLAND] Sir Robert Howard (1626-1698) English playwright and politician, born to Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire and his wife Elizabeth. As the 18-year-old son of a royalist family, he fought at the battle of Cropredy Bridge and was knighted for the bravery he showed there. In the years after the English Civil War his royalist sympathies led to his imprisonment at Windsor Castle in 1658. After the Restoration , he quickly rose to prominence in political life, with several appointments to posts which brought him influence and money. He was Member of Parliament for Stockbridge, and believed in a balance of parliament and monarchy. All his life he continued in a series of powerful positions; in 1671 he became secretary to the Treasury, and in 1673 auditor of the Exchequer. He helped bring William of Orange to the throne and was made a privy councillor in 1689. His interest in financial matters continued, and in later life he subscribed to the newly founded Bank of England while continuing his work on currency reform. He was thought of as arrogant and was caricatured in a play by Shadwell as Sir Positive-At-All, a boastful knight. Howard died on 3 September 1698 and is buried in Westminster Abbey. His signature on a document fragment dated 1691, approx. 3.5 x 5". Also signed by Thomas Howard (1619-1706) English peer, styled Hon. Thomas Howard until 1679. He was the second son of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire. Howard represented Wallingford in Parliament from 1640 to 1646. He was colonel of a regiment of Royalist horse in 1643, and subsequently a brigadier. In 1661, after the English Restoration, he was rewarded with the sinecure office of Clerk of the Markets of the Household. Thomas inherited the earldom after the death of his childless brother, Charles in 1679. He was succeeded by his great-nephew Henry Howard, who then united the earldoms of Suffolk and Berkshire. He was reputed to have fathered at least one illegitimate child, Moll Davies, who became an actress and mistress to Charles II, bearing him a daughter, Lady Mary Tudor who married the Earl of Derwentwater. Moll Davis was born around 1648 in Westminster and was said by Samuel Pepys , the famous diarist, to be "a bastard of Collonell Howard, my Lord Barkeshire" - probably meaning Thomas Howard, third Earl of Berkshire...........80-120
See Portrait
of Sir Robert Howard
322. Don Hewitt (1922-2009) American television
news producer and executive, best known for creating 60 Minutes,
the CBS television news magazine in 1968, which at the time of
his death, was the longest-running prime-time broadcast on
American television. Under Hewitt's leadership, 60 Minutes was
the only news program ever rated the nation's top-ranked
television program, an achievement it accomplished five times.
He also produced the first televised presidential debate in the
1960. Signed, inscribed color 8x10 photo. VG...........40-60
323. [LOUISIANA]
ELAINE S. EDWARDS - American Politician/ First Lady of Louisiana
- a Senator from Louisiana; appointed to the United States
Senate by her much controversial husband, Governor Edwin W.
Edwards, August 1, 1972, as a Democrat to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Allen J. Ellender, and servered , until
her resignation November 13, 1972. TLS dtd 10/4/72 with
SIGNED/inscribed 8x10 portrait dtd 1972 (2
items).................25-35
324. Emily P. Bissell (1861-1948) American social worker and activist,
best remembered for introducing Christmas Seals to the United
States. Her signature on postcard postmarked 1944. Collector has
written in pencil on signed side. Accompanied by 2 FDCs honoring
Bissell each Bissell stamps......................50-75
325. [FILM] BETSY BLAIR - English Actress - Most casual film fans know one of two facts about stage and film actress Betsy Blair. (1): She was the first wife of musical comedy star Gene Kelly. (2): She played the homely blind date of Ernest Borgnine in Marty (1955)., in which she was Nominated for an Oscar . After Marty, relocated on the Continent, appearing in such Italian films as The Outcry (1957) and Senilita (1961).Also, has acted in many plays on the English stage. SIGNED/inscribed 3x5 photograph....................20-30
326. [FILM] Lillian Gish (1893 - 1993) American stage, screen and television actress whose film acting career spanned 75 years, from 1912 to 1987. SIGNED 3X5 CARD. VG.....20-30
327. [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
328.
