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1. 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
2. [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
3. Rumer Godden (1907-1998)
English author of more than 60 fiction and nonfiction books
written under the name of Rumer Godden. Nice ALS, 1974,
1p. VG..........75-100
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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
7. [FRANCE] Charles Philipon [1800-1861] French lithographer, caricaturist and journalist. He was the editor of the La Caricature and of Le Charivari, both satirical political journals. Brief ALS, 1844, 1p, 5.5 x 8 in. One 1/2" tear at left edge affecting nothing. Rare!..............80-120
Click to see Philipon portrait
8. [ASTRONOMY] Camille Guillaume Bigourdan (1851-1932) French astronomer. He spent many years verifying the positions of 6380 nebulas. He hoped to set a basis for future studies of the proper motion of nebulas; this turned out to be more or less in vain, since distant nebulas will not show any proper motion. However, he did discover approximately 500 new objects. He described a method for adjusting equatorial mount telescopes, which was known as "Bigourdan's method". ALS, 1907, 3pp, 4.5 x 7 in. Fine...........75-100
Click to see Bigourdan portrait
9.
[FRANCE]
Louis-Antoine-François de Marchangy (1782-1826) French writer. He
rose to fame as both a literary figure and a prominent
prosecutor for the Restoration government. His most
famous case was his prosecution of the four sergeants
of La Rochelle who were executed in 1822 for their
part in a Carbonari plot to overthrow the government.
His summary for the prosecution lasted five hours and
was published as a 196-page book. In numerous other
cases, he supported the repressive conservative
government against the liberal opposition. ALS,
Paris, 1823, written on both sides plus postmarked
address leaf with intact red wax seal. Quite nice. Not
translated - content not known.
VG...............80-120
10. MYSTERY LOT of about 83 pieces from 19th & 20th century. Includes: letters; documents; a few autographs. Oldest item in this lot is 1836. Good lot for eBay sellers or those who like researching items.....80-120
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11. [RELIGION] Johann Leonhard Pfaff (1775-1848) Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fulda [Germany] from 1832 to 1848. During his tenure he revised the statutes for the education of priests in Fulda. Pfaff was ordained as priest on 19 September 1798. On 15 November 1831 he was appointed bishop of Fulda. He was confirmed on 24 February 1832, and ordained on 2 September 1832 by the bishop of Würzburg, Adam Friedrich Groß zu Trockau. Lengthy ALS, 1837, 3pp, approx. 8x10". Identified as "Speaks of Adalbort III - very interesting letter." Not translated but a long letter in very good condition...........80-120
12. [MEDICINE] Auguste Nélaton (1807-1873) French physician and surgeon. He was the personal surgeon of Napoleon III. ALS, no date, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8". VG.............60-80
Portrait of Nelaton
13. Jean-Baptiste Léon Say (1826-1896) French statesman and economist, was born in Paris. Brief ALS, 1891, 1p., 4-1/2 x 6-3/4". VG............50-75
14. [FRANCE] Antoine Pierre Berryer (1790 - 1868) French advocate and parliamentary orator. He was the twelfth member elected to occupy seat 4 of the Académie française in 1852. After the second restoration he distinguished himself as a courageous advocate of moderation in the treatment of the military adherents of the emperor. ALS, 1826, written on both sides, 7-1/4 x 9". To Marquis de Barbé-Marbois (1745- 1837) French politician. Fine..............75-100
15. [FRANCE] Pierre Lanfrey (1828-1877), French historian and politician. ALS, 1871, 2 full pages, 5.5 x 8 in. There are 4 unsigned lines written across top by Jules Simon [1814-1896] the French statesman and philosopher, and one of the leader of the Opportunist Republicans faction. Fine............75-1
16. [ART] Alfred Philippe Roll (1846-1919) French painter. Many of his paintings are in public art galleries, including the Hotel de Ville museum, the Cognac Museum, Avignon Museum, Laval Museum, Fontainebleau Palace, Pau Museum, and the Museum of Geneva. In 1905 he became the president of the Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts, which he co-founded. ALS, no date, 1p, 5 x 6-1/2 in. Speaks about his exhibition at Biloz. Fine.......60-80
17. [FRANCE] Antoine-Nicolas Bailly (1810-1892) important French architect. In
1850, with the support of Eugène Viollet-le-Duc , Bailly
became the architect of the dioceses of Bourges, Valencia
and Digne. From 1875 to 1886, he served as diocesan
architect of Limoges, and he was also the supervising
architect of the Notre Dame de Paris from 1883 to 1886,
after Viollet-le-Duc's restorations. In 1854 Bailly was
appointed inspector of works in Paris. As such he
participated in the completion of the Old Town Hall and the
construction of the Fontaine Molière under Louis Visconti.
In 1860, Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann commissioned Bailly
with the administrative building for the 4th arrondissement
of Paris, which served as a model for others. His best-known
work overall, although not the most admired, is the Tribunal
de commerce de Paris (Commercial Court of Paris) on the Île
de la Cité, completed in 1865, which Napoleon III had
requested be designed in the style of the town hall of
Brescia . Its business courts are organized around a glass
atrium reaching the entire height of the building. The
exterior features architectural sculpture by Albert-Ernest
Carrier-Belleuse. Letter
Signed, 1885, 1p. To the Director of the Mint about a
bronze medal of the Salon. VG...........75-100
18. [FRANCE] Jean-Charles-Dominique de Lacretelle (1766-1855) was a journalist and historian; on editorial staff of Journal des Débats (1790); imprisoned (1797-99) for monarchist sympathies; as royal censor, successfully opposed press censorship, causing loss of his office (1827). Pioneer in historical study of French Revolution. Published Précis historique de la Révolution française (1801-06), Histoire de France pendant le XVIIIe siècle (1808), Histoire de France dupuis la restauration (1829-35), etc. Nice ALS, no date, 1p, 4-1/8 x 7 in. VG...........75-100
19. [FRANCE] BULLETIN DES LOIS DE LA
REPUBLIQUE, dated Year XI [1803],
16 pages., approx. 5-1/4 x 8-1/2".
Identified as being about Jwes nof Metz;
coins; whaling. Signed Bonaparte in print.
