20. John (Gibbs) Gilbert (1810 - 1889) American comedian. AQS, NY, 1888......30-40

21. [FILM] "Dino" DE LAURENTIIS [1919-2010] Italian film producer. SIGNED 3X5 CARD........25-35

24. [FRANCE]  1618 Mystery Document on vellum, doesn't look like there are signatures, approx. 7-3/4 x 11-1/4".  Written on both sides. Note that edges appears cropped on one side.  Fresh condition..........80-120

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25. [FRANCE] Antoine-Amédée-Marie-Vincent Manca Amat de Vallombrosa, Marquis de Morès et de Montemaggiore (1858-1896), commonly known as the Marquis de Morès, was a famous duelist, frontier ranchman in the Badlands of Dakota Territory during the final years of the American Old West era, a railroad pioneer in Vietnam, and an anti-Semitic politician in his native France. De Morès began life as a soldier, graduating in 1879 from St. Cyr, the leading military academy of France. Among his classmates was Philippe Pétain, famous French general of World War I and the ill-fated future leader of the Vichy France government in World War II.  After St. Cyr, he entered Saumur, France's premier cavalry school, where he trained to be an officer. He was later sent to Algiers, helping to put down an uprising. It was while in Algiers that he had his first duel, starting his career as the most celebrated duelist of his day.  He resigned from the cavalry in 1882 and married Medora von Hoffman, sometimes called the Marquise. Soon thereafter, he would move to the North Dakota badlands to begin ranching, purchasing 44,500 acres.  He also opened a stagecoach business. He named his simple vernacular house in Medora, North Dakota, the "Chateau de Mores"; it is preserved as a historic house there.  He tried to revolutionize the ranching industry by shipping refrigerated meat to Chicago by railroad, thus bypassing the Chicago stockyards. He built a meat-packing plant for this purpose in Medora, North Dakota, the town he founded in 1883 and named for his wife.  He became famous in the West as a rancher and gunslinger, getting arrested for murder a few times. He was always acquitted. Known as an adventurer, he was quick to anger and was engaged in numerous duels throughout his life; he notoriously sent Theodore Roosevelt what the latter interpreted as a challenge to a duel, though nothing came of it.  Outlaws were very numerous in the Badlands, and cattle and horse rustling had become unbearably common. Frontiersman Granville Stuart organized a vigilance committee to fight the rustlers. De Morès told Roosevelt of the plan, and the two offered their services to be vigilantes. Stuart declined, stating that de Morès and Roosevelt were both well known and their presence could ruin the element of surprise. Stuart's vigilantes, called The Stranglers, struck viciously against the rustlers, greatly weakening their power in the Badlands. By 1885 it became obvious that de Morès' business was failing. He was losing a business war against the beef trust, and the enterprise collapsed. He would later sell the ranch and other assets in the Badlands.  Rare ALS, Paris, 1893, 1p, approx. 4-1/4 x 7". VG............150-250

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26.  [FRANCE]   1597 Mystery Document on vellum, about 3 signatures front & back, approx. 11 x 5-1/4".  Fine..........100-150

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27. [MUSIC] Félix-Ludger Rossignol, known as Victorin de Joncières (1839-1903),  French composer and music critic.  His violin concerto was played at the Conservatoire in 1870 by Jules Danbé, and a Symphonie Romantique at the Concert national in 1873.  His opera Dimitri (after Schiller) had more success in 1876 and was revived in 1890 at the Opéra-Comique.  From 1871 to 1900, he wrote on music for La Liberté (using the pseudonym ‘Jennius’), penning biting criticisms of earlier opéra comique composers and of Berlioz.  ALS, 1895, 1p, with envelope, approx. 4-1/2 x 7".  PLUS a related document dated 1897.............50-75

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28. [INDIANS] Printed Govt. Document, April 17, 1872, 3pp. CLAIM OF CHICKASAW NATION - Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, B.R. Cowen. VG.........20-30


29. [MUSIC] Helen Pickens (1910-1984) with her two sisters Patti Pickens and Jane Pickens a popular radio and recording vocal trio in the 1930s.  ALS, nd, on Pickens Sister stationery, 2pp. VG...........40-60

30. [MUSIC] Randall Thompson (1899-1984)  American composer, particularly noted for his choral works.  TLS,  1941, 1p., concerns a broadcast of Ignance Paderewski's works and sending tapes from the broadcast. To Mrs. Ernest Schelling, signed as head of the Curtis Institute of Music. VG.....75-100

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31. Elmer Rice (1892-1967)  American playwright. He is best known for his plays The Adding Machine (1923) and his Pulitzer Prize-winning drama of New York tenement life, Street Scene (1929).  TLS, 1943, 1p, thanking recipient for letter and wanting to buy a copy of "The Inferno" book - sends check  [check not present]..............80-120

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34. [ART] Merv Slotnick [b. 1941] American artist living in Maine. His work is in many collections throughout the United States, Canada, England, Australia, Germany, Denmark, Ireland, Iceland, Norway, France, etc. His work has been included in exhibitions at New York University; Maine Biennial; Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY; Mansfield State College, Pa.; Ball State Univ.; Edison Community College, Cape Coral, Florida; Center For The Arts, Midland, Michigan; Central Michigan Univ.; Saginaw Art Museum; Provincetown Art Association; Grand Rapids Art Museum; Battle Creek Arts Center, Mich.; All Michigan Artists Traveling Show [1970-73] which traveled to various colleges & universities in Michigan; Northern Arizona Univ.; Alaska Pacific Univ., plus others. Abstract expressionist and printmaker Slotnick was born in Lansing, Michigan, and received degrees from Adrian College, Central Michigan University, with additional work at Michigan State University. Slotnick was one of only 50 artists invited to exhibit in 2003's 'SANCTUARY' Exhibition at the Nobel Peace Prize forum held in the U.S. to honor the 100th anniversary of the Nobel Peace Prize. Two examples of Slotnick's work were exhibited in AMERICAN WORKS ON PAPER. The painter has also been honored to have had Virginia Mecklenburg (Head Curator, Painting & Sculpture, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian) selected one of his works on paper for inclusion in the 16th Visual Arts Association National. Offered here is an original signed  painting on  paper, approx. 16.5 x 11.5". Also signed and dated 2005 on verso. ........200-300

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35. [ART] JEAN LEON GEROME FERRIS (1863-1930) American painter best known for his series of 78 scenes from American history, entitled The Pageant of a Nation, the largest series of American historical paintings by a single artist. He was born in Philadelphia, the son of Stephen James Ferris, a portrait painter and a devotee of Jean-Léon Gérôme (after whom he was named) and Mariano Fortuny.  He grew up around art, having been trained by his father and having two acclaimed painters, Edward Moran and Thomas Moran, as uncles. ORIGINAL ETCHING, plate signed, image approx. 10 x 6-1/4 plus margins. One stain in left margin which will mat out when framed. Title: "ORIENTALIST WOMAN SITTING".  In 2010 another example of this etching sold at auction for $250 + buyer's premium........200-300

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36. [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 watercolor, signed, image approx. 4 x 9" plus margins. Very nice work by Fox. VG...........150-250

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37. [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 aquatint etching, pencil signed and dated 1976, image 5-3/4 x 11-3/4" plus wide margins.  This was made while Huntington was visting artist-in-residence  at the Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY. Rare!...........150-250

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38. [FRANCE]  Medieval Document from Burgundy, France region, 1539 on vellum, signed, approx. 18 x 17-3/4".  There is an Order of Malta oval mark top left edge; top right corner is missing.  Speaks of nobility: de Brasey, de Sully, de Cussigny..........200-300

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39. [FRANCE] Mystery document, Year 10 [1802] of the Revolution, about 9 unresearched signatures, written on both sides of 7 x 9/5" paper. VG.........100-150

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40. [ART] Vincent Ferraud (1800-1872) French painter.  Letter to Minister saying he had 20 Expos in The Louve, etc. Count de Portalis writes 1848 note at top saying Feraud is a good citizen and painter and that he has seen his painting "Christ".  VG............125-175

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41. John Gunther (1901-1970)  American journalist and author whose success came primarily in the 1940s and 1950s with a series of popular sociopolitical works known as the "Inside" books. He is best known today for the memoir Death Be Not Proud about the death of his teenage son, Johnny Gunther, from a brain tumor.  Signed album page, approx. 6 x 4.5". VG............25-35

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42. Amalia Fleming (1912-1986)  Greek doctor, activist and politician. Fleming was born in Constantinople (Istanbul) in 1912. She moved to Greece and, during the Axis occupation, took part in the National Resistance, for which she was jailed by the Italians. She married Sir Alexander Fleming in 1953, but with his death in March 1955 she was widowed less than two years later.  Signed 3-1/2 x 4-1/8" photo. VG..........40-60

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43. [FRANCE] 1595 Mystery document on vellum, signatures, written on both sides, approx. 14-1/2 x 5-3/4".  Too wide for scanner window. VG.........150-200

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44. John Beverley Nichols (1898-1983) English author, playwright, journalist, composer, and public speaker. ALS, 1973, 1p.............40-60

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

64. [RUSSIA] DISDERI [1819-1889] 3 original CDV photos of Count Uruski. Count Uruski was the Czar's chamberlain. Disderi, of course, was the famaous French photographer. All VG..............100-150

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65. [FRANCE]  The Very Rev. Canon Jean-Marie-Robert de Lamennais (or de la Mennais) (1780-1860)  was a Breton Catholic priest, and brother of the noted philosopher Hugues Felicité Robert de Lamennais, whom he influenced in their youth. He was a leading figure in the revival of the Catholic Church in France after the French Revolution, involved in founding three religious institutes as part of this effort. During the period of the Revolution, the family sheltered non-juring priests who would lead Mass secretly in their home in the middle of the night. Jean-Marie began to express an interest in priesthood. In October 1790 he made his First Communion and received Confirmation from Gabriel Cortois de Pressigny, the last Bishop of Saint-Malo, who went into exile the following May. The Reign of Terror came to Brittany in December 1793. Their father Robert was arrested and barely escaped the guillotine. Soon after he had returned from exile, Bishop Cortois de Pressigny installed Lamennais as a subdeacon on 21 December 1801 at the chapel of the Ursulines in Paris. The following year Lamennais helped the former rector of a secondary school previously run by the Church, closed by the Revolution, to re-open the institution. To house the revived school, he and his brother, Hugues-Felicité purchased a former hospital. He was ordained a deacon at the Cathedral of Rennes on 24 September 1803 by Bishop Jean-Baptiste-Marie de Maille, Bishop of Rennes. Lamennais was ordained a priest by de Maille on 4 May 1804, and was quickly named Vicar of the diocese for the region of Saint-Malo, based at the former cathedral of the local diocese there which had been suppressed under the recent Concordat of 1801 with the Holy See. In 1807, upon the death of the rector, the College of Saint-Malo was converted into a minor seminary and the Lamennais brothers both joined the faculty of the school. Later, after the arrival of a new bishop for Saint-Brieuc in October 1819,  Lamennais was appointed as Vicar General of that diocese. He was also appointed as Vicar of the Grand Almoner of France, in charge of charitable works throughout the nation. Lamennais threw himself tirelessly into the work required of him. In addition to his holding the office of Vicar General for Saint-Brieuc, the Bishop of Rennes, his canonical superior, appointed him simultaneously to that same office for his own diocese. In addition to these other duties, he took an active role in the founding of the Congregation of St. Peter, dedicated to the administration of the diocesan seminary and of parish missions, having to act as its Superior General for a brief period. One prelate, Bishop John Dubois, S.S., of New York, was so impressed by Lamennais' dedication and capability after receiving help from him, that he appointed him Vicar General for his own diocese in the United States.  Offered here is ALS, 1827, 1p, approx. 8 x 12".  Accompnaied by an antique engraved portrait of his brother L'Abbe De La Mennais.  Not translated buit identified as "to Monseigneus - Petition to the king (supplique).  Rare!............150-200

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66. [FRANCE] Jacques Raillon (1762-1835) Bishop of Orleans; also of Dijon; also Archbishop of Aix.  Letter Signed, Paris, 1813, 1p, approx. 8x10". To Monseigneur.  This churchman lived through the troubling history of France's Catholicism Revolution; Napoleon's problems with Pius VII; return of the monarchy, etc.  He made a famous funeral speech at Notre-Dame for Marshall Lannes. VG...........100-150

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67. [MUSIC] George Crumb (b. 1929)  American composer of contemporary classical music.  Autograph Note Signed [signed in text], not dated but envelope dated 2000. Content about the best book published about him. VG............80-120

68. [US SENATORS] TLSs by US senators: Wm. Spong,  Harry F. Byrd Sr., Clifford Case, Charlie Goodell,  John Sherman Cooper, Thomas Dood, Russell Long, 2 by John Sparkman, and Charles Percy. These date 1969-1972..............100-150

70. [FRANCE] Charles Lucas (1803-1889) French jurist and administrator, author of many books and articles on the abolition of the death penalty, the theory of preventive detention, law enforcement and imprisonment, and finally the civilization of war. ALS, 1828, 2pp. Speaks of Keratry and justice. Below signature of Lucas there are about 10 lines and sifnature of Auguste Hilarion, comte de Kératry [1769-1859] French poet, novelist, short story writer, literary critic, historian, and politician. He was the father of Emile de Kératry. VG.........60-80

71. [FILM] Kim Novak  (b. 1933)  American actress. Signed, inscribed 4.5 x 7 photo. VG...............25-35

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73. SIR JOHN MORTIMER [1923-2009] British Barrister, Author, Playwright. Mortimer's most famous creation is a character named Horace Rumpole. SIGNED/inscribed 7x5 photograph............40-60

74. Joseph Hopkinson [1770-1842] American politician, b. Philadelphia. Son of Francis Hopkinson. Member, U.S. House of Representatives (1815-19). Judge, U.S. district court, eastern district of Pennsylvania (1828-42). Author of the patriotic song "Hail Columbia" (1798), first sung by Gilbert Fox in Philadelphia. ADS, 1828, receiving payment of services from Peter A. Burns who also signs. Approx. 8x4". VG............100-150

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75. [FRANCE- THEATRE] Victorien Sardou (1831-1908) French dramatist. He is best remembered today for his development, along with Eugène Scribe, of the well-made play. He also wrote several plays that were made into popular 19th century operas such as La Tosca (1887) on which Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca (1900) is based, and Fedora by Umberto Giordano, a work that popularized the fedora hat as well. OFFERED HIS IS SARDOU'S PERSONAL ENGRAVED CALLING CARD ON WHICH HE PENS A FEW WORDS. This is accompanied by two ORIGINAL UNSIGNED DRAWINGS, portraits of Victorien Sardou. The artist was Daniel de Losques Thouroude (1880-1915) French humorist, graphic designer, caricaturist and cartoonist, as well as a painter. He was a contributor to the Figaro, and with other political newspapers. He was one of the great poster artists in Paris around 1900. One is pen & ink, image area approx. 3-3/4 x 4-1/2". The othert is a 7-1/2 x 5-1/4" sheet containing pencil sketches..............200-300

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77. [ART] George L. Rounds [1867-1921] American artist. Contrary to what AskArt says, Rounds was born in Vermont, not Sweden, and died in Chicago in 1921, not 1966. We were able to ascertain this from The Illinois Historical Art Project page. The mis-information on AskArt apparently also came from the same page although someone used the information for the artist appearing above Rounds. Took a while but we finally figured it out. Round's early death seems to explain the scarcity of his paintings as there are only about 3 or 4 auction records. Two oil paintings were offered years ago at 5000/8000 each but neither sold. Offered here is a rather nice signed watercolor contained in a great vintage Arts & Crafts picture frame. The frame could use some polish and has a few dings but it is in the original condition which is pretty good. Obviously this painting dates to 1921 or earlier. Not examined out of the frame but there are no apparent condition problems. The scans below show a reflection from the glass. Approx. 9-3/4 x 13-3/4".............600-800

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79. MYSTERY LOT of about 81 pieces from 19th & 20th century. Includes: letters; documents; a few autographs; and various ephemera. Oldest item in this lot is 1828. There is also an 1828 bank check signed by R.G. Hazard [look him up]. Good lot for eBay sellers or those who like researching items.......80-120

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80.  [AMERICANA] John Gatling - Attorney at Law. ALS, Forrest City, Ark., 1896, 26 full pages, 8-1/4 x 10-3/4". To his sister Mrs. P.G. Hollowell, at Elizabeth City, NC. Extremely detailed and touching letter about the death of their mother. John was with his mother and he describes the conversations leading up to her passing. Bottom edge sunned 1st page. Yes - 26 pages............75-100

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

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

83. [ART]  Alfred Boilot (Paris, active 1880 - 1900) French etcher and engraver upon both wood and copper, he studied printmaking techniques under Butin and Damman in Paris. He participated in many expositions including the Paris Blanc et Noir Exhibition of 1886. Alfred Boilot gained recognition for his fine and detailed style and was frequently commissioned by French, English and American publishers of prints. Original etching, drawn by Wal. Paget, etched by Boilot, plate signed, image 5-1/2 x 3-3/4 in. plus margins. Still has tissue guard attached with title "Eveline Seized by the Welsh". VG............30-40

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84. [ART] Jules Adeline (1845-1909), historian, draughtsman, architect and engraver. Original etching, plate signed, 1885, image 5 x 3-1/2" plus margins. VG...........80-120

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85. [AUTOGRAPH COLLECTING] ORIGINAL auction catalogue for sale No. 3976, May 10 & 11, 1932, the American Art Association Anderson Galleries, Inc. { believe Sotheby's now], NY. Offered in this auction are First Editions, Literary and Historical Autograph Letters and Manuscripts / A Portrait From Life of Abraham Lincoln, etc. 86 pages. octavo, plus paper covers. Cover & spine soiled and chipped. Lot 273 is the portrait of Abraham Lincoln with a fullpage illustration. Years ago, when we first got involved in autographs, catalogs and books about autographs were highlt collectible. Interest seems to have waned in recent years, probably due to the internet...........40-60

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86. [FRANCE]  Mystery  Document  1606 on vellum, signed, approx. 12 x 5-1/4".  VG. ...........100-150

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87. [FRANCE]  Mystery  Document  1672 on vellum from the Fouchanges region, signed, approx. 10-1/2 x 7-1/2".  VG. ...........100-150

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88. [FRANCE]  Mystery  Document  1666 on paper , signatures, 3-pages, approx. 7-1/2 x 10-3/4".  Showing a RARE revenue woodcut stamp, the 1st we have seen of this type. VG. ...........100-150

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89. [FRANCE] Antoine-Louis-Marie de Gramont (1755-1836) [Duc de Guiche and 8th Duke of Gramont and Prince Bidache]   French military officer and politician. During the  French Revolution he was Captain in the bodyguards of the King; he commanded Versailles the cornet guards during the days of 5 and 6 October 1789.  Placed in 1791 at the head of the house of the king met at Coblentz , he, as a brigadier,  the campaign of 1796 , with the army of Conde.   After the dismissal of the king's house, he joined Louis XVIII , he never left. It was at this prince Dittingen when an attempt on his life by pulling him a gun to the head.  "" Ah, Sire! "Exclaimed the Duke of Gramont," if the monster had drawn a line down?  - Well, my friend, "said Louis XVIII with the greatest coolness," one line down, the King of France called Charles X ". "  He emigrated with his family to England , where he served in the 10th Hussars : he was known there under the simple name of Captain Gramont . The Duke of Gramont shared the exile of the king until 1814 . He returned to France with the Duke of Angoulême , where he was the first aide , and, on his return to France, he returned to the king as master of the guards he had performed under Louis XVI , and that it has continued under Charles X . He became successively a peer of France ( 4 June 1814 ), Lieutenant General ( 8 August 1814 ), Governor of the 11th military division ( 30 September 1814 ). The Hundred Days he retired to Spain after the affair of Pont-Saint-Esprit.  At the time of the coronation of George IV ( 1821 ), he was chosen to represent France acting as ambassador extraordinary .  After the revolution of July 1830 , he did not refuse the oath to the new government , and remained in the upper house until his death. [Note: translated from French].  Long ALS, 1809, 1-1/2 pages plus address leaf. VG. Rare!..............150-250

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90. [FRANCE] Jacques Molinos (1743-1831)  French architect.  Molinos was born in Lyon and studied in Paris at the Royal Academy of Architecture under Jacques-François Blondel. Molinos and Jacques-Guillaume Legrand collaborated on the design of the Théâtre Feydeau (1789–1790, destroyed 1829).  With his friend and partner Jacques-Guillaume Legrand , he built the dome structure in the Halle aux Bles (including the forerunner of the Commodity Exchange Paris ), which demonstrated the qualities of small wood framing designed by Philibert of Orme in xvi century ( 1782 - 1783 ). This achievement was much admired, including Thomas Jefferson , then Minister of the United States in Paris. On the same principle, the two architects then built the Cloth Hall ( 1786 , destroyed in 1855 ).  He was elected member of the Academy of Fine Arts in 1829.   ALS, no date, 1p, approx. 4-1/2 x 7-1/4". VG........100-150

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91. [FRANCE] DECRET, Nov. 25, 1792, Year One of the French Revolution.  About certificates & passports. Signed in ink by Rauvois, 2pp, approx. 7-3/4 x 9-1/2". VG...........80-120

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92. [FRANCE] Bernard Pierre Magnan (1791-1865 in Paris)  Marshal of France.  From 1810 to 1813 Magnan took part in the Peninsular War.  In January 1814 he was transferred to the Imperial Guard, with which he took part in the French campaign of 1814, being wounded at Craonne. On half pay during the Bourbon Restoration, he rejoined Napoléon's Imperial Guard during the Hundred Days.  After Waterloo and the Second Restoration, he transferred to the 6th regiment of the Royal Guard. In 1820 he was made a battalion commander in the 34th Line, in 1820 he became lieutenant-colonel in the 60th Line. In 1823 he took part in the Spanish campaign. Promoted to colonel of the 49th Line, he took part in the conquest of Algeria.  Magnan joined general officers rank in 1835 when he was made maréchal du camp. From 1832 to 1839 Magnan served in Belgium as part of a French force stationed their to saveguard the newly won Belgian independence. From 1839 to 1845 he was commandre of the department du Nord. In 1845 he was promoted to général de division. In 1848 he commanded at Lyon until he was wounded during the insurrection. In July 1849 he was given command of the 4th military Division in Strasbourg, the same year he became a deputy for the department of the Seine.  In June 1851 he became commander of the army in Paris in which function he was one of the principal organizers of the coup d'État of December 2, 1851. The next year Napoléon III made him a senator and granted him the title of Marshal of France.  Document Signed, 1855, 1p, approx. 8-1/4 x 12-3/4". VG.............100-150

