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1. William Pope Duval (1784-1854)
was the first civilian governor of Florida Territory,
succeeding Andrew Jackson who had been military governor. In
his twelve-year governorship, from 1822 to 1834, he divided
Florida into four territories, established the local court
system, and chose Tallahassee as the territory’s capital
because of its central location. Duval County, where
Jacksonville is located, and Duval Street in Key West are
named for him. He was born in Virginia he was inclined
to be somewhat wild in his youth. While young (age 14)
he decided to go to Kentucky and told his father, who
remarked, “If I give you a Negro you will sell him the first
chance and spend the money you get for him; if I give you a
horse you will bet him off at the first horse race you see,
and if I give you a pocket full of money you will bet it off
or give it away. You love a gun and would not part with that.”
With a light heart he left home telling his family he wouldn’t
come back until he was a member of Congress. So he
walked to Kentucky. He arrived at Bardstown, Ky. and studied
law, fell in love and married the daughter of Col. Andrew
Hynes. Col. Hynes was the founder of Elizabethtown, which was
named after his wife. Having sown his wild oats he began to
practice law in Elizabethtown. As there were no lawyers there,
he was appointed County Attorney of Hardin County. In 1812 he
ran for congress and was so popular that no one opposed him.
He served in congress, 1813-14. On his first trip to
Washington he visited his relatives in Virginia for the first
time since leaving, thus verifying his promise not to return
until he was a congressman. In 1822 he was appointed Gov. of
Florida by President Monroe, and re-appointed by Presidents
Adams and Jackson. Offered here is an ADS, 1812, legal
document concerning debt and Bleakley and Montgomery. These
two men opened the first general store in Elizabethtown, Ky.,
doing much business with Thomas Lincoln, father of the future
president. Approx. 7-1/2 x 6-1/4 in. VG. Quite RARE!.
Portrait of Duval is not included here.............300-400
4. (ART) (JASPER JOHNS) original multiple. New York. Museum of Modern Art. Text by Riva Castleman Technics and Creativity Gemini GEL, 1971, 10.5 x 8.5 in. stiff wrappers in plastic clamshell box. 108 pp. 364 mostly thumbnail illustrations (20 full size in color), bibliography, index of artists. A Catalogue raisonne (to early 1971), published in a boxed edition of 22,500, with its problematic Jasper Johns "Target," an offset lithograph with applique paintbrush and three watercolor disks, in addition to the print , which is glued to the inside front cover of the box). Box also contains the catalog, a sheet of protective foam. The foam sheet is normally discolored and usually has three circular offprints from the watercolor disks. According to Richard S. Field ("Jasper Johns Prints 1970-1977"), the image was derived from a pencil drawing and collage of 1960 in the Sonnabend collection. A hand-pulled edition of 50 copies and six artists proofs was printed by Kenneth Tyler at Gemini in 1971. The offset edition was produced by Graphic Press, Los Angeles. Johns's participation in this enterprise was, at best, limited to the Gemini printing, which was hand-signed and numbered. The signature on the MoMA target was mechanically reproduced [the one offered here]. If it appears to have been signed in ink or pencil, forgery is indicated. The white clamshell box is spotted but intact. The other main factor involving this multiple is the condition of the offset target lithograph. As is often the case a former owner has wetted the watercolor blocks and started to paint the target but has only painted a small part in yellow. The brush is often missing as is missing here. VG condition.............300-400
Clamshell box
5. [MIXED LOT] [1] [PHILADELPHIA] C. TOWER - noted trial lawyer. LS, Phila., 1885, 1-1/2 pages, 4to. To William Henry Rawle, praising Rawle's oration of the statue of Chief Justice Marshall [1884] at Washington. Continues with compliment of Rawle on his address : The Case of the Educated Unemployed," delivered before the Harvard College Phi Beta Kappa Society. Excellent letter. [2] IRA A. HAYNES [1859-1955] General, U.S. Army. He served in Hawaii [1899]. Signed 1920 Riggs National Bank check. [3] KEEPER OF THE PRIVY PURSE) - Sir Thos. (Myddleton) Biddulph [1809-1878] He entered the Army as a Cornet (1st Life Guards) in 1826. On his promotion to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1857 he went on half pay. He was later appointed Master of the Queen's Household, and then Receiver-General of the Duchy of Cornwall. In 1867 he was appointed Keeper of the Queen's Privy Purse. Sir Thomas had enjoyed the Queen's trust and confidence for 27 years, but there had been one occasion when he had threatened to resign, because of rows with John Brown, the Queen's personal gillie and favourite. It is on record that the Queen made gentle fun of Sir Thomas behind his back: with roars of laughter she told Sir Henry Ponsonby how shocked Sir Thomas had been by the design for a medal of the Ashanti campaign and she quoted his comment, "Roman soldiers with nothing - nothing at all - but helmets on." However, Sir Thomas was not without a sense of humour: in 1871, when the Queen was gravely ill with an abscess on her arm, Lady Churchill wanted to send for all her children. "Goodness", said Sir Thomas, "that would have killed her at once!" Two [2] ALSs, 1874 and 1876, each 1p. [4] [US CONGRESSMEN] album page signed on both sides by: RIDGELY, Edwin Reed, (1844 - 1927) Ks; SIMS, Thetus Willrette, (1852 - 1939) Tenn; CLARDY, John Daniel, (1828 - 1918) Ky. Signed on the other side by: BOTKIN, Jeremiah Dunham, (1849 - 1921) Kan; GREENE, William Laury, (1849 - 1899) Neb; SKINNER, Harry, (1855 - 1929). VG. [5] [STOCK CERTIFICATE] JOHN F. SHAFROTH (1887-1967) distinguished naval officer, comdr. battleship division that bombarded Japan in 1945. DS, 1928, North American Edison Co. [6] [SCIENCE] Alembert, Jean Le Rond [1717-1783]. French mathematician, scientist, and philosopher. Son of Mme. de Tencin and of the chevalier Destouches; member of Academy of Sciences (1741); wrote Traitéde dynamique (1743) containing "d' Alembert' s principle,"Traitéde l' équilibre et du mouvement des fluides (1744), Réflexions sur la cause générale des vents (1747) containing his discovery of partial differential equations; explained precession of equinoxes, rotation of Earth' s axis; associated with Diderot in editing the Encyclopédie (1746-54), writing Discours préliminaire for Vol. I (1751); member (1754) of French Academy; wrote six volumes of Histoire des membres de l' Académie (1785-87); author also of Éléments de musique (1752), Mélanges de littérature, d' histoire et de philosophie (1753); published collected Opuscules mathématiques (1761-80). ENGRAVED PORTRAIT, c. 1853. Clean. [7] LADD, George Washington, a Representative from Maine; born in Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, September 28, 1818; attended the common schools and Kents Hill Seminary; engaged in the drug business in Bangor, Maine; later engaged in the lumber, commission, and wholesale grocery business in Bangor; was also interested in railroad development; elected as a Greenback candidate to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1883); chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Forty-sixth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress; died in Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, January 30, 1892; interment in Mount Hope Cemetery. SIGNATURE. [8] LAMPORT, William Henry, a Representative from New York; born in Brunswick, N.Y., May 27, 1811; moved with his parents to Gorham, Ontario County, in 1826; attended the public schools; engaged in agricultural pursuits; supervisor of Gorham in 1848 and 1849; sheriff of Ontario County 1850-1853; member of the State assembly in 1854; moved to Canandaigua in 1864; president of the village of Canandaigua in 1866 and 1867; elected as a Republican to the Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1875); was not a candidate for renomination in 1874; retired to Canandaigua, N.Y., where he died July 21, 1891; interment in the West Avenue Cemetery. CLIP SIGNATURE, mounted. [9] [ASSAULT ON A POLICEMAN] H.D. Hawley - Singer Sewing Co. Agent. ALS, on illust. sewing machine letterhead, Savannah, Ga., Nov. 4, 1871, written on both sides of 8.5 x 11 in. sheet. To the Singer Manufacturing Company about a Lady La Velle who was unhappy with Singer for not exchanging her sewing machine, which she had used for a year, for a brand new model. Gives background on the woman's history. "She had a spite against a Policeman their" (in Brunswick) "and once upon a time as he was passing her window, She having prepared with a Mug of her dear Virgin water took the liberty of transfering it to the head of the Policeman. Cause of her being in New York, a choice was given her to go to the penitentiary or leave the State." As usual with almost all Singer letters there are mounting traces on verso along one edge. Small loss to one corner. Front side Back side [10] [OPERA] Jess Thomas [1927-1993] Am. lyric and Wagnerian tenor. In 1963, he joined the cast of the Metropolitan Opera appearing in 95 performances for 15 years. Amongst the highlights of his career with the Metropolitan Opera was appearing at the opening of the new Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center in the first performance of Samuel Barber's Antony and Cleopatra with Leontyne Price. Signed photo, 4 x 5-3/4". Also signed with initials with sentiment on verso. Edge crack. [11] 1814 Gov. Doc., 2pp, Report of the Committee of Ways and Means. [12] Six. bank checks dated 1923...........80-120
6. Countess Alexandra Lvovna Tolstoy (1884-1979) also known by her nickname Sasha, was the youngest daughter and secretary of the noted Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy. Signature, dated July 21, 1942. On 5-1/4 x 2-1/2" slip; two fold lines...........50-75
8. [ART] RALPH BAKSHI - American
animator/draftsman. In the late 1950s & early 1960s
he worked at CBS-Terrytoons on such series as "Heckle
and Jeckle" and "Mighty Mouse." From there he went to
Famous Studios-Paramount, where he directed countless
"Casper the Friendly Ghost" and "Little Audrey"
cartoons, among others. During the 1960s he also
animated Peter Max's commercials. When Famous Studios
closed in 1967, Bakshi went into partnership with Steve
Krantz. Their first venture was "Fritz the Cat",
released in 1972. The success of "Fritz" prompted "Heavy
Traffic" [1973], a funny-sad chronicle of life in New
York's slums. Striking out on his own, Bakshi produced
the sometimes brilliant, often disappointing "Coonskin"
[1974]; also "Wizards" [1977]; "Lord of the Rings"
[1978]. Ralph Bakshi occupies a somewhat ambiguous
position in the animation world. He is one of the more
original artists at work in the animated cartoon medium.
He has become a cult figure. ORIGINAL Ink drawing,
unsigned on 8 x 5 in. sheet. As this was a "working
study" there was no reason for him to have signed
it...............100-150
See
Bakshi drawing
9. [ART] MARY HELEN POTTER (1862 - 1950) Listed artist from Rhode Island. OFFERED HERE: Original watercolor, unsigned, undated, approx. 12 x 8-1/2 in. Almost all of Potter's watercolors were unsigned. Very good condition........200-300
10.
[THEATRE] Van Johnson
(1916-2008) American film and television
actor who was a major star at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios during
and after World War II. Signed, inscribed Ogunquit, Maine
Playhouse theatre program, 1980. He was appearing in the lead
role in "TRIBUTE." VG.......50-75
See Van
Johnson
11. [FILM] Chester Morris (1901-1970) American actor, perhaps best known
for his role as Boston Blackie. TLS, 1943, 1p, signed "Chester".
To J. Frank Stephens in L.A., Calif. Regarding movies being
made, and not being able to do a play by playwrights Brittano
& Oursler due to time, etc. Nice example. VG.........50-75
12. [MIXED LOT] [1]
Charles E. Stuart (1810-1887) U.S. Representative and U.S.
Senator from the state of Michigan. During the Civil War,
Stuart raised and equipped the 13th Michigan Infantry, of
which he was commissioned colonel. Clip Signature. [2] George Frisbie Hoar (1826-1904) was a prominent United States
Senator from Massachusetts. He was a member of an extended
family that was politically prominent in 18th and 19th century
New England. Clip Signature. [3] Henry Porter Baldwin (1814-1892) 15th Governor of Michigan and U.S.
Senator. Clip Signature. [4] Francis Brown Stockbridge (1826-1894) U.S. Senator from Michigan. Clip
Signature. [5] Jacob
Merritt
Howard (1805-1871) U.S.
Representative and U.S. Senator from Michigan during and after
the American Civil War. Signature. [6] HAGER, John Sharpenstein, a
Senator from California; born near Morristown, in German
Valley, Morris County, N.J., March 12, 1818; completed
preparatory studies and graduated from the College of New
Jersey (later Princeton University) in 1836; studied law;
admitted to the bar in 1840 and practiced in Morristown, N.J.;
moved to California in 1849 and engaged in mining; practiced
law in San Francisco; member of the State constitutional
convention in 1849; member, State senate 1852-1854, 1865-1871;
elected State district judge for the district of San Francisco
in 1855 and served until l86l; elected a regent of the
University of California in 1871; elected as a Democrat to the
United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Eugene Casserly and served from December 23,
1873, to March 3, 1875; was not a candidate for renomination;
member of the State constitutional convention in 1879;
collector of customs of the port of San Francisco 1885-1889;
died in San Francisco on March 19, 1890; interment in
Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo. CLIP SIGNATURE. [7] W.A. Peffer (1831-1912) Populist US Senator from Kansas.
Sig. 1896. [8] WM. FAXON -
Assistant Secretary of the Navy 1 June 1866 - 3 March 1889.
CLIP SIGNATURE. [9] John Inscho Mitchell (1838-1907) American lawyer, jurist, and
Republican party politician from Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
He served in the state legislature and represented
Pennsylvania in both the U.S. House and Senate. He was later a
judge in several state courts. Nice SIGNATURE [10]
Jno. B. Raymond (1844-1886) was a Delegate from Dakota
Territory to the United States House of Representatives. He
was born in Lockport, Niagara County, New York, then moved
with his parents to Tazewell County, Illinois in 1853. He
served in the Union Army during the American Civil War, being
promoted to Captain for action at the Battle of Vicksburg.
Following the war Raymond settled in Mississippi. He published
the Mississippi Pilot newspaper at Jackson, Mississippi during
Reconstruction. He was assistant State treasurer of
Mississippi, and was appointed United States marshal of Dakota
Territory in 1877, with headquarters at Yankton and later at
Fargo. He was elected as a Republican to the House, serving
from March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1885. SIGNATURE...........50-75
13. [MYSTERY LOT]
includes: Warner Bros. pay check, 1985, signed on verso by
Mildred Natwick (1905-1994)
Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated American stage,
film and television actress. Also includes: 1826
Providence, RI, document signed by R.G.
Hazard [cancel hole over signature. Roland
G. hazard (1801-1888) was an American industrialist, politician,
and social reformer. Also a signature of Samuel
Griswold Goodrich (1793-1860) was an
American author, better known under the pseudonym Peter Parley.
Also: H.G. Neville -
clip signature with cdv; a 4-page handout on
Socialism; Max Gebhard SECKENDORFF (1852-1911).
American journalist; chief, Washington bureau of the "New York
Tribune" (1883-1911); a very influential journalist between
the time of President Chester Arthur and President William
Howard Taft. Signed Riggs National Bank check, 1911; 1921 bank checks
signed by the noted artist, Douglas Volk, known for his
portraits of Abraham Lincoln. 9
Limerick National Bank checks [Maine]; antique
engraved port of Philip Syng Physick; TLS, 1946
signed by Commander F.T. Williamson, to congressman Phlip J.
Philbin; plus various other pieces. Approx. 85 pieces. Good lot for eBay sellers or those
who like researching items............80-120
14. [CIVIL WAR] Daniel McCook
(1798-1863) was an attorney and an officer in the Union army
during the American Civil War. He was one of two Ohio brothers
who, along with 13 of their sons, became widely known as the
“Fighting McCooks” for their contributions to the war effort.
With the outbreak of the Civil War, McCook, although 63 years
old, volunteered his services to the Union. He was
commissioned as a major and paymaster. When Confederate Brig.
Gen. John H. Morgan led his troops through southern Ohio
during Morgan's Raid, Major McCook joined in the advance of
the Union pursuit. Early in the morning of July 19, 1863,
Federal troops attacked Morgan at Buffington Island, where the
Confederates were planning to cross the Ohio River back into
Kentucky. McCook was shot and mortally wounded. He died two
days later, and his body was buried with full military honors
in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio. Manuscript
Document Signed, Ohio, 1833, signed as Court Clerk, approx.
8x12 in............100-150
See above
16. [FILM] Billy De Wolfe
(1907-1974) American character actor. He was active in
films from the mid-1940s until his death in 1974. He was a
good friend of Doris Day from the time of their meeting during
the filming of Tea for Two (1950) until his death. His
signed 1965 contract to play the part of Mayor Davis in the
film "BILLIE" starring Patty Duke. There are 2 signed
documents here. VG...........125-175
Uncle of
Abraham Lincoln
17. Kentucky Pioneer
document dated 1805, summons for Williamson Bruce to appear
before the Judges of Hardin County [Elizabethtown] Kentucky.
They are to answer William Bush plaintiff. William Bush,
brother of Sarah who was Abraham Lincoln's step-mother,
therefore William Bush was Abe's uncle by marriage. This
document was written and signed by the noted Kentucky pioneer,
Ben Helm. Also signed by William Bush on the verso. BEN HELM (b.
Fairfax county, Va., May 8, 1767; son of Capt. Thomas Helm,
apioneer settler of Kentucky, who moved from Virginia to the
Falls of Ohio, in the fall of 1779. In 1801-03 Ben Helm erected
the first brick house built there. He became a surveyor; was
state senator, 1796-1800; clerk of the Hardin county courts,
1800-17; an officer with the rank of major in the war of 1812;
filled various other offices of honor and trust in Kentucky:
purchased the farm owned by Christopher Bush, father of Mrs.
Sarah (Bush) Johnston Lincoln, step-mother of Abraham Lincoln,
and was a partner in a general store with Duff Green [later,
American statesman], conducting the business as Green &
Helm. He died in Elizabethtown, 1858, nearly 91 years
old.Apparently William Bush was somewhat of a troublemaker in
the E-town area. He was born in 1763, and in 1828 he acquired
the Knob Creek farm where the Lincolns had lived, before they
left for Indiana. His sister, Sarah, became the step-mother of
the future U.S. president, Abraham Lincoln. See the article THAT
ROGUE, WILLIAM BUSH, by Blaine V. Houmes, the Iowa physician and
collector of Lincolniana. This article appears in The
MANUSCRIPT, Summer 2002. William Bush acquired land like his
parents, and by 1817 had married and built an attractive brick
house [Elizabethtown area], a sign of sure success. He served on
jury duty with Thomas Lincoln, after of Abraham and acquired the
Knob Creek farm where the Lincolns had lived, before they left
for Indiana∞, and later Illinois. Although prosperous, he was
frequently entangled in lawsuits. His reputation was guarded and
he did not enjoy the respect of other members of the Bush
family. Little is known of Lincoln's relationship with the Bush
family. Lincoln claimed that his family's removal (to Indiana)
was partly on account of slavery, but chiefly on account of the
difficulty in land titles in Kentucky. Thomas Lincoln was known
to be anti-slavery, and as a young boy Abraham probably observed
slaves being taken in chains to Southern markets, on the road
beside his home. Carl Sandburg and other historians have not
dwelt on the cantankerous nature of the President's uncle by
marriage, let alone the fact that there was a slave-trader in
the family. We wish to give credit to Blaine Houmes for much of
what appears in this description. Approx. 6-1/8 x 7-1/2
in. Rare!............400-600
18. [FRANCE] Jean Georges Lefranc de Pompignan [1715-1790] French clergyman, younger brother of Jean-Jacques Lefranc, Marquis de Pompignan. Jean Pompignan was the archbishop of Vienne against whose defence of the faith Voltaire launched the good-natured mockery of Les Lettres d'un Quaker . Elected to the Estates General, he passed over to the Liberal side, and led the 149 members of the clergy who united with the third estate to form the National Assembly. He was one of its first presidents, and was minister of public worship when the civil constitution was forced upon the clergy. ALS, don't see year, 1p, plus postmarked address leaf. VG...........100-150
Richard Huntington Abstract
Etching
19. [ART] Richard
Huntington (b. 1936) American
painter, printmaker, and writer, is Critic Emeritus at The
Buffalo News and has written for High Performance magazine,
ARTnews, and Art New England. Most recently, he was a catalog
essayist for the exhibition Artpark: 1974ñ1984 at UB Art
Gallery, Center for the Arts; Forty: The Sabres and the NHL at
the Albright-Knox Art Gallery; and Duayne Hatchett, Form,
Pattern, and Invention, the catalogue for a retrospective
exhibition at the Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo
(2009).†In 2007, Huntington won the Associated Press
First Award for Criticism and earlier, among a number of
residencies, served as visiting critic at the Kennedy Center for
the Arts, Washington, D.C. From 1982 to 1985, he was Visual Arts
Director at Artpark in Lewiston, New York. He has shown his art
nationally and internationally, with recent solo exhibitions at
the Castellani Art Museum, Niagara University, New York
(2008ñ2009); the Albright-Knox Collectors Gallery, Buffalo
(2008); and the JR Konsthallen, Linkˆping, Sweden (2007). In
2010, The Albright-Knox Art Gallery included his work in the
international biennial Beyond/In Western New York 2010:
Alternating Currents. In 2009, The Carey Berkus Studio in San
Miguel de Allende, Mexico, included his work in a group show
representing Mexican and American artists.†Huntington
holds a BFA from Syracuse University and a Master of Art and
Humanities from the University at Buffalo. He divides his time
between Buffalo and the town of San Miguel de Allende in central
Mexico. Original aquatint etching, pencil signed and dated 1977,
image approx. 14 x 10-3/4" plus margins.†Mounting traces
at outer top edge well away from image. VG. This was made while
Huntington was visiting artist-in-residence at the Arnot Art
Museum, Elmira, NY. VG.............150-200
20. [STAMPS] Robert
Perrot - designer of the 8 cent United Nations stamp. Offered
here is a sheet of 50 stamps [never used] signed in ink by
Robert Perrot. Fine.............100-150
21. [MIXED LOT OF AUTOGRAPHS] Comprised of: [1] Edward Martin (1879-1967)
Gov. Pennsylvania & US Senator. Signature. [2] Alexandra Danilova (1903-1997) Russian-born prima
ballerina who became an American citizen. She
had a long intimate relationship with George
Balanchine although they never officially
married. Signed, inscribed 3x5 card. Fine. [3] Hiram Walbridge (1821-1870)
U.S. Rep. from NY. Signature. [4] Peter W. Strader (1818-1881)
U.S. Rep. from Ohio. Signature. [5] Charles Stewart (1840-1907) English zoologist and
comparative anatomist. Stewart was born in
Plymouth and studied at St Bartholomew's Hospital,
receiving his MRCS in 1862. He was Conservator of
the Hunterian Museum of the Royal College of
Surgeons of England from 1884 to 1900, in
succession to William Henry Flower. He was elected
a Fellow of the Royal Society on 4 June 1896, and
he was the president of the Linnean Society from
1890 to 1894. Brief ALS, 1901,
1p. "Dear Sir, I have arranged for the visit of your
party on Oct. 5th. Yours truly C. Stewart. VG. [6] Sir Thomas
Brooke-Pechell, 2nd
Baronet (1753-1826) Major General. Signed address
panel postmarked 1833. [7] Moses Norris, Jr. (1799-1855)
United States Representative and Senator from New
Hampshire. Clip Signature. Click
to see signature [8] G. MONOD [Monod,
Gabriel-Jean-Jacques. 1844-1912]. French historian.
Founder and director of Revue historique (1875);
lectured at École des Hautes Études, École Normale
Supérieure; professor, Collège de France (1905).
Author of Allemands et Français (1872), Études
critiques sur les sources de l' histoire
mérovingienne (1872-85), etc. ANS, in English.
Clipped from a letter but complete in itself.
Mounted. No year. [9] Jonathan Chace (1829-1917)
US Representative and Senator from Rhode Island. He
was also the nephew of famed 19th century
abolitionist Elizabeth Buffum Chace and had himself
been active in the Underground Railroad during his
time in Philadelphia, where he operated a dry goods
store. CLIP SIGNATURE. [10] Alan Dershowitz (b.
1938) American lawyer, and political commentator. He
is the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard
Law School. He is known for his career as an
attorney in several high-profile law cases. SIGNED
3x5 card.............100-150
22. [MYSTERY LOT] Includes: Madeleine
Sherwood (b. 1922) Canadian actress
of stage, film and television. She is widely known for her
portrayals of Mae/Sister Woman and Miss Lucy in both the
Broadway and film versions of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot
Tin Roof and Sweet Bird of Youth. She starred or featured in 18
original Broadway productions including Arturo Ui, Do I Hear a
Waltz? and Invitation to a March. However, she may be best
remembered as Reverend Mother Placido to Sally Field's Sister
Bertrille in The Flying Nun from 1967-1970. Signed 3x5
card. Also James
Alfred Pearce (1805-1862) U.S. Senator
from Maryland from 1843 until his death in 1862. Autograph
Signature. Also a 1778 engraved portrait of Matthew Prior (1664-1721)
the English poet and diplomat. PLUS an 1828 York,
Maine document; William
Robert Taylor (1820-1909) the 12th
Governor of Wisconsin from 1874 to 1876. His autograph
signature. PLus a 1823 Rowley Mass. document;
a 1897 signature of the comedy actress Madge Lessing; a
signature of John B. Gough (1817-1886) the
American temperance orator; plus others items. Approx. 83 pieces. Good lot for eBay sellers or those
who like researching items............80-120
23. [PHOTOGRAPHY - NASA] WILLENE WHISENHANT - one of the important photographers at NASA at the beginning. ORIGINAL vintage color 10x8 photo showing Alan Shepard lying down in space suit with technicians around him. Whisenhant has written caption in ink below "MA-9 - Backup - Shepard." NASA S-63-3888. VG. Provenance: Ex-collection of the photographer.........100-200
See above
24. [MUSIC] Johnny Green (1908-1989) American songwriter, composer, musical arranger, and conductor. His most famous song was one of his earliest, Body and Soul. He won Academy Awards for Easter Parade, An American in Paris, West Side Story, Oliver. He was a chairman of the music branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, leading the orchestra through 17 of the Academy Award telecasts, and a producer of television specials. SIGNED, INSCRIBED 8X10 PHOTO, DATED 1981. VG............75-100
25. [VERMONT HISTORY] Lewis Richard Morris (1760-1825) United States Representative from Vermont and a nephew of Gouverneur Morris and Lewis Morris. Born in Scarsdale, New York, he attended the common schools. He moved to Springfield, Vermont, and from 1781 to 1783 was secretary of foreign affairs. He was a member of the Springfield meeting-house committee in 1785, was tax collector in 1786 and 1787, Windsor County court clerk from 1789 to 1796 and was judge of the same court until 1801. He was clerk of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1790 and 1791, and was a member of the convention to ratify the United States Constitution . He was secretary of the constitutional convention in Windsor in 1793. He attended the Vermont ratifying convention in Bennington, where he voted in support of the Constitution. Morris was a brigadier general in the State militia in 1793 and major general of the First Division from 1795 to 1817. He was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1795 to 1797 and 1803 to 1808, and served as speaker. He was elected as a Federalist to the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1797 to March 3, 1803. His abstention from voting assured Thomas Jefferson's election as President over Aaron Burr in the House of Representatives in February, 1801. DOCUMENT SIGNED, signed, 1p. 7.5 x 6.5 in., Windsor, Sept. 10, 1794. Court document, toned. Picture of him is NOT included. VG...............100-150
See is portrait
Two U.S. Navy ships have been named in honor of
Norman Von H. Farquhar: the destroyer Farquhar (DD-304), of
1920-1932; and the escort ship Farquhar (DE-139), of 1943-1974.
