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1. [PIONEER KENTUCKY] Jacob Myers
(1763-1804) frontier enterpreneur, said to be the
first distiller of whiskey in Kentucky. He
also took up surveying, and between 1785 and 1792, he
mapped and filed land grant claims in Virginia for over 145
tracts, encompassing some 30,000 acres. Evan Williams
"Black Label" Bourbon whickey is advertised as
"Since 1783" and "Kentucky's 1st distiller". However,
the inscriptions should not be construed as indicating that
the brand has continuously existed since the time of the
historic distillery. The modern whisky brand was established
in the mid-1900s and has no direct connection to the
historic distiller. Moreover, key details of the
historical claims about Williams have been asserted to be
false by historian Michael Veach of the Filson Historical
Society. Veach said that the assertion that Williams
was Kentucky's first distiller did not appear until an 1892
publication by Reuben Durrett – more than a century after
the fact. He also said that the dating is disproved by a
record of Williams traveling from London to Philadelphia in
May 1794, showing that Williams could only have begun his
distillery substantially later. Veach indicated that the
true identity of Kentucky's first distiller may never really
be known, that record-keeping about such matters was poor,
and that there are others that seem more likely as
candidates for first distiller, including Jacob Myers and
brothers Joseph and Samuel Davis. Records reportedly
indicate that Myers and the Davis brothers both arrived in
1779. Jacob Myers’ true ambition was not farming, but rather
the production of spirits, from the ample harvest of the
settlers in the fertile new lands. His share of the
production, “2 gallons for every 10 produced”, he resold to
his neighbors and the steady stream of new arrivals coming
over on the Wilderness Road. In 1780, when the District of
Kentucky was organized into 3 new counties of Virginia,
Jacob sought the elected office of burgess, “making free use
of his whiskey” to win support. He was outdistanced by Ben
Logan, indian fighter and compatriot of Squire Boone.
Nonetheless, his enterprise continued, and in 1783, Jacob
constructed a new grist mill near his distillery on Dick’s
river. Offered here is an extremely rare
manuscript document 1787, signed by Jacob Myers and
Matthew Walton (? - 1819) U.S. Representative
from Kentucky, cousin of George Walton and John Walton.
Walton received a limited schooling. He served as member of
the conventions held in Danville in 1785 and 1787. He served
as member of the first State constitutional convention,
1792. He served as member of the Kentucky House of
Representatives, 1792, 1795, and 1808. Walton was
elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Eighth and Ninth
Congresses (March 4, 1803-March 3, 1807). He died in
Springfield, Kentucky, January 18, 1819. This document is an
agreement whereby Jacob Myers is to pay off a debt owed to
Matthew Walton with whiskey. Approx. 7-1/4 x
9-1/4 in. Considering its age this is in excellent
condition. RARE!.................1400-1800
2. Mary Johnston Pickett
(1805-1860) the mother of the future Confederate General,
George E. Pickett. A rare letter written to her son George,
who is studying law at Quincy, Illinois. The letter was sent
by Mary from Richmond, Virginia, Jan. 27th, 1841. George
Pickett was 16 years old at the time. Pickett was born in
Richmond, Virginia, the first of the eight children of Robert
and Mary Pickett, a prominent family of Old Virginia of
English origins, and one of the "first families" of Virginia.
He was the cousin of future Confederate general Henry Heth. He
went to Illinois, to study law, but at the age of 17 he was
appointed to the United States Military Academy. Legend has it
that Pickett's West Point appointment was secured for him by
Abraham Lincoln, but this is largely believed to be a story
circulated by his widow following his death. Lincoln, as an
Illinois state legislator, could not nominate candidates,
although he did give the young man advice after he was
accepted; Pickett was actually appointed by Illinois
Congressman John T. Stuart, a friend of Pickett's uncle and a
law partner of Abraham Lincoln. A year after young George
received this letter he was off to West Point. Pickett was
popular as a cadet at West Point. He was mischievous and a
player of pranks, "... a man of ability, but belonging to a
cadet set that appeared to have no ambition for class standing
and wanted to do only enough study to secure their
graduation." At a time when often a third of the class washed
out before graduation, Pickett persisted, working off his
demerits and doing enough in his studies to graduate, ranking
last out of the 59 surviving students in the Class of 1846. It
is a position held with some backhanded distinction, referred
to today as the "goat", both for its stubbornness and
tenacity. The position usually relegated its holder to a
posting commanding infantry in some far away outpost, which if
no conflict arose, would offer little opportunity to advance.
Two of the most famous "goats" were Pickett and George
Armstrong Custer (as was also Pickett's cousin, Harry Heth).
All of them had the good fortune to graduate shortly after a
war broke out, when the army had a sudden need for officers,
greatly improving their opportunities.In this letter [folded
stampless letter], 3 full pages, plus the address leaf WHICH IS DOCKETED BY GEORGE PICKETT
[himself], his mother Mary asked him
about his chances of getting an appointment to West Point, and
then goes on at great length to talk about concerns back home
about whether George will conduct [behave] himself. She
mentions energy and independence of character, etc. George
Pickett’s personality has already established itself,
apparently enough to cause great worry for his mother. The
picture of the painted portrait of Mary Pickett was borrowed
from the internet and is not included here. Starting to
separate at some of the fold lines; small hole [seal hole] on
page 3. Approx. 8 x 10 in............1000-1500
Scan 1
Scan 2
Scan 3
Scan 4
Painted
Portrait of Mary Pickett
3. Ernest Hemingway
(1899-1961) American author and journalist. His economical and
understated style had a strong influence on 20th-century
fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image
influenced later generations. Hemingway produced most of his
work between the mid-1920s and the mid-1950s, and won the
Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. Signed 1956 bank check,
cancelled in Cuba. Endorsed by Roberto Herrera, Hemingway's
friend, handyman, and photographer. The photo of Hemingway is
borrowed from the net and does not come with this check. The
cancel stamp is over the signature.........2000-3000
[Reserved at $850]
4.
[PHOTOGRAPHY] Original vintage 1979 color snapshot photo
of Frank Sinatra as Grand Marshal of the Annual
Columbus Day Parade in New York. Next to Frank are Benjamin
Civietti [US Attorney General] and Jacob Javits [US
senator]. Approx. 3-3/8 x 5". Photographer was Frank
Mastro, famous celebrity photographer, remembered for his
photos of Elvis, Marilyn Monroe, Sinatra. Unpublished photo
- we own the negative. Fine..........50-75
5. (EISENHOWER) MAURICE JOHNSON - photo-journalist. Original 1951 International News Photo, showing President Eisenhower walking with his press secretary, James Hagerty, and assistant press secretary, Murray Snyder. Mentions Ike's recent Book-Burning speech and the speculation that it was aimed at Senator Joseph McCarthy. 7 x 9 photo with newswire caption attached to back. VG..................80-120
7. [WALT KUHN] Vera Spier Kuhn (1885–1961)
studied jewelry-making in Washington D.C. and Woodstock, NY,
and opened a studio on East 23rd Street in 1908. There, she
met Walt; they married the next year. Vera Spier Kuhn (1885–1961)
studied jewelry-making in Washington D.C. and Woodstock, NY,
and opened a studio on East 23rd Street in 1908. There, she
met Walt; they married the next year. Retained ink
signed TLS, July 30, 1949, 1p, to James H. Wall, M.D.,
asking for the results of Walt's autopsy. She wants to know
the connection between Kuhn's ulcers and his emotional
disturbance. By the 1940s, Kuhn’s behavior began to take on
unsound characteristics. He became increasingly irascible
and distant from old friends. When the Ringling Brothers
Circus was in town, he attended night after night. (During a
hard-pressed period in the 1920s, Kuhn had worked as a
designer and director for revues and circus acts.) He also
became frustrated by the lack of attention his own work was
receiving and was particularly strident about the Museum of
Modern Art's support of abstraction and neglect of American
art in the postwar period. In 1948, he was
institutionalized, and on July 13, 1949, he died suddenly
from a perforated ulcer. Includes Dr. Wall's reply giving
Vera an explanation about uclers and how they were
associated with "individuals of Mr. Kuhn's
temperament." The handwritten noter top corner is by
Vera for Brenda, her daughter. Envelope to Brenda is
present. Extremely
Rare!.............700-900
Vera's
letter
Doctor's
reply
Photo
of Vera 1914
See
portrait of Walt Kuhn
8. [ART] Richard
Hunt (b.1935) is an internationally
renowned sculptor. He was born on Chicago's South Side. From
an early age he was interested in the arts, as his mother was
an artist. He developed his skills at the Junior School of the
Art Institute and later at the Art Institute of Chicago. Hunt
also acquired business sense and awareness of social issues
from working for his father in a barbershop. Hunt began to
experiment with materials and sculpting techniques, influenced
heavily by progressive twentieth-century artists. This
experimentation garnered critically positive response from the
art community, such that Hunt was exhibited at the Artists of
Chicago and Vicinity Show and the American Show, where the
Museum of Modern Art purchased a piece for its collection. He
was the youngest artist to exhibit at the 1962 Seattle World's
Fair, a major international survey exhibition of modern art.
Hunt has completed more public sculptures than any other
artist in the country. His signature pieces include Jacob's
Ladder at the Carter G. Woodson Library in Chicago and
Flintlock Fantasy in Detroit. He was appointed by President
Lyndon Johnson as one of the first artists to serve on the
governing board of the National Endowment for the Arts and he
also served on boards of the Smithsonian Institution. Hunt is
the recipient of numerous awards and honorary degrees. Hunt
has continued to experiment throughout his successful career,
employing a wide range of sculptural techniques. Through his
work, Hunt often makes comments on contemporary social and
political issues. Offered here is a lithograph, signed R. Hunt
in pencil, approx. 14 x 11" flush. Edition XXIII/XXV [artist
proof]. FINE condition...........250-350
9. MYSTERY LOT of about 83 pieces from 19th & 20th century. Includes: letters; documents; a few autographs; and various ephemera. Oldest item in this lot is 1811. There is also an 1838 document signed by R.G. Hazard [look him up]. Also, a, 1811 NY Supreme Court document. Good lot for eBay sellers or those who like researching items.....80-120
10. [POLITICS MIXED LOT] [1] Jefferson Davis as Secretary of War - printed government document, Ex. Doc. No. 79, A resolution of the 13th instant; calling for information relative to the removal of the rocks in Hell Gate, East River, New York; and other aids to the navigation through that passage.. Signed IN TYPE Jeff'n Davis.May 19, 1856, printed on both sides. 34th Congress, 3d Session, House of Representatives. [2] Washington Hunt (1811-1867) American lawyer and politician. CLIP SIGNATURE [3] Willard Hall (1780-1875) American jurist and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. he was elected to the US congress. On May 6, 1823 Hall received a recess appointment from President James Monroe to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Delaware vacated by John Fisher. Hall was formally nominated on December 5, 1823, and four days later was confirmed by the United States Senate and received his commission. He served on the court until December 6, 1871, over 48 years, when he resigned, making him one of the longest-served United States federal judges. On May 6, 1823 Hall received a recess appointment from President James Monroe to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Delaware vacated by John Fisher. Hall was formally nominated on December 5, 1823, and four days later was confirmed by the United States Senate and received his commission. He served on the court until December 6, 1871, over 48 years, when he resigned, making him one of the longest-served United States federal judges.ANS, "Have the goodness to send me the catalogue published 1866. With great respect William Hall, Wilmington, Del. "To the Librarian at Harvard College. Approx. 5 x 8-1/4". Some foxing spots. [4] Repeal Missouri Prohibition Of Slavery - Speech of S.P. Chase , of Maine AGAINST THE REPEAL OF THE MISSOURI PROHIBITION OF SLAVERY, North of..... Delivered in the Senate of the United States, Feb. 3, 1854. 30-pp. VG. See speech above [5] John Rogers [1813-1879] Representative from New York. CLIP SIGNATURE. [6] William S. Damrell [1809-1860] Congressman from Mass. [7] William H. Kelsey [1812-1879] U.S. Representative from New York. Clip signature. [8] Orsamus B. Matteson (1805-1889) U.S. Representative from New York. Clip signature. [9] Jacob Broom (1808-1864) American Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Clip signature. [10] Edward Wade (1802-1866) U.S. Representative from Ohio. Signature............60-80
11.
[FRANCE] multiple lot of French autographs: [1] Pauline [ Ducruet ] Augustine [1781-1865] French painter
of miniature paintings. She was the wife of the famous
French artist of miniature paintings, Jean-Baptiste
Jacques Augustin. He married his pupil and assistant
Madeleine Pauline Ducruet, some of whose works are often
not easy to distinguish from his own. Offered here is a
rare ALS,
1835, 1p, approx. 8 x 9". She speaks about miniatures.
VG. [2] Virginie
Demont-Breton
[1859-1935] British artist. She was the daughter &
student of Jules Breton; wife of painter Adrien Demont.
She won a gold medal at the Universal Exposition of
Amsterdam in 1883. She was President of the Union of
Women Painters and Sculptresses; she was named Officer
of the Legion of Honor. ALS, no date, 2pp, excellent
condition. In French. [3] FERNAND
VANDEREM [b. 1864] Fr. literary man. He was a
novelist & reporter. ALS, 1906, 1p. [4] Toussaint-Bernard
Émeric-David (1755-1839) French
archaeologist and writer on art. ALS, Paris, 1819, written
on both sides. Edge-tipped to another sheet.
[5] BEATRICE BRETTY - famous French actress. ALS, [1932], 1p.,
to the actress Tania Fedor. [6] Pierre] ARTHUR PONROY [b. 1816] Fr. dramatist, poet, historian.
Lengthy 4pp. ALS. Interesting content about
literature. [7] HENRI TISOT - Fr. actor.
ALS, Paris, 1959, on both sides. To Director of La
Comédie-Française asking to forgive him for missing a show.
In the comedy movie The Fuhrer runs amok by Philippe Clair,
Henri Tisot stars stars socceras Hitler who challenges other
European countries in matches. VG. [8] GEORGES DOUAY - Parisian man-about-town, theatre fan, and
composer of songs and operettas. ALS, 1893, 1p. [9] César Campinchi (1882-1941) French statesman
in the beginning of the 20th century. Campinchi was
president of the Association générale des étudiants de Paris
student organisation, a member of the Radical Socialist
Party and deputy for Corsica from 1932 to 1940. He carried
out the functions of the Keeper of the seals and presented
the Campinchi proposal concerning the protection of minors
in 1937. ALS, no date, 1p, 5-1/4 x 7 in. Speaks about
politics and Bernstein. Fine. [10] Nicolas Levasseur (1791-1871) French bass, particularly
associated with Rossini roles. Levasseur was considered
without rivals in his time, possessing a voice of remarkable
beauty and grandeur. ALS, 1854, 1p., 5-1/4 x 8-1/4". VG.........200-300
12. [NAVAL HISTORY] Henry O. Rittenhouse
(1851-1927) American Naval Commander. ALS, Apia,
Samoa, May 18, 1889, 2 full pages. To naval
officer Henry Lieut. Commander Henry W. Lyon. “My Dear
Lyon, The departure of the ships and the beautiful
casting of the “Nipsic” the evening you left Apia
was a relief and pleasure to the Admiral. You turned
around beautifully from your narrow birth. I hope you had
no difficulty in making Pago Pago, and that all goes on
well. The Admiral’s heart is constantly with you,
and if good wishes are of any avail you will be abundantly
successful. Your volunteering, under all the circumstances
was a great support to the Admiral I know, and I
tell him constantly that there is nothing that will be
left undone now to carry out his desires. He is very
confident and hopeful. There is nothing on file in the
office regarding your volunteering, and yesterday the
Admiral mentioned it. I think it is pre-eminently due you,
in fact it is very desirable for many consideration
(touching yourself, not the Admiral) that your offer
should be in the archives. I would suggest therefore that
you reduce it to writing and date anterior to your
assignment to the Nipsic. I know the Admiral would
be pleased to have it so. The Wainui arrived yesterday
bringing dates May 6th. Reported fine weather all the way
up from Auckland.......” Light damp staining right
edge of both pages doesn’t affect. USS Nipsic was a
gunboat. On 15 March 1889, Nipsic rode at anchor in
Apia Harbor with USS Vandalia, USS Trenton,
HMS Calliope, and three German naval vessels, Adler,
Olga, and Eber, along with six merchantmen. Gale-force
winds arose, and preparations for leaving harbor were
begun, but departure was delayed in the hope that
conditions next morning would be more favorable for the
sortie. However, by early morning on 16 March the harbor
was a mass of foam and spray as hurricane-force winds
battered the ships in the 1889 Apia cyclone. Only
Calliope, larger and more strongly powered than the
others, was able to leave the harbor. Vandalia, Trenton,
the three German ships, and the merchantmen were all sunk;
Nipsic's captain, Cmdr. D. W. Mullin, was able by superb
seamanship to beach his ship. Mullin was replaced by Henry
W. Lyon. While severely damaged by the pounding she
received on the beach, Nipsic's hull was intact, although
much of her topside structure was battered, all of her
propeller blades damaged, two boilers spread and useless,
and eight of her crew lost. Refloated and her engines
repaired, Nipsic cleared Apia on 9 May for Auckland, but
was turned back by heavy seas. On 15 May she again sailed,
for Pago Pago, Fanning Island, and Honolulu, arriving on 2
August. 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..............200-250
13. [FRANCE] Marquis Dupuy De La Mothe - ALS, 1769, 1p, 8-1/4 x 12-3/4". VG.....100-150
14. [ART] ROY CHARLES FOX (1908-1993) American artist.
Member of Print Council of America; Rochester Print Club;
Cooperstown Art Association; Elmira Art Club. His work is in
the permanent collections of Elmira College, Arnot Art Museum,
Florida Southern, etc. He exhibited at Audubon Artists
1942-44; Saranac Lake Art League 1943 & 1944; Northwest
Print Makers 1944-48; Wawasee Art Gallery 1944 & 45;
Laguna Beach AA 1944 & 45; Oakland Art Gallery 1944 &
45; Phila. Print Club 1956; Phila. Etchers 1962; Albany Print
Club 1947; Grand Central Galleries (NY) 1946; Corning Glass
Center 1965, etc. Offered here is alarge signed watercolor,
winter scene dated 1977, approx. 15 x 22". Fine
condition.............300-500
15. (SPORTS LOT) VIRGIL
OLIVER TRUCKS (1917-2013) American
Pitcher, ANS. ARA R.
PARSEGHIAN (b.1923) Football Player and
Coach. SIGNED, inscribed large 12x18 portrait sketch,
inscribed (fold in middle). CHRISTINE
D. WITTY (b. 1975) Olympic Speed Skater.
SIGNED 5x7 print photo (fold in middle). WILBUR “Weeb” EWBANK
(1907-1998) Football Coach, SIGNED address return on envelope,
with 2 SIGNATURES, with words of encouragement. BILLY CASPER (1931)
Golfer. SIGNED 8x11 photograph. GREG E. LOUGANIS (1960)
Olympic Diver SIGNED printed letter. STEVE J. GROGAN (1953)
Quarterback, ANS signed “Steve G”.........80-120
16. [ART] Anthony
Thieme (1888-1954) was a landscape and
marine painter and a major figure of the Rockport (MA) School
of American regional art. He was a contemporary of important
Rockport artists Aldro Hibbard, Emil Gruppe, W. Lester
Stevens, Antonio Cirino, and Marguerite Pierson. Born in
Rotterdam on 20 February 1888, Thieme studied at the Academie
of Fine Arts in Rotterdam for two years and then, briefly, at
the Royal Academy, the Hague. He traveled widely in Europe,
frequently finding work as a stage designer.Thieme traveled to
the United States at the age of 22. He quickly found work as a
stage designer at the Century Theater in New York, designing
sets for the Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova. When the
commission ended, he traveled to South America, primarily
Brazil and Argentina. Stage work again provided his
livelihood. A return to Europe followed with further work in
England, France, and Italy. Returning to the United States
with a contract for additional stage work, Thieme found
himself in Boston. He discontinued work on the stage in 1928
and from then on made his living with the sales of his
paintings and etchings. Thieme married Lillian Beckett in 1929
and moved to Rockport, MA. He established the Thieme School of
Art. He exhibited his work frequently at the Grand Central Art
Galleries in New York. He continued to travel widely; Mexico,
Guatemala, Florida, and France were major destinations, always
painting en plein air. Thieme committed suicide on 6 December
1954 in Greenwich, CT. The circumstances of his death are not
fully understood. Anthony Thieme was a full member of the
American Watercolor Society, Art Alliance of America, the
Salmagundi Club, the Boston Art Club, North Shore Art
Association, Rockport Art Association, New York Water Color
Club, Art Alliance of Philadelphia and the National Arts Club.
Original etching plate, title "Coach & Inn". Not sure if
this is the actual title - its simply what is written on the
envelope and above an etching [included] pulled from the
plate. Original etching plates are very
uncommon...............800-1200
17. [ART] Original 18th century portrait
of Jerome of Prague
(Jeroným Prazsky in Czech, 1379 – 1416) was a Czech church
reformer and one of the chief followers of Jan Hus who was
burned for heresy at the Council of Constance. This
original mezzotint portrait is by Richard
Houston (1721?–1775) who was an
Irish mezzotint engraver, whose career was mostly in
London. Born in Dublin about 1721, he became a pupil
of John Brooks, who was also the master of James McArdell
and Charles Spooner. He came to London about 1747, and some
of his early plates bear the address "near Drummond's at
Charing Cross". In debt to Robert Sayer the print-seller, he
was arrested and confined to the Fleet prison; according to
Sayer this in order that he might know where to find the
dissipated Houston. He was released in 1760, on the
accession of George III. As a free agent he was commissioned
by Carington Bowles. Cropped and mounted many years
ago, the image is approx. 10-1/4 x 8" plus margins. VG...............200-300
See above
18.