[ABRAHAM
LINCOLN] L.W.V. [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. Offered
here are 6 pages from Volk's private scrapbook, consisting
of mounted newspaper clippings about Volk and his works from
numerous newspapers. Identifications of the articles is
labeled in Volk's hand.Includes articles on Volk's bust of
Lincoln, the Northwestern Sanitary Fair, and the reception
of President Lincoln's remains in Chicago. At the bottom of
one pages there is a note signed by Volk with his initials.
Volk's scrapbook is well known among Lincoln historians and
collectors as pieces from it have appeared over the years.
It would be impossible to reassemble it todays as the pages
are widely scattered in public and private collections.
These pages are particularly good...........100-200
329. James Truslow Adams [1878-1949] American writer. TLS, 1941, 1p, recommendation for his wife's cousin's daughter. Quite lengthy.........40-60
330. Hezekiah Butterworth [1839-1905] American writer of books for young people, and a poet. Signed quote of Don Jose de San Martin, the great Spanish General. Written in Spanish with English translation on verso [in another hand]...........35-45
331. [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
332. Albert Henry Smyth [1863-1907] American writer. ALS, 1900, 2pp. Mentions his biography of Bayard Taylor. Light irregular toning on last page............25-35
333. [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
334. [THEATRE] Tom Ewell (1909-1994) American actor. TLS, 1957, to Theatre Guild approving cast of a show............40-60
335. [THEATRE] Benoît-Constant Coquelin (1841-1909), known as Coquelin aîné ("Coquelin
the Eldest"), was a French actor, "one of the greatest
theatrical figures of the age." Signed card dated 28 Dec. 88.
Approx. 3-1/2 x 2-1/4". Fine................40-60
336. HENRY A. LAVELY (1831-?), American poet. AMS, his poem "Smiles and Tears" written on the letterhead of Aetna Life Insurance Co. TEN LINES + TITLE. Small corner piece missing o/w VG.......30-40
337. [NOBEL] Paul Crutzen (b. 1933) Dutch Nobel prize atmospheric chemist. Brief ALS, no date, 8.5 x 3". VG............50-75
338. Martha Ostenso (1900-1963) Canadian novelist and screenwriter. Ostenso was born in Haukeland, near Bergen, Norway, but emigrated with her family to the United States in 1902. They first settled in South Dakota and Minnesota before immigrating to Canada in the province of Manitoba. Ostenso is probably best known for the award-winning novel Wild Geese, published in 1925 (and filmed as After the Harvest in 2001). She signs at bottom of an autograph request typed letter, 1929...........20-30
339. [CABINET] Cyrus Vance (1917-2002) American lawyer and civil servant. He served as the United States Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1980. Prior to his service as Secretary of State, he held a number of executive positions, including the Secretary of the Army and the Deputy Secretary of Defense. Signed 5x7 color photo. VG.............25-35
340. [NOBEL PRIZE] Wassily Leontief [1905-1999] was an economist notable for his
research on how changes in one economic sector may have an
effect on other sectors. Leontief won a Nobel Prize in Economics
in 1973. BRIEF ALS [1989]................30-40
341. [FILM] Art Clokey (1921- 2010) a pioneer in the popularization of stop motion clay animation, beginning in 1955 with a film experiment called Gumbasia. From the Gumbasia project, Art Clokey and his wife Ruth invented Gumby. SIGNED 11 X 8.5 " color photo, signed in sliver ink in dark area. VG...........75-100
342. [NOBEL PRIZE] JAMES TOBIN (1918-2002) 1981 Nobel Prize in Economics. SIGNED 1982 FDC honoring State Birds/Flowers. Clean with cachet. Fine........25-35
343. [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
344. [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
345. [NOBEL PRIZE] David M. Lee (b. 1931) physicist whose work on low-temperature helium-3 won him the Nobel Prize in 1996. Signed 3-1/2 x 5 in. photo...........35-45
346. [THEATRE] Henri Lavedan [1859-1940] Fr. dramatist. AQS on card from "le
Duel.".........25-35
347. Margaret Pedler (?-1948) British novelist, who
wrote popular works of romantic fiction. Initially Pedler
studied piano and singing at the Royal Academy of Music , and
published several songs for which she wrote both the music and
lyrics. Over her career as a best-selling writer, from 1917 to
1947, she produced 28 novels. ALS, 1932, written on both sides,
6 x 7.5". VG...............40-60
348. Cyril Ritchard (1897-1977) actor of stage, screen and television. He achieved star status in 1954 as Captain Hook in the Broadway production of Peter Pan co-starring Mary Martin,. Signed 1957 bank check.......40-60
349. [FILM] Esther Ralston (1902-1994) American movie
actress whose greatest popularity came during the silent era.