26. [NAVAL] N.H.
Farquhar (Rear Admiral Norman Von H.
Farquhar, USN, (1840-1907). Letter Signed, marked
"Copy", USS Trenton, Apia, Samoa, April 22, 1889, 2 pages, 7-3/4
x 10". The original was sent to the Secretary of the Navy,
Washington DC [Benjamin F. Tracy]. This "copy" letter was
sent to Henry
Lyon, who
became commander of the Nipsic. Dated about a month after
this famous naval incident (The
Samoan Crisis ). This letter is of high praise for
Lieut. Commander Henry W. Lyon, saving the Nipsic "...to
his excellent service during the Hurricane of March 16th
and 17th, 1889, and since then in saving valuable
property from the wreck. During the gale, he
intelligently carried out my orders; personally
supervising the many plans to keep out water, getting
lines to the Vaudalia to prevent the total destruction
of the Trenton and many other duties besides..." Norman Von Heidreich Farquhar (1840-1907) was born
in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, attended the U.S. Naval
Academy during 1854-59. After graduation, he served with the
Africa Squadron until September 1861. Lieutenant Farquhar spent
most of the Civil War off the U.S. Atlantic coast and in the
West Indies, serving in the gunboats Mystic, Sonoma and Mahaska
and the cruisers Rhode Island and Santiago de Cuba. He was
promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander in mid-1865, a few
months after the fighting ended, and was on duty at the U.S.
Naval Academy from then until September 1868. For the rest of
the 1860s and into the next decade, Farquhar served in the
warship Swatara, was Executive Officer of USS Severn and USS
Powhatan and Commanding Officer of USS Kansas. He also had two
tours at the Boston Navy Yard on ordnance duty and as Executive
Officer. Advanced
in rank to Commander in December 1872, Farquhar spent nearly
five years at the Naval Academy. He commanded the training ship
Portsmouth in 1877-78, and the steam sloops Quinnebaug and
Wyoming in European waters in 1878-1881. Five more years of
Naval Academy duty were followed by torpedo instruction at
Newport, Rhode Island, in 1886. From May 1887 until her loss in
the March 1889 Samoan hurricane, Captain Farquhar commanded the
steam frigate Trenton. He then served on several of the Navy's
boards and, in March 1890 became the Chief of the Bureau of
Yards and Docks. During 1894-97, he was Commandant of the
Philadelphia Navy Yard, Commanding Officer of the cruiser
Newark, and President of the Naval Examining Board. While holding the ranks of
Commodore and Rear Admiral, Farquhar was Commandant of the
Norfolk Navy Yard in 1897-99, commanded the North Atlantic
Station during 1899-1901 and was Chairman of the Lighthouse
Board in 1901-02. He retired from active duty in April 1902,
upon reaching the statutory service age limit of 62. Rear
Admiral Farquhar died at Jamestown, Rhode Island, on 3 July
1907. The letter is in very fine condition.
Provenance: Estate of Admiral Henry W. Lyon, who had a distinguished Naval
career, was honored for his service in the
Spanish-American war where he commanded the U. S. S. Dolphin.
Lyon and his wife, Liela, bought a house in Paris Hill,
Maine in 1899 and moved there full time when he retired
from the Navy in 1907. Picture of Farquhar is not included
here...........300-400
Page
1
Page 2
Verso
Picture of
Farquhar
27. [NAVAL] Geo.
Brown - Rear Admiral, Commanding U.S.
Naval Force, Pacific Station. TLS, U.S. Flagship
Charleston, Feb. 5, 1890, 1p, to Lioeut. Commander Henry W.
Lyon, Commanding U.S.S. Nipsic, Honolulu, Hawaii. Says
Secretary of the Navy "...indicates that your request for
detachment from the command of the Nipsic has been favorably
considered...." Delayed, however, because Commander
Wingate "....having been condemned by survey and therefore
unable to execute his orders...." Damped stained.
Provenance:
Estate of Admiral
Henry W. Lyon, who had a distinguished Naval career, was
honored for his service in the Spanish-American war where he
commanded the U. S. S. Dolphin. Lyon and his wife,
Liela, bought a house in Paris Hill, Maine in 1899 and
moved there full time when he retired from the Navy in 1907.
Picture of Farquhar is not included here........100-150
28. [NAVAL] Navy Department document, 1869, appointing Henry W. Lyon, a Master in the navy. Bottom right, in blue pencil, RA Radford, which was probably William Radford (1809-1890) rear admiral of the United States Navy who served during the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War. Approx. 8 x 10". VG.............100-150
See above
29. Eleazar Lipa Sukenik
(1889-1953) Israeli archaeologist and professor at the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem. In Israel his first name is popularly
known as "Eliezer". Having arrived in Palestine in
1911 he worked as a school teacher and tour guide. He
participated in the "War of the Languages" that erupted among
Zionist activists in Palestine in 1913. He served in the
British army in World War I in the 40th Battalion of the Royal
Fusiliers which became known as the Jewish Legion. In
addition to his important excavations in Jerusalem (including
the "Third Wall" and numerous ossuary tombs) he played a central
role in the establishment of the Department of Archaeology of
the Hebrew University. He recognized the importance of the Dead
Sea Scrolls to Israel and worked for the Israeli state to buy
them. In 1948, he published an article tentatively linking the
scrolls and their content to a community of Essenes, which
became the standard interpretation of the origin of the scrolls,
a theory that is still probably the consensus among scholars,
but has also been widely questioned. Offered here is a
TLS, 1939, 1p, 8.5 x 11 in. Here's a rough translation.
"on your I'm very sorry to have to
respond to you that I have learned in the Secretariat of the
university of their senior receptive to as forschungs
student could not be accepted. the requirements of the
immigration Office According namely students are only aged
up to 30 years included. Yours faithfully." VG. Rare!.............100-150
See letter
Picture
of him examining Dead Sea Scrolls [not included here]
30. [ART] LOREN MACIVER (1909-1998) American Artist/Painter. When Alfred Barr, director of the Museum of Modern Art, bought one of her paintings in 1935, her career was launched. She worked on the WPA federal art project. Her work is found in numerous public collections: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Yale University Art Gallery; Art Institute of Chicago; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Brooklyn Museum of Art; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Whitney Museum of American Art; Smith College Museum of Art. She known for semi-abstracts. She was one of the most highly regarded women painters of the 1940's-50's. ALS, 1984, 1p.................60-80
31. [ART] Isao Mizutani (1922-2005)
Japanese artist. He was born in Nagoya. He was the recipient
of the Shell art prize in 1958; exhibited Museum of Art,
Tokyo, "History of Surrealism" 1960; Carnegie International,
Pittsburgh, Pa. 1961; Won the Maruzen Second Pan
Pacific....etc. Original
tempera paint on stretched canvas, approx. 13 x 9.5". Contained
in simple wood lattice frame. Signed. This was done c. 1967.
VG..............1400-1800
32. [MUSIC - FRANCE] Philippe Gaubert
(18791941) French musician who was a distinguished
performer on the flute, a respected conductor, and a composer,
primarily for the flute. ALS, 1930, 1p, 8-1/4 x
10-1/2 in. VG..........50-75
33. [MUSIC-FRANCE] Louis-Charles-Bonaventure-Alfred Bruneau
(1857-1934) French composer who played a key role in the
introduction of realism in French opera. In 1887, he
produced his first opera, Kérim. The following year,
Bruneau met Émile Zola, launching a collaboration between the
two men that would last for two decades. Bruneau's 1891 opera
Le rêve was based on the Zola story of the same name, and in
the coming years Zola would provide the subject matter for
many of Bruneau's works. Bruneau was decorated with the
Legion of Honor in 1895. Five lines written in his
hand on his calling card. Not signed. VG...........60-80
34. [FRANCE] Eugène
Brieux (1858-1932), French
dramatist. ALS, n.d., 1p, 4-1/4 x 5-1/2 in.
VG..........60-80
35. [FRANCE] Eugene
Manuel (1823–1901), French poet and man
of letters. Four ALSs. VG.............100-150
36. [FRANCE] Stephen-Jean-Marie
Pichon (1857-1933) French
politician of the Third Republic. The Avenue Stéphen-Pichon in
Paris is named after him. He served as French Minister
to China (1897–1900), including the period of the Boxer
Uprising. An associate of Georges Clemenceau, he served
several times under Clemenceau and others as Minister of
Foreign Affairs, a role in which he proved amiable, but not
particularly effective. His most notable service was under
Clemenceau during the latter part of the First World War and
the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, but, like most of the
other foreign ministers at the conference, Pichon was largely
sidelined by the more forceful figure of his head of
government. ALS, 1907, 1p, 4-3/4 x 7 in.
VG..............75-100
37. [FRANCE] Germain Bapst (1853-1921)
French scholar, bibliophile, French historical memorabilia
collector. ALS, 1894, 1p, 8 x 10 in.
VG.............75-100
38. [FRANCE] Charles Étienne Louis Ganderax (
1855-1941) French journalist and theater critic, he was
co-director of the Literary Review of Paris with Henri Meilhac
, of the French Academy. He worked in Parliament,
Figaro, the Blue Book. ALS, 1917, PLUS a letter by his
daughter.................80-120
39. [FRANCE] Philippe
Berthelot (1866-1934) was an important
French diplomat, son of Marcellin Berthelot. He was a
republican (as opposed to monarchists and the Far-right
leagues at that time). He entered the French diplomatic
service in 1889 and joined the foreign office in 1904. In
1920, he became secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
with the rank of ambassador. After a violent campaign of
Far-right leagues he was forced to step aside from 1922-1925
because of his involvement in the scandal opposing Banque
Industrielle de Chine, controlled by his brother, and Banque
d'Indochine (linked to Paul Doumer). He was friends
with, and important in the diplomatic careers of, Paul Claudel
and Saint-John Perse. ALS, nd, 1-1/2 pages. Fine..............80-120
40. [ART] Fred M. Hines
(deceased) American artist, well known in Maine and
Vermont. Large signed pastel landscape, approx. 20 x
25-1/2". VG...........400-600
42. [FRANCE] 1628 French Mystery document on
vellum, signed, approx. 11-1/2 x 7-1/4". Appears to be
incomplete; probably to save the signature & seal, as it
is most probably written by an archbishop or Cardinal [so
identified on plastic cover]. Approx. 17-3/4 x
7-3/4". Scan below shows left side of document; too
large for scanner's window...........100-150
43.
[ART] Alexander Liberman (1912-1999)
Russian-American magazine editor, publisher, painter,
photographer, and sculptor. He held senior artistic positions
during his 32 years at Condé Nast Publications. When his
father took a post advising the Soviet government, the family
moved to Moscow. Life there became difficult, and his father
secured permission from Lenin and the Politburo to take his
son to London in 1921. Young Liberman was educated in Russia,
England, and France, where he took up life as a "White Émigré"
in Paris. He began his publishing career in Paris with
the early pictorial magazine Vu, where he worked under Lucien
Vogel and with photographers such as Brassaï, André Kertész,
and Robert Capa. After emigrating to New York in 1941, he
began working for Condé Nast Publications, rising to the
position of editorial director, which he held from 1962-1994.
Only in the 1950s did Liberman take up painting and, later,
metal sculpture. His highly recognizable sculptures are
assembled from industrial objects (segments of steel I-beams,
pipes, drums, and such), often painted in uniform bright
colors. Prominent examples of his work are in the collections
of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Storm King Art Center,
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Pyramid Hill Sculpture
Park, Tate Gallery, and the Guggenheim Museum. His massive
work "The Way", a 65 feet x 102 feet x 100 feet
structure, is made of eighteen salvaged steel oil tanks, and
became a signature piece of Laumeier Sculpture Park, and a
major landmark of St. Louis, Missouri. Offered here
is a large
back & white lithograph, Signed A. Liberman 65, edition
7/35, approx. 35 x 24 in. flush, very good condition except
for a tiny 1/4 in. tear into the upper left edge, only
noticeable with close examination.............600-800
See Liberman
lithograph
See
Liberman sculpture
44. [ART] Richard Carline (1896-1980 ) Painter, writer and administrator, Carline was born in Oxford. His father, George Carline, his mother, Anne, and brother Sydney, his sister Hilda (Mrs Stanley Spencer) and his wife, Nancy, were all painters. Carline in 1913 attended Percyval Tudor-Hart's Academie de Peinture, in Paris. After a short period teaching, Carline served in World War I and was appointed an Official War Artist. With his brother he became noted for war pictures from the air. He was elected LG in 1920, at which time the Carlines' Hampstead home became a centre for artists such as Henry Lamb, John Nash and Mark Gertler. During this period Carline was clearly influenced by Stanley Spencer, transforming everyday scenes into something monumental. Carline achieved this, however, without exaggerating form or gestures to the degree that Spencer did. Between 1924 and 1929 Carline taught at the Ruskin School of Drawing, Oxford. He had his first solo show at Goupil Gallery in 1931. The mid-1930s saw Carline involved in Negro art, organising a show at Adams Gallery in 1935, and contributing the main text to Arts of West Africa, edited by Michael Sadler. During World War II Carline supervised camouflage of factories and airfields. He was involved in AIA, helping to found the Hampstead Artists' Council in 1944. In 1946-47 he was appointed as the first Art Counsellor to UNESCO, and from 1955 to 1974 was chief examiner in art for the Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate. His books include Pictures in the Post: the Story of the Picture Postcard, 1959; Draw They Must, 1968; and Stanley Spencer at War, 1978. In 1975 the D'Offay Gallery held a Richard Carline exhibition for which the artist wrote the foreword. Carline died in Hampstead and in 1983 Camden Arts Centre organised a memorial exhibition. The Imperial War Museum holds his work, including the outstanding and pioneering series of paintings, from World War I, based on observations made from aeroplanes. Offered here is a lengthy ALS, 1970, written to the artist, Dr. Frederick Solomon (1899-1980) German Expressionist artist who died in New Hampshire USA. Solomon won the Mowbray Prize [1944] in London; was listed in WHO'S WHO IN ART [1954 London edition]. He studied art with such famous German artist's as: Max Liebermann, Martin Brandenburg, Eugene Spiro & Willy Jaeckel [Masterclass]. Exhibitions: Berlin, Cologne, Capetown, Haifa, London [Royal Academy], U.S., and in 1958 had one-man show at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Havana, Cuba. In 1956 several of his paintings were exhibited at the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio. The letter shows that Carline and Solomon were longtime friends. Fine condition. Scarce artist autograph............80-120
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45. Leon Cortes
(Castro) (1882-1946) President of Costa Rica from 1936 to
1940. He was the last of a series of relatively conservative
Presidents. RADIOGRAMA, 19 Feb. 1937, signed in type. Sent
to Jorge Ubico, President of Guatemala. Not translated.
8-1/4 x 7-1/4". This Cable Gram is dated 1937. It is the
original and, of course, not signed in ink.
VG...............100-150
46. [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
47.
[THEATRE] John Gielgud (1904-2000)
English actor, director, and producer. Gielgud is one of
the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy,
Grammy, and Tony Award. Dame Judith Anderson {1897-1992)
actress. Signed magazine cover, 1947, approx. 5-1/4 x
7-1/2". Signed by both. Light stain right edge. Chipped
bottom edge slightly cropped.........50-75
See above
signed page
48. [STOCK CERTIFICATE] Oriental
Inland Steam Company - England 1858.
Beautiful certificate from the Oriental Inland Steam Company
issued in 1860. This historic document was printed by
C.A.Doubble and has an ornate border around it. This item has
the signatures of the Company's President and Secretary and is
over 155 years old. Approx. 9 x 6-1/4".
VG................200-300
See stock certificate
50. Shusaku Arakawa - ORIGINAL signed & inscribed ink drawing in book about his art - PADIGLIONE D'ARTE CONTEMPORANEA, hardbound, 1984, containing 34 b/w illustrations, 10.5 x 10.75 in. Very good condition. We guarantee the authenticity of this drawing.
Shusaku Arakawa - Dadaist Conceptualist Shusaku Arakawa was born in Nagoya, Japan, on July 6, 1936. He studied medicine and mathematics at Tokyo University from 1954 to 1958, and art at the Musashino College of Art, Tokyo, before completing his degree he left Japan. In 1958 he began submitting paintings to the Yomiuri Independent exhibitions and in 1961 held his first solo exhibition at Mudo Gallery, Tokyo. In 1960, he started a neo-Dada group, programming Happenings, and later gaining recognition with a series of boxes. In 1962, he came to New York and created a new series, "Diagram," in which silhouettes of combs, footprints, tennis rackets, arrows and refrigerators were arranged on canvas. Gradually he replaced the silhouettes with words only. Throughout the 1960s he had a number of solo exhibitions at Dwan Gallery, New York and Los Angeles, at Galerie Schmela, Dsseldorf, and Galleria Schwartz, Milan. In 1966 he was given his first museum exhibition at the Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands, and in 1970 represented Japan at the Venice Biennale. During the 1970s museums featured his work throughout Europe and the United States and in 1981 a large retrospective was organized by the Stdtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich. With his wife, the poet Madeline H. Gins, Arakawa has also published books that "parallel the preoccupations of his paintings," in particular The Mechanism of Meaning (1979). In 1991 a retrospective was organized by the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. Arakawa and Gins increasingly concentrate on collaborative installation pieces and architectural design, such as the Utopian City of Reversible destiny seen at the Guggenheim Soho in 1997. Arakawa denies, like all Conceptualists and Pop Art neo-Dadaists like Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, the artist's hand in his paintings. Expressionistic or emotive marks on the canvas are few, serving only as a foil to the deadpan, depersonalized, mechanical style. Paintings such as "Out of distance/Out of texture" appear to be aimed at the intellect devoid of feeling for life, poetry or spirituality."...............450-650
52. [ART] MARY HELEN POTTER (1862 - 1950) Listed artist from Rhode Island. OFFERED HERE: Original watercolor, unsigned, undated, approx. 10-1/4 x 13-1/2 in. Very good condition........200-300
Potter watercolor
53.
[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
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54. [VERMONT] Ebenezer J. Ormsbee (1834-1924) was the 41st Governor of Vermont. During the civil war he enlisted in the Brandon "Allen Grays" in April 1861, which became Company G of the 1st Vermont Infantry. He was elected 2nd lieutenant on April 25, 1861, and served with the regiment for its full three month term. In September 1862, he joined Company G, 12th Vermont Infantry, serving as its captain, and was mustered out with his regiment in July 1863. After he returned home, Ormsbee started practicing law in Brandon, as a partner of Anson A. Nicholson, and later with Ebenezer N. Briggs. Document Signed, Brandan [VT], 1863, 1p, body of documentnin Ormsbee's hand, including his signature. Signed by Sarah D. Kinsman. 7-3/4 x 4-1/4 in. VG.................80-120
55. [MUSIC] Kurt
Schwertsik (1935 - ) Austrian
contemporary composer. He is famous for creating the “Third
Viennese School” and spreading contemporary classical music. AMQS
from his work "Violin Concerto", inscribed. Approx. 10-1/2 x
4". VG..........50-75
56.
[MUSIC] Rene Clemencic
(1928 - ) Austrian composer, recorder player, harpsichordist,
conductor and clavichord player. AMQS from his famous
"Kabbala Oratorio." Approx. 10-1/2 x 4".
VG..........50-75
See AMQS
57. [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
58. (David Berkley
McCreary) Gunnison & McCreary [1826-1906] Union Brevet
Brigadier General. He served as a 1st Lieutenant in one Erie
Regiment of the Pennsylvania militia at the start of the Civil
War. He then enlisted in the 145th Pennsylvania Volunteer
Infantry, rising to Lieutenant Colonel and commander of the
regiment. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on
March 13, 1865 for "gallant and meritorious services during
the war". He served as Adjutant General of the Pennsylvania
National Guard from 1867 to 1870. DS, 1874. Signed with his
business name, Humboldt Safe Deposit & Trust Co., bank
check. Cancellations affect signature......25-35
59. [FILM] Bruce
Bennett (1906-2007) American
actor and Olympic silver medalist shot putter. During
the 1930s, he went by his real name, Herman Brix. He
moved to Los Angeles in 1929 after being invited to compete
for the Los Angeles Athletic Club and befriended actor
Douglas Fairbanks Jr., who arranged a screen test for him at
Paramount. In 1931, MGM, adapting author Edgar Rice
Burroughs's popular Tarzan adventures for the screen,
selected Herman Brix to play the title character.
Unfortunately, Brix broke his shoulder filming the 1931
football movie Touchdown, which also prevented his entry
into the 1932 Olympics, still holding the world record for
shot put. Swimming champion Johnny Weissmuller replaced Brix
and became a major star. After Ashton Dearholt convinced
Burroughs to allow him to form Burroughs-Tarzan Enterprises,
Inc., and make a Tarzan serial film, Dearholt cast Brix in
the lead. Pressbook copy has it that Burroughs made the
choice himself, but, in fact, in his biography, Brix
confirmed that Burroughs never even saw him until after the
contract was signed, and then only briefly. The film was
begun on location in Guatemala, under rugged conditions
(jungle diseases and cash shortages were frequent). Brix did
his own stunts, including a fall to rocky cliffs below. The
Washington Post quoted Gabe Essoe's passage from his book
Tarzan of the Movies: "Brix's portrayal was the only time
between the silents and the 1960s that Tarzan was accurately
depicted in films. Brief ALS, 2001 mentioning he is 95
years old. VG.......50-75
See
his picture
60. [ART REFERENCE] Benezit, E., ed DICTIONNAIRE CRITIQUE ET DOCUMENTAIRE DES PEINTRES, SCULPTEURS, DESSINATEURS ET GRAVEURS De tous les temps et de tous le pays par un groupe d'ecrivains specialistes francais et etrangers.Paris: Librairie Grund, 1976. 10 vols. n. Each approx.. 700 pages. Text in French - many illustrations of signatures & monograms. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Blue cloth. Gilt lettering. Extremities very good. Interiors and exteriors clean; all quite sound. An impressive set. Very good+/No dust jacket. A MUST HAVE set for the serious art collector or dealer....................Minimum Bid..........$250
61. [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
62. [ART] Claude Franqois FORTIER - French engraver, was born in Paris in 1775, and died in the same city in 1835. Original engraving by Fortier, title: "La Matin", image size approx. 10 x 13-1/2" plus wide margins. Circa 1820-1828. Condition: minor foxing spots on verso; minor stains & marks in margin areas; the main flaw, although less visible from front is an offset blue number that must have rested against this print years ago. At first we didn't notice this but its there. We have adjusted the estimate because of this..........75-100
63.
[POLITICS] Mixed lot: [1] Charles
S. Deneen (1863-1940) Republican Governor
of Illinois, serving from 1905 to 1913, and as a
U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1925-1931. Deneen also
served as a member of the Illinois House of
Representatives in 1892. He had also been the lead
prosecutor in Chicago's infamous Adolph Luetgert
murder trial. CLIP SIGNATURE. [2] Henry
Wheaton [1785-1848] Am. lawyer, diplomat,
was born at Providence, Rhode Island. He was the
third reporter of decisions for the United States
Supreme Court. CLIP SIGNATURE. [3] Abram
S. Hewitt (1822-1903) U.S. Congressman, and
a mayor of New York. He is considered the "Father of
the New York City Subway System". Signed album page,
March 26, 1888. VG. [4] JOSEPH E.
DAVIES (1876-1958), American diplomat. He
chairman (1915-16) of the Federal Trade Commission,
before serving (1919) as President Wilson's economic
adviser at the Paris Peace Conference. He later
served as ambassador to the USSR (1937-38),
ambassador to Belgium (1938-40), and special
assistant (1940) to Secretary of State Cordell Hull.
During World War II, Davies was (1942-46) chairman
of the President's War Relief Control Board. In 1945
he attended the Potsdam Conference. His book,
Mission to Moscow (1941), gave a favorable picture
of the USSR. He was the husband of Marjorie
Merriweather Post. SIGNATURE with sentiment. [5] Mo Udall (1922-1998) Dem.
presidential candidate in 1976. Signed 3x5 card. [6]
Frances C. Perkins
(1882-1965) U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933 to
1945, and the first woman ever appointed to the
cabinet. As a loyal supporter of her friend Franklin
D. Roosevelt, she helped pull the labor movement
into the New Deal coalition. SIGNATURE. VG. [7] Eugene Hale [1836-1918] US
senator (Maine). Signature 1911...........75-100
64. [GREAT BRITAIN] mixed lot: [1] Beaumont Hotham, 3rd Baron Hotham (1794-1870) British soldier, peer and long-standing Conservative Member of Parliament. Hotham was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Beaumont Hotham and Philadelphia Dyke. His father died when he was five years old. Hotham fought at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 and later achieved the rank of General. In 1814 he had succeeded his grandfather as third Baron Hotham, but as this was an Irish peerage it did not entitle him to a seat in the House of Lords. SIGNED ADDRESS PANEL postmarked 1834. [2] Thos. R. Macquoid [1820-1912] Brit. artist. Clip signature. [3] Caroline Norton (1808-1877) Brit. society beauty, author. Clip signature. [4] Henry Moore (1831-1895) English marine and landscape painter. In rendering of wave movement, in veracity of color and texture, and in subtle atmospheric effects he has few rivals. He was elected an academician in 1893. CLIP SIGNATURE. Very good example. [5] Alfred Austin (1835-1913) English poet, who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1896 upon the death of Tennyson. SIGNATURE with sentiment, 1908. VG. [6] James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 1st Baron Wharncliffe (1776-1845) English statesman. He was commissioned into the 48th Foot in 1790, transferred to the 7th Foot in 1791, and purchased a Captaincy in the 72nd Foot in 1793. He was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel in 1797 and became Colonel of the 12th Foot six months later. In 1797 he transferred to the Grenadier Guards, but resigned his commission in 1801. He then devoted himself to politics, sitting in parliament as a Tory. His attitude on various questions became gradually more Liberal, and his support of Catholic emancipation lost him his seat in 1826. He was then raised to the peerage as Baron Wharncliffe of Wortley, a recognition both of his previous parliamentary activity and of his high position among the country gentlemen. At first opposing the Reform Bill , he gradually came to see the undesirability of a popular conflict, and he separated himself from the Tories and took an important part in modifying the attitude of the peers and helping to pass the bill. SIGNED ADDRESS PANEL dated 1826. [7] Edwin Long [1829-1891] Brit. painter. Sig. w/ sentiment. [8] Thomas Wakley [1795-1862]. English surgeon. Founder (1823) of The Lancet, weekly medical paper in which he campaigned for various medical and public health reforms; M.P. (1835-52). Signed ADDRESS PANEL postmarked 1835. Mounted. [9] Henry Fawcett [1833-1884] Eng. statesman. CLIP SIGNATURE. [10] C. Napier Hemy [1841-1917] Brit. artist. Signature, 1910............100-150
65. [NJ] CLIFF [Clifford P. Case] - US senator from New Jersey. 3 TLSs, 1973-75, 1p. 2 are autopen signed, one of which refers to House impeachment inquiry of President Nixon. PLUS ALS from congressman Peter Frelinguysen signed "Frel" & a TLS by him, 1974. All to the editor of Gannett Books publishing..........25-35
66.