VG............100-150
20. [VERMONT] Job Lyman (1781-1870)
Vermont politician, attorney and banker who served as
Vermont's State Auditor. He was born in Northampton, Mass.,
and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1804, studied law,
was admitted to the bar, and began a practice in Woodstock,
Vermont. In addition to practicing law, Lyman was involved
in banking, and was President of the Woodstock Bank. Lyman
was active in local government, including serving as a
Justice of the Peace and Auditor for Windsor County. Active
in the Congregational church, Lyman served as Treasurer of
the Vermont Domestic Missionary Society from 1821 to 1827.
From 1813 to 1815 Lyman served as Vermont's Auditor of
Accounts. From 1829 to 1830 Lyman served as a member of
Vermont's Governor's Council. In 1850 Lyman moved to
Burlington, where he died on September 10, 1870. Document Signed, State of
Vermont, 1807, 9-3/4 x 14-3/4. Also signed by Benjamin Swain
and 2 or 3 others on the verso. Usual folds o/w superb
condition. This is a legal writ...............40-60
21. [CABINET] WM. HUNTER (1805 - 1886)
was a politician and diplomat from Rhode Island. He was
one of two assistants (George P. Fisher being the other)
to John M. Clayton during his term as Secretary of State
from 1849 to 1850, had served as acting Secretary of State
on two occasions, once in 1853 and again in 1860 and
served as Assistant Secretary of State in 1855 under
President Franklin Pierce. He died in 1886. Signed
document fragment, 1852............35-45
22. [ART] Rare Kuhniana! ORIGINAL 1989 consignment contract between the the Estate of Walt Kuhn [Brenda Kuhn, artist's daughter] and the Midtown Galleries, Inc., 11 East 57th St., NYC. Ten pages plus Page for Notary Public signatures and a cover letter from Attorneys firm. Part of the agreement is for Midtown Galleries to advance $100,000 to Brenda Kuhn. The document is signed by Brenda Kuhn. Walt Kuhn (1877-1949) American painter and was an organizer of the modern art Armory Show of 1913, which was the first of its genre in America. Today, Walt Kuhn is best remembered for his key role in planning the Armory Show of 1913. Nevertheless, he holds a place in American art history as a skilled cartoonist, draughtsman, printmaker, sculptor and painter. Although he destroyed many of his early paintings, his works that remain today are powerful. His portraits of circus and vaudeville entertainers are some of the most memorable works of early American Modernism. They are reminiscent of commedia dell'arte actor portraits done by the French masters centuries earlier. Nevertheless, Kuhn's works are entirely his own. His intimate portraits and expressionistic still lifes can be found in many top museums and universities across the United States. By the 1940s, Kuhn's behavior began to take on unsound characteristics. He became increasingly distant, and when the Ringling Brothers Circus was in town, he attended night after night. In 1948, he was institutionalized, and on July 13, 1949, he died suddenly from a perforated ulcer. It is highly unusual for a gallery contract for a prominent artist to offered for sale. I am sure that it has happened before but we've never seen one. Highly unusual. Excellent condition..........300-400
See portrait of Walt Kuhn
24. (Southern
Americana) ALS, Mobile [Alabama],
1821, 1p, 4to. plus address leaf [no postal markings]. To
Dr. William Frost, Havana, Cuba. Folded stampless letter
carried by the Schooner Jane. His passage to Cuba is delayed
due to business and so he will sail later on the Schooner
Freedom. Wanted to send Frost some money but says Captain
Miller wouldn't sign a receipt. Sounds like a "The checks in the mail" excuse. Fine..........50-75
25.
[OLD MASTER
ART] Peter
van LISEBETIUS
(flourished 1660) Dutch Old
Master. Original etching,
image approx. 8 x 11-3/4
in. plate mark plus margins.
Very good condition. Old hinge
remains top verso affect
nothing. This etching is most
likely from TENIERS GALLERY,
published in Amsterdam in
1755. Another example of this
particular print is in the
permanent collection of the
British Museum. His
prints are in many other
museums including the Boston
Museum of Fine Arts which has
three..........100-150
See etching
26. [OLD MASTER ART]
Peter
van LISEBETIUS
(flourished 1660) Dutch Old Master.
Original etching, image approx.
7-1/2 x 11-1/2 in. plate mark
plus margins. Very good condition.
Old hinge remains top verso affect
nothing. This etching is most likely
from TENIERS GALLERY, published in
Amsterdam in 1755. Another example
of this particular print is in the
permanent collection of the British
Museum. His prints are in many
other museums including the Boston
Museum of Fine Arts which has
three..........100-150
See
etching
27. [OLD
MASTER ART] Peter
van LISEBETIUS
(flourished 1660) Dutch
Old Master. Original
etching, image approx. 8
x 12-1/4 in. plate
mark plus margins. Very
good condition. Old
hinge remains top verso
affect nothing. This
etching is most likely
from TENIERS GALLERY,
published in Amsterdam
in 1755. Another example
of this particular print
is in the permanent
collection of the
British Museum.
His prints are in many
other museums including
the Boston Museum of
Fine Arts which has
three..........100-150
See
etching
28. [OLD MASTER ART] Peter van LISEBETIUS
(flourished 1660) Dutch Old Master. Original
etching, image approx. 7-3/4 x 11-3/4 in. plate
mark plus margins. Very good condition. Old
hinge remains top verso affect nothing. This
etching is most likely from TENIERS GALLERY,
published in Amsterdam in 1755. Another example
of this particular print is in the permanent
collection of the British Museum. His
prints are in many other museums including the
Boston Museum of Fine Arts which has
three...........100-150
See etching
29. [OLD MASTER ART] Peter van
LISEBETIUS
(flourished 1660) Dutch Old Master.
Original etching, image approx. 8 x 12 in.
plate mark plus margins. Very good
condition. Old hinge remains top verso
affect nothing. This etching is most
likely from TENIERS GALLERY, published in
Amsterdam in 1755. Another example of this
particular print is in the permanent
collection of the British Museum.
His prints are in many other museums
including the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
which has three. See right edge of
image where it didn't print
correctly...........100-150
See
etching
30.
[OLD
MASTER ART] Peter van LISEBETIUS
(flourished
1660) Dutch
Old Master.
Original
etching, image
approx. 6-1/2
x 9 in.
plate mark
plus margins.
Very good
condition. Old
hinge remains
top verso
affect
nothing. This
etching is
most likely
from TENIERS
GALLERY,
published in
Amsterdam in
1755. Another
example of
this
particular
print is in
the permanent
collection of
the British
Museum.