[ART] Christo (b.
1935) Contemporary artist. Signed 11 x 14 repro.
print of his famous work "The Umbrellas." He has
also signed the name of his late wife/artist on the
print. VG.........80-120
See
Christo print
19. [ART] Richard Hunt (b.1935) is an internationally renowned sculptor. He was born on Chicago's South Side. From an early age he was interested in the arts, as his mother was an artist. He developed his skills at the Junior School of the Art Institute and later at the Art Institute of Chicago. Hunt also acquired business sense and awareness of social issues from working for his father in a barbershop. Hunt began to experiment with materials and sculpting techniques, influenced heavily by progressive twentieth-century artists. This experimentation garnered critically positive response from the art community, such that Hunt was exhibited at the Artists of Chicago and Vicinity Show and the American Show, where the Museum of Modern Art purchased a piece for its collection. He was the youngest artist to exhibit at the 1962 Seattle World's Fair, a major international survey exhibition of modern art. Hunt has completed more public sculptures than any other artist in the country. His signature pieces include Jacob's Ladder at the Carter G. Woodson Library in Chicago and Flintlock Fantasy in Detroit. He was appointed by President Lyndon Johnson as one of the first artists to serve on the governing board of the National Endowment for the Arts and he also served on boards of the Smithsonian Institution. Hunt is the recipient of numerous awards and honorary degrees. Hunt has continued to experiment throughout his successful career, employing a wide range of sculptural techniques. Through his work, Hunt often makes comments on contemporary social and political issues. Offered here is a lithograph, signed R. Hunt in pencil, approx. 14 x ll" flush. Edition IX [artist proof]. FINE condition.......300-400
20. Samuel Johnson
(1822- 1882) American clergyman and author.
Johnson graduated from Harvard in 1842, and from the Harvard
Divinity School in 1846. He joined no religious denomination.
Save for one year with a Unitarian church in Dorchester,
Massachusetts, where he displeased his congregation by his
opposition to slavery, he was not settled as a minister until
1853. In 1853, he established an independent society in Lynn,
Massachusetts, with which he remained till 1870, when he
withdrew to complete studies of many years, the results of
which appeared later in his publications. With Samuel
Longfellow, Johnson compiled a Book of Hymns (1846) and Hymns
of the Spirit (1864). Some of his own inspiring hymns in these
books are now found in the collections of various
denominations. His critical study The Worship of Jesus (1868),
written in accordance with his views of universal religion, is
described by O. B. Frothingham as “perhaps the most
penetrating and uplifting essay on that subject in any
language.” He printed notable essays on religion, reform,
etc., in The Radical and other periodicals.His great series
Oriental Religions included volumes on India (1872), China
(1877) and Persia (1885). The volume on Persia contains an
introduction and a critical estimate of Johnson by
Frothingham. The series represents what Johnson himself calls
his “purely humanistic point of view.” It took its place among
the most learned and liberal contributions to the study of
comparative religion and civilisation. His philosophy was
highly transcendental; but being versed in many languages, he
was acquainted with all schools, and with the results of
history, literature, science and criticism in every
department.Autograph Letter Signed - written to George Luther
Stearns (1809-1867). Johnson mentions a letter by Stearns
published in the Commonwealth and says "It is a historical
document." Docket on verso indicates that the letter was a
resignation letter.George Luther Stearns (1809-1867) American
industrialist and merchant, as well as a noted recruiter of
blacks for the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Stearns was one of the "Secret Six" who aided John Brown in
Kansas, and financially supported him until Brown's execution
after the ill-fated raid on Harpers Ferry. Stearns physically
owned the pikes and 200 Sharps rifles brought to Harpers Ferry
by Brown and his followers. Following Brown's arrest, Stearns
briefly fled to Canada, but returned to Medford to face
inquiry following Brown's death. Soon after the opening of the
Civil War, Stearns advocated the enlistment of
African-Americans in the Union Army. Massachusetts Governor
John Andrew asked Stearns to recruit the first two Northern
state-sponsored black infantry regiments. The 54th and 55th
Massachusetts regiments and the 5th cavalry were largely
recruited through his instrumentality. He was commissioned
Major through the recommendation of Secretary of War Edwin M.
Stanton, and was later of great service to the national cause
by enlisting blacks for the volunteer service in Pennsylvania,
Maryland, and Tennessee to serve in the U.S. Colored Troops.
He recruited over 13,000 African-Americans, established
schools for their children, and found work for their families
while they served in the army. Other than fold lines this is
oin very good condition............150-250
21. [ART] Original 18th century portrait
of Martin Luther
(1483-1546) German monk, Catholic priest, professor of
theology and seminal figure of the 16th-century movement in
Christianity known later as the Protestant Reformation.[1] He
strongly disputed the claim that freedom from God's punishment
for sin could be purchased with monetary values. He confronted
indulgence salesman Johann Tetzel, a Dominican friar, with his
Ninety-Five Theses in 1517. His refusal to retract all of his
writings at the demand of Pope Leo X in 1520 and the Holy
Roman Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Worms in 1521 resulted
in his excommunication by the Pope and condemnation as an
outlaw by the Emperor. This original mezzotint
portrait is by Richard
Houston (1721?–1775) who was
an Irish mezzotint engraver, whose career was mostly in
London. Born in Dublin about 1721, he became a pupil
of John Brooks, who was also the master of James McArdell
and Charles Spooner. He came to London about 1747, and
some of his early plates bear the address "near Drummond's
at Charing Cross". In debt to Robert Sayer the
print-seller, he was arrested and confined to the Fleet
prison; according to Sayer this in order that he might
know where to find the dissipated Houston. He was released
in 1760, on the accession of George III. As a free agent
he was commissioned by Carington Bowles. Cropped and
mounted many years ago, the image is approx. 10 x 7-3/4"
plus margins.
VG...............200-300
See above
22. [ART]
WALT KUHN
[1877-1949]. American painter. An ORIGINAL COOPER etching plate. The title is "TOMS RIVER". Typical
Kuhn style. Plate size 8 x 10 in. This plate still
has some life in it and etchings could be pulled from it. Very
seldom does an original etching plate by an important artist
ever reach the open market, as they usually are in
institutional collections. Provenance: Kuhn Estate. It is
difficult to get a good scan of this and the picture below
isn't very good. He did not etch his initials or signatureinto
the plate. I don't think he ever etched his signature into any
of his plates although he sometimes would etch initials. This
is guaranteed to be an authentic Walt Kuhn plate without a
time limit to the original purchaser. We will send a letter of
guarantee and provenance to the buyer. The portrait photo of
Kuhn shown below is NOT for sale. Kennedy Galleries [NYC] held
an exhibition of Walt Kuhn prints during which it was
indicated that there were less than 50
impressions ever pulled from this plate. Original plates by
major artists seldom reach the open market and it is
remarkable to see a plate that had so few prints pulled from
it. A must for the SERIOUS Kuhn
collector...............2000-3000
See etching
plate
See
portrait of Kuhn
Scan 1
Scan 2
Portrait
of Backus
26. [AMERICAN ROCK & ROLL
LOT] signed 3x5 cards, (*inscribed] by: Mary Wilson*,
Chubby Checker*, Bobby Sherman*, Billy Idol, Frankie Avalon,
Bobby Vinton, Alice Cooper, Eric Singer. 7
autographs. VG. Not subject to return if one or more of the
autographs are secretartial. Multiple lots are
non-returnable..........100-150
27. Angela Morgan (1875-1957) American author, poet and journalist. Details of the early life of the Morgan family, which included three other sisters besides Angela and a brother Albert, are somewhat scanty. According to the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan, which has custody of Angela Morgan's earlier papers, she was most likely born circa. 1875 or thereabouts during the time when her family was residing in Yazoo County, Mississippi. Her given name at birth was "Nina Lillian" which she later changed to Angela. According to the Bentley sketch her father was Albert Talmon Morgan, a Quaker, who had left Oberlin College in 1861 to join the Union Army where he rose to the rank of Lt. Colonel. After the war he settled as a "carpetbagger" on a plantation in Mississippi where he met and married Carolyn Victoria Highgate (1860-1926), the daughter of a mulatto father and a white mother, and who was a teacher in the Freedmen's Bureau. His experiences in Mississippi during Reconstruction are described in his book Yazoo, Or On the Pickett Line of Freedom in the South (1884). From 1876 until 1885 the family resided in Washington, D.C. The Morgans then moved to Lawrence, Kansas where Col. Morgan engaged in business and in the practice of law. But he proved unsuccessful at both. In 1890 he left his family in Topeka to prospect for gold and silver in Colorado, returning to visit his family only occasionally. He died in Denver on April 15, 1922. After the departure of their father the Morgan sisters formed a quartet, and managed by their brother Albert who also sang baritone, earned their livelihood on the stage by giving musical performances as "The Morgan Sisters" and "The Angela Sisters". The group apparently performed until 1898 when the death of one of the sisters (Helen) and the marriage of the others ended the collaboration. Angela then became a journalist. A major break in her career which permitted her to escape from the drudgery of newspaper work and to devote herself entirely to creative writing occurred in 1915 when a prominent preacher (G. Campbell Morgan) whom she had been assigned to interview, read her poem "God's Man" from his pulpit in New York. This led to its publication in Collier's Weekly, and to the launching of her career as a free lance poet and author. Offered here is a nice 8x10 sepia photograph boldly signed on the front "Faithfully yours Angela Morgan." On the back she has and inscribed it to Rev. Cornelius Greenway, the legendary autograph collector. She adds "And sincere gratitude for your deep appreciation of my poems!". VG............75-100
28. Joseph Wambaugh (b.1937) bestselling American writer known for his fictional and non-fictional accounts of police work in the United States. Signed & inscribed 8x10 photo [1980s]. VG...........25-35
29. [NIXON] Special 1973 cover signed by 7 Republican governors who met with Richard Nixon to discuss plans for his second term & the advancement of his new federalism concept. Signed by Jack Williams [Ariz]; John A. Love [Colo]; Robert D. Ray [Iowa]; Francis Sargent [Mass]; Winfield Dunn [TN]; Linwood Holton, Jr.- the first Republican Governor of Virginia in the 20th century; plus another we can't make out............40-60
30. [MUSIC] Rod McKuen (b. 1933) is a bestselling American poet, composer, and singer, instrumental in the revitalization of popular poetry that took place in the 1960s and early 1970s. Signed & inscribed 10x8 photo. He's walking on the beach with his dogs..............40-60
31. [MUSIC] Roger Williams (1924-2011) American popular music pianist. As
of 2004, he had released 116 albums. Signed 8x10 photo.
VG...........25-35
32. [AMERICANA] John Gatling - Attorney at Law. ALS, Forrest City, Ark., 1896, 26 full pages, 8-1/4 x 10-3/4". To his sister Mrs. P.G. Hollowell, at Elizabeth City, NC. Extremely detailed and touching letter about the death of their mother. John was with his mother and he describes the conversations leading up to her passing. Bottom edge sunned 1st page. Yes - 26 pages............75-100
33. [MUSIC] Sir Charles
Santley (1834-1922) English-born
opera and oratorio star who became the most eminent
English baritone and male concert singer of the Victorian era.
His has been called 'the longest, most distinguished and most
versatile vocal career which history records.' Signature
dated 1874. Approx. 4.5 x 4 in................25-35
34. [SCIENCE] James Van Allen
(1914-2006) American space scientist at the University of
Iowa. He was instrumental in establishing the field of
magnetospheric research in space. The Van Allen radiation
belts were named after him. Signed 17 page article. Signed
on the first page. VG............75-100
See above
35. [FRANCE]
group of French autographs: [1] Victor Ambroise, vicomte de
Lanjuinais (1802-1869)
FRENCH politician, becoming a deputy in 1838. His
interests lay chiefly in financial questions and in
1849 he became minister of commerce and agriculture in
the cabinet of Odilon Barrot. He wrote a Notice
historique sur la vie et les ouvrages du comte de
Lanjuinais, which was prefixed to an edition of his
fathers Îuvres (4 vols., 1832). 7 LINES IN HIS HAND,
SIGNED. [2] MARIE
LECONTE [1869-1947] Fr. actress. ALS, no
year on both sides of black bordered card. [3] Jean
Marie Pardessus (1772-1853)
French lawyer. His Traité des servitudes (1806) went
through eight editions, and his Traité du contrat et des
lettres de change (1809) pointed him out as fitted for
the chair of commercial law recently formed at the
faculty of law at Paris. ALS, no date, 1p, 6 x 7-3/4 in.
VG. [4] Charles Wagner (1852-1916) French reformed pastor whose
inspirational writings were influential in shaping
reformed theology. ALS, 1905, 3pp., 4-1/8 x 5-1/8".
VG. [5] Aurelien Scholl (1833-1902) French author and journalist,
was born in Bordeaux. He was successively editor of the
Voltaire and of the Echo de Paris. He wrote largely for
the theatre, and also a number of novels dealing with
Parisian life. ALS, nd, 1p. Wants to sue Paul Boiteau.
Moderate stain bottom corner; wrinkled. [6] Albert Auguste
Cochon de Lapparent (1839-1908)
French geologist. ALS, 1890, 1p, 4-3/8 x 5-1/2".
[7] Félix Antoine Philibert Dupanloup (January 3,
1802-1878) was a French ecclesiastic. ALS,
appears to be undated, 1p, 8 x 9-1/4". VG. [8] Olivier Émile
Ollivier (1825-1913) French statesman.
Although a republican, he served as a cabinet minister
under Emperor Napoleon III and led the process of
turning his regime into a "liberal Empire". Brief ALS,
no date, 1p, 4 x 5-1/4". VG. [9] LEON BERNARD [1877-1935] Fr. actor. ALS, no year, on
both sides. To Tania Fedor - "Do whatever possible for
that." [10] Émile Faguet (1847-1916)
French literary critic and author. Clip Signature..........150-200
36. [ART] Ignaz
Michael Marcel Gaugengigl
(1853-1932) German-American painter and engraver who
worked primarily in the United States. He specialized in
portraits and historical paintings. He was known as the
"Meissonier of Boston", because of his many portraits of the
"Boston Brahmins" and their families, and was one of the
founders of the Guild of Boston Artists. Most of his works
are in private collections. Signature on 3.5 x
2.5" slip. Fine example.........50-75
37. [ACTORS] mixed
lot. [1] Ruth
Gordon
[1896-1985] actress. Signed [in
haste] 3x5 card. [2] Jonathan Silverman - Am. actor. Sig. 3x5 card. [3] Constance Booth [b.1944] Am. writer, actress; wife of John
Cleese. Signature. [4] Cyril Ritchard (1897-1977) actor. Signature on lined paper.
[5] Dorothy
Malone [b.1925] OSCAR winning actress. Sig. 3x5 card.
[6] Eileen
Heckart [1919-2001] OSCAR winning actress. Sig. card
[lined side]. [7] Josh Hartnett - actor. Signed 3x5 card..........60-80
38. [FILM] Hume Cronyn (1911-2003) Canadian-born actor who was married to Jessica Tandy. TLS, 1957, 1p. Mentions the play "The Man In The Dog Suit" not yet finished. To M. Abbott Van Nostrand, the publisher of plays. VG...........40-60
39. [FILM] Jessica Tandy (1909-1994) actress. Signed 3x5 card. Fine........20-30
40. [ART] Sir Edward
John Poynter, 1st Baronet PRA (1836-1919)
English painter, designer, and draughtsman who served as
President of the Royal Academy. Signed card dated 1899.
Approx. 3-3/4 x 2-7/8". Fine example.........25-35
41. [MUSIC- THEATRE] Gertrude "Gertie" Millar (later Countess of Dudley) (1879-1952) English actress and singer of the early 20th century, known for her performances in Edwardian musical comedies. Beginning her career at age 13, Millar was a prominent star of musical comedies for two decades. She married composer Lionel Monckton, who composed many of her shows and songs that she made famous. After Monckton died in 1924, Millar married the 2nd Earl of Dudley. As a child, Millar performed in London pantomimes, beginning with Babes in the Wood at the St. James Theatre in Manchester, at the age of 13. She started out as a singer and dancer in the music halls of Yorkshire. Later, she moved to London where she was soon earning good notices and better pay appearing in variety show bills. By 1897, she was playing the role of Phyllis Crosby in A Game of Cards at Shodfriars Hall, Boston, England. Next she toured in The New Barmaid in the role of Dora; in The Silver Lining; and as Sadie Pinkhose, the "other woman", in The Lady Detective. In 1899, she played Dandini in Cinderella at the Grand Theatre, Fulham. In the new century, she starred in a series of hit musical comedies produced by George Edwardes. In 1900, she played Isabel Blythe in the touring production of The Messenger Boy. Edwardes's next show was The Toreador in 1901 at the Gaiety Theatre in London. Lionel Monckton, one of the show's composers, had seen Millar in The Messenger Boy and requested that she be given the role of the bridesmaid Cora in the new musical, singing "Keep Off the Grass". She made the song popular and earned a second song, "Captivating Cora", and a third, "I'm not a simple little girl". These hits, and her featured role in A Country Girl (1902), established Millar in London. The Gaiety Theatre closed for renovations in 1902, and the last show at the old theatre was The Linkman; or, Gaiety Memories. Millar starred as Morgiana. She married Monckton in 1902, and he continued to write hit songs for her in subsequent shows. Millar became one of the most photographed women of the Edwardian period. She had top billing as the Hon. Violet Anstruther in The Orchid, the show that opened the new Gaiety (1903; introducing the songs "Little Mary", "Liza Ann", and "Come with me to the zoo"). She starred as Rosalie in The Spring Chicken (1905; singing "Alice sit by the fire" and "The Delights of London") and as Lally in The New Aladdin (1906). She next starred as Mitzi in The Girls of Gottenberg (1907; singing the duet "Two Little Sausages", with Edmund Payne, and the Wagnerian parody "Rhinegold"). Soon afterwards, Edwardes cast her as Franzi at the Hicks Theatre in the English-language production of Ein Walzertraum (A Waltz Dream, 1908) by Oscar Straus. Although Millar was able to sell the light musical comedy songs composed for her at the Gaiety, Oscar Straus's music was too demanding for her small voice, and she was sent to New York to star in the Broadway production of The Girls of Gottenberg. After she returned to London, some of Millar's biggest successes were still in front of her. They included the title role of the hit Gaiety musical, Our Miss Gibbs (1909), with Millar introducing the songs "Moonstruck", "Yorkshire", and "Our farm", all written for her by Monckton. Monckton and Millar then moved to Edwardes' newest theatre, the Adelphi, where she played the title role, Prudence Pym, in another international hit, The Quaker Girl (1910). In this, she popularised the songs "The Quaker Girl", "The Little Grey Bonnet", and "Tony from America". After this, she returned to continental operetta, playing Lady Babby in Edwardes's English language version of Franz Lehár's Zigeunerliebe (Gipsy Love, 1912) at Daly's Theatre . In this role, the musical demands were light and the show was a moderate success. She returned to the Adelphi to play Nancy Joyce in The Dancing Mistress (1912), and back at Daly's she played Kitty Kent in The Marriage Market (1913). This was followed by the role of Nan in a major revival of A Country Girl (1914). She also played Sallie Denbigh in The House of Bondage, a 1914 film. SIGNED postcard size photograph from the play "The Girls of Gottenberg", dated 1908. Approx. 3-1/8 x 5-1/4". VG.........50-75
42. [THEATRE] George Graves (1876-1949) English comic actor who created The Gazeka, a mythical beast. He introduced it as a bit of by-play in the musical, The Little Michus at Daly's Theatre, London, in 1905. As a result, Graves's little idea became a fad of the season and a competition was mounted to encourage artists to give sketches of what the beast might look like. Charles Folkard won the competition and the Gazeka suddenly appeared in the form of various items of novelty jewellery, charms, etc, and was taken up by Perrier , the sparkling water makers, for a series of advertisements. The Gazeka also featured in a special song and dance in the entertainment Akezag, at the London Hippodrome at Christmas, 1905. ALS, no date, 1p..............25-35
43. [THEATRE] Ignacio Martinetti [? - 1931] American actor, director, composer, conductor. He made his Broadway debut in 1900. In 1905 he appeared in Victor Herbert's "Babes in Toyland". His career ended in 1930 with "Fifty Million Frenchmen." Signed, inscribed cabinet photograph from 1890s. 4 x 6-1/2". Photo by Morrison, Haymarket Theatre. VG for its age...........40-60
44. Kim Hunter (1922-
2002) American film, theatre, and television actress. She
won both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, each as
Best Supporting Actress, for her performance as Stella
Kowalski in the 1951 film A Streetcar Named Desire. Lengthy
TLS, 1980, signed Kim, 1p.
Fine.........35-45
45. Luigi, Count Cibrario (1802-1870) Italian statesman and historian. He won a scholarship at the age of sixteen, and was teaching literature at eighteen. His verses to King Charles Albert, then prince of Savoy-Carignano, on the birth of his son Victor Emmanuel, attracted the prince's attention and proved the beginning of a long intimacy. As a writer and historian, his most important work during his lifetime was his Economia politica del medio evo (Turin, 1839), which enjoyed great popularity at the time, but is now of little value. His Della schiavitù e del servaggio (Milan, 1868 -1869) gave an account of the development and abolition of slavery and serfdom. Among his historical writings the following deserve mention: ALS, 1865, 1p. NOT TRANSLATED. 5 x 5.5"....................75-100
46. [THEATRE] Pierre Barrel
is a playwright born in Paris on 24 August 1923.
In association with Jean-Pierre Grédy he wrote thirty
comedies , which many have become classics of boulevard
theater . Among these include The Gift of Adele , Cactus
Flower , Folle Amanda, Potiche , ... The latter
was freely adapted to the screen by François Ozon in
2010. At the beginning, benefits advice Barrel
Jean Cocteau and Christian Berard . In 1947 he wrote a
first dark room, Lovers Christmas. He will thereafter,
adaptations of novels for radio before meeting
Jean-Pierre Grédy , his sidekick great success.