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93. [FRANCE]  Alexander Raymond Devie (1767-1852 )  French ecclesiastic. He was bishop of the diocese of Belley from 1823 to his death. He was the first bishop of the diocese reconstituted after its removal by the Concordat of 1801.  He led a major action for the renewal of the Catholic Church in his diocese. Many churches in the department of Ain ​​were built or rebuilt under his leadership: it is at the origin of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Belley Cathedral.  ALS, 1844, 1-1/2 pages, approx. 5-3/4 x 7-3/4". VG...........100-150

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94. Belva Plain (1915-2010)  was a best-selling American author of mainstream fiction.  ALS, 2000, plus TLS, 2001.  Two letters..........50-75

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95. [ART] Horatio W. Shaw (1847-1918) American artist rediscovered by the Bicentennial Inventory of American Paintings Executed Before 1914. Shaw studied with Thomas Eakins at the Philadelphia Academy. His work was exhibited at the Penn. Academy and the Detroit Institute of Art. A major article on Shaw appeared in American Heritage magazine. Rare original drawing, unsigned but guaranteed, approx. 6-1/2 x 5".  All of the known drawings were purchased by a friend back around 1963 at Adrian College in Michigan. About 15 years ago we purchased the whole collection. There weren't many drawings and most were sold years ago. Horatio Shaw's work is very rare. Accompanied by 4 pages of biographical information on the artist.The Shaw papers are in the Bentley Historical Library University of Michigan, and the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian...............200-300

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96. [FRANCE] Charles Adrien Casimir Barbier de Meynard [1826-1908] nineteenth-century French historian and orientalist. His studies focused on the early history of Islam and the Caliphate. Among his other works, he completed Julius von Mohl's translation of Ferdowsi's Shahnama, with the French title Livre des Rois. This was the first European translation of the pivotal work made available to a wide audience. De Meynard also translated numerous works by al-Masudi, ibn Khordadbeh and other Caliphate-era historians. He studied the history of Zoroastrianism, editing the Dictionnaire Géographique de la Perse, and wrote about the then-nascent Bahá'í Faith. He was involved in the edition of the 19th Century edition of Crusader sources in Arabic with French translations, the Recueil des Historiens des Croisades. ALS, 1901, 4pp, 5-1/4 x 8-1/8". VG...........75-100

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97. [OLD MASTER]  Coryn Boel II [1622-1660] Flemish. Original etching, approx. 6-3/4 x 9" plus margins.  Boel was born about 1620/22 in Antwerp. Most likely from TENIERS GALLERY, published in Amsterdam in 1755. VG..................100-150

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98. [OLD MASTER]  Coryn Boel II [1622-1660] Flemish. Original etching, approx. 9 x 6-1/2" plus margins.  Boel was born about 1620/22 in Antwerp. Most likely from TENIERS GALLERY, published in Amsterdam in 1755. VG..................100-150

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99. [ART] Irving Ramsey Wiles (1861-1948)  American artist, born in Utica, New York. He was educated at the Sedgwick Institute in Great Barrington, and learned the basics of painting from his father, Lemuel Maynard Wiles (1826–1905), who focused primarily on landscapes. From 1879 to 1881 he studied in the Art Students League of New York under James Carroll Beckwith and William Merritt Chase, and later in Paris under Carolus-Duran.  In his early years, he worked as an illustrator for American magazines, and later he devoted himself with great success to portraiture. He was a member of the Society of American Artists, which prefaced his 1897 election into the National Academy of Design as an associate. Wiles was also a member of the American Water Color Society.  His paintings include Russian Tea, Lady at Fireplace, Scallop Boats, Peconic, and Portrait of Juliet Inness.  Clip Signature, approx. 4-1/2 x 3-1/4"...............35-45

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100. [STOCK CERTIFICATE]  Northern Liberties Gas Company  1854,   approx. 5 x 7.5".  Signed by company president, Joseph Reakirt.  Cut cancellations not visible in image. VG.............60-80

102. [MUSIC] EUBIE BLAKE [1887-1983] American composer, lyricist, and pianist of ragtime, jazz, and popular music. SIGNED 3X5 CARD..........40-60

103. [MUSIC] Frank H. Damrosch (1859-1937) German-born American music conductor and educator. SIGNED CARD, 4-1/4 x 2-1/4 in.......20-30

104. [MUSIC] George Benjamin [b. 1960] British composer of classical music, pianist and conductor. He then read music at King's College, Cambridge, studying under Alexander Goehr, and emerged in his early twenties as a mature and confident voice. His orchestral piece Ringed by the Flat Horizon (written for the Cambridge University Musical Society and premiered in Cambridge under the baton of Mark Elder on 5 March 1980) was performed at The Proms that August, while he was still a student, making him the youngest living composer ever to have had music performed at the Proms. As a conductor he regularly appears with some of the world's leading ensembles and orchestras, amongst them the London Sinfonietta, Ensemble Modern, the Cleveland and Concertgebouw orchestras, the Berlin Philharmonic and the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie. In 1999 he made his operatic debut conducting Pelléas et Mélisande at la Monnaie, Brussels and he has conducted numerous world premieres, important works by Wolfgang Rihm, Unsuk Chin, Grisey and Ligeti. AMQS, inscribed, from his "A Mind of Winter. 6x4. VG............50-75

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105. [MUSIC] Pete Best (b.1941) British musician, best known as the original drummer in The Beatles. SIGNED 10x8 photo showing him with his group "The Peter Best Band". VG......75-100

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106. [MUSIC] Melissa Manchester (b. 1951) American singer-songwriter. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photograph. VG..........25-35

107. [MUSIC] John Mellencamp (b. 1951) iAmerican rock singer-songwriter, musician, painter and occasional actor. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG...........25-35

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108. [ART] Walt Kuhn (1877-1949)  American painter and an organizer of the famous Armory Show of 1913, which was America's first large-scale introduction to European Modernism.  Rare b/w print pulled directly from the original block.  The block was made for a 1932 Kuhn family Christmas card.   During the 1930s up until around 1940, the Kuhn family sent out cards printed from the blocks that were hand-colored by Walt Kuhn and Brenda [daughter].  It is unknown how much watercoloring that each did on all those cards.  In later years, Brenda had photo-mechanical reproductions made, which she herself hand-colored and sent out.  One of those hand-colored [by Brenda]  reproductions of this 1932 print is in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institute.  Over the years we've noticed that these christmas cards have been sold  as original watercolors.  To be more specific - those Christmas cards could technically be discribed as watercolors although since it is known how much of the coloring was done by Walt himself it seems a little misleading to call those prints watercolors by Walt Kuhn. The black & white print offered here was pulled about 10 years ago by Merv from the original block which we own. To be sure Merv will be pulling more prints in the future, still these prints are rather scarce.   Image approx. 5-1/4 x 6" plus margins. On quality thick printmaking paper. VG.............50-75

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109. [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 6-1/4  x 7-1/2 in. sheet. As this was a "working study" there was no reason for him to have signed it................50-75

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110. James L. Wilmeth (1870-1959) was an official in the United States Department of the Treasury who was Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from 1917 to 1922.  In 1917, Wilmeth became Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.  He was also mayor of Takoma Park, Maryland from 1920 to 1923.  In 1922, in a surprise move, President Warren G. Harding issued an executive order dismissing Wilmeth and 28 other top officials in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.  They were suspected of improper duplication of bonds.  Wilmeth was later completely exonerated of all charges, and in 1924, he was offered the opportunity to return to the post of Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing but Wilmeth refused.  Signed bank check, dated 1913. VG..............40-60

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111. Medieval Document on vellum - origin unknown but thought to be from Italy, signed, approx. 14 x 6-1/2.  An old attached piece of paper, old but likely a century later, appears to have a date of 1410 on it. Another date of 1563 appears on verso but later dates often appear on the backs of medieval documents.   Ink has lightened with age.............200-300

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112. [CUBA] Don PEDRO C. BOMBALIER  - ALS, 1816, 2 full pages, approx. 6 x 8-1/2".  To Dr. William Frost,  sixth son of Brigadier General Frost, practiced at Demarara, Cuba and was a naval Surgeon; he died in Cuba in 1823. In Spanish - not translated. The following is from The New York Times, Havana, 1861.  Don Pedro C. Bombalier,   the former proprietor and founder of the Express between the United States and this city  [Havana, Cuba] has been honored by the Queen of Spain with the Cross of the Order of CHARLES V., with which he was recently "condecorated" at the "Chapel of the Palace," His Excellency the Captain-General appearing as Grand Master of the Order, the Cadre PEREIRA as Priest, and Don JOAQUIN LUQUE Y ROMERO as the Master of Ceremonies. The Conde de Canangoo was Padrino (godfather) to the neophyte, and there were also present Hon Manuel Gonzalez del Valle, Don Miguel Suarez Vigil, Don Antonio Garcia Riorzo, Don Jose Alonzo y Delgado, Don Jose I de Arazorza, Don Jose Segundo, and Don Jose Chinchilla."  This letter is in fine condition...........100-150

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113. [CUBA] Richard M. Madam - ALS, 1816, 2 full pages, approx. 6-1/4 x 8".  To Dr. William Frost,  sixth son of Brigadier General Frost, practiced at Demarara, Cuba and was a naval Surgeon; he died in Cuba in 1823.  Written in English. Fine condition..............75-100

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114. [FRANCE] Pierre-Antoine Lebrun (1785-1873)  French poet.   Lebrun was born in Paris. An Ode à la grande armée, mistaken at the time for the work of Écouchard Lebrun, attracted Napoleon's attention, and secured for the author a pension of 1200 francs. Lebrun's plays, once famous, are now forgotten. They are: Ulysse (1814), Marie Stuart (1820), which obtained a great success, and Le Cid d'Andalousie (1825).  Lebrun visited Greece in 1820, and on his return to Paris he published in 1822 an ode on the death of Napoleon, which cost him his pension. In 1825 he was the guest of Sir Walter Scott at Abbotsford. The coronation of Charles X in that year inspired the verses entitled La Vallée de Champrosay, which have, perhaps, done more to secure his fame than his more ambitious attempts.  In 1828 appeared his most important poem, Le Voyage en Grèce, and in the same year he was elected to the Academy. The revolution of 1830 opened up for him a public career; in 1831 he was made director of the Imprimerie Royale, and subsequently filled with distinction other public offices, becoming senator in 1853.  ALS, Paris, 1832, 2pp, approx. 5 x 7.5". Fine..............75-100

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115. [FRANCE]  Jules Lemaitre  (1853-1914)  French critic and dramatist.  Lemaître was born in Vennecy, Loiret. He became a professor at the University of Grenoble in 1883, but was already well known for his literary criticism, and in 1884 he resigned his position to devote his time to literature. He succeeded Jean-Jacques Weiss as drama critic of the Journal des Débats, and subsequently filled the same office on the Revue des Deux Mondes. His literary studies were collected under the title of Les Contemporains (7 series, 1886-1899), and his dramatic feuilletons as impressions de théàtre (10 series, 1888-1898).  His sketches of modern authors show great insight and unexpected judgment as well as gaiety and originality of expression. He published two volumes of poetry: Les Médaillons (1880) and Petites orientales (1883); also some volumes of contes, among them En marge des vieux livres (1905).  Three brief ALSs, written on 4.5 x 3.5" cards...............75-100

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117. [FRANCE] Baron de Lagarde - ALS, dated 1714, 1p, about 6-1/2 x 8-3/4. Identification with this letter says: "Toulon 1714. The Marquis of La Velette, Baron de Lagarde went to search for the remains of the famous explorer LA PÉROUSE". A quick attempt at researching Lagarde did not yield anything. La Perouse, however, was quite famous, having died c. 1788. His death, in comparison to the 1714 date of the letter offered here would seem to dispute that Lagarde could have written a letter in 1714 and would still be alive 74 years later. This needs A LOT more research..........100-150

118. [CARDINAL] Thomas-Marie-Joseph Gousset (1792-1866) French cardinal and theologian. ALS, 1842, 1p. VG..........100-150

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119. [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

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120. [FRANCE] LETTRES PATENTES DU ROI [of the king], signed Louis in print, dated 1790, 2pp, approx. 7-3/4 x 9-3/4". VG..........80-120

122. [MUSIC] Alcides Emigdio Lanza  (1929 - )  Canadian composer, conductor, pianist, and music educator of Argentinian birth. He became a naturalized Canadian citizen in 1976. As both a composer and performer he is known as an exponent of contemporary classical music and avant-garde music. His works often utilize a combination of traditional and unusual instruments, and incorporate electronic sounds and extensions. He is also known for using special lighting effects when presenting his music. He is an associate of the Canadian Music Centre and a member of the Canadian League of Composers.   AMQS dated 2013 from his "Arghanum V". Approx. 9 x 4". VG..........60-80

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Bonaparte Archive

123. [FRANCE] Julue Charlotte Bonaparte Roccagiovine [1830-1900] an archive of 16 letters. Her father Charles Lucien Bonaparte was the nephew of Emperor Napoleon. Nine of the letters were written by Julie; only 2 have year dates 1883 & 1890. Also there are 6 letters by her son, Napoleon. Plus one letter, 1884, by her husband Alexandro Roccagiovine. These letters are all unread and in excellent condition. Waiting to be researched..........100-200

124. [FRANCE] Mystery lot of misc. autographs. Includes: Jules Lecomte (1814-1864); Adolphe Desbarolles (1801-1886), Robert de Clery (1836-1914); plus 6 others.  No doubt some SLEEPERS in here.................100-150

125. [FRANCE] Mystery lot of misc. autographs. Includes: Alexandre de La Rochefoucauld (1767-1841);  Henry Houssaye (1848-1911); Arthur Meyer (1844-1924); plus 6 others.  No doubt some SLEEPERS in here.................100-150

128. [FRANCE] multiple lot of French autographs:  [1] Lahaye, Louis-Marie de. Viscount de Cormenin [1788-1868] French lawyer and political writer. Member of Chamber of Deputies (1828-46, 1848); opposed to Louis-Philippe; appointed councilor of state (after 1848). Author of Droit administratif (1821), Les Entretiens de village (1846), etc. ALS, no date, 1p, 5 x 7.5 in.   [2] Berthelot, Philippe-Joseph-Louis [1866-1934]. French diplomat. Son of Marcelin Berthelot. Entered diplomatic service (1889); adviser to Briand and active in Allied liaison during World War I; secretary general of ministry of foreign affairs (1920-21, 1925-32). TLS, 1925, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8-1/4 in. To the poet Aime Giron.  [3] GUSTAV SIMON - Paris dramatist. ALS, 1911, 2pp. Blue pencil word underlined on front.  [4] LEON RIOTOR - FR. AUTHOR. ALS, 1928, 1p. re: about adapting novel for film.  [5] Pierre Girault de Nolhac (1859-1936) French historian, art historian and poet. ALS, no yr., 1p, 5-1/4 x 8-1/4". Fine.  [6] Séverin Faust (1872-1945), better known by his pseudonym Camille Mauclair, was a French poet, novelist, biographer, travel writer, and art critic. ALS written on back of picture postcard, not postmarked VG   [7] Alfred-Henri-Marie Cardinal Baudrillart (1859-1942), French prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Rector of the Catholic Institute of Paris from 1907 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1935. ALS, 1920, 2pp, 4 x 5-1/4 in.  [8] Pierre François Hercule de Serre (1776-1824) Minister of Justice [1818-21]. ALS, Paris, no date, 1p. 4-1/4 x 7 in. VG.  [9] Paul Ferrier (1843-1928) French dramatist. He had already produced several comedies when in 1873 he secured real success with two short pieces, Chez l'avocat and Les Incendies de Massoulard. Others of his numerous plays are Les Compensations (1876); L'Art de tramper les femmes (1890), with M. Najac. One of Ferrier's biggest successes was the production with Fabrice Carré of Josephine vendue par ses sÏurs (1886), an opera bouffée with music by Victor Roger. His opera libretti include La Marocaine (1879), music of Jacques Offenbach; Le Chevalier d'Harmental (1896) after the play of Alexandre Dumas, père, for the music of A Messager; La Fille de Tabarin (1901), with Victorien Sardou, music of Gabriel Pierné. ALS, no date, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8-1/4. Only minor faults.  [10] Fortuné du Boisgobey (1821-1891) French novelist. His novels deal with crime, the police, and Parisian life. They had a high circulation, and the greater part of them have been translated into English. ALS, 1880, 1p. Moderate foxing throughout.......200-300 

131. [FRENCH ART] Charles Amédée de Noé, known as Cham (1818-1879) French caricaturist and lithographer. Raised by a family who wished him to attend a polytechnic school, he instead attended painting workshops by Nicolas Charlet and Paul Delaroche and began work as a cartoonist, taking on on the pseudonym "Cham". The name was a pun - a combination of the names "Charles" and "Amédée", and the Jewish name for Ham, son of Noah (Noah in French is Noé). In 1839 he published his first book, Mr. Lajaunisse, which began a career that would span 40,000 drawings. In 1843 he began to be published in newspapers like Le Charivari, whose staff he was on for thirty years. Later works included Proudhon en voyage and l'Histoire comique de l'Assemblée nationale. He wrote a number of comic plays towards the end of his life. ALS, no date, 1p. Not translated...........100-150

133. [ART] George Gibbs (1870-1942) American author, illustrator, artist, and screenwriter. As an author, he wrote more than 50 popular books, primarily adventure stories revolving around espionage in exotic locations. Several of his books were made into films. (His novel the Yellow Dove was filmed twice.) His illustrations appeared prominently in such magazines as The Saturday Evening Post, Ladies' Home Journal, Redbook and The Delineator. He also illustrated some of his own novels, and the novels of others. As a painter he produced many portraits, and painted murals for Pennsylvania Station and Girard College in Philadelphia. His screenwriting credits include a film about the life of Voltaire.  ALS, 1916, 1p,  8-1/2 x 11". VG.  Scarce!...............80-120

135. [CARTOON]  Vic Herman  (1919-1999) His Illustrations and cartoon art appeared in newspapers throughout the USA and in top level slicks: The Saturday Evening Post, Colliers, Liberty, Life, Look, Redbook, and Argosy. He received multiple entries in the "Best of Cartoons of the Year" in the 1940's and 50's.  In his later life, he became interested in "serious" art and fell in love with the people south of the border. He was known as the "Norman Rockwell of Mexico" and "Ambassador With A Brush."  TLS, 1947, 1p. Top corners tipped to another page. .............50-75

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137. (Roman Catholic CARDINALS)   THOMAS S. O'FIAICH (1923-1990) of Ireland, TLS, 1981, plus 2 signed color photographs 3x5 and 3x4 with ANS on verso of each - JAIMIE SIN (1928-2005) of Philippines, TLS, 1982 - CORRADO BAFILE (1903-2005),  Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, SIGNATURE with sentiment - CARLO CANFALONIERI (1893-1986),  Congregation for Bishops and Dean of Cardinals, SIGNED note on verso of postcard of Rome, dated April 20, 1983, - JOSEPH BERNADIN 1928-1996), Archbishop of Chicago, TLS dated July 31, 1992...........80-120

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

139. Josephine Miles (1911-1985) American poet.  Signed typescript of her poem "Warning."  Inscribed for L.L. VG............50-75

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140. [BRITAIN] Harold Wilson (1916-1995)  twice Prime Minister. TLS, 1988, as member of the House of Lords. VG........60-80

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141. MYSTERY LOT of about 85 pieces from 19th & 20th century. Includes: letters; documents; a few autographs; and various ephemera. Oldest item in this lot is 1810 document. Good lot for eBay sellers or those who like researching items.....80-120

142. [ART] Philip Gilbert Hamerton (1834-1894)  English artist and art critic and author. Original etching, "A ROCKY ROAD", plate signed, image approx. 3 x 4-1/2" plus margins. VG.  Hamerton was born at Laneside, a hamlet in Crompton, Lancashire, England. His mother died giving birth to him, and his father died ten years later. When he was about five, he was sent to live with his two aunties, at an estate called the Hollins on the edge of Burnley, where he attended Burnley Grammar School.  His first literary attempt, a volume of poems, was unsuccessful, leading him to devote himself for a time entirely to landscape painting; he camped out in the Scottish Highlands, where he eventually rented the former island of Inistrynich in Loch Awe, upon which he settled with his wife, a Frenchwoman, in 1858.  Discovering after a time that he was more suited to art criticism than painting, he moved to the area his wife came from, in France, where he produced his Painter's Camp in the Highlands (1863), which was very successful and prepared the way for his standard work on Etching and Etchers (1866). In the following year he published Contemporary French Painters, and in 1868 a continuation, Painting in France after the Decline of Classicism.  He had by now become art critic to the Saturday Review, which necessitated frequent visits to England, forcing him to give it up. He proceeded (1870) to establish an art journal of his own, The Portfolio, a monthly periodical, each number of which consisted of a monograph upon some artist or group of artists, frequently written and always edited by him. The discontinuation of his painting gave him time for writing, and he successively produced The Intellectual Life (1873), perhaps the best known and most valuable of his writings; Round my House (1876), notes on French society by a resident; and Modern Frenchmen (1879), admirable short biographies. He also wrote two novels, Wenderholme (1870) and Marmorne (1878).  In 1884 Human Intercourse, another volume of essays, was published, and shortly afterwards Hamerton began his autobiography, which he brought down to 1858. In 1882 he issued a finely illustrated work on the technique of the great masters of various arts, under the title of The Graphic Arts, and three years later another splendidly illustrated volume, Landscape, which traces the influence of landscape upon the mind of man. His last books were: Portfolio Papers (1889) and French and English (1889). In 1891 he removed to the neighbourhood of Paris, where he died suddenly in Boulogne-sur-Mer, occupied to the last with his labours on The Portfolio and other writings on art.  In 1896 was published Philip Gilbert Hamerton: an Autobiography, 1834–1858; and a Memoir by his wife, 1858–1894...............50-75

