12. [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

13. MYSTERY LOT - 11 misc. autographs, unidentified and not researched. There will be several of these Mystery Lots offered elsewhere in this auction. For those who prefer to do the research..............50-75

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14. Charles James Blomfield (21786-1857) was a British divine, and a Church of England bishop for 32 years. The first-fruits of his scholarship was an edition of the Prometheus of Aeschylus in 1810; this was followed by editions of the Septem contra Thebas, Persae, Choephori, and Agamemnon, of Callimachus, and of the fragments of Sappho, Sophron and Alcaeus.  Blomfield, however, soon ceased to devote himself entirely to scholarship. He had been ordained in 1810, and held in quick succession the livings of Chesterford, Quarrington[disambiguation needed], Dunton[disambiguation needed], Great and Little Chesterford, and Tuddenham. In 1817 he was appointed private chaplain to William Howley, Bishop of London. In 1819 he was nominated to the rich living of St Botolph, Bishopsgate, and in 1822 he became archdeacon of Colchester. Two years later he was raised to the bishopric as bishop of Chester where he carried through many much-needed reforms.  In 1828, he was appointed a Privy Counsellor and translated becoming bishop of London,a post which he held for twenty-eight years. During this period, his energy and zeal did much to extend the influence of the church. He was one of the best debaters in the House of Lords (members of the Upper House of the Canterbury Convocation confessed to trimming their quill pens before his arrival!), took a leading position in the action for church reform which culminated in the ecclesiastical commission, and did much for the extension of the colonial episcopate; and his genial and kindly nature made him an invaluable mediator in the controversies arising out of the tractarian movement. Free franked [signed] addressnpanel, London, 1838. VG..................25-35

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

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33. Albert Shaw (1857-1947) was a prominent American journalist and academic of the early 20th century. In the autumn of 1890 Shaw was elected professor of international law and political institutions at Cornell University but resigned the post in 1891 to accept Stead's invitation to establish an American edition of the Review of Reviews . Shaw served as editor-in-chief of this publication until it ceased publication in 1937, ten years before his death at the age of ninety. He was the author of "Abraham Lincoln" [1929]. ALS, Hastings On Hudson, NY, Feb. 4, 1947, 2-1/2 pages. This letter was sent to Who's Who In America. 'I have been listed in every volume of Who's Who since Mr. Marquis began its publication..." Excellent condition............40-60

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

35. DAN T. MOORE - Lt. Col., aide to Theodore Roosevelt during his first term of office. Died in Texas. It was not until October, 1917, when he was World War I commander of the 310th Field Artillery at Camp Meade, Md., that Colonel Moore learned that a blow struck by him in a friendly sparring bout with President Theodore Roosevelt in 1905 had caused blindness in one of his opponent's eyes. Distressed at the news, he said, in part: "But could you ask for any better proof of the man's sportsmanship than the fact that he never told me what I had done to him, never told anybody else that I know of - at least, it never got around to me till I saw in the papers the other day that he had said that he lost the sight of his eye while boxing with a captain of artillery who was his aide. He didn't name anybody then, but I knew that he must have meant me, for I happen to have been the only boxing aide he had who was in the artillery." Signed 1919 Riggs National Bank check.............75-100

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36. Charles R. Van Hise, Ph.D. (1857-1918) American geologist and academic. He served as president of the University of Wisconsin (UW) in Madison, Wisconsin, from 1903 to 1918. In 1904, as president of the university, he declared that "the beneficent influence of the university [be] available to every home in the state," later articulated as the "Wisconsin Idea." He was instrumental in the formation of the University of Wisconsin Extension division, which later grew into the University of Wisconsin System. During his tenure, UW's medical college was established, the number of faculty doubled and the university's revenue increased fourfold. Van Hise worked as a consulting geologist for the United States Geological Survey from 1909 -1918 and published several works for them. He served as the president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1916. TLS, U. of Wisc., July 3, 1908, 1p, 8.5 x 11". To Ira Remsen, President Carnegie Institution. "Your letter asking me to serve on a committee of the National Academy with reference to the consolidation and correlation of government scientific work is received. While I am sorry to undertake any additional work, the importance of the duty you suggest for me is such that I feel I should accept. This I do, because in the past I have known somewhat intimately of the work of some of the departments of the government, but at present have no connection with any of them." Mail folds o/w VG............75-100

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

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38. (LORD CHANCELLORS OF ENGLAND LOT)    SIGNATURES in Various Forms - Edward Burtenshaw Sugden, 1st Baron St Leonards PC (1781 –1875).  Rounell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne PC (1812–1895) He served twice as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain. Clipped SIGNATURE - Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden (1714 –1794) English lawyer, judge and Whig politician who was first to hold the title of Earl of Camden.  Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury PC, QC (1800 – 1873)   Charles Christopher Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham PC KC (1781 –1851) He was twice Lord Chancellor.  Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine  ( 1750 - 1823) He served as Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom between 1806 and 1807. Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane (1856 –1928), was an influential Liberal Imperialist and later Labour politician, lawyer and philosopher. He was Secretary of State for War between 1905 and 1912 during which time the "Haldane Reforms" were implemented. Raised to the peerage as Viscount Haldane in 1911, he was Lord Chancellor between 1912 and 1915, when he was forced to resign because of his supposed and unproven German sympathies..............80-120

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

Navy Department, Washington. April 27, 1889.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Very respectfully,

B. F. Tracy
Secretary of the Navy

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

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

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41. [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

43. [MUSIC] a 1957 cover signed by: Leonard Bernstein, Isaac Stern, Arthur Rubinstein, Paul Tortelier, and Fredric Mann.  Bernstein, Stern & Rubinstein are well known so we will not give biographical information here. Fredric Mann  (1903-1987) American industrialist and patron of the arts who helped finance music centers in Philadelphia and Tel Aviv.  On October 1st, 1957, officials of the city of Tel Aviv and the State of Israel formally opened the Frederic R. Mann Auditorium. The hall, which was built primarily as a home for the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra, is notable for its size and flexibility. Paul Tortelier (1914-1990)  French cellist and composer.  Fine. Superb..............150-250

44. [MUSIC] Pablo Casals (1876 - 1973)  Spanish Catalan cellist and conductor. He is generally regarded as the pre-eminent cellist of the first half of the 20th century, and one of the greatest cellists of all time.  Signed 1955 Israel cover, dated 1961. 6 x 4 in.  Fine................60-80

45. [MUSIC] Isaac Stern (1920 – 2001) American violinist and conductor.  Signed 1961 Israel cover, dated 1980. 7 x 4 in.  Fine...............60-80

46.   [MUSIC]  Yehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin, OM, KBE (1916-1999)  American-born British and Swiss violinist and conductor who spent most of his performing career in the United Kingdom. He is widely considered one of the greatest violinists of the 20th century. Signed 1983 special music cover. Approx. 6-1/4 x 4-1/2 in. Fine.........80-120

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49. [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............200-300

50. [FRANCE- THEATRE]  Isidore Taylor  (1789-1879) born in Brussels he was closely associated with the development of French theatre, a noted traveller and author, and a philanthropist.  Ennobled in 1825 by King Charles X, he was by this time collecting Spanish art on behalf of the new French King Louis Philippe I, who made him a Commissioner of Art in 1838.  Previously, he had been very active in the theatrical world and was made Royal Commissioner of the Theatre Francaise between 1825-38. During this period he used his position to encourage the production of Romantic drama. Among those he helped was Alexandre Dumas, who dedicated to Taylor his first successful play, Henri III et sa cour (The court of Henry III, 1829). Taylor himself authored plays with a Levantine background, Ismael et Maryam, ou l’arabe et la chrétienne (The Arab and the Christian, 1821) and La fille de l’Hébreu et le chevalier du temple (The Jewess and the Templar, 1823) and co-authored with Charles Nodier an adaptation of Charles Maturin’s successful drama, Bertram ou le pirate (1821).  From the 1840s he began his philanthropic activity by setting up a series of mutual societies for members of the artistic professions that have continued to this day as the Taylor Foundation. In recognition of his work he was elected to the Académie Française in 1847, named a senator of the Second Empire in 1869 and made an officer of the Legion of Honour in 1877.  Offered here is a document dated 1848,  boldly signed by Taylor and  by 13 others.  One of the signers was  Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier (1811-1872)  French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic.  While Gautier was an ardent defender of Romanticism, his work is difficult to classify and remains a point of reference for many subsequent literary traditions such as Parnassianism, Symbolism, Decadence and Modernism. He was widely esteemed by writers as diverse as Balzac, Baudelaire, the Goncourt brothers, Flaubert, Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot, Henry James, Proust and Oscar Wilde.  Approx. 8-1/4 x 10-3/4 in.  Not translated.  Certainly worthy of further research..............200 - +

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

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

53. [ART] Donald S. Graham (1909-2003) American attorney, art collector. He contributed greatly to the Denver Art Museum [Colorado]. He had a particular interest in the artist Walt Kuhn and much of his correspondence with Brenda Kuhn, daughter of the artist, is now in the Archive of American Art Collection, Smithsonian, Washington DC. He served for a considerable number of years as a member of the Board of Trustees and as the secretary of the Denver Art Museum. He also served many years as a member of the Board of Directors of the Santa Fe Opera (New Mexico). Significant TLS, Denver, 1983, 4-full pages, to Brenda Kuhn. He talks about Fred Bartlett's health; MOMA show including Picasso, Matisse, Leger, Feininger, Sheeler; the Denver Art Museum's director Thomas Maytham suddenly resigned; $8 bond issue for museum; new Curator of American Art has arrived; museum's 19th century print collection [surprised how tiny it was then]; mentions the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth; the Taos School; quite a bit about the paintings of Georgia O'Keeffe and that he didn't much care for her work; Stieglitz; "It is indeed interesting to know that the Hirshhorn's bronze of the Gallic Cock was purchased from you. What a treasure."; Denver has introduced to grand opera at a rather high level; his annual trip to Santa Fe; he loaned from his collection Walt Kuhn's painting Brothel Scene to an exhibition which included works by Robert Henri, Remington, Russell, etc.; lengthy section on his eye surgury; he's agreed to continue as a member of the Collections Committee at the museum. Excellent condition.......50-75

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54. [FRANCE] Adolphe Perraud (1828-1906)  French Cardinal and academician.  Three ALSs, 1878, 1894, and 1904, total 11 pages........150-200

56. [FRANCE] Louis Veuillot (1813-1883) French journalist and man of letters who is often credited with playing a decisive role in the popularisation of ultramontanism. A SMALL PART OF A MANUSCRIPT, IN TWO MOUNTED PIECES, ONE SIGNED. About Protestant England. See scan below..............75-100

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57. [US SENATORS]  Autograph album containing 27 autograph signatures: A.A.  Sargent (1827-1887) Calif., called the "Senator for the Southern Pacific Railroad". Richard Oglesby (1824-1899) ILL., Gov. and CW Major General. Newton Booth (1825-1892) Calif. John H. Mitchell (1835-1905) Oregon. H.B. Anthony (1815-1884) RI., also Gov.  Timothy O. Howe (1816-1883) Wisc., also served as U.S. Postmaster General from 1881 through 1883.  John T. Morgan (1824-1907) Alabama, he was a Confederate General.  George Edmunds (1828-1919) VT.  Wm. W. Eaton (1816-1898) CT.  A.S. Merrimon (1830-1892) NC.  John W. Johnston (1818-1889) Virginia.  Francis Cockrell (1834-1915) MO.,  Confederate general.  Frank Hereford (1825-1891) W. VA.  William Henry Barnum (1818-1889) CT.  Matt Whitaker Ransom (1826-1904) NC, Confederate general.  Daniel Voorhes (1827-1897) Ind.  Bainbridge Wadleigh (1831-1891) NH.  On same page with Wadleigh is Edward H. Rollins (1824-1889) NH.  Thomas C. McCreery (1816-1890) KY.  On same page as McCreey is the signature of   David H. Armstrong (1812-1893) MO.  Theordore Fitz Randolph (1826-1883) NJ, also Gov.  James E. Bailey (1822-1885) Tenn.  Alvin Saunders (1817-1899) Neb., the final and longest serving governor of the Nebraska Territory, a tenure he served during most of the American Civil War.  William A. Wallace (1827-1896) Penn.  William Windom (1827-1891) Minn., also served as Secretary of the Treasury.  Henry M. Teller (1830-1914) Colorado. Simon Barclay Conover (1840-1908) Florida.  Cover slightly scuffed; a few white ink spots on cover [mostly the back side]. These signatures were likely gathered in the senate c. 1877-81. None of the signatures are on the other side of the page................400-600

59. [MUSIC] James Taylor (b. 1948) American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A five-time Grammy Award winner, Taylor was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2000.  Signed 5x7 photo. VG.............50-75

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60. [ART]  ALBERT STERNER (1863-1946) American artist. STERNER'S influence is seen in the works of both Rockwell Kent and George Bellows; he introduced each of them to the technique of lithography and put them in touch with the master printer/artist Bolton Brown. In 1915, Sterner rallied a group of printmakers together to raise the general quality of American prints. The founders of the Painter-Gravers of America included, along with Sterner, Childe Hassam, Bellows, & George Elmer Brown. He became a member of the National Academy, won a bronze medal at the Paris Exposition of 1900; gold medal at Munich in 1905, a bronze at Buffalo Exposition in 1901, and Carnegie Prize in 1941. He was President of Soc. of Illustrators, 1907-09. His work [esp. his mono-prints] has always been somewhat scarce. Provenence: the Sterner Estate sale held many years ago at his summer home in Mass. . Signed & inscribed 5x7 vintage photograph of him. Expected handling wear over the years.............200-300

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61.  (BASEBALL LOT)  MILT PAPPAS "Gimpy" (1939- ) Pitcher - SIGNED inscribed note paper - JIM PERRY (1935-) Pitcher - SIGNED 8x10 photograph with sentiment - JAMES KAAT "Kitty" (1938- )  Pitcher - ANS on 3x5 card that he is writing a book - KEN KELTNER (1916-1991) 3rd baseman, responsible for ending DiMaggio's Hitting Streak - SIGNED 5x7 print photograph  - MAX LANIER (1915-2007) Pitcher, SIGNED 3X5 card............50-75

62. [FILM] Eugene "Gene" Arnstein   (1907-1986) V.P. Alliance of Motion Picture & television Producers Association. Document signed "Gene", 1966, to ALL MEMBERS, of Society of Independent Producers. Re: Physical examinations for those 67 and older........40-60

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63. [MYSTERY LOT] includes:  Warner Bros. pay check, 1985, signed on verso by Mildred Natwick (1905-1994)  Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated American stage, film and television actress. Also includes:  1826 Providence, RI, document signed by R.G. Hazard [cancel hole over signature. Roland G. hazard (1801-1888) was an American industrialist, politician, and social reformer. Also a signature of Samuel Griswold Goodrich (1793-1860) was an American author, better known under the pseudonym Peter Parley. Also: H.G. Neville - clip signature with cdv;  a 4-page handout on Socialism;  Max Gebhard SECKENDORFF (1852-1911). American journalist; chief, Washington bureau of the "New York Tribune" (1883-1911); a very influential journalist between the time of President Chester Arthur and President William Howard Taft. Signed Riggs National Bank check, 1911;  1921 bank checks signed by the noted artist, Douglas Volk, known for his portraits of Abraham Lincoln.  9  Limerick National Bank checks [Maine];  antique engraved port of Philip Syng Physick;  TLS, 1946 signed by Commander F.T. Williamson, to congressman Phlip J. Philbin;  plus various other pieces. Approx. 85 pieces. Good lot for eBay sellers or those who like researching items............80-120