His prints are
in many other
museums
including the
Boston Museum
of Fine Arts
which has
three..........100-150
See
etching
31. [OLD MASTER ART] Peter van LISEBETIUS
(flourished 1660) Dutch Old Master. Original etching,
image approx. 7 x 9-1/4 in. plate mark plus margins.
Very good condition. Old hinge remains top verso
affect nothing. This etching is most likely from
TENIERS GALLERY, published in Amsterdam in 1755.
Another example of this particular print is in the
permanent collection of the British Museum. His
prints are in many other museums including the Boston
Museum of Fine Arts which has three...........100-150
See etching
32. [ART] ALBERT STERNER (1863-1946) Noted American artist. OFFERED HERE: ORIGINAL ink drawing unsigned, image size approx. 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 in. plus margins. Left margin with numerous faults - one short tear into image is not bad. Otherwise the image is in very good condition. STERNER'S influence is seen in the works of both Rockwell Kent and George Bellows who he introduced to the technique of lithography and put in touch with master printer/artist Bolton Brown. In 1915, Sterner rallied a group of printmakers together to raise the general quality of American prints. The founders of the Painter-Gravers of America included, along with Sterner, Childe Hassam, Bellows, & George Elmer Brown. He became a member of the National Academy, won a bronze medal at the Paris Exposition of 1900; gold medal at Munich in 1905, a bronze at Buffalo Exposition in 1901, and Carnegie Prize in 1941. He was President of Soc. of Illustrators, 1907-09. Sterner concentrated increasingly on portraits of famous people, for which ultimately he was to become best known. His personality, wit, charm, erudition, and talent endeared him to many of his famous patrons. His opinions - definite and energetically stated - were such that he took no nonsense from sitters, which included the nobility and gentry of three generations, among them, the Vanderbilts, Whitneys, Reids, Wideners, Armours, and members of the royal family of Siam. Provenance: From the Sterner Estate sale held in Massachusetts. Guaranteed authentic with no time limit...........120-180
33. [ART]
Henry Farrer (1844-1903)
English-born American artist known for his tonalist
watercolor landscapes and etchings. He co-founded the
American Watercolor Society. During the 1870s, Farrer
became a driving force in the Etching Revival in America.
He was a founding member of the New York Etching Club in
1877. Offered here is an original etching by Farrer, the
title is "December", image 4-1/4 x 6-3/4 " plus margins.
UNSIGNED. Old damp staining at outer margin - not close to
image. ........100-150
34. [FILM] [James Poe]
(1921-1980) American film and television screenwriter.
He is best known for his work on the movies Around the World
in 80 Days for which he jointly won an Accademy Award in
1956, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Lilies of the Field, and They
Shoot Horses, Don't They?. He also worked as a writer
on the radio shows Escape and Suspense, writing the scripts
for some of their best episodes, most notably "Three
Skeleton Key" and "The Present Tense", both of which starred
Vincent Price. Offered here is a 1967 bank c heck made
out by James Poe HOWEVER, someone at some time has torn his
signature away. Nothing on verso. He has written on front
"Am ExpChex - Horses". Since there are no cancellation
marks it is assumed the check was never used and the torn
away signature was like a cancel??? Odd
item.............????
35. [FRANCE]
Jean-Baptiste
du Chilleau (1735-1824)
French prelate and theologian. He became chancellor to Marie
Leczinska, and some time later to Marie Antoinette, and in
1781 was appointed bishop of Chalons-sur-Saone. At the time
of the revolution he opposed, very strongly, the religious
reforms instituted by the constitutional assembly, and left
France. He protested, in 1803, with fifty-eight other
bishops, against the concordat of 1801. On returning to
France, in 1814, he gave in his resignation as bishop; but
was appointed, in 1819, archbishop of Tours, and peer of
France in 1822. Superb manuscript document signed, do not
see date, 1p, 7-1/4 x 9-1/2". About the famous Abbe
D'Anstrude........100-150
See above
36. [FRANCE] Nicolas-Louis
François de Neufchâteau
(1750-1828) French statesman, poet, and scientist.
Born at Saffais, in Meurthe-et-Moselle, the son of a
schoolteacher, he studied at the Jesuit college of
Neufchâteau in the Vosges, and at the age of fourteen
published a volume of poetry which obtained the interest of
Jean-Jacques Rousseau and of Voltaire. Neufchâteau conferred
on him its name, and he was elected member of some of the
main academies of France. In 1783 he was named
procureur-général to the council of Saint Domingue. He
had previously been engaged on a translation of Ariosto,
which he finished before his return to France five years
afterwards, but it was destroyed during the shipwreck which
occurred during his voyage home. After the French
Revolution, Neufchâteau was elected deputy supplant to the
National Assembly, charged with the organization of the
département of the Vosges, and elected later to the
Legislative Assembly, of which he first became secretary and
then president. In 1793 he was imprisoned on account
of his supposed political sentiments - as they were deduced
from his drama Paméla ou la vertu récompensée (Théâtre de la
Nation, 1 August 1793), but was set free a few days
afterwards with the start of the Thermidorian
Reaction. In 1797, he became Minister of the Interior,
distinguishing himself by his thorough administration. It is
Neufchâteau who initiated the French system of inland
navigation. He inaugurated the museum of the Louvre and was
one of the promoters of the first universal exhibition of
industrial products. He replaced Lazare Carnot as a member
of the French Directory, a position he held between 8
September 1797, and 20 May 1798. From 1804 to 1806 he
was president of the Sénat conservateur, coinciding with the
establishment of the First Empire – his office implied that
he was the one to solicit Napoleon Bonaparte to assume the
title of Emperor. In 1803, he was admitted to the Académie
française, and in 1808 he received the dignity of count.
Retiring from public life in 1814, after the Bourbon
Restoration, he occupied himself chiefly with the study of
agriculture until his death. Long manuscript poem
signed, written on both sides of 4 x 6-1/2 paper.
VG. Rare!..........200-300
See
front side
See
other side
See
his portrait
37. [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
See left side
See right side
See his
painted portrait
38. [WESTERN AMERICANA] H. Webster
- Frontier veterinarian. Document signed, Leadville,
Colorado, 1882. Vetinary Bill that to early Colorado
statehood. Approx. 8-1/2 x 4-1/4".....25-35
40. [FILM] Peter Lawford
(1923-1984) American actor. Carbon receipt copy for $75 -
his dues for 1966 SCREEN ACTORS GUILD. Approx. 6 x 3.5".