Pierre barrel is also the author of essays on theater:
The Lords of laughter is a reference to Robert de Flers
, Gaston Arman de Caillavet and Francis Croisset , four
years tirelessly recounts theatrical life in Paris
during the A German occupation and the city as the scene
is a chronicle of the years during which his own theater
pieces were played. He is also the author of Gustave and
Louise, a structure built on correspondence between
Gustave Flaubert and Louise Colet , a collection of
short stories, Hollywood Solitude, and a novel, A
genius, small. Finally, he collaborated with Robert
Badinter and Elisabeth Badinter the television
adaptation of Condorcet. In January 2012, he was
appointed Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur. ALS,
1955, 1p, 8-1/4 x 10-1/2. Speaks about Mrs.
Roubejansky, director of Theatre des Arts. VG..............50-75
47. Eliza (Buckminster) Lee (1792-1864) American author, the daughter of Joseph Buckminster. She was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire; was well educated by her father and brother, Joseph Stevens Buckminster; married a Thomas Lee of Boston; became a writer; and was unusually felicitous in her descriptions of New England life. She wrote, notably: Sketches of New England Life (1837); Naomi, or Boston Two Hundred Years Ago (1848); and memoirs of her father and brother (1849). She translated from the German, wrote a life of Richter (1842), and published an historical novel, Parthenia, the Last Days of Paganism (1858). ALS, 1843, 2pp. To Phillips Brooks, the famous American clergyman and author. Letter says she is sending the poem Brooks asked for [poem not present here].............75-100
48. [ART] MARGUERITE PEARSON (1898-1978) Noted American painter. Born in
Philadelphia, she made her reputation in the Rockport area of
Mass., north of Boston. She studied at the Boston Art Museum
School; and Rockport Summer School, under A.T. Hibbard. She
was a member of The North Shore Arts Association; Allied
Artists of America; Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts; Rockport
Art Association; American Artists Professional League;
American Federation of Arts. Offered
here is an original oil painting on
stretched canvas, 25-3/4 x 19-1/2 in. plus frame. Painted in
black & white [and therefore grays], obviously to be used
as an illustration for some book or publication unknown to us.
Unsigned but with Estate Certification on back signed by
Martha Blanshet [?], Director, Rockport Art Association, Feb.
19, 1980. She certifies that this unsigned painting is from
the Pearson estate. Several slight crack lines in the paint
o/w VG. Pearson's paintings are today highly
prized...........4000-6000
49.
John Toland
(1912-2004) American writer and historian. He is
best known for a biography of Adolf Hitler and a Pulitzer
Prize-winning history of World War II-era Japan, The
Rising Sun. TLS, Japan, no year, 1p. to Rev.
Greenway [legendary autograph collector]. He says
he is in Japan researching his next book "The Rising
Sun". Accompanied with a signed snapshot photo of
Toland interviewing Count Schwerin von Krosigk for "Last
100 Days" book. VG............80-120
See above
50. [FRANCE] Nicolas de Lamoignon - Nicolas Lamoignon-Bâville (1648-1724) was a French official said to have been accused by Voltaire of instigating the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. He made himself famous by the measures he adopted against the Protestants, and by the manner in which he associated himself with the religious policy of Louvois, of which the revocation of the Edict of Nantes was the culminating point. But it is without proof that Voltaire accused him of having instigated this revocation. "I never counselled the revocation of the Edict of Nantes", he wrote to his brother in 1708. On the contrary he considered that "in religion hearts must be attacked, for it is there that it resides", and immediately after the revocation he sent for Bourdaloue to come and evangelize the Protestants of Montpellier. From 1702 to 1704 he helped in the repression of the uprising of the Camisards, occasioned in the Cevennes by English and Calvinistic influences.Document Signed, 1710, 4-pages, 8-1/4 x 12". Tattered edges; slight unimportant small missing pieces. "Very Rare".............100-150
51. [FRANCE] offered here are 2 documents from France: one dated 1783, signed by Jean Francois Joly De Fleury [1718-1802] State councillor who was fired in 1783, the year of this letter which speaks of Countess of La Rochefoucault. 1-page, about 6-3/4 x 8-1/4". PLUS another document 1701, 4pp, about 8.5 x 12. Identified as being about the grandfather of de Fleury..........100-150
1701 page 252. [FRANCE] group of French autographs: [1] Édouard Alphonse Lefebvre Béhaine, Count Pigneaux (or Pigneau) is a diplomat, French (1829-1897). He was Ambassador of France to the Holy See , Minister Plenipotentiary at The Hague and Secretary of Embassy ( Berlin and Rome ). He talked with his cousins Edmond and Jules de Goncourt, a rich correspondence of nearly 300 letters in almost 40 years. ALS, 1888, 3-1/2 pp. [2] Jean Charles Meissonier (1848 - 1917) French painter, son of the Master. ALS, Paris, 1893, 2pp. [3] Jean d'Esparbes (1899-1968) Fr. artist. ANS written on both sides of his personal calling card. Fine. [4] Louis Marsolleau (1864-1935] writer of songs. ALS, Paris, 1896, 2pp. [5] Camille-André Lemoyne, born in Saint Jean d'Angely (1822-1907) poet and novelist . ALS, 1p. plus envelope. [6] Emile Berr (1855-1923) Fr. journalist. ALS, nd., 1p. [7] Charles Borel-Clerc, pen name of Charles Clerc, was a French composer. My apple performer Maurice Chevalier (1936), Oh! If you knew my hen (1938) and Walk Ménilmontant (1941), three of his biggest hits. TLS, 1934, 2pp............150-250
54. [FRANCE] multiple lot of
French autographs: [1] Armand Carrel (1800-1836) French
journalist and political writer. He had a deep admiration
for the great generals of Napoleon , and his
uncompromising spirit and independent views marked him as
a leader. Entering the army as sub-lieutenant, he took a
secret but active part in the unsuccessful Belfort
Conspiracy. At the outbreak of war with Spain in 1823,
Carrel, whose sympathies were with the liberal cause,
resigned, and succeeded in escaping to Barcelona. He
enrolled in the foreign legion and fought gallantly
against his former comrades. The legion was compelled to
surrender near Figueres , and Carrel was taken prisoner by
his former general, Damas. There was considerable
difficulty about the terms of his capitulation, and one
council of war condemned Carrel to death. The sentence was
not carried out, and he was soon acquitted and freed. ALS,
no date, lengthy 1p., 6-3/4 x 9-1/4 in. VG. [2] JACQUES NORMAND [b.1848] Fr. writer, poet &
playwright. ALS, 1888, on both sides. [3] REBE DE PONT-JEST [1830-1904] Fr. writer. ALS, 1878, 1p, 8vo.
Fine [4] Henri Léon Emile Lavedan (1859-1940), French dramatist and man of
letters. As a writer, Lavedan contributed to various
Parisian papers a series of witty tales and dialogues of
Parisian life, many of which were collected in volume form.
In 1891 he produced at the Théâtre Français Une Famille,
followed at the Vaudeville in 1894 by Le Prince d'Aurec, a
satire on the nobility, afterward re-named Les Descendants.
ANS, no date. [5] Joseph-Marie JOUANNIN [1783-1847]
Fr. writer. ALS, no date, not translated. 1-page. [6]
B. Noric -
French painter. ALS, no date, written on
card to M. Hubert, director of magazine Le Monde
Illustre. [7] Mlle
Cécile Charlotte Furtado (1821-896) was chiefly known for her
philanthropy in the areas of medicine, education, and
religion. During the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71, she
supported the Red Cross and the ambulance services; and
in 1895 she bequeathed her villa in Nice as a hospital
and sanatorium for wounded and convalescent soldiers. In
1884 she founded and endowed an orphanage in the 14th
Arrondissement on the street which was renamed Rue
Furtado-Heine in her honour after her death, as well as
similar children’s establishments in Bayone and
Montrouge. She was a generous donor to the Institut
Pasteur, and her commemorative bust still adorns the
halls of the Institute. Mme Furtado-Heine also
generously contributed to numerous Jewish charities and
benevolent organisations; and financially supported the
building of new synagogues in France and Belgium. Her
charitable and philanthropic endeavours were recognised
by the Government of France, and in 1896 she became the
Officer of the Legion d’Honneur, a distinction very rare
for a woman in the nineteenth century. Letter
Signed, nd, 2pp. [8] Alfred
Le Roux (1815-1880) Commerce
Minister. ALS, 1867, 2pp. [9] Arthur Levasseur
(1875-1955) French politician. ALS, 1925,
1p. [10] Henri-Leon Camusat de Riancey
[1816-1870] politician and writer. ALS, nd,
1p.............200-300
55. [ART]
Portrait of
George Washington -
original engraving/etching/aquatint
by T. Johnson, plate signed &
dated 1903 in the plate. This, of
course, was done after Gilbert
Stuart's famous portrait. Image
11-1/2 x 9-3/4" plus wide
margins. VG. Too large for
scanner's window but you can see
most of it in scan
below............100-150
56.
[WM. HOWARD TAFT] ORIGINAL
PORTRAIT
ETCHING of
William Howard
Taft,
US President and
Chief Justice of US
Supreme Court.
Original etching
pencil signed by the
artist, Phillips,
image 14 x 11" plus
wide margins. Image
area and margins
near image are very
good....150-200
57. [MULTIPLE
LOT] MISC. autographs offered as one lot: [1] HOLMES, Sidney
Tracy [
1815-1890] Representative from New York. SIGNATURE,
irregular sun toned. [2] Mary Cowden Clarke [1809-1898] Eng. author. Clip
signature. [3] [ENGLAND] H.B. LEGGE [1708-1764] English statesman. He was
private secretary to Sir Robert Walpole. Legge only
shared temporarily in the downfall of Walpole, and
became in quick succession Surveyor-General of Woods
and Forests, a Lord of the Admiralty, and a Lord of
the Treasury. In 1748 he was sent as envoy
extraordinary to Frederick the Great, and although
his conduct in Berlin was sharply censured by George
II, he became Treasurer of the Navy soon after his
return to England. In April 1754 he joined the
ministry of the duke of Newcastle as chancellor of
the Exchequer. CLIP SIGNATURE. Very good example. Click
to see Legge [4] [FDR] William E.
Leuchtenburg (b. 1922) is William Rand Kenan Jr.
professor emeritus of history at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill at Chapel Hill and the
leading scholar of the life of Franklin Delano
Roosevelt. He is the author of more than a dozen
books on 20th century history. Signed 1p.
typescript from THE PERILS OF PROSPERITY. Begins
with "The vote was less a triumph for Roosevelt than
a rejection of Hoover..." [5] Jeane Dixon (1904-1997) was one of the best-known
American astrologers and psychics of the 20th
century, due to her syndicated newspaper astrology
column, some well-publicized predictions and a
best-selling biography. SIGNED/INSCRIBED Prayer
card, 2.5 x 4 in. VG. [6] Charles Seymour (1885-1963) American academic,
historian and President of Yale University from 1937
to 1951. Seymour served as the chief of the
Austro-Hungarian Division of the American Commission
to Negotiate Peace in 1919. He was also the U.S.
delegate on the Romanian, Yugoslavian, and
Czechoslovakian Territorial Commissions in 1919.
TLS, Yale Univ., Sept. 19, 1940, 1p. To Professor
Louis W. McKeehan, Sloane Physics Laboratory [Yale].
Acknowledges sabbatical leave of absence. [7]
[ENGLAND] Frederick Romilly (1810-1887) sat as Liberal MP for
Canterbury between March 1850 and the general
election of 1852. SIGNED ADDRESS PANAL postmarked
1839. [8] Bill Pogue (b. 1930) is a retired American
astronaut. Sig/inscribed 3x5 card. [9] Edward J. Flynn (1891-1953) rose to become one of the
most influential Irish American political figures
from 1920s to the 1950s. He earned his law degree at
Fordham in 1912 and won election, with Tammany
Hall's backing, to the New York state assembly in
1917 and served through 1921. He later served as
Bronx County Sheriff from 1922 to 1925 . From 1922
to the time of his death he served as chairman of
the Bronx Democratic organization. Known for his
honesty and reform principles, he served as
secretary of state and a trusted advisor to Franklin
Roosevelt during the latter's term as governor of
New York State . He helped Roosevelt through all of
his elections and was one of the driving forces
behind Truman's 1948 election victory. In 1940
Roosevelt tapped him to be the Chairman of the
Democratic National Committee. SIGNATURE, [10] [ENGLAND]
ROUNDELL PALMER - 1st Earl of Selborne
[1812-1895]. English jurist. M.P. (1847-52,
1853-57, 1861-72); solicitor general (1861);
attorney general (1863-65); opposed Gladstone' s
Irish church policy; lord chancellor (1872-74,
1880-85); author of the Supreme Court of
Judicature Act of 1873, which established a single
hierarchy of courts; edited a hymnal, The Book of
Praise (1863). Created earl (1882). CLIP SIGNATURE, mounted.......100-150
58. [MUSIC] Vladimir Ashkenazy [b. 1937] Russian-Icelandic conductor and pianist. Clip signature from envelope...........20-30
59. [FILM] Tony Randall (1920-2004)
American actor in film and TV. ALS, 1989, on his
personal note card. Fine..........35-45
See above
60. [MEDICINE] John Rock (1890-1984)
American obstetrician and gynecologist. He is best known
for the major role he played in the development of the
first hormonal contraceptive, colloquially called "the
pill". TLS, 1976, brief 1-page.
VG..........75-100
See above
61. [FRANCE] Baron de Lagarde - ALS, dated 1714, 1p, about 6-1/2 x 8-3/4. Identification with this letter says: "Toulon 1714. The Marquis of La Velette, Baron de Lagarde went to search for the remains of the famous explorer LA PÉROUSE". A quick attempt at researching Lagarde did not yield anything. La Perouse, however, was quite famous, having died c. 1788. His death, in comparison to the 1714 date of the letter offered here would seem to dispute that Lagarde could have written a letter in 1714 and would still be alive 74 years later. This needs A LOT more research..........100-150
See Lagarde letter
62. [NOBEL PRIZE] Linus
Pauling (1901-1994) American
chemist, biochemist, peace activist, author, and educator. He
was one of the most influential chemists in history and ranks
among the most important scientists of the 20th century.
Pauling was one of the founders of the fields of quantum
chemistry and molecular biology. For his scientific
work, Pauling was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in
1954. In 1962, for his peace activism, he was awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize. This makes him the only person to be
awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes. Brief RLS, 1973, 1p. 8.5
x 7". VG............100-150
See above
63. [FILM] Jimmy Lydon (b.
1923) American movie actor and television producer, whose
career in the entertainment industry began as a teenage
actor in the 1930s. One of his first starring roles was the
title character in the 1940 movie Tom Brown's School Days,
also starring Cedric Hardwicke and Freddie Bartholomew.
Between 1941–1944, Lydon starred as the screechy-voiced,
adolescent Henry Aldrich in the movie series of that title.
ALS, 2001, 2pp. Very nice letter about his career. VG.............60-80
See letter
64. [FILM] "Butterfly" McQueen
(1911-1995) American actress. Originally a dancer,
McQueen first appeared as Prissy, Scarlett O'Hara's maid in
the 1939 film Gone with the Wind. She continued as an
actress in film in the 1940s, then moving to television
acting in the 1950s. During World War II, she frequently
appeared on the Armed Forces Broadcast "Jubilee," as a
comedienne. Photocopy of a signed photo [printed
signature] on which she writes in blue ballpoint pen "as
'Prissy' of G.W.T.W.", 8-1/2 x 11 in. So her
signature nis printed [copied] but the rest in ink
handwriting by McQueen. VG...........50-75
See above
65. [NEWSPAPER] LINCOLN
ASSASSINATION - WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, Madison, Wis., May
9, 1865, VOL. XIII, No. 34. 8 pages, FILLED with Civil War
news and bulletins. Includes: "Abraham Lincoln. Remarks at
the Funeral Services...By R.W. Emerson"; "The Man who Killed
Booth- Anecdotes of Sergeant Corbett"; "Indian Murders in
Minnesota"; "The Assassination Plot". Illustrated
advertisements. Fascinating reading.
Uncommon................75-100
66. [FRANCE] Charles-François Turinaz
(1838-1918) He was bishop of Moutiers-Tarentaise from
1873 to 1882, and Bishop of Nancy in 1882 to 1918. ALS,
1906, 4pp. VG.............100-150
67. [FRANCE] Guillaume-René
Meignan (1817-1896) French
Catholic apologist and scriptural exegete, Archbishop of Tours
and Cardinal. ALS, 1887, 1-1/5 pp, 8vo. Not translated.
VG........100-150
68. [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
69. [FRANCE] Charles Prudent Becdelièvre
(1705 - 1784 ) French prelate, Bishop of Nîmes.
Ordained in 1729, he became abbot of Vierzen in 1730, then
the Caignotte in 1731. Becdelèvre was appointed vicar
of Périgueux in 1736. He was Bishop of Nîmes from 1737
to 1784. He was also adviser to the king in all his advice.
Letter Signed, 1750, 1p, approx. 7 x 8.5". Damp
stain top edge............100-150
See
above
70. [FRANCE] Francois-Joseph
Belanger (1744 – 1818) French
architect and decorator working in the Neoclassic style.
Bélanger designed and constructed numerous hôtels
particuliers for Parisian aristocrats and bankers. He
designed the Château de Méréville for Jean-Joseph de
Laborde, 1784–86. He designed interiors for the Hôtel
Baudart de Saint-James, 12 Place Vendôme, and influenced
garden designs of the epoch. Rare
document signed, 1816, 1 page., 7-1/4 x 9-3/4".
Very fine condition.............100-150
71. [FRANCE] Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, comte de Toulouse (1681), duc de Penthièvre (1697), (1711), (1678-1737), a legitimated prince of the blood royal, was the son of Louis XIV and of his mistress Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan. At the age of five, he became grand admiral of France. In 1693, he became a chevalier des Ordres du roi (Order of the King) and, in 1704, a knight of the Toison d’or. Shortly before his death in 1715, Louis XIV added a codicil to his will stating that if all legitimate members of the House of Bourbon, both those descended from Louis and more distant kinsmen, died out, the throne of France could be inherited by the duc du Maine and the comte de Toulouse. The decision was reversed after the death of Louis XIV when Louis Alexandre's cousin, Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, as the new regent, had the Parlement de Paris void that portion of the will. The comte de Toulouse died at the Château de Rambouillet on 1 December 1737. He was buried in the village 12th century Saint-Lubin church. Offered here is a document signed, 1715, 1p, approx. 6-3/4 x 9". Fine condition. Not translated...........200-300
See portrait of him
72. [CIVIL WAR] Eugene
B. Payne (1835-1910). Two page letter
written in pencil, Illinois Legislature, House of
Representative, Springfield, Illinois, 1867. This is
Payne’s own retained copy of his letter to J.F. Farnsworth,
congressman from Illinois and Union general. Payne
is expressing regret that a Dr. [Moses] Evans was
recommended as Post Master of Waukengan, Illinois.
Payne recommends, instead, a Major. Clarkson. Says that
the railroad men want him in the post; says he is a rich man
and does not need the office. Says Clarkson needs
the job. According to the New York Times, April 8, 1910, Payne
was born in Seneca Falls, N.Y. on April 15, 1835. But in
1836 his family, led by his father, Thomas Hubbard Payne,
bought land in northwest Fremont Township, Lake County
Illinois. The large Payne family played crucial political and
economic roles in the development of Lake County, as described
in John J. Halsey’s 1912 History of Lake County, Illinois
(Waukegan, 1912, 432-51). As the son of a pioneer family,
Payne studied in local schools and graduated from the Waukegan
High School (Open Library undocumented online article on
General Payne). In 1860 he was graduated from the law
school of Northwestern University, a member of the first
class, and was “admitted to the bar that same year,” according
to the Times obituary. At the beginning of the Civil War
he organized at Waukegan, Illinois, the first company of Union
infantry troops in Illinois (37th Illinois Infantry Regiment)
and he served with them until September of 1864 when he was
discharged due to his dibilitating malaria (background note,
Payne collection, Clements Library, U. of Michigan). That fall
of 1864 he was elected to the Illinois state
legislature. Payne was wounded and ill following
his participation in the July 1863 Vicksburg campaign and
victory. His service after the spring of 1862 is
documented in the Payne collection at the Clements Library, U.
of Michigan. The background note for that collection
states that Payne thought that the December 1862 Prairie Grove
battle as equally significant to that at Pea Ridge. By
the end of the war, and after playing a role in an important
Rio Grande campaign and returning in early 1864 to Illinois to
recruit, he was mustered out in September 1864 at the rank of
Brigadier General. He was the first soldier from Lake
County, Illinois to achieve the rank of general. After
the war he served in the legislature to 1868, on the
Republican ticket. The Times obituary says that he
practiced law for seventeen years. The Open Library article
reports that he lived and practiced in Waukegan and in
Evanston, Illinois to 1887. In 1885 A.T. Andreas in his
History of Chicago, v. 1, 203, lists Payne as a resident of
Chicago, “among respected and beloved citizens” who fought
with the 37th Regiment. Late in life, after retiring
from the bar, Payne “was made an officer of the U.S. Pension
Bureau,” Washington, DC, according to the Times
obituary.............80-120
Page 1
Page 2
Click to
see photo of Payne - not included here
From The Reign of King Charles IX
74. [FRANCE] Jean-François
de Hercé (1776-1849) was a dignitary
of the Catholic Church and French politician, mayor of Laval
then bishop of the diocese of Nantes. ALS, 2pp, approx.