64. [HARVARD MEDICAL] EDWARD S. DUNSTER [b. 1834] American physician. He is a lineal descendant of Henry Dunster, the first president of Harvard, was graduated from that institution in 1856, and from the New York College of physicians and surgeons in 1859, beginning practice in that City in 1860. He entered the army as assistant surgeon in June 1861, and served in West Virginia and in the peninsular campaign, acting as medical inspector and medical director of hospitals. After being ordered to Philadelphia, Washington, and West Point, he resigned on 1 February 1866 and resumed the practice of his profession in New York, making a specialty of obstetrics and the diseases of women and children. He was editor of the "New York Medical Journal " in 1866'72 Resident physician in charge of hospitals on Randall's Island in 1869'73, and professor of obstetrics and the diseases of women and children in the University of Vermont in 1868'71. He subsequently held the same chair in Long Island medical College in the medical department of Dartmouth College, and since 1873 in the University of Michigan. Among his contributions to professional literature are papers on "Relations of the Medical Profession to Modern Education"; "Logic of Medicine " ; "Notes on Double Monsters "; " History of Anaesthesia"; " The Comparative Mortality in Armies from Wounds and Disease "; and " History of Spontaneous Generation." Original 1858 oval photograph signed with his birth date/Dover, NH. Signed below mounted photo. This is his 1858 Harvard graduate photo. VG.............80-120

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65. [ROYALTY]  Infanta María Luisa Fernanda of Spain, Duchess of Montpensier (1832-1897) was Infanta of Spain and Duchess of Montpensier. She was the youngest daughter of king Ferdinand VII of Spain and his fourth wife Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, the queen-regent, who was also his niece.  Signed and inscribed cabinet photograph, approx.  6-7/8 x 9-3/4 in. Also accompanied by an unsigned 5x7 in. photo. Minor expected faults.  Scarce!...........150-250

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66. [ART] William Roxby Beverly  (1811-1889) noted English artist. ALS on his embossed stationery. He agrees to attending a meeting. Fine.........60-80

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

68. [ART] ITALY - VENICE - Antonio Sandi (1733-1817) after Francesco Guardi.  Prospectus Horolgy: et Basilie Divi Marci Partem. Original Etching, 11 x 16-3/4 in. plus slim margins. With engraved title below the image. VG................800-1200

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

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

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

72. [ART] ALBERT STERNER (1863-1946) Original lithograph, unsigned, approx. 15.5 x 10 in. image. Slight signs of handling near bottom but in very good condition. STERNER'S influence is seen in the works of both Rockwell Kent and George Bellows; he introduced each of them to the technique of lithography and put them in touch with the master printer/artist Bolton Brown. In 1915, Sterner rallied a group of printmakers together to raise the general quality of American prints. The founders of the Painter-Gravers of America included, along with Sterner, Childe Hassam, Bellows, & George Elmer Brown. He became a member of the National Academy, won a bronze medal at the Paris Exposition of 1900; gold medal at Munich in 1905, a bronze at Buffalo Exposition in 1901, and Carnegie Prize in 1941. He was President of Soc. of Illustrators, 1907-09. His work [esp. his mono-prints] has always been somewhat scarce. Purchased from the Sterner Estate sale held many years ago and guarantee the authenticity of this lithograph. Portrait of unidentified man..............200-300

73. [ART] Johann Simon Negges (Germany, Augsbourg, 1726 - 1792) original mezzotint, portrait of Philipp Melanchthon (1497-1560) the German reformer, collaborator with Martin Luther, the first systematic theologian of the Protestant Reformation, intellectual leader of the Lutheran Reformation, and an influential designer of educational systems. He stands next to Luther and Calvin as a reformer, theologian, and molder of Protestantism. As much as Luther, he is the primary founder of Lutheranism. Image approx. 11-1/2 x 8-3/4 plus margins. VG...........150-250

74. [ART] Paul-Adolphe Rajon (1843-1888)  French painter and printmaker, who started his career as a photographer while studying at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Isidore-Alexandre-Augustin Pils.  Rajon was a friend of Émile Boilvin, Philippe Burty, Félix Bracquemond and Louis-Charles-Auguste Steinheil. He was awarded medals at the Salons of 1869, 1870, 1873 and at the Exposition Universelle of 1878.  He etched both contemporary works and Old Masters as well as portraits, including ones of Charles Darwin and Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Rajon was critically praised in France, England and the United States, through the acquaintance with the New York-based American print dealer Frederick Keppel. Offered here is an original etching, Portrait of Lawrence Alma-Tadema, R.A. Image size approx. 14-1/2 x 11" plus margins. The photo showing below was borrowed from the internet but looks just like the original offered here.  "Paul Rajon etched the portrait of Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836- 1912) during one of his annual six-month visits to England. Rajon first visited England in 1873 to execute a commission. He etched some original portraits, but most of his prints reproduced paintings by contemporary artists and old masters for publications. Alma-Tadema, a Dutch-born painter of neoclassical pictures, enjoyed a considerable success on the Continent and decided to move to London where his work was enthusiastically appreciated from the 1860s to 1890's. This print was intended not only for the European market but also for the United States, and it carries a U.S. copyright line. Rajon etched Alma-Tadema's paintings as well as his portrait." VG..............200-300

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75. (ART) PAUL A. RAJON (1843-1888) French painter and printmaker, who started his career as a photographer while studying at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Isidore-Alexandre-Augustin Pils. Rajon was a friend of Émile Boilvin, Philippe Burty, Félix Bracquemond and Louis-Charles-Auguste Steinheil. He was awarded medals at the Salons of 1869, 1870, 1873 and at the Exposition Universelle of 1878. He etched both contemporary works and Old Masters as well as portraits, including ones of Ivan Turgenev, Théophile Gautier, J.S. Mill, Charles Darwin and Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Rajon was critically praised in France, England and the United States, through the acquaintance with the American print dealer Frederick Keppel. Original etching [1884], PORTRAIT OF PAUL JACQUES AIME BAUDRY, 11-1/4 x 8-1/2, plus margins. Fine..........75-100

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

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

78. [NOBEL PRIZE]  Glenn T. Seaborg (1912-1999) American chemist.  Signed 1961 cover honoring the Commissioning of the USS Enterprise. Fine condition...............60-80

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79. [AVIATION] Alfred Lawson (1869-1954) professional baseball player, manager and league promoter from 1887 through 1916 and went on to play a pioneering role in the US aircraft industry, publishing two early aviation trade journals. In 1904, he also wrote a novel, Born Again, clearly inspired by the popular Utopian fantasy Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy, an early harbinger of the metaphysical turn his career would take with the theory of Lawsonomy. He is frequently cited as the inventor of the airliner and was awarded several of the first air mail contracts, which he ultimately could not fulfill. He founded the Lawson Aircraft Company in Green Bay, Wisconsin, to build military training aircraft and later the Lawson Airplane Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to build airliners. The crash of his ambitious Lawson L-4 "Midnight Liner" during its trial flight takeoff on May 8, 1921, ended his best chance for commercial aviation success. In 1908 he was involved in trying to start a new professional baseball league, the "Union Professional League" which took the field in April but folded one month later. In the 1920s, he promoted health practices including vegetarianism and claimed to have found the secret of living to 200. He also developed his own highly unusual theories of physics, according to which such concepts as "penetrability", "suction and pressure" and "zig-zag-and-swirl" were discoveries on par with Einstein's Theory of Relativity. He published numerous books on these concepts, all set in a distinctive typography. Lawson repeatedly predicted the worldwide adoption of Lawsonian principles by the year 2000. He later propounded his own philosophy&emdash;Lawsonomy&emdash;and the Lawsonian religion. We could go on and on but we've said enough here. This guy, it appears, was great as a starter, but not a finisher. Offered here is a signed [on title page] copy of his book "AIRCRAFT HISTORY", published in Detroit in 1947, 224 pages. Covers soiled; spine half missing but present, rest hanging on; contents inside pretty good. The book is around but we've never seen a signed copy..........200-300

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80. [FILM]  Beatrice Straight  (1914-2001)  American theatre, film and television actress. She was an Academy Award and Tony Award winner.  Signed, inscribed photo dated 1991. VG..............40-60

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

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82. [WORLD WAR II]  Hans Baur (1897-1993) was Adolf Hitler's pilot during his political campaigns of the 1920s and 1930s. He later became Hitler's personal pilot and leader of the Reichsregierung squadron.  Captured by the Soviets at the end of World War II in Europe, he endured ten years of imprisonment in the USSR before being released on 10 October 1955 to the French, who then imprisoned him until 1957. ANS, 1983, written on back of postcard. Not translated. VG...........100-150

83. BILL HEADS - collection of 36, dating from 1874 to 1905, mostly illustrated. 26 from New York and 10 from other cities like Boston, Providence, and an early one from Liverpool [no year showing]. Varied conditions but most are G-VG..........60-80

84.  [FILM HISTORY] Bill Asher (1921-2012) American television and film producer, film director, and screenwriter. He was one of the most prolific early television directors, producing or directing over two dozen series.  With television in its infancy, Asher introduced the sitcom Our Miss Brooks, which was adapted from a radio show. He began directing I Love Lucy by 1952. In 1964, he produced and directed Bewitched, which starred his then-wife Elizabeth Montgomery. As a result of his early success, Asher was considered an "early wunderkind of TV-land," and is  credited in one magazine article for 'inventing' the sitcom. Typed memo signed "B", June 21, 1963,  To Peter Lawford [the actor], about motion picture submissions.  Mentions 4 film including CATCH 22. Very good condition...........100-150           

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85. [ACTORS & ACTRESSES] multiple lot comprised of: [1] [THEATRE] Willis P. Sweatnam (1854-1930) Broadway actor. He was born in Zanesville, Ohio, died at the Lambs Club in NYC. The New York Times, November 26, 1930 said, " One of the Best End-Men Who Ever Cracked Jokes in a Minstrel Show. Organized Several Companies. Created a Score of Negro Characters in Comedies." Clip Signature mounted to blank page from autograph catalog. Has sentiment plus "St. James Hotel, New York." [2] [TV]Debbie Watson, (b. 1949) American movie and television actress. Born in Culver City, Los Angeles, she got her start on television, starring as the boy-struck teenage girl Karen Scott in the 1964 sitcom TV series Karen. She then went on to star in the 1965 rural themed sitcom TV series Tammy. Perhaps her best known film appearance was when she portrayed Marilyn Munster in Munster Go Home 1966. Signed [on lined side] 3x5 card. Fine. [3] [FILM] Virginia Madsen (b.1961) American actress. She came to fame during the 1980s, having appeared in several films aimed at a teenage audience. Several decades later, she once again became known after an Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominated role in the 2004 film Sideways. SIGNED, inscribed "To John" 8x10 photo. VG. [4] [THEATRE] Wilson Barrett (1846-1904) English manager, actor, and playwright. With his company, Barrett is credited with attracting the largest crowds of English theatregoers ever because of his success with melodrama, an instance being his production of The Silver King (1882) at the Princess's Theatre of London. The historical tragedy The Sign of the Cross (1895) was Barrett's most successful play, both in England and in the United States. He writes on 4-7/8 x 3" slip "I am very Virginius Wilson Barrett." [5] [THEATRE] Marshall P. Wilder - vaudeville performer. Signature. [6] [THEATRE] Daniel Frohman (1851-1940) American theatrical producer and manager and an early film producer. CLIP SIGNATURE. [7] [FILM] Nick Stuart[1904-1973] serial star of THE LOST PLANET, THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN KIDD, etc. Signature, inscribed. Scarce!. [8] [FILM] PATRICIA NEAL - actress. Her signature on imprinted 3 x 5 card. [9] [CINEMA] Leo Chalzel [1901-1953] actor. In Ida Lipino's film "Men In White." Small clipping about him signed in ink, 1938........80-120

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

87. James Gillray (1756-1815), was a British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires, mainly published between 1792 and 1810. Offered here are 6 sheets with a total of 29 complete etchings.  All sheets show etchings on bothsides.  Condition varies, with scattered foxing spots.   Gillray is Generally accepted to be the greatest of all English Caricaturists, and the recent exhibition at the Tate Gallery in London, showed the range of his work. Initially he worked for a number of different publishers, but from the 1790's he worked exclusively for Humphreys. Record prices [exceeding $20,000] have been recently made, many selling for $1000 and up. Most of the Gillray images that you see on the market today come from the mid 19th century re-strikeprintings, from the original plates, and often have recent hand-coloring, and are priced much lower than the vintage etchings.  These are called the Bohn edition prints. Henry G. Bohn purchased the original copperplates and began printing Gillray's between 1847 and 1851.  Prices had been climbing steadily since the 1970s, but the auction of the Draper Hill Collection at Phillips auctioneers in London in 2001 pushed prices to new highs: several key prints, including Fashionable Contrasts, fetching more than US$10,000. Since 2002, annual auctions of Caricatures at Bonhams in London, each of which included large selections of Gillray prints, have continued this trend. Escalating prices have also meant that good examples of major works by Gillray can be very hard to come by at any price. Unfortunately for the beginning collector this means that starting a collection now is far more difficult than thirty years ago, when a very good copy of Light expelling Darkness could be had for as little as US$250. A good impression of this print sold in 2006 for over US$9,000, while Fashionable Contrasts also sold in the same year for over US$20,000.  This dramatic increase in prices has also led to unscrupulous sellers attempting to pass off prints from the Bohn Edition as first edition originals, and it can be difficult for those unfamiliar with these practices to tell the difference between a restrike (commonly called "a Bohn") and an original.  To be sure, all of the Gillray etchings offered in this auction are from the c. 1850 Bohn edition. To see more about the Bohn edition click here.

Estimate for all of these etchings.........900-1200

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92. [ART - FRANCE] Felix Augustin Milius  (1843-1894) - "Marine"    Original etching after Van De Velde, image size: 6-1/2 x 9 inches plus wide clean margins, plate signed lower right. c. 1870.   VG...........150-200

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93. [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

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94. [ENTERTAINERS] group of 4 signed items:  Amy Grant - signed & inscribed 8x10 photo;  Debbie Reynolds - signed & inscribed 4x5 photo;  Della [Reese] signed 3x5 card; Juliet Mills - signed 3x5 card. All VG............40-60

95. [ENGLAND] Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet, PC (1799-1882)  British Whig politician. He held office under four Prime Ministers, Lord Melbourne, Lord John Russell, Lord Aberdeen, and Lord Palmerston, and notably served three times as Home Secretary.  ALS, 1862, 1p, 4-3/8 x 7 in.  Fine.............75-100

96. Goldwin Smith (1823 – 1910)  British historian and journalist, active in the United Kingdom and Canada. The outbreak of the American Civil War proved a turning point in his life. Unlike most of the ruling classes in England, he championed the cause of the North, and his pamphlets, especially one entitled Does the Bible Sanction American Slavery? (1863), played a prominent part in converting English opinion. Visiting America on a lecture tour in 1864, he received an enthusiastic welcome, and was entertained at a public banquet in New York. In 1868 he gave up his career in England and settled in the United States, where he held the professorship of English and Constitutional History in the Department of History at Cornell University for a number of years. Goldwin Smith Hall, which is located in Cornell's Arts Quad, is named in his honour. In 1871 he moved to Toronto, where he edited the Canadian Monthly, and subsequently founded the Week and the Bystander, and where he spent the rest of his life living in The Grange manor.   ALS, Toronto, Canada, 1905, 4pp,  5x8 in.  Mentions Dr. Osher. VG.............75-100

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97.  [MEDICINE] Henry Pickering Bowditch (1840-1911) American soldier, physician, physiologist, and dean of the Harvard Medical School.  Following his teacher Carl Ludwig, he promoted the training of medical practitioners in a context of physiological research. His teaching career at Harvard spanned 35 years.  He served  in the Union army during the Civil War, where he rose to the rank of major in the Fifth Massachusetts Cavalry.  Henry Pickering Bowditch was known for his physiological work on cardiac contraction and knee jerk.  He also developed an interest in anthropometry, and showed that nutrition and environmental factors contribute to physiological development. Bowditch can be seen as a link between the milieu interieur of Claude Bernard, his teacher, and homeostasis as developed by his student Walter Cannon.  ALS, no year, written on a postacrd re: unsatisfactory proof [photo] of his second sitting. VG...........75-100