[FRANCE] Paul Richer
(1849-1933) French anatomist, physiologist, sculptor
and anatomical artist who was a native of Chartres. He was a
professor of artistic anatomy at the École nationale supérieure
des Beaux-Arts in Paris, as well as a member of the Académie
Nationale de Médecine (1898). ALS, 1901, 4-1/2 x 7 in.
Speaks of Weiss and Otto Fisher's works on Man Walking. Fine...............75-100
Page 1
Pages 2
& 3
Picture of
Richer
67. [FRANCE] Rene-Joseph
de Tournemine (1661 – 1739) French
Jesuit theologian and philosopher. He founded the Memoires de
Trevoux, the Jesuit learned journal published from 1701 to
1767, and assailed Nicolas Malebranche with the charges of
atheism and Spinozism. Tournemine taught the young
Voltaire, and became a friend. In correspondence from 1735,
however, Voltaire was critical of the Jesuit reception of Newton
and Locke. ALS [dated?], 1p, 6-1/4 x 7-3/4 in.
Very Fine................150-250
See above
67 A. [KENTUCKY PIONEER] Rare
Kentucky Pioneer document 1798, approx. 6-3/4 x 4-1/8". Written
and signed by MORRIS [Maurice] MILES [d. 1799] having been
appointed Clerk of the Hardin Co. Court. ADS, 1798, summons for
William Blackburn. David May, the clerk, having departed this
life, the court appointed John Helm to fill the vacancy, and he
gave bond, with William McClungand George Helm as his
securities, in the penalty of $3,000. On motion of John Helm,
clerk, Maurice Miles wasadmitted as his deputy. Court adjourned
2nd day of the term. John Helm, who was appointed clerk on
yesterday, resigned his office. Maurice Miles was appointed
clerk and gave bond, with Felix Grundy and John Rowen as
securities ; penalty, $3,000. Maurice Miles was a business man
of fine promise, wrote a beautiful business hand, and would have
made an excellent clerk, but he lived but a short time. Signed
on the verso by Will McClung, Morris Miles, and Aaron Braden,
who signs for Geo. Helm.In 1793 William McCIung was sworn and
admitted to the bar as attorney. William McClung, Esq., was
appointed Commonwealth's Attorney for this court. Commonwealth's
Attorneys were not then commissioned by the Governor, each
county appointed their own prosecuting attorney, and were paid
out of the county levy. Fine..............200-300
68. COL. Nicholas MILLER - Kentucky Pioneer - Rare Kentucky
Pioneer document 1798, approx. 7-7/8 x 5". Written and signed
by MORRIS [Maurice] MILES [d. 1799] having been appointed
Clerk of the Hardin Co. Court. ADS, 1798, summons for Peter
Clacome.David May, the clerk, having departed this life, the
court appointed John Helm to fill the vacancy, and he gave
bond, with William McClung and George Helm as his securities,
in the penalty of $3,000. On motion of John Helm, clerk,
Maurice Miles was admitted as his deputy. Court adjourned 2nd
day of the term. John Helm, who was appointed clerk on
yesterday, resigned his office. Maurice Miles was appointed
clerk and gave bond, with Felix Grundy and John Rowen as
securities ; penalty, $3,000. Maurice Miles was a business man
of fine promise, wrote a beautiful business hand, and would
have made an excellent clerk, but he lived but a short time.
Signed on the verso by Morris Miles, Nicholas Miller. The
signature of Christopher Bush [Sr] was signed by Morris
Miles.COL. Nicholas MILLER - Kentucky Pioneer from the
Elizabethtown area. Remembered as an Indian fighter. Sam.
Haycraft, the Ky. historian, gives the following account: "Dan
Vertrees was a stalwart young man of daring. He, with the late
Colonel Nicholas Miller and others, were pursuing a band of
Indians; Miller, then young, was tall, slenderly built, as
active as a cat, and as fleet as hind, and as brave as Julius
Caesar. This company coming upon the Indians, suddenly, a
desperate fight ensued. Vertrees was killed at the first fire.
A stout warrior seized a white man, wrestled his gun from him
and was about to cleve his head with an axe. Miller at that
moment, with a celerity of action which few men could equal,
and with a power that few possessed ..... snatched the white
man from the Indian as he would a chicken from a hawk, and,
with an equal rapid motion, killed the Indian. This turned the
tide, and the remaining Indians fled, leaving several dead on
the ground."In 1793 William McCIung was sworn and admitted to
the bar as attorney. William McClung, Esq., was appointed
Commonwealth's Attorney for this court. Commonwealth's
Attorneys were not then commissioned by the Governor, each
county appointed their own prosecuting attorney, and were paid
out of the county levy. Fine..............400-600
69. [PIONEER KENTUCKY] Duff Green (1791-1875) was an American teacher, military leader, politician, journalist, author, diplomat, industrialist and businessman. Born in Woodford County, Kentucky, he was a school teacher in his native state of Kentucky. He served under General William Harrison and the Kentucky militia in the War of 1812 and led the Missouri Brigade in the Indian Campaign, earning the rank brigadier general. Thereafter he was known by many as General Duff Green. He then settled in Missouri, where he worked as a schoolmaster and practiced law. He was a member of the Missouri Constitutional Convention of 1820, and was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in 1820 and to the state Senate in 1822, serving one term in each house. Becoming interested in journalism, he purchased and for two years edited the St Louis Enquirer. In 1826, in Washington, D.C., he bought and later edited, The United States Telegraph, which became the principal organ of Andrew Jackson's backers, helping him defeat John Quincy Adams in the presidential election of 1828. Upon Jackson's election to the presidency, the Telegraph became the principal mouthpiece of the administration, receiving printing patronage estimated at $50,000 a year. Green became one of the unofficial advisers of Jackson known as the Kitchen Cabinet on which Jackson depended heavily following the Petticoat affair. In the quarrel between Jackson and his vice president John C. Calhoun, who had also been Adams' vice president, Green supported Calhoun, and through the Telegraph, violently attacked the Jackson administration. In consequence, the Jackson administration revoked its patronage for the Telegraph in the spring of 1831. Under the date of December 24, 1833, Adams records in his diary that James Blair "had knocked down and very severely beaten Duff Green, editor of the Telegraph..." Blair paid "three hundred dollars fine for beating and breaking the bones" of Green. Green, however, continued to edit The United States Telegraph in the Calhoun interest until 1835, and gave vigorous support to that Calhoun's nullification views. Duff's daughter Margaret Maria was the mother of Calhoun's grandson, also named John Caldwell Calhoun. In his second term, Jackson replaced Calhoun with Martin Van Buren as his vice president. From 1835 to 1838 Duff edited The Reformation, a radically partisan publication, devoted to free trade, states' rights, and the idea of "Manifest Destiny". In 1840 Green established the Pilot in Baltimore to support the Harrison-Tyler ticket. Although initially endorsed by the Whig party, Green's controversial editorials regarding Catholic influence in American politics alienated his readers. Subscriptions declined, and publication suspended in 1841. In 1841-1843 he was in Europe on behalf of the Tyler administration, and he is said to have been instrumental in causing the appointment of Lord Ashburton to negotiate in Washington concerning the boundary dispute between Maine and Canada. In January 1843 Green established in New York City a short-lived journal, The Republic, to combat the spoils system and to advocate free trade. In September 1844 Calhoun, then secretary of state, sent Green to Texas ostensibly as consul at Galveston, but actually, it appears, to report to the administration, then considering the question of the annexation of Texas, concerning the political situation in Texas and Mexico. After the close of the war with Mexico, Green was sent to that country in 1849 by President Taylor to negotiate concerning the moneys which, by the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the United States had agreed to pay; and he saved his country a considerable sum by arranging for payment in exchange instead of in specie. Subsequently Green was engaged in railway building in Georgia and Alabama. He was also one of the founding associates in the incorporation of the New Mexican Railway Company. Duff was attracted to Dalton, Georgia in 1851 by the construction of the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad from Knoxville, Tennessee to connect with the Western and Atlantic Railroad. He profited by making strategic land purchases. As his wealth grew, he donated land for many public projects in Dalton. During the Civil War Green organized three iron manufacturing plants for production of iron, nails, horseshoes, and rails in support of the Confederacy. He and his son Ben also established the Dalton Arms Company in 1862. After the war he was pardoned by President Andrew Johnson for his support of the Confederacy and paid a $20,000 fine. Duff Green was one of the founding members of the Pennsylvania Fiscal Agency, incorporated Nov 1, 1859 in Pennsylvania. At that time he gained 42,000 shares but paid with a bad check the 5% payment on only 5,000 shares. On March 26, 1864 Thomas C. Durant, vice president of the Union Pacific Railroad Company purchased the corporation as a front construction company, whereby the directors and principal stock holders of the Union Pacific retained all construction profits. They then used these funds to purchase Union Pacific stock at par value and resell it on the open market for even greater profits. Durant changed the company name to the Crédit Mobilier of America. The scandal involving the sale of discounted Credit Mobilier stock to Congressional members voting for payment of exorbitant transcontinental railroad construction costs took place during the Johnson administration but was uncovered during the Grant administration. Green died in Dalton, a city that he had helped to build. Offered here is a signed document from his early years in Elizabethtown, Ky, dated 1813, approx. 7-3/4 x 5 in. His signature appears first line at top. VG. The picture of Duff Green is not included here...........100-150
See Green portrait70. [ART] Mary Harriman Rumsey [1881-1934] founder of The Junior League for the Promotion of Settlement Movements, later known as the Junior League of the City of New York of the Association of Junior Leagues International Inc. Mary was the daughter of railroad magnate, E.H. Harriman and sister to W. Averell Harriman, former New York State Governor and United States Diplomat. TLS, 1922, 2pp, to the artist Walt Kuhn. She begins with "At the eleventh hour, in going over my finances, I find that I am "more broke" than I thought I was, and will be so until the first of October. I could, possibly, spare $2000.00, if the worst came to worst, between now and then..." It is unclear as to what show she is referring to. The handwriting on the original envelope is that of Walt Kuhn [stamp not present]. Mary was a most interesting person. She was the oldest of six children to railroad industrialist, E.H. Harriman and his wife Mary Averell Harriman. Mary attended Barnard College where she specialized in Sociology. In 1933, then President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Mary to chair the Consumer Advisory Board (CAB) of the National Recovery Administration (NRA), the first government consumer rights group. Despite her inexperience, Mary's work with farming cooperatives and belief in the power of cooperation would come to be her greatest assets. Mary would promote the formation of consumer groups across the nation and encouraged these groups to report their grievances to her office. Mary Rumsey's work as chair of the CAB was short-lived as she died on December 18, 1934 from injuries sustained a month earlier in a horseback riding accident. Mary Rumsey's legacy to New Deal reforms would be continued by her younger brother, W. Averell Harriman. Averell was encouraged by his older sister to leave his finance job and join her and their friends, the Roosevelts, to advance the goals of the New Deal. Averell joined the NRA, marking the beginning of his political career. In 1918, Mary joined the board of the Maternity Center Association, which had appointed Frances Perkins as its unpaid executive secretary, thus deepening a friendship and professional partnership that would last until Mary's death. Despite her enthusiasm and support for her housemate's [Frances Perkins] important work, Mary had no intention of being a "cabinet wife." She intended to make her own impact. During the administration's first year in office, she founded Today magazine, a Washington weekly which later acquired News Week to become the publication we know today as Newsweek. None other than FDR himself was the magazine's first subscriber. A typical party given by Mary might include Will Rogers, Eleanor Roosevelt, Margaret Bourke White, and General Douglas MacArthur at the same table with an unknown Appalachian folk singer. Rare! Fine..........250-350
71. [MILITARY] Col. Stephen Berry [1771-1836]
Colonel in the New Hampshire militia. He was born in
Rochester, New Hampshire, in 1771, and died in Exeter in 1836.
His wife was Alice Chamberlain, born in 1780, and died in
1851. After coming to Maine, he was for many years a surveyor.
Military Document Signed, New Durham [NH], March 31, 1809,
Return of the 33rd Regiment, 2nd Brigade, and 2nd Division of
Militia, Commanded by Colonel Stephen Berry Jun. Eight men
listed by names, numbers of officers by rank; numbers of arms,
ammunition and accoutrements. Old light dampstains; tattered
bottom edge. Generally in good condition for its age; ink in
dark. Approx. 15-3/4 x 9-3/4".......75-100 Left side
Right side
72. [FILM HISTORY] Bill Asher (1921-2012)
American television and film producer, film director, and
screenwriter. He was one of the most prolific early
television directors, producing or directing over two dozen
series. With television in its infancy, Asher
introduced the sitcom Our Miss Brooks, which was adapted
from a radio show. He began directing I Love Lucy by 1952.
In 1964, he produced and directed Bewitched, which starred
his then-wife Elizabeth Montgomery. As a result of his early
success, Asher was considered an "early wunderkind of
TV-land," and is credited in one magazine article for
'inventing' the sitcom. Typed memo signed "B", June 21,
1963, To Peter Lawford [the actor], about motion
picture submissions. Mentions 4 film including CATCH
22. Very good
condition...........125-175
See Memo
See
picture of Bill Asher pictured with his wife, Elizabeth
Montgomery
73. [ART] James Gillray (1756-1815) British caricaturist and
printmaker famous for his etched political and social
satires. Original etching, not colored, PLATES 392, 393,
and 394 from the c. 1850 Bohn edition, #394 title "A
VESTAL OP —93, TRYINQ ON THE CESTUS OF VENUS",
various sizes. Published April 29,
1793 by H. Humphrey 27 St. James’s
Street. Described as "Upon her fragrant breast tho tone was
brac'd ; In it was every art, and every charm To win the
wisest, and the coldest warm." LADY CECILIA JOHNSTON. Lady
Henrietta Cecilia (whose maiden name was West), was the
daughter of the Earl of Delawarr by his wife, the Lady
Charlotte Macarty. She was bom January 25, 1727, and married
May 4, 1762, to Lieut.-General James Johnston. " As
usual there are other etchings on the verso............150-200
See front
See verso
74. [ART] Joan Miro (1893-1983) Catalan Spanish painter, sculptor, and ceramicist born in Barcelona. A museum dedicated to his work, the Fundació Joan Miró, was established in his native city of Barcelona in 1975, and another, the Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró, was established in his adoptive city of Palma de Mallorca in 1981. Original color lithograph, "Ronde de nuit" Nightwatch, 1970. Executed for Derrière le Miroir in 1970, and published in Paris by the incomparable Maeght atelier. As can be expected from Maeght and Derrière, the quality of this original Miro lithograph is excellent. Sheet size: 15 x 22 inches; with center fold and text on verso, as published. A richly inked impression. Not signed...........300-400
See Miro lithograph75. [ART] James McGarrell [b. 1930] is one of the most influential figural painters of the 1980's and 90's postmodern movement. His work is in many museum collections, including: the Centre Georges Pompidou, France; Hamburg Museum of Art, Germany; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City; and the Museum of Modern Art, also in New York City. McGarrell has won countless honors for his intricately detailed figurative paintings, based upon a myriad of fictive and literary sources. He is an elected member of both the National Academy of Design in New York and the Academie des Beaux-Art de l'Institute de France. In 1995, he was awarded the prestigious Jimmy Ernst Award in Art from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He has received grants and fellowships from the Fulbright Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, and has been featured in five Whitney annuals and biennials as well as in the 1968 Venice Biennale. His work is included in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Centre Georges Pompidou, the Hamburg Museum of Art in Germany, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Hirshhorn Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Original b/w lithograph, pencil signed & titled "Elephant Bathers II", 22-1/2 x 30" flush, Printer's proof. VG.......400-600
See McGarrell lithograph
76. [ART] ALEXANDER
CALDER - ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPH ON
WOVE PAPER - EXECUTED FOR DERRIÈRE LE MIROIR (NO. 141) IN 1963
- PUBLISHED BY IN PARIS BY THE MAEGHT ATELIER - PAGE SIZE 15"
X 11" (380 X 280 MM) - UNFRAMED. There is a light smudge near
top left edge...........200-300
77. [CHESS] Robert
James "Bobby" Fischer (1943-2008) American
chess grandmaster and the 11th World Chess Champion. Offered
here is a 1958 foreign chess magazine once part of Bobby
Fischer's personal chess library. Inside front cover Fischer has
made many pencil notations beside chess players names.
Also of interest is picture of Fischer on the following
page. VG............400-600
See page with
his pencil notes
See cover
78. Kentucky Pioneer Document, 1811,
written and signed by Ben Helm, Hardin County [Elizabethtown]
Kentucky. Legal matter concerning: WilliamBush, the brother of
Sarah, Abraham Lincoln's step-mother. Approx. 6-1/2 x 5-1/8".
Signed on the verso by Robert Bleakley.Robert Bleakley, opened a
store in Elizabethtown with William Montgomery, another
Irishman. Their establishment is said to have been the first
such operation in the pioneer village that could ready be called
a "store." Montgomery was an Orangeman, who was engaged in the
rebellion In Ireland in 1798. He was arrested and confined in a
prison from which men were taken and executed daily He was
released from prison through the efforts of his aunt, who was
married to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland on the condition that
he would emigrate to America. Wm. Montgomery and Bleakley opened
adry goods store. In 1806 they hired the father of Abraham
Lincoln [Thomas] to take a flatboat down the Mississippi river
with their merchandise to be sold in New Orleans. They paid Tom
Lincoln 16 pounds gold and a credit of 13 pounds in gold. Their
store account books show Tom Lincoln buying "two twists of
tobacco & one pint of whisky." And thebooks also show that
in May 1806, Thomas went on a buying spree, purchasing silk,
linen, scarlet cloth, dozens of buttons, etc. Earlier that year
he had purchased an aristocratic beaver hat & a pair of silk
suspenders for $1.50. He was, at this time, courting his future
bride Nancy Hanks [Abe Lincoln's mother]. After the wedding he
made his home in a cabin close to the courthouse in
Elizabethtown. He then purchased at their store, knives, forks,
spoons, thread, needles, silk & tobacco. Carl Sandburg wrote
about Bleakley and Lincoln.BEN HELM (b. Fairfax county, Va., May
8, 1767; son of Capt. Thomas Helm, apioneer settler of Kentucky,
who moved from Virginia to the Falls of Ohio, in the fall of
1779. In 1801-03 Ben Helm erected the first brick house built
there. He became a surveyor; was state senator, 1796-1800; clerk
of the Hardin county courts, 1800-17; an officer with the rank
of major in the war of 1812; filled various other offices of
honor and trust in Kentucky: purchased the farm owned by
Christopher Bush, father of Mrs. Sarah (Bush) Johnston Lincoln,
step-mother of Abraham Lincoln, and was a partner in a general
store with Duff Green [later, American statesman], conducting
the business as Green & Helm. He died in Elizabethtown,
1858, nearly 91 years old.Apparently William Bush was somewhat
of a troublemaker in the E-town area. He was born in 1763, and
in 1828 he acquired the Knob Creek farm where the Lincolns had
lived, before they left for Indiana. His sister, Sarah, became
the step-mother of the future U.S. president, Abraham Lincoln.
See the article THAT ROGUE, WILLIAM BUSH, by Blaine V. Houmes,
the Iowa physician and collector of Lincolniana. This article
appears in The MANUSCRIPT, Summer 2002. William Bush acquired
land like his parents, and by 1817 had married and built an
attractive brick house [Elizabethtown area], a sign of sure
success. He served on jury duty with Thomas Lincoln, after of
Abraham and acquired the Knob Creek farm where the Lincolns had
lived, before they left for Indiana∞, and later Illinois.
Although prosperous, he was frequently entangled in lawsuits.
His reputation was guarded and he did not enjoy the respect og
other members of the Bush family. Little is known of Lincoln’s
relationship with the Bush family. Lincoln claimed that his
family’s “removal (to Indiana) was partly on account of slavery,
but chiefly on account of the difficulty in land titles in
Kentucky.” Thomas Lincoln was known to be anti-slavery, and as a
young boy Abraham probably observed slaves being taken in chains
to Southern markets, on the road beside his home. Carl Sandburg
and other historians have not dwlt on the cantankerous nature of
the President’s uncle by marriage,8 let alone the fact that
there was a slave-trader in the family. We wish to give credit
to Blaine Houmes for much of what appears in this description.
See pictures of this article here. Fine............400-600
79. [ART] James Gillray (1756-1815) British caricaturist and
printmaker famous for his etched political and social
satires. Original etching, not colored, PLATES 437 and 438
from the c. 1850 Bohn edition, it's title "STAGGERING
BOBS, A TALE FOR SCOTCHMEN; OR, MUNCHAUSEN DRIVING HIS
CALVES TO MARKET", each image
size approx. 14.5 x 10" plus margins. Published December 1, 1796 by H.
Humphrey 27 St. James’s Street. Described as "GEOBGE HAKGEB. A
caricature on Colonel Hanger, afterwards Lord Coleraine. The
noble Scot alluded to is said to have been Lord
Galloway. " As usual there are other etchings on the
verso............150-200
See front
See verso
80.
[SILENT FILM] Leatrice Joy (1893-1985) American actress most prolific during
the early silent film era. Leatrice Joy married John Gilbert in
1922. ALS, no yr, 2pp. Says it was a "real joy to work with Mr.
de Mille." Signed Leatrice Joy Gilbert. VG.............40-60
82. [POLITICIANS] Mixed lot: [1] Jonathan KNIGHT [1787-1858] Representative from Pennsylvania. SIGNATURE. [2] Leonor Kretzer SULLIVAN [1902-1988] Representative from Missouri TLS, 1975, 1p. [3] Chauncey L. Knapp [1809-1898] Representative from Massachusetts. Signature. [4] Karl E. Mundt [1900-1974] US senator from S.D. TLS, 1954, 1p. [5] MAURICE J. TOBIN - Short 1939 TLS as mayor of Boston. [6] Daniel Knabb HOCH [1866-1960] Representative from Pennsylvania. Signed card [toned]. [7] Mordecai OLIVER [1819-1898] Representative from Missouri. Signature [8] Guy Ray Pelton [1824-1890] Representative from New York; died while on a tour in an attempt to climb Mary's Mountain in the Yellowstone National Park, Wyo., July 24, 1890. SIGNATURE [9] Samuel A. Purviance [1809-1882] Representative from Pennsylvania. CLIP SIGNATURE [10] William H. Upson [1823-1910] Representative from Ohio. SIGNATURE...........50-75
82. [MIXED LOT] [1] George John Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll KG, KT, PC, FRS, FRSE (1823-1900), styled Marquess of Lorne until 1847, was a Scottish peer, Liberal politician as well as a writer on science, religion, and the politics of the 19th century. Signed card 1885. [2] Treasury Department letter 1856 to Customs Collector at Portsmouth, NH. [3] Edward S. Osgood - ALS, Springfield, 1878, 3pp. [4] Rowland G. Hazard [1801-88] was a wealthy woolen manufacturer and author from Peacedale, RI; he was also an active proponent of women's suffrage. The RI Historical Soc. holds many of R.G. Hazard's papers. Brief 1843 document signed. [5] Nicholas Spinney - 1811 document signed [Kittery, Maine]. [6] six 1925 bank checks - Limerick Maine [7] 1981 FDC honoring the US Supreme Court. [8] printed Gov. Doc. 1849 concerning Norwich University in Vermont, 1p........60-80
83. [MIXED LOT] various autographs: [1] William E. Leuchtenburg - a leading scholar of the life and career of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He is the author of more than a dozen books on 20th century history, including the Bancroft Prize-winning Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932-1940 (1963). Signed 1p. typescript from THE PERILS OF PROSPERITY, 1914-32. [2] PRINTED GO.V DOC. re: railroad company through Walker River Reservation in Nevada, signed in type Chester A. Arthur, 1883, 7pp. [3] [NEW HAMPSHIRE] a 1823 document, 7.5 x 12 in. Concerns the Great Falls Manufacturing Co. in Somersworth, New Hampshire. An account for work/services by Andrew Rollins. Excellent condition. From the papers of Andrew Rollins, noted figure from Somersworth, NH. [4] Robert F. Kennedy - signed Attorney General card [believed an autopen signature]. Fine condition. [5] Simeon Baldwin Chittenden (1814-1889) US Representative from New York. CLIP SIGNATURE. [6] Henry A. Uterhart [1875-1946] American lawyer involved in many high profile cases. Signed bank check, 1918. [7] Poultney Bigelow [1855-1954] journalist & author. ANS, 1927. [8] William P. Frye (1830-1911) Free Frank signature on envelope. [9] The Limerick National Bank [Maine] eight bank checks dated 1923. [10] Josiah William Bailey (1873-1946) Democratic U.S. senator from North Carolina between 1931 and 1946. Signed 1925 bank check............80-120
84. [MIXED LOT OF POLITICS] [1] Archibald McIntyre (1773 -1858) American merchant and politician. He was a member from Montgomery County of the New York State Assembly from 1798 to 1802, in 1804, 1812 and 1820-21. He was Deputy Secretary of State from 1801 to 1806. He was New York State Comptroller from 1806 to 1821. He was a presidential elector in 1828 and 1840. In partnership with his son-in-law David Henderson, he ran iron ore mines in and around North Elba, New York , like the North Elba Ironworks, the McIntyre Mine and the Adirondack Iron Company. He was also involved in the early development of Jersey City, New Jersey. From 1821 to 1834, he and his partner Henry Yates (brother of Governor Joseph C. Yates) operated the lotteries in New York and other states. Among others, they sold tickets for the Union College lottery, which led to a controversy that was settled only in 1854. On May 20, 1842, the Ithaca and Owego Railroad was sold at a public sale of the Comptroller in Albany to Henry Yates and Archibald McIntyre for the sum of $4,500, an additional sum of $13,500 being paid for the equipment. Yates and McIntyre then reorganized the road on April 13, 1843, under the name of Cayuga and Susquehanna Railroad Co. In 1849, they sold it to the Leggett's Gap Railroad, and it became later part of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. CLIP SIGNATURE 1809. Good example. [2] La Fayette Grover (1823 - 1911) Democratic politician and lawyer from Oregon. He was the fourth Governor of Oregon, serving from 1870 to 1877. A native of Maine, he previously was a member of the Oregon Territorial Legislature, represented Oregon in the United States House of Representatives, and was a member of the Oregon Constitutional Convention in 1857. Grover later served one term in the United States Senate. Clip Signature. Click to see signature [3] Philetus Sawyer (1816-1900) US Senator from Wisconsin. Sawyer County, Wisconsin, is named for him. Nice SIGNATURE. Click to see signature [4] JAMES H. PLATT JR. [1837-1894] Representative from Virginia; during the Civil War entered the Union Army as first sergeant of the Third Regiment, Vermont Volunteer Infantry; served as captain and lieutenant colonel; declined assignment to duty as chief quartermaster of the Sixth Corps; settled in Petersburg, Va., April 6, 1865. CLIP SIGNATURE. Click to see Platt [5] [CABINET] John A. Creswell (1828- 1891) American politician from Maryland. He served as Postmaster General of the United States during the Grant administration. Clip Signature. Click to see signature [6] ALEX. H. JONES [1822-1901] Representative from North Carolina; enlisted in the Union Army in 1863; was captured in east Tennessee while raising a regiment of Union Volunteers and imprisoned; made his escape November 14, 1864; again joined the Union forces in Cumberland, Md.; after the war returned to North Carolina. SIGNATURE. [7] John Roach (1815-1887) American industrialist who rose from humble origins as an Irish immigrant laborer to found the largest and most productive shipbuilding empire in the postbellum United States, John Roach & Sons. After twenty years in the employment of Allaire, Roach at the age of 37 together with three partners purchased a small New York ironworks which had fallen into receivership, the Etna Iron Works, in 1852. Roach soon became sole proprietor, and during the American Civil War transformed the Etna Works into a major manufacturer of marine engines. From 1871 until 1885, John Roach & Sons was easily the largest and most productive shipbuilding firm in the United States, building more tonnage of ships than its next two chief competitors combined. In the mid-1880s the firm ran into trouble with a series of U.S. Navy contracts which became the subject of political controversy. His ink signature on 3 x 1-3/4 in. card. VG. [8] Joseph Gurney Cannon (1836-1926) US politician from Illinois and leader of the Republican Party. Cannon served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1911, and historians generally consider him to be the most dominant Speaker in United States history, with such control over the House that he could often control debate. Cannon is the second-longest continuously serving Republican Speaker in history. Signature. Click to see signature [9] Wm. Pinkney Whyte (1824-1908) a member of the Democratic Party, was a politician who served the State of Maryland as a United States Senator, the 35th Governor, the Mayor of Baltimore, Maryland, and the State Attorney General. Clip Signature. Click to see signature [10] WELLER, John B., a Representative from Ohio and a Senator from California; born in Hamilton County, Ohio, February 22, 1812; attended the public schools and Miami University, Oxford, Ohio; studied law; admitted to the bar and practiced in Butler County, Ohio; prosecuting attorney of Butler County 1833-1836; elected as a Democrat from Ohio to the Twenty-sixth, Twenty-seventh, and Twenty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1845); was not a candidate for renomination in 1844; served in the Mexican War 1846-1847; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for governor of Ohio in 1848; member of the commission to establish the boundary line between California and Mexico in 1849 and 1850; moved to California and engaged in the practice of law; elected as a Democrat from California to the United States Senate for the term commencing March 4, 1851, and served from January 30, 1852, to March 3, 1857; unsuccessful candidate for reelection; chairman, Committee on Military Affairs (Thirty-fourth Congress); Governor of California 1858-1860; appointed Minister to Mexico in 1860 and was recalled in 1861; moved to New Orleans, La., in 1867 and continued the practice of law; died in New Orleans, La., August 17, 1875; interment in Girod Street Cemetery; cemetery destroyed in 1959 and unclaimed remains commingled with 15,000 others and deposited beneath Hope Mausoleum, St. John's Cemetery, New Orleans, La. SIGNATURE. See Weller signature.......60-80
85.