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143. [ FRANCE] Decret, 1793, 3pp. Concerns "Emigres" [those to fled the Revolution], stating they should not be judged by jurymen. Approx. 8x10. Excellent condition..........60-80

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144. [FRANCE] Alphonse-Marie  Thomas Bérenger (1785-1866), known as Thomas Bérenger or Berenger de la Drôme, was a French lawyer and politician. He was the son of a deputy of the third estate of Dauphiné to the Constituent Assembly, born in Valence. He entered the magistracy and became procureur general at Grenoble, but resigned this office on the Bourbon Restoration. He then devoted himself mainly to the study of criminal law, and in 1818 published La justice criminelle en France , in which with great courage he attacked the special tribunals, provosts' courts or military commissions which were the main instruments of the Reaction, and advocated a return to the old common law and trial by jury . The book had a considerable effect in discrediting the reactionary policy of the government; but it was not until 1828, when Bérenger was elected to the chamber, that he had an opportunity of exercising a personal influence on affairs as a member of the group known as that of constitutional opposition. His courage, as well as his moderation, was again displayed during the revolution of 1830, when, as president of the parliamentary commission for the trial of the ministers of Charles X, he braved the fury of the mob and secured a sentence of imprisonment in place of the death penalty for which they clamoured. His position in the chamber became one of much influence, and he had a large share in the modelling of the new constitution, though his effort to secure a hereditary peerage failed. Above all he was instrumental in framing the new criminal code, based on more humanitarian principles, which was issued in 1835. It was due to him that, in 1832, the right, so important in actual French practice, was given to juries to find "extenuating circumstances" in cases when guilt involved the death penalty. In 1831 he had been made a member of the court of appeal (cour de cassation}, and the same year was nominated a member of the Academy of Political and Moral Sciences (Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques). He was raised to the peerage in 1839. This status he lost owing to the revolution of 1848 which ended his career as a politician. As a judge, however, his activity continued. He was president of the high courts of Bourges and Versailles in 1849. Having been appointed president of one of the chambers of the court of appeal, he devoted himself entirely to judicial work until his retirement, under the age limit, on 31 May 1860. He now withdrew to his native town, and occupied himself with his favorite work of reform of criminal law. In 1833, he had shared in the foundation of a society for the reclamation of young criminals, in which he continued to be actively interested to the end. In 1851 and 1852, on the commission of the academy of moral sciences, he had travelled in France and England for the purpose of examining and comparing the penal systems in the two countries. The result was published in 1855 under the title La répression pénale, comparaison du système pénitentiaire en France et en Angleterre. ALS, 1844, 1p, approx. 8-1/2 x 10-3/4". Not translated. VG...........100-150

145. [BUSINESS & INDUSTRY] multiple lot of signed items: [1] Geo. O. Draper [1867-1938) businessman/inventor. TLS, 1911. [2] Alexander E. Orr (1831-1914) prominent businessman in New York City and was influential in the building of the New York City subway system. TLS, 1906, appointing member to finance committee. [3] Frederick Douglas Underwood [1849-1942] president of the Erie Railroad & a director of Wells Fargo & Co. TLS, 1912. [4] Ernest Volwiler[1893-1992] CEO of Abbott Laboratories. TLS, 1969. [5] Roger B. Smith [1925-2007] Chairman & CEO of General Motors. TLS, 1982. [6] Alfred E. Perlman[1902-1983] TLS 1957. [7] Thomas S. Nichols - TLS, 1959. [8] John D. Davidson [1921-1979] Texas oil man. TLS, 1970. [9] Mortimer L. Schiff [1877-1931] banker & early Boy Scouts leader. TLS, 1930 to the head of NY Life. [10] Kemmons Wilson [1913-2003] Founder of Holiday Inn chain. Signed brochure, 1978. [11] Lynn R. Russell [b. 1924] labor leader. Signed 8x10 photo. [12] Roger B. Smith [1925-2007] Chairman & CEO of General Motors. Signed 5x7 photo. [13] Ralph Budd [1879-1962] RR Exec. Signature [mounting stains show thru]. [14] James J. Nance [1900-1984] industrialist & auto industry leader. ANS. [15] Robert E. Wood [1879-1969] Am. soldier and leader of Sears, Roebuck & Co. Signed card. Each accompanied with bio. sheet.......120-180

146. [CINEMA] Jill Ireland (1936-1990) actress. Her second husband was Charles Bronson. DS, 1976, bank check as Jill Ireland Bronson. VG..........50-75

147. [ART] Gustave Marie Greux [1838-1919] French etcher. Original etching, "A Poacher Cleaning His Gun", signed in the plate, image about 3 x 3-3/4" plus margins. VG............50-75

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148.  [ART] Philip Gilbert Hamerton (1834-1894)  English artist and art critic and author. Original etching, "Cottages In A Valley", plate signed, image approx. 3 x 4-1/2" plus margins. VG.  Hamerton was born at Laneside, a hamlet in Crompton, Lancashire, England. His mother died giving birth to him, and his father died ten years later. When he was about five, he was sent to live with his two aunties, at an estate called the Hollins on the edge of Burnley, where he attended Burnley Grammar School.  His first literary attempt, a volume of poems, was unsuccessful, leading him to devote himself for a time entirely to landscape painting; he camped out in the Scottish Highlands, where he eventually rented the former island of Inistrynich in Loch Awe, upon which he settled with his wife, a Frenchwoman, in 1858.  Discovering after a time that he was more suited to art criticism than painting, he moved to the area his wife came from, in France, where he produced his Painter's Camp in the Highlands (1863), which was very successful and prepared the way for his standard work on Etching and Etchers (1866). In the following year he published Contemporary French Painters, and in 1868 a continuation, Painting in France after the Decline of Classicism.  He had by now become art critic to the Saturday Review, which necessitated frequent visits to England, forcing him to give it up. He proceeded (1870) to establish an art journal of his own, The Portfolio, a monthly periodical, each number of which consisted of a monograph upon some artist or group of artists, frequently written and always edited by him. The discontinuation of his painting gave him time for writing, and he successively produced The Intellectual Life (1873), perhaps the best known and most valuable of his writings; Round my House (1876), notes on French society by a resident; and Modern Frenchmen (1879), admirable short biographies. He also wrote two novels, Wenderholme (1870) and Marmorne (1878).  In 1884 Human Intercourse, another volume of essays, was published, and shortly afterwards Hamerton began his autobiography, which he brought down to 1858. In 1882 he issued a finely illustrated work on the technique of the great masters of various arts, under the title of The Graphic Arts, and three years later another splendidly illustrated volume, Landscape, which traces the influence of landscape upon the mind of man. His last books were: Portfolio Papers (1889) and French and English (1889). In 1891 he removed to the neighbourhood of Paris, where he died suddenly in Boulogne-sur-Mer, occupied to the last with his labours on The Portfolio and other writings on art.  In 1896 was published Philip Gilbert Hamerton: an Autobiography, 1834–1858; and a Memoir by his wife, 1858–1894...............50-75

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149. [ART] John Kay (1742- 1826) Scottish caricaturist and engraver. He was born near Dalkeith, where his father was a mason. At thirteen he was apprenticed to a barber, whom he served for six years. He then went to Edinburgh , where in 1771 he obtained the freedom of the city by joining the corporation of barber-surgeons. In 1785, induced by the favour which greeted certain attempts of his to etch in aquafortis, he took down his barber's pole and opened a small print shop in Parliament Square. There he continued to flourish, painting miniatures, and publishing at short intervals his sketches and caricatures of local celebrities and oddities, who abounded at that period in Edinburgh society. Kay's portraits were collected by Hugh Paton and published under the title A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay, with biographical sketches and illustrative anecdotes (Edinburgh, 2 vols. 4to, 1838; 8vo ed., 4 vols., 1842; new 4to ed., with additional plates, 2 vols., 1877), forming a unique record of the social life and popular habits of Edinburgh at its most interesting epoch. Original etching, image size approx. 4-1/4 x 4-1/4" plus  margins. Image area VG...........50-75 

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150. Lucius Eugene Chittenden (1824-1900) was a Vermont author, banker, lawyer, politician and peace advocate who served as Register of the Treasury during the Lincoln administration.  In March 1861, President Lincoln's new Secretary of the Treasury, Salmon P. Chase, a former member of the defunct Free Soil Party, offered Chittenden the position of Register of the U.S. Treasury, which he accepted, serving in that office for the remainder of Lincoln's first administration, resigning in 1864 due to poor health.  CLIP SIGNATURE, approx. 2-3/4 x 1-1/2". VG...........25-35

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151. [FILM] Jack Lemmon [1925-2001] American actor who starred in more than 60 films including Some Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, Mister Roberts, Days of Wine and Roses, The Great Race, Irma la Douce, The Odd Couple, Save the Tiger, The Out-of-Towners, The China Syndrome, Missing, Glengarry Glen Ross, Grumpier Old Men and Grumpy Old Men. Signed 8x10 portrait photo. VG...............25-35

152. [FILM] Steve Martin [b. 1945] American actor, comedian, writer. Signed 8x10 photo. with sentiment. VG..............35-45

153. [FILM] Woody Allen [b. 1935] American screenwriter, film director, actor. Signed printed postcard photo, 4-3/4 x 6-1/4 in. VG............25-35

154. (GEORGE WASHINGTON BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION). JAMES HAY, JR. (1881-1936) American writer; directed publicity nationwide for the George Washington Bicentennial Comrnission. Document Signed, The Riggs National Bank, Washington, D.C., 1915. Bank check containing vignette of the bank. A wonderful addition to any collection of George Washington Bicentennial items - this was the man behind the entire nationwide publicity campaign for this event which included the issuance of a series of United States postage stamps honoring George Washington and numerous philatelic covers for the event. A SCARCE AUTOGRAPH. ...............50-75

155. Small collection: includes: Ira Allen Haynes [1859-1955] American General who served in Hawaii in 1899. He commanded the 64th F.A. Brigade, Camp Beauregard, Alexandria, La. [1917]; served in France [1918-1919]; later commanded 9th Coast Artillery District, San Francisco. Signed Riggs Nationa Bank check dated 1920. ¥ Gordon G. Heiner [1869-1943] American General who commanded coast defenses Honolulu, Hawaii [1923-26]. Signed Rigs bank check, 1900. Plus 5 color lithographed stereocards showing life in Hawaii [c. 1905]...............50-75

156. [US SENATORS] Lot of 7 signed photos & one TLS. US Senators are: Daniel Inouye; Jeremiah Denton - inscribed to F.W. Britton on his 100th birthday; Gary Hart; Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson; with Jackson TLS; Hiram Fong - inscribed; PLUS Margaret M. Heckler (inscribed) Ambassador & congresswoman from Mass.; and James E. Allen Jr. [1911-1971] Commissioner of Education under President Nixon. As with all contemporary politicians, some could be autopen and there are no returns on MULTIPLE LOT offerings............50-75

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157.  Earl Wilson (1907-1987) American journalist, gossip columnist and author, perhaps best known for his nationally syndicated newspaper column, It Happened Last Night.  Nice vintage 8x10 photo signed and inscribed. One  corner crack line o/w VG..............40-60

158. Percy MacKaye (1875–1956)  American dramatist and poet. Signed, inscribed 5x7 photo, 1935. Only minor faults. VG......$60-80

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159. Mystery French Document from Napoleonic period dated 1806 on paper, signed [?], 1p, about 7-1/4 x 9-1/2". VG.........80-120

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161. [FILM] Walter Newman (1916-1993)  American radio writer and screenwriter active from the late 1940s to the early 1990s. He was nominated three times for Academy Awards (Ace in the Hole, Cat Ballou, and Bloodbrothers), but he may be best known for a work that never made it to the screen: his unproduced original script Harrow Alley.  Newman's radio writing included scripts for Escape, Suspense, and The Halls of Ivy as well as the first broadcast episode of Gunsmoke. He is not officially credited for his screenplays for The Magnificent Seven and The Great Escape, having renounced credit after sharp disagreements with the director, John Sturges in both cases, over changes made during shooting. Document Signed, his pay check from Warner Bros., 1984, endorsed on verso by Newman.  Fine. Scarce!..............50-75

162. [MUSIC] Boris Arapov (1905-1992)   the distinguished Russian composer and teacher having fostered several generations of composers. Among his disciples are such personalities as Gennady Banshchikov, Leonid Desyatnikov, Alexander Knaifel, Sergei Slonimsky. Since 1930 his activity was tightly welded with the Leningrad (Petersburg) Conservatoire (given the professor title in 1940), where in 1974 he became the head of the composition faculty working there selflessly up to the last breath. Arapov’s heritage embraces three operas, the ballet, seven symphonies, numerous symphony and chamber-instrumental compositions, vocal and piano music. RARE AMQS from his Sonata for Piano No. 2 (1976). Dated 10/89. Approx. 6 x 4". VG..........100-150

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163.  [FRANCE] BISHOP OF CHARTRES [1717-1780, Pierre-Augustin-Bernardin de Rosset de Fleury]. He was Bishop from 1748-1780. Document Signed, Paris, 1778, 1p, approx. 6-1/2 x 8-1/4". About Madame de Vauldrey. VG...........100-150

164. [FILM] John Travolta (b. 1954) American actor. Signed, original artwork showing a Christmas Tree, dated 1996, approx. 7-1/2 x 9-1/2". VG............40-60

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166. [MARYLAND] Thomas Ward Veazey (1774-1842)  Maryland politician that served in a variety of roles. The zenith of his career was being the 24th Governor of the state from 1836 to 1839, when he was selected to serve three consecutive one-year terms by the Maryland General Assembly. Veazey was the last Maryland governor to be elected in this fashion and also the last Whig Party member to serve as Maryland governor. The governor vehemently and firmly believed in slavery, advocated for a general system of education throughout the State, and expressed a great deal of interest and concern over the matter of internal improvements.  DOCUMENT SIGNED as Governor, 1837, appointment of Justices of the Levy Court of Frederick County.  Approx. 16 x 10. Also signed by Theodorick Bland (1776-1846) American lawyer, statesman, and federal judge in Maryland. Folds o/w excellent condition............100-150

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Portrait of Gov. Veazey

167. [MARYLAND] Thomas G. Pratt (1804-1869) He was the 27th Governor of Maryland from 1845 to 1848 and a U.S. Senator from 1850 to 1857.  When the American Civil War began, Pratt was eyed suspiciously by Maryland authorities, as he was staunchly pro-slavery, but mostly pro-South, and even gave a son to the Confederate Army. In 1863, Pratt tried to vote in the November election. He was not allowed to vote because he would not take a loyalty oath. Pratt and his secretary Col. Nicholson were arrested because of the refusal on November 21, 1863. He was imprisoned at Fort Monroe, but was later released. He moved to Baltimore, Maryland in 1864, resuming the practice of law. The same year, Pratt served as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention. In 1866, he attended the National Union Convention in Philadelphia. Pratt was one of the attorneys for Jefferson Davis during his trial at Fortress Monroe.  DOCUMENT SIGNED as Governor, 1844, appointment of  District Justices.  Approx. 15-3/4 x 10-1/4. Also signed by Theodorick Bland (1776-1846) American lawyer, statesman, and federal judge in Maryland. Folds o/w excellent condition............80-120

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Portrait of Gov. Pratt

168. [MARYLAND] Francis Thomas (1799-1876) was a Maryland politician who served as the 26th Governor of Maryland from 1842–1844. He also served as a United States Representative from Maryland, representing at separate times the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh districts. In 1841, Thomas was elected Governor of Maryland, defeating challenger William Cost Johnson by a margin of 600 votes. During his tenure as governor, he is perhaps best known for his highly publicized and violent divorce with his wife, Sally Campbell Preston McDowell. Until that event, he had been a leading candidate for Democratic nomination for President of the United States, but the divorce seriously disrupted his chances in succeeding in the nomination, and thus he did not pursue it.  DOCUMENT SIGNED as Governor, 1845, appointment of  District Justices.  Approx. 15-3/4 x 10-1/4. Also signed by Theodorick Bland (1776-1846) American lawyer, statesman, and federal judge in Maryland. Folds o/w excellent condition............100-150

169. George Palmer Putnam (1887-1950) American publisher, author and explorer. Known for his marriage to (and being the widower of) Amelia Earhart, he had also achieved fame as one of the most successful promoters in the United States during the 1930s. Signed, inscribed 10x8 photograph pictured with March Margaret McBride. Signed  "To Jesse from one of the Georges."  VG............50-75

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170. [TV] John Larroquette (b. 1947)American film, television and stage actor. His roles include Dan Fielding on the 1984-1992 sitcom Night Court (winning a then-unprecedented four consecutive Emmy Awards for his role); Mike McBride in the Hallmark Channel series McBride, John Hemingway on The John Larroquette Show, and Carl Sack in Boston Legal. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.........25-35

171. Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915) American writer, publisher, artist and philosopher. ANS written on 4-page printed "let Business Men Co-Operate."  VG............75-100

172. [BRITAIN] Sir Edward Heath (1916-2005)  Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to February 1974 and as Leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975.  Signed 1965 FDC honoring President Herbert Hoover. Fine & attractive.......50-75

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173. FRANCE]    LOPPIN DE GEMEAUX - 1817 MANUSCRIPT  DOCUMENT from the hand of Gemeaux. He was the famous Mayor of Gemeaux.  Identified as initialed - list of villages. He was the very close friend of Voltaire and Rousseau. Written on both sides, approx. 7x9".  During the Napoleonic Wars, invasion of German troops at Wurtemberg, this document concerns requisited horses, forage, food etc. for their troops.  VG..............100-150

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174. [FILM] Ben Gazzara  (1930-2012) American film, stage, and Emmy Award winning television actor and director. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG...........40-60

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175. [LBJ Association - two pieces) [1] Russell Morton Brown (1912-1987) noted attorney who was Johnson's close friend and coworker in the office of Congressman Kleberg in the early 1930s. TLS, 1982, one full page. Brown iscusses LBJ's early career. "There is no question that Lyndon was planning to run for office, probably from the time he was old enough to think about such things...."  He also talks about Huey Long.  [2] Bobby Baker -  former political adviser to Lyndon B. Johnson, and an organizer for the Democratic Party. TLS, 1960, 1p, as LBJs secretary, forced to resugn because of scandal. Here Baker is congratulating a Senate employee on 50 years of service. Two pieces. Both VG............75-100

177. Wallace Groves (c. 1902-1988) was a prominent financier, who, after his release from federal prison in 1944, moved to the Bahamas and there founded and operated the free trade zone, resort, and casino development Freeport on Grand Bahama Island. Investigators of U.S. organized crime associate him with the Meyer Lansky syndicate operating offshore casinos from Miami Beach. These ties notwithstanding, he is credited with being a driving force in the development of the modern Bahamian economy.  ALS, no date written on note pad paper of The Plaza in New York. Apparently a draft of his letter to an attorney requesting information about the tax effect of a loss on a business loan he made to a wholly owned corporation.  Accompanied by a newspaper clipping (Parade Jan. 15, 1967) about him entitled "Emperor Groves."  Approx. 4-3/8 x 5".  VG. RARE!...........100-150

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178.  [AVIATION] Giuseppe Mario Bellanca (1886-1960) Italian-American airplane designer and builder who created the first enclosed cabin monoplane in the United States in 1922. This aircraft is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. Closely cropped clip signature mounted to card.........40-60

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179.  ARCHIE ROOSEVELT,  JR. (1918-1990) CIA intelligence officer and grandson of Theodore Roosevelt. Signed book. This is a calf bound copy of Roosevelt’s 23-page article in “The Middle East Journal” entitled ‘The Kurdish Republic of Mahabad’. Roosevelt has inscribed the book to then CIA boss Allen Dulles. The inscription reads: To “The Boss”, with best wishes, in the hope that you will read it as you have read (and, on occasion, edited!) so many other things that I have written.” This is a very timely subject. The book came from Dulles’ library. Covers scuffed along edges but the whole piece is pretty good condition............75-100

180. [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

181. Ely Culbertson (J1891-1955) was an entrepreneurial American contract bridge personality dominant during the Thirties. He played a major role in the early popularization of the game, and was widely regarded as "the man who made contract bridge".  He was a great showman who became rich, was highly extravagant, and lost and gained fortunes several times over.  ALS, 1939, 1p. VG.........40-60

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182. Melville Ezra Ingalls (1842 - 1914), commonly abbreviated M.E. Ingalls, was a Massachusetts state legislator who went on to become president of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (the Big Four Railroad). Signed cabinet photograph, 6.5 x 9". VG.........60-80

183. [EARLY FILM] Vivian Prescott  -  American actress. She appeared in 202 films between 1909 and 1917. Signed 8x10 photo. VG...........25-35

184. [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

185. Malcolm Taylor Dougherty (pen name Malcolm Taylor) (1888-1989) author of boys' books and a poet. An archive of 10 ALSsdated 1983-1989, PLUS 7 Christmas cards, each with long notes written by him on them; plus a photo and funeral card. Interesting reflections by a centenarian. Most are signed "Doc." VG.......150-200

186. [FRANCE - AVIATION]  Louis Béchereau (1880–1970) French engineer, airplane designer.  Béchereau would be responsible for Deperdussin and SPAD aircraft designs thereafter.  ALS, 1962, written on both sides of 5.5 x 4" card, with envelope. Addressed to Malfanti, President of the "Les Alles Brisees Society".  Fine.............60-80

187. [FRANCE] Louis Bourdeau  (1824–1900) French author of various scientific, technical and academic subjects. Coinage of the word praxeology  is often credited to Louis Bourdeau,  author of a classification of the sciences, which he published in his Théorie des sciences: Plan de Science intégrale in 1882. However, the term was used at least once previously (with a slight spelling difference), as far back as 1608, by Clemens Timpler in his Philosophiae practicae systema methodicum.  ALS, 1893, 2pp. Blue pencil notations and 2 file punch holes.....50-75