98. [THEATRE]  Junius Brutus Booth, Jr. (1821- 1883)  American actor and theatre manager. As a member of the illustrious Booth family of actors, Junius Brutus Booth, Jr. was overshadowed not only by his father Junius, Sr. and brothers Edwin and John Wilkes (the assassin of Abraham Lincoln), but by his wife Agnes, who was a successful actress in her own right.  Junius Brutus Booth, Jr., himself was briefly imprisoned in Washington, DC, after his brother assassinated Abraham Lincoln. At the time of the assassination, he was fulfilling an acting engagement in Cincinnati, Ohio. Even so, he was arrested and hurried by train to the Old Capitol Prison, where he was interrogated and released.  Signed  [in pencil] card,  3.5 x 2 in. VG.......40-60

99. John Kelly (1822–1886) of New York City, known as "Honest John", was a boss of Tammany Hall and a U.S. Representative from New York from 1855 to 1858. The title "Honest" was given to him during his years as New York City Sheriff, and was more ironic than truthful. John Kelly was able to amass a vast fortune estimated at $800,000 by 1867, through both ethical and questionable means. In addition, after having his methods questioned and his title insulted by Mayor Havemeyer, Kelly responded with a lawsuit for libel. On the day of the trial, the Mayor mysteriously dropped dead of apoplexy. Autograph Signature, approx. 3-1/2 x 1-1/4 in. VG.............25-35

100. [THEATRE]  Julie Opp Faversham (1871–1921) was an American stage actress who was for a number of years popular on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. She was the wife of the Anglo- American actor William Faversham, whom she married shortly after the two co-starred in the 1902 Broadway production, The Royal Rival.  Clip Signature mounted to slip. Slight show-thru from mounting............20-30

101. [ART] John Sell Cotman (1782 - 1842) This original etching entitled, Norwich Abbey, was executed in 1810, printed on stiff wove paper, dates to 1838 from the second and final edition printed in London by Henry Bohn. The only difference between the two editions is that Bohn added Roman numeration to the plates in the upper centre margin. Image approx. 8-1/2 x 5-1/2" plus wide margins. VG.........125-175

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102.  [ART] John Sell Cotman (1782 - 1842) This original etching entitled, Kirkstall-Abbey-York, was executed in 1811, printed on stiff wove paper, dates to 1838 from the second and final edition printed in London by Henry Bohn. The only difference between the two editions is that Bohn added Roman numeration to the plates in the upper centre margin. Image approx. 12 x 8-1/2" plus wide margins. VG.........125-175

118. Joseph Paxson Iddings [1857-1920]. American geologist, b. Baltimore. Professor, U. of Chicago (1895-1908). Co-author, with Cross, Pirsson, and Washington, of Quantitative Classification of Igneous Rocks (1903); author of Rock Minerals (1906), Igneous Rocks (1909-13), The Problem of Volcanism (1914). ANS, no date. "Mr. Iddings hopes to be able to accept the invitation of Mr. and Mrs. Woodward for Wednesday evening April the twenty-second. VG............50-75

119. [MUSIC] M. Lewis Spratlan [b. 1940] American music academic and composer of contemporary classical music. AMQS from his Pulitzer Prize work "Life Is A Dream," approx. 5-1/8 x 4". VG......35-45

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120. [FILM] Sir John Mills (1908-2005) popular Academy Award winning English actor.  Signed postcard photo, 3-1/2 x 5-3/8". VG......40-60

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121. [ART] William Holl the Younger (1807-1871) English portrait and figure engraver, noted for his book illustrations. The eldest of four sons of William Holl the Elder (c1771-1838), he was taught engraving by his father - at first stipple and later line on steel. The first portrait engraving produced on his own was that of Thomas Cranmer in May 1829 for inclusion in Edmund Lodge's Portraits of Illustrious Personages. He contributed further work to this publication between 1829 and 1835 after artists such as van Loo, Holbein, Van Dyck, Lely, Godfrey Kneller and Daniel Mytens. He was a founder member of the Chalcographic Society started by several notable engravers in 1830. Original antique engraving, image approx. 6-1/4 x 4-1/2" plus margins. VG..........25-35

122.  (BRITISH LITERARY NOTABLES LOT) SIR GEORGE EDWARD GORDON CATLIN (1896-1979) Philosopher and political scientist, author husband of novelist Vera Britain. ALS (1973) 2pp, with small signed photo on verso (Karsh of Ottawa).  WILLIAM HOWITT (1792-1879) Author & MARY BOBTHAM HOWITT (1799-1888) Poetess SIGNATURES on sheet (1848). HENRY FESTING JONES (1851-1928) Biographer, ALS (1920) 3pp.  CHRISTINA A. L. FOYLE (1911-1999) Bookseller and owner of the celebrated Foyles Bookshop, TLS (1934).  EDMUND C. BLUNDEN (1896-1974) Poet, Author, Critic. SIGNED presentation page from his 1929 book “Near & Far”.  ROSAMUNDE PILCHER (1924) Author of romance novels. SIGNED 5x8 color portrait.  SIR MAX PEMBERTON (1863-1950) Popular novelist. ALS, 1898..............80-120

123. [ART] Fred M. Hines  (deceased) American artist, well known in Maine and Vermont.  Large signed pastel landscape, approx. 20 x 25-1/2".  VG...........400-600

125. [FRANCE] Pierre-François-Adolphe Carmouche (1797-1868)   French playwright. He wrote more than 200 successful plays, comedies, vaudevilles and texts for operas.  ALS, 1862, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8-1/8 in.  A curious letter to the famous actress Virginie Dejazet.  A tear repaired with archival paper. Scarce!..............100-150

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126. [FRANCE]  Marquis Edouard Marie Rene Bardon de Segonzac (1867 – 1962)  French army officer and explorer. He studied at the Ecole Speciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr before being commissioned and serving in the Ivory Coast where he was accused and acquitted of the murder of a fellow officer. He became renowned as an explorer and adventurer in Morocco and was also posted to Tunisia. In the First World War he became a pilot and received the Legion of Honour and the Croix de Guerre.  ALS, 1910, 1-1/2 pp, 5-1/4 x 7 in.  VG..............80-120

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127. [ART] Thomas Oldham Barlow (1824-1889)  English mezzotint engraver. His engravings helped to popularise the works of painters like John Phillip and Sir John Everett Millais. He was made a Royal Academician.  ALS, June 11, no year, 1p., about setting up a time for a meeting. VG...........50-75

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See his portrait

128. [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

129. [FRANCE] Émile Hilaire Amagat (1841-1915)  French physicist.   His doctoral thesis, published in 1872, expanded on the work of Thomas Andrews, and included plots of the isotherms of carbon dioxide at high pressures.  Amagat published a paper in 1877 that contradicted the current understanding at the time, concluding that the coefficient of compressibility of fluids decreased with increasing pressure.  He continued to publish data on isotherms for a number of different gases between 1879 and 1882,  and invented the hydraulic manometer, which was able to withstand up to 3200 atmospheres, as opposed to 400 atmospheres using a glass apparatus.  In 1880 he published his Law of Partial Volumes.   Amagat was elected a member of the French Academy of Sciences on 9 June 1902.  A unit of number density, amagat, was named after him.  The French Academy of Sciences gave him the posthumous award of the Prix Jean Reynaud for 1915.   ALS, Paris, no date, 2pp, 4.5 x 7 in. Very fine...........100-150

LOT 130  (BRITISH NOTABLES IN SCIENCE/MEDICNE LOT)    WILLIAM SPOTTISWOODE (1825-1883) Mathematician and Physicist buried in Westminster Abbey. SIGNATURE.   SIR GEORGE NICHOLLS (1781-1865) Poor Reformer and Administrator.  ALS, 2pp.   ARTHUR CECIL ALPORT (1880-1959) Physician who first identified the “Alport Syndrome”.  ALS, 1924, 2pp.   GEORGE RICHARDSON PORTER (1792-1852) Early Statistician, and Economist, Civil Servant.  ANS, ordering a book (1832).   GEORGE PEACOCK (1791-1858) Mathematician, wrote books on the subject, also Trigonometry. SIGNATURE from ALS.  SIR JOSEPH DE COURCY LAFFAN  (1786-1848) Noated physician who treated troops and was the personal physician to Queen Victoria.  ALS, 1843, written  in 3rd person.............80-120

131. [FRANCE] Germaine Beaumont real name Germaine Battendier  (1890-1983) French  journalist and novelist. Virginia Woolf's translator.  ALS, 1962, 1p, to Mrs. Robert Kemp, about the death of her husband.  Kemp was a noted critic. With envelope.  Fine................60-80

132. [FRANCE] Victor Bérard (1864-1931) was a French diplomat and politician. Today, he is still renowned for his works about Hellenistic studies and geography of the Odyssey.  Bérard's "L'Angleterre et l'impérialisme" was translated into English and published in 1906 as "British imperialism and commercial supremacy". LETTER SIGNED, 1913, signed on verso, 1-1/2 pp.,  8-1/4 x 10-1/2 in. VG............50-75

134. [FRANCE] Frantz Funck-Brentano [1862-1947] Luxembourgian-French historian and librarian. ALS, 1890, 1-1/4pp...........50-75

Portrait of Brentano

LOT 136  (CARTOONIST/ILLUSTRATORS)  includes:  PERCY CROSBY (1891-1963) Cartoonist/Illustrator. Signature.  GARY BROOKINS (1947) Editorial Cartoonist/illustrator.  SIGNED inscribed 3x5 card with his printed portrait.  MIIKE PETERS (1943) Cartoonist, (2) SIGNED inscribed stationary sheets.  DEAN YOUNG (b.1938) Cartoonist.  SIGNED inscribed 4x6 Blondie Print (1980).   CHARLES PLUMB (1899-1982) Cartoonist/Illustrator “Ella Cinders”.  SIGNATURE mounted to larger card .  JOHN CULLEN MURPHY  (1919-2004) Cartoonist/Illustrator “Prince Valiant”.  SIGNED card inscribed with his portrait affixed.  ROBERT F. “Bo” BROWN  (1906-1996) Cartoonist, in The New Yorker, Saturday Evening Post others.  ALS (1990) on verso of letter received.   GARY PATTERSON – Cartoonist.  ALS (2001) on one of his greeting cards of his famous “Cat”................80-120

137. [FRANCE] Fortune du Boisgobey (1821-1891), French writer of fiction, whose real surname was Castille. He served in the army pay department in Algeria from 1844 to 1848, and extended his travels to the East. He made his literary debut in the Petit journal with a story entitled Deux comédiens (1868). With Le Forcat colonel (1872) he became one of the most popular feuilleton writers. His police stories, though not so convincing as those of Émile Gaboriau, with whom his name is generally associated, had a great circulation, and many of them have been translated into English. Brief ALS [1880], 1p....................80-120

138. [FRANCE] Philippe Erlanger [1903-1987] Fr. historian. At the end of the 1930s, shocked by the interference of the fascist governments of Italy and Germany in the selection of films for the Mostra del cinema di Venezia, Jean Zay, the French Minister of National Education, decided to create an international cinematographic festival in France, on the proposal of Philippe Erlanger and the support of the British and Americans. ALS, 1956, written on both sides to Robert Kemp, the French journalist and literary critic. Fine............75-100

139. Edward S. Martin (1856-1939) American writer, humorist, editor. A founder of The Harvard Lampoon and co-founder and first editor of the original "LIFE" magazine. ALS, 1900, 2pp. VG..........50-75  

140. Phyllis Schlafly [b.1924] Am. political activist. Signed card........15-20

141. Julian Hawthorne [1846-1934] Am. writer. Signature..........20-30

142. Robert Stack [1919-2003] actor. ANS, nd. re: his autobiography..........20-30

143. JOHN T. CONNOR - Sec. Commerce. TLS, 1972................20-30

144. Raoul Bott (1923- 2005) mathematician known for numerous basic contributions to geometry in its broad sense. Brief ALS, 2002, 1p............35-45

145. [NOBEL] Paul Boyer [1918- ]biochemist. He is one of the laureates . He is one of the laureates for the 1997 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research on the "enzymatic mechanism underlying the synthesis of Adenosine triphosphate (ATP)". ANS, N.D, WITH ENVELOPE POSTMARKED 2002...............25-35

146. Steve Forbes [b. 1947] ran for president. ISP, color 8x10.....20-30

147. [BRITAIN] Alexander William Kinglake (1809-1891) English travel writer and historian. The town of Kinglake in Victoria, Australia, and the adjacent National Park are named after him. ALS, 1868, 3pp, regarding some volumes from one of his works. he mentions Lord George Paget. Last page mounted..............40-60

150. [NOBEL PRIZE] MARTIN L. PERL (1927- ) American Physicist - 1995 Nobel Prize for Physics. He surprised the physics world in 1975 with his discovery of a new elementary particle known as the tau lepton. The tau resembles the electron, the carrier of electrical current. The tau differs in that it is 3,500 times heavier than the electron and survives less than a trillionth of a second. The electron is stable. SIGNED 4x6 photograph..................25-35

151. SIDNEY SHELDON (1917-2007 ) American Author/Novelist. ANS ny nd. "Who can make this world a better place."...............20-30

152. [GOLF] Patty Berg (1918-2006) a founding member and then leading player on the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. SIGNED/INSCRIBED 8 x 10 photo..............30-40

153. Joel Benton (1832 - 1911) American poet. He was born in 1832 in Amenia, Dutchess County, New York. As well as producing poetry, he wrote Emerson As A Poet (1882), The Truth About Protection (1892), Greeley on Lincoln (1893), In the Poe Circle (1899) and The Life of Phineas T. Barnum. He died in 1911 in Poughkeepsie. ALS, 1905, 1p, about 5x8". VG..........25-35

154. [RELIGION] Lawrence Pearsall Jacks [1860-1955]. English clergyman, philosopher, and writer. Unitarian minister (from 1887); professor of philosophy (1903-31) and principal (1915-31), Manchester Coll., Oxford. Editor of Hibbert Journal (1902-43). Author of Alchemy of Thought (1910), the Smokeover series of allegorical stories, My Neighbour the Universe (1928), Education through Recreation (1932), The Revolt against Mechanism (1934), etc. ALS, 1924, 2pp. Good content. Accompanied by his book "The Faith Of A Worker" (1925) inscribed "To Mary Ely from the writer, Christmas 1925." Letter is also to Ely. Both VG.............50-75

156. [ENGLAND] Jesse Collings [1831-1920]. English politician. Mayor of Birmingham (1878-80); M.P. (1880-1918); took part in Joseph Chamberlain' s municipal reform from Joseph Arch' s land-reform movement; used slogan "Three acres and a cow"; undersecretary to home department (1895-1902). ALS, 1883, 1p. VG.............25-35

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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



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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

181. Francis G. Peabody (1847-1936) a minister and professor of theology at Harvard University. He authored many books. ALS, 1901, 1p, 4-3/4 x 7-3/4". VG..........40-60

182. [BRITAIN] Harold Wilson (1916-1995)  twice Prime Minister. ANS, as member of the House of Lords. VG.......40-60

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183. [BASEBALL GREATS]  signed cards or notes of:  Bobby Doerr - HOF [2], Allie Reynolds (1917-1994), Bullet Bob Turnley, Jim Carfish Hunter (1946-1999) HOF, Enos Slaughter (1916-2002) HOF, Charles Gehringer (1903-1993) HOF, Eddie Matthews (1931-2001) HOF, Whit Wyantt (1907-1999), and Tommy Henrich (1913-2009). All VG..............80-120

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184. [SOMERSWORTH] William Pitt Moses ( 1827-1905) born Exeter, New Hampshire. Enlisted in Union army June 24, 1862 as 1 st Lieut. On August 5, 1862 he was commissioned into F Company NH 9th Infantry. Mustered out June 10, 1865 at Alexandria, Virginia. Promotion - Quartermaster 1 1/13/62. DOCUMENT SIGNED, GREAT FALLS MANUFACTURING CO., 1874, receipt for Cyrus Freeman. Approx. 7-1/2 x 3-1/4. VG...............25-35

185. GERMAN WORLD WAR II ARCHIVE - An interesting German archive of 15 documents pertaining to the attempts by one Mrs. Terhaggen to have her enlisted son return home to the family's weaving factory that supplies clothes for German troops, of which the son had become the boss following the father's death on Oct. 10, 1944. She writes on Nov. 14, 1944, on letterhead of the family's factory, "Carl Hesper Nacht", to Obergruppenführer Albert Bormann requesting that her son, a naval officer, be returned home. She states that hers is the last weaving shop open and without her son there to run it, it will undoubtedly have to close. She asks Bormann to rush the request. This appeal must have been forwarded to a senior Kriegsmarine officer who subsequently writes to Admiral KARL-JESCO VON PUTTKAMMER on Dec. 1, 1944. The unidentified officer writes : "...The comments submitted in the petition of the wife Terheggen I first ordered to rush the 15.1.45...The request I give you, Admiral, return with a copy of the reply to Mrs. Terheggen...". Docketed and signed in pencil at bottom by Puttkammer, also Bormann's ink signature is near top of the letter.. Puttkammer (1900-1981) was naval adjutant to Hitler; present at the 20 July Plot, he was injured and awarded the Wounded Badge. He was sent to Berghof to destroy Hitler's papers but was not present during his final days. Additional documents include: an official letter from the Führer's office regarding an elderly woman trying to donate funds "for the reconstruction of Berlin", which are not accepted; another document regarding a court case involving: "...continued infidelity and continued corruption..." of one Richard Mahler, a leader of public health in Berlin. As a result of this, Mahler was removed from his post by Goebbels and given four years in prison; another document discusses cases of fruit sent to Hitler (which made him "very happy"); another concerning empty boxes that need to be returned to a plant as soon as railway barriers are lifted; and questionnaires, etc. In lightly worn condition, overall very good and worthy of proper translation.  Includes another Bormann signed memo, and possibly others that are initialed. 