8-1/2 x 13". VG. He played a role in the 1848
Revolution...........100-150
75. [FRANCE] Charles de Bourbon, Count of Charolais (1700-1760) French noble. As a member of the reigni prince of the Blood. A son of Louis III, Prince of Condé, he was made governor of Touraine in 1720. He fought in Hungary in the war against the Ottoman Turks and won distinction at the battle of Belgrade. He was governor of his nephew Louis Joseph de Bourbon, prince de Condé. In 1728 he became one of the candidates to the hand of wealthy Maria Zofia Sieniawska supported by Louis XV in attempt to gain a strong position in Poland before the Royal Election. He secretly married Jeanne de Valois-Saint Remy, a descendent of Henri II via an illegitimate branch. Their son was Louis-Thomas [1718-1799], who was not legitimated by the king, later was exiled to England. Document Signed, 1744, 1p, approx. 9-1/4 x 13-1/2 in. One middle fold................150-250
77. [ART -
FRANCE] Pierre Filloeul
(1696; died Paris after 1754) French printmaker. He was
the son of the engraver Gilbert Filloeul (1644-1714). He
was his father's pupil (and not, as is sometimes claimed,
that of Jacques-Philippe Lebas). His oeuvre extends from
1731 to 1754 and numbers c. 150 prints. Original
etching, Portrait of Louis Duc D'Orleans, image approx.
7-1/2 x 5-1/2" plus margin. This is an 18th century
impression. VG. Mounting trace top edge on
verso............100-150
79. Joseph
Campanella (b. 1927) [1] American
character actor who has appeared in more than two hundred
television and film roles since 1955. Signed, inscribed
8x10 photo PLUS TLS signed Joe. Two pieces. VG.......35-45
81. [FRANCE] Francois-Cesar
Le Blanc (1672-1746) French Bishop of
Avranches. Document Signed 1726, 1p, 9-1/2 x 7-1/2". Fine
condition............100-150
See document
See bio. page
83. Newburyport, Mass.
- 4 manuscript documents dating 1811-1823. Monies paid
by the town for various services and items such as panes of
glass for court house, work done in school house. There
is a 5th document but the ink is too light to
count.........50-75
86.
[ART] Gwen Raverat
(1885-1957) English wood engraver who was a founder member
of the Society of Wood Engravers. She was the granddaughter of
the naturalist Charles Darwin and the first cousin of the poet
Frances Cornford. She married the French painter Jacques
Raverat in 1911. They were active in the Bloomsbury Group and
Rupert Brooke's Neo-Pagan group until they moved to the south
of France, where they lived in Vence, near Nice, until his
death from multiple sclerosis in 1925. Raverat was one of the
very first wood engravers recognised as modern. She went to
the Slade School in 1908, but stood outside the groups growing
up at the time, the group that gathered around Eric Gill at
Ditchling and the group that grew up at the Central School of
Arts and Crafts around Noel Rooke. She was influenced by the
Impressionists and Post-Impressionists and developed her own
painterly style of engraving. There was some similarity
between her early engravings and those of Gill, and she did
know Gill, but the similarity was based mostly on her black
line style at the time, influenced by Lucien Pissarro, and the
semi-religious themes that she then chose. Balston credits her
with having produced one of the first two books illustrated
with modern wood engravings. This was Spring Morning
by her cousin Frances Cornford, published by the Poetry
Bookshop in 1915. It was accessioned at the British Library in
May 1915, which makes it the first modern book illustrated
with wood engravings, as the other contender, The Devil's
Devices illustrated by Eric Gill, was accessioned in December
1915. Original wood-engraving, image is 4-1/8 x 6" plus
margins. The title: "CHILD-STEALERS." Fine...........75-100
88. AMERICAN BALLET THEATER –
SIGNATURES OF 24 MEMBERS OF THE ABT from a program of the week
of March 3, 1958. SIGNED by: ERIK BRUHN (1928-1986)
leading Danish Ballet star, choreographer. VIOLET VERDY
(1933) Prima Ballerina. WILLIAM CARTER (1935-1988)
Dancer. KENNETH DEWITT SCHERMEREHORN (1929-2005) American
Composer and Conductor. SAMUEL GAURACHMALNICK
(Conductor) who was Leonard Bernstein’s musical director for his
original “Candide”; also by dancers: ELAINE KING, JOAN
ALLEN, PATRICIA RICHARDS, SALLIE WILSON, ELIZABETH CARROLL,
WILLIAM GUSKE, CAROLYN CLARK, PAUL SUTHERLAND, CHARLES BENNETT,
SHARON ENOCH, PATTI SCHMIDT, RAY BARRA, FERNAND NAULT, LEO
DUGAN, ADY ADDOR, ERNRIGUE MARTINEZ, ROYES KONRAD, MICHAEL
LLAND, ROSALIE KONRAD. Remarkable SIGNED ballet
piece. Approx. 6x9". Left edge a little ragged o/w
VG.............150-200
See above
90. WILLIAM W. CAMPBELL [1806-1881] American Party congressman from New York 1845-47; State Supreme Ct. Justice; author & historian. Document Signed, 1851, 5+pp., all handwritten, concerning the settlement of a law suit arising from an estate. 8x13 in. Philip R. Yonge of Darien, George, one of the Executors of the Last Will and Testament of John Fraser late of East Florida. The suit is against Thomas Napier of the City of New York. VG............40-60
91. LEVANDER, HAROLD. Gov. of Minnesota 1967-71. Letter as governor dated Nov. 28, 1987 sending photo and expressing warm sentiments concerning addressee's ill son. Vertical fold at right, not affecting the text...........20-30
92. BRODIE, ALEXANDER O. Gov of Arizona Territory 1902-05 (predating statehood). LS March 24, 1903 to the President endorsing the "good character, ability and moral qualities" of a job-seeker. Small marginal tears not affecting text. (This is probably a retained copy)............20-30
93. WILLIAMS, JACK. Governor of Arizona 1967-75. Dated Nov. 20, 1967, Williams expresses sympathy and encloses an autographed photo. Vertical fold at right, not affecting the text. Some off-print from ink signature when folded..........20-30
94. DOCKING, ROBERT S. Governor of Kansas 1967-75. Letter dated Nov. 20, 1967, sending autographed photo and expressing regret for addressee's son's illness.....20-30
95. Linwood Holton - Gov. of Virginia. TLS, 1970. 1p., as governor........20-30
96. [MARYLAND] Thomas G. Pratt (1804- 1869) was a lawyer and politician from Annapolis, Maryland. He was the 27th Governor of Maryland from 1845 to 1848 and a U.S. Senator from 1850 to 1857. SIGNED PARTLY-PRINTED DOCUMENT, 1845, appointing Justices from Frederick, Md., 5th Election Commission. 15-3/4 x 10 in. Edge tattering & folds but in generally good condition.........50-75
97. [MINN] S.J.R. McMillan (1826-1897) American politician. He was a Republican U.S. Senator from Minnesota. McMillan served in the U.S. Senate in the 44th, 45th, 46th, 47th, 48th, and 49th United States Congresses from March 4, 1875, to March 3, 1887. He had also been a member of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1864 to 1875 and served as Chief Justice from 1874-1875. He graduated from Western University of Pennsylvania in 1846, later studying the law on his own as was the custom of the day. DOCUMENT SIGNED, 1879, 5X8 in. Signed receipt for Vol. One of the Official Register of the United States for 1879...........30-40
102. [PORTRAIT] of Thomas Cecil
: first earl of Exeter (1542-1623) engraved by John
Cochran (active 1821-1865) was a Scottish portrait
miniaturist, a stipple and line engraver and a painter of
watercolours. Cochran exhibited his portraits at the Royal
Academy between 1821 and 1823, and at the Suffolk Street Gallery
from 1821 to 1827. Image approx. 5x4" plus marghins.
VG..........25-35
104. [PORTRAIT]
of The Earl of Moira (1754-1826) engraved by William Ridley (1764-1838) c. 1811. Image approx.
3.5 x 3" plus margins. VG........25-35
105. [PORTRAIT] of Sir Edward
Codrington GCB RN (1770-1851) British admiral, hero of the
Battle of Trafalgar and the Battle of Navarino. Engraved
c. 1830 by John Cochran
(active 1821-1865) was a Scottish portrait miniaturist, a
stipple and line engraver and a painter of watercolours. Cochran
exhibited his portraits at the Royal Academy between 1821 and
1823, and at the Suffolk Street Gallery from 1821 to 1827. Image
approx. 4.5 x 3.5" plus marghins. Chipped outer edges but around
image area VG..........25-35
106. 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
108. 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
109. Lemuel
Shaw (1781-1861) American jurist who served as Chief
Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1830–1860).
Prior to his appointment he also served for several years in the
Massachusetts House of Representatives and as a state senator.
3-1/4 x 2" card signed "Chief Justice Shaw." VG..........25-35
110. Charles Jared Ingersoll (1782-1862)
American lawyer and Democratic member of the U.S. House of
Representatives from Pennsylvania. Clip Signature.........15-20
111.
MYSTERY LOT of about 83 pieces from 19th & 20th
century. Includes: letters; documents; a few autographs.
Oldest item in this lot is 1836. Good lot for eBay sellers
or those who like researching items.....80-120
112. Dean Young (b.1938)
is the head writer of the popular comic strip Blondie, which
he inherited from his father Chic Young, who died in 1973.
Signed and inscribed special 1995 cover honoring Comic Strip
Classics...........20-30
113. [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
114. MYSTERY LOT of about 81 pieces
from 19th & 20th century. Includes: letters; documents; a
few autographs; and various ephemera. Oldest item in this lot
is 1815. Good lot for eBay sellers or those who like
researching items.....80-120
115. [GOLF]
GOLF COVER WITH CANCELLED GOLF STAMPS [but no POSTAL MARK]
SIGNED BY Patty Berg, Nancy
Lopez, and tennis
player Tracy Austin.........20-30
116. [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
117. [ANDREW JOHNSON] Message from the President of the United States. "A resolution of the House of the 7th instant, transmitting a statement from the State Department relative to the clerks employed in that department." 1866, 2pp. Ex. Doc. No. 111, 39th Congress, 1st Session, US House of Rep. 5-3/4 x 9". Signed in type by the President. VG............35-45
118. [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
119. [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
120. Edie Falco - actress. signed small newspaper picture..................20-30
122. [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
123. 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
124. 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
125. [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
126. MYSTERY LOT of about 81 pieces from 19th & 20th century. Includes: letters; documents; a few autographs. Oldest item in this lot is 1816. Good lot for eBay sellers or those who like researching items.....80-120
127. [POLITICS] mixed lot of poltical autographs: [1] Isaac Hill - Gov. NH. Clip signature. [2] JONES, James Kimbrough [1839-1908] Representative and a Senator from Arkansas; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. CLIP SIGNATURE [3] DORSEY, Stephen Wallace, a Senator from Arkansas; born in Benson, Rutland County, Vt., February 28, 1842; during the Civil War served in the Union Army. CLIP SIGNATURE [4] DAVIS, Cushman Kellogg, a Senator from Minnesota; born in Henderson, Jefferson County, N.Y., June 16, 1838; moved with his parents to Waukesha, Wis.; attended the public schools, Carroll College in Waukesha; graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1857; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced practice in Waukesha; during the Civil War served as first lieutenant in the Twenty-eighth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, in 1861 and 1862; assistant adjutant general 1862-1864; moved to St. Paul, Minn., in 1865; member, State house of representatives 1867; United States district attorney 1868-1873; Governor of Minnesota 1874-1875; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1886; reelected in 1892 and again in 1898, and served from March 4, 1887, until his death on November 27, 1900; chairman, Committee on Pensions (Fiftieth through Fifty-second Congresses), Committee on Territories (Fifty-fourth Congress), Committee on Foreign Relations (Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses); member of the commission which met in Paris, France, in September 1898 to arrange terms of peace after the war between the United States and Spain; died in St. Paul, Minn.; interment in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. Mounted CLIP SIGNATURE. [5] George Truitt [1756-1818] American farmer and politician from Murderkill Hundred, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as Governor of Delaware. He began his political career as a delegate to the convention which ratified the United States Constitution of 1787. He then served five years in the State House from the 1788/89 session through the 1791/92 session and again in the 1794 session. He then served most of two terms in the State Senate, from the 1803 session through the 1807 session. In 1807 he was elected Governor of Delaware, beating Joseph Haslet the Democratic-Republican Party candidate. Truitt took office January 19, 1808 and served until January 15, 1811. Like other Governors, Truitt was concerned about issues like slavery , penal reform, and public education. A new issue arose during his term, however. Due to increasing tensions with Great Britain, the U.S. government had directed Delaware to create and equip a militia of 1300 men. The General Assembly, in turn requested Federal fortification of Wilmington, New Castle, Port Penn, Reedy Island, and Lewes. CLIP SIGNATURE mounted. [6] Henry E. Burnham (1844-1917) US States Senator from New Hampshire. SIGNATURE. [7]Samuel James Renwick McMillan (1826-1897) Republican U.S. Senator from Minnesota. He served in the U.S. Senate in the 44th, 45th, 46th, 47th, 48th, and 49th United States Congresses from March 4, 1875, to March 3, 1887. He had also been a member of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1864 to 1875 and served as Chief Justice from 1874-1875. Clip Signature........40-60
129. [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
130. [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
131. Sir Francis C. BURNAND [1836-1917]. English playwright. Editor of Punch (1880-1906). Author of many burlesques, including Black-eyed Susan (1866), Cox and Box (with music by Sir Arthur Sullivan, produced 1867), The Colonel (1881), and Happy Thoughts (1866). CLIP SIGNATURE.....20-30
132. [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
133. [MUSIC] EDDY ARNOLD (1918-2008) Country-Western Singer. Signed 3x5 card dated 1988. Fine........20-30
134. Zack Mosley - Am. cartoonist who created Smilin' Jack, an aviation comic strip that first appeared October 1, 1933 in the Chicago Tribune and ended April 1, 1973. After a run of 40 years, it was the longest running aviation comic strip. He had previously worked on the Buck Rogers and Skyroads strips. ANS, 1975, written on bottom of letter from collector............25-35
135. 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
136. Burton Frye - signed title page from his "The Good Surprise - Poem by Burton Frye."..........20-30
137. 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
138. Isaac Seligman [1834-1928] German-American merchant banker and philanthropist. He was the youngest of eight brothers, all of whom emigrated to America and became involved in running various branch offices of the merchant banking house J. & W. Seligman & Co., co-founded in Manhattan, New York City in 1846 by Isaac's elder brothers, James and Joseph Seligman. TLS, 1904, 1p, to Lt. Gov. of NY, William F. Sheehan [1859-1917] who was an influential lawyer and politician. VG..........60-80
139. [FRANCE]
Mrs. Edgar Quinet (Hermione
Asachi (or Asaky), the daughter of Gheorghe Asachi, a Romanian
poet). Her husband was Edgar Quinet (1803- 1875) the French
historian and intellectual. ALS, 1894, 2pp, 4-1/4 x
7. Important letter discussing differences between
James Darmestier and her husband, Edgar Quinet.
Fine................80-120
140. [BOXING] Gene Fullmer
[b.1931] former American middleweight boxer and world champion.
Signed collector's card, 3.5 x 2.5".........20-30
141. [FILM] Fritz Feld (1900-1993) film character
actor actor who appeared in over 140 films, both silent and
sound. His trademark was to slap his mouth with the palm of his
hand to create a "pop!" sound. TLS, 1966, 1p, mentioning several
films. VG.............40-60
143. [FILM] Charles Farrell (1901-1990) notable American film actor of the 1920s silent era and into the 1930s, and later a television actor. Farrell is probably best recalled for his onscreen romances with actress Janet Gaynor in more than a dozen films, including Seventh Heaven, Street Angel, and Lucky Star. DOCUMENT SIGNED, 1952, 4pp. Contract with William Morris Agency. Signed on final page. VG...........75-100
145. [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
Portrait of Veuillot147. [TV] Robert
Urich (1946-2002)
American film, television and stage actor and television
producer. Over the course of his 30-year career, Urich starred
in a record 15 television series. Signed, inscribed 8x10
photo. VG...........40-60
149. Henri Georges Stephane Adolphe Opper de Blowitz (1825- 1903) Bohemian journalist. He left home at the age of fifteen to travel, acquiring a wide range of languages in the process. When financial constraints led him to plan emigration to America, he met by chance M. de Falloux , the French minister responsible for public education, and was appointed professor of foreign languages at the Tours Lycée in around 1849. He thereafter transferred to the Marseilles Lycée. He resigned his professorship there in 1859 when he married in order to devote himself to literature and politics. He became famous, both as a journalist and for his insights into diplomacy. ALS, 1891, 3pp, 4.5 x 7 in. Moderate sunning along left edge on first page; runs into text................30-40
150. [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
153. Minnie Pearl
(1912-1996) Country comedian. Sig. FDC honoring Jimmie
Rodgers.....20-30
154.
FRANCE] Antoinette Henriette Clémence Robert (1797-1872)
French writer of historical fiction, poetry, non-fiction,
stage plays, and short stories. She published much of her work
as Clémence Robert. ALS, no date, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8". To Paul Foucher.
VG............50-75
See Robert
letter
155. [FRANCE] ARCHIVE of approx. 27 letters and one sonnet all sent to the French poet Aime Giron. Many of family members. 6 or 7 envelopes included. Unread. Not translated. VG....100-150
156 [FRANCE] Jules
Gervais-Courtellemont (1863 - 1931)
French photographer who was famous for taking color
autochromes during World War I. He was born in the province of
Seine-et-Marne, near Paris, but grew up in Algeria, where he
developed a passion for the pre-colonial Orient and devoted
most of his professional career in search of the exotic. In
1894 converted to Islam prior to making a pilgrimage to Mecca.
Images collected in Turkey, Palestine, Egypt, Tunisia, Spain,
India, Morocco and China formed the basis for his popular
illustrated lectures, which he illustrated with lantern
slides. With the outbreak of World War I, Courtellemont
returned to his home province to record the war. After the
war, Courtellemont began working for an American publication.
He eventually became a photographer for National Geographic.
In 1911, Courtellemont opened the "Palais de l'autochromie" in
Paris, which comprised an exhibition hall, studio, laboratory,
and lecture hall with a seating capacity of 250. It was in
this hall that Courtellemont would project his autochromes
both of the Orient and, after 1914, of the war, particularly
the Marne battlefields. These lectures proved to be so popular
that Courtellemont issued a twelve-part series later bound in
book form called The Battle of Marne and later a four-part
series entitled The Battle of Verdun. These are the first
books ever published in color on war. Between 1923 and
1925 he wrote a three-volume work entitled La Civilisation –
Histoire sociale de l'humanité, illustrated with his
photographs. He was a lifelong friend of the novelist,
Orientalist and photographer Pierre Loti. While over 5,500
Gervais-Courtellemont autochromes survive in various
institutional collections, his work in private hands is quite
rare and sought after. Courtellemon died in 1931. His German
counterpart is Hans Hildenbrand. ALS, c. 1910,
written on both sides of 7 x 9 sheet. To M. Brunet. Speaks
of Islam in Bosnia. VG............100-150
157. [BASEBALL] Raymond Radcliff - This
is a Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo. Designated M113 or
M114 by collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos
around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are
blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss heavy paper
stock. You had to send away for the photos. The bottom center
has the players name, the lower left reads "Published by the
Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and the lower right reads
"Enlarged from an original photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY".
From the beginning, the posters offered collectors a chance to
obtain high-quality reproductions of photos taken by such
legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for
the sport of baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the
century, through his retirement shortly before World War II. A
substantial percentage of the posters issued during that span
featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12. Superb condition
when compared to the usual found. Often these were trimmed down
in size, this one is full size.............40-60
See above
158. [BASEBALL] Ken Keltner - This is a
Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo. Designated M113 or M114
by collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos
around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are
blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss heavy paper
stock. You had to send away for the photos. The bottom center
has the players name, the lower left reads "Published by the
Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and the lower right reads
"Enlarged from an original photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY".
From the beginning, the posters offered collectors a chance to
obtain high-quality reproductions of photos taken by such
legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for
the sport of baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the
century, through his retirement shortly before World War II. A
substantial percentage of the posters issued during that span
featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12. Superb condition
when compared to the usual found. Often these were trimmed down
in size, this one is full size.............40-60
See above
159. [BASEBALL] John "Buddy"
Lewis - This is a Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo.
Designated M113 or M114 by collectors, Baseball Magazine began
issuing these photos around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine
Premium Photos are blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on
semi-gloss heavy paper stock. You had to send away for the
photos. The bottom center has the players name, the lower left
reads "Published by the Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and
the lower right reads "Enlarged from an original photograph by
C.M. Conlon, NY". From the beginning, the posters offered
collectors a chance to obtain high-quality reproductions of
photos taken by such legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the
alpha photographer for the sport of baseball, beginning a little
after the turn of the century, through his retirement shortly
before World War II. A substantial percentage of the posters
issued during that span featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x
12. Superb condition when compared to the usual found.
Often these were trimmed down in size, this one is full
size.............40-60
See above
160. [BASEBALL] Frank Hayes - This is a
Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo. Designated M113 or M114
by collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos
around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are
blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss heavy paper
stock. You had to send away for the photos. The bottom center
has the players name, the lower left reads "Published by the
Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and the lower right reads
"Enlarged from an original photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY".
From the beginning, the posters offered collectors a chance to
obtain high-quality reproductions of photos taken by such
legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for
the sport of baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the
century, through his retirement shortly before World War II. A
substantial percentage of the posters issued during that span
featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12. Superb condition
when compared to the usual found. Often these were trimmed down
in size, this one is full size.............40-60
See above
161. [BASEBALL] Edward Miller - This is
a Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo. Designated M113 or
M114 by collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos
around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are
blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss heavy paper
stock. You had to send away for the photos. The bottom center
has the players name, the lower left reads "Published by the
Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and the lower right reads
"Enlarged from an original photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY".