ALS, 1981, 1p...........35-45
350. Bob Dole - US senator and presidential candidate. Signed 1958 FDC honoring Abraham Lincoln. Affixed are two 4 cent red-violet stamps featuring Lincoln's likeness inspired by a portrait by Douglas Volk...........25-35
351. Brander Matthews (1852-1929} Am. writer and educator. Matthews was the first U.S. professor of dramatic literature. From 1892 to 1900 he was professor of literature at Columbia, and thereafter held the chair of dramatic literature. His influence was such that a popular pun claimed that an entire generation had been "brandered by the same Matthews". ALS, 1918, written on both sides. Re: why doesn't the Dunlap Society pay its debts?".............50-75
352. [SILENT SCREEN] FRED SCOTT (1902-1992) American Actor/Silent
Screen Star -started out entertaining on vaudeville, acting on
Broadway, and singing operetta. He later appeared in many silent
comedies, including those of Mack Sennett, and appeared in one
feature-length silent film. Later he worked in a few musicals
during the early '30s, but soon left movies to spend a few years
singing opera. Between the late '30s and early '40s, Scott
played a cowboy crooner known as "the Silvery-Voiced Buckaroo"
in a few Westerns. - SIGNED 8x10 photograph as cowboy
star.......................25-35
353. GENE SAKS (1921- ) American Actor/Director - He began directing in 1963, helming such Neil Simon Broadway plays as Biloxi Blues and Brighton Beach Memoirs and such Simon-scripted films as Barefoot in the Park (1967), The Odd Couple (1968), and Last of the Red Hot Lovers (1986). Saks made his film acting bow in 1965, recreating his stage role as paranoid kiddie-show host Chuckles the Chipmunk in A Thousand Clowns. Saks is married to actress Beatrice Arthur, who co-starred in his 1974 film version of Mame.. SIGNED/inscribed 8x10 PHOTO........................25-35
354. [CABINET] Harold Brown (b. 1927) American
scientist, was U.S. Secretary of Defense from 1977 to 1981
in the cabinet of President Jimmy Carter. SIGNED 5X7 color
photo. VG............25-35
355. [FILM] Richard Brooks (1912-1992) Hollywood film writer, director,
producer. In the 1940s he wrote the screenplays for the
critically acclaimed Key Largo and Brute Force. He won his only
Oscar in 1960 for his screenplay for Elmer Gantry, although he
was nominated for the films Blackboard Jungle (1955), Cat on a
Hot Tin Roof (1958), The Professionals (1966), and In Cold Blood
(1967). SIGNED 5 x 3-1/2 photo 1987. .........50-75
356. [TV] SOUPY SALES (1926-2009 ) American Entertainer/Comedian - One of the most popular kiddie-show hosts of his day, Soupy Sales's daily satirical show was as popular with parents as it was with the younger set. He even had a hit dance record, "The Mouse," during the show's run. His recordings are an extension of the zany show. While some bemoaned his use of slapstick and double-entendre jokes, his popularity has never waned, as shown by the success of his current stand-up act and the release of several video tapes with scenes from his old show. SIGNED/Inscribed 8x10 photograph.........25-35
357. Sir Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell (b.1913) English physicist and radio astronomer. He was the first Director of Jodrell Bank Observatory, from 1945 to 1980. The first name of the fictional scientist Bernard Quatermass, the hero of several BBC Television science-fiction serials of the 1950s, was chosen in honor of Lovell. Signed picture portrait., 8 x 11-3/4". VG.............35-45