188.  [GREAT BRITAIN] Charles Fane, 1st Viscount Fane PC (Ire) (1676-1744) English courtier, politician and a landowner in both England and Ireland. Fane or ffane was baptised at Basildon in Berkshire on 30 January 1676, he was the second son but heir of the Right Hon. Sir Henry Fane, of Basildon, KB, (1650-1705/06), by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Southcott of Exeter. Fane was appointed Deputy Lieutenant (DL) for Berkshire, 21 September 1715. He was Member of the Irish Parliament (MP) for Killybegs in county Donegal, a seat controlled by the Conygham family, from 1715 to 1719. ALS, 2 pages, 7-1/4 x 9". Written from Bath 3 May. The date 1745? written in was written in unknown hand and obviously incorrect as Fane died in 1744. We have researched this letter and there is no doubt about which Fane this was written by. VG.........100-150

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189. [FRANCE] LETTRES PATENTES Du Roi, 1764, 12-pages, approx. 7x9".  From the old Royal regime on Jesuits. Rare! Superb condition for any age................100-150

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190. [FILM] Billy Bob Thornton  (b. 1955- ) American actor.  Signed, inscribed color 8x10 photo. VG...........25-35

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193. [FRANCE] Daniel-Rops (1901-1965)  French writer and historian whose real name was Henri Petiot. From 1957 to 1963 was one of the 50 governors of the European Foundation of Culture founded by Denis de Rougemont. In 1955, he was elected to the French Academy. ALS, no date, written on his personal correspondence card, approx. 5-3/8 x 4-1/8". Fine. Signed with initials.........75-100

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194. [NAVAL] Francis John Higginson (1843-1931) American Rear Admiral. His naval career spanned the Civil War and a new century. He took part in the blockade of Charleston and the bombardment of Fort Sumter in the Civil War (1861-1865). One of the high points of his career was his commission as Captain of the USS Massachusetts in 1908. The Massachusetts was the first true battleship in the United States Navy. The Naval Department ordered Higginson to sail the coal-powered ship to Cuba during the Spanish-American War (1898). His actions in the war helped to earn Higginson the rank of Rear Admiral in 1899. Document Signed, Constantinople, Turkey, Sept. 10, 1878, 1p, 9 x 14". Concerns repair for the Tilippucci, he signs as Commanding Officer. VG...........75-100

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195. [MUSIC] Georges Martin Witkowski  (1867-1943) French conductor and composer of classical music. Signed photograph, about 6x8". VG...........50-75

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

197. Jody Powell [1943-2009] White House Press Sec. for Jimmy Carter. ALS, nd., 1p.........25-35

199. [FILM] Brian Aherne [1902-1986] British actor of both stage and screen, who found success in Hollywood. ALS, 1966, 1p, concerns buying property in California, but having difficulty with his wife to part with their present home............50-75

200. US Senators - 10 TLSs, 1960-1962, all to Vernon Talbertt: Hickenlooper [IA], Hickey [WY], Holland [FL], Hruska [NE], Johnston [SC], Jackson [WA], Jordon [NC], Kuchel [CA], Lausche [OH], Cotton [NH]. All have mounting residue at top & bottom edge. Mostly on verso but with some show-thru.............50-75

One of America's Earliest Western Singing Groups

201. [MUSIC] The Sons of the Pioneers are one of America's earliest Western singing groups whose classic recordings set a new standard for performers of Western music. Known for the high quality of their vocal performances, musicianship, and songwriting, they produced finely-crafted and innovative recordings that have inspired many Western music performers and remained popular through the years. Since 1933, through many changes in membership, the Sons of the Pioneers have remained one of the longest-surviving country music vocal groups in history. Between 1935 and 1984, the Sons of the Pioneers appeared in 87 films, several movie shorts, and a television series. In 1937, the Sons Of The Pioneers signed a deal with Columbia Pictures to appear in a number of movies. In 1938, Leonard Slye was offered a contract as an actor with rival Republic Pictures. Part of that deal required him to officially leave the group. Leonard Slye changed his name to Roy Rogers, and went on to achieve major success as a singing cowboy in the movies. Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers still remained close throughout the coming years. When their contract with Columbia Pictures ended, they signed a new contract with Republic Pictures to be with Roy. They were soon appearing as highly popular supporting players in many of Roy Rogers' movies. Rare Signed vintage vintage 8x10 photograph. SIGNED on the front by Pat Brady & Hugh Farr. Signed on the back by Tim Spencer & Lloyd Perryman. Crease upper left corner; small margin edge tear left middle, plus other minor faults. Very uncommon..........125-175

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202. [MUSIC] Canned Heat is a blues-rock/boogie rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California in 1965. Signed photo of the band, 10x8. Signed by all 5 members of the band. VG..........50-75

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203. [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

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204. 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

205.  [SPACE] Owen K. Garriott (b. 1930) former NASA astronaut who spent 60 days aboard the Skylab space station in 1973 during the Skylab 3 mission, and 10 days aboard Spacelab-1 on a space shuttle mission in 1983. Signed, inscribed color litho. photo, 8x10. VG.........50-75



206.  [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

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207. [MUSIC] Tzvi Avni (1927 - )  Israeli composer. In 2001, Avni was awarded the Israel Prize, for music. AMQS, inscribed, dated 1013, of his from his work "Mizmorey Tehilim (beginning of the 3 movements."  Approx. 10-1/2 x 4-1/4". VG..............50-75

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208. [MUSIC] Constantin Von Sternberg (1852-1924) Russian composer and pianist. TLS, 1898, accepting a position as a delegate and promising not to have any engagements during the period. 8.5 x 11". VG...........75-100

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209. [FRANCE] Bulletin Des Lois, No. 339, Palais des Tuileries, Decret that begins Napoleon, Empereur Des Francais, dated 29 December 1810, about 30 pages. First part Decret #6536 concerns tobacco. Followed by #6333 concerning Books printed in France for Dutch works before 1811. Signed in type by Napoleon. VG..........75-100

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210. [FRANCE] Charles Axel GUILLAUMOT (1730-1807) French architect.  About 1754  he  settled in Paris where the Intendant General Berthier Sauvigny the charge build barracks to house Swiss Guards regiments in Courbevoie, Rueil and Saint-Denis. All that remains today along a street bearing his name, the barracks Rueil historical monument Aug. 28, 1974. He also built the so-called Saint Florentin and two castles in Joigny in the Yonne barracks. In 1757, Charles was appointed Inspector Axel barracks. He was sent on a mission to Vézelay to build on the ruins of the monastery, an abbey palace which will be sold as national property in 1789, then demolished. He participated with Garden and Mique the consolidation and restructuring of the cathedral of Orleans.   Around 1770, Charles Axel Guillaumot was introduced to Freemasonry which then attracts members of high society. Renowned architect, he wrote several treatises on architecture, which allows him to enter the 1773 Royal Academy of Architecture founded by Colbert (who removed in 1793, will be fused into the Academy of Fine Arts). Voltaire congratulates for his books, and her writing, about "Notes on observations on the architecture of the Abbe Laugier" he published in 1768. In 1777, Charles Axel Guillaumot Architect is the King's Buildings, Inspector General and Inspector General of Barracks Nurseries. Then a sinkhole destroyed three hundred meters of road and several buildings around the current Boulevard Saint-Michel in Paris. Indeed, there were considerable gaps in the Parisian underground quarry that operated from the twelfth century to extract stone for the construction of the city walls, Notre Dame, the Louvre, churches and other buildings. The conclusions of the report commissioned by Louis XVI (now King just three years earlier) were very disturbing: while the south of Paris, in Vaugirard, was likely to collapse! April 4, 1777, a special commission was appointed to solve this problem soon after, on the proposal of Count Angivillier and Lieutenant General of Police, Louis XVI created the Inspection Careers , which on April 24, 1777, he says load Charles Axel Guillaumot promoted Comptroller General and Inspector Careers. That same day, an accident Rue d'Enfer justify this appointment, the task looked tough as it was to inform the public of the dangers of sub-floor, empty map, then consolidate.  During the first two years, Charles Axel Guillaumot and engineers throughout all the quarries, the frightened work done 800 acres, six million cubic meters of underground voids! Huge amounts are swallowed, the number of employees increased from forty to four hundred! A hollow team looking for galleries and projects forgotten, while another team consolidates. Pillars, jams support ceilings yards to the right of property surface. Early work bear the mark of the artistic spirit and organizer Charles Axel Guillaumot: care siding stone constituting the supporting pillars, carvings salient frames, marking historical consolidation work with inscriptions engraved or painted on the rocks. Thus "25G1777" means "twenty-fifth confortation Guillaumot in 1777" and "1G7R" means "first confortation Guillaumot in year 7 of the Republic."  Héricart Thury and successors Guillaumot continue this work with the same care for two centuries, and this work, still followed today, is one of France's most important architectural ensembles.  Gypsum quarries, which is extracted from the "cast stone", were located outside of Paris pregnant eighteenth century, they also contain some real underground cathedrals, as the closure of all quarries in Ménilmontant it was ordered from 1779.  The architect of the "Catacombs of Paris" - At the same time, Charles Axel Guillaumot was commissioned to build the aqueduct of Paray, and in 1784 he found the aqueduct built in the early seventeenth century by the Medici. ALS, no year, written on both sides, approx. 6x8". "The Man Who Saved Paris"  VG.............100-150

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211. [FRANCE] Charles-Hector d'Harcourt (1743-1820), marquis of Harcourt, Peer of France, lieutenant général des armées du roi (1814). Brief ALS, 1781, 1p., to Marquis de Segur - military mater. Segur was the War Minister. Approx. 9-1/4 x 4-3/4". VG........80-120

212. [FRANCE] BULLETIN DES LOIS No, 175, dated 1808, signed Napoleon in print, 8pp, approx. 5.5 x 8.5". Has to do with Conscription. VG.............80-120
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214. [FRANCE] Charles MERE [b. 1883] Fr. author & playwright. Two TLSs sent to him on which he pens ANSs, 1931 & 1943. VG.....................60-80



215. [FRANCE] Lizinska de Mirbel [1796-1849] Miniaturist, official painter of Louis XVIII and Charles X. ALS, no date, 1p. Not translated. Approx. 5 x 8". VG...........75-100

216. [MUSIC] Ivan Erod (b. 1936) Hungarian-Austrian composer and pianist. AMQS on 6x4 card. Fine........60-80

217. [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

218. David Stewart (1800-1858) American Senator. Stewart was born in Baltimore, Maryland, completed preparatory studies, and attended the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University). He graduated from Union College of Schenectady, New York in 1819. He later studied law, was admitted to the bar about 1821, and commenced practice in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1849, Stewart was appointed as a Whig to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Reverdy Johnson and served from December 6, 1849, to January 12, 1850, when a successor was elected. He was not a candidate for election to fill the vacancy, and resumed the practice of his profession in Baltimore soon thereafter. ALS, not dated but appears to be as a senator, written on both sides to Robert P. Anderson about having books sent to him. VG............35-45

219. [ASTRONOMY] HERSCHEL, Sir William (1738-1822), German-born British astronomer, who made many important contributions to astronomy. Originally named Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel, he was born in Hannover, Germany. At the age of 19 he went to England, working as a music teacher and organist but devoting all his spare time to the study of astronomy and mathematics. Unable to procure adequate instruments, he constructed and constantly improved his own telescopes. In 1774, with the aid of his sister Caroline (also an astronomer), he began a comprehensive and systematic survey of the heavens. In 1781 he discovered a new planet, which he named Georgium Sidus in honor of George III, king of Great Britain, but which is now universally called Uranus (q.v.) . A year later he was appointed private astronomer to the king, a position that enabled him to devote all his time to his astronomic pursuits. He erected a telescope at Slough with a 48-in. (1.22-m) mirror and a focal length of 40 ft (12.2 m). Using this, he discovered two satellites of Uranus and the sixth and seventh satellites of Saturn (q.v.) . He studied the rotation period of many planetsand the motion of double stars, and also cataloged more than 800 double stars ( see Star). He studied nebulas, contributing new information on their constitution and increasing the number of observed nebulas from about 100 to 2500. Herschel was the first to propose that these nebulas were composed of stars. He was elected to the Royal Society in 1781 and knighted in 1816. He is considered the founder of sidereal astronomy. ENGRAVED PORTRAIT, c. 1853. Clean........30-40

220. [MUSIC] Gustave Frederic Soderlund (1881-1972) Finnish born American composer, pianist, author on Gregorian Chant music. Signed, inscribed small picture removed from publication. About 3 x 4-1/4". VG............35-45

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222. [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

223. [FRANCE] Louis Loew (1828 - 1917) President of the Criminal Chamber during the investigations of the first quashing of the verdict that had convicted Dreyfus. As president of the Criminal Chamber of the Court of Cassation as of 11 May 1886, he directed the investigations during the first quashing of the Dreyfus trial, and felt "condemned to public hatred and the target of its fury, [my name, my religion and my family being] scrutinized, misrepresented and reviled with the most treacherous acrimony." In January 1899, a deputy included him, along with his rapporteur Bard and public prosecutor Manau, in a "trio of rogues." ALS, Paris, 1887, 3pp., 4-1/8 x 5-1/4". Fine condition.............50-75

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224. [MAINE] Jim Longley (1924-1980) American politician. He served as the 69th Governor of Maine from 1975 to 1979, and was the first Independent to hold the office. Signed Inaugural Address booklet, Jan. 2, 1975, along with unsigned Governor of Maine coaster. VG............40-60

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225. [FILM] Duncan Renaldo (1904-1980) American actor who portrayed The Cisco Kid in films and on the 1950-1956 American TV series. Brief ALS, no date. Fine.......50-75

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

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

228. [FRENCH ART] J(acques) O(nfroy) de Breville (1858-1931) French painter and Illustrator who was known as "JOB". He was one of the most popular illustrators in France during the 19th century. He did many of Napoleon, and one of his most famous was the Emperor staring at the Sphinx in Egypt. His prints and posters are still popular today. ALS, 2pp, with 1918 postmarked envelope. Not translated. VG........60-80

229. LEMONNIER, (Antoine Louis) Camille (1844-1913), Belgian novelist and art critic, founder of the Belgian literary renaissance. Most of his fiction was influenced by the work of the French writer Émile Zola, and is frank and naturalistic in its descriptions of characters and analysis of their behavior. His first successful novel was Un mâle (1881), a vivid description of a rural setting; Le petit homme de Dieu (The Little Man of God, 1902) is considered one of his best works. Among his writings on Belgian art is Histoire des beaux-arts en Belgique (1887). ALS [APPEARS TO BE ONLY THE LAST PAGE SIGNED]............50-75

230. [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

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Portrait of Pelletan

231. [MUSIC] Richard Adler (1921-2012) American lyricist, composer and producer of several Broadway shows. Adler staged and produced several shows for U.S. presidents; the most notable of these was a 1962 Madison Square Garden birthday celebration for John F. Kennedy that included Marilyn Monroe singing a version of Happy Birthday to the president in her trademark breathy voice. Signed printed poto, 8x10. VG...........25-35

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233. [MUSIC] Ray Conniff (1916-2002) American bandleader and arranger best known for his Ray Conniff Singers during during 1960s. ALS, 1995, 1p., to what is probably a collector asking not to be part of the "project." He pens AMQS at bottom. 8.5 x 11"...........75-100

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234. [MUSIC] Gordon Getty (b. 1934) American composer; son of the oil tycoon J. Paul Getty. Rare AMQS from his "Pump Jack" the dancing segment "Ewig Du". Approx. 10-1/4 x 4-1/4". Two fold lines o/w VG........75-100

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235. [ART] FREDERICK "Fritz" SOLOMON (1899-1980) German Expressionist artist. Original pencil  DRAWING, unsigned,  dated 1930 approx. 9.5 x 12 in. paper. Unframed. Comes with biographical information. This is, without doubt, by Solomon and guaranteed to be so without a time limit. Solomon won the Mowbray Prize [1944] in London; was listed in WHO'S WHO IN ART [1954 London edition]. He studied art with such famous German artist's as: Max Liebermann, Martin Brandenburg, Eugene Spiro & Willy Jaeckel [Masterclass]. Exhibitions: Berlin, Cologne, Capetown, Haifa, London [Royal Academy], U.S., and in 1958 had one-man show at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Havana, Cuba. In 1956 several of his paintings were exhibited at the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio. He died in the U.S. We purchased his personal papers and most of his drawings at his estate sale. His work is fairly scarce. The photos shown below DO NOT accompany this drawing and are not for sale. Also, showing below is a copy of Royal Academy of Arts notification that Samuel Courtauld has selected a painting by Solomon for purchase in 1945. Courtauld, who would died two tears later, was the founder of the Courtauld Art Institute in England. Courtauld had formed an important art collection including multiple works by Manet, Cezanne, Renoir etc., which he gave to the Courtauld and the Tate. He had purchased at least 5 paintings by Frederick Solomon and when he saw the painting JACOB at Solomon's exhibition at the JABE Gallery he ordered that the painting be sent to the TATE Gallery but he died a few days later and the purchase never took place. We will include a copy of the Royal Academy/Courtauld purchase document to the winning bidder.........100-150

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236. [MUSIC] Brian Farnon  (1911-2010) Canadian born  actor, known for The Spike Jones Show (1957). Jazz saxophonist, arranger and composer. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.........25-35

237. [TV] Judith Chapman (b. 1951) American soap opera actress, best known for roles as Natalie Bannon Hughes in As the World Turns, Charlotte Greer on Ryan's Hope, Ginny Blake Webber on General Hospital, Sandra Montaigne on One Life to Live, Anjelica Deveraux Curtis on Days of our Lives, and as Gloria Abbott Bardwell on The Young and the Restless.  Signed, inscribed 8x10 p[hoto.  Several faults to photo surface............25-35

238. [MUSIC] Peter  Duchin ( b. 1937)  American pianist and band leader. Signed 8x10 photo. VG..............25-35

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

240. Lemuel Shaw (1781-1861) American jurist who served as Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1830–1860). Prior to his appointment he also served for several years in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as a state senator. 3-1/4 x 2" card signed "Chief Justice Shaw." VG..........25-35

241. Charles Jared Ingersoll (1782-1862)  American lawyer and Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Clip Signature.........15-20

242. [FRANCE]  François-Marie-Benjamin Richard (1819-1908) French Cardinal,  archbishop of Paris, French prelate.  Educated at the seminary of St Sulpice he became successively vicar-general of Nantes, bishop of Belley, and in 1875 coadjutor of Paris. In 1886 the death of Archbishop Guibert was followed by Mgr. Richard's appointment to the see of Paris, and in 1889 he received a cardinal's hat.  In January 1900 the trial of the Assumptionist Fathers resulted in the dissolution of their society as an illegal association. The next day an official visit of the archbishop to the Fathers was noted by the government as an act of a political character, and Mgr. Richard was officially censured. His attitude was in general exceedingly moderate, he had no share in the extremist policy of the Ultramontanes, and throughout the struggle over the law of Associations and the law of Separations he maintained his reasonable temper.  He presided in September 1906 over an assembly of bishops and archbishops at his palace in the rue de Grenelle, a few days after the papal encyclical forbidding French Catholics to form associations for public worship, but it was then too late for conciliation. In December he gave up the archiepiscopal palace to the government authorities. He was then an old man of nearly ninety, and his eviction evoked great sympathy.  Letter Signed, 1866,  2 pages, approx. 5-1/4 x 8-1/2". VG................100-150

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243.  [FRANCE] René-François Régnier [1794-1881] Archbishop of Cambrai (France), created cardinal priest 1873; participated in the Conclave of 1878, which elected Pope Leo XIII.  ALS, 1846, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8". VG...........100-150

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244. [MUSIC] Baron Armand-Marie Limnander van Nieuwenhove (1814-1892)  Belgian composer of choral and orchestral works and church music. Knight of the Order of Leopold, he was the founder and conductor of the choral chamber ensembles Société Symphonique and Réunion Lyrique in Belgium.  ALS, no date, 1p, approx. 5-1/4 x 8-1/4". VG..........50-75

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245. [MUSIC] Henri Lutz  (1864-1928) French composer and teacher.  Lutz studied from 1880 to 1885 in the School of Louis Niedermeyer with Eugene Gigout and Clément Loret , then with Ernest Guiraud at the Conservatoire de Paris.  In 1890, he obtained the cantata Cleopatra according to a text of Fernand Beissier the Second Grand Prix de Rome.  He served for many years as Director of musical studies at the Ecole Niedermeyer. Besides his piano works he composed several operas and symphonic works, which were given to the Concerts Colonne or Concerts Lamoureux.  Fine ALS, 1902, 2 pages, approx. 4-1/2 x 7-1/8".  Letter is to the noted French violinist, Joseph Debroux.............50-75

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246. [MUSIC] Henri de Ruolz (Henri Camille Catherine Count Ruolz-Montchal) French composer and chemist. Henri de Ruolz student of  Berton, Lesueur , Paer and Rossini    When his family lost its fortune,  he was forced to abandon music to devote himself to chemistry.  He invented a method of gilding without the use of mercury, a method used in jewelery and for tableware. The " Ruolz "is used in the manufacture of cutlery.  ALS, Paris, 1863, 1p., approx. 8-1/4 x 10-1/2". VG...........75-100

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247. [ART] Emile Wauters (1846-1933)  Belgian painter. He was born in Brussels. Successively the pupil of Portaels and Jean-Léon Gérôme, he produced in 1868 The Battle of Hastings: the Finding of the body of Harold by Edith, a work of striking, precocious talent.  As his youth disqualified him for the medal of the Brussels Salon, which otherwise would have been his, he was sent, by way of compensation, by the minister of fine arts, as artist-delegate to Suez for the opening of the canal, a visit that was fruitful later on.  In 1870, when he was yet only twenty-two years of age, Wauters exhibited his great historical picture of Mary of Burgundy entreating the Sheriffs of Ghent to pardon the Councillors Hugonet and Humbercourt (Liege Museum) which created a veritable furore, an impression which was confirmed the following year at the London International Exhibition.  It was eclipsed by the celebrated Madness of Hugo van der Goes (1872, Brussels Museum), a picture which led to the commission for the two large works decorating the Lions staircase of the Hotel de Ville Mary of Burgundy swearing to respect the Communal Rights of Brussels, 1477 and The Armed Citizens of Brussels demanding the Charta from Duke John IV of Brabant. His other large compositions comprise Sobieski and his Staff before Besieged Vienna (Brussels Museum) and the Harvest of a journey to Spain and Tangiers, The Great Mosque, and Serpent Charmers of Sokko, and a souvenir of his Egyptian travel, Cairo, from the Bridge of Kasr-el-Nil (Antwerp Museum). His vast panorama probably the noblest and most artistic work of this class ever produced Cairo and the Banks of the Nile (1881), 380 ft. by 49 ft., executed in six months, was exhibited with extraordinary success in Brussels, Munich, and the Hague. He received the Order of Merit of Prussia, and is Commander of the Order of Leopold, and of that of St. Michael of Bavaria, Officer of the Légion d'honneur, among other awards.  ALS, no date, 1p., approx. 4-1/2 x 7". Very Fine condition............125-175