VG. Not signed.............20-30
41. 1876 Centennial Reprint of the classic July 8, 1776 issue of DUNLAP'S PENNSYLVANIA PACKET OR THE GENERAL ADVERTISER containing the Declaration of Independence 16.5" x 11," as expected small tears, partial separation at one fold, all iwell away from the Declaration printing. Published by J.V. Vondersmith and printed in Philadelphia in 1876 by the Saturday Evening Mirror. A fun and historic souvenir piece.............150-200
42. James R. Roosevelt, known as "Rosey" [1854-1927] was the older half-brother of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He served as Secretary of the United States Legation in Vienna and as Secretary of the Embassy in London. RARE DOCUMENT FRAGMENT SIGNED, May 1, 1913. Also signed by Warren Delano. Approx. 7-1/2 x 3-1/4 in. VG...........80-120
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See portrait of Rajon [borrowed from the internet]
51.
[MUSIC] JEFF VON DER SCHMIDT
is Conductor and Founding Artistic Director of Southwest Chamber
Music. A two-time Grammy Award-winning conductor, he has led
numerous performances of standard 20th century composers as well
as world and local premieres of new work. Mr. von der Schmidt
has received six Grammy nominations, including consecutive 2003
and 2004 Grammy Awards as conductor for the Complete Chamber
Music of Carlos Chávez Volumes and 2. His performance was
nominated for Best Classical Album in 2005 for the Complete
Chamber Music of Carlos Chávez, Volume 3 by both mainstream and
Latin Grammys. Recent projects include leading cultural
exchanges at the Vietnam National Academy of Music and the Royal
University of Fine Arts in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, featuring Aura,
a major new composition by Grawemeyer Award-winning composer
Chinary Ung; and a complete cycle of the chamber music of Carlos
Chávez with Southwest Chamber Music and the Tambuco Percussion
Ensemble at the UNAM Center in Mexico City in May 2007.
His successful 2003 performance at the Library of Congress, with
soprano Phyllis Bryn-Julson in Richard Felciano’s An American
Decameron, was greeted with a standing ovation. He has led
cycles of the Los Angeles works of Arnold Schoenberg at Cooper
Union in New York City and at the Arnold Schoenberg Center in
Vienna, where Southwest Chamber Music was the first American
ensemble to perform at the Center since its relocation from the
University of Southern California. Signed [endorsed on verso] 1984 Warner Bros.
pay check. VG..............25-35
See check
See
signature on verso
52. [TV] Allen Williams is
an American actor. He is probably best known for his role as
Adam Wilson in the TV series Lou Grant, which ran from 1977
until 1982. He also appeared on TV series such as Knots Landing,
M*A*S*H, Wonder Woman, Police Story, The Rockford Files,
McMillan & Wife, Magnum, P.I., Ally McBeal, and 1979 edition
of Battle of the Network Stars. He was also a marine. Signed [endorsed on verso] 1984 Warner Bros.
pay check. VG..............25-35
See check
See
signature on verso
53. Nelson A. Rockefeller (1908-1979) 41st Vice President of the United States under Gerald Ford, and the 49th Governor of New York, as well as serving the Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower and Nixon administrations in a variety of positions. DS as Governor dated Feb. 18, 1963. He submits to the legislature a revised schedule of proposed liquor license fees. Folds o/w VG..........100-150
54. JOHN VAN VOORHIS (1826-1905) Congressman from New York 1879-83, 93-95. ALS with excellent content on personal letterhead from Rochester June 29, 1904 to G. Hilton Scribner, 2 full pages, 7 x 5". He comments positively on Scribner's book and discusses 2 professors. He continues. "I have just returned from a reservation of the Seneca Indians. I spent the day there yesterday. I dined with 10 stalwart Indians and found them as intelligent as they are stout. With them the question is 'Where Will Life End.' [Scribner had written a book entitled 'Where Did Life Begin?] They are robbed by their guardians, the U. S. Government. It's too bad. At the point where I stopped are 5 churches and an orphan asylum 300 orphans it. I dined at the home of an Indian and a better dinner I don't want. It was much better than I got at the Brozel house at Buffalo the night before."............75-100
55. RUFUS W. PECKHAM (1809-1873). Congressman from New York 1853-55. Killed at sea in ship's collision. His namesake son was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. ADS. This is a letter dated June 25, 1853, attesting to the character and pecuniary respectability of one Andrew Morrison, addressed to a Washington law firm by H. A. Brigham, a lawyer in West Troy. Added to the letter are endorsements by the State Director of Pensions (?), two acting magistrates, the postmaster, and Peckham. Peckham dates his endorsement Albany June 25. "I concur in the above certificate of Mr. Hitchcock as to Mr. Brigham whom I know very well." This lot also includes four of Peckham's clipped signatures, 3 of which add "Yours very truly"...........50-75
56. WALTER F. MONDALE - V.P. under Carter, Democratic candidate for President in 1984, U.S. Senator. Lot consists of 2 items. (1) DS with initials as Senator dated Aug. 30, 1966, requesting information about dermatology et al from the Dept. of Medicine at the University of Minnesota. Punch holes at left and small marginal tears at top. (2) First day cover signed by autopen, honoring Mondale on his V.P. inauguration and postmarked Jan. 20, 1977 at Ceylon, MN (his hometown).............50-75
57. [CIVIL WAR] G.R. GIDDINGS - Partly printed Document signed [filled in by Giddings]. Army pay voucher dated March 9, 1867 for G.R. Giddings, Lt. Col. 16 th U. S. Infantry. Interesting document covering two months and detailing the amounts due for pay for himself and 2 servants, clothing for the servants, and subsistence for himself and his servants. It even includes physical descriptions of the servants. Gives some insight into Army life immediately after the Civil War. Col. Giddings died suddenly 3 months later while acting as President of a Court-martial. The Savannah (GA) Republican that "a more modest, courteous, and genial commandant has never been stationed in Savannah." Folds out to 17 x 11 in. He served at Gettysburg and Chancellorsville. Fresh condition.......80-120
58. [WEST VIRGINIA] John D. "Jay" Rockefeller IV (b.1937) is a Democratic U.S. Senator from West Virginia since 1985. He was the 29th Governor of West Virginia from 1977 to 1985. As a great-grandson of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, he is the only current politician of the prominent six-generation Rockefeller family and the only Democrat in what has been a traditionally progressive Republican dynasty. Document signed, 1969, 2pp, 8.5 x 13 in. He signs as the Sec. of State for West Virginia, a Certificate, a finance company...............50-75