359. Agnes Strickland
(1796-1874) English historical writer and poet. Signature
with inscription, dated 1853.......25-35
360. James B. Longacre (1794-1869) American engraver, b. Delaware Co., Pa. Known for his work in The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans (4 vols., 1834-39); chief engraver, U.S. Mint (1844-69). Original portrait engraving of William Wirt (1772-1834) was an American author and statesman who is credited with turning the position of United States Attorney General into one of influence. Image size 3-1/2 x 4-1/2 in. plus clean margins. VG.........25-35
361. James B. Longacre (1794-1869) American engraver, b. Delaware Co., Pa. Known for his work in The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans (4 vols., 1834-39); chief engraver, U.S. Mint (1844-69). Original portrait engraving of Otho Holland Williams (1749-1794) was a Continental Army officer from Maryland in the American Revolutionary War. He entered service volunteering at a Lieutenant in 1775 and eventually rising to the rank of Brigadier General. Image size 3-1/2 x 4-1/2 in. plus clean margins. VG.........25-35
362. James B. Longacre (1794-1869) American engraver, b. Delaware Co., Pa. Known for his work in The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans (4 vols., 1834-39); chief engraver, U.S. Mint (1844-69). Original portrait engraving of Caspar Wistar (1761-1818) American anatomist and physician. Image size 3-1/2 x 4-1/2 in. plus clean margins. VG.........25-35
363. William
MacLeod Raine (1871-1954)
British-born American novelist who wrote fictional adventure
stories about the American Old West. TLS, 1927, 1p........25-35
364. [FRANCE] Turgot, Anne-Robert-Jacques. Baron de l' Aulne [1727-1781]. French administrator and economist. Intendant of Limoges (1761-74); minister of marine (1774); controller general of finance (1774-76); removed because of opposition to his Six Edicts. Member of the Physiocrats. As intendant, abolished the corvée, constructed roads and bridges, reformed interest rates, and distributed the burden of taxation more justly. As finance minister, introduced a rigid economy, abolished certain feudal privileges, and attempted to restore free trade in grain between the provinces. Best known works were Lettres sur la tolérance (1754) and Réflexions sur la formation et la distribution des richesses (1766). ORIGINAL ENGRAVED PORTRAIT of Turgot [1853], image approx. 5 x 4 in. plus margins. Engraved by W.T. Fry. UNSIGNED, of course. Very good condition...................35-45
366. (LETTER TO CHAS. DOE) He was the Chief Justice of New Hampshire. BODWELL (Doe) his brother. ALS, Jamesville [Wisc.], 1856, 2 full pages, 4to. Details his life in Wisc., working at a bank. Lost a store to fire but is building another. Sorry that Charles could not carry New Hampshire for Buck but Wis. did no better - however the Union is safe though these states did go astray................50-75
367. (LETTER TO CHAS. DOE) JOHN P. AMMIDAN - ALS, Boston, 1856, 1p., 4to. Legal matter concerning the Grand Jury..............20-30
368. (LETTER TO CHAS. DOE) JOHN CURRIE - ALS, NY [?], 1856, 2pp., folio. He's there attending to a claim trial.............20-30
369. (LETTER TO CHAS. DOE) GEO. C. PEAREY - ALS, Center Strafford, 1856, 1p., 8vo. To "Bro Doe." Re: paying a debt of $10 that he is sure he already paid to Doe..........30-40
370. (CINEMA) FRANCIS LEDERER (1899-2000) film and stage actor with a
successful career, first in Europe, then in the United States.