From the beginning, the posters offered collectors a chance to
obtain high-quality reproductions of photos taken by such
legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for
the sport of baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the
century, through his retirement shortly before World War II. A
substantial percentage of the posters issued during that span
featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12. Superb condition
when compared to the usual found. Often these were trimmed down
in size, this one is full size.............40-60
See above
162. [BASEBALL] August Galan - This is a
Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo. Designated M113 or M114
by collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos
around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are
blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss heavy paper
stock. You had to send away for the photos. The bottom center
has the players name, the lower left reads "Published by the
Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and the lower right reads
"Enlarged from an original photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY".
From the beginning, the posters offered collectors a chance to
obtain high-quality reproductions of photos taken by such
legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for
the sport of baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the
century, through his retirement shortly before World War II. A
substantial percentage of the posters issued during that span
featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12. Superb condition
when compared to the usual found. Often these were trimmed down
in size, this one is full size.............40-60
See above
ANTIQUE ENGRAVED PORTRAITS
167. James B. Longacre (1794-1869) American
engraver, b. Delaware Co., Pa. Known for his work in The
National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans (4 vols.,
1834-39); chief engraver, U.S. Mint (1844-69). Original portrait
engraving of Josiah Stoddard Johnston
(1784-1833) United States Representative and Senator from
Louisiana. Image size 3-1/2 x 4-1/2 in. plus clean margins.
VG.........25-35
170. [FILM] June Allyson (1917-2006) American actress. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.......35-45
See above
171. Gerald
Massey (1828-1907) English poet and
self-educated Egyptologist. During the later years of his
life, (from about 1870 onwards) Massey became interested
increasingly in Egyptology and the similarities that exist
between ancient Egyptian mythology and the Gospel stories. He
studied the extensive Egyptian records housed in the British
Museum, eventually teaching himself to decipher the
hieroglyphics." In regard to Egyptology, Massey first published
The Book of the Beginnings, followed by The Natural Genesis. His
most prolific work is Ancient Egypt: The Light of the World,
published shortly before his death.[1] His work, which draws
comparisons between the Judeo-Christian religion and the
Egyptian religion, is not considered significant in the field of
modern Egyptology and is not mentioned in the Oxford
Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt or similar reference works of
modern Egyptology. One of the more sensational aspects of
Massey's writings were the parallels he drew between Jesus and
the Egyptian god Horus. These comparisons are primarily
contained in his book The Natural Genesis. Massey's writings on
this subject have influenced various later authors such as Alvin
Boyd Kuhn, Tom Harpur, and Acharya S. ALS, nd, written
on both sides, approx. 5x8". Content - about his poems.
Old Paul Richards price of $25 in 1977 written top corner in
pencil...........80-120
172. Anne
Jeffreys (b. 1923 in Goldsboro, North Carolina) is an
American actress and singer. Signed & inscribed 5x7
photo...............20-30
173. [ART] Alexander POPE [1849-1924] important American artist. One of his paintings realized $186,000 at a Maine auction, a record in Maine for a work of art that stood for many years. We purchased his drawings, both childhood and adult, and his scrapbook & some of his photographs of his paintings over a decade ago. The ORIGINAL pencil sketche[s] offered here is unsigned and guaranteed without a time limit to the original purchaser. Approx. 6 x 6-1/4 in. sheet irregular size. This is an early drawing circa 1865-70 although not dated. Very good condition. . The Maine Antique Digest [sometime in 1998] reported that the Pope painting that brought $186,000 in Maine was resold at Sothebys, Dec. 3, 1998, for $552,500. Virtually all Alexander Pope drawings that have appeared on the market in decades have come from our collection.........100-150
174. [ART] EDWARD J. POYNTER
[1836-1919] English historical painter. Director of National
Gallery (1894-1904). Executed decorative designs in fresco,
mosaic, stained glass, pottery; known for classic oil paintings,
including Israel in Egypt (1867), Atalanta' s Race (1876),
Lesbia and Her Sparrow (1907). ALS, 1896, 2pp, approx. 4x6
in.........75-100
176. [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
178. [FILM] Bill Lundigan [1914-1975] American movie and TV actor. His films include "Dodge City" (1939),"The Fighting 69th" (1940), The Sea Hawk (1940), Santa Fe Trail (1940), Dishonored Lady (1947), Pinky (1949), Love Nest (1951) with Marilyn Monroe, The House on Telegraph Hill (1951), and Inferno (1953). From September 30, 1959, to September 7, 1960, Lundigan portrayed Col. Edward McCauley in the CBS television series, Men Into Space. Signed, inscribed vintage 5x7 photo. VG..............40-60
179. [RAILROADING-OHIO] George B. Ely (1817-1877) Secretary of the Cleveland,
Painesville and Ashtabula RailRoad. Offered here is a stock
certificate for this railroad company, dated 1854. Some ink
burnthrough in virtical writing. Ely signs
once on front and twice on vero.
In 1851, the railroad between Columbus and Cleveland
was completed, and the course of trade was almost entirely
diverted from its old channels. The business of Milan fell
away rapidly, and the forwarding trade at that point was
completely at an end, Mr. Ely closed up his connection with
the place in the Spring of 1852, and removed to Cleveland,
where he had engaged a warehouse with the intention of
continuing in the forwarding business, but was induced to take
the secretaryship of the Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula
Railroad, many of his old business and personal friends having
become interested in that undertaking and desiring the benefit
of his business tact and experience. About a year after his
accession to the company, the offices of secretary and
treasurer were combined, and Mr. Ely assumed charge of the
joint offices. Three years later he was elected a director of
the company. At various times he has been chosen
vice-president of the company. In 1868, he was elected
president of the Cleveland and Toledo Railroad Company,
retaining that position until the consolidation of the company
with the Cleveland and Erie Railroad Company, and the
formation of the Lake Shore Railroad Company...........35-45
Front side
Back side
180. [FILM] George
Peppard (1928-1994)
American film and television actor. Peppard secured a major
role when he starred alongside Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at
Tiffany's (1961), portrayed a character based on Howard Hughes
in The Carpetbaggers (1964), and played the title role of the
millionaire sleuth Thomas Banacek in the early-1970s
television series Banacek. He is probably best known for his
role as Col. John "Hannibal" Smith, the cigar-chomping leader
of a renegade commando squad, in the 1980s television show The
A-Team. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.............30-40
181.
[FILM] JANE POWELL (b. 1929) American singer, dancer and
actress. Signed 8x10 photo............30-40
182. [ART] BILL BECKLEY [1946 - ] American artist. The work of Bill Beckley, Pennsylvania born artist, is in the collections of the Smithsonian, MOMA, Guggenheim, Whitney, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, National Gallery plus museums in England, France, Germany, Switzerland. He also has works in numerous private collections. OFFERED HERE: ORIGINAL mixed media on paper. Signed & dated 1974. Paper size approx. 11x 15 in., watercolor image size approx. 3.5 x 7 in. with text. Very good condition. RE: Titled "STOVE", the text recounts De Koonings' practice of getting started on a blank canvas. "I've read that De Kooning was afraid to look at a blank canvas. Sometimes to get started he would look around the room and fix on an object - a stove a table, a chair, and write the word "chair", for instance across the canvas so it wouldn't be blank anymore. At this time there were two groups of abstract expressionists. The other was more structured and probably the forerunners of minimalism and late conceptualism. I liked his group better although lately I have removed all the furniture from the studio, I kept the stove, and in the evenings when it is cold I sit in front of it to keep warm."............700-900
Beckley 2
183. [FRANCE] François-Joseph Bélanger (1744
– 1818) French architect and decorator working in the
Neoclassic style. Bélanger designed and constructed numerous
hôtels particuliers for Parisian aristocrats and bankers. He
designed the Château de Méréville for Jean-Joseph de Laborde,
1784–86. He designed interiors for the Hôtel Baudart de
Saint-James, 12 Place Vendôme, and influenced garden designs of
the epoch. Rare document signed, 1787, 2pp., 8 x
12-1/4". Extremely rare contract between the famous
architect and the master carpenter Niquet. For some
unknown reason a slim portion of this document has been trimmed
away affecting a few words..............100-150
184. Will Durant (1885-1981)
was a prolific American writer, historian, and philosopher. He
is best known for The Story of Civilization, 11 volumes written
in collaboration with his wife Ariel Durant and published
between 1935 and 1975. He was earlier noted for The Story of
Philosophy, written in 1926, which one observer described as "a
groundbreaking work that helped to popularize philosophy".
Signed 1946 bank check...............40-60
185. [MUSIC] Jack
Hylton (1892-1965) English band
leader and impresario who rose to prominence during the British
dance band era. His productions dominated the London
theatres with such productions as The Merry Widow, Kiss Me, Kate
and Kismet. Signed vintage photo, 3.5 x 5.5".
VG..............25-35
186. [FRANCE] Adolphe Perraud (1828-1906) French Cardinal and academician. His calling card as Le Cardinal Perraud on which he pens 13 lines on both sides. Accompanied by original envelope addressed to Edmond de Morsier. About reunion; mentions Leon XIII. Don't think he signed. VG.........50-75
Scan 1187. [SPACE] Robert Crippen (b. 1937) NASA astronaut. He flew on four Space
Shuttle missions, including three as commander. Crippen is a
recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. Signed,
inscribed color litho. photo, 8x10. VG.........50-75
188. [MAINE] Margaret Chase Smith (1897-1995)
Republican Senator from Maine, and one of the most successful
politicians in Maine history. She was the first woman to be
elected to both the U.S. House and the Senate, and the first
woman from Maine to serve in either. She was also the first
woman to have her name placed in nomination for the U.S.
Presidency at a major party's convention (1964 Republican
Convention, won by Barry Goldwater). Smith was an early opponent
of Senator Joseph McCarthy. On June 1, 1950, she gave her
Declaration of Conscience speech on the floor of the Senate,
earning McCarthy's permanent ire and the epithet "Moscow Maggie"
from his staff. In 1954, when McCarthy attempted to challenge
her seat by sponsoring a primary challenger, the Maine voters
rejected the effort. POSTCARD
picturing her, signed on the verso. VG...........25-35
189. [MUSIC] Theo
Loevendier (1930 - ) Dutch composer and
clarinet player. Loevendie studied composition and clarinet at
the Conservatoire of Amsterdam. Initially he concentrated on
jazz music. As off 1968 he also wrote concert music, among which
operas, concertos and chamber music. Several of his compositions
won prizes. Starting 1970 Loevendie taught composition at
several Dutch conservatoires. Among his many students were
Svitlana Azarova, Matthias Kadar, Vanessa Lann, Peter van Onna,
Robin de Raaff, Victor Varela, Sinta Wullur and Evrim Demirel.
As a performer, he participated in the ensembles Consort,
Brevisand the Theo Loevendie Quintet. In 2004, he founded a new
group: The "Ziggurat Ensemble" - as he puts it himself: his
dream-ensemble. It consists of a mix of western and non-western
instruments: Er-hu, Viola da Gamba, Qanun, Voice, Duduk, Bass,
Pan Pipes and Percussion. Loevendie is writing practically all
the music for this young and enthusiastic team and in the
relatively short time of its existence has celebrated many
successes with it. AMQS from his work "Gassir, the Hero",
approx. 9-1/4 x 4-1/2". Two folds o/w VG. Written
on both sides............50-75
Front side
Back side
190. [MUSIC] Hugh Wood
(1932 - ) British composer. His first orchestral work,
Scenes from Comus (with soloists and chorus), was commissioned
by the BBC and composed between 1962 and 1965. Its premiere at
the 1965 BBC Proms provided Wood with a public success. AMQS
from his work "Variations for Viola and Piano". Approx.
10-1/2 x 4-1/4". Written on both sides. Two folds o/w
VG............50-75
Back side
191. [TV] Johnny Roventini
(also known as John Louis Roventini and popularly as Johnny Philip Morris (1910-1998)
American dwarf actor of Italian-American heritage. He soon
became famous as a product spokesman for Philip Morris brand
cigarettes in radio, television and print advertising media.
He was described by Philip Morris personnel as a "living
trademark", and represented the company for over 40 years.
Signed [pencil] vintage album page...........30-40
See Johnny's
signature
192. Nathan Dane (1752-1835) American lawyer and statesman who
represented Massachusetts in the Continental Congress from 1785
through 1788. Dane helped formulate the Northwest Ordinance
while in Congress, and introduced an amendment to the ordinance
prohibiting slavery in the Northwest Territory. ALS, Beverly
[Mass], Feb. 9, 1832, 1p, 8-1/2 x 5-1/4". Concerns rental
property and the removal of a tenant. Addressed to Captain Henry
Larcom...........100-150
194. Henry
Martyn Hoyt, Jr. (1856- 1910) served as
Solicitor General of the United States from 1903 to 1909. His
father, also named Henry Martyn Hoyt, served as governor of
Pennsylvania from 1879 to 1883. Hoyt Jr. was born in
Wilkes-Barre and graduated from Yale University in 1878 and the
law school of the University of Pennsylvania in 1881. After a
career spent in private practice as a lawyer in Pennsylvania,
starting in Pittsburgh and then in banking he became an
assistant attorney general in 1897 and then, in 1903, was
appointed Solicitor General by Theodore Roosevelt. After the end
of Roosevelt's term in office he became a counselor to Secretary
of State Philander C. Knox. Hoyt died in 1910. Five [5]
signed bank checks, Riggs National Bank, 1912.
VG...........50-75
196. [MUSIC] DAVID
NADIEN - composer. Signature of envelope
[no post marks]......20-30
See portrait
of Nadien
197. Margaret Deland (1857-1945) American author. TLS, Cambridge, Mass., 1933, 1p. To Kenneth Whittemore who apparently was also a writer. VG...........35-45
198. [MIXED LOT] multiple items offered here: [1] [ENGLAND] The Rev
Dr John Pye-Smith FRS, FGS
(1774-1851) was a Congregational theologian and tutor,
associated with reconciling geological sciences with the
Bible, Repeal of the Corn Laws and abolition. He was the
author of many learned works. OFFERED HERE is an
UNSIGNED AUTOGRAPH NOTE - "The books which
I have referring to Aug. Hermann Franke. .." Follows is a
short list of books. Mounted to larger sheet identifying the
handwriting in 1840 and "Presented by Jas. W. Alexander." Dr
John Pye-Smith was Theological Tutor at Homerton College near
Hackney, London for forty-five years between 1805 and 1850,
and minister of the Old Gravel Pit Chapel in Chatham Place,
Hackney for nearly as long (1811-50). His pupils included
Robert Halley (future Principal of New College, London),
Samuel Dyer the missionary, and William Johnson Fox of the
South Place Ethical Society. The son of a Sheffield
bookseller, he was surrounded by books in his youth and,
practically self-taught, rose not only to become a dissenting
academic and author, but through his interest in science and
geology, was elected to become the first Fellow of the Royal
Society from a nonconformist background. He was also elected a
Fellow of the Geological Society at a time when there was
considerable debate about accepting the idea of geological
time, and if so to find ways of reconciling this with the
teachings of the Old Testament. During the politically
turbulent 1790s, before moving to London he had taken over the
editorship of the Sheffield Iris, the leading abolitionist
newspaper in the North of England, during imprisonment of its
editor, his friend James Montgomery. In 1830 Dr Pye Smith took
the Chair of The Board of Congregational Ministers when it
passed an anti-slavery motion to secure support from all
Congregational chapels across the country in petitioning
parliament:That we feel it to be a solemn duty to employ our
influence with our congregations and the public, to promote
petitions to both Houses of Parliament for the abolition of
Colonial Slavery, and therefore pledge ourselves, and beg to
recommend to our brethren throughout the kingdom to prepare
from each congregation such petitions to parliament... The
Congregationalists' 1833 abolition lecture, The Sinfulness of
Colonial Slavery, was delivered at John Pye-Smith's Meeting
House in Hackney by his former pupil, Robert Halley Dr John
Pye Smith died in Hackney in 1851 and is buried below a marble
chest tomb monument in Dr Watts' Walk, at the
Congregationalists' non-denominational garden cemetery in the
grounds of Abney Park, Stoke Newington.. [2] ROUNDELL PALMER - 1st Earl of
Selborne [1812-1895]. English jurist. M.P. (1847-52, 1853-57,
1861-72); solicitor general (1861); attorney general
(1863-65); opposed Gladstone' s Irish church policy; lord
chancellor (1872-74, 1880-85); author of the Supreme Court of
Judicature Act of 1873, which established a single hierarchy
of courts; edited a hymnal, The Book of Praise (1863). Created
earl (1882). ALS, 1866, 2pp. [3] ABDNOR, James [1923-]
Representative and a Senator from South DakotaTLS, 1977, 1p.
[4] [BOXING] EDDIE MACK - President and
Matchmaker, Argonne Athletic Association. TLS, Boston, 1932,
1p, 4to. To [Rev.] Roland Sawyer of Ware, Mass. Encloses 2
tickets [not present here] for the Schaaf-Winston bout. Roland
Sawyer was the noted Socialist who ran for governor in Mass.
Mail folds. [5] Max Gebhard SECKENDORFF (1852-1911).
American journalist; chief, Washington bureau of the "New York
Tribune" (1883-1911); a very influential journalist between
the time of President Chester Arthur and President William
Howard Taft. Signed Riggs National Bank check, 1911. [6]
(Thomas) BRASSEY (1836-1918), Earl
Brassey, became civil lord (1880-83) and secretary (1884-85)
of the admiralty; governor of Victoria, Australia (1895-1900);
author of an encyclopedic work, The British Navy (1882-83);
founder of the Naval Annual (1886); created earl (1911). ALS,
1899, 2 pp, 4to. Re: resignation of Bishop Thornton of
Victoria. [7] [RELIGION] WM. C. HAWLEY - minister. Neat
little document signed. Methodist Episcopal Church Quarterly
Ticket [member] dated 1844. No place given but the document is
dated 1844, which is important. The church split over the
question of slavery in 1844 with the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South being formed in southern states. It is unknown
at this time whether Rev. Hawley was a black minister. Partly
printed, approx. 3 x 2-1/4 in. Lightly toned. Click to see
Hawley [8] D.W.
CALDWELL - Gen. Manager, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St.
Louis Railway Co. ALS, Columbus, Ohio, 1877, 1p, to. To
Ingalls. About low wages. File punch holes along margin
don't detract. [9] Paul A. Dever (1903-1958) He
served as the 58th Governor of Massachusetts. Signed 3x5 card.
Slighted toned. See Dever
signature [10] US CONGRESSMEN) album page 7 signatures: R.C. De Graffenreid [1859-1902 Tx] ¥ John L. Brenner [1832-1906 Ohio] ¥ C.P. Dorr [1852-1914 W.
Va]. On other side are signatures of H.S. Boutell [1856-1926 ILL] ¥ R.C. Davey [1853-1908 La] ¥ John M. Allen [1846-1917 Miss].
VG..........100-150
199. Leonard Andrew Scheele
(1907-1993) American physician and public servant. He was
appointed the seventh Surgeon General of the United States from
1948 to 1956. Signed photo dated 1949, 8x10 & TLS,
1948. Two pieces.............40-60
200. [THEATRE] David Burns
(1901-1971) American Broadway theatre and motion picture
actor and singer. Signed & inscribed 8x10 photo pictured in
a role. VG..............25-35
Titanic Disaster 1912
203. Marta Mitrovich
(1909-2002) American poet and actress. Born in Yugoslavia,
Mitrovich lived in London during World War II and the Blitz,
relocating in 1941 to the US, where her career as a stage and
screen actress included the 1953 version of Titanic. In the
mid-1970s (the actual date varies depending on whom you talk
to) she founded the current incarnation of Laguna Poets,
California’s longest running weekly poetry series, bringing
major poets like Allen Ginsberg, Charles Bukowski, Lawrence
Ferlinghetti and others to read in Orange County. Mitrovich’s
passion for poetry was the spark that ignited Laguna Poets and
the dozens of readings that imitated it (knowingly and
unknowingly) around Orange County and LA, and was matched only
by her passion for free speech. (In the 1950s, she told the
House UnAmerican Activities Committee to “stuff it.”).
Mitrovich retired in to Garbo-like seclusion in 1990,
disappearing near-entirely. ALS on postal card,
1972, signed "Marta." Poetry
content.............50-75
204. [MUSIC] Émile Louis Fortuné
Pessard (1843-1917) French
composer. Pessard was born and died in Paris. He studied at
the Paris Conservatoire where he won 1st prize in Harmony. In
1866 he won the Grand Prix de Rome with his cantata Dalila
which was performed at the Paris Opera on February 21, 1867.
From 1878 to 1880 he was inspector of singing at Paris
Schools, in 1881 he became professor of Harmony at the Paris
Conservatory. After 1895 he was a critic and
director. He composed many comic operas and operettas,
as well as masses. ALS, 1916, 2pp, approx. 5-1/4 x
8-1/4. VG............60-80
206. [ENTERTAINMENT] Rip Taylor (b. 1934) American comedian and actor. Document Signed,
Jan. 10, 1984, 1p. Ending management with the Milton B. Suchin
Co. Signed twice as "Rip Taylor." VG..........50-75
207. Sir John Gielgud (1904-2000) English actor. Gielgud is a member of the short list of entertainers with the distinction of having won an Emmy, a Grammy, a Tony, and a Oscar award. ANS, April 20, no year.........25-35
208. George Opdyke (1805-1880) was an entrepreneur and the Mayor of New York (1862 to 1863) during the American Civil War. Signed bank check 1863, as Mayor. VG...........40-60 Portrait of Opdyke
211. KARL A. MENNINGER (1893-1990) American Psychiatrist/Author. The Menninger Clinic, conceived with the idea of collecting many specialists in one center, was founded in Topeka in 1919 by Karl and his father, Charles Frederick (1862-1953); in 1925 they were joined by William. The Menninger Foundation, established for research, training, and public education in psychiatry, came into existence in 1941 and soon became a U.S. psychiatric and psychoanalytic center. At the close of World War II, he was instrumental in founding the Winter Veterans Administration Hospital, Topeka, which functioned as a mental hospital and as the center of the largest psychiatric training program in the world. SIGNATURE (large) dtd 4/14/75.............30-40
212. Rufus Choate (1799-1859) American lawyer and orator. He was a
US congressman from Mass. Clip Signature............25-35
213. Thornton W. Burgess (1874-1965) born in Sandwich, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, he was a conservationist and author of children's stories . Thornton Waldo Burgess loved the beauty of nature and its living creatures so much that he wrote about them for 50 years. By the time he retired, he had written more than 170 books and 15,000 stories for daily columns in newspapers. Signed 3x5 card to which a US posrage stamp has been affixed. Signature partly over the stamp. VG..........30-40
214.