59. MUMFORD, L. QUINCY (1903-1982). Librarian of Congress 1954-74, having been appointed by President Eisenhower. LS dated May 3, 1973 suggesting to his correspondent how he might search for a letter of Thomas Rodney..........25-35
60. (STUART SYMINGTON) (1901-1988), Senator from Missouri, First Secretary of the Air Force, appointed by Truman. LS written by his cousin Stuart Symington Goode, a lawyer and socialite, to prominent newsman Ray Tucker December 9, 1952. Extremely interesting political commentary and considerable discussion, sometimes very unflattering, about his cousin...........35-45
61. William F. Sapp (1824-1890). Congressman from Iowa 1877-1881. ALS from Council Bluffs dated October 14th 1869, 1 very full p., 10 x 8", to General Wm. W. Belknap. This is an extremely warm letter congratulating the General on his appointment (by Grant) as Secretary of War. (Belknap was later impeached and resigned but was found not guilty.) Significant staining, but the writing is dark and clear..........40-60
62. John H.B. Latrobe (1803-1891). Writer, lawyer, inventor, artist, a founder of the American Colonization Society and the Maryland Historical Society. His father, Benjamin, was the architect of the U. S. Capitol. DS, 13 x 8" dated March 22, 1882, signed as President of The Proprietors of the The Green Mount Cemetery and representing the conveyance of a cemetery lot...........75-100
63. Henry Villard (1835-1900)
American journalist and financier who was an early president of
the Northern Pacific Railway. Born and raised Ferdinand Heinrich
Gustav Hilgard in the Rhenish Palatinate of the Kingdom of
Bavaria, Villard clashed with his more conservative father over
politics, and was sent to a semi-military academy in
northeastern France. He emigrated to the U.S.A., without his
parents' knowledge, as a teenager. He changed his name to avoid
being sent back to Europe, and began making his way west,
briefly studying law as he developed a career in journalism. He
supported John C. Frémont of the newly established Republican
Party in his presidential campaign in 1856, and later followed
Abraham Lincoln's 1860 campaign. Villard became a war
correspondent, first covering the American Civil War, and later
being sent by the Chicago Tribune to cover the Austro-Prussian
War. He became a pacifist as a result of his experiences
covering the Civil War. In the late 1860s he married women's
suffrage advocate Helen Frances Garrison, and returned to the
U.S., only to go back to Germany for his health in 1870. While
in Germany, Villard became involved in investments in American
railroads, and returned to the U.S. in 1874 to oversee German
investments in the Oregon and California Railroad. He visited
Oregon that summer, and being impressed with the region's
natural resources, began acquiring various transportation
interests in the region. During the ensuing decade he acquired
several rail and steamship companies, and pursued a rail line
from Portland to the Pacific Ocean; he was successful, but the
line cost more than anticipated, causing financial turmoil.
Villard returned to Europe, helping German investors acquire
stakes in the transportation network, and returned to New York
in 1886. Also in the 1880s, Villard acquired the New York
Evening Post and The Nation, and established the predecessor of
General Electric. He was the first benefactor of the University
of Oregon, and contributed to other universities, churches,
hospitals, and orphanages. His signature on album page dated
April 26, 1863. VG.........40-60
64. [ART] Horace R. Burdick (American 1844-1942) Horace
Burdick studied under Otto Grundmann and William Rimmer at the
Boston Museum of Fine Arts School. A painter, teacher, and
writer, he became a member of the Boston Art Club, where he
later exhibited his work. Other exhibitions include the
National Academy, the Pennsylvania Academy, and the Society of
Independent Artists. His paintings were acquired by numerous
public institutions, such as the State House and Fanueil Hall
in Boston, Memorial Hall in Cambridge, and MIT. He lived in
Malden, Massachusetts. Offered here is an unsigned pencil
drawing removed from one of his sketchbooks. Paper size 3 x
2.5. VG...........50-75
See Burdick
drawing
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65. Members of the House
of Representatives Lot of
signatures: [1] COMINS, Linus Bacon [1817-1892] from
Massachusetts CLIP SIGNATURE. [2] DE WITT, Alexander [1798-1879] from
Massachusetts. SIGNATURE. [3] Barclay, David [1823-1889] Penn. [4] Cullen, Elisha D. [1799-1862] Delaware. [5] HILL, William David [1833-1906] Ohio. CLIP
SIGNATURE. [6] PARKER, John Mason [1805-1873] New
York.SIGNATURE.............25-35
66. [US CONGRESS] album page signed on both
sides: Henry Y. Cranston (1789-1864) from RI ¥ E.R. Potter (1811 - 1882) from RI ¥ Thos. H. SEYMOUR [1807-1868] from Connecticut; served in
the Mexican War; commissioned major in the Connecticut
Infantry March 16, 1846, and in the Ninth United
States Infantry April 9, 1847; lieutenant colonel of
the Twelfth Infantry August 12, 1847; Governor of
Connecticut 1850-1853; Minister to Russia 1853-1858 ¥ Daniel P. King [1801-1850] from Massachusetts ¥ on
other side are signatures of John White [1802-1845] from Kentucky ¥ J.R. NGERSOLL [1786-1868] from Pennsylvania ¥ Luther
SEVERANCE [1797-1855] from Maine; vice president of
the Whig National Convention in 1848; United States
commissioner to the Sandwich Islands 1850-1854. Plus another slip signed on both sides by Geo. W. Hopkins [1804-1861] from Virginia; appointed by
President Polk Chargé d'Affaires to Portugal and
served from March 3, 1847, to October 18, 1849 ¥ Edward J. Black [1806-1846] from Ga. ¥ on other side
are Osmyn Baker [1800-1875] from Massachusetts ¥
Julius Rockwell [1805 - 1888] a Representative and a
Senator from Massachusetts; appointed to the United
States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Edward Everett.............50-75
67. [POLITICS] [1] CHAFFEE,
Calvin Clifford
[1811-1896] Representative from Massachusetts. AQS,
"LIBERTY TO ALL Sincerely yours C.C. Chaffee." [2] NEWTON, Walter Hughes [1880-1941] Representative from
Minnesota; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth
and to the five succeeding Congresses and served from
March 4, 1919, until his resignation on June 30, 1929,
having been appointed secretary to President Hoover,
serving in that capacity until March 3, 1933.
SIGNED CARD. Edge toned. [3] BOYD, John Huggins [1799-1868] Representative from New York.