188. [FILM] Samantha Eggar [b. 1939] English actress. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.....25-35



189.  [CINEMA] Lina Basquette (1907-1994) was an American actress. Her first appearance was in What Can Love Do. In 1928, she was named one of thirteen WAMPAS Baby Stars. In 1929, Basquette made The Godless Girl with Cecil B. DeMille and The Younger Generation, directed by Frank Capra. In the former she played Judith, leader of a high school atheist society. Her character forces members to renounce The Bible while placing a hand on the head of a live monkey. In the climactic scene, Director DeMille insisted on realism in filming a last shot of the reformatory going up in flames and Basquette's eyebrows and eyelashes were singed. Her eyelashes grew back but her eyebrows did not. In 1923, Ziegfeld Follies producers officially dubbed her "America's Prima Ballerina." BRIEF ALS, 1992, MENTIONING HER BOOK "LINA - DEMILLE'S GODLESS GIRL." VG............30-40

190. [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

191. [FRANCE] Louis-Apollinaire de la Tour du Pin-Montauban (1744-1807) was the first bishop of Nancy then archbishop of Auch, and Archbishop of Troyes.  He was ordained bishop January 25, 1778.  He was bishop of Nancy from 1777 to 1783 is designated August 10, 1777, and his appointment is confirmed December 15, 1777 , after the Diocese of Nancy was established as a diocese Nov. 19, 1777.   He became Archbishop of Auch in 1783 He was appointed June 15, 1783, and his appointment was confirmed on July 18 1783 He retired from that office October 24, 1801 . The Diocese of Auch was suppressed by the Concordat of 1802 and its territory attached to the diocese 's Agen.  He became archbishop (Individual) of Troyes in 1802 and is designated September 30, 1802, and his appointment is confirmed December 20, 1802.  ALS, 1789, written on both sides - signed at middle of 1st page.  6-1/4 x 7-3/4 in.  VG........100-150

LOT 192. (19th/20th CENTURY ARTISTS/ILLUSTRATORS)   DOUGLAS VOLK (1856-1935) DS, a check dated 1908, made out by him and endorsed by him.   JULES GUERIN  (1866-1946) Muralist, Painter, Illustrator.  CLIPPED SIGNATURE in pencil.   ARTHUR IGNATIUS KELLER (1866-1924) Artist, Illustrator He was illustrator of over 150 books by authors such as Charles Dickens, Washington Irving, Bret Harte, Owen Wister  SIGNATURE in pencil.  SPENCER BAIR NICHOLS  (1875-1950) Landscape Painter, Illustrator, Muralist.  SIGNED return address on envelope (1930).  THOMAS LeCLEAR (1818-1882) Genre and Portrait Painter on of his most famous portraits was of  President Grant which hangs in the National Portrait Gallery.  SIGNATURE with sentiment from ALS (1879).  WILLIAM HENRY HILLARD (1836-1905) American Artist/illustrator. His most famous works are noted for the New England area, White Mountains. SIGNATURE on card.  Varied conditions............75-100

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

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

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

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

197. 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

198. Denver Pyle (1920-1997) American actor. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo.....25-35

See above

199. Ossie Davis (1917-2005) American film actor, director, poet, playwright, writer, and social activist. Signed, inscribed 5x7 photo. VG....25-35

200. [FILM] Mickey Rooney  (1920-2014) American actor. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG...........60-80

201. [TV] Andy Griffith (1926-2012) American actor.  He was a Tony Award nominee for two roles, and gained prominence in the starring role in director Elia Kazan's film A Face in the Crowd (1957) before he became better known for his television roles, playing the lead characters in the 1960–1968 situation comedy The Andy Griffith Show and in the 1986–1995 legal drama Matlock. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG..........40-60

202.  [NASA] Walter B. LaBerge (1924-2004) aerospace engineer and defense industry executive who served as United States Under Secretary of the Army from 1977 to 1980. LaBerge retired in 1989. In retirement, he served as chair of the Army Science Board. Signed 1968 cover honoring TITAN 3C. Clean and attractive..........50-75

See LaBerge cover

203. [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.  Includes 3 additional Rider pages, each signed with the initials of Greer and Ebbins. VG..........100-150

204. [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

205.  Chauncey M. Depew  (1834-1928)  attorney for Cornelius Vanderbilt's railroad interests, president of the New York Central Railroad System, and a United States Senator from New York from 1899 to 1911.  Cancelled $1000 Bond of The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Co., dated 1897. Sheet of coupons still attached. Signed by Depew as President.  Approx. 10 x 15 in. Folds but very fine condition.................125-175

206.  [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

208. [FRANCE] Louis (Adrien) Huart [1813-1865] very important  French journalist, writer and theater director. Editor in Chief of Le Charivari, the illustrated newspaper published in Paris, France from 1832 to 1937. Le Charivari published caricatures, political cartoons and reviews. In 1835 the government banned political caricature, thus Le Charivari began publishing satires of everyday life. Ownership of the paper changed often due to censorship, and related taxes and fines. ALS, 1860, 1p,  5-1/4 x 8 in.  Speaks about Le Charivar.  VG............100-150

209. Portrait of Chief Justice Harlan Fiske Stone (1872-1946). Original etching signed in pencil by the artist Franklin T. Wood  (1887-1945)  master graphic artist from Hyde Park, just outside of Boston, Massachusetts.   Franklin enrolled in the Cowles Art School in Boston, then in 1897 he transferred to the Art Students League in New York.  Like most aspiring, young American artists, Wood went to Europe to polish off his artistic training (1903); his home base was Antwerp, where Charles Verlat had been the guiding spirit.  Verlat, who passed away in 1890, had spread Thomas Couture's influence to Belgium.  Both John Leslie Breck and Edward Potthast studied under Verlat.  The image area is approx. 15-3/4 x 12 in. plus good margins.  Quality paper; another example of this portrait is in the Harvard collection. VG.............200-300

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210. [ART] Laslett John Pott (1837–1898)  British artist. ALS, 1877, 1p, 4-3/8 x 7 in.  This letter was once owned by  Samuel Carter Hall (1800-1889)   Irish-born Victorian journalist who is best known for his editorship of The Art Journal and for his much-satirised personality. Fine.............75-100

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211. [FRANCE] Jean Georges Lefranc de Pompignan [1715-1790] French clergyman, younger brother of Jean-Jacques Lefranc, Marquis de Pompignan. Jean Pompignan was the archbishop of Vienne against whose defence of the faith Voltaire launched the good-natured mockery of Les Lettres d'un Quaker . Elected to the Estates General, he passed over to the Liberal side, and led the 149 members of the clergy who united with the third estate to form the National Assembly. He was one of its first presidents, and was minister of public worship when the civil constitution was forced upon the clergy. ALS, don't see year, 1p, plus postmarked address leaf. VG...........100-150

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

213. [ART] Richard Huntington  (b. 1936)  American painter, printmaker, and writer, is Critic Emeritus at The Buffalo News and has written for High Performance magazine, ARTnews, and Art New England. Most recently, he was a catalog essayist for the exhibition Artpark: 1974–1984 at UB Art Gallery, Center for the Arts; Forty: The Sabres and the NHL at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery; and Duayne Hatchett, Form, Pattern, and Invention, the catalogue for a retrospective exhibition at the Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo (2009).  In 2007, Huntington won the Associated Press First Award for Criticism and earlier, among a number of residencies, served as visiting critic at the Kennedy Center for the Arts, Washington, D.C. From 1982 to 1985, he was Visual Arts Director at Artpark in Lewiston, New York. He has shown his art nationally and internationally, with recent solo exhibitions at the Castellani Art Museum, Niagara University, New York (2008–2009); the Albright-Knox Collectors Gallery, Buffalo (2008); and the JR Konsthallen, Linköping, Sweden (2007). In 2010, The Albright-Knox Art Gallery included his work in the international biennial Beyond/In Western New York 2010: Alternating Currents. In 2009, The Carey Berkus Studio in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, included his work in a group show representing Mexican and American artists.  Huntington holds a BFA from Syracuse University and a Master of Art and Humanities from the University at Buffalo. He divides his time between Buffalo and the town of San Miguel de Allende in central Mexico. Original lithograph, pencil signed and dated 1973, titled "Upstairs Rainbow", image 15 x 22" plus  margins.  Edition 8/10. This was made while Huntington was visting artist-in-residence  at the Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY. Rare!. A few light foxing spots in margin area that will not show when matted.  Old masking tape traces outer edges on verso...........150-250

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214. [VERMONT] Benj. Swan (1762-1839) an interesting Vermont person. Known as Major Ben Swan, was born in Worcester, Mass. At Worcester and in Boston, Benjamin received a most thorough mercantile education in the house of Messrs. Samuel & Stephen Salisbury, a firm whose standing and credit for a series of years gave them the highest reputation in the commercial community, both in Europe and America. Mr. Swan was for some time in a mercantile house in Montreal, where he became quite thoroughly versed in the French language, then more generally spoken in Canada. In 1791 he began business in Woodstock, Vermont, in connection with the Chandlers. In the general theory and the various details of the business of a merchant he was probably the best-educated man in Vermont. His unvarying rectitude in all his affairs won for him the confidence of every one, while his cheerful manners and the good-humor with which he enlivened his various business transactions made him a favorite with all classes of the community. After Mr. Swan retired from mercantile pursuits, he sustained a variety of offices and trusts. For many years he was the principal officiating magistrate in Woodstock, and in the numerous trials of cases which came before him the parties rarely, if ever, resorted to a jury. He was the first postmaster in this town [Woodstock]. In 1796, on the resignation of General Morris of the office of county clerk, Mr. Swan was appointed to that place, and from that time to his death, a period of forty-three years, retained the position of clerk of the Supreme and County Courts. In the year 1800 he was appointed by the legislature treasurer of the State, and thenceforward, for thirty-two years, the freemen of Vermont honored themselves and reflected honor upon him by electing him annually to that office, and generally without opposition. For a large portion of the time during which he served as treasurer, while banks were still scarce, and poor at that, he acted as a kind of general banker, to whom all classes of people resorted who were wishing to borrow, for an emergency, a moderate sum of money. The following is an instance among many that might be mentioned. When Zadock Thompson was ready to have his first Gazetteer printed, he needed money to run the paper. This was to be made at Wells River. His father said he would go to Benjamin Swan and see if he could raise the money from him. When he mentioned the matter to Major Swan, and asked if he could do the favor, the major answered, " Yes, yes, hum-m-m," and sat down and wrote to the paper-maker thus:  "Mr. Thompson wishes to buy fifty dollars' worth of paper for his Gazetteer, for which he shall be good. "Benjamin Swan." Many of the loans, however, which Mr. Swan made in his function of general banker, proved detrimental to bis pocket, if not to his peace of mind. After his death there was found on the upper shelf of the bookcase in his office a long row of files of notes, embracing many thousand dollars in value, all outlawed, or otherwise wholly worthless, &emdash; notes taken for sums of money lent to people in needy circumstances living in the neighborhood, to young men going West, and to various classes of people who called on this patient and forbearing man for help out of some difficulty. From this fact it would appear that the words of Scripture, "from him that would borrow of thee, turn not thou away," Mr. Swan regarded more in the light of a rule to live by than as merely a piece of fine sentiment. No man was ever more highly esteemed by the people of this State of Vermont than Major Benjamin Swan, and no man was ever more deserving of such esteem. Yet, notwithstanding the regard in which he was held, and the universal deference paid to him, in his deportment and in his heart he was a man of great modesty and humility. This was in keeping with the kind and benevolent spirit he exercised towards all classes of people with whom he came in contact, whether in business affairs or in the private walks of life. Offered here is a State of Vermont, legal writ, 1811, signed twice on the front and once on the verso. Approx. 7-3/4 x 12-3/4". VG............50-75

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215. Van Wyck Brooks (1886-1963)  American literary critic, biographer, and historian. ALS, 1949, written on back of a photo postcard to Katherine Bakeless, author and wife of author John Bakeless.  VG............50-75

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216. Elmo Russell "Bud" Zumwalt, Jr. (1920-2000)  American naval officer and the youngest man to serve as Chief of Naval Operations. As an admiral and later the 19th Chief of Naval Operations, Zumwalt played a major role in U.S. military history, especially during the Vietnam War. A decorated war veteran, Zumwalt reformed U.S. Navy personnel policies in an effort to improve enlisted life and ease racial tensions.  TLS as Chief of Naval Operations, 1971, 1p.  Fine..............50-75

217. [MUSIC] Robert Ward (b.1917) American composer. Signed brochure about him.....20-30

218. [MUSIC] Phillip Lambro - American composer. Sig. brochure...........20-30

219. [CARTOON] Hank Ketcham (1920-2001) American cartoonist who created the Dennis the Menace comic strip.  Signed & inscribed  original sketch, 4 x 6, of his famous character. Fine......50-75

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220. [MUSIC]  John Jacob Niles (1892-1980) American composer, singer, and collector of traditional ballads. Called the "Dean of American Balladeers", Niles was an important influence on the American folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s, with Joan Baez, Burl Ives, and Peter, Paul and Mary, among others, recording his songs. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Niles learned music theory from his mother, and began writing down folk music as a teenager. After serving in the U.S. Army Air Service during World War I, in which he was injured, he studied music in France, first in Lyon, then in Paris at the Schola Cantorum, also meeting Gertrude Stein. Returning to the United States in 1920, he continued his studies at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music working there with Ralph Lyford. He sang opera in Chicago and folk songs on early radio. In 1925, he moved to New York City and held various jobs in the entertainment industry. In the 1930s, he toured Europe and the United States with contralto Marion Kerby. He performed at the White House in 1938, and on occasion at the Newport Folk Festival during the 1950s. In the 1920s, Niles began publishing music. He made four extended trips into the southern Appalachians as an assistant to photographer Doris Ulmann, again transcribing traditional songs from oral sources, including the ballads "Pretty Polly", "Barbara Allen", and "He's Goin' Away". On other occasions, he transcribed songs he heard sung by African Americans and by fellow soldiers in World War I. Niles was also a noted songwriter. His songs, many of which are based on traditional sources, include "Venezuela," and the haunting Christmas song "I Wonder As I Wander." Henry Miller's Plexus includes a powerful tribute to Niles's recording of this song. Niles composed "Go 'Way From My Window" when he was a mere 16 years old, but did not perform it until 1930. Marlene Dietrich recorded it and sang it on stage. Bob Dylan quoted its first line in his song "It Ain't Me Babe." Later in life, Niles published compositions in a more classical style, including works for choir and art songs for voice and piano. The latter include his last work, a setting of poems by Thomas Merton. Typed letter Signed [on cheap news print paper] not dated but pre-1948, to Wally Wallgren (1891-1948) the noted World War I cartoonist. Signed Jack. Clipped edges of paper all around......................200-300