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248. [FRANCE]  Pierre-Augustin-Bernardin de Rosset de Fleury  (1717-1780)  French prelate.  Bishop of Chartres from 1746-1780.  Born in Castle Pérignan ( Aude ), is the second son of John Hercules Rosset of Rocozels Fleury and Marie de Rey, and grand-son of Bernardin de Rosset of Rocozels and Marie Fleury (sister of Cardinal Fleury ). Was educated at the Collège de la Marche in Paris, and the Sorbonne , where he obtained the cap doctorate in theology in 1742. Appointed Bishop of Chartres by royal patent, and confirmed in this position by Pope Benedict XIV in 1746, he took the name of Peter VI. First chaplain Leszczyńska Marie (1743) and Grand Chaplain Marie-Antoinette (1774), he was made ​​Commander of the Order of the Holy Spirit in the royal chapel of the castle of Versailles (1777). During the harsh winter of 1751-1752, he gave his silver at the Mint for the relief of the destitute. At Chartres Bishop rebuilt the episcopal palace. He died on January 13, 1780 the palace of the Tuileries , where he had an apartment, and was buried in Saint-Louis-du-Louvre in the family tomb.  Manuscript Document Signed, 1767, written by him, approx. 5-1/4 x 3". VG...........100-150

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249. [FRANCE] Princess Marthe  Bibesco (1886-1973)   Romanian-French writer. In January 2001, a national poll of the most influential women in Romania's history placed princess Marthe Bibesco in the first position as the woman of the Millennium and of the 20th century. When Romania at last entered the war on the Allied side in 1916, Marthe worked at a hospital in Bucharest until the German army burned down her home in Posada, in the Transylvanian Alps. She fled the country to join her mother and daughter in Geneva after a quarantine exile, imposed by the German occupants, in Austria-Hungary (as a guest of the princely family of Thurn and Taxis at Latchen ). There she continued to write. For most of her life, she wrote every morning until lunchtime--her journals alone fill 65 volumes. In Switzerland, she began work on Isvor, pays des saules ("Isvor, Land of Willows"). It was Marthe's Romanian masterpiece, where she brilliantly conveyed the everyday life and customs of her people, the extraordinary mixture of superstition, deep philosophy, resignation and hope, and the unending struggle between age-old pagan beliefs and Christian faith. For the Bibescos life after the war was more cosmopolitan than Romanian. Among her literary friends and acquaintances, Marthe counted Jean Cocteau, Paul Valéry, Rainer Maria Rilke, François Mauriac, Max Jacob, and Francis Jammes. During this postwar period she rebuilt Posada, her mountain home, and began restoring the other family estate, Mogos,oaia, the palace built in Byzantine style. Again in London, she met Winston Churchill in 1920, starting a warm friendship that would last until his death in 1965. Now a grande dame, she enjoyed her last great friendship with a powerful leader, Charles de Gaulle, who invited her in 1963 to an Élysée Palace reception in the honour of the Swedish Sovereigns. De Gaulle also took a copy of Isvor, Pays des Saules with him when he visited Romania in 1968, and told her in the same year: ... you do personify Europe to me. Marthe was 82 years old. She died on 28 November 1973 in Paris. ALS, London, 1957, 2 pages. Not translated. Approx. 5-1/4 x 7-1/4". VG........100-150

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250. [FRANCE] Charles Eugène Gabriel de La Croix de Castries (1727-1801) French marshal. He was named Secretary of State of the Navy on 13 October 1780 on the recommandation of his friend Jacques Necker. He remained in this post until 24 August 1787. In 1783, he was made a marshal of France. He reorganised the fleet and had a new naval strategy adopted by the Grand Conseil, that the navy's ships of the line should be kept at sea while a flotilla blockaded the Royal Navy and kept it in port. This strategy led to French naval successes in the American War of Independence. He fought with distinction in the Seven Years' War and all Louis XV's campaigns. "Mestre de camp" of the régiment du Roi-Cavalerie from 26 March 1744, he was maréchal de camp and commandant général of the cavalry from 1748. In 1756, he commanded the expeditionary force sent to St Lucia, and the Carenage quarter of the island was renamed Castries after him. He next distinguished himself in the Battle of Rossbach (5 November 1757), in which he was wounded twice. Becoming lieutenant général (on 28 December 1758), he became maître de camp général of the cavalry on 16 April 1759. At the Battle of Clostercamp (16 October 1760), through his sang-froid he saved a situation when all seemed lost. Offered here is a Letter Signed, VERSAILLES, 1786, 1-page, approx. 8-1/4 x 12-1/2".  Not translated.............200-300

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251. [FRANCE] Jean-Charles-Julien Luce Lancival   (1764-1810)  French poet and playwright born in French Saint-Gobain ( Picardie ), France.  Luce Lancival was a brilliant student at Louis-le-Grand College and was appointed professor of rhetoric at the college of Navarre at age 22 ( 1786 ). The following year  he left teaching and took orders. He became noted for his talents as a preacher. In the French Revolution, he broke his vows and turned to theater.  To 1797 , he was in charge of the French literature during Prytanée former Collège Louis-le-Grand . He remained a professor of rhetoric at the imperial school at the time of reorganization of the University. He was then called to the chair of Latin poetry at the Sorbonne .  In 1805 , he wrote his poem in six cantos Achilles in Skyros, his best known work.  In the theater, Luce Lancival won his greatest success shortly before his death, with his tragedy 'of Hector , shown in 1809 at the Comédie-French . On a subject taken from the Iliad , the piece caused a sensation by nature judged by the very contemporary faithful to the spirit of ancient Greece. Napoleon rewarded the author assigning him a pension of 6,000 French francs. His love of life, pushed to debauchery, was famous in his time. He must have lost a leg, probably because of diabetes, and carry a wooden leg. Despite this disability and poor health, he gave himself with great dedication to the teaching of literature and was an outstanding teacher.  Rare ALS, 1808, 1p, approx. 4.5 x 7.5". Fine..........150-200

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252. Herbert H. Lehman (1878-1963)  Democratic Party politician from New York. He was the 45th Governor of New York from 1933 to 1942, and represented New York in the United States Senate from 1950 to 1957.  Signed  photo,  9 x 7-3/4. VG..........50-75

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253. Princess Soraya of Iran (1932 – 2001)  Queen of Iran as the second wife of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran. Signed photo, about 3-1/2 x 4-5/8". VG............40-60

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254. [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

255. [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

256. George Barr McCutcheon [1866-1928] Am. writer. Signature/sentiment.........15-20

257. Edgar A. Guest [1881-1959] Am. poet. Clip signature......15-20

258. [ENGLAND] R(ichard) Cobden (1804-1865) British manufacturer and Radical and Liberal statesman, associated with John Bright in the formation of the Anti-Corn Law League as well as with the Cobden-Chevalier Treaty. Clip signature MOUNTED. Below is article about him............25-35

259. [ENGLAND] Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778 - 1868) British statesman who became Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom. Brougham was the designer of the brougham, a four-wheeled, horse-drawn style of carriage that bears his name. A statue of him, inscribed "Lord Brougham," stands at the Cannes waterfront, across from the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès. SIGNED address panel dated 1821...........25-35

260. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward, born Mary Gray Phelps, (1844-1911) American author. She was born at Andover, Massachusetts, and married Herbert Dickinson Ward , in 1888. In most of her writings she used her mother's name "Elizabeth Stuart Phelps" as a pseudonym, both before and after her marriage. She also used the pseudonym, Mary Adams. Ward wrote three Spiritualist novels, The Gates Ajar, Between the Gates and Beyond the Gates, and a novella about animal rights, Loveliness. While writing other popular stories, she was also a great advocate, by lecturing and otherwise, for social reform, temperance, and the emancipation of women. SIGNATURE on card with sentiment, 1881, mounted to larger page........15-20

261. RICHARD WILBUR (1921- ) American Poet/Pulitzer Prize/Poet Laureate. SIGNED/inscribed stationery dtd 2000.......20-30

262. WILLIAM ARMSTRONG (1914-1999 ) American Novelist/Author. His most famous work was "Sounder", made into a movie. Clipped SIGNATURE "Wm. H. Armstrong"........15-20

263. [MUSIC] George Dreyfus [b. 1928] Australian contemporary classical, film and television composer. AMQS, inscribed, from his "1st Symphony". 10-1/2 x 4-1/4". Two mail fold lines o/w VG.....50-75

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264. Ruth Draper [1884-1956] Am. playwright. CLIP SIGNATURE..........20-30

265. Rex Allen (1920-1999) American actor, singer, and songwriter who is particularly known as the narrator in many Walt Disney nature and Western productions. For contributions to the recording industry, Rex Allen was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. SIGNED large limited edition poster, matted & shrink-wrapped. Plague on front says edition number 45 of 300. The Certificate of Authenticity on back says 45 of 134. "The prints were personally signed by Rex Allen at his home in Arizona between August and November 1999. ....Unfortunately he met his untimely death after signing 134 posters." Overall size 20 x 24". VG...........50-75

266. [SCIENCE] Karl T. Compton (1887-1954) was a prominent American physicist and president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1930 to 1948. Signature on back of 1946 postal card. Appears to be lightly, evenly toned..........50-75

267. [NOBEL PRIZE] EDWARD B. LEWIS (1918- ) American developmental geneticist who, along with geneticists Christiane Nusslein-Volhard and Eric F. Wieschaus, was awarded the 1995 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discovering the functions that control early embryonic development. Lewis based his research on studies of the fruit fly, or vinegar fly (Drosophila melanogaster), a popular species for genetic experiments. By crossbreeding thousands of flies he was able to establish that genes are generally arranged on the chromosome in the same order as their corresponding body segments--e.g., the first set of genes controls the head and thorax; the middle set, the abdomen; and the final set, posterior parts. This orderliness is known as the colinearity principle. Lewis also found that genetic regulatory functions may overlap. For example, a fly with an extra set of wings has a defective gene not in the abdominal region but in the thoracic region, which normally functions as a regulator of such mutations SIGNED/inscribed 4x8 photograph in his laboratory with Signed envelope..............40-60

268. [MAINE] Ralph Owen Brewster (1888 - 1961) was an American politician from Maine. Brewster, a Republican, was solidly conservative, a close confidant of Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin and antagonist of Howard Hughes. Brewster came to national attention due to his opposition to the commercial interests of Howard Hughes , America's wealthiest man at the time. Brewster was chairman of a special Senate committee investigating defense procurement during World War II. He claimed concern that Hughes had received $40 million from the Defense Department without actually delivering the aircraft he had contracted to provide, but Brewster may have had an ulterior motive. Incidentally, Hughes stated that the H-4 Hercules cost far more, with the balance coming from his own funds. Hughes aggressively combated the inquirer, alleging corruption. Memoirs by Hughes right-hand man Noah Dietrich and syndicated newspaper columnist Jack Anderson each sketched Brewster as, in Dietrich's words, "an errand boy for Juan Trippe and Pan American World Airways," who pushed for legislation that would give Pan Am the single-carrier international air monopoly for the U.S. The Martin Scorsese movie The Aviator portrays Brewster (played by Alan Alda) similarly, as corrupt and in the pocket of Pan Am, the rival of Hughes' TWA . Hughes spread rumors about Brewster's close association with Pan Am, alleging that he received free flights and hospitality in return for legislation such as his bill to withdraw government approval for TWA flights across the Atlantic. TLS, on Congress of the United States stationery, 1938, 1p. ......25-35

269. [MAINE] George Evans (1797-1867) American politician from the state of Maine. He was a member of the Whig Party. In 1829, he was elected to a seat in the United States House of Representatives from Maine in a special election called after Peleg Sprague resigned to take a seat in the United States Senate. Evans served in the House from 1829 to 1841. He served as chairman of the committee on expenditures of the department of the treasury from 1829 to 1831. In 1841, Evans resigned from the House to take a seat in the United States Senate from Maine. He served as chairman of the Senate Committee on Manufactures from 1841 to 1843, chairman of the Committee on Finance from 1841 to 1845 and chairman of the committee on territories from 1845 to 1847. Evans served in the Senate until 1847 when he was defeated in an attempt to be reelected to a second term. Evans then practiced law in Portland, Maine and continued to be involved in politics. He served as chairman of a commission to ascertain claims against Mexico from 1849 to 1850, and served as attorney general of Maine during the 1850s. Folded stampless letter with his Free Frank signature on address leaf. Dated Sept. 28, 1843, Gardiner, Maine, to Elwood Evans, telling him at what time a letter mailed to Newcastle, by way of Damriscotta Mills, would take, being shipped from Augusta. And that it would take several days. Accompanied with a antique engraved portrait of Evans as a US senator. He was a senator at this time...........50-75

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270. [MUSIC] Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885) German composer and choral conductor. He composed roughly 3,000 individual works mostly in the area of vocal music. Several of his songs were at one time universally sung, and have obtained a more or less permanent place in the popular repertory. During his lifetime, Abt was a renowned choral conductor and he spent much of the last three decades of his life working as a guest conductor with choirs throughout Europe and in the United States. Signed cdv photograph, also signed and inscribed on the verso. Dated March 24, 1881. Some age-toning and a few spots but generally very good.........150-250

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271. [MUSIC] Malcolm Forsyth (1936-2011) South African and Canadian trombonist and composer. In 1970, he wrote Sketches from Natal for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Some of his other works include Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1979), Sagittarius (1975), Quinquefid (1976), African Ode (Symphony No. 3) (1981), and Atayoskewin (Suite for Orchestra) (1984), which won the Juno Award for Classical Composition of the Year in 1987. AMQS from his "ATAYOSKEWIN", dated 1994, on 6x4" card. VG.............50-75

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272. [MUSIC] David Rubinoff, also known as Dave Rubinoff, (September 13, 1897, Grodno, Russian Empire, now Belarus; October 6, 1986) was a popular violinist who was heard during the 1930s and 1940s on various radio programs playing his $100,000 Stradivarius violin. He also performed in theaters, clubs and schools, and he gave several concerts at the White House during the 1940s. He was sometimes billed as Rubinoff and his Violin. SIGNED, inscribed photograph, appears to have been trimmed to 6-3/8 x 6-3/4". Very good condition except for 2 "white" flaws, one above his head & the other in upper right corner. See below..........60-80

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273. [MUSIC] Angelo Badalamenti [b. 1937] American composer, known for his movie soundtrack , known for his movie soundtrack work for director David Lynch, notably Blue Velvet, the Twin Peaks saga [1990-1992] and Mulholland Drive. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the World Soundtrack Awards in 2008. AMQS, inscribed, "Rose's Theme" from "The Straight Story." 10-1/2 x 4-1/4". Two mail fold lines o/w VG.....50-75

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274. [MUSIC] Edward Jakobowski (1858 - 1927) English composer best known for writing the comic opera Erminie. ALS, 1895, 1p. Old price & other pencil notations erased from top but pencil pressure left its mark o/w in very good condition..........50-75

275. NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY Document signed 1857 by 8 members asking for money. Signed by Luther Bradish Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1839 to 1842; HEGWIG DE PAYSTER; G. KUAFF; WILLIAM K STRONG Civil War General; E. J. BROWN; J. M. MORRISON; & 2 OTHERS. William K Strong (180~1867) Civil War Union Brigadier General. Wealthy NYC wool merchant. Was in Egypt when the Civil War broke out and promptly went to France and purchased arms for the Union. Was appointed Brigadier General, US Volunteers by President Abraham Lincoln on September 28, 1861 and was in charge of Benton Barracks and the districts of Cairo and St Louis. Resigned his commission in October 20,1863. Approx. 8 x 9-3/4". VG..........50-75

276. George Owen Knapp [1855-1945] American Industrialist, Philanthropist, founder of Union Carbide. He built the famous Knapp's Castle in California. ALS, 1919, 1p.......50-75

277. [ENGLAND] Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868) British statesman who became Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom. ALS IN FRENCH, 1835, 1p. This appears to be the final page of a longer letter. Not translated......50-75

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278. [THEATRE] MARY F. SCOTT-SIDDONS (1844-1896) Indian born-English Actress. She was born in India. Scott Siddons made her professional debut at Nottingham, England, as Lady Macbeth. She first appeared in London in 1867 at the Haymarket Theatre, as Rosalind in "As You Like It." Her American debut was at the Boston Museum and her New York debut was as Rosalind in "As You Like It" at the Worrell Sisters' Theatre in 1868. She joined Augustin Daly's company in New York in 1869 SIGNED card.........25-35

279. Colonel John Purviance [1743-1823] At the commencement of the Revolutionary war, he volunteered and was appointed Lieutenant in the army. He behaved himself valiantly during the war, and was gradually promoted to the office of Colonel. He fought bravely for the liberty of his country, and rejoiced to see the Colony free. He returned a thankful heart to the bosom of his family, and lived happily there until the fall of 1791. He moved with his family to Sumner County, Tennessee. The country there was almost a wilderness. In the spring of 1792, his second son, John Purviance, while in the field at work, was shot, scalped, he was so near the house, that his wife could hear the Indian yells, and she would have run to her husband in the midst of them, had she not have been prevented by the interposition of her friends. They had been married but a few months. Col. John Purviance being alarmed at these savage cruelties, left the place and moved to Caneridge, Bourbon County, Kentucky, where the inhabitants were less exposed to Indian attacks. Clip signature dated 1781.........50-75

280.  Stuart Cloete (1897-1976) South African novelist, essayist, biographer and short story writer. Signed, inscribed personal bookplate, dated July 28, 1973. 3-1/2 x 6 in............40-60

281. Betty Furness (1916-1994) American actress, consumer advocate & current affairs commentator. Signed/inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.........25-35

282. [FRANCE] Francois-Alphonse Aulard [1849-1928]. French historian. Professor, Sorbonne (1887-1922). Known esp. as historian of the French Revolution. Author of Histoire politique de la Révolution française (1910) and editor of Receuil des actes du comitéde salut public (1889-1904), La Societédes Jacobins (1889-97), Paris pendant la réaction thermidorienne et sous le directoire (1898-1902); founded journal La Révolution française. AQS, no date, Paris, on 4.5 x 2.75 in. card. Not translated............25-35

283.  Thomas Robert "Tommy" Dewar, 1st Baron Dewar (1864-1930)  Scottish whisky distiller who, along with his brother John Dewar, built their family label, Dewar's, into an international success. They blended their whisky to make it more appealing to the international palate and Dewar demonstrated particular skills in marketing, travelling the world to find new markets and promote his product, exploiting romantic images of Scotland and tartan in his advertising. Small CLIP SIGNATURE, mounted to slip..............40-60

284. [POETRY] Riccardo Bacchelli (1891-1985) Italian writer. SIGNED handwritten poem, 1975, written on both sides, inscribed. In Italian. Folds o/w FINE..........50-75

285. Boots Randolph [1927-2007] saxophone player "Yakety Sax." ISP, 8x10.....25-35

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286. [THEATRE] Shirley Booth [1898-1992] American actress. Primarily a theatre actress, her Broadway career began in 1925. Her most significant success was as Lola Delaney, in the drama Come Back, Little Sheba, for which she received a Tony Award in 1950. She made her film debut, reprising her role in the 1952 film version, and won both the Academy Award for Best Actress and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her performance. Despite her successful entry into films, she preferred stage acting, and made only four more films. From 1961 until 1966, she played the title role in the sitcom Hazel, for which she won two Emmy Awards, and was acclaimed for her performance in the 1966 television production of The Glass Menagerie. Signed Playbill from the play "Goodbye, My Fancy", 1949. She signs insude..........25-35

288. [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

289. [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

290. [FILM] Suzy Parker (1932-2003) American model and actress active from 1947 into the early 1960s. Her first film role was in Kiss Them for Me (1957), opposite Cary Grant and blonde-bombshell, Jayne Mansfield. In Kiss Them for Me, Parker's character is the main interest of Cary Grant's character.  Signed 3x5 card...........20-30

291. [FILM] Lee Remick (1935-1991) American film and television actress. Among her best-known films are Anatomy of a Murder (1959), Days of Wine and Roses (1962), and The Omen (1976). Signed 3x5 card.........20-30

292. [FILM] Dina Merrill  (b. 1925- ) American actress and socialite. Signed 3x5 card...........15-20

293. [FILM] Carol Channing (b. 1921) American singer, actress, and comedienne. Clip signature.........15-20

294. Isaac Samuels Pennybacker (1805 - 1847) American lawyer, federal judge, and politician from Harrisonburg, Virginia. Pennybacker represented Virginia in the U.S. House from 1837-1839. He was offered by President Martin Van Buren the office of Attorney General, but declined. Similarly, he declined a position as justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia, and would not accept the nomination of the Democratic party for Governor of Virginia. On April 23, 1839, Pennybacker received a recess appointment from Van Buren to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia the death of Alexander Caldwell. Formally nominated on January 29, 1840, Pennybacker was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 17, 1840, and received his commission the same day. He resigned from his judgeship on December 6, 1845, and then served as United States Senator from Virginia from 1845-1847. James K. Polk named Pennybacker to the very first Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, a group which included Vice-President George M. Dallas, Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, D.C. Mayor William W. Seaton, Senator Sidney Breese, Rep. William J. Hough, Rep. Robert Dale Owen, Rep. Henry W. Hilliard, Rufus Choate, Richard Rush, Dr. Benjamin Rush, William C. Preston, Alexander Dallas Bache, and Joseph G. Totten, among others, who met for the first time in September 1846. ALS, Washington City, 1837, 1p, 8 x 4.5. In response to an autograph collector wanting autographs of "the most distinguished men of our country." VG...............75-100