TLS, nd......25-35
371. (CINEMA) LOIS WILSON (1894-1988) American actress in silent movies. Signed questionaire [2 questions answered]. Lengthy response...............30-40
372. ARMY
ARCHERD [1922-2009]
columnist for Variety for over fifty years before retiring his
"Just for Variety" column in September 2005. Signed &
inscribed 3x5 card..........15-20
373. [ITALY] ALEXANDRO GAVAZZI [1809-1889]. Italian religious and social reformer. Ordained Roman Catholic priest; champion of liberal ideas, esp. unity of Italy. Left Italy (1849); joined Evangelical church (1850); organized Italian Protestants in London (1850-60). Chaplain in army of Garibaldi (1860). Organized Free Church of Italy (1870); established theological school, Rome (1875). CLIPPED SIGNATURE, 1851........25-35
374. [FILM] Irene Rich (1891-1988) Am. actress who worked in both silent
pictures and talkies. Signed 2-1/4 x 3-1/4 picture......20-30
375. [ANGLING] FRANCIS FRANCIS [1822-1886] Writer of
books on fishing. ALS, Alnwick [1861], 2pp, 2-7/8 x 4-1/2 in.
About fishing in the Aln and the Duke's waters. With
postmarked envelope.........40-60
376. (1OOth ANNIVERSARY PEACE
BETWEEN U.S. - ENGLAND). THOMAS
BRASSEY, first EARL BRASSEY
(1836-1918). English yachtsman; financier and public servant;
toured round the world in the yacht "Sunbeam"l (1876-1877);
first produced Brassey's Naval Annual (1886); governor of
Victoria (1895-1900). Autograph Manuscript Signed, 74 Parkham,
December 16, 1912. 8vo. Heavily annotated. "The celebration of
the hundredth anniversary of peace should call forth cordial
sympathy among all English speaking people. Personally, I am
profoundly interested, and am ready to help in securing a
fitting recognition.''...........50-75
377. [THEATRE] Sir George Robey. Orig. George Edward Wade [1869-1954]. English comedian. Created many comic roles on stage, esp. in music-hall performances (from 1891); during World War I relieved London with musical comedy The Bing Boys Are Here; also in films, including Don Quixote, Chu Chin Chow, Southern Roses. Signed 2-3/4 x 4 in. photograph in clown makeup. VG...............50-75
378. [MAINE] Tim Sample [b.
1951] New England humorist, famous both for his presentation and
his Maine accent, has sold well over a million copies of his
books, albums, and videos (including four albums and a video for
the Bert and I company). In the summer of 1993, Tim was
recruited by Charles Kuralt as a correspondent for the Emmy
Award winning TV Show CBS News Sunday Morning. Over the
following 11 years Tim produced over 100 "Postcards from Maine"
segments which introduced millions of CBS viewers around the
nation and the world to the lifestyles of Mainers. Offered here
is his signed soft cover book "POSTCARDS FROM MAINE," Stories
& drawings by Sample, 97 pages. VG...........25-35
379. Alexander H. EVERETT [1790-1847] Author & diplomat. Charge
d'affaires at the Hague, minister to Spain, etc. Proprietor and
editor of the North American Review. ALS, Boston, 1825, 2-1/2 pp
plus postmarked address leaf, 4to. Requests passage in the Havre
Packet. Everett became Minister to Spain in
1825.........................50-75
380. [AMERICANA] HATTIE [E. Peck] Conn. school teacher. ALS, 1866, 3pp. 8vo. Written from Carmel Hill School House [Bethlehem, Ct.] to Miss Mary Forbes at Woodbury, Ct. General news - school problems. With stamped cover............40-60
381. [MUSIC] Henry Russell (1812-1900) English pianist, baritone singer and
composer. In an eventful life on both sides of the Atlantic,
Russell wrote the songs "A Life on the Ocean Wave" and the tune
to George Pope Morris's poem Woodman, Spare that Tree while
living in the United States from 1835 to 1841, before settling
in London to produce musical extravaganzas until he retired in
1857. Many of his songs championed social causes like abolition,
temperance, and reform of mental asylums. CLIP SIGNATURE with
sentiment........50-75
382. [MUSIC] James Conlon (b. 1950) American conductor. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.......25-35
383. [FILM] Ken Annakin OBE (1914- 2009) English film director. Annakin became known for a series of Walt Disney adventures, including The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952), The Sword and the Rose (1953), Third Man on the Mountain (1959), and Swiss Family Robinson (1960). He was later associated with another American producer, Darryl F. Zanuck, when he was hired to direct the British segments in The Longest Day (1962). As head of the 20th Century-Fox Studio, Zanuck endorsed Annakin's most ambitious project Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines (1965). Annakin also directed the big-scale war film Battle of the Bulge (also 1965) for the Warner Brothers studio. Signed, inscribed printed picture, approx. 7 x 8". VG...........25-35