221.   New London, Connecticut document dated 1826, concerning General William North. This is signed by Jeremiah G. Brainard, Mayor of New London.  The document states that General North has appeared before him, that he is known and respected. William North (1755-1836) was an American soldier and politician, born at Pemaquid, Maine. He entered the Continental Army in 1775, and served under Benedict Arnold in the unfortunate expedition to Canada in that year. He was appointed in May 1777 as captain in Henry Jackson's 16th Massachusetts Regiment, with which he participated in the Battle of Monmouth. In 1779 he became aide-de-camp to Baron Steuben, whom he greatly aided in introducing his system of discipline in the Continental Army. Later he accompanied Steuben to Virginia, and was present at the surrender of Cornwallis.  North was appointed as a Federalist to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Sloss Hobart and served from May 5, 1798, to August 17, 1798. This document only concern Gen. North and is not signedc by him.  Approx. 8 x 12 in.  There are newspaper clippings glued to back.  Some edge ware..............200-300

224. [ART] Gordon Parks (1912-2006)  American photographer, musician, writer and film director. He is best remembered for his photographic essays for Life magazine and as the director of the 1971 film Shaft.  Document Signed - ASCAP dated Nov. 11, 1975,  4pp. Signed on page 3. Approx. 8-1/2 x 11 in. Fine..............100-150

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225. [GERMAN ART] Franz Napoleon Heigel (1813-1888) German painter.  Heigel was in Paris, the son of the portrait painter Joseph Heigel born (1780-1837). He was at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich as well as in several workshops trained in Paris before then study trips to Italy (1839 and 1846), Belgium and France undertook. Then he was at the Bavarian court as portrait and genre painter worked and created numerous watercolors and miniatures. Of particular note is the characteristic representation of the different nationalities in Heigels genre, and especially costume painting.  Heigel was with the Bavarian Medal of Arts and Sciences awarded and was an honorary member of the Belgian Society of watercolourist. His works have been in the Kunsthalle Bremen, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibited.  ALS, 1872, 1p. G+...............60-80

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226. [ART] Truman Howe Bartlett (1835 – 1922), also known as T. H. Bartlett, was an American sculptor, and father to sculptor Paul Wayland Bartlett.  Bartlett was born in Dorset, Vermont, studied under Robert Eberhard Launitz in New York City and subsequently in Paris, Rome, and Perugia. He was active in New Haven, Waterbury, and Hartford, Connecticut, and in New York City. For 22 years he was an instructor in MIT's architecture department, and also operated a free art school for poor children. He died in Boston, Massachusetts.  Bartlett's best known works include The Wounded Drummer Boy of Shiloh, and the Horace Wells Monument (1875) in Bushnell Park, Hartford, Connecticut. Both bronzes were exhibited in Paris. According to Marquis, Bartlett was the first American sculptor to make a figure in terra cotta.  ALS, 1898, 1p, writing from MIT about obtaining photographs of Horace Greeley and Charles Sumner. 5-1/4 x 8-1/2 in.  Fine........60-80

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227. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.  (1902-1985) Republican United States Senator from Massachusetts and a U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, South Vietnam, West Germany, and the Holy See (as Representative). He was the Republican nominee for Vice President in the 1960 Presidential election.  TLS, 1962, 1p, unable to attend luncheon at the Women's Republican Club of Mass. Excellent condition.............50-75

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229. [ART] Granville Perkins  (1830-1895) American artist and illustrator.  ALS, 1886, 2pp., 5x8. PLUS 4-1/4 x 6-1/2 in. photograph mounted VG.............50-75

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231. [FILM-THEATRE]  Yul Brynner  (1920-1985) Russian-born actor of film and stage.  Signed 8x10 photo. VG.......60-80

232. [FILM] Jack Haley (1897-1979) American vaudevillian, stage, radio, and film actor, light comedian, singer and dancer best known for his portrayal of the Tin Man in the classic 1939 MGM film The Wizard of Oz.  Signed bank check, 1974. VG.............50-75

233. Bill Proxmire (1915-2005) US senator from Wis. Signed on lined side........15-20

235. Rockwell Kent (1882-1971) American artist, illustrator and author. He studied with the influential painters and theorists of his day, including Arthur Wesley Dow, William Merritt Chase, Robert Henri, Abbott Thayer, and Kenneth Hayes Miller. A transcendentalist and mystic, Kent painted remote and austere lands, including Newfoundland (1914-15), Tierra del Fuego (1922-23), and Greenland (1929; 1931-32; 1934-35).

Collotype offered here from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1925.

Not in Burne Jones. Unsigned. Image sizes approx. 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches plus clean margins. Printed on copper plates by hand on French Arches hand-made paper. These are proof printing. Fine, black impressions, on cream wove paper, with full margins (1 to 1 1/2 inches), in excellent condition. Scarce.............100-150

236. William Babington Maxwell (1866–1938) was a British novelist. He was the son of novelist Mary Elizabeth Braddon.
Though nearly 50 years old at the outbreak of the First World War, he was accepted as a lieutenant in the Royal Fusiliers and served in France until 1917.  He wrote The Last Man In, a drama, produced 14 March 1910, at the Royalty Theatre, Glasgow, by the Scottish Repertory Company; and, with George Paston (i. e., Emily Morse Symonds), a farce, The Naked Truth, which was first played at Wyndham's Theatre, London, in April, 1910, and in which Charles Hawtrey played Bernard Darrell.  ALS, 1934, 1p, addressed to Mr. Ellis D. Robb concerning the first edition of Maxwell's book ELAINE AT THE GATES. Maxwell recommends two London booksellers who may be able to supply Robb a copy. Approx. 7 x 8-3/4 in. A few spots near bottom................50-75

237. [GERMANY] RICHARD VON WEIZSACKER - a former mayor of West Berlin, he was President of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1984 to 1994. TLS, Bonn, 1987, 1p, 4to. Letter of congratulations for platinum wedding anniversary.....50-75

238. [ENGLAND] JOHN MORLEY, Viscount Morley of Blackburn (1838-1923), British statesman and author. Morley began his career as a journalist in London in 1860, and in 1867 he was appointed editor of the Fortnightly Review. An ardent radical and idealist, he was receptive to the ideas of liberalism, and during the 15 years he was its editor, the review was an organ of liberal opinion. Morley was elected to Parliament in 1883, and in 1886 the Liberal party leader and prime minister William Ewart Gladstone appointed him chief secretary of Ireland. He held this position again from 1892 to 1895, when the Liberal government was defeated. ALS, 1889, 1p. Declines invitation...............50-75

239. Edmund Blunden, MC [1896-1974] English poet, author and critic. Like his friend Siegfried Sassoon, he wrote of his experiences in World War I in both verse and prose. For most of his career, Blunden was also a reviewer for English publications and an academic in Tokyo and later Hong Kong. He ended his career as Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford. Signed in ink limited edition page [proof page] from the "hand-set edition of Near & Far," 6-1/4 x 9-1/2". Fine...........30-40

240. Dr. Rhoda Bubendey Metraux (1914–2003), was a prominent anthropologist in the area of cross-cultural studies, specializing in Haitian voodoo and the Iatmul of New Guinea. She collaborated with Alfred Metraux, on mutual studies of Voodoo in Haiti. During World War II, Dr. Metraux headed the section on German morale for the US Office of Strategic Services (OSS).  Rhoda Metraux was also an important professional and personal partner of Margaret Mead (1901–1978). Together with Mead, she wrote several books and many articles on major issues from the 1950s to the late 1970s. As a contributing editor to Redbook magazine for well over a decade, both wrote many articles on contemporary issues that later formed the basis of a number of books including A Way of Seeing. Margaret Mead and Rhoda Metraux were in fact a close-knit professional team whose work greatly influenced American anthropology in the late 20th century. They shared a house in Greenwich Village in New York from 1955 to 1966 and an apartment on Central Park West from 1966 until Mead's death in 1978.  ALS, 1991, signed Rhoda, mentions Margaret Mead, written to the author Irvine Millgate. Fine........75-100

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241. James Parton (1822-1891) Am. biographer. Sig. card, 1885.......20-30

242. [FILM] Liv Ullmann [b. 1938] 2-time Academy Award winning actress; the favorite of Ingmar Bergman. ALS, 1994, 1p. "Dear Bill and Carolyn Smith: I have been out of the country for most of the last two years, writing and directing my film Sotie; now my second full length film....." .............50-75

243. [MUSIC] Rosa Olitzka (1873-1949) Polish/German Soprano. Clip signature......20-30

244. [BALLET] Leslie Browne (b. 1957) is an American dancer and actress. She has appeared in the dance films The Turning Point (1977), Nijinsky (1980) and Dancers (1987), each directed by Herbert Ross, her godfather. In 1977 she received a nomination for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, for her role of Emilia Rodgers in The Turning Point. She also appeared on the television series Happy Days as a guest star.  Signed 10 x 8 photo [ballet pose]. VG..............25-35

245. [FRANCE] Victorien Sardou  (1831-1908) French dramatist.  He is best remembered today for his development, along with Eugene Scribe, of the well-made play.   He also wrote several plays that were made into popular 19th-century operas such as La Tosca (1887) on which Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca (1900) is based, and Fedora by Umberto Giordano, a work that popularized the fedora hat as well.  ALS, no date, 1p, 4x6 in.  VG..............100-150

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246 . [FRANCE] Auguste Joseph Alphonse Gratry (usually known as Joseph Gratry) (1805-1872) French author and theologian. Gratry was born at Lille and educated at the École Polytechnique of Paris. After a period of mental struggle which he has described in Souvenirs de ma jeunesse, he was ordained priest in 1832. After a stay at Strasbourg as professor of the Petit Séminaire, he was appointed director of the Collège Stanislas in Paris in 1842 and, in 1847, chaplain of the École Normale Supérieure. He became vicar-general of Orleans in 1861, professor of ethics at the Sorbonne in 1862, and, on the death of Barante, a member of the French Academy in 1867, where he occupied the seat formerly held by Voltaire. Together with others (abbé Pétitot, curé of Saint Roch, and Hyacinthe de Valroger) he reconstituted the Oratory of Jesus and of Mary Immaculate, a society of priests mainly devoted to education. Gratry was one of the principal opponents of the definition of the dogma of papal infallibility, but in this respect he submitted to the authority of the First Vatican Council. Offered here are 4 ALSs, total of 10 pages, one letter dated 1869. VG.......100-150

247. Henry Clark Corbin (1842-1909) officer in the United States Army who served as Adjutant General of the U.S. Army from 1898 to 1904.  He was born in Monroe Township, Ohio, and was teaching school and studying law when the American Civil War broke out. Corbin volunteered as a second lieutenant in the 83rd Ohio Infantry in July 1862 and transferred to the 79th Ohio Infantry the next month. In November 1863 he was commissioned a major in the 14th Infantry Regiment of United States Colored Troops. He eventually rose to be lieutenant colonel and colonel of this regiment, and participated in the Battle of Decatur and Battle of Nashville. He was mustered out in March 1866.  In May 1866 he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 17th Infantry of the Regular Army. He was promoted to captain in the 38th Infantry, a Buffalo Soldier regiment, in July 1866. The 38th Infantry was consolidated with the 41st Infantry to form the 24th Infantry in November 1869.  Corbin was appointed to the official staff of President Rutherford B. Hayes, serving at the White House from 1877 to 1881. He was attending Hayes' successor, James A. Garfield, when Garfield was shot in 1881, and was present at his death. He was elevated to Adjutant General of the U. S. Army with the rank of brigadier general in February 1898. He was promoted to major general in June 1900.  ALS, no year, 2pp, approx. 5x8 in. Written to Gov. Crosby of NY. Concerns promotion for Colonel Arnold, who unfortunately is too old, with little field experience, others with more experience would come before him. Lightly toned.................100-150

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248. [COMEDY] Allen & Rossi was a comedy team composed of Marty Allen and Steve Rossi, active from 1957 until 1969. They appeared on over 700 television shows including 44 appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show, including three of the four Ed Sullivan episodes on which The Beatles appeared. The team also appeared in a spy spoof film The Last of the Secret Agents (1966). OFFERED HERE ARE 2 SEPARATE SIGNED CONTRACTS, 1965, to appear on the Hy Gardiner Show. One signed by Rossi and the other signed by Allen. Each 1p.............60-80

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250. [MUSIC] Franz Lehár (1870-1948)  Austro-Hungarian composer. He is mainly known for his operettas, of which the most successful and best known is The Merry Widow.  Signed postcard size photograph dated 1935 standing beside the celebrated opera star Richard Tauber, inscribed, with original handwritten envelope. VG+.............250-300

251. [FILM] KATHY BATES (b. 1948) American actress. TLS, 1991, on Misery stationery that is shaped like a pig. Boldly signed, she is glad recipient liked "Misery". "Annie Wilkes was a pleasure to play and I am grateful that I got the opportunity to bring her to the screen. It was a great thrill to win the Oscar for my performance..." VG.......40-60

252. Susan Ertz (1894 - 1985) British fiction writer and novelist. ALS on notecard, no date, 5-1/4 x 3-1/4. VG.........40-60

253. [MUSIC] Arthur Butterworth (b. 1923) English composer, conductor. At 87 he is still active as a composer and an occasional conductor (August 2010). AMQS, inscribed, from his third movement of "Symphony No. 4", approx. 10-1/2 x 4-1/2". Two mail fold-lines o/w VG. An especially nice example.........75-100

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254. [THEATRE] Early Stage Actors - signatures of: James Powers, Sydney Parradough, Eric Hope, Richard Golden, Max Freeman, Stephen Grattan, Harold Blake......50-75

255. [THEATRE] Sir Chas. Wyndham (1837-1919) English actor. Early in 1862 he made his first professional appearance in London, performing with Ellen Terry. Further stage work was not forthcoming, and he returned to medicine. There was a shortage of surgeons in the United States, which was in the throes of the Civil War, and he volunteered to became brigade surgeon in the Union army. He served at the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg . On 17 November 1864 he resigned his contract with the Army to return to the stage. In later years he was to appear in America: between 1870-1872 in his own Wyndham Comedy Company; and in later tours between 1882 and 1909. On one occasion he appeared in New York with John Wilkes Booth. TLS, 1891, 1p, to J.H. McVicker............50-75

256. [FILM] Joseph Cotten (1905-1994) American actor of stage and film. Cotten achieved prominence on Broadway, starring in the original stage productions of The Philadelphia Story and Sabrina Fair. He first gained worldwide fame as the star of the Orson Welles films Citizen Kane (1941), The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), and Journey into Fear (1943), for which Cotten was also credited with the screenplay. He went on to star in such popular films as Shadow of a Doubt (1943), Duel in the Sun (which remains one of the top 100 highest grossing films of all time when adjusted for inflation), Love Letters (1945), Portrait of The Third Man (1948) and Jennie (1949). Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo...............75-100

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257. Julius A. Stratton (1901 - 1994) was a U.S. educator. He served as the president of MIT between 1959 and 1966. He also served as the chairman of the Ford Foundation between 1964 and 1971. Signed 5x7 photo........25-35