SIGNATURE. [4] ROWELL, Jonathan Harvey [1833-1908]
Representative from Illinois; during the Civil War
served as a company officer in the Seventeenth Regiment,
Illinois Volunteer Infantry. SIGNATURE. [5] CHANDLER, Joseph Ripley [1792-1880] Representative
from Pennsylvania. CLIP SIGNATURE............35-45
68. Henry L. Nunn (1878-1972) American Business Leader, one of the founders of the Nunn-Bush Shoe Company and a pioneer in the development of good labor-management relations. His papers are in the collection of the Wisconsin Historical Society, including records of Nunn's participation in a mission in 1951 for the Economic Cooperation Administration, the United States government agency set up in 1948 to administer the Marshall Plan. Archive of 6 TLSs plus 3 envelopes, 1953-63, to Dorthy Nunn or Alice Josephine Nunn. PLUS 4 letters from Mrs. Henry L. Nunn, all with their envelopes............100-150
70. [MIXED LOT] [1] [PHILADELPHIA] C. TOWER - noted trial lawyer. LS, Phila., 1885, 1-1/2 pages, 4to. To William Henry Rawle, praising Rawle's oration of the statue of Chief Justice Marshall [1884] at Washington. Continues with compliment of Rawle on his address : The Case of the Educated Unemployed," delivered before the Harvard College Phi Beta Kappa Society. Excellent letter. [2] IRA A. HAYNES [1859-1955] General, U.S. Army. He served in Hawaii [1899]. Signed 1920 Riggs National Bank check. [3] KEEPER OF THE PRIVY PURSE) - Sir Thos. (Myddleton) Biddulph [1809-1878] He entered the Army as a Cornet (1st Life Guards) in 1826. On his promotion to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1857 he went on half pay. He was later appointed Master of the Queen's Household, and then Receiver-General of the Duchy of Cornwall. In 1867 he was appointed Keeper of the Queen's Privy Purse. Sir Thomas had enjoyed the Queen's trust and confidence for 27 years, but there had been one occasion when he had threatened to resign, because of rows with John Brown, the Queen's personal gillie and favourite. It is on record that the Queen made gentle fun of Sir Thomas behind his back: with roars of laughter she told Sir Henry Ponsonby how shocked Sir Thomas had been by the design for a medal of the Ashanti campaign and she quoted his comment, "Roman soldiers with nothing - nothing at all - but helmets on." However, Sir Thomas was not without a sense of humour: in 1871, when the Queen was gravely ill with an abscess on her arm, Lady Churchill wanted to send for all her children. "Goodness", said Sir Thomas, "that would have killed her at once!" Two [2] ALSs, 1874 and 1876, each 1p. [4] [US CONGRESSMEN] album page signed on both sides by: RIDGELY, Edwin Reed, (1844 - 1927) Ks; SIMS, Thetus Willrette, (1852 - 1939) Tenn; CLARDY, John Daniel, (1828 - 1918) Ky. Signed on the other side by: BOTKIN, Jeremiah Dunham, (1849 - 1921) Kan; GREENE, William Laury, (1849 - 1899) Neb; SKINNER, Harry, (1855 - 1929). VG. [5] [STOCK CERTIFICATE] JOHN F. SHAFROTH (1887-1967) distinguished naval officer, comdr. battleship division that bombarded Japan in 1945. DS, 1928, North American Edison Co. [6] [SCIENCE] Alembert, Jean Le Rond [1717-1783]. French mathematician, scientist, and philosopher. Son of Mme. de Tencin and of the chevalier Destouches; member of Academy of Sciences (1741); wrote Traitéde dynamique (1743) containing "d' Alembert' s principle,"Traitéde l' équilibre et du mouvement des fluides (1744), Réflexions sur la cause générale des vents (1747) containing his discovery of partial differential equations; explained precession of equinoxes, rotation of Earth' s axis; associated with Diderot in editing the Encyclopédie (1746-54), writing Discours préliminaire for Vol. I (1751); member (1754) of French Academy; wrote six volumes of Histoire des membres de l' Académie (1785-87); author also of Éléments de musique (1752), Mélanges de littérature, d' histoire et de philosophie (1753); published collected Opuscules mathématiques (1761-80). ENGRAVED PORTRAIT, c. 1853. Clean. [7] LADD, George Washington, a Representative from Maine; born in Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, September 28, 1818; attended the common schools and Kents Hill Seminary; engaged in the drug business in Bangor, Maine; later engaged in the lumber, commission, and wholesale grocery business in Bangor; was also interested in railroad development; elected as a Greenback candidate to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1883); chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Forty-sixth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress; died in Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, January 30, 1892; interment in Mount Hope Cemetery. SIGNATURE. [8] LAMPORT, William Henry, a Representative from New York; born in Brunswick, N.Y., May 27, 1811; moved with his parents to Gorham, Ontario County, in 1826; attended the public schools; engaged in agricultural pursuits; supervisor of Gorham in 1848 and 1849; sheriff of Ontario County 1850-1853; member of the State assembly in 1854; moved to Canandaigua in 1864; president of the village of Canandaigua in 1866 and 1867; elected as a Republican to the Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1875); was not a candidate for renomination in 1874; retired to Canandaigua, N.Y., where he died July 21, 1891; interment in the West Avenue Cemetery. CLIP SIGNATURE, mounted. [9] [ASSAULT ON A POLICEMAN] H.D. Hawley - Singer Sewing Co. Agent. ALS, on illust. sewing machine letterhead, Savannah, Ga., Nov. 4, 1871, written on both sides of 8.5 x 11 in. sheet. To the Singer Manufacturing Company about a Lady La Velle who was unhappy with Singer for not exchanging her sewing machine, which she had used for a year, for a brand new model. Gives background on the woman's history. "She had a spite against a Policeman their" (in Brunswick) "and once upon a time as he was passing her window, She having prepared with a Mug of her dear Virgin water took the liberty of transfering it to the head of the Policeman. Cause of her being in New York, a choice was given her to go to the penitentiary or leave the State." As usual with almost all Singer letters there are mounting traces on verso along one edge. Small loss to one corner. Front side Back side [10] [OPERA] Jess Thomas [1927-1993] Am. lyric and Wagnerian tenor. In 1963, he joined the cast of the Metropolitan Opera appearing in 95 performances for 15 years. Amongst the highlights of his career with the Metropolitan Opera was appearing at the opening of the new Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center in the first performance of Samuel Barber's Antony and Cleopatra with Leontyne Price. Signed photo, 4 x 5-3/4". Also signed with initials with sentiment on verso. Edge crack. [11] 1814 Gov. Doc., 2pp, Report of the Committee of Ways and Means. [12] Six. bank checks dated 1923...........80-120
71. Robert Rantoul, Jr. (1805-1852) American politician from Massachusetts. He was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Daniel Webster. ALS, Boston, Nov. 4, 1842, 1p, 4to. plus address leaf [no post mark] to Daniel D. Brodhead. Minor political content. VG............40-60
72. [MIXED LOT] [1]
Charles E. Stuart (1810-1887) U.S. Representative and U.S.