215. (AMERICAN FILM STARS LOT) John Phillip Law (1937-2008) SIGNED 5x7 photograph – Betty FURNESS (1916-1994). TLS dated May 16, 1990 - Richard Maximillian Ney (1916- 2004) ALS 1992, with SIGNED, inscribed 4x4 photograph - Eddie Mayehoff (1909 –1992) TLS, 1990, with SIGNED print stock photograph, inscribed (folds) - Peter Lind Hayes (1915-1998-) &. Mary Healy (1918- ) ANS, by both on postcard, with Norman Rockwell portraits of them on front - Harold John Russell (1914 2002) SIGNED, inscribed 5x7 photograph (signed in dark area in red ink) - Nina Foch (1924- 2008). Signed, inscribed 8x10 photograph............80-120
217. Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
[1848-1895] Norwegian born American author and college
professor. He is best remembered for his novel Gunnar: A Tale of
Norse Life, generally considered to have been the first novel by
a Norwegian immigrant in America. TLS, 1902, 2pp. To Julian
Ralph saying he will "take up with Mr. Walker payment for your
articles on Hanna and Rockefeller..." .......35-45
218. Alfred L. Atherton Jr.
[1921-2002] career United States Foreign Service officer. He
served as United States Ambassador to Egypt in 1978-1979.
Signed/inscribed photo, 1983, as Ambassador to
Egypt...............25-35
219. [BASEBALL] Charles Ruffing - This
is a Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo. Designated M113 or
M114 by collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos
around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are
blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss heavy paper
stock. You had to send away for the photos. The bottom center
has the players name, the lower left reads "Published by the
Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and the lower right reads
"Enlarged from an original photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY".
From the beginning, the posters offered collectors a chance to
obtain high-quality reproductions of photos taken by such
legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for
the sport of baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the
century, through his retirement shortly before World War II. A
substantial percentage of the posters issued during that span
featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12. Superb condition
when compared to the usual found. Often these were trimmed down
in size, this one is full size.............40-60
See above
220. THOMAS J. FOLEY - American Politician/Diplomat. He was a US Repesentative from Washington from 1965-1995. Speaker of the US House of Representatives and Ambassador to Japan - SIGNED/inscribed 7x9 photograph................................20-30
221. [ART]
EDMOND AMATEIS (1897-1981) American Sculptor - Son of
Sculptor Louis Amateis, Edmond was most celebrated during
the first half of the 20th century. Member of the National
Academy of Arts & Letters. He sculpted many works of
art for the US Government during the 1930's and 1940's.
ALS, 1976, 1-1/2 pp. Good content................25-35
222. [FRANCE] Mlle Cécile
Charlotte Furtado (1821-1896) was a
daughter of Elie Furtado, the chief rabbi of Bayonne, and Rose
Fould, a daughter of Beer Léon Fould, banker and the mayor of
Rocquencourt. She married in 1838 Charles Heine (1810-1865), a
scion of a rich banking dynasty and first cousin of the poet
Heinrich (Henri) Heine (1797-1856). Mme Furtado-Heine was
chiefly known for her philanthropy in the areas of medicine,
education, and religion. During the Franco-Prussian war of
1870-1871, she supported the Red Cross and the ambulance
services; and in 1895 she bequeathed her villa in Nice as a
hospital and sanatorium for wounded and convalescent soldiers.
In 1884 she founded and endowed an orphanage in the 14th
Arrondissement on the street which was renamed Rue Furtado-Heine
in her honour after her death, as well as similar children’s
establishments in Bayone and Montrouge. She was a generous
donor to the Institut Pasteur, and her commemorative bust still
adorns the halls of the Institute. Mme Furtado-Heine also
generously contributed to numerous Jewish charities and
benevolent organisations; and financially supported the building
of new synagogues in France and Belgium. Her charitable
and philanthropic endeavours were recognised by the Government
of France, and in 1896 she became the Officer of the Legion
d’Honneur, a distinction very rare for a woman in the nineteenth
century. ALS, no date, 1p, approx. 4 x 6". Fine.............75-100
223. LORD ERIC ASHBY (1904-1992) BARON Ashby of Brandon. English Botanist - Deeply involved in experimental botany and environmental issues, he was one of the early leaders of the warnings of the destruction of the environment Published numerous books and papers on the subject. One of the most respected of scientists in his lifetime. President and Vice Chancellor of Queen's College. Created Baron in 1973, by Queen Elizabeth II. ALS with postmarked 6/26/89 envelope.........25-35
224. [MUSIC] Louis Kentner [1905-1987] Hungarian, later British, pianist who excelled in the works of Chopin and Liszt, as well as the Hungarian repertoire. SIGNATURE on album page, 1942............25-35
225. OTIS CHANDLER - American Publisher - He was the 4th in a family line, who was publisher of the Los Angles Times. He became head in 1960 and stepped down in 1980. His tenure brought the paper to its highest level and down to its being sold. SIGNED 5x7 portrait photograph...............20-30
227. FRED THOMPSON - pencil signed, mounted hand-tinted lake/shore scene. Titled "Quiet Waters." Overall size 5 x 12. Fine..............75-100
228.
[FRANCE] Francisque Sarcey (1827-1899)
French journalist and dramatic critic. ALS, no
date, 1p. VG........50-75
229. Anson Burlingame
(1820-1870) American lawyer, legislator, and diplomat, born in
New Berlin, Chenango County, New York. In 1823 his parents (Joel
Burlingame and Freelove Angell) took him to Ohio, and about ten
years afterwards to Michigan. Apart from his official duties as
an elected official, Burlingame was also famous for disgracing
Representative Preston Brooks after the Congressman physically
assaulted Senator Charles Sumner on the floor of the US Senate.
This was done by goading Brooks to publicly challenge him to a
duel, and then proposing conditions so intimidating that Brooks
backed down. CLIP SIGNATURE..............25-35
231. Stephen Wright Kellogg
(1822-1904) Congressman from Ct. He was Colonel of the Second
Regiment, Connecticut National Guard, from 1863 to 1866, and
Brigadier-General from 1866 to 1870. He was the author and
promoter of legislation organizing the active militia in an
efficient body known as the Connecticut National Guard. CLIP
SIGNATURE.............20-30
232. [MUSIC] PIERRE BEAUDET - noted French Canadian composer. Signed & inscribed, Montreal 1989, edition of his book CHANSONS ET POEMES RETROUVES. Hard cover - pages not numbered. VG..................35-45
233. Frederick P.
Stanton (1814-1894) was a member of the
United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 10th
congressional district and an interim governor of territorial
Kansas. ALS, 1871, 2pp.............40-60
234. Morgan R. Wise
(1825-1903) Democratic congressman from Pa. 1879-1883. Document
Signed, Washington DC, 1880, 1p. Received from the Sec. of the
Interior Vol. Two of the Official Register of the US.
VG.............35-45
The following are Bird's-eye views of North American cities issued by Charles Magnus in New York City in the second half of the nineteenth century. All are uncolored and in very good condition, except where noted otherwise. Showing image sizes, not including margins.
236. Toledo - 7-1/2 x 4-1/2".............100-125
237. Cleveland - 7-5/8 x 4-1/2".........100-125
238.
Cincinnati - 7-1/4 x 3-1/2".........100-125
240. [FRANCE] NAPOLEONIC DOCUMENT, 1807, signed, approx. 7 x 10". 1p.........80-120
241. [FRANCE] multiple lot of French autographs: [1] Lucien Descaves (1861- 1949) French novelist. A disciple of Joris-Karl Huysmans and the Goncourt brothers his novels Le Calvaire d'Héloïse Pajadou (1883) and Une vieille rate (1883) followed strongly the naturalism movement. The anti-military novel, Sous-Offs (1889) provoked a scandal. Though acquitted of charges of offending the army and public morality, he was stripped of his military rank.ALS, 1905, on 4-1/2 x 3-1/2 in. card. To Gabriel Monod about Monod's book. [2] GEORGES GAUDY - Fr. novelist. ALS, 1921, 1p. Speaks about his work. [3] Charles Monselet (1825-1888) french poet, journalist, novelist, columnist. Moving ALS, nd, 1p. My poor father will be dead in a few minutes. I cannot write a single word to you. VG. [4] LEON BAILBY [1867-1954] famous French newspaper man and philanthropist. ALS, 1916, on postcard. Fine. [5] J(ules Charles) TRUFFIER [1856-1943] Fr. actor. ALS, no date, 1p. Not translated. Accompanied with picture postcard of Truffier. [6] Benoit] Constant COQUELIN (1841-1909), French actor, born in Boulogne. He entered the Conservatoire National in Paris in 1859 and made his debut at the Comédie Française in 1860. For nearly 30 years (1860-86 and 1889-92) Coquelin played leading roles at the Comédie. In 1886-87 he delighted audiences in comedy roles, on tour in Europe and America. In 1897 he became director of the Porte Saint Martin Theater in Paris and scored his greatest success in creating the romantic title role of Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand. Coquelin wrote L'art et le comédien (Art and the Comedian, 1880). Nice signature on gray/tan color card dated Paris '94. VG. [7] Charles-Hippolyte Castille [1820-1886] French romance writer and publisher. He founded the newspaper "Le Travail Intellectuel" with Molinari and "La Republique francaise". He had a talent as a pamphleteer in publishing studies under the reign of Louis Philippe. ALS, 1861, 1p., 5x8 in. [8] EB (Bourdet, Édouard. 1887-1945). French dramatist. Author of satirical and psychological studies of contemporary society. HIS INITIALS PLUS 2 WORDS ON TLS, 1928, FROM MARCEL BALLOT. [9] Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin (1807-1874) French politician. ALS, Paris, 1840, 1p., 6-3/4 x 8-1/4". VG [10] Anatole le Braz, the "Bard of Brittany" (1859-1926) was a Breton folklore collector and translator. He was highly regarded amongst both European and American scholars, and known for his warmth and charm. A large statue of him with a peasant storyteller was created in Saint-Brieuc, and a memorial stele in Tréguier, both designed by Armel Beaufils. ALS, 1894, 1-1/2pp., 4-1/8 x 6-1/2". Speaks about his book La Chanson de la Bretagne ("The Songs of Brittany"), poetry, 1892. VG..............200-300
242. [MUSIC] Gilbert Ross [1903-1975] Professor of music at the University of Michigan, and founder and first violinist with the Stanley Quartet. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photograph on which he has penned a musical quote. Excellent condition.........75-100
244. John H. Chafee (1922-1999) was an American politician. He served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps, as the 66th Governor of Rhode Island, as the Secretary of the Navy, and as a United States Senator. Signed 8x10 photo, dated Aug. 21, 1967 on verso. VG...........50-75
See photograph
245. [FILM] Lyle Bettger
(1915-2003) was a character actor known most for his
Hollywood roles from the 1950s, having typically portrayed
villains. He is perhaps most recognisable as the
wrathfully jealous elephant handler Klaus from the Oscar
winning film The Greatest Show on Earth (1952). Brief ALS,
2001, removed from bottom of letter to
him...............35-45
246. [MEDICINE] Adolphe Pinard (1844 - 1934) French obstetrician who was a native of Méry-sur-Seine. He practiced medicine in Paris, where he was an assistant to Étienne Stéphane Tarnier (1828-1897) and a professor of obstetrics. Pinard was a pioneer of modern perinatal care and the "puericulture movement" in French obstetrics. ALS, 1916, 1p, 7 x 10.5 ". VG...........40-60
247. Frank R. Stockton (1834-1902) American writer and humorist, best known today for a series of innovative children's fairy tales that were widely popular during the last decades of the 19th century. Clip signature, mounted.........10-15
248. [POLITICS] Mixed Lot: [1] BARNUM, William Henry, a Representative and a Senator from Connecticut; born in Boston Corner, Columbia County, N.Y., September 17, 1818; attended the common schools; apprenticed to the trade of iron founder and subsequently admitted to partnership by his father, who was engaged in the iron business at Lime Rock, Conn.; member, State house of representatives 1851-1852; elected as a Democrat to the Fortieth and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1867, until May 18, 1876, when he resigned to become Senator; elected to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Orris S. Ferry and served from May 18, 1876, to March 3, 1879; chair, Democratic National Committee 1876-1889; resumed his former manufacturing pursuits; died at Lime Rock, Litchfield County, Conn., April 30, 1889; interment in the Lime Rock Cemetery in Salisbury, Conn. CLIP SIGNATURE. [2] WHEELER, John, a Representative from New York; born in Humphreysville (now Seymour), New Haven County, Conn., February 11, 1823; attended the common schools at Cheshire, Conn.; moved to New York City in 1843 and was engaged in the hotel business with his father; became a dry-goods clerk; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1857); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1856 to the Thirty-fifth Congress; commissioner and president of the Department of Taxes and Assessments of New York City 1872-1880; member of the Board of Estimates and Apportionments and commissioner of accounts of New York City; was a lawyer, but did not practice; died in New York City April 1, 1906; interment in Woodlawn Cemetery. CLIP SIGNATURE. [3] WOLF, William Penn, a Representative from Iowa; born in Harrisburg, Stark County, Ohio, December 1, 1833; attended the public schools and Holbrook Seminary; moved to Cedar County, Iowa, in 1856; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced practice in Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa; superintendent of public schools; member of the State house of representatives in 1863 and 1864; served in the Union Army as captain of Company I, Forty-sixth Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry; appointed assistant assessor of internal revenue in 1865; member of the State senate 1867-1869; elected as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William Smyth and served from December 6, 1870, to March 3, 1871; resumed the practice of law in Tipton, Iowa; again a member of the State house of representatives 1881-1885, and was chosen speaker in 1884; elected judge of the eighteenth judicial district in the fall of 1894 and continued in this capacity until his death in Tipton, Iowa, on September 19, 1896; interment in the Masonic Cemetery. CLIP SIGNATURE. Click to see Wolf [4] BOLES, Thomas, a Representative from Arkansas; born near Clarksville, Johnson County, Ark., July 16, 1837; attended the common schools; taught school for several years; sheriff of Yell County in 1858; deputy clerk of the circuit court of Yell County in 1859 and 1860; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1860 and commenced practice in Danville, Ark.; during the Civil War served as captain of Company E, Third Regiment, Arkansas Volunteer Cavalry; judge of the fourth judicial circuit from 1865 to April 20, 1868, when he resigned; upon the readmission of Arkansas to representation was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress; reelected to the Forty-first Congress and served from June 22, 1868, until March 3, 1871; successfully contested the election of John Edwards to the Forty-second Congress and served from February 9, 1872, until March 3, 1873; was not a candidate for renomination in 1872; resumed the practice of law at Dardanelle, Ark.; served many years as school director and alderman; appointed receiver of the land office at Dardanelle by President Hayes in February 1878; United States marshal for the western district of Arkansas 1881-1889; delegate to every Republican State convention from the organization of the party until his death; clerk of the United States Circuit Court for the Eighth Judicial Circuit from September 1897 until his death in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Ark., March 13, 1905; interment in Brealey Cemetery, Dardanelle, Ark. CLIP SIGNATURE. See Boles signature [5] LEWIS, John Francis, a Senator from Virginia; born in Lynnwood, Rockingham County, Va., March 1, 1818; attended an old field school; engaged in agricultural pursuits; delegate to the State secession convention in 1861 and refused to sign the ordinance of secession; elected lieutenant governor in 1869; upon the readmission of the State of Virginia to representation was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from January 26, 1870, to March 3, 1875; was not a candidate for reelection; chairman, Committee on the District of Columbia (Forty-third Congress); appointed by Presidents Ulysses Grant and Rutherford Hayes United States marshal for the western district of Virginia 1875-1882, when he resigned; again elected lieutenant governor in 1881; resumed agricultural pursuits; died at "Lynnwood," Rockingham County, Va., September 2, 1895; interment in the family burial ground. NICE SIGNATURE ON ALBUM SHEET. He was a delegate to the Virginia secession convention in 1861, but refused to sign the ordinance of secession. He was the only member from east of the Allegheny Mountains that refused to endorse the document. [6] James K. Moorhead (1806-1884) U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. He established the first passenger packet line on the Pennsylvania Canal in 1835. He constructed the Monongahela Navigation Canal and was president of the company for 21 years. He was president of the Atlantic & Ohio Telegraph Co., which later became the Western Union Telegraph Company. CLIP SIGNATURE. [7]Moses Norris, Jr. (1799-1855) United States Representative and Senator from New Hampshire. Norris was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1847). He was again a member of the State house of representatives in 1847-1848, and served as speaker . He was then elected to the U.S. Senate and served from March 4, 1849, until his death. While in the Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on Claims (Thirty-first Congress) and a member of the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office (Thirty-second Congress) and the Committee on the District of Columbia (Thirty-third Congress). He died in Washington, D.C. in 1855; interment was in Floral Park Cemetery, Pittsfield. Signature.............60-80
249. [POLITICS] mixed lot: [1] Thomas Clay McCreery (1816-1890) Democratic U.S. Senator from Kentucky. SIGNED CARD. [2] John H. Trumbull (1873-1961) 55th Governor of Connecticut. SIGNED CARD. [3] Frank J. Lausche [1895-1990] 47th mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, as the 55th and 57th Governor of Ohio, and as a United States Senator from Ohio for two terms [1957-69]. Signed card, 1953. [4] Herbert H. Lehman [1878-1963] Gov. & senator from NY. Signature. [5] William V. Allen - US senator from Neb. Clip signature. [6] Gilbert M. Hitchcock [1859-1934] senator from Neb. Signed card. [7] John J. Ingalls - US senator from Kansas. Signed card. [8] Eugene Hale [1836-1918] US senator from Maine. Signature. [9] Geo. F. Edmonds - US senator from Vermont. Signature. [10] WINANS, Edwin Baruch [1826-1894] Representative from Michigan. CLIP SIGNATURE. [11] CHAPMAN, Bird Beer s [1821-1871] Delegate from the Territory of Nebraska. SIGNATURE.......80-120
250.
[MUSIC] JEFF VON DER SCHMIDT
is Conductor and Founding Artistic Director of Southwest Chamber
Music. A two-time Grammy Award-winning conductor, he has led
numerous performances of standard 20th century composers as well
as world and local premieres of new work. Mr. von der Schmidt
has received six Grammy nominations, including consecutive 2003
and 2004 Grammy Awards as conductor for the Complete Chamber
Music of Carlos Chávez Volumes and 2. His performance was
nominated for Best Classical Album in 2005 for the Complete
Chamber Music of Carlos Chávez, Volume 3 by both mainstream and
Latin Grammys. Recent projects include leading cultural
exchanges at the Vietnam National Academy of Music and the Royal
University of Fine Arts in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, featuring Aura,
a major new composition by Grawemeyer Award-winning composer
Chinary Ung; and a complete cycle of the chamber music of Carlos
Chávez with Southwest Chamber Music and the Tambuco Percussion
Ensemble at the UNAM Center in Mexico City in May 2007.
His successful 2003 performance at the Library of Congress, with
soprano Phyllis Bryn-Julson in Richard Felciano’s An American
Decameron, was greeted with a standing ovation. He has led
cycles of the Los Angeles works of Arnold Schoenberg at Cooper
Union in New York City and at the Arnold Schoenberg Center in
Vienna, where Southwest Chamber Music was the first American
ensemble to perform at the Center since its relocation from the
University of Southern California. Signed [endorsed on verso] 1984 Warner Bros.
pay check. VG..............25-35
See check
See
signature on verso
252. Larry Kasdan (b.1949) American film producer, director, and screenwriter. He is best known as the co-writer of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. Kasdan has been confirmed to be a consultant for the upcoming third trilogy of Star Wars. Warner Bros. 1985 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG.......20-30
253. William Goldman (b.1931) is an American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. He came to prominence in the 1950s as a novelist, before turning to writing for film. He has won two Academy Awards for his screenplays, first for the western Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) and again for All the President's Men (1976), about journalists who broke the Watergate scandal of President Richard Nixon: both films starring Robert Redford. His other notable works include his thriller novel Marathon Man and comedy-fantasy novel The Princess Bride, both of which Goldman adapted for film. Warner Bros. 1985 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG.......20-30
254. Anne Marie Pohtamo (b. 1955, Helsinki, Finland) was the second woman from Finland to capture the Miss Universe crown. She claimed the Miss Universe crown in 1975 at the pageant held in El Salvador. Warner Bros. 1985 check made out to her but not signed by her. VG.......20-30
255. Gerald McRaney (b. 1947) American television and movie actor. McRaney is best known as one of the stars of the television shows Simon & Simon, Major Dad, and Promised Land. He was a series regular for the first season of Jericho, and the final season of Deadwood. Warner Bros. 1985 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG.......20-30
256. Stella
Parton (b.1949) American country singer and
songwriter. She is a younger sister of entertainer Dolly Parton.