384. Robert James Waller (b. 1939) American author, also known for his work as a photographer and musician. Several of his books have been on the New York Times bestseller list including 1992's The Bridges of Madison County which was the top best-seller in 1993. Both that novel and his 1995 novel, Puerto Vallarta Squeeze, have been made into motion pictures. Signed 8x10 photo. VG............25-35
385. [ART] George Henry Boughton (1834-1905) Anglo-American painter. He was born in England, but his parents immigrated to the United States in 1839, and he grew up in Albany, New York. He studied art in Paris from 1861 to 1862, and subsequently lived mainly in London; he was greatly influenced by Frederick Walker. He was elected an A.R.A. in 1879, an R.A. in 1896, and a member of the National Academy of Design in New York in 1871. His pictures of Dutch life and scenery were especially characteristic; and his subject-pictures, such as the Return of the Mayflower and The Scarlet Letter, were very popular in America. ALS, 1898, 2pp.........50-75
386. [THEATRE] Edward Terry (1844-1912) English actor, who became one of the most influential actors and comedians of the Victorian era. ALS, 1878, 2pp, declining a group to have a copy of a certain letter. This is a retained copy of Terry's letter written in his hand.........40-60
387. [FRANCE]
Nicolas Le Camus de
Mézières (1721-1789)
French architect and theoretician. He was born and died in
Paris. He published several works on architectural and related
subjects, including Architecture of Expression, and The Theatre
of Desire at the End of the Ancien Régime; Or, The Analogy of
Fiction with Architectural Innovation. Le Camus developed a
theory of architecture in which the character of a building
should express its destination or the social status of its
client. Unlike previous character theories in architecture, Le
Camus's theory was based on an explicit analogy between
architecture and theatre. His architectural mode of expression
followed a temporal progression similar to the dramatic
unfolding of a play, and gradations in ornamentation throughout
the interior of a building resembled a succession of stage sets
in a theatrical performance. Manuscript Document Signed, 1770,
1p, approx. 6-1/2 x 8-1/4. Appears to be signed by at least two
others. Fine..............80-120
388. JOHN SARTAIN (1808-1897) Am. Engraver. Born in London, England. To U.S. (1830); on staff of Graham' s Magazine (1841); introduced pictorial illustration as a characteristic feature in American periodicals. A founder and proprietor of Sartain' s Union Magazine of Literature and Art (1849-52), to which the leading literary figures of the day contributed. DS, 1870, check...........50-75
389. [FRANCE] Joachim Lebreton (1760-1819) French artist who led the French
Artistic Mission that came to Brazil in 1816 to help organize
the arts in the country. ALS, 1817, 1p. 5-3/4 x
7-3/4".............75-100
390. [FILM] Cecil M. Hepworth (1974-1953) English film director, producer and screenwriter. He was among the founders of the British film industry and continued making films into the 1920s at his Walton Studios. TLS, 1944, 1p. Rejection letter to author saying he doesn't remember a great deal but he is willing to answer a few questions..........40-60
391. Edward Sheffield Bartholomew (1822 - 1858) was a noted American sculptor active in Italy. Bartholomew was born in Colchester, Connecticut. After apprenticeships as a bookbinder and dentist, his first employment was as a dentist in Hartford, but he soon abandoned it for painting and (after learning that he was color-blind) sculpture. In 1844 he studied at the National Academy of Design's antique class in New York City, from 1845-1848 directed the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, contracting a severe case of smallpox circa 1847, then studied for another year in the National Academy of Design and sailed for Europe. From 1851 onwards he lived in Rome and died in Naples of bronchitis. Bartholomew is known for his bas reliefs, marble busts and statues, and medallions in the neo-classical style. His earliest recorded work is a medallion of poet Lydia Sigourney (1847). Among his best-known works are Blind Homer Led by the Genius of Poetry (1851, now in the Metropolitan Museum), Eve, Campagna Shepherd Boy (Peabody Institute), Genius of Painting, Youth and Old Age, Evening Star, Eve Repentant (Wadsworth Atheneum), Washington and Flora, A Monument to Charles Carroll (near Baltimore), Bellsarius at the Porta Pincinia, and Ganymede. Many of his works are now held by the Wadsworth Atheneum. CLIPPED SIGNATURE from letter mounted. Irregular shape slightly affected signature.........20-30
392. [THEATRE] Gertie Millar [1879-1952] Eng. singer/actress. Sig. w/sentiment 1908..........15-20