258. HENRY DENKER - American Playwright/Novelist/Screenwriter. His plays are: A Case Of Libel, A Far Country, Horowitz and Mrs. Washington, The Second Time Around, Time Limit, Venus At Large, What Did We Do Wrong, many books and screenplays. SIGNED 8x10 photograph. Nice photo but signed in dark area.....................20-30

259. William Hepworth Thompson (1810-1886) English classical scholar and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. ALS, 1873, 4pp.........50-75

260.   (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

265. [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

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268. [OPERA] Sherrill Milnes [b. 1935] Am. baritone. ISP, 8x10.......20-30

269. [THEATRE] Eileen Heckart (1919-2001) American actress of stage, screen, and television. SHE WON 1972 ACADEMY AWARD FOR "Butterflies Are Free." Signed [on cover] platbill program for the play "Eleanor Roosevelt" at the Studebaker Theatre, 1976...........25-35

270. [MUSIC] Leslie Bassett (b. 1923) American composer of classical music, and the University of Michigan’s Albert A. Stanley Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Composition. Bassett received the 1966 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his Variations for Orchestra.  AMQS from his "Variations For Orchestra." Approx. 8 x 4-1/4". VG..........50-75

271. 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

272. Captain William Easby (1791-1854) Shipbuilder and Early Washington Entrepreneur. One of the first indications of his presence is his signature is on the WNY mechanics letter to President Thomas Jefferson, commending Jefferson on his election 1805. As a young intelligent and energetic shipwright he advanced rapidly to become a Master Boat Builder. Like other early Yard employees, Easby served as a member of the District of Columbia militia, during the War of 1812 where he saw active service as a private with Commodore Barney's command in August 1814. Easby was with Barney's unit when they futility tried to stop a large number of veteran British regulars at Bladensburg Md. Following the American defeat, the British advanced on the Capitol and Navy Yard was set ablaze to prevent the British capturing stored naval supplies and gun powder. Following the conflagration, Easby like other civilian employees was out of work for a year. As a married man with two children to support, Easby returned to Philadelphia where his family lived and presumably found work till the following year when he was once again able to resume his duties at the Yard. In 1824 President James Monroe made Easby a Captain of Riflemen of the Second Legion, First Brigade, of the Militia of the District of Columbia. Easby was ever after known by the title thus awarded him. William Easby's name is listed in the 1827 Directory of the City of Washington, his occupation: master boat builder at navy yard and his residence: "down w Es btw 9 and 10e." On March 24, 1828, William Easby added his name to that of one thousand citizens of the District of Columbia petitioning the Congress to gradually abolish slavery in the District of Columbia and to ban the further importation and sale of slaves within the District. Many of those who signed the memorial were slave holders. Yard employees like Master Caulker Robert Armistead, Naval Constructor William Doughty, Clerk Thomas Howard and Master Shipwright Thomas Lyndall all leased their human property to WNY. Many of these men saw no contradiction in owing enslaved workers and favoring gradual compensated emancipation. Their support though was contingent however on the provision that all newly emancipated individuals of African descent, immediately immigrate to Africa. Easby's exact position on slavery and emancipation is not known, however Easby had business dealing with black freeman Michael Shiner in 1848 when he bought land from Shiner. His last will contains no reference to slaves nor is there any evidence that Easby ever owned slaves or used enslaved workers in his businesses or household. Shortly after Andrew Jackson's election Easby left federal employment and set up his shipbuilding firm. He built a successful shipbuilding operation and became a noted ship designer and builder. Among the vessels launched at Easby's Wharf was the Sailing Ship Russia. Easby later built a series of Coast Guard Revenue Cutters such as the Cutter Forward in 1842. Another project which occupied Easby was a lime kiln and his experiments to convert coal particles into solid lumps which would be furnace ready. Easby was granted a patent on the process on August 29, 1848. Easby was an early member of the Washington Monument Association which solicited funding and support to raise a memorial to the nation's first president. His continuing involvement with science is reflected in his position as Treasurer of the National Institute, a precursor of the Smithsonian Institute. Manuscript Document Signed, 1834, 1p, 7-3/4 x 9-3/4". In this document Easby sells for $650 to John Easby of Philadelphia certain described property (7 beds, chairs, tables, looking glasses, carpets, piano forte, gilt edge china, knives & other kitchen utensils, silver tea spoons, 400 books, 40 prints and paintings, etc). Archival tape repairs at fold lines on verso. The front is in very good condition..........150-200

275. [MUSIC] Stephen Heller (1813-1888) Hungarian composer and pianist whose career spanned the period from Schumann to Bizet, and was an influence for later Romantic composers. At the age of 25, he travelled to Paris, where he became closely acquainted with Hector Berlioz, Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt and other renowned composers of his era. Here Heller eventually achieved distinction both as a concert performer and as a teacher. Offered here on separate slips is a CLIP SIGNATURE of Stephen Heller, also the signature of his wife Louisa Gray, a lyracist who worked with Arthur S. Sullivan of Gilbert and Sullivan. These are mounted to 4-3/4 x 1-1/2" slip. Also includes brief musical notes in the hand of Heller [unsigned]. Accompanied by the photo showing below........75-100

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276. Major-General Charles W. Sandford (1796-1878)  American militia and artillery officer, lawyer and businessman. He was a senior officer in the New York State Militia for over thirty years and commanded the First Division in every major civil disturbance in New York City up until the American Civil War, most notably, the New York Draft Riots in 1863. His command seriously weakened due to manpower shortages during the American Civil War, Sandford seved on active duty with the Union Army from April 19 to July 25, 1861. In May 1861, he was ordered by Brigadier General Joseph K. Mansfield to oversee the capture of Alexandria, Virginia as the vast majority the Union troops were from New York. He also served under Major General Robert Patterson for three months and took part in the Battle of Harper's Ferry. ALS, 1847, written on back of document, addressed to Nehemial Reynolds dealing with a law suit in the New York Supreme Court, in the matter of the New York & Harlem Rail Road Co. vs Nehemiah Reynolds. Signed as attorney for the Petitioner. Approx. 8-1/4 x 13-3/4". Accompanied by small picture shown in scan.......80-120

277. [MUSIC] Jan Peerce [1904-1984] Opera star. ISP, 8x10, 1982.........25-35

278. [MUSIC] Xavier Cugat (1900-1990) Cuban-American bandleader. Signed 8x10 photo dated 1963. Fairly minor faults............50-75

280. [MUSIC] Mel Torme [1925-1999] nicknamed The Velvet Fog, he was one of the great jazz singers. He composed the music for "The Christmas Song. Signed & inscribed King Center for the Performing Arts Program [1991-92]. Also signed by Maureen McGovern. Both on the cover. Fine.............35-45

281. Alan Bates (1934-2003) English actor who came to prominence in the 1960s. Signature. Very nice example.......20-30

286. 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

287. [MUSIC] Theodore Ward Chanler (1902-1961)  American composer.  He became a music critic for the Boston Herald in 1934, and taught in Massachusetts in the 1940s and 50s.  Chanler's best-known works are his songs, which number about 50. He also composed a ballet, an opera (The Pot of Fat, 1955), choral pieces, works for chamber ensemble, and piano solo pieces.  TLA, 1956, 3pp, signed Teddy, to his sister Hester Pickman, regarding various changes he is making in his opera, The Pot of Fat......mentions water problems at the house.  5x7 in. VG.............50-75

288. [ART]  Cosmus Mogalli  (1667-1730)  Old Master from Florence, Italy.  Original engraving early 18th century on thick laid paper, image approx. 13-3/4 x 10-1/2; paper size 17-1/2 x 18". At Liveauctioneers.com we found only one auction record for this artist online that was 550 pounds...............200-300

290. 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

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291. Benjamin  Altman (1840–1913) American businessman who in 1865  founded B. Altman & Co., opening a store on Third Avenue and 10th Street in NYC. In 1906, he moved the business to Fifth Avenue and 34th Street. Benjamin Altman died without heirs. Shortly before the death, he founded the Altman Foundation. Until 1985, it owned B. Altman & Co., which latter closed the last store in 1990.  Altman was an avid collector of Rembrandt paintings and china, much of which he acquired through art dealer Joseph Duveen. Upon his death, he donated the collection to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Signed Chemical National Bank check, 1906.  VG................75-100

294. [MUSIC] Marie Osmond (b. 1959) American actress, singer, and a member of the show business family The Osmonds. SIGNED, INSCRIBED 8X10 PHOTO. VG.

295. [MUSIC] Mel Torme (1925-1999) nicknamed The Velvet Fog, was an American musician, known as one of the great jazz singers. He co-wrote the classic holiday song "The Christmas Song" (also known as "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire") with Bob Wells. Signed 1989 bank check made out to Ali Torme $1,759.50. VG.........50-75

298. [MUSIC] Mark Isham [b. 1951] American trumpeter, synthesist, and film composer. He works in a variety of genres, including jazz, electronic, and film. AMQS from his composition "TIBET, PT II" 1989. 8-1/2 x 3-3/4. Needs a little ironing............30-40

299. [MUSIC]  Andy Williams (1927-2012)  American popular music singer.  Signed 8x10 photo. VG.........50-75

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302. 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

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

305. [MUSIC] William Hayman Cummings  (1831-1915)  English musician, tenor and organist at Waltham Abbey. In 1847, as a teenager, he was one of the choristers when Felix Mendelssohn conducted the first London performance of his Elijah at Exeter Hall.  He is credited in 1855 with linking Mendelssohn's tune to Charles Wesley's words Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, which are now universally inextricably linked. At the Birmingham Festival he was the last-minute tenor soloist at the premiere of The Masque at Kenilworth (1866) by Arthur Sullivan, taking Mario's place (with only half-an-hour's notice to prepare).  He was Vice-President, Royal College of Organists. ALS, 1886, 1p, approx. 4 x 6 in. Slight mounting traces on verso........80-120

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306. [THEATRE]  Thomas W. Keene  (1840-1898) American actor who made his acting debut as Lucius in Julius Caesar. He performed in primarily dramatic roles in several traveling companies, performing in Ohio, New York, Maryland, and London. Other roles performed by Keene have included Major McTurk in The Overland Route, Gaspard Laroque in The Romance of a Poor Young Man, and the title character in Richard III. Playing a long list of roles, Keene was definitely a prolific actor, but never quite achieved the fame he desired.  AQS, no date.  Ink is alittle light............40-60

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307. [OPERA] Lauritz Melchior (1890-1973) Danish and later American opera singer. He was the pre-eminent Wagnerian tenor of the late 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, and is considered the quintessence of his voice type. Signed 3-1/2 x 5-1/2 paperstock portrait. VG..........60-80

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309. [MUSIC] Jay Livingston (1915-2001) partner with Ray Evans in a composing and songwriter duo best known for songs composed for films. Livingston wrote the music and Evans the lyrics. Livingston and Evans won the Academy Award for Best Original Song three times. AMQS, BAR OF MUSIC FROM "MONA LISA" for which he won the Academy Award in 1950. Signed/inscribed on 3x5 card................40-60

310. [MUSIC] David Rubinoff (1897-1986) Russian-born violinist who was heard during the 1930s and 1940s on various radio programs playing his Stradivarius violin. He also performed in theaters, clubs and schools, and he gave several concerts at the White House during the 1940s. TLS, 1933, 1p. Probably an ink signed form letter sending his autograph. Minor faults........35-45

314. [MUSIC] Paul Williams (b.1940)) American musician, composer, songwriter and actor. Signed bank check, 1977. VG............35-45

315. [POP MUSIC] Captain & Tennille are U.S. pop music recording artists who achieved recording chart success from 1975-80 with a repertoire of romance and novelty hit songs. The duo consists of "Captain" Daryl Dragon (born August 27, 1942), and Toni Tennille (born May 8, 1940). They are probably best known for their single, "Love Will Keep Us Together." SIGNED, INSCRIBED 8x10 photo. Signed by both. VG...........25-35

316. Lanny Ross [1906-1988] Am. singer. SP, 5x7. Nice.........25-35

317. [MUSIC] Bobby Short (1924-2005) American cabaret singer and pianist. Signed & inscribed 8x10 photo. Very nice. VG...........40-60

319. [MUSIC] Noel Paul Stookey (b. 1937) singer-songwriter best known as "Paul" in the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary . He took the stage name "Paul" as part of the trio Peter, Paul, and Mary, but he has been known as Noel (his first name) otherwise, throughout his life. SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.............40-60

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320. [MUSIC] Peter Yarrow (b.1938) American singer who found fame with the 1960s folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary. Yarrow co-wrote (with Leonard Lipton) one of the group's most famous songs, "Puff, the Magic Dragon". He is also a political activist and lends his support to causes that range from opposition to the Vietnam war to the creation of Operation Respect. Signed, inscribed 4x5 photo. VG...........25-35

322. [OPERA] Jarmila Novotna (1907-1994) celebrated Czech soprano, from 1940 to 1956, a star of the Metropolitan Opera. She appeared in several films, including Max Ophüls's 1932 version of The Bartered Bride. In 1948, she won acclaim for playing the non-singing role of a young mother looking for her son after being a prisoner at Auschwitz, in The Search, starring Montgomery Clift. SIGNED, inscribed 4x6 photo, she dates 1993. Superb shot of her holding a rose to her chin as a young woman. VG............50-75

323. [MUSIC] Vic Damone (b. 1928) American singer and entertainer. SIGNED, INSCRIBED 8X10 PHOTO. VG...........25-35

324.  Edgar A. Guest  (1881-1959) was a prolific English-born American poet who was popular in the first half of the 20th century and became known as the People's Poet.  TLS, 1958, 1p, sending appreciation for a Christmas greeting he had received.  Fine............50-75

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326. Theodore "Ted" Roosevelt III (generally known as Theodore, Jr.) (1887-1944) American political and business leader, a veteran of both the 20th century's world wars, who was awarded the Medal of Honor. He was the eldest son of President Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Roosevelt.  Roosevelt was instrumental in the forming of the American Legion in 1919. He later served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Governor of Puerto Rico (1929–32), Governor-General of the Philippines (1932–33), Chairman of the Board of American Express Company, and Vice-President at Doubleday Books, and as a Brigadier General in the United States Army. Mounted SIGNATURE.........50-75

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327. [OPERA] Frederica von Stade (b.1945), American mezzo-soprano. She made her debut with the Metropolitan Opera in 1970 and in 1971 appeared as Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro at the Santa Fe Opera. "It was two of the newcomers who left the audience dazzled: Frederica von Stade as Cherubino and Kiri Te Kanawa as the Countess. Everyone knew at once that these were brilliant finds. History has confirmed that first impression. SIGNED & INSCRIBED 10 x 8 photo. VG............25-35

328. [OPERA] DAME JOSEJPHINE BARSTOW (1940- ) British Soprano. A most powerful and intense singing actress. She created the role of Denise in The Knot Garden, Gayle in The Ice Break and many other roles. She is a great interpreter of contemporary roles, appeared in films. SIGNED 3x5 photograph..............25-35

329. Jan Peerce [1904-1984] Opera star. ISP, 8x10, 1982........25-35

330. [OPERA] Dame EDITH COATES (1908-1983) British Mezzo Soprano - A most successful career at the Old Vic, Sadler Wells, covent Garden. She was fortunate to have a long caeer. She was an impressive singing-actress. She created the role Auntie in Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes, Bardeau, in Sir Arthur Bliss' The Olympians, and other great roles in Gloriana and The Parlour. TLS dtd 1/12/81 ...................35-45

334. [OPERA] Jarmila Novotna (1907-1994) Czech Opera . ALS, 1981...........35-45

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340. [MUSIC] Irving Caesar  (1895-1996) American lyricist and theater composer who wrote lyrics for numerous song standards including "Swanee," "Sometimes I'm Happy," "Crazy Rhythm," and "Tea for Two," one of the most frequently recorded tunes ever written. He was born and died in New York. In 1972 he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.  ANS on his memo paper, 4 x 5.5 in. Fine...........75-100