[BRITISH NAVAL] Vice-Admiral Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer
KG, CB, PC (1798-1857), styled The Honourable Frederick Spencer
until 1845, was a British naval commander, courtier and Whig
politician. He initially served in the Royal Navy and fought in
the Napoleonic Wars and the Greek War of Independence,
eventually rising to the rank of Vice-Admiral. He succeeded his
elder brother as Earl Spencer in 1845 and held political office
as Lord Chamberlain of the Household between 1846 and 1848 and
as Lord Steward of the Household between 1854 and 1857. In 1849
he was made a Knight of the Garter. Through his second son,
Charles, Lord Spencer was the great-great-grandfather of Diana,
Princess of Wales, great-great-great-grandfather of future
British Monarch, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and
great-great-great-great-grandfather of his son, Prince George. Document
Signed, as Lord Chamberlain, 1847, licence granting permission
for Robert William Warner to have stage plays performed at the
Marylebone Theatre. he was the husband of Mary
Huddart, the English actress and theatre manager. Robert
W. Warner, the landlord of the Wrekin Tavern, Broad Court,
Bow Street, frequented by actors and literary men. Approx.
8x13". Starting at folds; seal tear loss;
soiled.............100-150
86. [TV] Mister
Rogers (Fred Rogers, 1928-2003)
American educator, Presbyterian minister, songwriter, author,
and television host. Rogers was most famous for creating and
hosting Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (1968–2001), which
featured his gentle, soft-spoken personality and directness to
his audiences. TLS, 1984, 1p. VG. Mail
folds............25-35
See above
87. (19th & 20th Century British Military Notables) - Sir Edmund Vivian Gabriel, (1875-1950) army officer, courtier and art collector...During the First World War he was first assigned to the Imperial General Staff, War Office, in London, where he was closely associated with lord Kitchener, then Secretary of State for War. In 1937 he was knighted by King George VI. During the Second World War he was a member of the British Air Commission to the United States. TLS 1945. Francis Basset, 1st Baron de Dunstanville and Basset FRS (1757 – 1835) nobleman, soldier and politician. While serving as lieutenant-colonel of the North Devon militia, he marched Cornish miners to Plymouth, stengthened that town's defences and fortified Portreath, all of which helped counter a Franco-Spanish invasion fleet (gathered as part of the European theatre of the American Revolutionary War). On the highest point of Carn Brea in Cornwall is a 90 foot high (30m) celtic cross, erected by public subscription in 1836. It is dedicated to Francis Basset and inscribed 'The County of Cornwall to the memory of Francis Lord de Dunstanville and Basset A.D. 1836. ALS, 1807, 1p Admiral Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot, 18th Earl of Shrewsbury (1803 – 1868) entered the Royal Navy in 1817 and was promoted to Captain for his actions at the Battle of Navarino in 1827, where he commanded the H. M. S. Philomel. He became a Rear-Admiral in 1854 and a Vice-Admiral and Admiral in 1865. Clipped SIGNATURE, with sentiment. General William Dowdeswell (1761-1828) Military Figure, Politician. Clipped SIGNATURE. Group Captain George "Geordie" Nigel Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk (1906-1994) Scottish nobleman and Conservative politician. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. TLS 1983. Henry Otway Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre, CB (1777 –1853) peer and soldier. Rose to be Commander in Chief of India. CLIPPED SIGNATURE.............100-150
88. [FILM] Patricia Neal (1926-2010) American actress of stage and screen. She was best known for her film roles as World War II widow Helen Benson in The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), wealthy matron Emily Eustace Failenson in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), and middle-aged housekeeper Alma Brown in Hud (1963), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She also played Olivia Walton in the 1971 made-for-television film The Homecoming: A Christmas Story, a role played in the regular series by actress Michael Learned. Signed 8x10 photo. VG..........40-60
89. [CROATIA] Stjepan "Stipe" Mesić (b.1934) served as the second President of Croatia from 2000 to 2010. Before his ten-year presidential term, he held the posts of Speaker of the Croatian Parliament (1992–1994), Prime Minister of Croatia (1990), the last President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia (1991), Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement (1991), a judge in Našice and mayor of his home town of Orahovica. Color photograph mounted, signed on the mount, 6-3/4 x 9-1/2 in. VG.................50-75
90.
[SLOVAKIA] Ivan Gašparovič
(b.1941) President of Slovakia from 2004 to 2014. He
was also the first Slovak president to be re-elected.
Signed color photo, 4 x 8-1/2
in. VG...........50-75
91.
[MUSIC - FRANCE] Marcel
Samuel-Rousseau (1882 - 1955)
French composer, organist, and opera director. He studied
composition at the Paris Conservatoire and was awarded the Prix
de Rome in 1905. He was the organist at Saint-Séverin from
1919–1922 and president of the Société des auteurs, compositeurs
et éditeurs de musique from 1935-1953. For many years he was a
professor of harmony at the Paris Conservatoire and artistic
director of the Pathé opera company. From 1941-1944 he was
director of the Opéra National de Paris. As a composer
Samuel-Rousseau was highly influenced by the works of Franck and
Fauré. He tended to be more conservative in style than many of
contemporaries but he was a master at chromatic harmony and had
a strong sense for the dramatic. His compositions include
operas, ballets, orchestral and piano music and songs. His best
works are his operas, which tend towards the exotic and are
ambitious in scale. Two of his operas, Le Hulla (1920) and
Kerkeb (1931), are based in the Orient; with the latter's title
role a Barber dancer in a harem. His opera Tarass Boulba (1919),
is based on the legend of a Cossack warrior. He also wrote one
opera based on the Arthurian legend Le roi Arthur (1903).
ALS, 1930, 1p, approx. 8 x 10-1/2 in.
VG...........100-150
92.
[FRANCE] Augustine-Malvina
Blanchecotte (1830-1897 ) French
poet. ALS, 1866, 3 full pages, to her old friend the poet
Aime Giron. VG................100-150
93. [MIXED LOT] [1] Capel Lofft, the younger (1806-1873), writer on
various topics, inherited his father's liberal
ideas and principles, and carried them in youth to
greater extremes. In his old age he abandoned
these theories, which had brought him into the
company of some of the leading political agitators
of the day. He died in America, where he had a
Virginia estate. Mounted CLIP SIGNATURE [1835].
[2] Abram COMINGO [1820-1889]
US Representative from Missouri; born near
Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Ky.; delegate to the
Missouri State convention in February 1861;
appointed provost marshal of the sixth district of
Missouri in May 1863; appointed by President Grant
in 1876 a member of the commission to arbitrate
with the Sioux Indians for the possession of Sioux
lands in Dakota bordering on the Black Hills;
moved to Kansas City, Mo., in 1881. Mounted CLIP
SIGNATURE. Sl. smudging. [3] ASBURY DICKINS -
secretary of the U S. senate, born in North
Carolina, 29 July 1780 ; died in Washington, 23
October 1861, passed his early life in
Philadelphia, and afterward spent several years in
Europe. In 1801 he was associated with Joseph
Dennie in founding the "Port Folio" at
Philadelphia. He was a clerk in the treasury
department under Secretary Crawford from 1816 till
1833, and while there composed and read Secretary
Crawford's successful vindication of himself
against the charges preferred by Ninian Edwards,
then minister to Mexico. He was chief clerk of the
state department in 1833'6, and became secretary
of the United States senate in 1836, an office
that he retained until 1861. He published an
oration on Washington (Philadelphia. 1800; New
York. 1825). CLIP "FREE" SIGNATURE. Fine. [4] George William
Curtis (1824-1892)
American writer and public speaker, born in
Providence, Rhode Island, of old New England
stock. Curtis, fell in sympathy with the spirit of
the Transcendental movement. He joined the
communal experiment known as Brook Farm from 1842
to 1843. Curtis returned from Europe in 1850,
attractive, accomplished, and ambitious for
literary distinction. He settled on Staten Island
and instantly plunged into the whirl of life in
New York, obtained a post on the Tribune, became a
popular lecturer, started work on Nile Notes of a
Howadji (1851), and became a favorite in society.
He wrote for Putnam's Magazine, of which he was
George Palmer Putnam's. He became an associate
editor along with Parke Godwin and managing editor
Charles Frederick Briggs; the three also
collaborated on a gift book called The Homes of
American Authors (1853). SIGNATURE, 1863 on slip of
irregular shape. [5]
[SCIENCE] Makio Murayama -
Biochemist who conducted vital research in the
U.S. that laid the groundwork for combating
sickle-cell anemia. SIGNED 2.5 x 2.5" photo. Minor
faults. [6] [INDIANA] Daniel W.
Voorhees (1827-1897)
US Senator from Indiana, who was leader of the
Democratic party and an anti-war Copperhead during
the American Civil War. Signature. [7] [INDIANA] Jesse David
Bright(1812-1875)
was the ninth Lieutenant Governor and U.S. Senator
from Indiana who served as President pro tempore
of the Senate on three separate occasions. He was
the only senator from a Northern state to be
expelled for being a Confederate sympathizer. Clip Signature. [8] [INDIANA] DUNN,
George Grundy, a Representative from Indiana; born
in Washington County, Ky., December 20, 1812;
moved to Monroe County, Ind.; completed
preparatory studies and attended the Indiana
University at Bloomington; moved to Bedford,
Lawrence County, Ind., in 1833, where he taught
school; studied law; was admitted to the bar in
1835 and commenced practice in Bedford, Ind.;
prosecuting attorney of Lawrence County in 1842;
elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth Congress (March
4, 1847-March 3, 1849); unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1848; served in the State senate
from 1850 until 1852, when he resigned; elected as
an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth
Congress (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1857); was not a
candidate for renomination in 1856; died in
Bedford, Ind., September 4, 1857; interment in
Green Hill Cemetery. SIGNATURE. [9] Henry Rogers
Seager, Ph.D.
(1870-1930) American economist. He was employed at
the University of Pennsylvania from 1897-1902, and
then at Columbia University, where he became
professor in 1905. Seager was a member of several
commissions in New York to investigate labor
conditions. He served as president of the American
Association for Labor Legislation and served on
the board of editors of the Political Science
Quarterly. He died in 1930 in Kiev, Russia when he
was visiting to study Soviet economic philosophy. Signed 1918 bank check made out by
him. [10] Jerry Lewis (b. 1926) American
comedian, actor, producer, writer, director and
singer. He is best-known for his slapstick humor
on stage, screen and television, his singing
ability in a string of music album recordings and
his charity fund-raising telethons for the
Muscular Dystrophy Association Signed &
inscribed Parade magazine cover [front page only].
He writes date '93. One fold.......80-120
94. [MIXED LOT] [1] [BIG BEN CLOCK] Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe, Q.C. (1816-1905) British lawyer, amateur horologist, and architect. In 1851 he designed the mechanism for the clock of the Palace of Westminster, responsible for the chimes of Big Ben. He was also responsible for rebuilding the west front, roof, and transept windows of St Albans Cathedral at his own expense. Although the building had been in need of repair, popular opinion at the time held that he had changed the cathedral's character, even inspiring the creation and temporary popularity of the verb "to grimthorpe", meaning to carry out unsympathetic restorations of ancient buildings. ALS, 1898, 1p, to the Editor of the Herts Standard. "Sir, I send you this as you will probably wish to notice this important transaction in some way, and you may as well have an accurate account of it. If you like to send me a proof tomorrow you shall have it back on Wednesday." This probably relates to forwarding an article, most likely about the restoration of the Cathedral at St. Albans, which, aside from Big Ben, was his second most famous undertaking. Approx. 8-1/4 x 3-1/4". VG. [2][SINGER SEWING] WILLIAM E. COOPER - Singer Agent. ALS, New Orleans, 1875, 1p, 4to. on Singer Manufacturing Co. letterhead. "By the burning of the S.S. City of Waco at Galveston, our Invoice of the 28th ult. shipped to that office is an entire loss. Our loss at Aherman Texas has delayed remittances from that point, which were beginning to be good. We are however re-organizing there and will soon be in good shape again..." Mounting traces along left edge. [3] Margaret Prescott Montague [pseudonym Jane Steger] (1878-1955) Am. author. She wrote "The Sowing of Alderson Cree"; "Up Eel River"; "Closed Doors. " She was the first winner of the O. Henry Award (1919) for her "England to America" in The Atlantic Monthly, September 1918. ALS, 1920, 3pp., to the journalist Margaret Marshall. Accompanied by a photograph of her standing outside near house & garden. [4] George Mitchell(b. 1933) American Statesman. Presently serving as special envoy to the Middle East for the Obama administration. A Democrat, Mitchell was a United States Senator who served as the Senate Majority Leader from 1989 to 1995. He was chairman of The Walt Disney Company from March 2004 until January 2007, and was chairman of the international law firm DLA Piper at the time of his appointment as special envoy. For his involvement in the Northern Ireland peace negotiations, Mitchell was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1999), and was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. TLS, US Senate stationery, Nov. 13, 1980, 1p, 6-1/4 x 8-1/2 in. To Guy Gannett Publishing Co., Portland, Maine, sending thanks for sending him a copy of Harold Boyle's book "Best of Boyle." "I have also sent a note of thanks to Mr. Boyle personally..." In comparison with other Mitchell signatures this does not appear to be an autopen signature. [5] 1839 Bill of Lading - shipped by I.P. Hazard from Providence, Rhode Island to Savannah. Partly-printed, approx. 9 x 2 in. [6] Job R. Tyson (1803-1858) was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Signature. [7] William R. Sapp (1804-1875) U.S. Representative from Ohio. Signature. [8] William A. Gilbert ( 1815 - 1875) U.S. Representative from New York. Signature. [9] Document - Abstract of Expenditures for Jefferson Barracks, Missouri in 2nd Quarter of 1890, signed by a Capt. H. Norgud [?]. [10] James Currie (1756-1805), Scottish doctor and editor of Robert Burns. Antique engraved portrait. VG............100-150
95.
MYSTERY
LOT of about 83 pieces from 19th & 20th century.
Includes: a few autograph signatures; antique prints;
letters; documents; printed government docs, and various
ephemera. Oldest item in this lot appears to be an 1804
document. Good lot for eBay sellers or those who like
researching items...........80-120
96. MYSTERY LOT of about 93 pieces from 19th & 20th century. Includes: letters; documents; a few autographs; 5 bank checks signed by the noted artist, Douglas Volk, known for his portraits of Abraham Lincoln, one used on postage stamp, and various ephemera. Oldest item in this lot is 1838. There is also an 1842 document signed by R.G. Hazard [look him up], and a 1945 TLS by Commodore Badt. Good lot for eBay sellers or those who like researching items.....125-225
97. [MIXED
LOT] [1] To Organize Gov. of Nebraska - Speech of Joseph R. Chandler,
of Penn. on the Bill to organize Territorial Government in
Nebraska. Delivered to the House of Rep., April 5, 1854. 7-pp.
VG. See speech
above [2] [BOER WAR] stereo-view
photograph card issued 1900, Underwood & Underwood. When the
Cannon's Roar is Still - men sleeping by their stacked arms. VG. [3] [SINGER SEWING] EDWIN
DEAN - Singer Sewing machine agent from Missouri. ALS, St.
Louis, 1866, 2 separate pages, 4to. To The Singer Manuf. Co.
describing a trade fair "at which $20,000 will be distributed in
premiums and which will be attended by 50,000 persons at
least..." Says he will distribute Singer products to stimulate
business. On Singer Co. letterhead. Light stain along edge from
mounting trace on back. Page 1 Page 2 [4] Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber (1814 - 1890) American humorist. Clip signature.
[5] S. Parkes
Cadman (1864-1936)
American clergyman, newspaper writer, and pioneer Christian
radio broadcaster of the 1920s and 1930s. He was an early
advocate of ecumenism and an outspoken opponent of anti-Semitism
and racial intolerance. By the time of his death in 1936, he was
called "the foremost minister of Congregational faith" by the
New York Times. ANS on card. [6] Nat C. Goodwin (1857-1919) American actor and vaudevillian.
Signature. [7] Senator Lloyd Bentsen - TLS, 1989, 1p. [autopen?] [8] Clyde Fitch (1865-1909) American dramatist. Clip signature.
[9] Edward J.
Phelps (1822-1900) lawyer
and diplomat from Vermont. [10] Lee Iacocca - signed 8x10 photo.........75-100
98. MYSTERY LOT of about 93 pieces from 19th & 20th century. Includes: letters; documents; a few autographs; 5 bank checks signed by the noted artist, Douglas Volk, known for his portraits of Abraham Lincoln, one used on postage stamp, and various ephemera. Oldest item in this lot is 1800. There is also an 1825 bank check signed by R.G. Hazard [look him up], and a 1815 New York Supreme Court document. Good lot for eBay sellers or those who like researching items.....125-175
99. [MIXED LOT] [1] Louise Creighton, née von Glehn (1850-1936) British author of books on historical and socio-political topics, and an activist for greater role of women both within society and within the Church of England. In 1872, she married Mandell Creighton, later a historian and bishop in the Church of England. CLIP SIGNATURE [2] Eleanor Painter (1891 - 1947) American opera singer. She had a successful career of almost two decades. Pencil signature on card with sentiment. [3] Commodore John Downes (1786 - 1854) was an officer in the United States Navy, whose service covered the first half of the 19th century. Three ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Downes in honor of him. Clip signature. [4] John Heyl Vincent (1832-1920) American Methodist Episcopal bishop. Clip signature. [5] George Madden Martin (1866-1946) American fiction writer. ANS, 1924. [6] Origen Storrs Seymour (1804-1881) U.S. Representative from Connecticut, father of Edward Woodruff Seymour and nephew of Horatio Seymour. Clip signature. [6] William Howitt (1792-1879) English author. Clip signature. [7] Emma Speed Sampson author who wrote the last 5 books from The Bluebird Books series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. Signature, inscribed [pencil] 1923. [8] James Parton (1822-1891) England-born American biographer. He was the most popular biographer of his day in America. AQS, New York, March 10, 1864. "I welcome Maryland to the union of Free States! Jas. Parton." [9] Alice May (1847 -1887), sometimes known as Louise Allen, was an English singer and actress, perhaps best remembered as the creator of the soprano role of Aline in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Sorcerer (1877). Clip signature. Light stain. [10] John Ransom Buck (1835-1917) U.S. Representative from Connecticut. Signature..........60-80
100. [MIXED
LOT] [1] Louise Creighton, née von Glehn (1850-1936) British author of
books on historical and socio-political topics, and an activist
for greater role of women both within society and within the
Church of England. In 1872, she married Mandell Creighton, later
a historian and bishop in the Church of England. CLIP SIGNATURE
[2] Eleanor
Painter (1891 - 1947)
American opera singer. She had a successful career of almost two
decades. Pencil signature on card with sentiment. [3] Commodore
John Downes (1786 - 1854) was an officer in the United States
Navy, whose service covered the first half of the 19th century.
Three ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Downes
in honor of him. Clip signature. [4] John Heyl Vincent (1832-1920) American Methodist Episcopal bishop.
Clip signature. [5] George Madden Martin (1866-1946) American fiction writer. ANS, 1924.
[6] Origen Storrs Seymour (1804-1881) U.S. Representative from
Connecticut, father of Edward Woodruff Seymour and nephew of
Horatio Seymour. Clip signature. [6] William Howitt (1792-1879) English author. Clip signature. [7] Emma Speed Sampson author who wrote the last 5 books from The
Bluebird Books series of novels popular with teenage girls in
the 1910s and 1920s. Signature, inscribed [pencil] 1923. [8] James Parton (1822-1891) England-born American biographer. He
was the most popular biographer of his day in America. AQS, New
York, March 10, 1864. "I welcome Maryland to the union of Free
States! Jas. Parton." [9] Alice May
(1847 -1887), sometimes known as Louise Allen, was an English singer and actress, perhaps best
remembered as the creator of the soprano role of Aline in
Gilbert and Sullivan's The Sorcerer (1877). Clip signature.
Light stain. [10] John Ransom Buck (1835-1917) U.S. Representative from Connecticut.
Signature..........60-80
101.
[MUSIC] Patty Page
(1927-2013) American singer and one of the best-known female
artists in traditional pop music. Signed, inscribed 8x10
photo. VG........50-75
102.
[FILM] Julie Christie
- British actress. A pop icon of the "swinging
London" era of the 1960s, she has won the Academy, Golden Globe,
BAFTA, and Screen Actors Guild Awards. Signed 4x6 photo.
VG............40-60
103.
[MUSIC] Bobby Vinton
(b. 1935) American pop singer. Signed bank check dated 1973.
VG...........25-35
104.
[SPACE] Edgar Mitchell
(b. 1930) American astronaut, the 6th person to walk on the
Moon. Signed poster of "The Wonder Of It All", a Jeffrey Roth
film. It displays Mitchell's signature and the Mission
number "Apollo 14." 18 x 24 in. Accompanied by the
2010 Certificate of Authenticity; Mitchell's signature is
printed on the COA as usual. Fine condition. mailed
rolled in a tube..............100-150
105. [MUSIC] Paul Anka
(b. 1941) Canadian singer, songwriter, actor. Signed 8x10
photo. VG..............25-35
106. [HOLLYWOOD] signed sheet from
"Celebration of Life/Talent Summary page, signed by Sir Ben Kingsley, Cicely Tyson and Patrick
Duffy. 8.5 x 11 in.
VG............50-75
See above
107. [MUSIC] Joaquin Nin-Culmell (1908-2004) Cuban-Spanish composer, internationally known concert pianist, and emeritus professor of music at the University of California, Berkeley. AMQS dated 1988 on 3x5 card plus unsigned photo. Both fine.............75-100
108.
[ART] LeRoy Neiman
(1921-2012) American artist. Signed envelope.
Fine.............25-35
109.
TIME Magazine cover signed by Cyrus
Vance (1917-2002) and also William Averell Harriman.
Two fold lines o/w very good. Approx.
8-1/4 x 11 in...............50-75
110. [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...........100-150
See
Portrait of Washington
111. [ART] Original Portrait Etching RUFUS CHOATE -
Original etching [not steel-engraving; not photo-mechanically
reproduced], image 13.75 x 10.75 in. plus wide margins.
Overall size is 21 x 16 in. Good quality laid paper. Copyright
& Published 1895, by Chas. Barmore, 280 Broadway, NY.
Signature below image is engraved. Artist not known. Condition
is very good. CHOATE, Rufus, a Representative and a Senator
from Massachusetts; born in Essex, Mass., on October 1, 1799;
was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1819;
studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in
Danvers, Mass., in 1823; member, State house of
representatives 1825; member, State senate 1826; moved to
Salem in 1828; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-second and
Twenty-third Congresses and served from March 4, 1831, to June
30, 1834, when he resigned; moved to Boston in 1834; elected
to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Daniel Webster and served from February 23,
1841, to March 3, 1845; retired from political life to devote
his time to law; member of the State constitutional convention
in 1853; attorney general of Massachusetts in 1853; died in
Halifax, Nova Scotia, July 13, 1859. VG...........100-150
See portrait of
Choate
Closeup
112. [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. [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
113. William
Averell Harriman
(1891-1986)
American Democratic Party
politician, businessman, and
diplomat. He served as
Secretary of Commerce under
President Harry S. Truman
and later as the 48th
Governor of New York. He was
a candidate for the
Democratic presidential
nomination in 1952, and
again in 1956 when he was
endorsed by President Truman
but lost to Adlai Stevenson
both times. Harriman served
President Franklin D.