Warner Bros. 1985 check made out to her but not signed by her. VG.......20-30
259. MYSTERY LOT of about 81 pieces from 19th & 20th century. Includes: letters; documents; a few autographs; 5 bank checks signed by the noted artist, Douglas Volk, known for his portraits of Abraham Lincoln, one used on postage stamp, and various ephemera. Oldest item in this lot is 1828. There is also an 1828 bank check signed by R.G. Hazard [look him up]. Good lot for eBay sellers or those who like researching items.....125-175
260. 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
261. [ART] Marc CHAGALL - Derriere le Miroir 182. Soft cover: Paris: Maeght, 1969, first edition, folio, 32 pages, text in French, contains 2 original color lithographs by Chagall, the cover and an excellent double page ("Le Peintre Devant le Village" and "Reverie", Mourlot 603a and 605; Cramer 81); many b&w and color reproductions; an excellent copy in publisher's wrappers. Excellent condition.............400-600
263. [FRANCE] Alfred-Auguste Cuvillier-Fleury (1802-1887) French historian and literary critic. ALS, 1856, 3pp. VG............50-75
264. [FILM & THEATRE] LAWRENCE EDDINGER (1855-1928) American Actor. Stage and early Film. He appeared on Broadway from 1900 - 1926. He starred in a few silent screen movies, with Richard Barthelmess. SIGNED, early 5x7 portrait photograph. VG..........50-75
See Eddinger photo265. [FRANCE]
Louis-Antoine-François de
Marchangy (1782-1826)
Lawyer and writer. He rose to fame as both a literary figure
and a prominent prosecutor for the Restoration government.
His most famous case was his prosecution of the four
sergeants of La Rochelle who were executed in 1822 for their
part in a Carbonari plot to overthrow the government. His
summary for the prosecution lasted five hours and was
published as a 196-page book. In numerous other cases, he
supported the repressive conservative government against the
liberal opposition. Offered here is a very lengthy 4 page
ALS, Paris, 1824, to his brother. Content unknown.
Fine............60-80
268.
[MUSIC] Juan Bautista Plaza Alfonso
(1898-1965) was a classical composer. He began studies in
medicine at the Central University of Venezuela but, with time,
left in order to dedicate himself to music. His first teacher
was Jesus Maria Suárez. He studied in Rome from 1920 and 1923
and obtained the title of professor of sagrada (sacred)
composition. After his return to Venezuela he was named Master
of Chapel at Caracas Cathedral and carried out this position
until the year 1948. In the Caracas Superior Music School he
taught music history and appreciation to composer Antonio Lauro
and singer Morella Muñoz. A Note Signed, Bogata, 1964. Approx. 4
x 4". VG..........30-40
274. [FRANCE] Edmond Picard (1836 - 1924) Belgian jurist and writer. Edmond Picard was lawyer at the Court of Appeal and the Court of Cassation of Belgium. He was also head of the Belgian bar association, professor of law, playwright and journalist. Involved in politics, he was senator for the Belgian Labour Party. He also was a patron of the arts and a notorious antisemite. ALS, 1891, 1p, 4.5 x 7 in. A few unobtrusive light spots o/w VG...........40-60
275. Andrew Ainslie Common FRS (1841 - 1903) English amateur astronomer, best known for his pioneering work in astrophotography. His most notable work with this telescope were the long time exposures he made of the Orion Nebula between 1880 and 1884. His 1883 photograph of that nebula for the first time showed films ability to record stars and other features invisible to the human eye. ALS, 1886, 3pp, in English. To Admiral [Ernest] Mouchez, the great French astronomer. SUPERB content letter about photographs of the stars. Rare as such. Fine condition...........100-150
276. [FRANCE] Gabriel De Lautrec [1867-1938] Fr. author and Master of Macabre
Humor. He was a great friend of Alphonse Allais. His pseud. was
"Tom Joe." He was the 1st translator of Mark Twain in French.
ALS, 1926, 1p, mentions his pseudonym Tom Joe. VG.....50-75
AMERICAN PORTRAITS - Offered here are original engraved portraits of prominent Americans, suitable for framing by themselves or with autographs. All are approx. 160 years old, image sizes approx. 4-1/2 x 3-1/2, with ample margins. All very good unless noted. Any defects would mat away. No estimates given - winning bidder pays full amount of their top bid. Artist given in brackets. $10 min. bid.
281. JOSEPH HABERSHAW [J. Gross]
282. MRS. MARTHA VAN NESS [T.B. Welch]
283. Gen. JONATHAN WILLIAMS [R.W. Dodson]
284. Rev. TIMOTHY DWIGHT [J.B. Forrest] considerable foxing
285. Gen. NATHANIEL GREENE [J.B. Forrest]
286. THOMAS MacDONOUGH, USN [J.B. Forrest]
287. SAM. L. MITCHELL M.D.
288. WILLIAM RICHARDSON DAVIE
289. [MUSIC] Sir Walter Alcock (1861-1947) English organist and composer born at Edenbridge, Kent. After a brief series of posts (Holy Trinity Sloane Street and St. Margaret's, Westminster ), in 1893 he was appointed Organ Professor at the Royal College of Music. He was appointed assistant organist of Westminster Abbey in 1896. He was organist of the Chapels Royal from 1902. In 1916 he became organist of Salisbury Cathedral where he oversaw a strictly faithful restoration of the famous Father Willis organ, even going to such lengths as to refuse to allow parts of the instrument to leave the cathedral in case any unauthorized tonal alteration were made without his knowledge. He played the organ at Westminster Abbey at the coronations of three monarchs: Edward VII (1902), George V (1911) and George VI (1937). He was knighted in 1933 for services to music and was a noted teacher, whose published material for organ students is still thought valuable. Among his notable pupils are Edward Bairstow, Ralph Downes, and S. Drummond Wolff. Signature, closely cropped, 3 x 7/8". Will put up scan on request.........25-35
See Alcock signature291. [MILITARY] Robert C. Davis (1876-1944) American Major General who served as Adjutant General of the U.S. Army from 1922 to 1927. Signed 3x5 card ; he has added rank. Even overall age toning......20-30
292. [MILITARY] Charles H. Muir - American Major General. Signed 3x5 card. Sun
toned at 2 edges.....20-30
294. [MUSIC] John Peterson (1921-
2006)
songwriter who had a major influence on evangelical Christian
music in the 1950s through the 1970s. He wrote over 1000 songs,
and 35 cantatas. AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL QUOTATION SIGNED, one long
bar written out........40-60
295. [MILITARY] Lyman Louis Lemnitzer [1899-1988] American Army General, who served as
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1960 to 1962. He then
served as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO from 1963 to 1969. Signed bank check, 1959. VG example............50-75
296. [CABINET] Harold Brown (b. 1927) American
scientist, was U.S. Secretary of Defense from 1977 to 1981
in the cabinet of President Jimmy Carter. SIGNED 5X7 color
photo. VG............25-35
297. [FILM] Richard Brooks (1912-1992) Hollywood film writer, director,
producer. In the 1940s he wrote the screenplays for the
critically acclaimed Key Largo and Brute Force. He won his only
Oscar in 1960 for his screenplay for Elmer Gantry, although he
was nominated for the films Blackboard Jungle (1955), Cat on a
Hot Tin Roof (1958), The Professionals (1966), and In Cold Blood
(1967). SIGNED 5 x 3-1/2 photo 1987. .........50-75
298. [TV] SOUPY SALES (1926-2009 ) American Entertainer/Comedian - One of the most popular kiddie-show hosts of his day, Soupy Sales's daily satirical show was as popular with parents as it was with the younger set. He even had a hit dance record, "The Mouse," during the show's run. His recordings are an extension of the zany show. While some bemoaned his use of slapstick and double-entendre jokes, his popularity has never waned, as shown by the success of his current stand-up act and the release of several video tapes with scenes from his old show. SIGNED/Inscribed 8x10 photograph.........25-35
299. Sir Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell (b.1913) English physicist and radio astronomer. He was the first Director of Jodrell Bank Observatory, from 1945 to 1980. The first name of the fictional scientist Bernard Quatermass, the hero of several BBC Television science-fiction serials of the 1950s, was chosen in honor of Lovell. Signed picture portrait., 8 x 11-3/4". VG.............35-45
301. [BASEBALL]
Robin Roberts [1926-2010] Baseball hall of Fame. Signed 1p.
form, no date, 8.5 x 11. Sent by a Sports company in Wellesley,
Mass. regarding the signing of baseballs. The players were given
a number of choices to respond to - Roberts has checked "Send me
a sample of the finished product, and he signs and writes in
Florida address. Mail creases and 2 file holes at
top..........35-45
302. [BASEBALL] Bob Lemon [1920-2000] Baseball Hall of Fame. Signed 1p. form, no date, 8.5 x 11. Sent by a Sports company in Wellesley, Mass. regarding the signing of baseballs. The players were given a number of choices to respond to - Lemon has checked "I am interested in your offer. Please send a ball for me sign so that I can see the finished product. " Mail creases............35-45
303.
[EARLY FILM] Clara Kimball
Young (1890-1960) American film
actress, who was highly regarded and publicly popular in the
early silent film era. Signed vintage 8x10 photo, 8x10. One
pin hole above head. Signed in dark area with purple
ink..........60-80 See
above
304. David Stewart (1800-1858) American Senator. Stewart was born in Baltimore, Maryland, completed preparatory studies, and attended the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University). He graduated from Union College of Schenectady, New York in 1819. He later studied law, was admitted to the bar about 1821, and commenced practice in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1849, Stewart was appointed as a Whig to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Reverdy Johnson and served from December 6, 1849, to January 12, 1850, when a successor was elected. He was not a candidate for election to fill the vacancy, and resumed the practice of his profession in Baltimore soon thereafter. ALS, not dated but appears to be as a senator, written on both sides to Robert P. Anderson about having books sent to him. VG............35-45
305. [ASTRONOMY]
HERSCHEL, Sir William (1738-1822), German-born British
astronomer, who made many important contributions to astronomy.
Originally named Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel, he was born in
Hannover, Germany. At the age of 19 he went to England, working
as a music teacher and organist but devoting all his spare time
to the study of astronomy and mathematics. Unable to procure
adequate instruments, he constructed and constantly improved his
own telescopes. In 1774, with the aid of his sister Caroline
(also an astronomer), he began a comprehensive and systematic
survey of the heavens. In 1781 he discovered a new planet, which
he named Georgium Sidus in honor of George III, king of Great
Britain, but which is now universally called Uranus (q.v.) . A
year later he was appointed private astronomer to the king, a
position that enabled him to devote all his time to his
astronomic pursuits. He erected a telescope at Slough with a
48-in. (1.22-m) mirror and a focal length of 40 ft (12.2 m).
Using this, he discovered two satellites of Uranus and the sixth
and seventh satellites of Saturn (q.v.) . He studied the
rotation period of many planetsand the motion of double stars,
and also cataloged more than 800 double stars ( see Star). He
studied nebulas, contributing new information on their
constitution and increasing the number of observed nebulas from
about 100 to 2500. Herschel was the first to propose that these
nebulas were composed of stars. He was elected to the Royal
Society in 1781 and knighted in 1816. He is considered the
founder of sidereal astronomy. ENGRAVED PORTRAIT, c. 1853.
Clean........30-40
306. [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
307. 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
308. Edmund
Muskie (1914-1996) Governor of Maine
from 1955 to 1959, as a member of the United States Senate from
1959 to 1980, and as Secretary of State under Jimmy Carter from
1980 to 1981. Muskie was the Democratic nominee for Vice
President in the 1968 presidential election, and was a candidate
for the Democratic nomination for President in 1972.
Signed color photo of Lincoln statue, signed in person at Bates
College in Maine. Condition: the 2 white lines above
Lincoln's head are not in the photo [scanner problem]; white
speck below his knee is flaw, and also finger print near bottom
are also flaws. Still a nice example..........40-60
309. (MIXED NOTABLES
LOT) Rose Mary Woods (1917
–2005) was Richard Nixon's secretary from his days in Congress
in 1951, through the end of his political career. Before H. R.
Haldeman and John Ehrlichman became the operators of Nixon's
presidential campaign, Woods was Nixon's gatekeeper. TLS, 1963.
With trimmed photo of her at her desk, with portrait of Nixon
above it. William M. Batten (1909–1999)
American businessman. He served as Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of the J. C. Penney Company, and Chairman of the New
York Stock Exchange. TLS, 1989. Robert Leslie Shapiro (
b. 1942) American civil litigator most recognized for being part
of the defense team which successfully defended O.J. Simpson.
TLS, 2001. George Howard
Herbig (1920 – 2013) astronomer. He
is perhaps best known for the discovery of Herbig–Haro
objects. His specialty was stars at an early stage of
evolution (a class of intermediate mass pre–main sequence stars
are named Herbig Ae/Be stars after him and the interstellar
medium. He was perhaps best known for his discovery, with
Guillermo Haro, of the Herbig-Haro objects; bright patches of
nebulosity excited by bipolar outflow from a star being
born. ALS, 2001. Oscar
Terry Crosby (1861-1947) American
Electrical Engineer, Author, Traveler and Public Servant -
collector of an important group of Khotanese texts. He began his
career as an electrical engineer, having a particular interest
in high-speed electric loco¬motion. He became the first
president of the Potomac Electric Power Company in Washington,
D.C., and was later president of the Washington Traction and
Electric Company, the Trenton (N.J.) Street Railway Company, and
the Wilmington-Philadelphia Traction Company. During World War I
he served as assistant secretary of the treasury in charge of
loans to the Allies and, as United States commissioner of
finance, presided over the Inter-Allied Council for War
Purchases and Finance. ALS, 2pp, 1930. Don Messick (1926 –1997)
American voice actor best known for his work for Hanna-Barbera.
His best remembered vocal creations include Scooby-Doo,
Bamm-Bamm Rubble and Hoppy in The Flintstones, Astro the dog in
The Jetsons, Muttley the dog in Wacky Races and Dastardly and
Muttley in Their Flying Machines, Gears, Ratchet and Scavenger
in The Transformers, Papa Smurf in The Smurfs, and Dr. Benton
Quest in Jonny Quest. He also did the voice of Snip in the
Rankin/Bass 1979 movie Jack Frost. TLS, 1989. Harriet Andersson (b.
1932) Swedish actress, best known outside Sweden for being
part of director Ingmar Bergman's stock company. She often
played impulsive working class characters and quickly
established a reputation on screen for her youthful,
unpretentious, full-lipped sensuality. She disdains the use of
makeup. SIGNED trimmed postal receipt. Laura Capon Fermi (1907–1977)
Italian-born writer and political activist, and the wife of
Nobel Prize physicist Enrico Fermi. She met Enrico Fermi
while she was a student in general science at the University of
Rome. She published a book about her life with Enrico, Atoms in
the Family, the same year he died.
ANS,1961.............100-150
311. [MUSIC] Leonardo Balada [b. 1933] American composer. AMQS from his 1986 Opera "Christopher Columbus. Very nice. Approx. 8 x 7. Inscribed to a collector. VG..........75-100
See AMQS
313. [NASA] Edward C. Stone (1936- ) internationally known physicist who has served as project scientist for the Voyager program from 1972 to the present. Signed 5x7 photo. VG............20-30
314. [BRITAIN] Denman, Thomas. 1st Baron Denman. (1779-1854) English judge. Solicitor general to Queen Caroline (1820), whose innocence he maintained before bar of House of Lords (1820); attorney general (1830); prosecuted reform rioters (1832); M.P. (1818-26, 1830-32); lord chief justice (1832-50); speaker of House of Lords (1835); condemned Moxon, publisher of Shelley' s complete works, for blasphemy (1841). SIGNED address panel postmarked 1836.............25-35
316. [THEATRE] Herbert Marshall (1890-1966) English actor. Brief ALS, Comedy
Theatre. "My dear C.V. Mary Merrall asks me to pass on this play
to you. So here goes. Yours truely Herbert Marshall."
.............40-60
317. [MUSIC] Herman D. Koppel (1908-1998) composer and pianist of Jewish origin. Born in Copenhagen, he fled the Nazis with his family in 1943. He wrote 13 symphonies, numerous concertos, and 20 string quartets. AMQS from his composition "Concerto For Oboe and Orchestra" Op 82 (1970). On 6x4 card. One cannot consider the history of twentieth century Danish music without coming in contact with Koppel. VG...........40-60
318. (Opera Lot) VIRGILIO BELLATI (1869-1917)
Italian Opera Baritone and conductor. He made in 1892 at La
Pergola in Florence in Pescatori di Perle. He enjoyed excellent
reputation and had a long career. In 1894 he performed in the
new opera of Leoncavallo "I Medici" at the Dal Verme in Milan
and later in Naples in the role of Poliziano. In 1896 he was the
first Schaunard in Genoa at the Politeama Genovese. In 1899 he
took part in a very long tour in the United States. In 1901 he
was cast in the first of the new Scala opera of Mascagni "The
Masks" His career ended in 1917, the year of his death.
SIGNED early Postcard Photograph [poor contrast].
Harry Dearth
( ? -1933) English Opera Star - a high basso. Active
in opera, oratorio and concerts, Dearth made more than 225
recordings, mostly fascinating ballads. CLIPPED SIGNATURE.
H. GREGORY HAST
(1862-1944) English tenor who founded the
Meister Glee-Singers in 1890. He was a member of the choirs of
both Westminister Abbey and the Temple Church. Hast became a
noted recitalist following his St. James's Hall debut in 1898
touring in both America and Europe. SIGNATURE.
Anton Schott (1846
- 1913) German dramatic tenor. e began his studies with Agnes
Schebest-Strauss, and by the end of the year had already
appeared at the Munich Opera. The following year saw him engaged
as leading lyric tenor of the Berlin Opera. In 1880 he made his
London debut, in the title role of Rienzi; two years later he
went to Italy with Angelo Neumann's company to appear in the
works of Richard Wagner. He made his American debut at the
Metropolitan Opera on, 1884, singing the title role of Wagner's
Tannhäuser; it marked the beginning of Leopold Damrosch's first
season of German opera with the company. SIGNATURE, 1889.
Luigi Ravelli (1848-?)
Italian Opera Singer. SIGNED card, 1881. Ruggero Raimondi
(1941) Italian bass-baritone opera singer who has also appeared
in motion pictures. SIGNED 4x6 photo in “Tosca”. Frances Lillian Bible
(1919 –2001) American operatic mezzo-soprano who had a
thirty-year long career at the New York City Opera between 1948
and 1978. SIGNED album page. Marguerite
Piazza (1921 -2012) American soprano,
entertainer and philanthropist. SIGNATURE from address
return on envelope (large signature). Marcia
Baldwin (1939- ) Met Opera
mezzo soprano. SIGNED Album page.............100-150
See Arapov
AMQS
320. [EARLY FILM] Vivian
Prescott - American actress.
She appeared in 202 films between 1909 and 1917. Signed 8x10
photo. VG...........25-35
321. Mystery French Document from Napoleonic period dated 1806 on paper, signed [?], 1p, about 7-1/4 x 9-1/2". VG.........80-120
See document above
325.
[CABINET] James
Harlan
(1820-1899) member of the United
States Senate and a U.S. Cabinet
Secretary. He was Secretary of
the Interior under President Andrew
Johnson, an appointment he held until
1866. Signature, with
sentiment. Harlan was a close friend
of President Abraham Lincoln and his
family. In 1868 his daughter, Mary
Eunice Harlan, married Lincoln's son,
Robert Todd Lincoln. Harlan's home in
Mount Pleasant, now known as the
Harlan-Lincoln House, is a museum that
houses memorabilia from both the
Harlan and Lincoln
families........25-35
326. Lot of 10 signed photos & printed portraits of 20th century governors. All are 10 x 8" unless otherwise indicated. [1] JOHNSON, PAUL B., governor of Mississippi 1964-68. 11 x 8 overall. Inscribed, "Best wishes to a fine young man." Glossy. [2] GUERRERO, MANUEL FLORES LEON. Governor of Guam 1963-69, apptd. by JFK. He has added "Governor of Guam". Matte finish. [3] WALLACE, LURLEEN B. Governor of Alabama 1967-68 until her death. Her husband George was the noted opponent of integration and a presidential candidate who was shot while campaigning. 5 x 3", matte finish. She added to her signature "Gov". [4] KNOWLES, WARREN P. Governor of Wisconsin 1965-71. Matte finish. Punch holes at left border barely touching the image. [5] CARGO, DAVID F. Governor of New Mexico 1967-71. Glossy. Cargo has added "Governor". [6] SMITH, HULETT C. Governor of West Virginia 1965-69. "With best wishes". Glossy. [7] BREWER, ALBERT P. Governor of Alabama 1968-78. Glossy. Inscribed "To George Berstler Sincere best wishes from his friend Albert P. Brewer, Gov." [8] HEARNES, WARREN E. Gov. of Missouri 1965-73. "Best regards". Glossy. Punch holes at right border barely touching the image. [9] WILLIAMS, JOHN BELL. Gov. of Mississippi 1968-72. "Best wishes". Glossy. Punch holes at left border not touching the image. [10] BRANIGAN, ROGER D. Gov. of Indiana 1965-69. Matte finish.........60-80
327. [MEDICINE] Elizabeth Kenny (1880-1952) Australian pioneering physical therapist. Between 1934 and her death she and her associates treated millions of polio victims throughout the world. Their testimonies to Sister Kenny's healing work is part of her legacy; as is The Kenny Concept of Infantile Paralysis, and Its Treatment, known as "The Red Book," written by Dr. John Pohl in collaboration with Kenny. Her most enduring legacy is the Minneapolis Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute. Her principles of muscle rehabilitation became the foundation of physical therapy, (in some countries called physiotherapy). Signature mounted to album page, identified above and dated Dec. 7, 1944 in another hand. Her autograph is pretty scarce and this is slightly less than a very good example.........80-120
328. [FRANCE] Jean Soanen (1647–1740) French Oratorian and bishop of Senez. He was a convinced Jansenist. In opposition to the papal bull Unigenitus, he with Charles-Joachim Colbert, bishop of Montpellier, Pierre de la Broue who was bishop of Mirepoix, and Pierre de Langle who was bishop of Boulogne, appealed against it in 1717 to a general council. This group and their followers were known as Appellants; the council was though entirely hypothetical as an idea. Later, he sent out a pastoral letter to his congregation, urging the reading of Pasquier Quesnel. Pierre Guérin de Tencin, the archbishop of Embrun, then in 1727 had him exiled from his diocese. But Jean Soanen of Senez, a small mountain diocese in Provence, issued in 1726 a Pastoral instruction to his diocese, in which, at the age of 80, he reviewed his whole position in the controversy. He regretted that he had ever signed the Formulary of 1665, withdrew his adhesion to the Bull "Vineam Domini Sabaoth", blamed himself for prohibiting, against his real convictions, the moral Reflexions, and promised never to accept the Unigenitus. Soanen was deprived of his see by the Provincial Synoid of Embrun, which on carious canonical grounds he refused to recognize, and was banished to the abbey of Chaise Dieu in Auvergne, where he remained imprisoned till his death in 1740, at the age of 95. Autograph Document Signed, unsure if dated, different later handwriting below, approx. 6-1/4 x 4-1/4". Accompanied by 3 small pages of handwritten notes from circa 1880. VG.............150-250
See Soanen document331. [MUSIC] Timothee Adamowski [1858-1943] Polish born American conductor, composer and violinist. Signature. Fine........25-35
334. [MUSIC] Mel
Tillis (b. 1932) American country music
singer. Although he recorded songs since the late 1950s, his
biggest success occurred in the 1970s, with a long list of
Top 10 hits. Signed 8x10 photo. Signed in dark area.