Senator from the state of Michigan. During the Civil War,
Stuart raised and equipped the 13th Michigan Infantry, of
which he was commissioned colonel. Clip Signature. [2] George Frisbie Hoar (1826-1904) was a prominent United States
Senator from Massachusetts. He was a member of an extended
family that was politically prominent in 18th and 19th century
New England. Clip Signature. [3] Henry Porter Baldwin (1814-1892) 15th Governor of Michigan and U.S.
Senator. Clip Signature. [4] Francis Brown Stockbridge (1826-1894) U.S. Senator from Michigan. Clip
Signature. [5] Jacob
Merritt
Howard (1805-1871) U.S.
Representative and U.S. Senator from Michigan during and after
the American Civil War. Signature. [6] HAGER, John Sharpenstein, a
Senator from California; born near Morristown, in German
Valley, Morris County, N.J., March 12, 1818; completed
preparatory studies and graduated from the College of New
Jersey (later Princeton University) in 1836; studied law;
admitted to the bar in 1840 and practiced in Morristown, N.J.;
moved to California in 1849 and engaged in mining; practiced
law in San Francisco; member of the State constitutional
convention in 1849; member, State senate 1852-1854, 1865-1871;
elected State district judge for the district of San Francisco
in 1855 and served until l86l; elected a regent of the
University of California in 1871; elected as a Democrat to the
United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Eugene Casserly and served from December 23,
1873, to March 3, 1875; was not a candidate for renomination;
member of the State constitutional convention in 1879;
collector of customs of the port of San Francisco 1885-1889;
died in San Francisco on March 19, 1890; interment in
Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo. CLIP SIGNATURE. [7] W.A. Peffer (1831-1912) Populist US Senator from Kansas.
Sig. 1896. [8] WM. FAXON -
Assistant Secretary of the Navy 1 June 1866 - 3 March 1889.
CLIP SIGNATURE. [9] John Inscho Mitchell (1838-1907) American lawyer, jurist, and
Republican party politician from Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
He served in the state legislature and represented
Pennsylvania in both the U.S. House and Senate. He was later a
judge in several state courts. Nice SIGNATURE [10]
Jno. B. Raymond (1844-1886) was a Delegate from Dakota
Territory to the United States House of Representatives. He
was born in Lockport, Niagara County, New York, then moved
with his parents to Tazewell County, Illinois in 1853. He
served in the Union Army during the American Civil War, being
promoted to Captain for action at the Battle of Vicksburg.
Following the war Raymond settled in Mississippi. He published
the Mississippi Pilot newspaper at Jackson, Mississippi during
Reconstruction. He was assistant State treasurer of
Mississippi, and was appointed United States marshal of Dakota
Territory in 1877, with headquarters at Yankton and later at
Fargo. He was elected as a Republican to the House, serving
from March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1885. SIGNATURE...........50-75
73. [POLITICS] Misc. lot of politicians: [1] FERRISS, Orange [1814-1894] a Representative from New York. SIGNATURE. [2] BREWER, Francis Beattie [1820-1892] a Representative from New York CLIP SIGNATURE. [3] Howard H. Baker - US senator. TLS, 1982. [4] SWOPE, John Augustus [1827-1910] Representative from Pennsylvania. SIGNATURE. [5] MILLER, Samuel Henry [1840-1918] Representative from Pennsylvania. SIGNATURE. [6] CESSNA, John 1821-1893] Representative from Pennsylvania. SIGNATURE. [7] CHANDLER, Joseph Ripley [1792-1880] Representative from Pennsylvania. SIGNATURE. [8] GILFILLAN, Calvin Willard [1832-1901] Representative from Pennsylvania. SIGNATURE. [9] MOSGROVE, James [1821-1900] Representative from Pennsylvania. CLIP SIGNATURE. [10] FISHER, Horatio Gates[1838-1890] Representative from Pennsylvania. CLIP SIGNATURE........75-100
75. [THEATRE - FILM] Ethel Warwick (1882-1951) British stage and film actress. Signed early postcard size photo. 3-1/2 x 5-1/4". Very soft creasing o/w VG..........25-35
77. [FILM] Ben Lyon (1901-1979)American film actor and a 20th Century Fox studio executive. His greatest success as an actor came in 1930 with the film Hell's Angels. TLS, L.A., Calif., 1973, 1p. To Harriet. In part - "...When we were visiting Colleen Moore up north last week, Barbara called from London..." VG.............50-75
78. [THEATRE] Herbert Kelcey - vintage stage actor. Signed 5x3 card.....20-30
79. [GREAT EASTERN] John Scott Russell 1808-1882) Scottish naval engineer who built the Great Eastern in collaboration with Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and made the discovery that gave birth to the modern study of solitons. Russell's experiments and observations led him to propose a new system of shaping vessels, known as the wave system, which was to culminate in the building of the SS Great Eastern. He was held in high regard by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who made him a partner in his project to build the Great Eastern. At its time, this was to be the largest moveable object man had ever created. The Great Eastern was eventually launched in 1858, having been designed according to Russell's wave system. Russell was also one of the earliest and most active people advocating ironclad men-of-war, and was the joint designer of the first armoured frigate, HMS Warrior. CLIP SIGNATURE mounted...............40-60
80. [AUSTRALIA] Ronald Crauford Munro-Ferguson, 1st Viscount Novar (1860-1934), sixth Governor-General of Australia, was probably the most politically influential holder of this post. Card SIGNED, 12/4/30. VG..........20-30
81. Joseph Paxson Iddings [1857-1920]. American geologist, b. Baltimore. Professor, U. of Chicago (1895-1908). Co-author, with Cross, Pirsson, and Washington, of Quantitative Classification of Igneous Rocks (1903); author of Rock Minerals (1906), Igneous Rocks (1909-13), The Problem of Volcanism (1914). ANS, no date. "Mr. Iddings hopes to be able to accept the invitation of Mr. and Mrs. Woodward for Wednesday evening April the twenty-second. VG............50-75