Roosevelt as special envoy
to Europe and served as the
U.S. Ambassador to the
Soviet Union and U.S.
Ambassador to Britain. He
served in numerous U.S.
diplomatic assignments in
the Kennedy and Johnson
administrations. He was a
core member of the group of
foreign policy elders known
as "The Wise Men". Autograph
Note Signed, 1981, on
7-1/4 x 3-1/2
correspondence card.
Fine.........50-75
See
above
114.
[FILM] Rex
Harrison
(1908-1990) English actor.
Signed 8x10 photo. VG...........50-75
See
Harrison photo
115.
[AMERICANA] V.D. Bonesteel
- St. Louis, Missouri businessman. 3-page letter, St. Louis,
Mo., Sept. 13, 1859, to William Eno. "I left Po'keepsie on
Wednesday of last week & arrived here on Saturday afternoon
last. We came by a new very pleasant route, returning by
way of Philadelphia, Baltimore, Harpers Ferry, Wheeling,
Columbus, Cincinnati & Vincennes & passing through the
states of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, Indiana
& Illinois to this place, running for many miles along the
banks of the Potomac, crossing the Ohio at Wheeling &
running along the Wabash..." No address leaf.
Fine...........75-100
116. [FILM] Robert
"Bobby" Diamond (b. 1943) child
star and young-adult actor in the 1950s through the early 1970s.
He is best remembered after more than a half-century for his
role as Joey Clark Newton in the television series Fury, a
western which ran on NBC from October 15, 1955 through March 19,
1960. Signed contract to play the role of Eddie Davis
in the movie BILLIE, starring Patty Duke. Three pages, signed
twice. Folio..........100-150
117. [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
118. [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
Titanic Disaster 1912
120. [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 steel etching plate, "Old North Church". Not sure if
this is the actual title - its simply what is written on the
envelope. Original etching plates are very
uncommon...............800-1200
121. [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
122. [MUSIC] Edward
Grossman - Executive Director, Composers
and Lyricists Guild of America. TLS, March 9, 1964,
1p. Announcing that Bobby Darin has joined [the Guild] and
is now a member in good standing............60-80
See above
123.
[STOCK CERTIFICATES] group of 10 stock certificates for COMPAGNIE FERMIERE DE LUCHON,
all 1925, approx. 7-1/2 x 12-1/4". VG.
Farmer Company Luchon
Country: France
Date: 1925
Genre: Action de 500 Francs
Issue: 3000 action
Activity: Cures
State: UNC (Uncirculed) new document had almost never
circulated. No folds, trace or task.
Description section - Title from the Farmer Company Luchon,
dating from 1925 whose action was worth 500 francs.
Companies registered capital of 1.5 million francs.
Headquarters: Bagneres-de-Luchon. Established in 1924. Hotel
operations and Royal Majestic Bagneres-de-Luchon
All of these have these coupons still
attached. They all look alike. Fine
condition..............200-300
124. [ART] Richard Huntington (b. 1936) American painter, printmaker, and
writer, is Critic Emeritus at The Buffalo News and has written
for High Performance magazine, ARTnews, and Art New England.
Most recently, he was a catalog essayist for the exhibition
Artpark: 1974–1984 at UB Art Gallery, Center for the Arts;
Forty: The Sabres and the NHL at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery;
and Duayne Hatchett, Form, Pattern, and Invention, the catalogue
for a retrospective exhibition at the Burchfield Penney Art
Center, Buffalo (2009). In 2007, Huntington won the
Associated Press First Award for Criticism and earlier, among a
number of residencies, served as visiting critic at the Kennedy
Center for the Arts, Washington, D.C. From 1982 to 1985, he was
Visual Arts Director at Artpark in Lewiston, New York. He has
shown his art nationally and internationally, with recent solo
exhibitions at the Castellani Art Museum, Niagara University,
New York (2008–2009); the Albright-Knox Collectors Gallery,
Buffalo (2008); and the JR Konsthallen, Linköping, Sweden
(2007). In 2010, The Albright-Knox Art Gallery included his work
in the international biennial Beyond/In Western New York 2010:
Alternating Currents. In 2009, The Carey Berkus Studio in San
Miguel de Allende, Mexico, included his work in a group show
representing Mexican and American artists. Huntington
holds a BFA from Syracuse University and a Master of Art and
Humanities from the University at Buffalo. He divides his time
between Buffalo and the town of San Miguel de Allende in central
Mexico. Original lithograph, pencil signed and dated 1973,
titled "Upstairs Rainbow", image 15 x 22" plus
margins. Edition 8/10. This was made while Huntington was
visting artist-in-residence at the Arnot Art Museum,
Elmira, NY. Rare!. A few light foxing spots in margin area that
will not show when matted. Old masking tape traces outer
edges on verso...........150-250
See Huntington lithograph
See signed area
125. [FILM] Bill Cody [1891-1948] Hollywood B-western actor of the 1920s, 1930s and into the 1940s, and father to Bill Cody, Jr.. Cody, often called "the reel Bill Cody", began his acting career in the early days of film, and just happened to have the same name as "Buffalo" Bill Cody , although being of no relation. The name was, initially, what drew producers to Cody. However, he soon proved to be a charismatic performer in his own right. SIGNED, inscribed 4-3/4 x 6-3/4" photo. VG......40-60
126. [GREAT EASTERN] John Scott Russell 1808-1882) Scottish naval engineer who built the Great Eastern in collaboration with Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and made the discovery that gave birth to the modern study of solitons. Russell's experiments and observations led him to propose a new system of shaping vessels, known as the wave system, which was to culminate in the building of the SS Great Eastern. He was held in high regard by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who made him a partner in his project to build the Great Eastern. At its time, this was to be the largest moveable object man had ever created. The Great Eastern was eventually launched in 1858, having been designed according to Russell's wave system. Russell was also one of the earliest and most active people advocating ironclad men-of-war, and was the joint designer of the first armoured frigate, HMS Warrior. CLIP SIGNATURE mounted...............40-60
127. [AUSTRALIA] Ronald Crauford Munro-Ferguson, 1st Viscount Novar (1860-1934), sixth Governor-General of Australia, was probably the most politically influential holder of this post. Card SIGNED, 12/4/30. VG..........20-30
128. [MUSIC] Frankie Laine [1913-2007] American singer, songwriter and actor whose career spanned 75 years. Signed & inscribed flyer about him. 8.5 x 6.5 in.............35-45
129. Charles H. King - Admiral. Signature...........20-30
130. [OLYMPIC SKATERS] BONNIE BLAIR & NANCY KERRIGAN - both have signed OLYMPIC HEROES page from some publication. 5-1/2 x 8-1/4........25-35
131. [THEATRE] Herbert Kelcey - vintage stage actor. Signed 5x3 card.....20-30
132. [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 an original ink
drawing, signed with his F monogram,
circa 1947, image approx. 10 x 16"
plus slim margins. Very good
condition..........100-150
133. [FILM] Joyce Compton (1907 - 1997) American actress. Among her films
were Imitation of Life, Magnificent Obsession, The Awful Truth,
Rose of Washington Square, They Drive by Night, Christmas in
Connecticut, Mildred Pierce, The Best Years of Our Lives, and
Sorry, Wrong Number. ALS, 1966, written on both sides to a fan. Nice
letter. VG..........40-60
134. [VERMONT] Benj. Swan (1762-1839) an
interesting Vermont person. Known as Major Ben Swan, was
born in Worcester, Mass. At Worcester and in Boston,
Benjamin received a most thorough mercantile education in
the house of Messrs. Samuel & Stephen Salisbury, a firm
whose standing and credit for a series of years gave them
the highest reputation in the commercial community, both in
Europe and America. Mr. Swan was for some time in a
mercantile house in Montreal, where he became quite
thoroughly versed in the French language, then more
generally spoken in Canada. In 1791 he began business in
Woodstock, Vermont, in connection with the Chandlers. In the
general theory and the various details of the business of a
merchant he was probably the best-educated man in Vermont.
His unvarying rectitude in all his affairs won for him the
confidence of every one, while his cheerful manners and the
good-humor with which he enlivened his various business
transactions made him a favorite with all classes of the
community. After Mr. Swan retired from mercantile pursuits,
he sustained a variety of offices and trusts. For many years
he was the principal officiating magistrate in Woodstock,
and in the numerous trials of cases which came before him
the parties rarely, if ever, resorted to a jury. He was the
first postmaster in this town [Woodstock]. In 1796, on the
resignation of General Morris of the office of county clerk,
Mr. Swan was appointed to that place, and from that time to
his death, a period of forty-three years, retained the
position of clerk of the Supreme and County Courts. In the
year 1800 he was appointed by the legislature treasurer of
the State, and thenceforward, for thirty-two years, the
freemen of Vermont honored themselves and reflected honor
upon him by electing him annually to that office, and
generally without opposition. For a large portion of the
time during which he served as treasurer, while banks were still scarce, and poor at
that, he acted as a kind of general banker, to whom all
classes of people resorted who were wishing to borrow,
for an emergency, a moderate sum of money. The following
is an instance among many that might be mentioned. When
Zadock Thompson was ready to have his first Gazetteer
printed, he needed money to run the paper. This was to be
made at Wells River. His father said he would go to Benjamin
Swan and see if he could raise the money from him. When he
mentioned the matter to Major Swan, and asked if he could do
the favor, the major answered, " Yes, yes, hum-m-m," and sat
down and wrote to the paper-maker thus: "Mr. Thompson
wishes to buy fifty dollars' worth of paper for his
Gazetteer, for which he shall be good. "Benjamin Swan." Many
of the loans, however, which Mr. Swan made in his function
of general banker, proved detrimental to bis pocket, if not
to his peace of mind. After his death there was found on the
upper shelf of the bookcase in his office a long row of
files of notes, embracing many thousand dollars in value,
all outlawed, or otherwise wholly worthless, &emdash;
notes taken for sums of money lent to people in needy
circumstances living in the neighborhood, to young men going
West, and to various classes of people who called on this
patient and forbearing man for help out of some difficulty.
From this fact it would appear that the words of Scripture,
"from him that would borrow of thee, turn not thou away,"
Mr. Swan regarded more in the light of a rule to live by
than as merely a piece of fine sentiment. No man was ever
more highly esteemed by the people of this State of Vermont
than Major Benjamin Swan, and no man was ever more deserving
of such esteem. Yet, notwithstanding the regard in which he
was held, and the universal deference paid to him, in his
deportment and in his heart he was a man of great modesty
and humility. This was in keeping with the kind and
benevolent spirit he exercised towards all classes of people
with whom he came in contact, whether in business affairs or
in the private walks of life. Offered here is
a State of Vermont, legal writ, 1811, signed twice on the
front and once on the verso. Approx. 7-3/4 x 12-3/4". VG............50-75
Scan 1
Scan 2
135. [ART] RALPH BAKSHI - American
animator/draftsman. In the late 1950s & early 1960s
he worked at CBS-Terrytoons on such series as "Heckle
and Jeckle" and "Mighty Mouse." From there he went to
Famous Studios-Paramount, where he directed countless
"Casper the Friendly Ghost" and "Little Audrey"
cartoons, among others. During the 1960s he also
animated Peter Max's commercials. When Famous Studios
closed in 1967, Bakshi went into partnership with Steve
Krantz. Their first venture was "Fritz the Cat",
released in 1972. The success of "Fritz" prompted "Heavy
Traffic" [1973], a funny-sad chronicle of life in New
York's slums. Striking out on his own, Bakshi produced
the sometimes brilliant, often disappointing "Coonskin"
[1974]; also "Wizards" [1977]; "Lord of the Rings"
[1978]. Ralph Bakshi occupies a somewhat ambiguous
position in the animation world. He is one of the more
original artists at work in the animated cartoon medium.
He has become a cult figure. ORIGINAL Ink drawing,
unsigned on 6-3/4 x 8 in. sheet. As this was a "working
study" there was no reason for him to have signed
it...............150-250
See Bakshi
drawing
136. [ART] RALPH BAKSHI -
American animator/draftsman. In the late 1950s
& early 1960s he worked at CBS-Terrytoons
on such series as "Heckle and Jeckle" and
"Mighty Mouse." From there he went to Famous
Studios-Paramount, where he directed countless
"Casper the Friendly Ghost" and "Little
Audrey" cartoons, among others. During the
1960s he also animated Peter Max's
commercials. When Famous Studios closed in
1967, Bakshi went into partnership with Steve
Krantz. Their first venture was "Fritz the
Cat", released in 1972. The success of "Fritz"
prompted "Heavy Traffic" [1973], a funny-sad
chronicle of life in New York's slums.
Striking out on his own, Bakshi produced the
sometimes brilliant, often disappointing
"Coonskin" [1974]; also "Wizards" [1977];
"Lord of the Rings" [1978]. Ralph Bakshi
occupies a somewhat ambiguous position in the
animation world. He is one of the more
original artists at work in the animated
cartoon medium. He has become a cult figure.
ORIGINAL Ink drawing, unsigned on 7.5 x 8 in.
sheet. As this was a "working study" there was
no reason for him to have signed
it...............100-150
See
Bakshi drawing
137. [ART] RALPH
BAKSHI - American
animator/draftsman. In the
late 1950s & early
1960s he worked at
CBS-Terrytoons on such
series as "Heckle and
Jeckle" and "Mighty
Mouse." From there he went
to Famous
Studios-Paramount, where
he directed countless
"Casper the Friendly
Ghost" and "Little Audrey"
cartoons, among others.
During the 1960s he also
animated Peter Max's
commercials. When Famous
Studios closed in 1967,
Bakshi went into
partnership with Steve
Krantz. Their first
venture was "Fritz the
Cat", released in 1972.
The success of "Fritz"
prompted "Heavy Traffic"
[1973], a funny-sad
chronicle of life in New
York's slums. Striking out
on his own, Bakshi
produced the sometimes
brilliant, often
disappointing "Coonskin"
[1974]; also "Wizards"
[1977]; "Lord of the
Rings" [1978]. Ralph
Bakshi occupies a somewhat
ambiguous position in the
animation world. He is one
of the more original
artists at work in the
animated cartoon medium.
He has become a cult
figure. ORIGINAL pencil
drawing, unsigned on 6-3/4
x 8 in. sheet. As this was
a "working study" there
was no reason for him to
have signed
it...............100-150
See
Bakshi drawing
138. Hardin
County, Kentucky - 1809
manuscript document signed, concerning a bond. We do NOT believe
that the signatures are in the hand of Saml. Haycraft, Robert
Bleakley, and Jno. Davison. All of the handwriting appears to be
in the hand of the person who signed at the conclusion. We are
unable to identify the signer. One page, 6-1/4 x 7-1/2".
VG.........80-120
See document above
139. [FILM] Rudy Vallee (1901-1986) American singer, actor, bandleader, and entertainer. Signed bank check dated 1935 plus sheet music.. ......50-75
Click here to see Vallee
140. [THEATRE] Edward Terry
(1844-1912) English actor. Signed 3-1/4 x 5-1/4"
photo, dated 1905. Mounting traces on verso but front is
pretty good...........50-75
See Terry
photograph
141. [FRANCE] Pierre Clément Eugène Pelletan [1813-1884] French writer,
journalist and politician. He was an associate of Lamartine,
but refused an appointment to the office in the foreign
affairs ministry. He was elected deputy in 1863 and joined the
opposition to the Second Empire regime. His bright and
eloquent speeches won him a fame of brilliant orator.
Re-elected in 1869, he protested against the war with Prussia
and became member of the Government of National Defense on 4
September 1870. From 31 January to 4 February 1871, Pelletan
exercised the duties of public education minister, but he
departed for Bordeaux on 6 February. He was elected to the
National Assembly in February 1871. He approved the politics
of Thiers and became vice-president of the Senate in 1879. In
1884, he was elected senator for life. ALS, no date, 1p., 5-1/4 x 8-1/4".
Blank page is mounted along edge to another sheet.
VG.........60-80
142. Albertus Christiaan van Raalte (1811-1876) 19th century pastor in the Reformed Church in America. He led the Dutch immigrants who founded the city of Holland, Michigan in 1846 and played an important role in establishing the school that would become Hope College. Signed Autograph Card, dated Chicago, 1872......25-35
143. John Nance Garner
"Cactus Jack" (1868 –1967) American Democratic politician and
lawyer from Texas. He was a state representative from 1898 to
1902, and U.S. Representative from 1903 to 1933. He was the
44th Speaker of the House in 1931–1933. In 1932, he was
elected the 32nd Vice President of the United States, serving
from 1933 to 1941. A conservative Southerner, Garner opposed
the sit-down strikes of the labor unions and the New Deal's
deficit spending. He broke with President Franklin D.
Roosevelt in early 1937 over the issue of enlarging the
Supreme Court, and helped defeat it on the grounds that it
centralized too much power in the President's hands. TLS
as Speaker of the House,1933, one page. Unattractively
foxed......75-100
144. [MILITARY] Lyman Louis Lemnitzer [1899-1988] American Army General, who served as
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1960 to 1962. He then
served as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO from 1963 to 1969. Signed bank check, 1957. VG example............50-75
145. [FILM] Geraldine
Leigh Chaplin (b. 1944) is a
British-American actress and the daughter of Charlie
Chaplin. Signed 3x5 card. Fine..........20-30
See autograph
146. [FILM] Lew Ayres (1908 1996) American actor, best known for starring as Paul in All Quiet on the Western Front and for playing Dr. Kildare in several movies. Signed 3x5 card..........2O-30
147. STELLA ADLER (1902-1989) Actress, Director, Teacher. She opened the Stella Adler Conservatory of Acting. Among those to study at the conservatory were Marlon BRANDO Robert De NERO, Warren BEATTY, and Candice BERGEN, Adler is viewed as one of the foremost influences on contemporary acting. TLS dtd 5/12/89 signed "Stella"................40-60
148. [SCIENCE] DANIEL I. ARNON (1910-1994) American Plant Physiologist - one of the 20th century's leaders in the field of photosynthesis. ALS dtd 8/22/89.......35-45
149. [FRANCE] Pauline Trigère (1909-2002) was a French-born American fashion designer, known for her crisp, tailored cuts and innovative ideas. Her clientèle included many famous women such as the Duchess of Windsor, actress Claudette Colbert and singer Lena Horne. SIGNED, inscribed 10x8 photo.........25-35
150. [ART] John
Appleton Brown (1844-1902) American
painter, born in Newburyport, Mass. He studied in Boston under
Benjamin C. Porter, and afterward under Emile Lambinet in Paris.
In 1891 he established his studio in New York City and the
following year became a member of the Society of American
Artists. He was elected to the National Academy in 1896. His
last picture, exhibited at the Society in 1902, "The Grain
Field" was a typical example of his delicate personal handling
of color. Other works by him are "Old Road near Paris" and "On
the Merrimac at Newburyport." His spring and summer pictures in
bright soft colors are full of fine poetic feeling.
A 4.5 x 7" page signed, includes sentiment and his address
in New York, 253 West 42 St. Fine.............25-35
151. [MUSIC] Irving Caesar
(1895-1996) American lyricist and theater composer who
wrote lyrics for numerous song standards including "Swanee,"
"Sometimes I'm Happy," "Crazy Rhythm," and "Tea for Two," one of
the most frequently recorded tunes ever written. He was born and
died in New York. In 1972 he was inducted into the Songwriters
Hall of Fame. Signed, inscribed music sheet of his
composition "Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag". Signed on
cover. Approx. 8 x 10.5"...............75-100
153. [FILM] Rudy Vallee (1901-1986) American singer, actor, bandleader, and entertainer. Signed bank check dated 1935 plus sheet music.. ......50-75
Click here to see Vallee154. Joseph
Gerrish (1732-1812) He
graduated from Harvard College in 1752 and The plate passed to
the couple's youngest son, Joseph Gerrish (b. 1732). He
graduated from Harvard College in 1752 and was listed at the
head of his class, a testament not to his academic prowess but
rather to his social rank. He married in 1764 Anna, daughter of
the Reverend William Thompson of Scarborough; she died in 1772.
In 1770 Joseph became a Massachusetts Councillor, and he died at
Gerrish Island in Kittery in 1812. Offered here is a rare ALS
written by Joseph Gerrish to his wife at Portsmouth, NH. Written
from Cape Francison Jan. 21, 1786. One-page plus address leaf,
no postal marks of course. "Dear And louving wife these few
lines Comes with my kind louve to you and All Relations and
friends and to inform you of my good health at Present thanks be
to god for it and hope by the blessing of God these few lines
will find you in a better State of health than when I left home.
We arivd in here last knight after going to Saint Barts mis
Saint Martins and Saint Cruz we hant sald (sailed) yet but the
Capt will set tomorrow morning and shall sail for home in about
5 weaks. Tell Mrs. Dabphin that there was a man come on bord of
us to day from oways that knowooz Mr. Dabphin and is well and I
sent hur letter by him no more at present but I am in hope in a
few days to send you more sertain when we shall sail for their
is a great many yaneis hear and more or les saling every day. I
shall rite every good opertunity. This is the first but I still
remain your loving husband till death. Good nite for it is late
and I must git up very early. Joseph Gerrish." Quotation not
exact. Somewhat tattered condition, esp. the address
leaf..............150-250
Joseph Gerrish was once the owner of what is now know as THE SARAH ELIOT PLATE. A rare American silver plate made in 1690 by John Coney of Boston. This simple in appearance 9 oz., 9-1/8" diameter plate sold at Sothebys auction [Jan. 2, 2011]. It was offered with an estimate of $150,000 to 200,000. It sold for $ 324,750. Joseph Gerrish was the 2nd owner of the plate, given to him by Sarah Eliot Gerrish (1687-1770). Joseph would then give the plate to his daughter and was then passed down from daughter to daughter.
155.
[MUSIC] Georgia Hanni -
Executive Director, Composers and Lyricists Guild of America.
TLS, 1963, 1p., to Milt Ebbins, asking for copies of contracts
for the film Johnny Cool. Mentions Billy May, Sammy Cahn, &
Jimmy Van Heusen............50-75
158. [POLITICS] mixed lot of signatutes in various forms: [1] Giles Waldo Hotchkiss (1815-1878) U.S. Representative from New York during the American Civil War. Signature. VG. [2] DONLEY, Joseph Benton [1838-1917] Representative from Pennsylvania, entered the Union Army as a captain in the Eighty-third Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, in 1862 and served throughout the war. SIGNATURE. [3]WOODWARD, George Washington [1809-1875] Representative from Pennsylvania; nominated in 1845 by President Polk a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States but was not confirmed by the Senate. SIGNATURE. [4] ARMSTRONG, William Hepburn [1824-1919] Representative from Pennsylvania. SIGNATURE. [5] Everett Sanders (1882-1950) was an American political figure. He was secretary to President Calvin Coolidge and chairman of the Republican National Committee. SIGNED 3X5 CARD. [6] TALLMADGE, Nathaniel Pitcher, a Senator from New York; born in Chatham, Columbia County, N.Y., February 8, 1795; graduated from Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., in 1815; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1818 and commenced practice in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; member, State assembly 1828; member, State senate 1830-1833; elected as a Jacksonian to the United States Senate in 1833; reelected as a Democrat in 1839, and served from March 4, 1833, to June 17, 1844, when he resigned, having been appointed by President John Tyler to be Governor of Wisconsin Territory, with residence in Fond du Lac; served as Governor of Wisconsin Territory until his removal from office in May 1845; devoted himself to writing religious tracts; died in Battle Creek, Mich., November 2, 1864; interment in Rienzi Cemetery, Fond du Lac, Wis. CLIP SIGNATURE [quite foxed]. [7] album page signed on both sides by: SOUTHWICK, George Newell, (1863 - 1912) NY; BODINE, Robert Nall, (1837 - 1914) Mo; BURLEIGH, Edwin Chick, (1843 - 1916) US senator, congressman & Gov. of Maine. Signed on other side by: SUTHERLAND, Roderick Dhu, (1862 - 1915) Neb.; VANDIVER, Willard Duncan, (1854 - 1932) Mo.; STEPHENS, John Hall, (1847 - 1924) Texas. VG. [8]JAMES J. DAVIS (1873-1947) American steel worker and Republican Party politician in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He served as U.S. Secretary of Labor and represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate. He was also known by the nicknames of the "Iron Puddler" and "Puddler Jim." Typewritten Manuscript Signed, 1p. Re: the home is the basis of civilization as we have known it. Clean. Click to see Davis [9]FISHER, John [1806-1882] Representative from New York. SIGNATURE. [10] Omar D. Conger [1818-1898] U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Michigan. He was a member of the State military board during the Civil War, holding the rank of colonel. Senator Conger is the namesake for Fort Conger, the pioneering Arctic outpost established by Augustus Greeley's 1881 expedition and named by the explorer in gratitude for the senator's support. SIGNATURE ON ALBUM PAGE. See signature [11] McCARTY, Andrew Zimmerman [1808-1879] Representative from New York. SIGNATURE. [12] [PENN] nice clean album page signed by 2 Penn. congressmen: MORRELL, Daniel Johnson, (1821 - 1885); TOWNSEND, Washington, (1813 - 1894). Both are large clean signatures. [13] SHOBER, Francis Edwin [1831-1896] Representative from North Carolina. SIGNATURE. [14] Charles Benjamin Farwell (1823 - 1903) U.S. Representative and Senator from Illinois. Clip Signature. [15] Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg (1837-1908) nineteenth century politician, lawyer and judge from Missouri. Born near Cologne, Germany, Finkelnburg immigrated to the United States with his parents in 1848, settling in St. Charles, Missouri. During the Civil War, Finkelnburg served as a private in the Union Army and was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from 1864 to 1868, serving as speaker pro tempore in 1868. He was elected a Republican and later reelected a Liberal Republican to the United States House of Representatives in 1868, serving from 1869 to 1873. Finkelnburg was appointed judge of the eastern district of Missouri by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1905, serving until 1907. CLIP SIGNATURE, mounted. [16] Jacob Hart Ela (1820- 1884) U.S. Representative from New Hampshire. SIGNATURE, Rochester, NH, on album page. [17] Ossian Ray (1835- 1892) United States Representative from New Hampshire. SIGNATURE, Lancaster, NH...............100-150
159.
[FILM-THEATRE] Yul
Brynner (1920-1985)
Russian-born actor of film and stage.
Signed 8x10 photo. VG.......60-80
161.
[FRANCE] Paul Jamot
(1863-1939) French painter, art critic and museum curator.
He became curator of national museums, a member of the Institute
, Commander of the Legion of Honour, honorary curator of the
Louvre Museum , Reims museum director from 1927 to 1939. ALS,
1930, 2pp, 5-1/4 x 8-1/2 in. He speaks about Delacroix
drawings. Fine. Rare!............150-250
162.