394. NORMAN TAYLOR - Curator of the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens.
Large DS, 1924. Mary Ann Taylor & others to Francis R.
James. Many signatures. 6 pp, 10.5 x 16 in.
Folded...............25-35
395. [FILM]
Susan Blakely (b.1948) is an American film actress who has
mainly played supporting roles. She portrayed Frances Farmer
in the 1982 television film based on Farmer's autobiography,
Will There Really Be a Morning?, for which she was nominated
for the third time in the Best Actress category of the
Golden Globes. In 2002, Blakely won the Best Actress Award
at the California Independent Film Festival for her starring
role in the film Hungry Hearts. SIGNED 3x5 card........10-15
396. [ART] Pietro Annigoni (1910 - 1988) Italian portrait and
fresco painter, who became world famous after painting Queen
Elizabeth II in 1956. Signed 3x5 card [light green]. VG..........25-35
397. [FILM] James Blakeley (1907-2010) British actor,
appearing in 13 films from 1934 and1940, including The Captain
Hates the Sea (1934), Paris in the Spring (1935), The Gay
Desperado (1936) and The Shadow Strikes (1937), and acted
alongside such stars as Lucille Ball, Bing Crosby, Ida Lupino
and Fred MacMurray. Signed 3x5 card.......15-20
398. George
Wharton Pepper (1867-1961)
American lawyer, law professor, and Republican politician from
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania in the
United States Senate and founded the law firm of Pepper
Hamilton. Pepper, born to upper-class parents of Pennsylvania
Dutch ancestry, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in
1887 and from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1889.
He was admitted to the bar in 1889. From 1892 to 1895, he edited
and published the University of Pennsylvania Law Review (then
called the American Law Register and Review) with his friend,
William Draper Lewis. In the early 1900s, a court appointed
Pepper receiver for the Bay State Gas Company, a bankrupt
Massachusetts utility. Pepper then sued a number of
nationally-known businessmen, including William Rockefeller,
Henry H. Rogers, and Thomas W. Lawson, for enriching themselves
at the expense of the utility. During the public debate over the
expansion of advertising in the 1920s, Senator Pepper argued for
a "nationwide code of regulation," described in a 1929 speech to
the Outdoor Advertising Association of America . He pointed out
that in preserving natural beauty, no national economic benefit
was lost&emdash;-real estate values would increase without
the addition of billboards . Pepper voiced what was then the
general public fear: that if billboards became mainstream,
advertising would become too obtrusive. Pepper prevailed upon
President Calvin Coolidge's to name fellow Pennsylvanian Owen
Josephus Roberts special counsel to investigate the Teapot Dome
scandal of Warren G. Harding's administration. Pepper was
briefly the oldest living (former) senator. TLS, 1937, 1p, to
Dr. Charles D. Hart. "Dear Charley. I shall miss you on the
16th. I should like you to know, however, how much I appreciate
the friendly letter you wrote me before you went South. I hope
you will have a happy vacation and return refreshed for doing
the important work that you do so well." Fine............25-35
399. [PENN] George H. Earle (1890-1974)
American politician. He served as the U.S. Minister to Austria
from 1933 to 1934, and as the 30th Governor of Pennsylvania from
15 January 1935 to 17 January 1939. In 1943, when Earle was a
United States Navy Lieutenant Commander and the President's
special emissary to the Balkans, he "...presented a plan to
President Franklin D. Roosevelt that Earle believed might end
the war in Europe early. The German ambassador and the head of
the German secret service secretly proposed to Earle that German
troops could surround Hitler's headquarters and turn Hitler over
to the Allies as a war criminal. German troops then would be