VG........25-35
335. [MUSIC] Roy Clark (b. 1933)
American country music musician and performer. He is best
known for hosting Hee Haw Show. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo.
VG.............25-35
337. [EARLY FILM] Corinne Griffith [1894-1979]
American actress. Dubbed "The Orchid Lady of the Screen", she was one of the
most popular film actresses of the 1920s and widely considered
the most beautiful actress of the silent screen. Shortly after
the advent of sound film, Griffith retired from acting and
became a successful author. TLS, 1961, 1p, on her personal stationery. Re:
typist changing recipient's name; hopes he likes the book; happy
Christmas. Fine condition...........40-60
338
[MIXED LOT] [1] Katharine Graham
(1917 - 2001) American publisher. She led her family's
newspaper, The Washington Post, for more than two decades,
overseeing its most famous period, the Watergate coverage that
eventually led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.
Signature on 3x5 card. [2] Wendy
Wasserstein (1950-2006) Pulitzer Prize Am.
playwright. Sig. envelope honoring Eugene O'Neill. [3] Miriam MacMillan [1905-1970]
female explorer. Sig/inscribed on back of Schooner Bowdoin
postcard. [4] Marion Mack -
actress. Signed 3x5 card, 1989. [5] Walt
Mason [1862-?] "Uncle Walt" the Emporia, Kansas
poet whose inimitable wit brought him national reputation.
SIGNATURE WITH SENTIMENT, 1912...........50-75
341.
[ENGLAND] Joseph Parker
(1830-1902) English Nonconformist (Congregational) divine.
Age stains......20-30
342.
[ENGLAND] Charles Manners-Sutton,
1st Viscount Canterbury GCB, PC (1780-1845) was a British Tory
politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons from
1817 to 1835. Franking Signature on address panel
1834............25-35
343.
[ENGLAND] Charles Wood,
1st Viscount Halifax, GCB, PC (1800-1885), known as Sir Charles
Wood, 3rd Bt between 1846 and 1866, was a British Whig
politician and Member of Parliament. He served as Chancellor of
the Exchequer from 1846 to 1852. Franking Signature on address panel
183[?]............25-35
344. [FILM] Dorothy Malone (b. 1925) Academy Award-winning actress American. DOCUMENT SIGNED, a contract dated April 23, 1979, 4pp., a one year contract with Contemporary-Korman Ltd. Also signed by Tom Korman of the famous agency. Signed on last page. VG...........75-100
345. [TV] Colleen Dewhurst (1924-1991) Canadian actress known for playing Marilla Cuthbert in the various Anne of Green Gables productions. She was twice married to actor George C. Scott. SIGNED 1961 contract to act in The Play of The Week: "No Exit." She was paid $650. 4 pages; signed on pg. 1 and pg. 4. Unique.......50-75
348. [NOBEL PRIZE] WERNER ARBER (b. 1929) Swiss microbiologist and geneticist. Along with American researchers Hamilton Smith and Daniel Nathans, Werner Arber shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of restriction endonucleases. Their work would lead to the development of recombinant DNA technology. SIGNED card with sentiment. Fine...........25-35
349. Cathy Rigby [b. 1952] American gymnast, actress and speaker. Rigby's participation in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, as the highest-scoring U.S. gymnast made her a favorite with U.S. television audiences, and helped to popularize the sport in the U.S. She was U.S. National Gymnastic Champion in 1970 and 1972. Her greatest gymnastics accomplishment was winning a silver medal on the balance beam at the 1970 World Championships, being the first American woman to win a medal in World Gymnastics. Signed 3-1/2 x 5 in. photo. VG...........20-30
350. (CHARLES ISAAC ELTON) (1839-1900). English lawyer and antiquarian. Autograph Letter Signed containing an Autograph Manuscript. Two pages, octavo. Prologue to a play and four verses of a poem about Cinderella. Mounted. MOST OF SIGNATURE CLIPPED AWAY. Fold tear repaired; soiled............30-40
351. [PRINTED GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT] Message From The President of the United States - In answer to a Senate resolution of Dec. 7, 1877, further information in relation to the cost of the Sioux war. Rutherford B. Hayes. This was printed for the US Senate, 45th Congress, 2d Session, Ex. Doc. No. 33, March 26, 1878, 5 pages..25-35
352. [PRINTED GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT] Message From The President of the United States - A report relative to the compensation of Henry B. Carrington, a special agent for the sale of certain Indian lands. Signed in type Benj. Harrison. This was printed for the US Senate, 51st Congress, 1st Session, Ex. Doc. No. 70, Feb. 24, 1890, 32 pages plus foldout tract map. Attached in another signed in type by Harrison, Ex. Doc. 71, related to Indians in New Mexico............25-35
353. [FILM] Lilia Skala (1896-1994) Austrian-American actress. She was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress for her most famous role as the Mother Superior in Lilies of the Field opposite Oscar-winning Sidney Poitier. Skala also appeared in Ship of Fools, Deadly Hero, Charly, Heartland, Eleanor and Franklin, Roseland, Flashdance and House of Games. Signed 3x5 card. FINE.............20-30
354. Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. (b. 1935) is an African American business executive. He has been dubbed a Washington "power broker" by many. Signed & inscribed photo, 5x7................25-35
355. Cyrus Townsend Brady (1861-1920) American journalist, historian and adventure writer. His most well-known work is "Indian Fights and Fighters". Brady's first major book "For Love of Country" whilst telling the story of a fictitious John Seymour was actually based in part on the true heroics of Nicholas Biddle one of the first five captains of the fledgling Continental Navy. AQS, 1901, on 3-3/4 x 2-3/8" card........20-30
356. [FILM] Leonid Kinskey (1903-1998) Russian -born actor who enjoyed a long career. Kinskey is best known for his role as Sascha in the film Casablanca (1942). Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, he fled the Russian Revolution and acted on stage in Europe and South America before arriving in New York City in 1921. He joined the road production of Al Jolson's musical Wonder Bar, before making his first film appearance, in the 1932 Trouble in Paradise. His looks and accent helped him land supporting roles in numerous movies, including Duck Soup and Nothing Sacred, and on television, well into the 1960s. It is said that he got perhaps his best-known role, Sascha in Casablanca, because he was a drinking buddy of star Humphrey Bogart. Kinskey was in the pilot episode for Hogan's Heroes, but turned down a regular role in the series because he thought the subject matter was being taken too lightly. TLS, 1989, on 3x5 card, talks about visit to Russia in 1970. Signed with intials; full signature with inscription on verso. VG.........30-40
See picture of Kinskey as Sascha
357. [WRITERS lot] George William Curtis (1824-1892) Am. writer. Signature. Robert W. Chambers (1865-1933) Am.n artist and writer. Sig. 1908.Robert Collyer (1823-1912) Am. Unitarian clergyman. Signature 1964. E.H. Conger (1843-1907) Am. diplomat. Nice signature w/picture. E.E. Partridge(1900-1990) Us Air Force general. Sig. card [lined side]. Charles Major (1856-1913) Am. novelist. ANS on card, 1901. Henry van Dyke (1852-1933) Am. author and clergyman. Signature 1907. Amelia E. Barr (1831-1919) Brit. Am. novelist. Sig. card, 1901..........80-120
358. [ENGLAND] Sir Nicolas C. Tindal (1776-1846) celebrated English lawyer who successfully defended Queen Caroline at her trial for adultery in 1820. ALS, 1836, written on both sides of 7x9 in. sheet. Light toning; old mounting remains along one edge on back do not affect text......50-75
359. Alfred L. Atherton Jr. (1921 - 2002) United States Foreign Service Officer and diplomat. He served as United States Ambassador to Egypt in 1979-1983. TLS, 1979, 1p..........20-30
360. [THEATRE] Victor Mapes (1870-1943) American playwright. Brief ALS, 1907, 1p. VG.......25-35
364. [WW II] EVELYN W. FARRAND. Assist. to Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt, Chairman of YOUNG AMERICA WANTS TO HELP, operated under the auspices of the British War Relief Society, Inc. Typewritten Letter Signed, New York, July 21, 1941, to Mrs. Burton Musser, the president of the Utah British War Relief Society. One page, 4to. Sending three pages of information on projects for raising funds for immediate aid of the children in Britain to the additional objective of "crystalliz[ing] the sympathy of the youth of America for the youth of Great Britain." Four pages total.........40-60
365. [FRANCE] Emile
Fabre (1869-1955) French dramatic author
and general administrator of the Comédie-Française from
1915 to 1936. ALS, no date, 1p. approx. 4.5 x 6.5". VG.............50-75
367. [PORTRAIT] William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891) General in the Union Army during the Civil War. Antique engraved portrait approx. 5.5 x 8.5". Few stains in margins but image area is very good...........25-35
See Gen. Sherman portrait
375. Glenway Wescott (1901-1987)
was a major American novelist during the 1920-1940 period and a
figure in the American expatriate literary community in Paris
during the 1920s. Signed presentation/edition page removed from
the book "GOODBYE WISCONSIN". Fine...............25-35
376. 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
377. Sir Francis Palgrave
[1788-1861] English historian. Clip signature mounted to
card.........20-30
378. 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
379. Ernesto Rossi (1897 -
1967) Italian politician, journalist and anti-fascist activist.
His ideas contributed to the Partito d'Azione, and subsequently
the Partito Radicale co-authur of the Ventotene Manifesto.
Signed card, 1881............20-30
380. Mary Maxwell [1835-1915] British Victorian novelist. Clip signature..............20-30
382. William T. Moncrieff
[1794-1857] English dramatist. Signature in form of return
address............20-30
383. Quida [1839-1908]
British novelist. Clip signature. Ink is light............20-30
384. Carlos Fuentes Macías (b.1928)
Mexican
writer and one of the best-known living novelists and essayists
in the Spanish-speaking world. He has influenced contemporary
Latin American literature, and his works have been widely
translated into English and other languages. Signed, inscribed
card............20-30
385. Leonard Merrick
[1864-1939] British Playwright. Clip
signature..............20-30
386. Charles Doughty
[1843-1926] English poet. Clip signature..............20-30
387. Alfred Henry Lewis [1857-1914]
American journalist and novelist. Signed card..........20-30
389. Rex Allen, Jr. (b. 1947) American country music singer, who started singing at the age of six; he had followed in the footsteps of his father, Rex Allen, a singing cowboy. Signed & inscribed 10x8 photo...........20-30
390. [THEATRE] Kate Denin (1837 -1907) American stage actress. She played
in many theatres in the United States and Australia and with
most of the noted United States actors and actresses of her
time. Signed cdv photo. VG..........40-60
392. [PHOTOGRAPHY] Frederic
Eugene Ives (1856–1937) was a U.S.
inventor, born at Litchfield, Connecticut. In 1874–78 he had
charge of the photographic laboratory at Cornell University. He
moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where in 1885 he was one of
the founding members of the Photographic Society of
Philadelphia. He was awarded The Franklin Institute's
Elliott Cresson Medal in 1893, the Edward Longstreth Medal in
1903, and the John Scott Medal in 1887, 1890, 1904 and
1906. His son Herbert E. Ives was a pioneer of television and
telephotography, including color facsimile. Ives was a pioneer
in the field of color photography. He first demonstrated a
system of natural color photography at the 1885 Novelties
Exposition of the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.[3] His
fully developed Kromskop (long-vowel marks over both "o"s and
pronounced "chrome-scope") color photography system was
commercially available in England by late 1897 and in the US
about a year later. In 1903 Ives patented the parallax
stereogram, the first "no glasses" autostereoscopic 3-D display
technology. As early as 1900, Ives was tinkering with
stereoscopic motion pictures. By 1922, he and fellow inventor
Jacob Leventhal were producing a popular series of anaglyph 3-D
novelty shorts called Plastigrams. Ives is sometimes
referred to as "the" inventor of "the" halftone process, but
this is incorrect and Ives never made such a claim for
himself. Offered here is an undated biography sheet on
which he pens biographical information, signed. 8.5 x 11".
VG............100-150
394. [MISC. SIGNATURES] Rudolph Wurlitzer (1831–1914),
founder of the jukebox company. Wilfred
John Funk (1883-1965) was an author, poet,
lexicographer, and publisher. He was president of Funk &
Wagnalls from 1925 to 1940, and founder of publishing company
Wilfred Funk, Inc. Stark Young
(1881-1963) American teacher, playwright, novelist,
painter, literary critic and essayist. Robert Stanley Dollar
(1844-1932) lumber baron, shipping magnate,
philanthropist. Carl Dreyfus
- publisher. Max C. Fleischmann
(Fleischmann's yeast]. Dr. John
Finley (1863-1940) American Educator.
J. Bertram Lippincott
- publisher. Eight signed cards, all with mounting traces
on verso and 2 with trace along top front edge.........100-150
397. [POLITICS] misc. autographs: [1] Lillian Carter - mother of Jimmy Carter, signed color picture of the entire Carter Family. Only Lillian's signature is authentic. [2] James Murray - US senator from Montana, signed photo. [3] Pat Brown - Gov. Calif, signature with inscription mounted below his Time magazine cover portrait. [4] Martin Dies, Jr. (1900-1972), House Committee Investigating Un-American Activities, signed 5x7 photo [faults]. [5] David Stockman - former U.S. politician and businessman, serving as a Republican U.S. Representative from the state of Michigan (1977–1981) and as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (1981–1985). - Signed color photo. [6] John Dean - served as White House Counsel for United States President Richard Nixon from July 1970 until April 1973. In this position, he became deeply involved in events leading up to the Watergate burglaries and the subsequent Watergate scandal cover-up. Signed & inscribed 10 x 8 photo. [7] Two TLSs, both 1936 by congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers. [8] William M. Miller - TLS, 1974, as H. of Rep. Doorkeeper. [8] Senator David L. Walsh - 1934 TLS. [9] Roderick D. Sutherland - MOC from Neb,, signed 1900 document. [10] A signed photo of congressman from calif [not identified]. Various conditions.............100-150
399. EARL of CLARNEDEN
(4th) (1800-1870) (Willam F. Villiers) British Diplomat- Lord
Lt. of Ireland (1847-52), Foreign Secretary 3 times between 1853
and 1870. He was posted to Ireland at the time of the GREAT
POTATO FAMINE. His diplomatic skill was shown at the Congress of
Paris in 1856 and in the settlement of the dispute between
Britain and the US over the Alabama Cruiser incident. SIGNATURE
with ending from a letter...............................20-30
400. [MUSIC] Johannes Wolff (1869-1947)
German musicologist, Medieval music expert, violinist. His close
friend John Singer Sargent, the American artist, painted him
with a celebrated portrait. Signature with
sentiment.........25-35
![[ENGLAND] ROUNDELL PALMER - 1st Earl of Selborne [1812-1895]. English jurist. M.P. (1847-52, 1853-57, 1861-72); solicitor general (1861); attorney general (1863-65); opposed Gladstone' s Irish church policy; lord chancellor (1872-74, 1880-85); author of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act of 1873, which established a single hierarchy of courts; edited a hymnal, The Book of Praise (1863). Created earl (1882).](https://merv2.tripod.com/palmer-751.jpeg){kind=link}
![121. Joseph Parker (1830-1902) was an English Nonconformist divine. ALS, July 16, 1881, 2pp, 8vo. To Mr. (Samuel Carter) Hall [1800-1889] the Irish-born Victorian journalist who is best known for his editorship of The Art Journal and for his much-satirised personality. Parker was the son of Teasdale Parker, a stone mason , and Elizabeth, née Dodd. He managed to pick up a fair education, which in after-life he constantly supplemented. In the revolutionary years from 1845 to 1850 young Parker as a local preacher and temperance orator gained a reputation for vigorous utterance. He was influenced by Thomas Cooper, the Chartist, and Edward Miall, the Liberationist, and was much associated with Joseph Cowen, afterwards MP for Newcastle upon Tyne. In the spring of 1852 he wrote to Dr John Campbell, minister of Whitefield Tabernacle, Moorfields, London , for advice as to entering the Congregational ministry, and after a short probation he became Campbell's assistant. He also attended lectures in logic and philosophy at University College London. From 1853 to 1858 he was pastor at Banbury. His next charge was at Cavendish Street, Manchester, where he rapidly made himself felt as a power in English Nonconformity. While here he published a volume of lectures entitled Church Questions, and, anonymously, Ecce Deus (1868), a work provoked by Seeley's Ecce Homo. The University of Chicago conferred on him the degree of D.D. In 1869 he returned to London as minister of the Poultry church, founded by Thomas Goodwin. Almost at once he began the scheme which resulted in the erection of the great City Temple in Holborn Viaduct. It cost £70,000, and was opened on 19 May 1874 . From this centre his influence spread far and wide. His stimulating and original sermons, with their notable leaning towards the use of a racy vernacular, made him one of the best known personalities of his time. Dr Parker was twice chairman of the London Congregational Board and twice of the Congregational Union of England and Wales. The death of his second wife, Emma, née Common, in 1899, was a blow from which he never fully recovered. Parker was pre-eminently a preacher, and his published works are chiefly sermons and expositions, chief among them being City Temple Sermons (1869-1870) and The People's Bible, in 25 vols (1885-1895). Other volumes include the autobiagraphical Springdale Abbey (1869), The Inner Life of Christ (1881), Apostolic Life (1884), Tyne Chylde: My Life and Teaching (1883; new ed., 1889), A Preacher's Life (1899). This letter is in fine condition..............100-150](https://merv2.tripod.com/parker-646-1.jpeg){kind=link}
![173. [ART] Alexander POPE [1849-1924] important American artist. One of his paintings realized $186,000 at a Maine auction, a record in Maine for a work of art that stood for many years. We purchased his drawings, both childhood and adult, and his scrapbook & some of his photographs of his paintings over a decade ago. The ORIGINAL pencil sketche[s] offered here is unsigned and guaranteed without a time limit to the original purchaser. Approx. 6 x 6-1/4 in. sheet irregular size. This is an early drawing circa 1865-70 although not dated. Very good condition. . The Maine Antique Digest [sometime in 1998] reported that the Pope painting that brought $186,000 in Maine was resold at Sothebys, Dec. 3, 1998, for $552,500. Virtually all Alexander Pope drawings that have appeared on the](https://merv2.tripod.com/pope-41-1.jpeg){kind=link}
![201. [REV. WAR] James Fairlie (1757 or 1759 - 1830) born in New York City of Scottish ancestry. His father was said to have been captain of a ship in the Havana trade. James was a Revolutionary war officer who settled in Albany after the war. Still in his teens, in 1776 Fairlie was commissioned and ensign an then second lieutenant in the First New York Regiment of the Continental Line. By 1778, he had been promoted to major and served as aide-de-camp to General Von Steuben until the end of the war. He was on active duty with the Revolutionary army and was noted as a recruiter. After the war, he sought to acquire and trade in military bounties and bounty rights. Offered here SIGNATURE with sentiment clipped from letter. Fairly prominent damp staining.............35-45](https://merv2.tripod.com/fairlie-167.jpeg){kind=link}
![315. Alexander AGASSIZ (1835-1910), American zoologist, son of Louis Agassiz. He became curator of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard in 1873 and held the post until 1885, when poor health forced him to resign. As administrator of the Calumet and Hecla copper mines on Lake Superior (1865-69) and as a stockholder in the mines, Agassiz acquired a fortune. His gifts to the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology and to other institutions for biological research totaled over $1 million. In 1874-75 he explored Lake Titicaca, between Bolivia and Peru, and in 1875 established an aquarium at Newport, R.I. From 1877 to 1904 he made annual expeditions to study the marine life of the western Atlantic and the Pacific oceans. He was an authority on jellyfish, echinoderms, and corals. DOCUMENT SIGNED [on verso], Cambridge, 1874, folds out to 16-3/4 x 13-3/4 in. Headed "Museum of Comparative Zoology." Financial accounts for the trustees for 1873 & 74. PLUS a separate unsigned document headed "State Grant of 1873 - Museum of Comp(arative) Zoology." Shows Account appropriated by Trustees [$25,000] & how that was disbursed. Two documents. VG.............60-80](https://merv2.tripod.com/agassiz-20.jpeg){kind=link}