[FRANCE] Felix Regamey
(1844-1907) French painter, illustrator and
cartoonist. He began his career by publishing caricatures and
cartoons in many journals such as The Journal Fun, The
Boulevard, The Paris Independence, La Vie Parisienne. In
September 1870 , he founded the Public Hi and is involved in the
Paris Commune and was forced into exile several years in London
after the failure of the insurrection. Friend of Rimbaud and
Verlaine, he provided financial assistance to them. He
traveled and worked for Graphic and Harper's Weekly.
A stay in China and Japan , he performs in the company of Emile
Guimet , inspires her watercolors and almost ethnographic
drawings presented at the World Expo 1878 and published the same
year in Japanese Walks Guimet. In 1881, he was appointed
inspector drawing schools of the city of Paris. ALS, 1891,
2pp, 4 x 5-1/4 in. VG...............75-100
163. Joan Rivers (1933-1014)
American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and television
host noted for her often controversial comedic persona — where
she was alternately self-deprecating or sharply acerbic,
especially toward celebrities and politicians. A page
removed from some publication [2 folds] signed "Much Love Joan
Rivers, 10-1/2 x 16-3/4 in. Right edge a little ragged but
generally in very good condition.............100-150
165.
[CIVIL WAR] The Great
Locomotive Chase or Andrews' Raid was a
military raid that occurred April 12, 1862, in northern Georgia
during the American Civil War. Volunteers from the Union Army,
led by civilian scout James J. Andrews, commandeered a train and
took it northward toward Chattanooga, Tennessee, doing as much
damage as possible to the vital Western and Atlantic Railroad
(W&A) line from Atlanta to Chattanooga as they went. They
were pursued by Confederate forces at first on foot, and later
on a succession of locomotives. Because the Union men had
cut the telegraph wires, the Confederates could not send
warnings ahead to forces along the railway. Confederates
eventually captured the raiders and executed some quickly as
spies, including Andrews; some others were able to flee. Some of
the raiders were the first to be awarded the Medal of Honor by
the US Congress for their actions. As a civilian, Andrews was
not eligible. Offered here: USA TAX RECEIPT USED
ISSUED IN MAY 1862 THE YEAR OF "THE GREAT LOCOMOTIVE CHASE".
SIGNED BY BEN MAY, CONFEDERATE OFFICIAL; TREASURER OF
THE WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD AT THE TIME OF THE "GREAT
LOCOMOTIVE CHASE." DOCUMENT SIGNED, THE WESTERN AND ATLANTIC
RAILROAD, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, MAY, 1862. 25 CENT NOTE.
ALSO SIGNED BY WILLIAM GRISHAM, SIGNING FOR THE RAILROAD'S
SUPERINTENDENT. Quite worn as you can see.
Includes picture postcard of the locomotive...............200-250
John and Ethel
Ross, became Patty Duke's managers. The Rosses
recognized her talent and promoted her as a child actress.
Soon after The Miracle Worker became so successful, John and
Ethel Ross spoke to Anna’s [later know as Patty] mother
telling her that they felt they needed complete control of her
daughter. They needed to make sure her life was acting and
little else, and the only way they could continue to teach her
the skills she would need as an actress was if Anna moved in
with them full time. Frances, having little financial and
emotional security of her own, agreed to let her youngest
daughter live with the Ross’s. Anna took this personally and
for the next several years she resented her mother for giving
her up to the Ross’s while all she wanted to do was stay at
home with her favorite person in the world: the woman who gave
birth to her. Anna’s name had already been
professionally changed to “Patty Duke” by the Ross’s, in a
manner that would keep Anna occupied on her psychiatrist’s
couch for many years to come. “Anna Marie is dead”
Ethel once said to her. “You’re Patty now.” As Patty’s success
continued, the Ross’s behavior would become more and more
distorted and dysfunctional. Condition is very good.
Provenance: personal files of Milton Ebbins. Rare and
very unusual........150-250
167. [FILM] Layte Bowden -
Pan-American Airlines stewardess who kept company with Peter
Lawford for the two years he and his ex-wife, Pat Kennedy, lived
at opposite ends of the country. She was a former beauty queen,
a one-time receptionist and secretary to then-Sen. George
Smathers (D-Fla.) who graced Roll Call’s pages in 1960 as part
of a double header baseball-themed shot, went on to join the jet
set — literally. After leaving the Hill in 1962, she, whom
Life Magazine once featured in an article about “pretty girls”
in Washington, joined the ranks of the Pucci-clad Pan Am
stewardesses. “We were treated like movie stars on Pan Am,” she
said. In her role at the airline, she also flew on White House
press charters as chief purser, accompanying Presidents John
Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon on official
trips. She was with JFK in Berlin when he gave his famous
“Ich bein ein Berliner” speech and in Dallas the day he was
shot. “I was on Air Force One when the word came in” that he had
died, she said. “I fainted in the aisle and somebody got brandy
and poured it down me.” Before she traded in her swinging-single
gal status to marry Butler Aviation CEO Paul Dopp in 1971, the
Floridian said she also dated a dizzying array of Congressmen,
movie stars, and other high-ranking officials, including
then-Rep. John Brademas (D-Ind.), Warren Beatty and Kennedy
brother-in-law and Rat Packer Peter Lawford. She had a small
role in the Lawford-produced film “Billie,” starring Patty Duke.
In the mid-1960s, Dopp and CBS News Anchor Dan Rather began
collaboration on a book based on their experiences traveling
with presidents but never completed it because she “was so busy
having a good time.” Rare ALS, 1966, 1p, to Milt
Ebbins, Peter Lawford's agent and business partner.........75-100
168. Rockwell Kent (1882-1971) American artist, illustrator and author. He studied with the influential painters and theorists of his day, including Arthur Wesley Dow, William Merritt Chase, Robert Henri, Abbott Thayer, and Kenneth Hayes Miller. A transcendentalist and mystic, Kent painted remote and austere lands, including Newfoundland (1914-15), Tierra del Fuego (1922-23), and Greenland (1929; 1931-32; 1934-35).
Collotype offered here from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1925.
Not in Burne Jones. Unsigned. Image sizes
approx. 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches plus clean margins. Printed on
copper plates by hand on French Arches hand-made paper. These
are proof printing. Fine, black impressions, on cream wove
paper, with full margins (1 to 1 1/2 inches), in excellent
condition. Scarce.............100-150
169. [LINCOLN] LEONARD W. VOLK (1828-1895) American sculptor. Most famous for making a life mask of American President Abraham Lincoln. In 1857, he settled in Chicago, where he helped to establish the Academy of Design and was for eight years its head. In 1860 he made a life mask of Lincoln, of whom only one other was ever made (by Clark Mills in 1865). In the early part of spring in 1860, during Abraham Lincoln's visit to Chicago, Volk asked him to sit for a bust. When Lincoln agreed, the artist decided to start by doing a life mask. Lincoln found the process of letting wet plaster dry on his face, followed by a skin-stretching removal process, "anything but agreeable." But he endured it with good humor, and when he saw the final bust, he was quite pleased, declaring it "the animal himself." Volk later used the life mask and bust of 1860 as the basis for other editions, including a full-length statue of Lincoln. Signed 1893 bank check. VG.................100-200
172. James R. Roosevelt, known as "Rosey" [1854-1927] was the older half-brother of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He served as Secretary of the United States Legation in Vienna and as Secretary of the Embassy in London. RARE DOCUMENT FRAGMENT SIGNED, May 1, 1913. Also signed by Warren Delano. Approx. 7-1/2 x 3-1/4 in. VG...........80-120
176. [POLITICS] Misc. lot of politicians: [1] FERRISS, Orange [1814-1894] a Representative from New York. SIGNATURE. [2] BREWER, Francis Beattie [1820-1892] a Representative from New York CLIP SIGNATURE. [3] Howard H. Baker - US senator. TLS, 1982. [4] SWOPE, John Augustus [1827-1910] Representative from Pennsylvania. SIGNATURE. [5] MILLER, Samuel Henry [1840-1918] Representative from Pennsylvania. SIGNATURE. [6] CESSNA, John 1821-1893] Representative from Pennsylvania. SIGNATURE. [7] CHANDLER, Joseph Ripley [1792-1880] Representative from Pennsylvania. SIGNATURE. [8] GILFILLAN, Calvin Willard [1832-1901] Representative from Pennsylvania. SIGNATURE. [9] MOSGROVE, James [1821-1900] Representative from Pennsylvania. CLIP SIGNATURE. [10] FISHER, Horatio Gates[1838-1890] Representative from Pennsylvania. CLIP SIGNATURE........75-100
178. [ART] Filippo Morghen (Florence, 1730 - Naples, 1777) accomplished eighteenth century engraver. He studied art in Rome for a period of seven years before settling in Naples where he created etchings and engravings. Filippo Morghen was a leading engraver for the recent archaeological discoveries detailed in the Antiquities of Herculaneum, published in Naples in 1757, and the sole engraver and publisher of Views of Ruins in the Environs of Naples, published in 1766. In fact, reference is made to the discoveries at Herculaneum (then a Spanish possession) in the lower right corner of this portrait engraving of Charles III, King of Spain, where we see ancient pottery and sculpture as well as archeological tools-of-the-trade, such as a shovel and a pick. Filippo Morghen's fine engravings earned him the title of 'Engraver to the King of the Two Sicilies'. He was also the father and teacher of Rafaello Morghen (1758-1833), one of the most influential engravers of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Carlos III Hispania Atque Indiarum Rex is based upon a design created by the eighteenth century Italian artist, Camillus Paderni (Naples, c. 1720 - 1770). Original Engraving, portrait of Carlos III Hispania Atque Indiarum Rex (Charles III, King of Spain), image approx. 17 X 12" plus margins. Printed on mid eighteenth century hand-made, laid paper. It is a fine, early impression in excellent condition throughout and an outstanding example of the 18th century portrait engraving. This original engraving stands as a prime example of the famous art of Filippo Morghen. VG............250-350
See Morghen portrait179. [ART] Etienne-Gabriel Bocourt (1821-1882) French etcher. Original etching, portrait of the artist Gustave Courbet, image approx. 9-1/4 x 6-1/4" plus margins. The soft crease in scan below is not that visible in real life. VG............100-150
180. [ART] Claude Franqois FORTIER - French engraver, was born in Paris in 1775, and died in the same city in 1835. Original engraving by Fortier, title: "La Matin", image size approx. 10 x 13-1/2" plus wide margins. Circa 1820-1828. Condition: minor foxing spots on verso; minor stains & marks in margin areas; the main flaw, although less visible from front is an offset blue number that must have rested against this print years ago. At first we didn't notice this but its there. We have adjusted the estimate because of this..........75-100
181. [ART] Christian Haldenwang (German, 1770-1831) one of the finest German landscape engravers of the early 19th Century. His main works includes the cycle of the "Four Seasons" after Claude Lorrains paintings in the collection of the Ermitage Leningrad. He born at Durlach in 1770, was articled to Christian von Mechel, an engraver and dealer in art goods at Basle. He lived five years in this establishment, destitute of every means that could promote his education as an artist; for it was rather a factory than a school of art. The examples set before him were only French engravings. He, however, was able to see some of Middiman's ' Select Views in Great Britain,' and others by Woollett, which were probably presents from those artists to Mechel. Seeing these prints excited Haldenwang creating a desire to imitate them, and he determined to make Woollett his model. During the latter part of his time he made some attempts at aquatint, which, though injurious to his health, had beneficial results; for some well-executed works of this class obtained the notice of the Chalcographic Society, and he went to Dessau in 1796, where he remained for eight years, producing many beautiful landscapes, and improving his skill in that style of engraving. The reputation he acquired induced the Margrave Charles Frederick of Baden to appoint him engraver to the court of Carlsruhe, but during the time the French had the ascendancy in Germany, he was obliged to work for the booksellers. It was then that he executed the views in the ' Rhenish Pocket-book,' and the two masterly engravings for the ' Travels in Brazil ' of Prince Maximilian of Neuwied. He also executed four landscapes, after Claude and Ruisdael, for the ' Musee Napo- leon.' He died at Bad Rippoldsau in 1831. Original engraving by Haldenwang, title: "Paysage", image size approx. 11-1/4 x 14-1/2" plus wide clean margins. Circa 1820-1828. Remarkable detail...........100-150
183. MYSTERY LOT of about 74 pieces from 19th & 20th century. Includes: letters; documents; and various ephemera. Oldest item in this lot is 1815. Good lot for eBay sellers or those who like researching items.....80-120
186. [SHOW BIZ] Judy Canova (1913-1983) American comedienne, actress, singer and radio personality. She appeared on Broadway and in films. She hosted her own network radio program, a popular series broadcast from 1943 to 1955. DOCUMENT SIGNED, CONTRACT, NOV. 1, 1957, 3PP, WITH THE WILLIAM MORRIS AGENCY. VG............50-75
189. ROBERT C. GALLO - American Virologist. Though best known for his co-discovery of HIV, Gallo and his team in the early 80s also pioneered the development of the HIV blood test, which enabled health care workers for the first time to screen for the AIDS virus - leading to a more rapid diagnosis while simultaneously protecting patients receiving blood transfusions. His research also helped physicians develop HIV therapies to prolong the lives of those infected with the virus. And, in 1996, his discovery that a natural compound known as chemokines can block the HIV virus and halt the progression of AIDS was hailed by Science magazine as one of that year's most important scientific breakthroughs. SIGNED/inscribed 8x10 photograph.........40-60
190. [FILM] Ann Sothern [1909-2001] American actress. Signed, inscribed 10x8 photo. Accompanied by vintage sheet music from the film "let's Fall In Love" starring Edmund Lowe and Ann Sothern. Both VG............40-60
195. [ART - FRANCE] Alfred-Alexandre
Delauney (1830-1894) - "Group of Oaks, Forest of
Fontainebleau" Original etching after Rousseau, image size: 6 x
9 inches plus wide clean margins, plate signed lower right. c.
1870............150-200
196. George Plimpton (1927-2003) American journalist, writer, editor, and actor. He is best-remembered for his sports writing and for founding The Paris Review. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.......25-35
199. [FILM] Sidney Blackmer [1895-1973] American actor. He was a major character actor in more than 120 films. He won the 1950 Tony Award for Best Actor (Drama) for his role in the Broadway play, Come Back, Little Sheba. In film, Blackmer is remembered for his more than a dozen portrayals of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt and for his role in the Academy Award-winning 1968 Roman Polanski film about urban New York witches, Rosemary's Baby, in which he played an over-solicitous neighbor. Brief ALS written on bottom of a fan's form letter, no date........40-60
202. [MIXED LOT OF AUTOGRAPHS] Comprised of: [1] BARBOUR, John Merrett [1807-1881] jurist, born in Cambridge, Washington County, New York. He studied law in New York and went to Michigan when a very young man; was first elected a justice of the peace, then was made commissioner of internal improvements, and after the expiration of his term was elected county judge, in which capacity he served eight years. He subsequently moved to Saratoga Springs, New York, and then to Washington, District of Columbia, where he was clerk in the office of the solicitor of the treasury. In 1850 he removed to New York, where he advanced slowly to the front rank of his profession. In 1861 he was elected judge of the superior court, and in 1867 was reelected by a heavy majority. On the death of Chief Justice Robertson, Judge Barbour was unanimously chosen to preside in his place. He was an able and well-read lawyer, oftener excelling in the more quiet branches of the law than in the active contests that come before a jury. CLIP SIGNATURE. [2] James T. Pratt (1802-1887) U.S. Representative from Connecticut. Pratt was elected major of the First Regiment of Cavalry in 1834. He served as colonel in 1836. Brigadier general 1837-1839. Major general 1839-1846. He served as adjutant general in 1846. He retired from mercantile pursuits and settled in Rocky Hill, Connecticut. Pratt was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1855). He served as member of the peace convention of 1861 held in Washington, D.C. , in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending war. Signed addressed cover [Franking signature as member of congress]. No postmark. VG [3] W.C. WHITNEY (1841-1904) Sec. of Navy. Clipped signature. [4] E. Phillips Oppenheim (1866-1946) English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers. Signed 3-1/2 x 2-3/8" card. VG. [5] John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell PC, KC (1779-1861) British Liberal politician, lawyer, and man of letters. Campbell was the main sponsor of the Obscene Publications Act 1857 which made the sale of obscene material a statutory offence, for the first time, giving the courts power to seize and destroy offending material. Franking signature on postmarked cover, 1853. [6] Roger Tory Peterson (1908-1996) American naturalist, ornithologist, artist, and educator, and held to be one of the founding inspirations for the 20th century environmental movement. Signature. [7]J. VESEY FITZGERALD (b. 1848) English writer. ALS, 1878. [8] Thomas John Capel [1836-1911] English Roman Catholic priest. He established Roman Catholic University at Kensington [1874-78]; figured as Monsignor Catesby in Disraeli's "Lothair" [1870. He went to California in 1883; prelate in charge of northern California. ALS, 1875, with closing & signature on back of page. To Mr. Walford regarding ceremonies attending the opening of the Catholic University College. One very unobtrusive punch hole. [9] JOHNSON, William Cost [1806-1860] Representative from Maryland. CLIP SIGNATURE. [10] Pearson Menoher [1892-1958] American general and Aide to General Patton. He was a classmate at West Point of President Eisenhower in 1915. He served with the Fifteenth Corps, which became part of General George Patton's Third Army in its drive through Europe in World War II. Signed 1921 Riggs National Bank check. VG. See Gen. Menoher check.............100-150
203. [MUSIC] Melissa Manchester (b. 1951) American singer-songwriter. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photograph. VG..........25-35
204. [ART] Harrison William Weir [1824-1906], known as "The Father of the Cat Fancy", was an English gentleman and artist. He organized the first cat show in England, at The Crystal Palace, London, in July 1871. He and his brother, John Jenner Weir , both served as judges in the show. In 1887 Harrison Weir founded the National Cat Club and was its first President and Show Manager until his resignation in 1890. ALS, no yr., 1p................40-60
205. [ITALY] Cesare Mori [1871-1942] was a
prefect (prefetto) before and during the Fascist period in
Italy. He is known in Italy as the Iron Prefect (Prefetto di
Ferro) because of his iron-fisted campaigns against the Mafia on
Sicily in the second half of the 1920s. SIGNED CARD, Rone,
dated June 21, 1932. Approx. 4.5 x 3.5".........25-35
206. "Jack" LaLanne (1914 - 2011) American fitness, exercise, and nutritional expert and motivational speaker who is sometimes called "the godfather of fitness" and the "first fitness superhero. Signed, inscribed 7x7 photo. VG...........25-35
207.
[BASEBALL] New York Mets 2002 Spring Training
Roster Signed by 8 Mets players: Bobby
Valentine, Charlie Hough, John Stearns, Al Leiter, John
Franco, Gary Mathews Jr., Tony Tarasco, Mookie Wilson.
Approx. 8.5 x 14", one middle fold...........60-80
See above
208. (Colonial Philadelphia ) THOMAS P. COPE (1768-1854) American Merchant, Quaker, Philanthropist, Author, he was the son of Caleb Cope. He was originally from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He became one of Philadelphia's wealthiest citizens, and a politician. He authored "Passages from the Writings of William Penn", also his daughter wrote "Philadelphia Merchant, the Diary of Thomas P. Cope." - PAUL BECK (1760-1844) Revolutionary War Soldier, Wealthy Philadelphia Merchant and philanthropist. He joined the Revolutionary War and was an associate of General Thomas Miflin, and the Clymers. He protected the home of Declaration of Independence SIGNER James Wilson, and is mentioned in the summary of "The Lives of The Signers". He was one of Philadelphia's most eminent personalities and philanthropists. - EDWARD THOMSON (1810-1870) Prominent Philadelphia Bishop, Physician. He was against Methodism., but years later converted and in 1831 became a traveling preacher He was appointed President of Wesleyan University and was for 16 years. He later became Bishop. SIGNATURES of ALL THREE, mounted to a larger piece of very old paper.............50-75
209. [MUSIC] Cora
de Wilhorst [b. 1835] Opera
singer. Signature with sentiment dated 1858. VG...........20-30
210. [FILM] JO VAN FLEET (1914-1996)
Actress, Academy Award. Brief ALS, 1979.
VG.............35-45
211. [FILM] Heinz Woester (1901-1970) was a Swiss film and television actor. Signed, inscribed postcard photo. Condition very good; minor corner crack..........25-35
212. [THEATRE] Adelaide Ristori (1822-1906) distinguished Italian tragedienne, who
was often referred to as the Marquise. AQS, dated London July
16, 1873, written on 8x3 in. card. Fresh
condition..........30-40
213. [ART] Peter Blume [1906-1992] American artist. Blume, born in Smarhon, Russia (present-day Belarus], in a Jewish family, emigrated with his family to New York City in in 1912; the family settled in Brooklyn. He studied art at the Educational Alliance, the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design, and the Art Students League of New York, establishing his own studio by 1926. He trained with Raphael Soyer and Isaac Soyer, exhibited with Charles Daniel, and was patronized by the Rockefeller family. An admirer of Renaissance technique, Blume worked by drawing and making compositional cartoons before putting his work on canvas. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1932 and spent a year in Italy. His first major recognition came in 1934 with a first prize for South of Scranton at a Carnegie Institute International Exhibition. The painting was inspired by a trip across Pennsylvania in an old car that required frequent repair. Eternal City [1934-1937] was politically charged, portraying Benito Mussolini as a jack-in-the-box emerging from the Coliseum; as a one-man, one-painting exhibition, it excited considerable attention from critics and audiences. Signed soft-cover catalog of his paintings & drawings, publ. 1964, 26pp, plus many more pages of illustrations. About 7.5 x 10. Signed inside on flyleaf - bold signature............50-75
See Blume catalog
214. [MUSIC] Leslie Bassett (b. 1923) American composer of classical music, and the University of Michigan's Albert A. Stanley Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Composition. Bassett received the 1966 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his Variations for Orchestra. AMQS on 3x5 card. VG.........50-75
215. [ART] Sir Charles Thomas Wheeler KCVO RA (1892-1974) British sculptor, and the
first sculptor to hold the Presidency of the Royal Academy (from
1956 through 1966). ANS on card, 1957. About 3x5". VG..........25-35
216. [ART] ANNI ALBERS (1899-1994) Textile Artist considered the foremost textile artist of the twentieth century. Born in Berlin she studied weaving and taught at the Bauhaus until it was closed in 1933, and afterwards immigrated to the United States where she continued to make innovative textiles and prints From the time she was a young student at the, she created wall hangings that stand on their own as abstract works of art, comparable in their boldness and modernism to some of the bravest paintings of the epoch. In her upholstery, drapery fabrics, and other functional materials. She married the great painter Josef Albers. Brief TLS dtd 2/10/83.................50-75
217. KEN BERRY (1933) American comedic actor. Signed document - application for Membership in AFTRA, dated 1-5-1957............30-40
218. [DELAWARE] Bill Roth (1921-2003) U.S. Senator from Delaware. Signed & inscribed color 8x10 photo.............25-35
219. [OKLAHOMA] Don Nickles (b. 1948) US Senator from Oklahoma from
1981-2005. SIGNED & INSCRIBED color 8x10
photo..........20-30
220. [FILM] MARTHA SCOTT [1912-2003]
actress. In both The Ten Commandments and Ben-Hur, she
played Charlton Heston's mother. ISP, 8 x
10............30-40
221. [BRITISH NAVAL] WILL CHAMBERS -
Rear Admiral. ALS, no date but c. 1807, 1p, folio. To Phitt
Vanbrugh. Vanbrugh's docket on verso reads "Rear Adm.
Chamber's advising that he will wait on me being just come to
Town." The text area is very good but there are marginal
faults.........50-75
222. [NORTH DAKOTA] Kent Conrad (b.1948) US senator from North Dakota. In April 2006, he was selected by Time Magazine as one of "America's 10 Best Senators." Signed & inscribed color 8x10 photo.....25-35
223. [KENTUCKY] Wendell Ford (b. 1924) the longest-serving US senator in Kentucky history. Signed & inscribed color 8x10 photo..........25-35
225. [NOBEL PRIZE] Glenn T. Seaborg (1912-1999) American scientist who won the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements," contributed to the discovery and isolation of ten elements, developed the actinoids concept and was the first to propose the actinoids series which led to the current arrangement of the Periodic Table of the Elements. Signed 1982 FDC honoring Robert Millikan one of the most illustrious scientists of the U.S. Clean, with cachet.........40-60
226. BEVERLY BAYNE [1894-1982] actress. Brief ALS, n.d.......35-45
227. [COUNTRY MUSIC] "Mother" Maybelle Carter (1909-1978) American country musician. She is best known as a member of the historic Carter Family act in the 1920s and 1930s and also as a member of Mother Maybelle and the Carter Sisters. She has signed a book page photograph, about 8x6". Also signed by Helen Carter (1927-1998) American country music singer. The eldest daughter of Maybelle Carter, she performed with her mother and her younger sisters, June Carter and Anita Carter, as a member of Mother Maybelle and the Carter Sisters, a pioneering all female country/folk music group. The group was also known as The Carter Family. Signed by both. VG............50-75
228. SIMON LAKE (1866-1945) American mechanical engineer and naval architect who obtained over two hundred patents for advances in naval design and competed with John Holland to build the first submarines for the United States Navy. SIGNED Document -check dedicated and signed by him 1910. With COA from The Simon Lake Collection..........................75-100
229. [FILM] Wynne Gibson (1905-1987) American actress of the 1930s. Early in her career she had a small part in a film but had no special interest in appearing before the camera. It was the stage that interested her and she began her stage career in chorus and was soon playing leads. She toured Europe then returned to America and tried for a dramatic part but failed and returned to musical comedy. Paramount signed her when about to film Nothing But the Truth (1929), starting her success which continued in some 50 films between 1929 and 1956 although many were B movies. Gibson was a long-time companion of former Warner Brothers actress Beverly Roberts. AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT SIGNED, not dated, 1p. She answers 2 questions on a questionaire. About 5 lines plus signature in her hand. 8.5 x 11". VG..........25-35
230. James Duff, 4th Earl of Fife KT, GCH (1776-1857) was a Scot who became a Spanish general. On 9 September 1799 he married Mary Caroline Manners (second daughter of daughter of John Manners and Louisa Tollemache, 7th Countess of Dysart ), who died on 20 December 1805 without children. Thereupon Duff sought distraction in 1808 by volunteering to join the Spaniards in their war against Napoleon . His assistance was gladly received, especially as he came full of enthusiasm and with a full purse, and he was made a major-general in the Spanish service. He served with great distinction at the battle of Talavera , where he was severely wounded in trying to rally the Spanish runaways, and was only saved from becoming a prisoner by the gallantry of his lifelong friend, Major (afterwards Lieutenant-general Sir) S. F. Whittingham. In that year, 1809, he became Viscount Macduff on his father's accession to the Irish earldom of Fife, but he still continued to serve in Spain, and was present during the defence of Cadiz against Marshal Victor, and was again severely wounded in the attack on Fort Matagorda in 1810. On 17 April 1811 he succeeded his father as fourth Earl Fife, and as Lord Lieutenant of Banffshire, and returned to Britain, after being made for his services a knight of the order of St. Ferdinand. He was elected M.P. for Banffshire in 1818, and made a lord in waiting in the following year. He was created a peer of the United Kingdom as Lord Fife on 27 April 1827, in which year he was also made a knight of the Thistle. He soon afterwards retired altogether to Scotland, where he lived at Duff House , Banffshire. SIGNED address panel postmarked 1833. Tipped to page from book mentioning him..........25-35
231. Martin F. Tupper (1810-1889) was an English writer, and poet, and the author of Proverbial Philosophy. ANS, 1876, mounted to album page...........20-30
232. [ART] Peter Blume (1906-1992) American painter and sculptor. His first major recognition came in 1934 with a first prize for South of Scranton at a Carnegie Institute International Exhibition. Signed 3x5 card. VG.........20-30
233. [MUSIC] Gunther Schuller (b. 1925) American composer,
conductor. AMQS, dated Feb. 4, 2000, from "Of
Reminiscences and Reflections" [1993]. 9-3/4 x 2-1/2".