349. [MUSIC] John Anthony Lennon  (b. 1950) American composer.  AMQS dated 1999, from his "ECHOLALIA."  Fine......50-75

350. [MUSIC] Peter Paul Fuchs  (1916-2007)  Austrian born conductor and composer.  Signed 3x4 in. photo. Fine.......40-60

353. (CINEMA) LOIS WILSON (1894-1988) American actress in silent movies. Signed questionaire [2 questions answered]. Lengthy response...............30-40

356. [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

360. John Lithgow (b.1945)  American character actor. He appeared in the films The World According to Garp (1982) and Terms of Endearment (1983), receiving an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for each. Warner Bros. 1985 check made out to Lithgow, not signed by him. VG.......20-30

366. [FRANCE] Eugène Manuel (1823–1901), French poet and man of letters.  ALS, 1868, 3pp. VG..........50-75

371. [MUSIC] Tristan Keuris (1946-1996) Dutch composer. Rare AMQS from his "String Quartet No. 2", dated 1994, inscribed.........40-60

374. [FRANCE] Jean Marie Pardessus (1772-1853) French lawyer. His lectures were published under the title Cours de droit commercial (4 volumes, 1813-1817). In 1815 Pardessus was elected deputy for the department of Loir-et-Cher, and from 1820 to 1830 was constantly re-elected; then, however, he refused to take the oath of allegiance to Louis Philippe, and was deprived of his office. After the publication of the first volume of his Collection des lois maritimes antérieures au XVIIIème siècle (1828) he was elected a member of the Academie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres.  He continued his collection of maritime laws (4 vols., 1828-1845), and published Les us et coutumes de la mer (2 volumes, 1847). BRIEF ALS, 1842, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8-1/4". Fine..........75-100

376. [FRANCE] Alfred Croiset  (1845-1923)  French classical philologist. He was the brother of Maurice Croiset.  Croiset became professor of Greek eloquence at the Sorbonne in 1885, and has also authored La poésie de Pindare (2nd edition 1886) and Histoire de la littérature grecque (5 bands, from 1887 to 1899, several later editions). Brief  ALS, Paris, 1899 on black-bordered correspondence card, 4.5 x 3.5". Repaired with archival tape - was separted at some time..........40-60

377. [FRANCE] Henry Kistemaeckers (1872-1938), was a prolific Belgian-born French author and playwright.   He began as a novelist, but soon turned to playwriting for his livelihood. A vast number of works would flow from his hand over the decades of his life, with Instinct, Marchand de Bonheur, Le Roi de Palaces, La Passante and Un Jour de Amour among his more successful productions. His drama Le Flambée was adapted for the English stage by Peter Le Marchant and produced in London as The Turning Point and in New York as The Spy. The Broadway play Where the Poppies Grow, produced at the Theatre Republic in 1918, was adapted from Kistemaeckers’ Un Soir, au Front by Roi Cooper Megrue. His most successful Broadway production, Woman of Bronze, was written with Eugene Delard and adapted for the American stage by Paul Kester. The play opened at the Frazee Theatre on September 7, 1920 and had a run of 252 performances. ALS, 1912, 3pp,  about his play "Le Flambee".  VG..........75-100

378. PETER DRUCKER (1909- 2005) American Writer/Teacher. He is also a consultant specializing in strategy and policy for businesses and social sector organizations. He has consulted with many of the world's largest corporations as well as with nonprofit organizations, small and entrepreneurial companies, and with agencies of the U.S. government. He has also worked with free-world governments such as those of Canada, Japan, and Mexico. He is the author of thirty-one books which have been translated into more than twenty languages. Thirteen books deal with society, economics, and politics; fifteen deal with management. ANS on 3x5 card dtd 1985...............20-30

380. [FRANCE] Eugène Mouton (1823-1902) French writer of comic, adventure, and fantastical literature, and is considered an early writer of science fiction. He wrote under the name Mérinos. The son of a military officer father and a Creole mother, he lived in Guadeloupe until the age of ten. In 1848 he became a magistrate; his career progressed upward for the next 20 years, and he rose to the rank of prosecutor. During his time in Rodez he helped to implement one of the first mobile libraries in France. He wrote for various newspapers, and his first story was published in 1857 when L'Invalide à la tête de bois (The Invalid with the Wooden Head) appeared in Le Figaro under the pen name of Mérinos. His subsequent success caused him to resign from the magistracy in 1868 in order to devote himself to writing. His principal works are Les lois pénales en France (1868), Nouvelles et fantaisies humoristisques (1873 and 1876), Voyages et aventures du Marius Cougourdan (1879), and Histoire de l'invalide à la tête de bois (1887). ALS, PARIS, 1889, 4pp, 4.5 x 7". VG. Speaks about his work and drawings............75-100

381. [NOBEL PRIZE] Robert C. Merton (b. 1944) American economist, university professor and Nobel laureate in economics. Signed & inscribed, 2001, softcover booklet "Applications of Option-Pricing Theory: Twenty-Five Years Later," 66 pp, publ. 1997. VG.............25-35

382. [Pakistan] Chaudhry Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, KCSI [1893-1985] Pakistani politician, diplomat, international jurist, and scholar of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, known for drafting the Pakistan Resolution, for his representation of Pakistan at the United Nations, and serving as a judge at the International Court of Justice in The Hague. SIGNED CARD, DATED NOV. 22, 1939.............20-30

383. [FRANCE] Jacques Tarride (1903-1994) French actor, director. He was the son of the actor Abel Tarride and the brother of the director Jean Tarride. Great friend of Sacha Guitry who was godfather to his son. ALS, 1992, written on both sides. Approx. 6x7. VG. Content about "les Nouveai L Riches".........50-75

384. Reverdy Johnson (1796-1876) was a statesman and jurist from Maryland. He defended notables such as Sandford of the Dred Scott case, Maj. Gen. Fitz John Porter at his court-martial, and Mary Surratt, alleged conspirator in the assassination of Lincoln.  Clipped Signature. Unattractive example as is customary.............20-30

385. Elden le Roy Auker (1910- 2006) American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball noted for his submarine pitching style. Signed card................20-30

386. Lt. Gen. Sir Frederick Marshall [1829-1900] British Officer famed for his service in India. Clip signature.............20-30

387. Josiah Gilbert Holland [1819-1881] American writer. Clip signature...........20-30

389. WILLIAM R. ALGER [1822-1905] American Unitarian Minister, author. SIGNATURE on album page dated 1879.........20-30

391. James Allen (1864-1912) was a philosophical writer of British nationality known for his inspirational books and poetry. CLIP SIGNATURE "J. Allen.".............20-30

393. Harold MacGrath [1871-1932] American writer. Signature...........20-30

395. [NOBEL PRIZE] Tjalling Charles Koopmans (1910-1985) was the joint winner, with Leonid Kantorovich, of the 1975 Nobel Prize in Economics. SIGNATURE on slip.......25-35

396. [NOBEL PRIZE] ROSALYN S. YALOW (1921- ), American medical physicist and Nobel laureate, who helped to develop the testing technique known as the radioimmunoassay. Signed/inscribed 3x5 card.....20-30

400. [SCIENCE] MIN CHEUH CHANG (1909-1992) American Biologist- With Gregory Pincus and John Rock invented the BIRTH CONTROL PILL They had the idea that perhaps some form of progesterone, the second ovarian hormone, might be used safely birth control. They began to do animal experiments with progestins (artificial progesterones), which in the early 1950's were just becoming available in a form to be taken orally. They collaborated their studies and information with Dr John Rock, a Harvard gynaecologist and infertility expert. Rock was also doing experiments with ovarian hormones but giving them on a short-term basis to women with complex fertility problems.By the mid 1950's they were ready to move into the next stage of their work - testing a contraceptive on humans. CLIPPED SIGNATURE.............20-30

401. IRVIN S. COBB - writer. Clip signature. [stains]............15-20

403. BARTLEY T. CAMPBELL  (1843-1888)  American writer. Signature.........20-30

404. ELLIS PARKER BUTLER (1869-1937) ANS on correspondent's letter..........20-30

405. EDGAR FAWCETT  (1847-1904)  American writer. Clip signature............20-30

406. LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON - American writer. Signed card, 1875. Fair condition.............15-20

407. [ENGLAND] John Mason Good (1764-1827) English writer on medical, religious and classical subjects. In the autumn of 1784, he began to practise as a surgeon at Sudbury in Suffolk. There he was an acquaintance of Nathan Drake, a fellow writer and student of Shakespeare. n 1794 John Good became a member of the British Pharmaceutical Society, and in that connection, and especially by the publication of his work, A History of Medicine (1795), he did much to effect a greatly needed reform in the profession of the apothecary. OFFERED HERE is clip signature. Accompanied by a clip signature of Nathan Drake (1766-1836) English essayist and physician. Drake's works include several volumes of literary essays, and some papers contributed to medical periodicals, but his most important production was Shakespeare and his Times, including the Biography of the Poet, Criticisms on his Genius, and Writings; a new Chronology of his Plays; a Disquisition on the Object of his Sonnets; and a History of the Manners, Customs and Amusements, Superstitions, Poetry and Elegant Literature of his Age (2 vols., 1817). Click below to see portrait of Nathan Drake, which does NOT come with this lot. Two signatures..........40-60

Portrait of Nathan Drake

408. [OPERA] John Dudley [1905-1994] Between December 1940, when he made his debut as a student in Louise , and May 1944, he appeared in 235 performances at the Metropolitan Opera House and elsewhere, taking 28 roles in 24 different operas. He may be heard on several recordings of live Met productions. SIGNED, inscribed [someone tried to erase name inscribed to], 8x10 vintage photo. Photograph by James Abresch, NYC...........35-45

409. [IOWA] HAROLD E. HUGHES - Senator from Iowa; born near Ida Grove, Ida County, Iowa, February 10, 1922; attended the public schools and the University of Iowa; Army combat rifleman in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy during the Second World War; engaged in motor transportation business; elected to Iowa State Commerce Commission 1959-1962; Governor of Iowa 1963-1968; executive committee, National Governors Conference 1965-1967; chairman Democratic Governors Conference 1966-1968; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1968 and served from January 3, 1969, to January 3, 1975; was not a candidate for reelection in 1974; briefly sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 1971; served on the Commission on the Operation of the Senate 1975-1976; consultant to the Senate Judiciary Committee 1975-1976; president, The Hughes Foundation; chairman, Harold Hughes Centers for Alcoholism and Drug Treatment; was a resident of Des Moines, Iowa, before moving to his retirement home in Glendale, Ariz., where he died on October 23, 1996; remains were cremated. SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO AS SENATOR. Fine....................25-35

410. [EDGAR A. GUEST] Lot of 3 soft-cover books from his library, each signed & inscribed to Guest. Inludes: "Rainbow Ribbons" poems by Juanita Elliott; "Philosophic Phantasies" by William Wallace Ellis; "Recitations" by Zilla Vollmer Tietgen. 1946-1952. G-VG........50-75

411. RAYMOND ROBINS [1873-1954] Am. Social economist. Colonel Robins had a colorful career. At the age of 17 he worked in coal and lead mines, and went to the Klondike in search of gold. There, as a minister and a social worker, he founded a church and a hospital. He studied law in Washington, D.C. and became a social economist. As his fame and reputation grew, he was much in demand as a speaker in universities and colleges. Colonel Robins served as an economic advisor to five presidents. He was honored with the title of colonel for his work with the American Red Cross in Russia during the First World War. When the Russian Revolution broke out, he was the sole Allied representative in Russia. Through his work with the Red Cross, he became acquainted with Lenin and Trotsky, and debated endlessly with Lenin the virtues of democracy as opposed to communism. In 1918, Mrs. Robins plated an acorn on the Chinsegut grounds as the Colonel met with Lenin in Russia. When Mrs. Robins told the Colonel of the planting, he responded, "If it grows, we will call it the Lenin Oak." The Lenin Oak stands majestically on the grounds today. Chinsegut Hill became the residence of Colonel and Mrs. Robins. In 1932, Colonel and Mrs. Robins gave their property to the Federal Government as a Wildlife Refuge, Forest Preserve and Agricultural Experiment Station. TLS, 1927, 1p, 4to. To Miss Chase, Buffalo, NY. re: a lecture he will give. "My subject will be THE NEXT STEP IN CIVILIZATION -- THE OUTLAWRY OF WAR...." Edges toned with some chipping. The body and signature are very good..........20-30

412. Alice Muriel Williamson (1869 - 1933) British novelist. Born Alice Muriel Livingston, she married Charles Norris Williamson (1859-1920) in 1894 and many of her books were jointly written with her husband. After her marriage she introduced herself as Mrs. C.N. Williamson. A number of their novels cover the early days of motoring and can also be read as travelogues. Under the pseydonym Alice Stuyvesant she wrote "The Hidden House" serialised in The Cavalier 1913-1914. Alice apparently said of her husband "Charlie Williamson could do anything in the world except write stories": she said of herself "I can't do anything else." She continued to write after her husband's death in 1920. ALS, no year, 3 full pages. To Miss Marshall [journalist]. Nice content............50-75

414. HELGA SANDBURG (1916- ) American Author/Poet; Carl Sandburg. SIGNED/inscribed stationary, March 1973, with sentiment........20-30

415. [OPERA] LAURENCE TIBBETT (1896-1960) Am. Opera Star. SIGNATURE/inscribed on album page,1939. On verso is Paramount Actress Jane Gilbert............20-30

416. 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................20-30

417. [THEATRE-FILM] Eric Portman [1901-1969] distinguished English stage and film actor. He is probably best remembered for his roles in several films for Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger during the 1940s. Signed 3-1/2 x 4-1/2 1940s photo. Minor creasing. Signed in dark area so contrast is good...........30-40

418. [MAINE] John S.C. Abbott (1805-1877) American historian, pastor, and writer, from Brunswick, Maine. He was a brother of Jacob Abbott, and was associated with him in the management of Abbott's Institute, New York City, and in the preparation of his series of brief historical biographies. ALS, Brunswick, Me., Nov. 23, 1852, 1p, 4to. Re: his fee for lecturing. VG.........50-75

419. [ENGLAND] Sir Edward Hay Drummond-Hay (1815-1884) British naval officer, diplomat and colonial administrator. He was born in England and was a Colonel of the 5th West India Regiment from 1854 to 1863. From 1839 to 1850 he was the President of the British Virgin Islands From 1850 to 1855 he was the Governor of Saint Kitts. From 1856 to 3 July 1863 he was the Governor of Saint Helena. In September 1860, the governor received a visit from His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, who was an officer in the Royal Navy serving on the H.M.S. Euralus. ALS, St. Helena, 29 Jan. 1861, 4pp, 4-1/2 x 7-1/4". To John Bell. Mentions, in this letter, the visit of Prince Alfred. Fine..............60-80

420. [MASS] Henry Joseph Gardner [1819-1892] Governor of Massachusetts from 1855-58. Gardner was the candidate of the Know-Nothing movement, and was elected governor as part of the sweeping victory of Know-Nothing candidates in the Massachusetts elections of 1854. In line with the nativist and anti-Catholic politics of the Know-Nothing movement, Gardner proposed an amendment to the Massachusetts state constitution banning appropriations of tax funds to Catholic schools, which was passed by the state legislature and ratified after it was approved by referendum. During Gardner's term in office, Anthony Burns was arrested in Boston under the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850. Edward G. Loring, a Suffolk County probate judge who also as served U.S. commissioner of the Circuit Court in Massachusetts, ordered that Burns be forced back into slavery in Virginia, outraging abolitionists and the increasingly antislavery public in Massachusetts. Under the pressure of a public petition campaign spearheaded by William Lloyd Garrison , the legislature passed two Bills of Address calling for Judge Loring to be removed from his state office, in 1855 and 1856, but in both cases Gardner declined to remove Loring. (A third Bill of Address to remove Loring from office was later approved by Gardner's Republican successor, Nathaniel Prentice Banks.) SIGNATURE........20-30