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295. W.H.V. (William Henry Vanderbilt) (1821-1885) American businessman and a member of the prominent United States Vanderbilt family. Manuscript document signed with his initials, Oct. 26, 1864, 2pp, approx. 8 x 12.5". Release of funds to pay for a fence to run along the Harlem Railroad. Also included is a separate document signed by City Clerk [NYC] Henry W. Genet, attesting to the 26th of October for payment. Document reinforced at folds with archival document tape....150-250

296. [FILM] Maureen O'Hara  (b. 1920)  film actress and singer. The famously red-headed O'Hara has been noted for playing fiercely passionate heroines with a highly sensible attitude. She often worked with director John Ford and long-time friend John Wayne.  Clip signature............20-30

297. [FILM]  Vera Ralston (1923-2003)  Czech figure skater and actress. She later became a naturalized American citizen. She worked as an actress during the 1940s and 1950s.  Signed 3x5 card.................20-30

298. [FILM] Julie Haydon (1910-1994) American actress who performed on Broadway and in films. Signed card, she writes husband's name & dates below her signature...........20-30

299. [FILM] Helen Hunt  (b. 1963)  American actress, film director, and screenwriter. She starred in the sitcom, Mad About You, for seven years before being cast in the 1997 romantic comedy film, As Good as It Gets for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress.  Signed 3x5 card..........20-30

300. John L. Lewis (1880-1969) American leader of organized labor who served as president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1920 to 1960. He was a major player in the history of coal mining. SIGNATURE on card, typed inscription, dated Sept. 18, 1947. VG.......25-35

301. [TV] Robert Horton (b. 1924), American television actor, was most noted for the role of Flint McCullough in the TV series Wagon Train (1957&endash;1962). ANS, 1991, on back of poscard picturing him......20-30

302. Lewis B. Hershey [1893-1977] Am. general. Signed card.........20-30

303. [THEATRE] Harriett Vernon [1851-1923] British actress. Clip signature.........20-30

304. Jack Mulhall [1887-1979] actor; in 430 films. Sig/inscribed......15-20

305. Kate Terry [1844-1924] Brit. actress; sister of Ellen Terry. Clip signature......15-20

306. Camille Darville [1863-?] Dutch actress, singer. Signed card........15-20

307. Madge Kennedy (1891-1987) movie and stage actress of the silent film era. ANS on 3x5 card.......20-30

308. [ART] Beatrix Sherman (1894-1975) 20th century silhouette artist. She was born in Scranton, PA, and studied art from an early age, attending Saturday classes at the Art Institute of Chicago from October 1905 until January 1906.She later went on to attend the Institute's Juvenile School in the fall of 1909. She returned to the Art Institute of Chicago in February 1912, attending classes through March 1914. Beatrix Sherman's first documented silhouettes were shown at the Twenty-Sixth Annual Exhibition of Water Colors, and Pastels and Miniatures by American Artists held by the Art Institute of Chicago from May 7 to June 7, 1914. At the exhibition, Sherman displayed six pieces, five of which were silhouettes. Keeping a permanent studio in New York City through the 1950s, Sherman traveled extensively cutting silhouettes. Attending six World Fairs, in 25 years, she attempted to expand the traditional boundaries of the silhouette artist, doing more than simply cutting a quick and inexpensive portrait of the sitter. Her efforts to adapt her profession to changing times allowed her both greater economic and artistic freedom. Even from an early age, she had begun copyrighting silhouettes of a number of the famous people she cut. Reproductions of presidents Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson and Herbert Hoover were copyrighted in 1918. Sherman continued to cut both single and larger family silhouettes into her later career. After relocating to West Palm Beach in 1957, she continued to attend social and charitable events with the goal of cutting silhouettes. Previous exhibitions and international fairs displaying her signed silhouettes of the famous allowed her access to a number of different social circles, helping her to continue pursuing her art creating collections of signed portraits. In 1961, Sherman cut the silhouette of President John F. Kennedy. The January 1, 1961 Palm Beach-Post Times article wrote 'She was admitted to his press conference Saturday morning to try her art from the sidelines while Kennedy spoke.' Kennedy was her 10th presidential silhouette. It is of interest that in the same article Sherman discusses her plans to publish a book to be titled Shadows of the Great featuring silhouettes from her collection of portraits of over 10,000 people. One of her last exhibits, at the sixth anniversary of the Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, displayed a number of her silhouettes, including President Kennedy's and nine other presidential portraits Sherman had cut, beginning with Theodore Roosevelt, at the Hero Land Bazaar, held in New York City in 1917. Offered here is an original silhouette of an unknown sibject, signed twice, dated 1932. She adds in her handwriting "These clever people are so human and modest." Left side approx. 3 x 4-1/4". Fine. RARE!..........100-150

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309. [FRANCE] Group of approx. 54 calling cards with handritten notes on them, identified as being from eminent judges and lawyers sent to Conscillier Boissier.  Needs research.............75-100

310. [FILM] Holly Hunter (b. 1958) American actress. Hunter starred in The Piano for which she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and Academy Award for Best Actress, among other awards. Signed & inscribed 3x5 card..........15-20

311. [FILM] Maureen Stapleton (1925-2006)  American actress in film, theater and television. Signed 3x5 card.......15-20

312. [THEATRE]  Colleen  Dewhurst (1924-1991) Canadian-American actress known most for theatre roles , and for a while as "the Queen of Off-Broadway."  Signed 3x5 card...........20-30

313. [FILM]  Sally Field (b. 1946)  American actress. Signed 3x5 card..........15-20

314. [FILM]  Mira Sorvini  (b. 1967) American actress. She came to prominence after winning the Academy Award and Golden Globe for best supporting actress for her performance in Woody Allen's Mighty Aphrodite (1995).  Signed 3x5 card......15-20

315. [FILM] Lee Grant (b. 1926) American stage, film and television actress, and film director. She was blacklisted for 12 years from film work beginning in the mid-1950s, but worked in the theatre, and would eventually win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Felicia Karpf in Shampoo (1975).  Signed 3x5 card.........15-20

316. [FILM]  Diane Wiest  (b. 1948) American actress on stage, television and film. She has won two Academy Awards, two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. Wiest has also been nominated for a BAFTA Award.  Signed 3x5 card........15-20

317. Elmore John Leonard (1925-2013)  American novelist and screenwriter. His earliest novels, published in the 1950s, were Westerns, but Leonard went on to specialize in crime fiction and suspense thrillers, many of which have been adapted into motion pictures.  Among his best-known works are Get Shorty, Out of Sight, Hombre, Mr. Majestyk, and Rum Punch (adapted for the movie Jackie Brown). Leonard's writings include short stories that became the films 3:10 to Yuma and The Tall T, as well as the current FX television series Justified.  Signed, inscribed 10 x 8 photo. Fine...........100-150

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318. [ART] David Levine  (1926-2009)  American artist and illustrator best known for his caricatures in The New York Review of Books. Jules Feiffer has called him "the greatest caricaturist of the last half of the 20th Century".  ALS, 1989, 1p., with envelope and signature in return address.......100-150

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319. Carl Van Doren  (1885-1950)  American critic and Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer. He was the brother of Mark Van Doren and the uncle of Charles Van Doren. He won the 1939 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for Benjamin Franklin. ALS, 1923, 1p, declining an engagement to speak due to dinner engagement and another speaking engagement. VG............75-100

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320. Julian Hawthorne (1846-1934) American writer and journalist, the son of novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne and Sophia Peabody. He wrote numerous poems, novels, short stories, mystery/detective fiction, essays, travel books, biographies and histories. As a journalist he reported on the Indian Famine for Cosmopolitan magazine, and the Spanish-American War for the New York Journal.  ALS, 1892, 1p. Declines invitation.  VG............100-150

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321. Fitz-Greene Halleck  (1790-1867) American poet notable for his satires and as one of the Knickerbocker Group. Born and reared in Guilford, Connecticut, he went to New York City at the age of 20, and lived and worked there for nearly four decades. He was sometimes called "the American Byron". His poetry was popular and widely read but later fell out of favor. It has been studied since the late twentieth century for its homosexual themes and insights into nineteenth-century society.  In 1832, Halleck, a cultural celebrity, started working as personal secretary and advisor to the philanthropist John Jacob Astor, who appointed him as one of the original trustees of the Astor Library. Given an annuity by Astor's estate, in 1849 Halleck retired to Guilford, where he lived with his sister Marie Halleck for the remainder of his life. ALS, 1864, 1p.   The ink has lightened a little over the years.......80-120

328. [CARDINAL]  Romualdo Braschi-Onesti (1753-1817) Italian Cardinal. He was the cardinal-nephew of Pius VI (1775–1799), was the penultimate cardinal-nephew. Despite Pius VI's lineage to a noble Cesena family, his only sister had married a man from the poor Onesti family. Therefore, he commissioned a genealogist to discover (and inflate) some trace of nobility in the Onesti lineage, an endeavor which yielded only a circuitous connection to Saint Romualdo.  Nephew of Pius VI, son of Marquis Honest di Cesena, was adopted, with his brother Louis, who lacked family Braschi male succession. Created Cardinal in 1781, was Grand prior of the order of Malta, prefect of Propaganda, Secretary of small and one of the promoters, in 1800, the election of Pius VII. Signature on a papal brief in excellent condition on vellum dated 1806 "Pius PP. VII".  Approx. 15-1/4 x 7. Boldly signed bottom right.........200-300

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329. [MUSIC] JEFF VON DER SCHMIDT is Conductor and Founding Artistic Director of Southwest Chamber Music. A two-time Grammy Award-winning conductor, he has led numerous performances of standard 20th century composers as well as world and local premieres of new work. Mr. von der Schmidt has received six Grammy nominations, including consecutive 2003 and 2004 Grammy Awards as conductor for the Complete Chamber Music of Carlos Chávez Volumes and 2. His performance was nominated for Best Classical Album in 2005 for the Complete Chamber Music of Carlos Chávez, Volume 3 by both mainstream and Latin Grammys. Recent projects include leading cultural exchanges at the Vietnam National Academy of Music and the Royal University of Fine Arts in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, featuring Aura, a major new composition by Grawemeyer Award-winning composer Chinary Ung; and a complete cycle of the chamber music of Carlos Chávez with Southwest Chamber Music and the Tambuco Percussion Ensemble at the UNAM Center in Mexico City in May 2007.  His successful 2003 performance at the Library of Congress, with soprano Phyllis Bryn-Julson in Richard Felciano’s An American Decameron, was greeted with a standing ovation. He has led cycles of the Los Angeles works of Arnold Schoenberg at Cooper Union in New York City and at the Arnold Schoenberg Center in Vienna, where Southwest Chamber Music was the first American ensemble to perform at the Center since its relocation from the University of Southern California.  Signed [endorsed on verso] 1984 Warner Bros. pay check. VG..............25-35

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330. Edwin Markham (1852-1940)  American poet. From 1923 to 1931 he was Poet Laureate of Oregon.  Signed broadside of his poem "Lincoln, The Man of the People", dated 1928. Approx. 8-1/2 x 14".  Top portion not showing in scan below. One middle fold o/w VG.............50-75

331. [MUSIC] David Lee Shire (b. 1937) American songwriter and the composer of stage musicals, film and television scores. The soundtrack to the movie The Taking of Pelham 123 and parts of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack such as Night on Disco Mountain, an adaptation of Modest Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain, are some of his best known works. His other work includes the score of the 1985 film, Return to Oz, the "sequel-in-part" of The Wizard of Oz (1939 film). AMQS, inscribed from his celebrated song "It Goes Like It Goes." Approx. 10-1/2 x 4-3/4". Two mail fold lines o/w VG..........75-100

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332. [MUSIC] Gloria Coates (b. 1938) American composer who has moved to, and has subsequently been living in Munich, Germany since 1969. She studied with Alexander Tcherepnin, Otto Luening, and Jack Beeson. In 1964 she wrote Interlude for Organ. AMQS, inscribed, dated 2000, on 6x4 white card. Fine.........40-60

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333. [MUSIC] Robert Baksa (b. 1938) one of America's most prolific composers. AMQS, from his "Quintet for Oboe and Strings." Written on 6x4 card. VG..........40-60

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334.  [FRANCE] Eugene Sue (1804-1857)  French novelist. His period of greatest success and popularity coincided with that of Alexandre Dumas, père, with whom he has been compared. ALS, no date, 1p, approx. 4-1/4 x 5-1/2". VG..........200-300

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335. [FRANCE] Emile Fabre (1869-1955) French dramatic author and general administrator of the Comédie-Française from  1915 to 1936.  ALS, no date, 1p. approx. 4.5 x 6.5". VG.............50-75

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336. [THEATRE] GERALD SAVORY [1909-1996]  English playwright and screenwriter specialising in comedies. His earliest work in the film industry was as a dialogue writer for director Alfred Hitchcock's Young and Innocent (1937).  He spent some time in the United States in the 1940s writing for film and television and became an American citizen.  From 1964 to 1965 he was writer, producer and production manager for Granada Television, producing five episodes of   ITV Play of the Week; adapting Saki, J.B. Priestley, Noël Coward and Tennessee Williams for television. He then joined the BBC first as then Head of Serials, then Head of Plays. He notably produced five episodes of the thoroughly panned Churchill's People (1975–76) and six of the eight episodes of Love in a Cold Climate for Thames Television in 1980.  TLS, San Francisco, c. 1930s, 1p, 8vo. Mentions two of his plays: UPPER BIRTH and LOVE WENT A-RIDING. To Roland Young, the noted actor who played Topper.............50-75

337. [CZARIST RUSSIA] original 1908 bond for 189 Rubles [20 pounds Sterling] issued by the City of Moscow in 1908. Text in Russian and English. An attractive vignette at the top of a knight slaying a Dragon. Approx. 11 x 16". VG.........100-150

338. [WORLD WAR II]  Hans Baur (1897-1993) was Adolf Hitler's pilot during his political campaigns of the 1920s and 1930s. He later became Hitler's personal pilot and leader of the Reichsregierung squadron.  Captured by the Soviets at the end of World War II in Europe, he endured ten years of imprisonment in the USSR before being released on 10 October 1955 to the French, who then imprisoned him until 1957. ALS, 1986, written on back of postcard. Not translated. VG...........100-150

339. [POLITICS MIXED LOT] [1] Jefferson Davis as Secretary of War - printed government document, Ex. Doc. No. 79, A resolution of the 13th instant; calling for information relative to the removal of the rocks in Hell Gate, East River, New York; and other aids to the navigation through that passage.. Signed IN TYPE Jeff'n Davis.May 19, 1856, printed on both sides. 34th Congress, 3d Session, House of Representatives. [2] Washington Hunt (1811-1867) American lawyer and politician. CLIP SIGNATURE [3] Willard Hall (1780-1875) American jurist and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. he was elected to the US congress. On May 6, 1823 Hall received a recess appointment from President James Monroe to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Delaware vacated by John Fisher. Hall was formally nominated on December 5, 1823, and four days later was confirmed by the United States Senate and received his commission. He served on the court until December 6, 1871, over 48 years, when he resigned, making him one of the longest-served United States federal judges. On May 6, 1823 Hall received a recess appointment from President James Monroe to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Delaware vacated by John Fisher. Hall was formally nominated on December 5, 1823, and four days later was confirmed by the United States Senate and received his commission. He served on the court until December 6, 1871, over 48 years, when he resigned, making him one of the longest-served United States federal judges.ANS, "Have the goodness to send me the catalogue published 1866. With great respect William Hall, Wilmington, Del. "To the Librarian at Harvard College. Approx. 5 x 8-1/4". Some foxing spots. [4] Repeal Missouri Prohibition Of Slavery - Speech of S.P. Chase , of Maine AGAINST THE REPEAL OF THE MISSOURI PROHIBITION OF SLAVERY, North of..... Delivered in the Senate of the United States, Feb. 3, 1854. 30-pp. VG. See speech above [5] John Rogers [1813-1879] Representative from New York. CLIP SIGNATURE. [6] William S. Damrell [1809-1860] Congressman from Mass. [7] William H. Kelsey [1812-1879] U.S. Representative from New York. Clip signature. [8] Orsamus B. Matteson (1805-1889) U.S. Representative from New York. Clip signature. [9] Jacob Broom (1808-1864) American Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Clip signature. [10] Edward Wade (1802-1866) U.S. Representative from Ohio. Signature............60-80

340. [AMERICANA MIXED LOT] [1] [HARVARD] Thomas Hill (1818-1891) American Unitarian clergyman, mathematician, scientist, philosopher and educator. Taught to read at an early age, Hill read voraciously and was well regarded for his capacious and accurate memory. He was taught botany by his father, took a delight in nature and devised scientific instruments, one of which was designed to calculate eclipses and was subsequently awarded the Scott Medal by the Franklin Institute. Though not formally educated in his youth, Hill briefly attended the Lower Dublin Academy in Holmesburg, Pennsylvania and the Leicester Academy in Massachusetts, now the Leicester campus of Becker College, leaving in 1837. He earned his A.B. and D.Div. from Harvard University in 1843 and 1845 respectively. Hill was president of Antioch College from 1860 to 1862 until the Civil War forced the college to shut down; he then held the presidency of Harvard University from 1862 to 1868. Ink signed form letter, Harvard College, Nov. 1, 1865, 1p, 5x8", filled in by Hill. Sent to Paul Willard, concerning meeting of the Law School. VG. [2] Asbury Dickins [1780-1861] Secretary of the U S. senate. He lived his early life in Philadelphia, and afterward spent several years in Europe. In 1801 he was associated with Joseph Dennie in founding the "Port Folio" at Philadelphia. He was a clerk in the treasury department under Secretary Crawford from 1816 till 1833, and while there composed and read Secretary Crawford's successful vindication of himself against the charges preferred by Ninian Edwards, then minister to Mexico. He was chief clerk of the state department in 1833'6, and became secretary of the United States senate in 1836, an office that he retained until 1861. He published an oration on Washington (Philadelphia. 1800; New York. 1825). Heavily browned CLIP "Free" SIGNATURE as Secretary of the Senate. Accompanied by 1853 government document, Report of The Secretary of the Senate. Amount paid for documents, books, and maps or purchased for distribution by order of the Senate since the 1st May, 1832. Signed in type Asbury Dickins. 17 pages. [3] [OHIO] Album page signed by 3 Ohio Congressmen [all on same side]: CAMPBELL, Lewis Davis, (1811 - 1882) served in the Union Army as colonel of the Sixty-ninth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in 1861 and 1862; appointed by President Andrew Johnson as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Mexico on May 4, 1866; WADE, Edward, (1802 - 1866); LEITER, Benjamin Franklin, (1813 - 1866). VG. [4] Album page signed on both sides by: THORNBURGH, Jacob Montgomery, a Representative from Tennessee; during the Civil War entered the Union Army as a private and was promoted to lieutenant colonel of the Fourth Regiment, Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, July 11, 1863 / BAGLEY, George Augustus, a Representative from New York. On the other side: WRIGHT, Hendrick Bradley, a Representative from Pennsylvania / NEAL, Henry Safford, a Representative from Ohio. VG. [5] EUGENE ERNST PRUSSING (1855-?). American author and lawyer; author of GEORGE WASHINGTON, IN LOVE AND OTHERWISE (1925) and THE ESTATE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, DECEASED (1927). Document Signed, The Riggs National Bank, Washington, D.C., Bank check with vignette of bank. 1921. Clear signature. [6] Jefferson Davis as Secretary of War - printed government document, Mis. Doc. No. 66, Estimate - Experiments On Gun Metal. Signed IN TYPE Jeff'n Davis. Feb. 24, 1857, printed on both sides. 34th Congress, 3d Session, House of Representatives. [7] Benjamin F. Rice (1828-1905) Republican politician from Arkansas who represented the state in the U.S. Senate from 1868 to 1873. Rice was born in East Otto, New York, on May 26, 1828; his schooling was private. He studied law, and upon his admission to the bar began practice in Irvine, Kentucky , in which state's house of representatives he served from 1855 to 1856. In 1856 he served as a presidential elector for the Republican ticket; in 1860 he moved to Minnesota, where he began service as a Union captain during the Civil War. Eventually he gained promotion to the rank of major in position of judge advocate with the 3rd Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment. In 1864 Rice settled in Little Rock, Arkansas and resumed his law practice. He was active in organizing the Republican Party in the state, and was appointed the chair of a committee which in 1868 prepared the state's code of practice. Upon readmission of Arkansas to the Union, Rice was elected to the Senate, serving from 1868 to 1873 and holding at one point the chairmanship of the Committee on Mines and Mining. Clip Signature as USS, mounted. Rice signature [8] SAM FREEMAN (1743-1831) American jurist from Maine. He was an active patriot during the Revolutionary struggle; was secretary of the Cumberland County convention in 1774, secretary of the provincial congress [John Hancock was president] in 1775, member of the Massachusetts house of representatives in 1776 and 1778. From 1776 - 1805 he was also postmaster of Portland. The historian William Willis described Freeman: "We believe no other man ever held so many responsible trusts at one time, and none was ever more faithful in the discharge of his duties." Signed court document, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Portland [then Maine], 1807, 8 x 9 in. Stephen Longfellow [so stated in text] witnessed Freeman's signature. He was the father of the famous poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Nice signature of Freeman as Clerk. [9] [MISSOURI] Edwin Dean - Agent for the Singer Manufacturing Co. ALS, St. Louis, on wonderful Singer letterhead, July 27, 1867, 1p, 8x10 in. Sewing machine business. Mounting traces on verso along one edge. [10] [CIVIL WAR] JOHN MANNING JR. [1830-1899] Representative from North Carolina; enlisted in the Chatham Rifles in 1861; was made first lieutenant, later becoming adjutant of the Fifteenth Regiment, North Carolina Volunteers, and served throughout the Civil War. CLIP SIGNATURE. Click to see Manning......100-150

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342.  [PHOTOGRAPHY] Jack Dempsey - Boxing Champion. Original c. 1964 vintage UNSIGNED 8x10 photographer of Dempsey in business suit, photographer A. Bryce Currie. VG.........30-40

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

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Portrait

345. Robert  Peters (b.1924)  American poet, critic, scholar, playwright, editor, and actor born in an impoverished rural area of northern Wisconsin.   His poetry career began in 1967 when his young son Richard died unexpectedly of spinal meningitis. The book commemorating this loss, Songs for a Son, was selected by poet Denise Levertov to be published by W. W. Norton in 1967, and it still remains in print. Songs for a Son began a flood of poetry. Peters is a prolific poet, having published some 30 books of poems, and he is an important critic of contemporary American poetry. Signed 1p. typescri[pt of his poem "State of Mind." VG..........40-60