repositioned to defend against the Russian military. The plot
was never approved." TLS, as Gov., 1937, 1p. To Charles D. Hart, President,
March of Scouting. Regrets that he can't attend "The March of
Scouting" to be held in Philadelphia. VG..............25-35
400. [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
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![68. [FRANCE] Gabriel Bonnot de Mably (1709-1785) sometimes known as Abbé de Mably, was a French philosopher and politician. He was one of the 18th century's most popular writers but largely passed into obscurity in the 20th century. His works contributed to the later concepts of both communism and republicanism. Manuscript Document signed on front & back, 1737. Not translated. 7-1/2 x 4-3/4".............75-100](https://merv2.tripod.com/mably-159-1.jpeg){kind=link}
![227. Alexander AGASSIZ (1835-1910), American zoologist, son of Louis Agassiz. He became curator of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard in 1873 and held the post until 1885, when poor health forced him to resign. As administrator of the Calumet and Hecla copper mines on Lake Superior (1865-69) and as a stockholder in the mines, Agassiz acquired a fortune. His gifts to the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology and to other institutions for biological research totaled over $1 million. In 1874-75 he explored Lake Titicaca, between Bolivia and Peru, and in 1875 established an aquarium at Newport, R.I. From 1877 to 1904 he made annual expeditions to study the marine life of the western Atlantic and the Pacific oceans. He was an authority on jellyfish, echinoderms, and corals. DOCUMENT SIGNED [on verso], Cambridge, 1874, folds out to 16-3/4 x 13-3/4 in. Headed "Museum of Comparative Zoology." Financial accounts for the trustees for 1873 & 74. PLUS a separate unsigned document headed "State Grant of 1873 - Museum of Comp(arative) Zoology." Shows Account appropriated by Trustees [$25,000] & how that was disbursed. Two documents. VG.............60-80](https://merv2.tripod.com/agassiz-20.jpeg){kind=link}
![253. [ART] Stephen J. Ferris [1835-1915] influential Philadelphia painter and etcher of portraits and figure studies, he studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy and in Paris, under Jean Leon Gerome. He achieved a considerable reputation for his art in both America and Europe and received the prestigious Fortuny Prize for the best portrait, Rome, 1876. Ferris also served for twenty six years as the Instructor of Art at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women. Offered here is an original etching by Ferris, a portrait of the daughter of Chief Justice Benjamin Chew. Its title "MRS. NICKLIN", done in 1879, after a painting by Gilbert Stuart. This etching, and others by New York Etching Club members, appeared bound into The American Art Review. Image approx. 5-1/2 x 7-1/4" plus margins. Light foxing in margins o/w VG...........100-150](https://merv2.tripod.com/ferris-151.jpeg){kind=link}
![365. [IRELAND] WILLIAM LECKY (1838-1903), Irish historian, born near Dublin, and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He won recognition with History of the Rise and Influence of Rationalism in Europe (1865) and History of European Morals from Augustus to Charlemagne (1869), in which he considered the development, dissemination, and decline of the moral and theological tenets of Christianity. He later wrote History of England in the Eighteenth Century (8 vol., 1878-90). In 1895 he was elected to Parliament as a Liberal Unionist; in 1897 he was made a privy councillor. Lecky actively advocated liberal reforms in Ireland but opposed home rule. In 1902 he was named one of the first members of the British Academy and received the Order of Merit. SHORT ALS, no year. Moderate stain to left of signature, mount. trace on back........30-40](https://merv2.tripod.com/lecky-1266.jpeg){kind=link}