422. [PENN] CRAWFORD, Thomas Hartley, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Chambersburg, Pa., November 14, 1786; was graduated from Princeton College in 1804; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1807 and commenced practice in Chambersburg; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses (March 4, 1829-March 3, 1833); member of the State house of representatives in 1833 and 1834; appointed a commissioner to investigate alleged frauds in the sale of the Creek Reservation in 1836; appointed by President Van Buren Commissioner of Indian Affairs and served from October 22, 1838, to October 30, 1845; appointed by President Polk as judge of the criminal court of the District of Columbia in 1845 and served until 1861, when the court was reorganized; died in Washington, D.C., on January 27, 1863; interment in the Congressional Cemetery. CLIP SIGNATURE.......20-30

423. [NY] BEACH, Lewis, a Representative from New York; born in New York City March 30, 1835; was graduated from the Yale Law School in 1856; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in New York; took up residence in Orange County, N.Y., in 1861; member and treasurer of the Democratic State central committee 1877-1879; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-seventh, Forty-eighth, and Forty-ninth Congresses and served from March 4, 1881, until his death at his home, "Knoll View," Cornwall, Orange County, N.Y., August 10, 1886; chairman, Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings (Forty-ninth Congress); interment in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. CLIP SIGNATURE.........15-20

424. [BASEBALL] Masato Yoshii (b. 1965 in Aridagawa, Wakayama, Japan) retired baseball player who is currently a pitching coach for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in the Japanese Pacific League. He pitched in the Major Leagues from 1998-2002. Signed & inscribed 3x5 card........10-15

425. Beatrice (BOYD) TLS, May 31, 1979. To Charles "Buddy" Rogers. Written 2 days after Mary Pickford died. Well composed uplifting words: "rejoice for Mary's having achieved this life, in having run her course and completed all that God willed for her here......" With envelope...........20-30

426. Burton Frye - signed title page from his "The Good Surprise - Poem by Burton Frye."..........20-30

427. Hiram Corson (1828-1911) American professor of literature. ALS, Utica, NY, 1907, 4 pages, 4to. To Miss Whiting. Begins by saying he has sent a photo of him taken by Frederick Robinson "It is regarded as the most artistic photograph taken of me..." Followed by good content. Two file holes o/w VG..............40-60

431. [MAINE] Burton M. Cross [1902-1998] Maine's 61st and 63rd Governor. ALS. 1972, full 1-page. Fine letter about himself and his opinions about a negative outlook for Maine and the Federal government. VG...........40-60

432. [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

434. WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY [1925-2008] Conservative author & conservative commentator. Buckley was "arguably the most important public intellectual in the United States in the past half century," according to George H. Nash, a historian of the modern American conservative movement. ISP, 5x7. VG.......35-45

435. ANDREW YOUNG (b.1932) U.S. civil rights advocate and politician.ISP, 8x10. VG.........20-30

436.  Floyd Dell [1887-1969] Am. journalist, novelist. In 1908 Dell moved on to Chicago where he became editor of the Friday Literary Review and a leader of the Chicago Renaissance. In his position at FLR, Dell promoted the work of Theodore Dreiser, Sherwood Anderson, Carl Sandburg and other Chicago writers. Relocating to New York in 1913, Dell became managing editor of Max Eastman's radical magazine The Masses, and a leader of the pre-war bohemian community in Greenwich Village. Nice CLIP SIGNATURE.............40-60

437.  [ART] Esther [Bensusan] Pissaro [1870-1951] British wood engraver & artist. She was married to Lucien Pissaro [1863-1944] artist and son of the famed artist, Camile Pissaro. ALS, 1923, 1p, concerning a certain work of art that her husband never did, but the recipient of letter would be welcomed if they came to England. Her letters are not common. One mail fold o/w excellent condition................50-75

438. [THEATRE] Aline MacMahon  (1899-1991)  American actress. Her career began on stage in 1921. She worked extensively in film and television until her retirement in 1975. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Dragon Seed (1944). Document Signed, The Theatre Guild Inc., NYC, 1945, 1p. Signed contract to act in radio performance of "Storm Over Patsy", for run of an hour, and she will be paid $750. VG............50-75

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439. [ENGLAND] John Duke Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge (1820-97), British jurist, eldest son of the jurist Sir John Taylor Coleridge, born in Ottery Saint Mary, and educated at the University of Oxford. He began practicing law in 1846 and was elected to Parliament in 1865. Three years later he was appointed solicitor general and in 1871 became attorney general. He was appointed chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas in 1873, was raised to the peerage in 1874, and was chief justice of the Court of the Queen's Bench from 1880 to 1894. ANS, 1872......20-30

441. US Senators - 10 TLSs, 1960-1962, all to Vernon Talbertt: McNamara [MI], Long [HI], McClellan [Ark], McGee [WY], Miller [IA], Morse [OR], Moss [UT], Pastore [RI], Prouty [VT], Morton [KY]. All have mounting residue at top & bottom edge. Mostly on verso but with some show-thru.............50-75

442. [OHIO] Wayne L. Hays (1911-1989), American politician whose strong rule of the House Administration Committee extended to even the smallest items; in the mid-1970s, lawmakers avoided crossing Hays for fear that he would shut off the air conditioning in their offices. [1][2] He resigned from Congress after a much publicized sex scandal in 1976. TLS, 1976, 1p..................20-30

443. [NOBEL PRIZE] MELVIN CALVIN [1911-1997] chemist most famed for discovering most famed for discovering the Calvin cycle (along with Andrew Benson), for which he was awarded the 1961 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Signed multi-page printout titled "Intermediates in the photosynthetic cycle: a commentary by Melvin Calvin."............25-35

444. [MUSIC] Albert Spalding (1888-1953) American violinist and composer. ANS, March 30, 1953, sending his warm regards to Mary Margaret McBride [1899-1976] the famous broadcaster...............25-35

445. [MUSIC] Charles C. Knox [b. 1929] American composer. He is particularly noted for his music for brass instruments and chamber music, among his over 100 compositions to date. Some of his music includes: Sing We to Our God Above for chorus and organ (1970); Festival Procession for chorus, brass quartet and organ (1972); His Praises We'll Sing for treble chorus and organ (1991, later arranged for mixed voices), etc. ALS, 2011, 1p. Fine.......35-45

446. [ENGLAND] Herbert Marsh (1757–1839) was a bishop in the Church of England. CLIP SIGNATURE [1821] as the Bishop of Peterborough. Mounted to large paper. VG...........20-30




447. [MUSIC] Helen Pickens (1910-1984) with her two sisters Patti Pickens and Jane Pickens a popular radio and recording vocal trio in the 1930s.  ALS, nd, on Pickens Sister stationery, 2pp. VG...........25-35

449. Edna Bryner [1866-1967] American writer. Signature, 1929............20-30

 

450. [ITALY] Cesare Mori [1871-1942] was a prefect (prefetto) before and during the Fascist period in Italy. He is known in Italy as the Iron Prefect (Prefetto di Ferro) because of his iron-fisted campaigns against the Mafia on Sicily in the second half of the 1920s. SIGNED CARD, Rone, dated June 21, 1932. Approx. 4.5 x 3.5".........25-35

451. Clara Louise Burnham [1854-1927] American writer. Signature, 1890............20-30

452. (Colonial Philadelphia ) THOMAS P. COPE (1768-1854) American Merchant, Quaker, Philanthropist, Author, he was the son of Caleb Cope. He was originally from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He became one of Philadelphia's wealthiest citizens, and a politician. He authored "Passages from the Writings of William Penn", also his daughter wrote "Philadelphia Merchant, the Diary of Thomas P. Cope." - PAUL BECK (1760-1844) Revolutionary War Soldier, Wealthy Philadelphia Merchant and philanthropist. He joined the Revolutionary War and was an associate of General Thomas Miflin, and the Clymers. He protected the home of Declaration of Independence SIGNER James Wilson, and is mentioned in the summary of "The Lives of The Signers". He was one of Philadelphia's most eminent personalities and philanthropists. - EDWARD THOMSON (1810-1870) Prominent Philadelphia Bishop, Physician. He was against Methodism., but years later converted and in 1831 became a traveling preacher He was appointed President of Wesleyan University and was for 16 years. He later became Bishop. SIGNATURES of ALL THREE, mounted to a larger piece of very old paper.............50-75

455. [FILM] Heinz Woester (1901-1970) was a Swiss film and television actor. Signed, inscribed postcard photo. Condition very good; minor corner crack..........25-35

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456. [THEATRE] Adelaide Ristori (1822-1906) distinguished Italian tragedienne, who was often referred to as the Marquise. AQS, dated London July 16, 1873, written on 8x3 in. card. Fresh condition..........30-40

457. William Farquhar Payson [1876-1939] American writer. ANS, 1935............20-30



458. John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury PC, FRS (1834-1913) English banker, biologist, archaeologist and Liberal politician. Signed printed poscard accepting position as steward at Annual Dinner, 1899...........20-30

459. [DELAWARE] Bill Roth (1921-2003) U.S. Senator from Delaware. Signed & inscribed color 8x10 photo.............25-35

461. [KENTUCKY] Wendell Ford (b. 1924) the longest-serving US senator in Kentucky history. Signed & inscribed color 8x10 photo..........25-35

462. BEVERLY BAYNE [1894-1982] actress. Brief ALS, n.d.......35-45

463. Clifford Bax (1886-1962) versatile English writer, known particularly as a playwright, a journalist, critic and editor, and a poet, lyricist and hymn writer. He also was a translator, for example of Goldoni. The composer Arnold Bax was his brother, and set some of his words to music. A fold open card signed...........20-30

464. Sir Francis Palgrave [1788-1861] English historian. Clip signature mounted to card.........20-30

465. Nellie Tayloe Ross (1876- 1977) American politician, the 14th Governor of Wyoming from 1925 to 1927, and director of the United States Mint from 1933-1953. She was the first woman to serve as governor of a U.S. state. To date, she remains the only woman to have served as governor of Wyoming. She was a staunch supporter of prohibition during the 1920s. Clip signature.........20-30

467. George William Curtis (1824-1892)American writer and public speaker, born in Providence, Rhode Island, of old New England stock. CLIP SIGNATURE with sentiment...........20-30

468. William T. Moncrieff [1794-1857] English dramatist. Signature in form of return address............20-30

469. Quida [1839-1908] British novelist. Clip signature. Ink is light............20-30

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471. [ART] Peter Blume (1906-1992) American painter and sculptor. His first major recognition came in 1934 with a first prize for South of Scranton at a Carnegie Institute International Exhibition. Signed 3x5 card. VG.........20-30

472. Leonard Merrick [1864-1939] British Playwright. Clip signature..............20-30

473. Charles Doughty [1843-1926] English poet. Clip signature..............20-30

475. [ART] James Brooks [1906-1992] American muralist, abstract painter and winner of the Logan Medal of the Arts. Brooks was a friend of Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner. Considered a first generation abstract expressionist painter, Brooks was amongst the first abstract expressionists to use staining as an important technique. The Courtauld Institute of Art (London), the Dallas Museum of Art (Dallas, Texas), the Harvard University Art Museums, the Honolulu Academy of Arts, the Indianapolis Museum of Art (Indianapolis, Indiana), the Sheldon Art Gallery (Lincoln, Nebraska), the Smithsonian American Art Museum (Washington D.C.), the Tate Gallery (London) and the Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, Minnesota) are among the public collections holding work by James Brooks. Signed Portland Museum of Art [Maine] membership brochure. This is also signed by Charles Whitney Payson [d. 1985] husband of Joan Whitney Payson the American heiress, businesswoman, philanthropist, patron of the arts and art collector. She was also co-founder and majority owner of Major League Baseball's New York Mets baseball franchise, and was the first woman to own a major-league team in North America without inheriting it. Also signed by Joe Brennan, the Gov. of Maine. VG..........50-75

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476. [FRANCE] Louis-François Chamillart, Marquis de la Suze ( 1751 - 1833 ) was a French politician. He was allowed to sit at the Chamber of Peers in 1815. ALS, 1791, written from Chateau des Tuileries, to certified services of La Plasse "Marechal des Logis des Rois."  1p, 7-3/4 x 12-1/4 in.  VG...............100-150

479. [RELIGION]  Pierre Simon de Dreux-Breze  (1811-1893) Priest since 1825 , Vicar General and Canon Emeritus of Paris,  he distinguished himself as a preacher,  and was appointed Bishop of Moulins  October 28, 1849, by the President of the Republic   Called to Rome by Pope Pius IX on 7 January 1850,  it was dedicated to Our Lady of Paris on 14 April and took possession of his see on 1 May.
Near Dom Prosper Gueranger, he established the Roman rite in his diocese a pastoral letter by the 21 November 1853 and was a promoter of the Gregorian chant.  [internet translation].   ALS, not dated, 3 full pages, 5-1/4 x 8-1/4".  On the verso of page 3 is an ALS by Xavier de Ravignan  (1795-1858) French Jesuit preacher and author. Educated in Paris, he resigned his army commission to study law. Auditor of the royal court. Deputy attorney-general by 1821. Entering a Sulpician monastery, and later joining the Society of Jesus, he was ordained in 1828, and after several years as professor and retreat preacher at Montrouge, he went to Notre Dame, where his logic, serenity, and zeal won souls by the hundreds. Superior of his brethren at Bordeaux from 1837 to 1842, and at Paris from 1848 to 1851. He preached throughout France and in Rome, Belgium, and London. His calm, eloquent De l'Existence et de l'Institut des Jesuites of 1844, vindicating the Society, sold 25,000 copies in one year. However, the Jesuits' strife continued until they were forced to disband for a time in France.  Despite painful controversy with his superiors and imputations from other quarters, he remained loyal to his order. In 1854 he brought out Clement XIII et Clement XIV, a dispassionate treatise, of no great literary merit, on the defender and the suppressor of the Jesuits. He steadfastly refused preferment, even the archbishopric of Paris, devoting himself to other works. He died a saintly death, and thousands followed the remains of the "Apostle of Paris" to his grave. VG..........200-300

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483. [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.........50-75

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

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487. [FRANCE] BULLETIN DES LOIS DE LA REPUBLIQUE, dated Year IX [1801], 16 pages., approx. 5.5 x 8.5".  Many pages on how to split up captured ships [detailed]; also article on CORSAIRS [pirates]; etc. Signed Bonaparte in print. VG............100-150

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488. Sir Alexander Beresford Hope PC (1820-1887), known as Alexander Hope until 1854 (and also known as A. J. B. Hope until 1854 and as A. J. B. Beresford Hope from 1854 onwards), was a British author and Conservative politician. Brief ALS, 1878, 1p. Tear [1" top edge] & light stain bottom............25-35

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489. David Lawrence (1888-1973) conservative newspaperman and former student of Woodrow Wilson at Princeton University. In 1916, he became the Washington correspondent of the New York Evening Post. After his reelection as U.S. President in 1916, President Woodrow Wilson fired Irish-American White House secretary (chief of staff) Joseph Patrick Tumulty in 1916 to placate anti-Catholic sentiment, particularly from his wife and his advisor Colonel Edward M. House, after which David Lawrence successfully interceded on his behalf to remain. During the presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, David Lawrence criticised 'The New Deal' in his 1932 book Beyond the New Deal, in which his observation of economic activity led him to distinguish between free enterprise and corporatism, writing that "Theoretically, corporations are creations of the state." In 1926, Lawrence founded United States Daily, a weekly newspaper devoted to covering government, and seven years later shut it down to start United States News for an audience of community leaders, business people and politicians. In 1948, United States News merged with Lawrence's two-year-old weekly magazine, World Report to form the news magazine U.S. News & World Report. At the time of Lawrence's 1973 death, the magazine had a circulation of two million. On April 22, 1970, David Lawrence was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Richard Nixon. Lengthy TLS, 1927, 2 full pages, to James T. William. Excellent news paper content about the United States Daily. VG.............75-100