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347. [ART] DOUGLAS VOLK [1856-1935] AMERICAN ARTIST. Douglas was born to be an artist. His father was the famous sculptor Leonard Wells Volk and his mother Emily Barlow Volk was counsin to Senator Steven Douglas. At a young age Douglas showed an ability to draw and was taken seriously later studying with George Inness, and at age 14 took classes at the Accademia San Luca in Italy. In 1873 Volk went to Paris to study at Ecole des Beaux Arts with the Master Jean-Leon Gerome. When he returned to the U.S. he began teaching at The Cooper Institute in New York and in 1886 was founder of the Minneapolis School Of Fine Art. In 1893 Volk was chosen for the selection committee at the Columbian Expo where he exhibited three paintings and the the gold medal, his first major award. In 1899 the National Academy granted him membership. His paintings hang in many important collections including the Metropolitan Museum in NY. Douglas Volk first ventured into Lincoln portraiture in 1908, and that canvas, reworked in 1917, eventually found its way into the National Gallery of Art. It also achieved a kind of anonymous familiarity between 1954 and 1968, when it was featured on the regular four-cent U.S. postage stamp. When in 1860, Lincoln sat in Leonard Volk's studio, a liittle child was running in and out. The great man took him on his knee and asked his name. It was Douglas. It was this boy, long grown to manhood who was the paint one of the most famous portraits of Lincoln. One of his Lincoln portraits hangs in the Lincoln Bedroom in The White House. Collection of 15 signed bank checks, dating 1906-1921...........200-300

348. [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. Fine. As this was a "working study" there was no reason for him to have signed it................50-75

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350.  [FOOTBALL] a cover postmarked 1962 signed by 7 members of the Detroit Lions team: Roger Brown {b. 1937], Danny Lewis [b. 1936], Dick "Night Train" Lane [1927-2002] HOF'er, voted best cornerback of first 50 years of pro football; Jim Weatherall [1929-1992], Max Messner, Dave Lloyd [b. 1936], and Todd Grant............75-100

351. [FRANCE] Original bond issued to finance the Stadium De Paris, 1934, folio. With original coupons still attached. Bond bears an illustration of the proposed Stadium De Paris; with the Olympic rings in gold printed on each side of the bond. VG..........50-75

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352. [ART] Pietro Annigoni (11910-1988) Italian portrait and fresco painter, who became world famous after painting Queen Elizabeth II in 1956. Color postcard photo of one of his painting signed on the back. Approx. 4 x 5-3/4". VG...............35-45

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353. [CIVIL WAR] John M. Bacon - Civil War soldier. Born in Kentucky he joined the army in 1860. Later became Aide-de-Camp to Gen. Wiiliam T. Sherman, and was made Brig. General. Clip signature with rank as Colonel.........25-35

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Portrait of Berlinger

355. [FILM] Richard Deacon (1921-1984) American television and motion picture actor. The tall, bald and usually bespectacled character actor often portrayed pompous, prissy, or imperious figures. He played PRINCIPAL WILSON in the Patty Duke film "BILLIE".  Offered here is Deacon's signed 1965 contract for that film. Accompanied by a 2-page Rider also signed in full. VG........100-150

356. [FILM] Charles Lane (1905-2007) American character actor whose career spanned 64 years. Lane turned in his last performance at the age of 90. Lane appeared in many Frank Capra films, including You Can't Take It With You (1938), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) and It's a Wonderful Life (1946). He was a favored supporting actor of Lucille Ball, who often used him as a no-nonsense authority figure and comedic foe of her scatterbrained TV character on her TV series I Love Lucy, The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour and The Lucy Show. His first film of more than 250 movies was as a hotel clerk in Smart Money (1931) starring Edward G. Robinson and James Cagney.  His signed contract for the film "BILLIE", starring Patty Duke. Also signed by Milt Ebbins.   Includes 2 additional Rider pages, each signed with the initials of Lane and Ebbins. VG..........100-150

358. [FRANCE] Mystery lot of misc. autographs. Includes: Fernand Divoire (1885-1951); Albert-Edouard Portalis (1845-1918); Albert Bataille (1856-1899); plus 6 others.  No doubt some SLEEPERS in here.................100-150

359. [FRANCE] Mystery lot of misc. autographs. Includes: Paul Margueritte (1860-1918); Kucien Descaves (1861-1949); Etienne Casimir Hippolyte Cordellier-Delanoue (1806-1854); plus 6 others.  No doubt some SLEEPERS in here.................100-150

360. [FRANCE] Mystery lot of misc. autographs. Includes: Emmanuel des Essarts (1839-1909); Henri Bernstein (1876-1953); Bertrand-Theobald-Joseph Lacrosse (1796-1865); plus 6 others.  No doubt some SLEEPERS in here.................100-150

361. Ruth Bryan Owen (1885-1954) daughter of William Jennings Bryan and mother of Helen Rudd Brown. A Democrat, in 1929 she became Florida's (and the South's) first woman representative in the United States Congress. ANS, 1935.............25-35

363. [POETRY] John Hall Wheelock (1886-1978) American poet. He was a descendant of Eleazar Wheelock, founder of Dartmouth College. He wrote fourteen books of poetry and was co-winner of the 1962 Bollingen Prize. As an editor, he is noted for discovering young poets like May Swenson and James Dickey. Signed paper below affixed portrait. Very neat. Overall 6.5 x 9.5". VG..........40-60

364. [BRITAIN] Anthony Perrinott Lysberg Barber, Baron Barber (1920- 2005) British Conservative politician who served as a member of both the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Barber was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer by Edward Heath in 1970 after the early death of Iain Macleod, serving in that capacity until 1974. He became Chairman of Standard Chartered Bank after retiring from front-line politics in 1974, and served from 1974 to 1987. SIGNED 6 x 8 PHOTO............25-35

365. [SCIENCE] Lee (Alvin DuBridge) (1901-1994) American educator and physicist. He became the founding director of the Radiation Laboratory at MIT in 1940, and served until 1945. He also served as president of the California Institute of Technology between 1946 and 1969, and was the first presidential Science Advisor of two administrations: under President Harry S. Truman from 1953 to 1955, and under President Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1970. DuBridge developed the first vacuum tube. TLS, signed "Lee", 1965, 1p, as Pres. of Calif. Institute of Technology. To Dr. Franklyn A, Johnson, about Johnson's resignation........75-100

366.  [FILM] Original vintage photograph of George C. Scott on the set of the film Patton.  He's standing in the rear wearing sun glasses, with camera. Approx. 10x8. Numerous cracks & other faults but in much better condition than above.  Normally we seldom offer unsigned photos but this particular one once owned by Scott himself [his personal collection]..........40-60

367.  [MUSIC] Jan Wilhelm Morthenson [b. 1940] Swedish composer of orchestral and electro-acoustic music. AMQS from his "Coloratura III and IV, dated 10/17/66. Approx. 3x5. VG..........50-75

368. Jasper Yeates (1745-1817) was a lawyer and judge from Pennsylvania. He was born in Philadelphia into a prominent family, and was sent to the Inns of Court in England for his legal training. He became a resident of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. During the American Revolution he sided with the Patriot cause. In 1776, he served as a commissioner to investigate Native American affairs in Pittsburgh. After the Revolution, Yeates was a delegate to the Pennsylvania convention that ratified the United States Constitution in 1787. He served as a justice on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court from 1791 until his death in 1817. A Federalist, he was appointed by the Washington administration in 1794 to serve on a commission sent to negotiate an end to the Whiskey Rebellion. The Jasper Yeates House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Offered here is a small document dated 1782, written out by Yeates, signing his name in the text. This is a receipt. There are signatures of others on both sides. This looks like it was removed from a larger document. Approx. 6 x 2-1/4". VG...........50-75

369. [ENGLAND] Cecilia Nina Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1862-1938) was the mother of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (later Queen Elizabeth, and then Queen Mother) and maternal grandmother and godmother of Elizabeth II. Rare ALS, 1936, 1p., sending autograph during the year her daughter became Queen. With envelope...........150-200

Portrait of Strathmore

370. [MUSIC] Sigmund Spaeth [1885-1965] musicologist who traced the sources and origins of popular songs to their folk and classical roots. Presenting his findings through books, lectures, liner notes, newspapers, radio and television, he became known as The Tune Detective. ANS, 1940, 1p. stating his favorite composer was Brahms. G+..........30-40

371. [THEATRE] Sir Augustus Henry Glossop Harris (1852-1896) British actor, impresario, and dramatist. From 1879, Harris was manager of the Drury Lane Theatre in London, and was nicknamed the "Father of Modern Pantomime" and "Augustus Druriolanus". He introduced Jean de Reszke, Nellie Melba, Emma Eames, and Emma Calvé. His first panto was 'Bluebeard'; the next one 'Forty Thieves'. ALS, 1892, 2pp, approx. 4-3/8 x 7". First page has been "backed" to another stiffer paper. he writes to a Lodge Brother saying the doctor will not let him attend the Lodge meeting; the recipient has the flu............50-75

372. [FILM] June Allyson - actress. Signed 3x5 card.......20-30

373. [ART] Chaim Gross [1904-1991] Am. sculptor. Signature.........25-35

374. [MUSIC] Evelyn Lear (1926-2012) American operatic soprano. Between 1959 and 1992, she appeared in more than forty operatic roles, appeared with every major opera company in the United States and won a Grammy Award in 1966. She was well known for her musical versatility, having sung all three main female roles in Der Rosenkavalier. Lear was also known for her work on 20th century pieces by Robert Ward, Alban Berg, Marvin David Levy, Rudolf Kelterborn and Giselher Klebe. SIGNED, INSCRIBED 8X10 PHOTO. VG..........30-40

375. The Masters and Johnson research team, composed of William H. Masters and Virginia E. Johnson, pioneered research into the nature of human sexual response and the diagnosis and treatment of sexual disorders and dysfunctions from 1957 until the 1990s. Sheet signed by both, 1973, 8.5 x 11. Inscribed in type to collector..........60-80

376. Louise Gluck (b. 1943) American poet. TLS, 2002, to Robert Allen Jr. VG........25-35

378. [FRANCE] Gabriel Bonnot de Mably (1709-1785) sometimes known as Abbé de Mably, was a French philosopher and politician. He was one of the 18th century's most popular writers but largely passed into obscurity in the 20th century. His works contributed to the later concepts of both communism and republicanism. Manuscript Document signed on front & back, 1737. Not translated. 7-1/2 x 4-3/4".............75-100

381. [FILM]  Shannon Day (1896 - 1977) (born, Sylvia Day)[1] was an American silent film actress who appeared in supporting parts in numerous productions. She also performed on the Broadway stage as a teenager. Her career did not survive the sound era. Her first film was Cecil B. DeMille's Forbidden Fruit.  Signed card, approx. 3-1/2 x 2-1/4", with envelope, 1921..............20-30

382. George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll  (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.  ALS, Nove,  1876, 4pp, concerning publishers to British civil servant Louis Mallet (1822-1890). Approx. 4.5 x 7".  Light discolor from removed mounting traces on verso - not obtrusive. VG.......100-150

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383. Rodney Dangerfield (1921-2004) American comedian and actor, best known for the catchphrase "I get no respect" and his monologues on that theme. Document Signed, AGREEMENT with DECCA RECORDS, 1967, 1p.............50-75

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386. [FILM] Fay Bainter (1893-1968) American film and stage actress. Bainter quickly achieved success, and in 1938 she became the first performer nominated for both the Academy Award for Best Actress, for White Banners (1937), and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Jezebel (1938), winning for the latter. Since then, only nine other actors have won dual nominations in a single year. She was again nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Children's Hour (1961). Signed, inscribed vintage 8x10 photo. THERE ARE CONDITION PROBLEMS: a 1 inche tear coming in from left edge; long crease mark bottom right corner; other faults are minor at best. See scan below...............100-150

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387. [COLONIAL] JAMES TRIMBLE [1755-1837] The First Deputy Secretary Of The Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania. appointed Deputy Secretary, or Assistant Secretary of the Supreme Executive Council. Alexander J. Dallas, the first Secretary of the Commonwealth, under the Constitution of 1790, appointed Trimble Deputy Secretary on March 12, 1791. He was Deputy Secretary through all the administrations from 1777 until 1837. Trimble aided in packing and removing the state papers when the British occupied Philadelphia, and when the seat of government was removed to Lancaster in 1799 and then to Harrisburg in 1812. ADS, Lancaster, Penn., August 5, 1800, 2pp, 7-3/4 x 12-1/2". Fold separation halfway through one fold line. This is a handwritten "copy" of 1794 Brigade military document...........75-100

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388. [SIGNED BOOK] EDWARD EVERETT HALE (1822-1909) American writer and Unitarian clergyman. Noted for his short story "Man Without a Country". Offered here is an edition of hisbook "Memories of a Hundred Years" with nice inscription, dated Feb. 24, 1905, written on inside cover. Unfortunately the book itself is in poor condition: spine is pulling away; bad repair job attempted. Will put up scans upon request.........50-75

389. Alfred Emanuel Smith, Jr. (1873-1944), known in private and public life as Al Smith, was an American politician who was elected the 42nd Governor of New York four times, and was the Democratic U.S. presidential candidate in 1928. He was the first Roman Catholic to run for President as a major party nominee. He lost the election to Herbert Hoover. He then became president of the Empire State, Inc. and was instrumental in getting the Empire State Building built at the onset of the Great Depression. TLS, signed AL, on NY Executive Chamber stationery, 1926, 1p. To Geo. Van Slyke, of The Sun newspaper. "Dear George: Although I did not see you in Albany I note by The Sun of Wednesday evening that you wrote the article on the message. I am sure I feel very grateful to you. Uou put it across in royal fashion." VG..........40-60

393. Melbourne [1779-1848] Prime Minister of Great Britain. Clip Signature.......50-75

394. Gladys Hasty Carroll [1904-1999] American novelist. Slip containing 2 of her signatures [could be separated]..........40-60

395. Irving Bacheller [1859-1950] American writer. Brief AQS.......40-60

396. Philip Berrigan (1923-2002) was an internationally renowned American peace activist, Christian anarchist and former Roman Catholic priest. Along with his brother Daniel Berrigan, he was for a time on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list for acts of vandalism including destruction of government property. Signature, inscribed on 3x5 card........20-30

397. [FRANCE] J. A. Coulangheon [1875-1904] French, author, poet. His output was small, as he died young. Rare signature............50-75

398. ROBERT C. WINTHROP (1809-1894) American Statesman/Politician - He studied law under Daniel Webster, was admitted (1831) to the bar, and was (1835-41) a Whig member of the Massachusetts legislature. He served (1842-50) in the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming SPEAKER of the US Hse of Rep. in 1847. Appointed (1850) to the Senate to complete Daniel Webster's unexpired term, he was defeated (1851) for reelection by Charles Sumner. He was generally considered a moderate in the sectional disputes leading up to the Civil War. He gained a reputation as an orator and was the chief speaker at the laying of the cornerstone of the Washington Monument (1848) and again (1885) at its dedication. After 1851 he chiefly devoted himself to literary and philanthropic work. Winthrop College in South Carolina was named in his honor. His writings include The Life and Letters of John Winthrop (1864-67), Washington, Bowdoin, and Franklin (1876), and Memoir of Henry Clay (1880). SIGNATURE & last few lines clipped from letter..........20-30

399. [ART] Sears Gallagher [1869-1955] American artist of note, Signature with sentiment dated 1930...........20-30

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See his portrait

401. [ENGLAND] Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey (1802-1894) known as Viscount Howick from 1807 until 1845, was an English statesman. SIGNED address panel postmarked 1828. Mounted..........25-35

402. [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

403. [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

404. [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

405. [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

406. [US NAVAL] Ellsworth Davis [1892-1946] American naval officer. He served on the U.S.S. Florida as a signal officer, official uniform inspector and flag lieutenant. During the U.S. occupation of Vera Cruz, Mexico on April 1914, Davis led a company onshore and overtook the town's postal service building. In addition to his service on the U.S.S. Florida, Davis served in the Mediterranean and off of the U.S. Atlantic Coast on the Brooklyn and the Fairfax. He was commanding officer of the USS Fairfax from 1934 to 1936. The Fairfax was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during the World War I, later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Richmond (G88), as a Town class destroyer. The Fairfax took part in the Presidential Review taken by Franklin D. Roosevelt in San Diego in March 1933, and then sailed for the East coast, where she continued her reserve training duty. She also patrolled in Cuban waters, and in the summers of 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, and 1940 sailed out of Annapolis training midshipmen of the Naval Academy. Between October 1935 and March 1937, she served with the Special Service Squadron out of Coco Solo and Balboa, Canal Zone, operating primarily on the Atlantic side of the Canal Zone. Offered here is a signed 1934 bank check, The Annapolis Banking & Trust Co. He signs "E. Davis USN." VG........30-40

407. (JOURNALISM). Max Gebhard SECKENDORFF (1852-1911). American journalist; chief, Washington bureau of the "New York Tribune" (1883-1911); a very influential journalist between the time of President Chester Arthur and President William Howard Taft. Signed Riggs National Bank check, 1910......25-35

408. [MAINE] Henry S. Burrage (1837-1926) he was the First State Historian [Maine 1907-1926]. Henry Sweetser Burrage was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, the son of Jonathan Burrage and Mary Upton Burrage. He prepared for college at Pierce Academy and graduated from Brown University in 1861. After a year at Newton Theological Seminary, he enlisted as a private in the 36th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry and rose to the rank of major. Wounded in the shoulder at Cold Harbor, he was captured at Petersburg and spent time in Libby Prison. At the end of the Civil War, Henry Burrage resumed his studies at Newton, graduating in 1867. His first and only pastorate was at the First Baptist Church in Waterville, Maine from 1869 to 1873. For the next thirty-two years, he was the editor of Zion's Advocate, a statewide weekly Baptist newspaper which was based in Portland. Highly respected in education circles, he was a trustee of Colby College from 1881 to 1906, Newton Theological Seminary from 1881 to 1906, and Brown University from 1889 to 1901. Active in veterans organizations, he served as chaplain of the National Soldiers Home at Togus from 1905 to 1912. Burrage excelled in the research and writing of Maine's Colonial history, as is reflected in his publications. He was a member of the Standing Committee as well as vice-president and president of the Maine Historical Society. In 1907 Governor William T. Cobb appointed him as State Historian, which he held until his death on March 9, 1926, at the age of 89. Offered here is a partly-printed Document Signed, Military Order, Loyal Legion, United States - Commandery of the State of Maine, Portland, 1903, 1p, 8-1/2 x 6 in. Dues receipt for Edward W. Heath. VG............50-75

409. Rene Auberjonois (b. 1940) American film, television, and theater actor. He is well known for portraying Father Mulcahy in the film version of M*A*S*H. Signed, inscribed 5x7 photo. VG.......25-35


410. [FILM] Eddie Quillan (1907-1990) American film actor whose career began as a child on the vaudeville stages and silent film and continued through the age of television in the 1980s. Signed & inscribed 5x7 photo from western film. VG...........25-35


411. [MUSIC] Johnny Green [1908-1989] American songwriter, composer, musical arranger, and conductor. His most famous song was one of his earliest, "Body and Soul". Green was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972. Signed questionaire, filled out by his wife, MGM "Glamazon" Bunny Waters, who has also signed. 1-page, 8.5 x 11". VG.........35-45



412. [FILM] Lois Moran (1909-1990) American film actress. Her career began in 1921, and Moran appeared in a couple of silent movies in the early 1920s. She is probably best known for her role, as Laurel Dallas, daughter of the title role in the 1925 film Stella Dallas. She appeared in early sound movies such as Behind That Curtain (1929), and some musical movies, such as A Song of Kentucky (1929), Words and Music (1929), and Mammy (1930). Like many actors and actresses from the silent film era, she did not make a successful transition to the talkies. She also had a brief affair with writer F. Scott Fitzgerald while he was married to Zelda Fitzgeral. He once remarked that she was "The most beautiful girl in Hollywood". She was also an inspiration for the character of Rosemary Hoyt in Fitzgerald's novel Tender is the Night (1934). In 1935, she married Clarence M. Young, Secretary of Commerce, and retired from Hollywood. Really nice letter talking about her career; mentions Lillian Gish, Betty Davis, Henry King the director of Stella, Colleen Moore, etc. ALS, Arizona, 1988, filling both sides of 7-1/4 x 10-1/2 stationery. Fine.............50-75

See picture of Moran

413.  [U.S. GRANT] Message from the President of the United States, April 4, 1876, government document, House of Rep. Ex. Doc. No. 154, 12 pages, signed in type by Grant. Regarding Pawnee Indians. VG....30-40  

414. Mortimer J. Adler (1902-2001)  American philosopher, educator, and popular author. Signed 8x10 photo. VG..........25-35

415. [CIVIL WAR] Fred. E. Edgar  (1842-?) Union soldier from Brooklyn, NY. He enlisted in the 83d N. Y. Volunteers and remained with that regiment two years. He was transferred to the United States signal corps, and served with distinction four years longer. Upon returning home at the close of the war he joined the 7th Regiment, and has served consecutively twenty years. His signature on album page. VG.................25-35

416. [CIVIL WAR] DREW, GEORGE A., Detroit. Captain Sixth Cavalry, Oct. 13, 1862. Major, July 17,1863. Lieutenant Colonel, June 6, 1864. Declined promotion. Brevet Lieutenant Colonel U. S. Volunteers, March 13, 1865, '"for highly distinguished and meritorious services in the Shenandoah Valley." Brevet Colonel U. S. Volunteers, April 9, 1865. "for highly distinguished and meritorious services in the campaign against Richmond, Va." Mustered out on expiration of term of service, Oct. 11,1865. Second Lieutenant Tenth U. S. Infantry, May 15,1866. First Lieutenant, March 26.1868. Assigned to Third U. S. Cavalry, January 1st, 1871. Captain, March 20, 1879.  Signature with rank "Capt. 3rd US Cav" on album page. VG...........25-35