VG....75-100
235. [CARTOON] Ted Key (1912-2008) American cartoonist and writer. He is best known as the creator of the cartoon panel Hazel,which was later the basis for a television series of the same name. Signed, inscribed 3x6" original drawing of Hazel, dated 1973, accompanied by envelope with signature in return address......60-80
236. Ivy Litvinov [1889-1977] English writer, wife of Soviet Foreign Affairs minister. Ivy Lowe, born in London in 1889 of the unlikely union of a Jewish intellectual and the daughter of an Indian army colonel, grew up to be a writer and a rebel. The man she met in 1914 and married two years later was the Bolshevik revolutionary, Maksim Litvinov (born Meyer Genokh Wallakh to Orthodox Jewish parents). He became one of the most important figures in the Soviet Union and was ultimately Stalin's Minister of Foreign Affairs and ambassador to Washington. Ivy spent most of her long life in Moscow. She never took to being the Commissar's wife, but devoted herself to literature. Her writing is almost without exception a heightened autobiography, the collection of short stories depicting her daily life and observations. The fact that she survived under Stalin is remarkable, although there was an unexplained year when she was virtually in exile in the Urals, separated from her husband and two children. The happiest time of her life was when Maxim was the ambassador to the United States, and she and America fell in love with one another. Her dynamic, bohemian personality entranced Americans and she was fêted by artists, film stars, writers and statesmen alike. It is perhaps appropriate that many of her stories were first published in the New Yorker. They were collected in 1971 under the title She Knew She Was Right. "She also translated into English her husband's speeches and party tracts and later such Russian classics as Pushkin, Turgenev, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, and Chekhov." "Her final years were spent adding to a disorderly pile of unpublished manuscripts, but never producing the volume of memoirs about high life in the Kremlin that was expected of her. In fact, she always remained something of an outsider, and her fifty-year sojourn in the Soviet Union owed more to personal loyalty to her husband, and later her children, than to sympathy with Communist ideology." ANS written on postcard, postmarked May 9, 1960, saying she has just become a great grandmother. "Please you don't have to congratulate me!" She is writing to the celebrated journalist Leonard Lyons [1906-1976]. Signed "Ivy". She writes on front side "Do you remember?" Uncommon autograph.............100-150
Other side237. BILL
HEADS - collection of 36,
dating from 1874 to 1905, mostly illustrated. 26 from New York
and 10 from other cities like Boston, Providence, and an early
one from Liverpool [no year showing]. Varied conditions but most
are G-VG..........60-80
240. [MUSIC] Country Joe McDonald (b. 1942) American musician who was the lead singer of the 1960s psychedelic rock group Country Joe and the Fish. Signed 10x8 printed picture. Only very minor faults.........25-35
241. [FILM - THEATRE] Marie Lohr (1890 - 1975) Australian film and stage actress. Her first film appearance was in the 1932 film version of Aren't We All?, having appeared in several of George Bernard Shaw's works onstage - her subsequent films included two Shaw adaptations. Signed 1929 real photograph postcard, 3.5 x 5.5". Top right corner crack.............25-35
242. [MUSIC] Sir Julius Benedict [1804-1885] German-born composer and conductor, resident in England for most of his career. BRIEF ALS WRITTEN ON BOTH SIDES, 1861. Moderate toning at bottom edge...........50-75
243. [FILM] Lucien Hubbard (1888-1971)
film producer and screenwriter. He is best known for producing
Wings, for which he received the first Academy Award
for Best Picture. Lucien produced and or wrote ninety-two
films over the course of his career. He lived in the same
house in Beverly Hills until the day he died; he was an avid
polo player and would frequently ride out of the stables
located, in those days, at the rear of his Hillcrest Road
property, to Will Rogers' house in the Palisades; he also
occasionally rode his horse to Paramount Studios where he had
been elevated to president shortly after the Academy Award
winning Wings which he produced, was released. This film
helped director William A. Wellman's rise into major studio
films. Before coming to Los Angeles, he was night editor
of The New York Times. He had written five screenplays on the
side and decided one day to travel to Hollywood to see if he
could sell any of them; he sold three and in 1923, his career
was launched. A film he loved was entitled The Vanishing
American and it was the first film to portray the
Indian in a favorable light; he received an award from the
Cherokee nation for this film. He discovered and mentored many
talents over the life of his career and was known as a very
generous man with a sharp eye for good writers. TLS,
on Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer letterhead, 1935, to John C. Brownell
(1877-1961) the writer and actor, known for Three Wise
Crooks (1925), The Nut Farm (1935) and Bad Company
(1925). Signed "Lucien". VG.......80-120
See above
244. [ART] George Cooke [1781-1834] Well-known English engraver; he was the father of Edward William Cooke [1811-1880], the noted painter. ALS, 1825, 1p, 4-3/8 x 7-1/4 in. In part "....The Plate will be ready in one month - will that do?..." VG............60-80
Click to see Cooke letter245. [FILM] Trevor Howard (1913-1988) English film, and stage actor. Signed & inscribed 8x10 photo. VG..........50-75
See Trevor Howard247. [ART] Peggy Bacon, one of America's most famous women artists. An ORIGINAL painting by the famous American artist, Peggy Bacon. Done in mixed media, she used ink and what appears to be a combination of watercolor and thinned oil paint. She has signed and dated this work 1971, and titled it THE BABES IN THE WOODS. The mat opening is 14 x 22.5 in. Executed on paper and in fine condition. Prints by Peggy Bacon are fairly common in the market, although expensive, and her paintings are quite scarce as the small number of auction records would indicate. This is a superb example of Bacon's work and should be considered important. Obviously its dark because the bear cubs are in the woods. This is guaranteed authentic and to have been painted and signed by Peggy Bacon, and we will send along a letter stating this. PEGGY BACON [1895-1987] A printmaker, illustrator, and author of children's books, Peggy Bacon later turned exclusively to fine art painting in watercolor, pastel, and oil. Her 1934 book of caricatures, "Off With Their Heads," established her as a leading satirist. Much of her work is satirical and lighthearted and frequently a commentary on the New York art world. She also chose many ordinary events in the lives of city people, giving these pieces a wry twist. She was born in Ridgefield, Connecticut to artist parents and studied at the Art Student's League. There in her drypoints, first completed in 1919, she was especially influenced by the realistic prints of John Sloan and George Bellows, but her style, with flattened forms and hardened contours, was more modern and abstract. In 1920, she married artist Alexander Brook, and during the next decade they were prominent figures in the Woodstock art colony. During the 1920s, she had two one-woman shows in New York and also illustrated and wrote numerous children's books. A satirical work on thirty-nine well known fellow artists, written in 1934 and called "Off With Their Heads," was funded by the Guggenheim Foundation. The book was greatly successful and stirred a demand for her caricatures, but she shied away from those subjects because they were hurtful to the subjects. In the late 1920s, she had began to explore lithographs, etchings, and pastel, but drypoint remained her favorite medium until the 1950s when she concentrated on oil painting. She was financially successful, selling her work well in New York, and she and her husband were part of the group of artists promoted by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. In 1940, she and her husband were divorced, and she continued to paint and also wrote novels. Her 1953 mystery, "The Inward Eye," earned the Edgar Allen Poe Mystery Award for best novel of the year. She lived to age ninety-two, spending the later years of her life at Cape Porpoise, Maine..............5000-7000
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250. [SPACE] CLYDE TOMBAUGH (1906-1997) American Astronomer. He was the final discoverer of planet PLUTO after many years of research. When he was 22 he had a home-made 9 inch reflector that he used to makde drawings of Saturn and Jupiter from. After sending his pictures to Lowell Observatory for critique, he was immediately offered a position as astronomical photographer. Later, his research gained him another position as researcher, and his goal was to find the infamous Planet X, which would later be Pluto. Finally, on March 12, 1930, Pluto was discovered. Afterwards, he continued to discover a comet, five open clusters, globular cluster, and a supercluster of galaxes stretching from Andromeda to Perseus - ANS dtd 3/23/1994 regretting he has no photographs...........50-75
251 [RELIGION] Mystery Document Signed. Approx. 12 x 8" on paper. Appears to be from Italy or Spain of religious content. See scan below. Certainly worthy of research..........100-150
252. Theodore E. Hook
(1788-1841) English man of letters and composer. He is best
known for his practical jokes, particularly the Berners Street
Hoax in 1809. At the age of sixteen, in conjunction with his
father, he scored a dramatic success with The Soldier's
Return, a comic opera, and this he followed up with a
series of popular ventures with John Liston and Charles Mathews,
including Teleki. Hook then became a playboy and
practical joker, best known for the Berners Street Hoax in 1809,
in which he arranged for dozens of tradesmen, and notables such
as the Lord Mayor of London, the Governor of the Bank of
England, the Chairman of the East India Company, and the Duke of
Gloucester to visit Mrs Tottenham at 54 Berners Street, to win a
bet that he could transform any house in London into the most
talked-about address within a week. ALS, nd, 1p......100-150
253. Emory Washburn (1800-1877) Governor of Massachusetts from 1854 to 1855. Along with distant cousin Ichabod Washburn, he helped found Worcester Polytechnic Institute. ALS, 1875, 2pp., 5x8". VG...........40-60
254. [FILM] Theodore Bikel (b.1924) actor, folk singer and musician. He made his film debut in The African Queen (1951) and was nominated for an Academy award for his supporting role as Sheriff Max Muller in The Defiant Ones (1958). SIGNED, INSCRIBED 10X8 PHOTO FROM "FIDDLER ON THE ROOF." VG.............35-45
255. [FILM-MUSIC] Geraldine Farrar (1882-1967) American soprano opera singer and film actress. She had a large following among young women, who were nicknamed "Gerry-flappers". ALS, 1962, written on both sides, sending thanks for birthday greetings to friends and saying she had been suffering with the "shingles." VG.........60-80
256. Sir George Hubert Wilkins (1888- 1958) Australian polar explorer, pilot, soldier, geographer and photographer. Signed card. VG.......30-40
257. Stewart
Edward White [1873-1946] Am. author. Sig.
w/sentiment 1925.....20-30
258. George Opdyke (1805 -
1880) was an entrepreneur and the Mayor of New York (1862 to
1863) during the American Civil War. He joined the Republican
Party and its anti-slavery platform. He was a delegate to the
Buffalo Free Soil Party convention in 1848, and served on its
committee on resolutions. He was a candidate for U.S. Congress
on the Free Soil ticket in New Jersey. He was a member
of the New York State Assembly (New York Co., 14th D.) in
1859, and was a delegate to the 1860 Republican National
Convention where he played a role in the nomination of Abraham
Lincoln. As mayor, Opdyke recruited and equipped troops
for the war and responded to draft riots. His company was the
largest clothing manufacturing and merchandiser in the
area. Document Signed, March 5, 1863, signed as
Mayor of New York City. Approx. 8-1/4 x 3-3/4". VG.............40-60
259. [FILM] Richard Todd [1919-2009] Irish-born British stage and film actor and soldier. Clip signature, approx. 4 x 1.5"..........25-35
260. [THEATRE] Helen Hayes (1900-1993) two-time Academy Award-winning American actress whose successful and award-winning career spanned almost 70 years. She eventually garnered the nickname "First Lady of the American Theater", and was one of the nine people who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony Award. SIGNATURE on album page..........20-30
261. [MUSIC] Seals and Crofts
are Jim Seals (b. 1941) and Dash Crofts (b.1940). The soft rock duo was
one of the most successful musical acts of the 1970s. They are
best-known for their hits "Summer Breeze" and "Diamond Girl".
Both have signed & inscribed the same slip of paper, 4 x
7-3/4 in. VG..........25-35
262. Lot M Morrill
(1813-1883) 28th Governor of Maine; United States Senate and
as Secretary of the Treasury appointed by President Ulysses S.
Grant. Signature on 5 x 3" slip. VG........ 25-35
263. Robert Collyer
(1823-1912) English-born American Unitarian
clergyman. ALS, 1884, 1p......60-80
264. Maurice Hewlett (1861-1923) English historical novelist, poet and essayist. ALS, 1912. 1p......50-75
265. [ITALY] Guglielmo Ferrero (1871-1942) Italian historian, journalist and novelist, author of the Greatness and Decline of Rome (5 vols., published after English translation 1907-1909). Ferrero devoted his writings to classical liberalism and he opposed any kind of dictatorship and Big Government. ALS, 1906, 1p. 4-1/4 x 7". VG.........50-75
266. Julia Frankau (1863-1916) was a successful novelist under the name of Frank Danby. She married the poet Arthur Frankau. With him, she became the mother of the author Gilbert Frankau and the actor Ronald Frankau. She is thus grandparent of Pamela Frankau. During the 1890s, she focused on engraving and wrote about this topic. She returned to writing fiction in 1902. SIGNATURE with Pseud. & sentiment.................20-30
267. [FILM] Shirley Ross (1913-1975) American actress and
singer. Her film career began in 1933 and the following year she
introduced the melody of the song "Blue Moon" for the Clark
Gable movie Manhattan Melodrama, only with different lyrics.
Ross first achieved prominence appearing opposite Bing Crosby in
the 1937 film Waikiki Wedding, in which she and Crosby sang
"Blue Hawaii". In The Big Broadcast of 1938 she sang "Thanks for
the Memory" with Bob Hope. She again teamed with Hope the
following year to sing "Two Sleepy People" in the 1938 film
Thanks for the Memory. Ross also introduced "The Lady's in Love
with You" in the 1939 film Some Like It Hot featuring Bob Hope,
which is not the 1959 comedy starring Marilyn Monroe, Jack
Lemmon, and Tony Curtis, although both films share the same
name. Her sole Broadway appearance was in the Rodgers and Hart
musical Higher and Higher in 1940. Ross recorded four songs from
the show including "It Never Entered My Mind". She made her
final film, A Song for Miss Julie, in 1945. ANS, 1938, 1p. VG..........25-35
268. [FRANCE] Emile Egger [1813-1885] French scholar who was born in Paris. From 1840 to 1855, Egger was assistant professor, and from 1855 until his death he was professor of Greek literature in the Faculté des Lettres at Paris University. In 1854 Egger was elected a member of the Académie des Inscriptions and in 1873 of the Conseil supérieur de l'instruction publique. Egger was a voluminous writer, a sound and discerning scholar, and his influence was largely responsible for the revival of the study of classical philology in France. ALS, 1854, 3pp. Not translated........50-75
269. [MEDICINE] Ferdinand-Jean Darier (1856 -1938) French physician, pathologist and dermatologist called the "father of modern dermatology in France". Darier discovered several diseases, most notably Darier's disease. ALS, 1924, 3pp, 5 x 6.5". Pin holes upper corner o/w VG. Not translated..........80-120
270. [MUSIC] (NEIL SEDAKA) Contract signed by his wife and manager Leha Sedaka, 16pp for performance on November 18, 1992, with many notes and statements written in. Signed fully by Mrs. Sedaka 4 times and numerous initials. Very indepth contract!. VG...........50-75
271. Augustus Trowbridge [1870-1934] Am. physicist, inventor. Signature......20-30
272. John Morley [1838-1923] British statesman. Signed address panel addressed to Prime Minister Earl of Rosebury........25-35
273. John Morley [1838-1923] British statesman. Signed envelope addressed to William Gladstone, Prime Minister. No postmark..........25-35
274. Henry M. Baird (1832-1906), American historian and educationalist. He is best known as a historian of the Huguenots. SIGNATURE with sentiment on card 1885.......20-30
275. [MUSIC] Erminia Rudersdorff (1822–1882)
German operatic soprano, the mother of Richard Mansfield, the
English actor, manager. AMQS, 2-1/2 bars, "Adagio", dated
Boston, 1872 on 12mo card mounted to larger card.
VG.......50-75
276. Ben Turner
[1912-1966] American painter.
Signature...........20-30
277. Clarence Cook
(1828-1900) American author and art critic. Between 1863 and
1869, Cook wrote a series of articles about American art for The
New York Tribune. In 1869, he moved to France and was the
Parisian correspondent for The New York Tribune until the onset
of the Franco-Prussian War. Cook was known for his expertise in
archeology and antiquities and was instrumental in the criticism
of the collection of General di Cesnola. In the mid-1850s Cook
began to read works by John Ruskin and associated with a group
of American artists, writers, and architects who followed
Ruskin's thinking. Through this group he became aware of the
British Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. In 1863, with Clarence King
and John William Hill he helped to found the Society for the
Advancement of Truth in Art, an American group, similar to the
Pre-Raphaelites, who published a journal called The New Path. In
1869 Cook wrote A Description of the New York Central Park. In
1877, articles on home furnishings that Cook had written for
Scribner's Monthly were published as a book entitled The House
Beautiful. In 1879, Cook served as editor for Wilhelm Lübke's
History of Art. ALS, 1896, 1p, 4.5 x 7". Declines invitation.
Fine...........50-75
278. [BRITAIN] Elizabeth, Lady Eastlake (1809-1893) British author, art critic and art historian who was the first woman to write regularly for the Quarterly Review. She is known not only for her writing, but also for her significant role in the London art world while her husband, Sir Charles Eastlake, was director of the National Gallery there. Signature with sentiment clipped from letter. Mounted. VG.........40-60
279. [MUSIC] Hans-Werner Janssen
(1899-1990) American conductor of classical music, and
composer of classical music and film scores. He
began to compose jazz songs for Tin Pan Alley. He made
recordings as a pianist of two of his popular songs in 1920. He
composed for the Ziegfeld Follies of 1925 and 1926 and wrote
several songs which became national hits. He was appointed
associate conductor of the New York Philharmonic for the
1934-1935 season, and on 8 November 1934 became the first
American-born conductor to lead the orchestra. He was conductor
of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra from 1937 through
1939. While Janssen filled roles as guest conductor, he
was also contracted to write film music. His first credited film
score was for The General Died at Dawn (1936), which was
nominated for an Academy Award, the first of six Janssen scored
films to be nominated. In 1939, he resigned his position with
the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra to work with film producer
Walter Wanger. He composed several other film scores including
Blockade (1938), Winter Carnival (1939), Eternally Yours (1939),
Slightly Honorable (1940), The House Across the Bay (1940),
Guest in the House (1944), The Southerner (1945), Captain Kidd
(1945), A Night in Casablanca (1946), Ruthless (1948), and Uncle
Vanya (1957), starring and co-directed by Franchot Tone. He was
also responsible for the score for the 1966 German television
production Robin Hood, der edle Ritter (Robin Hood, the Noble
Knight). TLS, 1947, 1p, to William Singhoff at
the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles, offering him music
stands & a shell, as he is leaving for a Portland
appointment, presumably to conduct. Envelope included.
8-1/2 x 11 in.........50-75
280. [MUSIC] Harold Bauer (1873-1951)
the noted pianist who began his musical career as a
violinist. On 18 December 1908, he gave the world premiere
performance of Claude Debussy's piano suite Children's Corner in
Paris. After that he settled in the United States, and was a
founder of the Beethoven Association. In later life, he became
the principal piano teacher at the well known Manhattan School
of Music, and was known for his master classes. Today, the
Harold Bauer Award is given to promising pianists at the
school. San Francisco Symphony Orchestra program,
1926, signed inside. 8-1/2 x 10-3/4 in. VG.........50-75
See above
See cover
281. CHARLES SAWYER ( 1887-1980) American Cabinet Official/Politician. He was Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, 1933-35; member of Democratic National Committee from Ohio, 1936-44; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1940; U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, 1944-45; U.S. Minister to Luxembourg, 1944-45; U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1948-53 under Harry S. Truman - TLS dtd 2/18/74. One corner stain.............25-35
283. Helen Miller Gould Shepard (1868-1938) American philanthropist, the first born daughter of Jay Gould. At the commencement of the Spanish-American War, she donated $100,000 to the United States government in support of the war. She gave an additional $50,000 toward military hospital supplies and was active in the Women's National War Relief Association, working in a hospital for wounded soldiers. She donated the library building at New York University and began the Hall of Fame. She gave $10,000 for the engineering school. She gave additional contributions to Rutgers College. Both the YMCA and the YWCA benefited from her contributions, as well as other organizations. She was a member of the board of the Russell Sage Foundation and of the national board of the YWCA. ALS, 1905, 3pp. VG...........50-75
284. [FILM] James Fox [b. 1939] English actor. He first appeared on film in The Miniver Story in 1950. His other early film appearances were made under the name William Fox. During the 1960s he gained popularity and appeared to be heading for stardom. His roles in films such as The Servant (1963), Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965), King Rat (1965), The Chase (1966), Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967), Isadora (1968) and Performance (1970) (alongside Mick Jagger), as well as his relationship with actress Sarah Miles, had made him a media personality. Signed photo 3.5 x 5.5". VG..............25-35
287. Donald Hall (b. 1928) American poet. He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (commonly known as the Poet Laureate of the United States) in 2006. TLS, 2001, 1p. Says he has never written an autobiography "...but I have written much memoir." Mentions several titles. To Mr. Allen.........40-60
288. [BRITAIN] Dame Genevieve Ward DBE (1837-1922) born Lucy Genevieve Teresa Ward, was an American-born British soprano and actress. She was created a Dame Commander of the British Empire. AUTOGRAPH QUOTE SIGNED, 1919. "Cheerfulness is the sunny rey of life." VG..........20-30
290. [MUSIC] Eula Beal (1919-2008)
American contralto. During her relatively short touring career,
she performed with distinguished collaborators not only in
concert but also in Concert Magic, a 1947 film billed as
"the first motion picture concert." Touring the United
States as a concert contralto in the 1940s, she appeared with
orchestras including the Phoenix Symphony and the Los Angeles
Philharmonic. With the latter ensemble, she performed in two
works by Gustav Mahler: his Eighth Symphony, under Eugene
Ormandy at the Hollywood Bowl, and
Kindertotenlieder. Beal's operatic appearances included
interpretations of Erda in Wagner's Siegfried and the innkeeper
in Boris Godunov with the San Francisco Opera during the 1948
season. She also sang at Radio City Music Hall and the
Tanglewood Festival with the Boston Pops. Signed
program, 6 x 9 in. Tape remains at two
corners...............40-60
See above
291. [ART] Richard Artschwager [b.1923] American painter and sculptor. Brief ANS on picture postcard, 2003. Pictured on front beside his art work..........35-45
292. [THEATRE} Madge Kennedy [1891-1987] silent film and stage actress. Kennedy first started out on Broadway with the show, Little Miss Brown. This was a farce in three acts presented at the 48th Street Theater in August 1912. Critics found Kennedy's performance most pleasing, writing, "Miss Kennedy's youth, good looks, and marked sense of fun helped her to make a decidedly favorable impression last night." After making movies for three years she returned to the New York stage in November 1920. Kennedy played in Cornered, staged at the Astor Theatre. Produced by Henry Savage, the play was taken from the writing of Dodson Mitchell. Kennedy performed a dual role. She acted the character of a widow in the comedy Beware of Widows which was produced by the Maxine Elliott Theatre in December 1925. A reviewer for The New York Times remarked about Kennedy's physical beauty as well as her skill as a comedian. She returned to Broadway in her later years, performing in August 1965 with Ruth Gordon, in A Very Rich Woman. That was her first stage appearance in 33 years. ALS, 1981, 1p. "....What can I say of my joy in a profession for so many years - To be a part of it and to share my happiness with the wonderful.....audience - is the end of the rainbow..." Accompanied by unsigned sheet music from "Poppy" with W.C. Fields, 1923. VG........40-60
293. CLARENCE BARNHART (1900-1993) American Lexicographer. Perhaps his most lasting contribution to lexicography was his editing of the American College Dictionary (1947), which introduced the participation of leading linguists and psychologists and was the forerunner of the entire line of Random House dictionaries. TLS, 1981. Mail crease runs right through the signature..........10-20
294. Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833-1908) American poet, critic, and essayist was born at Hartford, Connecticut. SIGNATURE WITH SENTIMENT.........20-30
295. [MUSIC] Stanislav Skrowaczewski - composer, conductor. Sig. in return address.....15-20
296. William Robert Ware (1832-1915) American architect, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts into a family of the Unitarian clergy. He received his professional education at Milton Academy, Harvard College and Harvard's Lawrence Scientific School. He is credited with designing the High Street Church in Brookline, Massachusetts while at the first firm he partnered, Philbrick and Ware, and Harvard's Memorial and Weld Halls, the Episcopal Divinity School campus at Harvard University, and the Ether Monument at the Boston Public Garden while at the second firm he partnered, Ware and Van Brunt. In 1865, Ware became the first professor of architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1881 he moved to New York City and founded the School of Architecture at Columbia University, which began as the Architecture Department in the Columbia School of Mines. He retired in 1903. Clip Signature........20-30
297. [TV] Lea Thompson (b. 1961) American actress and director. She is best known for her 1990s NBC situation comedy Caroline in the City and her portrayal of Marty McFly's mother in the Back to the Future trilogy. Signed/inscribed 8x10 photo. VG..........20-30
298. [BUSINESS] DONALD TRUMP - signed 1957 FDC honoring American Flag. Stamp addressed. Still nice......................35-45
299. [BUSINESS] DONALD TRUMP - signed & inscribed 3x5 card.....20-30
300. [FILM] LLOYD BRIDGES [1913-1998]
American actor. Bridges starred in television series, and
appeared in more than 150 films. Signed/inscribed 8 x 10 photo.