417. David Selden was born in Chatham, Connecticut, June 4, 1785, the son of the Congregational minister of Middle Haddam Church, David Selden (1761-1825), and his wife, Cynthia May (1761-1850). Selden sailed to Liverpool, England, in 1811, in order to make his fortune in the international mercantile trade. During the War of 1812, he was a prisoner on parole, and in 1818, he filed for bankruptcy. Afterwards, he returned briefly to the United States, where he married Gertrude Richards in 1820. The pair had 11 children. In 1822, he returned to England and with his business partner, William Hynde, became an important cotton importer. He also traded coffee, and in 1831, received a patent for a coffee-grinding mill. He died February 23, 1861. ALS [stampless folded letter - no postal markings], New York, 1820, 2 pages + address leaf addressed to his father Rev. David Seldon.  He talks about family members, Methodists and the church. VG...............75-100

418. [PORTRAIT] Patrick Henry (1736-1799) American attorney, planter and politician who became known as an orator during the movement for independence in Virginia in the 1770s. A Founding Father, he served as the first and sixth post-colonial Governor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779 and from 1784 to 1786. Original antique engraved portrait, image approx. 4-1/2 x 3-7/8" plus margins. Very slight foxing........25-35

See portrait

419. Tom Skerritt [b. 1933] American actor who has appeared in over 40 films and more than 200 television episodes since 1962. He is best known for his roles in MASH, Alien, Top Gun, A River Runs Through It, and the TV series Picket Fences. Signed pencil drawing, approx. 8 x5-1/4". VG.......40-60

See Skerritt's drawing

420. Silas Wright, Jr. (1795-1847) American Democratic politician. Wright was appointed brigadier general of the state militia in 1827. He served in the US senate and house from New York. Wright was offered the Democratic vice presidential nomination in 1844, as a token to followers of Van Buren, who had been disappointed in his hopes for renomination, but declined instead running for the position of Governor of New York. He served as Governor from 1845 to 1846. CLIP SIGNATURE........25-35

Portrait of Wright

421. [MARINE NAVIGATION] Group of 5 stock certificates: Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Co. 1950; International Mercantile Marine Co. 1938; two United States Lines Co. 1930 & 1948; and The Pioneer Steamship Co. 1913. All VG...........40-60

422. [MAGIC] Max Maven (born Philip Goldstein 1950 in Ithaca, New York) is an American magician and mentalist. He often appears on television magic shows to perform "interactive" mind reading tricks that work for the television audience. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG..........25-35

423. [ART] GLADYS EMERSON COOK (1899-1976) American artist. Studied with Anthony Thieme, Yarnall Abbott. Member Society of American Etchers. Exhibited at National Academy 1943, 1944, 1945; Library of Congress 1943, 1944, 1945; New York Public Library 1942; National Arts Club in NYC; Society of Illustrators 1945 [one-person show]. Collections: Cincinnati Art Museum; N.Y. Public Library; Metropolitan Museum of Art. She illustrated the book HIRAM AND OTHER CATS, 1941, and AMERICAN CHAMPIONS, 1945. Original pencil drawing, unsigned but guaranteed without time limit. Approx. 8 x 5.5 in. irregular shape............50-75

See drawing

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

425. [THEATRE] William Jermyn Conlin [1831-1891] better known by his stage name William J. Florence, was a U.S. actor, songwriter, and popular playwright . He was one of the most popular actors of his day. He never went by the name of Bernard Conlin as incorrectly published in various references. Florence was one of a select number of Americans to win the ribbon of the French Societe Histoire Dramatique. He was also co-founder of the Shriners, a Masonic Order along with Walter M. Fleming. AQS ON CARD DATED 1888. FINE EXAMPLE.............25-35

426. Fanny Butcher Bokum (1888-1987) was a long time writer and literary critic for the Chicago Tribune newspaper. She began at the Tribune in 1913 and held various positions including society editor, club editor, crime reporter, fashion editor, assistant women's editor, special correspondent, assistant music critic. In 1923 she became the literary editor and held the position for 40 years until her retirement in 1963. A cartoon by Helen E. Hokinson on the back cover of Fanny Butcher's autobiography Many Lives, One Love shows a bookstore clerk showing a book to an elderly lady. The clerk is saying, "Hugh Walpole liked it, Fanny Butcher liked it, Wm. Rose Benet liked it, and Mrs. Roosevelt liked it, but it *isn't* very good." (drawing copyright 1940 and 1968 by The New Yorker Magazine). This shows that Fanny Butcher was a household name among bookish Americans in 1940. Archive of 2 ALSs and 2 TLSs, dating c. 1973-73. To Costance Spencer in San Francisco. Believe Spencer had a bookshop. Nice group..........60-80


427. [STOCK CERTIFICATE] ADOLPHUS ANDREWS (1879-1948) Naval aide to Presidents Theodore Roosevelt & Coolidge, DS, 1938, United Cigar-Whelan Stores Corp....25-35

428. [UNITED NATIONS] Charles M. Lichenstein (1926-2002) American alternate representative for special political affairs to the United Nations, the second highest ranking American diplomat at the United Nations, from 1981 to 1984. Lichenstein is best remembered for controversial comments he made welcoming the possibility of relocating the United Nations headquarters outside of the United States. THREE SIGNED ITEMS: [1] Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. [2] a 1961 cover honoring the UN. [3] TLS, 1984, on Heritage Foundation stationery, saying he is now in a "new (civilian) location, but I intend to keep battling as best I can for what we both know is right." All VG.........50-75

430. Bobby Bass  (1936- 2001)  American actor, stunt performer, and stunt coordinator. Bass made a career in movies and television in a variety of genres working with Burt Reynolds, Sylvester Stallone, and John Wayne. He taught martial arts and weapons handling to Geena Davis, Michael Douglas, Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Susan Sarandon, and Kathleen Turner. Bass appeared in TV commercials and TV series such as Fantasy Island, McGyver, Mission: Impossible, Star Trek: The Original Series, The A-Team, and The Twilight Zone. Warner Bros. 1985 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG.......20-30

431. Paul Monash (1917-2003) American producer and screenwriter. Monash won early acclaim for his writing for television, including his work on the pioneer anthology series Studio One, Suspense and Playhouse 90. Monash wrote and produced the pilot for the TV series The Untouchables (1959). After the success of The Untouchables, Monash was asked to create Peyton Place (1964–1969), an ABC-TV series that was the first prime-time serialized drama on American television. His film production credits include Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), Slaughterhouse-Five (1972), The Front Page (1974) and Carrie (1976). Monash produced the feature film The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973), a dark, critically acclaimed crime drama starring Robert Mitchum, and also adapted the George V. Higgins novel for the screen.  Warner Bros. 1985 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG.......20-30

432. Dick O'Neill (1928-1998) American stage, film and television character actor best known for playing Irish cops, fathers, judges and army generals. He began his acting career as an original company member of Arena Stage in Washington, D.C.
Warner Bros. 1984 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG.......20-30

433. Joel Siegel (1943-2007)  American film critic for the ABC morning news show Good Morning America for over twenty-five years.  Warner Bros. 1984 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG.......20-30

434. Terrence  Malick (b. 1943)  American film director, screenwriter, and producer. In a career spanning over four decades he has directed six feature films. He made his directorial debut with the drama Badlands in 1973. Malick released his second film, Days of Heaven, in 1978, after which he took a long hiatus from directing films. His third film, the World War 2 drama The Thin Red Line, was released in 1998.  Warner Bros. 1984 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG.......20-30

435. Arthur A. Ross (1920-2008)  American film and television screenwriter, best known for co-writing The Creature from the Black Lagoon. Warner Bros. 1984 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG.......20-30

436. Alvin Sargent (b.1927)  American screenwriter. He has won two Academy Awards(R) in 1978 and 1981 for his screenplays of Julia and Ordinary People. He has been involved in the writing of all the movies to date in the Spider-Man film series.  Warner Bros. 1984 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG.......20-30

437. [ART] Pierre Filloeul  (1696; died Paris after 1754) French printmaker. He was the son of the engraver Gilbert Filloeul (1644-1714). He was his father's pupil (and not, as is sometimes claimed, that of Jacques-Philippe Lebas). His oeuvre extends from 1731 to 1754 and numbers c. 150 prints.  Original etching, Portrait of Louis Duc D'Orleans, image approx. 7-1/2 x 5-1/2" plus margin. This is an 18th century impression. VG. Mounting trace top edge on verso............100-150

See above portrait

438. Brenda Kuhn  (1911-1993) the only child of the famous American artist, Walt Kuhn. She spent her whole life overseeing the Kuhn Estate, was a philanthropist, Kuhn scholar, amateur photographer. TLS, Chicago, Illinois, 1965, 2pp, signed Brenda. Approx. 8-1/2 x 11".  Written to two of her closet friends back in Maine, Doris and Rose.  She talks about having dinner with Vera Eikel, the writer who wrote for The New Yorker and other publications, and their discussion of Brenda and writing a biography of Walt Kuhn, her father.  "The possibility of my having "walt Kuhn Letters" "as my baby."  She relates Vera Eikel's thoughts - what Brenda would have to do, basically turning the project over to a Co-author, or editor, take a backseat as Brenda sees it. Thinks no major decision is likely for years, will know better after The Archives of American Art has time to study the Kuhn family material. An interesting letter, esp. when you consider how private the Kuhn family was............100-150

See page 1
See page 2

439.  [ART]  WALT KUHN [1877-1949]. American painter. An ORIGINAL COOPER etching plate. The title is "MORNING". Typical Kuhn style. Plate size 4 x 6 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 was only from 1 to 6 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

441. [POLITICS] Mixed Lot: [1] BARNUM, William Henry, a Representative and a Senator from Connecticut; born in Boston Corner, Columbia County, N.Y., September 17, 1818; attended the common schools; apprenticed to the trade of iron founder and subsequently admitted to partnership by his father, who was engaged in the iron business at Lime Rock, Conn.; member, State house of representatives 1851-1852; elected as a Democrat to the Fortieth and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1867, until May 18, 1876, when he resigned to become Senator; elected to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Orris S. Ferry and served from May 18, 1876, to March 3, 1879; chair, Democratic National Committee 1876-1889; resumed his former manufacturing pursuits; died at Lime Rock, Litchfield County, Conn., April 30, 1889; interment in the Lime Rock Cemetery in Salisbury, Conn. CLIP SIGNATURE. [2] WHEELER, John, a Representative from New York; born in Humphreysville (now Seymour), New Haven County, Conn., February 11, 1823; attended the common schools at Cheshire, Conn.; moved to New York City in 1843 and was engaged in the hotel business with his father; became a dry-goods clerk; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1857); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1856 to the Thirty-fifth Congress; commissioner and president of the Department of Taxes and Assessments of New York City 1872-1880; member of the Board of Estimates and Apportionments and commissioner of accounts of New York City; was a lawyer, but did not practice; died in New York City April 1, 1906; interment in Woodlawn Cemetery. CLIP SIGNATURE. [3] WOLF, William Penn, a Representative from Iowa; born in Harrisburg, Stark County, Ohio, December 1, 1833; attended the public schools and Holbrook Seminary; moved to Cedar County, Iowa, in 1856; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced practice in Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa; superintendent of public schools; member of the State house of representatives in 1863 and 1864; served in the Union Army as captain of Company I, Forty-sixth Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry; appointed assistant assessor of internal revenue in 1865; member of the State senate 1867-1869; elected as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William Smyth and served from December 6, 1870, to March 3, 1871; resumed the practice of law in Tipton, Iowa; again a member of the State house of representatives 1881-1885, and was chosen speaker in 1884; elected judge of the eighteenth judicial district in the fall of 1894 and continued in this capacity until his death in Tipton, Iowa, on September 19, 1896; interment in the Masonic Cemetery. CLIP SIGNATURE. Click to see Wolf [4] BOLES, Thomas, a Representative from Arkansas; born near Clarksville, Johnson County, Ark., July 16, 1837; attended the common schools; taught school for several years; sheriff of Yell County in 1858; deputy clerk of the circuit court of Yell County in 1859 and 1860; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1860 and commenced practice in Danville, Ark.; during the Civil War served as captain of Company E, Third Regiment, Arkansas Volunteer Cavalry; judge of the fourth judicial circuit from 1865 to April 20, 1868, when he resigned; upon the readmission of Arkansas to representation was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress; reelected to the Forty-first Congress and served from June 22, 1868, until March 3, 1871; successfully contested the election of John Edwards to the Forty-second Congress and served from February 9, 1872, until March 3, 1873; was not a candidate for renomination in 1872; resumed the practice of law at Dardanelle, Ark.; served many years as school director and alderman; appointed receiver of the land office at Dardanelle by President Hayes in February 1878; United States marshal for the western district of Arkansas 1881-1889; delegate to every Republican State convention from the organization of the party until his death; clerk of the United States Circuit Court for the Eighth Judicial Circuit from September 1897 until his death in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Ark., March 13, 1905; interment in Brealey Cemetery, Dardanelle, Ark. CLIP SIGNATURE. See Boles signature [5] LEWIS, John Francis, a Senator from Virginia; born in Lynnwood, Rockingham County, Va., March 1, 1818; attended an old field school; engaged in agricultural pursuits; delegate to the State secession convention in 1861 and refused to sign the ordinance of secession; elected lieutenant governor in 1869; upon the readmission of the State of Virginia to representation was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from January 26, 1870, to March 3, 1875; was not a candidate for reelection; chairman, Committee on the District of Columbia (Forty-third Congress); appointed by Presidents Ulysses Grant and Rutherford Hayes United States marshal for the western district of Virginia 1875-1882, when he resigned; again elected lieutenant governor in 1881; resumed agricultural pursuits; died at "Lynnwood," Rockingham County, Va., September 2, 1895; interment in the family burial ground. NICE SIGNATURE ON ALBUM SHEET. He was a delegate to the Virginia secession convention in 1861, but refused to sign the ordinance of secession. He was the only member from east of the Allegheny Mountains that refused to endorse the document. [6] James K. Moorhead (1806-1884) U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. He established the first passenger packet line on the Pennsylvania Canal in 1835. He constructed the Monongahela Navigation Canal and was president of the company for 21 years. He was president of the Atlantic & Ohio Telegraph Co., which later became the Western Union Telegraph Company. CLIP SIGNATURE. [7]Moses Norris, Jr. (1799-1855) United States Representative and Senator from New Hampshire. Norris was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1847). He was again a member of the State house of representatives in 1847-1848, and served as speaker . He was then elected to the U.S. Senate and served from March 4, 1849, until his death. While in the Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on Claims (Thirty-first Congress) and a member of the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office (Thirty-second Congress) and the Committee on the District of Columbia (Thirty-third Congress). He died in Washington, D.C. in 1855; interment was in Floral Park Cemetery, Pittsfield. Signature.............60-80

442. [COLONIAL NEW HAMPSHIRE] Col. Joseph Whipple [1737/38 - 1816] brother and business partner with William Whipple [Signer of Declaration of Indep. from NH] in a wide ranging import-export business before the war. He later pioneered in the interior of New Hampshire and became a landowner with an exceedingly large estate. He was an early and major benefactor of Darthmouth College. Not only was he a colonel in the N.H. militia, he served in the legislature along side William after William left the Continental Congress. He was named collector of customs at Portsmouth by President Geo. Washington and later by President Thomas Jefferson who he named a town after. Like his two brothers did not have any children. He lived into his 80s and was a major influence in the state until his dying day. Autograph Document Signed, 1799, 2-pages, 6-1/2 x 7-3/4". Headed: List of Rights of Land in  Britton Woods owned by J. Whipple - July 1799. He lists by name 57 persons. Superb condition..........120-180

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443.  [OLD SHEET MUSIC] Stephen Foster's song "Old Dog Tray", dates to mid-19th century, 5-pages, approx. 9.5 x 12.5"...........40-60

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444 .  [ART] Elmer Ellsworth Garnsey  (1862 - 1946) American muralist who painted on the East Coast from a studio in New York City. He was born in Holmdel, New Jersey and took art training at the Art Students League and Cooper Union. Affiliations included the National Society of Mural Painters, and the American Federation of the Arts. His work is in the Library of Congress, Boston Public Library, Memorial Hall at Yale University, City Art Museum of St. Louis, U.S. Custom House in New York City. Fine autograph signature on 3-1/2 x 1-3/4" card..........25-35

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

446. [VIEW] An 1848 wood-engraved view of Plymouth, Mass., approx. 4-3/4 x 8" plus margins. VG...........25-35

447. [VIEW] An 1847 wood-engraved view of the Ohio Penitentiary, Columbus, approx. 3-1/4 x 6-1/4" plus margins. Very light spotting. VG...........25-35

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448.  [John Lennon] Mark McGann (b.1961)  English actor, director and musician.  McGann first appeared on stage in 1981 in the production Lennon at the Everyman Theatre and the London Astoria where he portrayed John Lennon, the role which won him the first of his two Olivier Award nominations for best actor in a West End show. He was later to reprise this role in two other productions, Imagine and the film John and Yoko: A Love Story for NBC television in the United States.  His first television appearance was as 'Mad Dog' in Scully by Alan Bleasdale in 1983 with Cathy Tyson and Elvis Costello. A long career in TV followed seeing him play a wide variety of characters including 'Marcus Bannerman' in the World War I era drama series by Russell T. Davies The Grand in 1999; 'Joseph Bazalgette' the great Victorian industrial engineer in the award winning factual drama/doc Seven Great Industrial Wonders of the World in 2002; and 'Tom Crean' the Irish companion of Ernest Shackleton in Shackleton opposite Kenneth Branagh; and 'Niven Craig' in Peter Medak's Let Him Have It. Document Signed, Warner Bros. 1984 check made out to Helm and endorsed by him. VG........25-35

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449. [FILM]  William Caskey Swaim is an American television and film actor, best known for having played Staff Sergeant Harry Fitz in the 1978-1979 television series, Project U.F.O.  Signed Warner bros. check made out to Swaim in 1985, endorsed by him on the verso. VG.........25-35

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450. [VIEW] An 1847 wood-engraved view of Dayton, Ohio, approx. 3-1/4 x 6-1/4" plus margins. VG...........25-35

452. [ART] F.B.B. - original ink drawing signed with intials, YOUR PROFITS - Now   -  In Six Months, image approx. 7x4", plus margins.  Appears to be from 1930s or 40s. Artist unknown. VG.........50-75

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453.  [ART] Douglas Volk (1856-1935) American artist. He helped establish the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts. After 1904 he and his wife Marion created an artists' retreat at their family home, Hewnoaks, in Maine. She became active in the production of woolen textiles and rugs by traditional processes, and formed a group called Sabatos.  Douglas Volk’s path as an artist was secured early in his life, following instruction in Italy and in Paris with renowned painter and teacher Jean-Leon Gerôme. He held prominent teaching positions at the Cooper Institute, New York; the Art Students League, New York; as the founder of the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts; at Cooper Union, New York and at the National Academy of Design, New York. It was during a break from teaching from 1898 to 1906 that Volk and his wife, Marion Larrabee Volk, purchased Hewn Oaks, a large property on the shores of Kezar Lake in Lovell, Maine that became their beloved summer retreat. Marion Volk described Hewn Oaks to a journalist: "It is this out-of-door life we enjoy most and so you will find the whole place uncitified. It is just as close to nature as we can make it, to live comfortably, and when we built our house we decided that should be in keeping with this idea." The Volks founded the Sabatos Handicraft Society in Lovell, an arts and crafts movement that engaged Marion Volk, their children, friends and neighbors. Douglas Volk focused on easel painting during this period, taking inspiration from the surrounding woods and Lake Kezar.  Douglas Volk’s work is represented in numerous public collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC and the Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York.  Volk is remembered for his portraits of Abraham Lincoln, one of which hangs in the Lincoln Bedroom at the White House, and his painting of Lincoln used on US postage stamp.  Offered here are 6 bank checks signed by Douglas Volk,  1895-1930.  Each check is some sort of defect............100-150

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454.  [GREAT BRITAIN] Charles Fane, 1st Viscount Fane PC (Ire) (1676-1744) English courtier, politician and a landowner in both England and Ireland. Fane or ffane was baptised at Basildon in Berkshire on 30 January 1676, he was the second son but heir of the Right Hon. Sir Henry Fane, of Basildon, KB, (1650-1705/06), by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Southcott of Exeter. Fane was appointed Deputy Lieutenant (DL) for Berkshire, 21 September 1715. He was Member of the Irish Parliament (MP) for Killybegs in county Donegal, a seat controlled by the Conygham family, from 1715 to 1719. ALS, 2 pages, 7-1/4 x 9". Written from Bath 3 May. The date 1745? written in was written in unknown hand and obviously incorrect as Fane died in 1744. We have researched this letter and there is no doubt about which Fane this was written by. VG.........100-150

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455. [MAINE] Samuel Freeman (1743-1831) was a prominent citizen of Portland, Maine during the 18th and 19th centuries. He was instrumental in founding the first public library in Portland (then Falmouth), Maine, served in the judiciary system as judge and clerk, as well as held the post of the first postmaster of Portland, in 1775. He was an active patriot during the Revolutionary struggle, was secretary of the Cumberland County convention in 1774, a member of the provincial congress in 1775, and of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1776 and 1778. When the courts were reorganized in 1775 he was appointed clerk, which office he held for forty-five years. He was register of probate until commissioned judge in 1804, remaining in the latter office till 1820. From 1776 till 1805 he was postmaster of Portland. He was an active and efficient friend of Bowdoin College, His publications include "The Massachusetts Justice" (1803); and " Probate Directory" (1803); and he edited the "Journal of Rev. Thomas Smith" (1821). 1807 legal document signed, written on both sides, approx. 8 x 12-3/4". Concerns matter two gentlemen from Baldwin, Maine. VG.........75-100

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458. [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

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460. [STOCK CERTIFICATE] Panama Canal Stock dated 1880 -  Ferdinand de Lesseps. Beautifully engraved Stock certificate from the Bankrupt Canal Interoceanique de Panama Company issued in 1880. This historic certificate has wonderful engravings on the document including two maidens, one from North America and one from South America, touching hands with a ship going through the proposed canal. This is an excellent piece that has dividend coupons attach to the side.  The signature of De Lesseps is facsimilie, as is customary. Approx. 7 x 7".............150-200

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461.  [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