VG.......25-35
301. [CINEMA] BILLY BARTY (1924-2000) American Actor he made several films appearances from at least 1931 onward, most often cast due to his height as bratty children. He was a peripheral member of an "Our Gang" rip-off in the Mickey McGuire comedy shorts, portrayed the infant-turned-pig in Alice in Wonderland (1932), did a turn in blackface as a "shrunken" Eddie Cantor in Roman Scandals (1933) and frequently popped up as a lasciviously leering baby in the risqué musical highlights of Busby Berkeley's Warner Bros. films. One of Barty's most celebrated cinema moments occurred in 1937's Nothing Sacred, in which, playing a small boy, he pops up out of nowhere to bite Fredric March in the leg.TV audiences began to connect his name with his face in the 1950s when Barty was featured on various variety series hosted by bandleader Spike Jones. SIGNED/inscribed 8x10 photograph....................35-45
302. [NOBEL PRIZE] HERBERT C. BROWN
(1912-2004) British born, American Chemist- Nobel Prize -perhaps
best known for his explorations of the role of boron in organic
chemistry. He discovered that the simplest compound of boron and
hydrogen, diborane, adds with remarkable ease to unsaturated
organic molecules to give organoboranes. Awarded the 1979 Nobel
Prize for Chemistry - SIGNED 4x5 photograph.............25-35
303. WARREN MAGNUSON (1904-1988) American Politician. He was a US Rep from the State of Washington from 1937-1944. He then served in the Navy during WW2. After the war he ran for the US Senate and was elected from 1944-1981. He was one the most powerful senators ever from his home state. SIGNED 8x10 portrait photogragh...................20-30
304. Arthur Cleveland Bent (1866-1954)
American ornithologist. He is notable for his encyclopedic
21-volume work, Life Histories of North American Birds,
published 1919-1968 and completed posthumously. Following a
request from the Smithsonian Institution in 1910, Bent started
work on the project that would dominate the rest of his life.
Using his own experiences, the published literature, and
contributions from hundreds of others, he put together by far
the most comprehensive repository of knowledge about the biology
of the birds of North America. His accounts were published
progressively in the United States National Museum Bulletin.
ALS, Smithsonian Institution, Jan. 5, 1929, 1p. Sends thanks to
Arthur Norton of Portland, Maine, for sending picture owl. "I
suppose you took near Portland. I shall file it away for future
use in Life Histories..." With envelope.............75-100
305. [MUSIC] Nedda Casei [b. 1932] American operatic mezzo-soprano. Signed 1983 FDC honoring the Met Opera. Clean with cachet. Nice..........25-35
306. [MUSIC] ALEXANDER GOEHR [b. 1932] British composer who has written some organ music. Signed personal note card, 2003, with sentiment. 6x4. Fine..........25-35
307. [SCIENCE]
Henri CARTAN (1904-2008) one of France's leading
mathematician's. He made fundamental advances in the
theory of analytic functions, worked on the theory of
sheaves, homological theory, algebraic topology and
potential theory. He wrote under the name Bourbaki with
some 30 Volumes. ANS, 1992, with signed return address
envelope/both signed H. Cartan...........25-35
308.
309. [SPACE] Gerald "Jerry" Carr (b. 1932) American astronaut. Signed, inscribed color litho. portrait in space suit, Sky Lad III. VG..........35-45
310. [BOXING] Carmine Basilio (1927-2012)
Welterweight & Middleweight Champion of the World. Signed
8x10 photo. VG.........35-45
311. [MUSIC] Jacob Avshalomov [b. 1919] Jewish American composer and conductor. Signed 3.5 x 4" photo. VG..........25-35
313. Lloyd Bridges [1913-1998]
American actor. Signed rider to a contract "Where the artist
agrees to pay commission to agent...". Not dated,
1p.............40-60
314. [MUSIC] Leonid Hambro [1920-2006] American concert pianist and composer. Clip signature with sentiment...........25-35
316. [MILITARY] ROBERT B. JOHNSTON - American 3-star general USMC. SIGNED/INSCRIBED color 8x10 photo in uniform..............25-35
317. JOSEPH
C. G. KENNEDY (1813-1887), noted
American statistician. His grandfather, Andrew Ellicott,
surveyed and planned the national capital in 1791. His father
was a Revolutionary war surgeon on Gen. Washington's staff. He
was appointed by Pres. Taylor to be secretary of the U S. census
board. He drafted the bill that created the Census Bureau and
was its Superintendent in 1850 and 1860. He was internationally
known and honored. ALS, 2 full pages from Washington June 30,
1858, to Mrs. Francis B. Stockton. Kennedy writes on behalf of
Congressman Sickles (General Daniel E. Sickles) who wishes to
continue renting from Mrs. Stockton the house Sickles is
presently occupying. VG.............50-75
318. Richmond Lattimore (1906
- 1984) American poet and translator known for his translations
of the Greek classics, especially his versions of the Iliad and
Odyssey, which are generally considered as among the best
English translations available. Signed 1p. typescript from his
poem "Sonnett on Hope." VG......40-60
319. [ART] Eduard Georg Gehbe [1845-1935] German Painter, Illustrator. Signed postcard reproduction of his work "Salzburg," signed on front with notes............35-45
320. Charles
Follen Adams [1842-1918]. American poet,
b. Dorchester, Mass. Author of German dialect poems, as in
Leedle Yawcob Strauss, and Other Poems (1877) and Dialect
Ballads (1888). Signed 7x4-1/4 slip, Boston 1896........20-30
321. Alexander Schindler (1925-2000) Rabbi and the leading figure of American Reform Judaism during the 1970s and 1980s. Born in Germany , he came to America with his sister at age 12; his mother later followed. He was one of the last European-born leaders of American Reform Jewry. He served as president of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (since renamed the Union for Reform Judaism) from 1973 to 1996. His best-known, and most-controversial, pronouncements were his call for Jews to accept Patrilineal Descent (recognizing as Jewish, children of Jewish fathers) and "outreach" to non-Jews. He intended this to include general proselytizing to non-Jews, but in practice this applied to non-Jews married to Jews. He served as chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. Signed page "The American Jewish Experience. Also signed by Rabbi Alfred Gottschald (1930-2009) German-born American Rabbi who was a leader in the Reform Judaism movement, serving as head of the movement's Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC) for 30 years, as president from 1971 to 1996, and then as chancellor until 2000. In that role, Rabbi Gottschalk oversaw the ordination of the first women to be ordained as rabbis in the United States and Israel , and admitted gay and lesbian students to the school's seminary. During his tenure as president, he oversaw the development of new HUC campuses in Jerusalem, Los Angeles and New York City, three of the school's four campuses. VG............75-100
322. [TV] James Drury (b.1934) American actor probably best known for his success in playing the title role in the 90-minute weekly Western television series The Virginian, broadcast on NBC from 1962-1971. With 12-14 hour workdays, the series had perhaps the most demanding production schedules in the history of network television. TLS/agreement, not dated, 1p, giving his permission to use his name and photograph. VG...........25-35
323. [EARLY US SENATORS] two clip signatures: Dudley Chase (1771-1846) Senator from Vermont. Fair condition with unobtrusive tear. W.B. Allison (1829-1908) was an early leader of the Iowa Republican Party, who represented northeastern Iowa for four consecutive terms in the U.S. House before representing his state for six consecutive terms in the U.S. Senate.........25-35
324. MICHAEL DEBAKEY - famous heart surgeon. Signed card. Nice.........20-30
325. Edmund
Clarence Stedman (1833-1908) American
poet, critic, and essayist was born at Hartford, Connecticut.
SIGNATURE WITH SENTIMENT............20-30
326. [MUSIC] Sergiu Comissiona (1928-2005) Romanianviolinist and conductor. Signed 1973 FDC honoring George Gershwin. Clean with cachet.......25-35
327. [BRITAIN] Sir George Sinclair [1790-1868] English abolitionist; friend of Byron. Postmarked free franked address panel, 1836................35-45
328. (Chaplain to Queen Victoria) JBD - the D stands for Durham (Joseph Barber Lightfoot) (1828-1889) was an English theologian and Bishop of Durham, usually known as J.B. Lightfoot. In 1857 he became tutor and his fame as a scholar grew. He was made Hulsean professor in 1861, and shortly afterwards chaplain to the Prince Consort and honorary chaplain in ordinary to Queen Victoria. In 1866 he was Whitehall preacher, and in 1871 he became canon of St Paul's Cathedral. In 1879 Lightfoot was consecrated bishop of Durham in succession to Charles Baring . He was as successful in this position as he had been when professor of theology, and he soon surrounded himself with a band of scholarly young men. Autograph Note Signed with initials, 1881 on back of postcard. Re: his busy schedule..........25-35
329. STEPHEN SIMPSON (1789-1854) Am. newspaperman. His father was commissary-general in the American Revolution; one of the chief officers of the Bank of North America [1st bank in the Union], and rendered greatly in raising money to finance the War of 1812. Stephen, author of the letter offered here, began as a note-clerk in the Bank of the United States, but resigned and soon afterward attacked the bank in a series of vindictive articles signed "BRUTUS." He then fought at the battle of New Orleans. Afterward he established "The Columbian Observer," a Democratic paper in the interests of Andrew Jackson, also resuming the letters of "Brutus," whose authorship was thus acknowledged. He wrote "Life of Stephen Girard." ALS (stampless cover), Washington City, 1831, 1p, 4to. To Hon. Samuel Smith of Baltimore, Md. Thanks for letter received from Sec. of the Senate, stating the votes upon my nomination. Nice Free postal mark...........75-100
330. Benjamin Day [1810-1889] U.S. illustrator and printer. He published the original New York Sun, the first penny press newspaper. He sold the New York Sun to his brother-in-law for $40,000. Benday Dots are also named after him. In 1842, Day created the "Brother Jonathan," which went on to be the first illustrated weekly in the U.S. Document Signed, a 1902 bank check. Very nice example...............50-75
331. [MUSIC] Frankie Laine (1913-2007) American singer, songwriter and actor. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.........25-35
332. William Hunter, Jr. [1805-1886] politician and diplomat from Rhode Island. He was a confidential clerk to Secretary of State John Clayton in the United States Department of State from 1849 to 1850, serving with George P. Fisher. He had served as acting Secretary of State on two occasions, once in 1853 and again in 1860, and served as Chief Clerk of the State Department from 1852 to 1855, Assistant Secretary of State in 1855 and Second Assistant Secretary of State from 1866 until his death in 1886. LETTER SIGNED, Department of State, Washington, Oct. 3, 1874, 3pp. To William Idler & John Haseltine of Philadelphia, regarding a claim against the country of Venezuela from the heirs of Jacob Idler. He mentions Sec. of Sate Daniel Webster and Sen. Sumner of Mass. VG.........50-75
333. Paul Harvey [1918-2009] Am. radio broadcaster. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo...........20-30
334. Mario Cuomo (1932-2015) served as the 52nd Governor of the state of New York from 1983 to 1994. Cuomo became nationally known for his keynote speech at the 1984 Democratic National Convention and the subsequent speculation over the next decade that he might run for the Democratic Party nomination for President of the United States. Signed, inscribed program for "An Evening With Mario Cuomo," dated 2001. VG........50-75
335. JOHN FIEDLER (1925- ) American Actor -did his first
professional work in his native Wisconsin. Fiedler's many
Broadway appearances included the 1960 play A Raisin in the Sun,
in which he was the only Caucasian in a virtually all-black
cast. His first film role was as the supplicative Juror No. 2 in
Twelve Angry Men (1957). Fiedler's stock in trade was the
meek-looking soul who compensated for his demeanor with a nasty
temper or sadistic streak. In this capacity, he was often seen
as vindictive school principals, obstreperous civil servants or
combative psychiatric patients (vide TV's The Bob Newhart Show).
Incredibly prolific in films and on television, John Fiedler's
best-known role was Vinnie, Oscar Madison's card-playing crony
in both the stage and screen versions of Neil Simon's The Odd
Couple. SIGNED 10x8 photograph..............25-35
337. [FILM] Alice White [1904-1983] American film actress. ANS on album page.........20-30
338. JOSEPH MITCHELL CHAPPLE (1868-1950) American Author/Newspaperman -He was a most celebrated jounalsit who covered the Spansih-American War, to Spain in the 1930's. He was the author of a book on President Warren G. Harding and was author of numerous articles for over 60 years. ANS dtd 9/29/40............20-30
339. Dr. Julius Yemans Dewey (1801-1877) American
doctor of medicine and businessman in the state of Vermont
during the 19th century. He was a founder of and later
president of the National Life Insurance Company and he
personally delivered the remittance for the company's first
claim, prompting a public thank-you from the surviving
family. One of his sons was USN Admiral of the Navy and hero
of the Spanish-American War George Dewey. ALS, 1832, 2pp.
Small corner clip affects a word or two...........50-75
340 . [ART] Jacques
Onfray de Breville
[1858-1931] French artist, illustrator. He was best known under
his signature Job. ALS, 1917, 1p, with envelope...........50-75
341. ADLOLFO [b.1933] Cuban-American designer. Signature..........15-20
342. Henry Major Tomlinson [1873-1958] Brit. novelist. Fine signature......15-20
343. [BRITISH] 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 Presentation page from his work "Near & Far." Fine condition.........40-60
345. William Rockefeller (1919-1990) American businessman. TLS, 1971, 1p., setting up a meeting with Jackson W. Moore from Nashville. VG......40-60
346. [FILM] Red Buttons (1919-2006}
Academy Award-winning American comedian and actor. Signed,
inscribed 8x10 photo. VG..........30-40
347. [FILM] Jane Withers (b. 1926) American actress best known for being one of the most popular child film stars of the 1930s and early 1940s. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo, showing her as a child star. Signed later in life. VG..........25-35
348. [MUSIC] Helen Traubel (1899-1972) American opera and concert singer. Signed program, 1943. About 5.5 x 8.5". VG..........25-35
349. [MUSIC] Countess Eleonora de Cisneros (1878-1934 ) American operatic mezzo-soprano. Born in New York City nee Eleanora Broadfoot, she studied singing under Mme. Murio Celli in New York, and made her début at the Metropolitan Opera House in 1899. In the following year she was married to Count François G. de Cisneros. Between 1900 and 1906 she sang in more than 40 operatic rôles in Rome, Milan, Madrid, Lisbon, Vienna, St. Petersburg, London, Rio de Janeiro, Sydney and Melbourne. In 1907 she was Oscar Hammerstein's leading mezzo soprano at the Manhattan Opera House, New York. ALS, 1906, 2pp., about 6 x 9.5". Some show-through from 3 mounting traces on verso.............35-45
350. [MUSIC] Hans-Werner Janssen [1899-1990] American conductor of classical music, and composer of classical music and film scores. ANS, 1979, on 3x5 card..........25-35
Estimate for
the 8 etchings.........900-1200
Includes the following etchings:
PLATE 78 from the c. 1850 Bohn edition, it's
title "ANTISACCHAEITES ; OR, JOHN BULL AND HIS FAMILY LEAVING
OFF THE USE OF SUGAR.", image size approx. 12-1/2 x
15-3/4" plus margins. Published March 27, 1792 by H.
Humphrey 27 St. James’s Street. Described as "QEORGE III. THE
QUEEN. THE PRINCESSES. The Royal Pair sotting an example
of economy, which appears by no means agreeable to all the
family. Peter Pindar is said to have composed a poem on this
subject, which ho destroyed before it was printed." As usual
there are other etchings on the verso.
See front
See verso
PLATE 3 from the c. 1850 Bohn edition, it's
title "RODNEY INTRODUCING DE GRASSE.",
image size approx. 10 x 13" plus margins. Published June 7th, 1782 by H.
Humphrey 27 St. James’s Street. Described as "DE GBASSE. ADM.
BODNET. FOX. QEOBGE III. ADM. EEPPEL. Rodney's great naval
victory of the 12th of August, 1782, in which the French
Admiral De Graase was taken prisoner and brought to England,
occurred just at the moment of a change of Ministry. The
Whigs, while out, had attacked bitterly the management of the
Admiralty under Lord Sandwich, whose place, on the resignation
of the Tories, was given to the Whig Admiral Keppel. " As
usual there is another etching on the verso.
See front
See verso
PLATE 2 from the c. 1850 Bohn edition, it's
title "BANCO TO THE KNAVE.", image
size approx. 10 x 13" plus margins. Published April 12th, 1782 by H.
Humphrey 27 St. James’s Street. Described as "WILKES. NORTH (m
the centre). Uockingham. DUNKING. duke of RICHMOND. SIR OBEY
COOPER. LORD CHANCELLOR THURLOW. On the defeat of Lord North,
and the formation of the Rockingham Administration at the end
of March, 1782, Fox is very evidently the gainer at this
political game. " As usual there is another etching on the
verso.
See front
See verso
PLATE 550 from the c. 1850 Bohn edition,
it's title "THE SOUND OP THE HORN ! OR, THE
DANGER OF RIDING AN OLD HUNTER ", image size approx. 9 x
13-1/2" plus margins. Published Dec. 1, 1807 by H. Humphrey
27 St. James’s Street. As usual there is another etching on
the verso. Light foxing in margins.
See front
See verso
PLATE 547 from the c. 1850 Bohn edition,
it's title "THE RAKE'S PROGRESS AT THE
UNIVERSITY. —No. 3. ", image size approx. 9 x 13-1/2"
plus margins. Published Oct. 22,
1806 by H. Humphrey 27 St. James’s
Street. Described as "The Master's wig the guilty wight
appals Who brings his dog within the College walls". As
usual there is another etching on the verso. Light foxing in
margins.
See front
See verso
PLATE 5 from the c. 1850 Bohn edition, it's
title "THE CHURCH MILITANT", image
size approx. 9 x 13" plus margins. Published Sept. 5, 1779 by H. Humphrey
27 St. James’s Street. Described as "The allusion
appears to be the zeal shewn by the Church in supporting the
Government in the war against the American colonies, and in
the new war against Spain, which broke out in the autumn of
1779. Comwallis Archbishop of Canterbury, Markham Archbishop
of York, and Butler Bishop of Oxford, all political partizans
of Lord North, are probably among these clerical warriors. As
usual there is another etching on the verso. Light foxing in
margins.
See front
See verso
PLATE 6 from the c. 1850 Bohn edition, it's
title "IRISH GRATITUDE", image size
approx. 9 x 12-3/4" plus margins. Published June 13, 1782 by H. Humphrey
27 St. James’s Street. Described as "In 1782, on the
81st of May, the Irish Parliament Voted the sum of £50,000 for
purchasing an estate, and erecting a mansion thereon, to be
settled on Grattan, and his heirs, as a reward for his
exertions in the cause of Irish independence. The
circumstances attending this Parliamentary grant to the Right
Hon. Henry Grattan were so extraordinary and unprecedented in
the annals of our history, that who shall give a rapid sketch
of the events that preceded and produced it". As usual
there is another etching on the verso. Light foxing in
margins.
See front
See verso
PLATE 206 and 207 from the c. 1850
Bohn edition. The titles are "PIG'S
MEAT; OR, THE SWINE FLOGGED OUT OF THE FARM
YARD.", and "NIGHTLY VISITORS AT ST. ANNE'S HILL",
total image size approx. 14 x 20" plus margins.
Published June
1798 by H. Humphrey 27 St. James’s
Street. As usual there is another etching on the
verso. Light foxing in margins.
See front
See verso
Estimate for the 8 etchings.........900-1200
352.
[JFK] Janet Travell (1901-1997)
American physician and medical researcher remembered as
President John F. Kennedy's personal physician and a researcher
of the concept of trigger points as a cause of musculoskeletal
referred pain. Signed 10x8 photograph postmarked first Day of
Issue Kennedy postage stamp. VG...........50-75
353. [OREGON] John H. Mitchell (1835-1905) controversial American lawyer and politician, who served as a Republican United States Senator from Oregon on three occasions between 1872 and 1905. He also served as State Senate President, did the initial legal work involved in the dispute that led to the landmark Supreme Court case of Pennoyer v. Neff, and later was involved with the Oregon land fraud scandal, for which he was indicted and convicted while a sitting U.S. Senator, one of only eleven sitting U.S. Senators ever indicted, and one of only five ever convicted. The town of Mitchell, Oregon, was named after him. Signature.........25-35
354. [ARKANSAS] Stephen Wallace Dorsey (1842- 1916) Senator from Arkansas. Since Dorsey, no Republican has held the Senior Senator seat for Arkansas from that day to the present. Signature........25-35
355. Frances M. Frost
(1905-1959) American poet, novelist and mother of poet
Paul Blackburn. Her work appeared in the New York Herald
Tribune, The New Yorker, Harper's, and
Saturday Review. Her papers are held at University of
California, San Diego, and Yale University. Signed 4
x 5 vintage photo, dated 1943. Scarce!.............50-75
356. Winfield
Scott (1786-1866) American general, and
unsuccessful presidential candidate of the Whig Party in 1852.
Known as "Old Fuss and Feathers" and the "Grand Old Man of the
Army," he served on active duty as a general longer than any
other man in American history , and many historians rate him the
best American commander of his time. Over the course of his
forty-seven-year career, he commanded forces in the War of 1812,
the Mexican-American War, the Black Hawk War, the Second
Seminole War, and, briefly, the American Civil War, conceiving
the Union strategy known as the Anaconda Plan that would be used
to defeat the Confederacy. He served as Commanding General of
the United States Army for twenty years, longer than any other
holder of the office. A national hero after the Mexican-American
War, he served as military governor of Mexico City. Such was his
stature that, in 1852, the United States Whig Party passed over
its own incumbent President of the United States, Millard
Fillmore, to nominate Scott in that year's United States
presidential election. At a height of 6'5", he remains the
tallest man ever nominated by a major party. Scott lost to
Democrat Franklin Pierce in the general election, but remained a
popular national figure, receiving a brevet promotion in 1856 to
the rank of lieutenant general, becoming the first American
since George Washington to hold that rank. CLIP SIGNATURE.....100-150
357. Charles
Gratiot, Jr. (1786-1855) as General William
Henry Harrison's Chief Engineer in the War of 1812, he
distinguished himself by planning and building Fort Meigs in
1813. He also rebuilt Fort St. Joseph, later renamed Fort
Gratiot in his honor. In 1814 he took part in the attack of the
Battle of Mackinac Island. He received the Thanks of Congress
for his efforts during the war. CLIP SIGNATURE.............40-60
358. William Hull (1753-1825) American soldier and politician. He fought in the American Revolution, was Governor of Michigan Territory, and was a general in the War of 1812, for which he is best remembered for surrendering Fort Detroit to the British. CLIP SIGNATURE...........40-60
PORTRAIT OF HULL
359. [Country Music] Charlie Pride - American country music singer. Signed &
inscribed 8x10 color photo..........20-30
360. Herb Shriner (1918-1970) American humorist, radio personality and television host. Herb Shriner was best known for his homespun monologues, usually with roots in his adopted home state of Indiana. He was often compared to fellow humorist Will Rogers. Signed, inscribed 6.5 x 8.5 photo. Condition: photo has been cropped; faults at top & bottom areas............20-30
361. [FILM] Walter Pidgeon (1897-1984) actor
who starred in many good films. Clip signature...........25-35
364. [AMERICANA
MIXED LOT] [1] an 1852 engraving of the Indiana Institute for
the Education of the Blind. [2] R.C. Winthrop (1809-1894) Am. lawyer and philanthropist and one
time Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. Clip
signature. Mounting trace show thru. [3] Richard Salter Storrs (1821-1900)American
Congregational clergyman of considerable note. He was pastor of
the Harvard Congregational church of Brookline, Massachusetts, in
1845-1846, and of the Church of the Pilgrims in Brooklyn, New
York, from 1846 until shortly before his death. He was a
conservative in theology, and an historical writer of considerable
ability. From 1848 to 1861, he was associate editor of the New
York Independent , which he had helped to establish; from 1887 to
1897 he was president of the American board of commissioners for
foreign missions, and he was prominent in the Long Island
Historical Society. Brief ALS, Brookyn [NY], May 14, no yr. Re:
Sunday School meeting. Letter appears to have been cropped along
left edge, although no loss of text.. [4] Rose Eytinge (1838 - 1911) was an American actress and author,
born in Philadelphia. From 1862 to 1869 she played in various
theatres in New York City and then went abroad with her second
husband, Col. George H. Butler, Consul General to Egypt. SIGNED
CARD, 4 x 2-7/8". [5] [MICHIGAN] STRICKLAND, Randolph, a Representative from Michigan; born in
Dansville, N.Y., February 4, 1823; attended the common schools;
moved to Michigan in 1844 and taught school in Ingham County;
studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1849 and commenced
practice in De Witt, Clinton County, Mich.; moved to St. Johns,
Clinton County, and continued the practice of law; elected
prosecuting attorney for Clinton County in 1852, 1854, 1856,
1858, and 1862; member of the State senate in 1861 and 1862;
provost marshal of the Sixth Congressional District 1863-1865;
delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1856 and
1868; elected as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress (March
4, 1869-March 3, 1871); was an unsuccessful candidate for
renomination in 1870; resumed the practice of law; died in
Battle Creek, Mich., May 5, 1880; interment in De Witt Cemetery,
De Witt, Mich. SIGNED album page. Large signature, St. Johns,
Mich. [6] [PENN] John Heinz [1938-1991] US
Senator from Penn. He died in a tragic plane crash. TLS, 1986,
1p. Routine content [sending autograph]. [7] 1839
wood-engraving - View of Lowell, Mass. [8] John Sherman Cooper -
US senator from Ky. Clip signature. [9] Alexander Wiley (1884-1967)
was a member of the Republican Party who served four terms in
the United States Senate for the state of Wisconsin from 1939 to
1963. Signed 1948 FDC honoring Wisc. Statehood............80-120
365. [FILM] Samuel
A. Taylor (1912-2000) American
playwright and screenwriter. Taylor made his Broadway debut as
author of the play The Happy Time in 1950. He wrote the play
Sabrina Fair (1953) and co-wrote its film adaptation released
the following year. In 1955, he won a Golden Globe and was
nominated for an Academy Award for the screenplay. His early
success brought him more work in Hollywood, including the
biographical film The Eddy Duchin Story (1956) and the Alfred
Hitchcock classic Vertigo (1958). His film career faded
after the initial box office failure of Vertigo, though
Hitchcock and Taylor remained frequent collaborators. He was
often contracted to write drafts for Hitchcock's later films,
such as Torn Curtain (1966), though Taylor's only other
Hitchcock screenplay (apart from Vertigo) was for Topaz
(1969). Taylor died of heart failure in Blue Hill, Maine.
His credits are sometimes confused with those of novelist and
screenwriter Samuel W. Taylor. Brief ANS sent to rev.
& Mrs. F.W. Britton on their 50th anniversary. Sent
from Blue Hill, Maine. Fine..........35-45
367. Lee
Meriwether (b. 1935) American
actress, former model, and the winner of the 1955 Miss America
pageant. She is perhaps best known for her role as Betty Jones,
Buddy Ebsen's secretary and daughter-in-law in the long-running
1970s crime drama, Barnaby Jones. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo.
VG...........25-35
See above
369. [ART] Jules Adeline (1845-1909), historian, draughtsman, architect and engraver. Original etching, plate signed, 1885, image 5-1/8 x 3-1/2" plus margins. Toned top margin but well away from image...........80-120
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![[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}
![171. [SIGNED BOOK] "An Hour Before Daylight" by Jimmy Carter [former US President]. Simon & Schuster: NY (2001). Photos, 8.5 x 5.5", boards, 271pp. + index. With BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY CARTER AFFIXED TO FRONT FREE END PAPER. Near fine condition................100-150](https://merv2.tripod.com/carter-120-1.jpeg){kind=link}