See Iddings above83. [ENGLAND] Charles Townshend, Second Viscount, (born 1674, died 1738) a statesman. document signed, JUNE 17, 1710, APPROX. 9 X 3-1/2 in. Payment order for 1,000 pounds. Fine condition. Charles Townshend, Second Viscount, (born 1674, died 1738) a statesman of unsulliintegrity, was the eldest son of Horatio, the first Viscount. He succeeded to the Peerage in December 1687, being educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge. When he took his seat in the House of Lords his sympathies leant to Toryism, but this predilection soon faded away, and in February 1701 it was rumoured among the courtiers that he would hold office of Privy Soal in the Whig Ministry which William the Third had in view. For some years after the accession of Queen Anne he remained without office, but on September 29th 1707 he was created Yeomen of the Guard, and in the same year he was summoned to the Privy Council, a distinction renewed by the queen's two successors to the throne. The command og the Yeomen remained in his hands until June 13th 1711, but its responsibilities did not prevent him from acting as joint plent- potentiary with the Duke of Marlborough in the peace negotiations with France which were carried on at Gertruydenburg, near Breda, o from serving as ambassador extraordinary at the Hague Congress (May 2, 1709 to March 26, 1711). Townshend was in high favour of George the First and on that king's arrival at the Hague in September 1714 he published the appointment of Charles as Secretary of State for the Southern Department, entrusting to his new minister the privilege of nominating his own colleague: Horace Walpole (??? Robert Walpole ), his brother-in-law and private secretary recommended Stanhope for the vacant post, and Stanhope was duly appointed. Townshend did not neglect to avail himself of the advantages afforded by his attendance on the king, and before he arrival of George the First in England he had obtained complete ascendency both over his mind and the dispositions of the advisors by whom his line of conduct was usually determined. The policy of the new ministers, both at home and abroad, lay in the promotion of peace. With this object they endeavoured to limit the charges against their predecessor Harley, Lord Oxford, to high crimes and misdemeanours. To gain this and they brought about, in 1716, an alliance between those ancient rivals in arms, France and England. In spite of their success their influence was gradually undermined by the intrigues of Lord Sunderland and by the discontent of the Hanoverian favourites, who deemed the pensions and the places which they had gained as insufficient reward for their exertions. In October, 1716 Stanhope accompanied the King on a journey to Hanover, and during this visit was seduced from his allegiance to his colleague by the wily Sunderland, who had ingratiated himself into royal favour. George the First was induced into believing that Townshend and Walpole were caballing with the prince of Wales, and were forming designs against the royal authority. Townshend was dismissed in December 1716 from his place of Secretary of State, and was afforded in lieu thereof the splendid banishment of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, a gilded sinecure which he at first contemptuously declined, but finally condescended ultimately to accept on condition that he was not required to set foot on Irish soil. His latent spirit of hostility to this arrangement quickly developed into open antagonism, and in March 1717 he was dismissed from this position. At the close of May 1720, a partial reconciliation took place between the opposing Whig sections of Stanhope and Townshend. The Latter was readmitted into the Ministry as Lord President of the Council on 11th June 1720, and his devoted colleague, Sir Robert Walpole, became Paymaster General. When the South Sea Bubble burst, the fortunes of the Ministry shared in the misfortunes of the scheme which they had promoted. Stanhope, in a paroxysm of passion during a heated debate broke a blood vessel, and Sunderland, although acquitted of the charge of personal corruption, was forced to retire into private life. The withdrawal of these statesmen assigned to their rivals the chief positions in the state. Townshend became Secretary of State on the 10th February 1721, and Walpole gained the position of First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer. The death of George the First threatened a change of advisors, but the dismay of the new king's favourite, Spencer Compton, at being called upon to draw up the royal speech led to the old ministers of the Crown being retained in their places. What the attack on the opposition could not affect, the internal strife of the administration accomplished. Townshend was of a proud, impetuous nature, born more accustomed to rule than obey. His family had for many generations stood higher in the social life of Norfolk than Walpole's progenitors, and when he himself attained the distinction in politics his position as a member of the Upper House was greater than that enjoyed by his friend in the Commons.As the power of the Lower House increased, and as Walpole became more and more the object of attacks by the Tories, the pre-eminence of Townshend passed from him. So long, to use the witty remark of Sir Robert Walpole, as the firm of Townshend and Walpole was such, things went well with them, [Lady Dorothy Walpole 1686-1726] but when the positions were reversed jealousies arose between the partners. The growing alienation was hastened by the death in 1725 of the Secretary's wife, Walpole's sister. At the close of 1729 Townshend endeavoured to obtain the appointment of his old and attached friend, Lord Chesterfield, as his fellow secretary of state, and the failure of the attempt brought about a fierce scene between himself and Walpole. They broke into passionate words, seized one another by the coat collars, and would have come to blows had their friends not intervened. After the outbreak of passion further co-operation was impossible and Townshend had the good sense to recognise the position. He retired tp private life on 15th May 1730. The Chief domestic events of Townshend's ministry were the impeachment of Bishop Atterbury; the partial restoration of Lord Bolingbroke; and the troubles in Ireland over the granting to a man named Wood of a patent for coining pence. Its concluding act was the signing of the Treaty of Seville on November 9th 1729. Charles Townshend died of apoplexy on 21st June 1738, aged 64. Slow in forming, but resolute in adhering to, his opinion, and like so many many men of that stamp, he was impatient of contradiction. His manners have been styled "course, rustic, and seemingly brutal" but these defects were not visible in his domestic life. Never did minister leave office with cleaner hands. He did not add one acre to his estate, nor leave large fortunes to his younger children.............80-120
85. Charles
James Blomfield (21786-1857) was a British
divine, and a Church of England bishop for 32 years. The
first-fruits of his scholarship was an edition of the Prometheus
of Aeschylus in 1810; this was followed by editions of the
Septem contra Thebas, Persae, Choephori, and Agamemnon, of
Callimachus, and of the fragments of Sappho, Sophron and
Alcaeus. Blomfield, however, soon ceased to devote himself
entirely to scholarship. He had been ordained in 1810, and held
in quick succession the livings of Chesterford,
Quarrington[disambiguation needed], Dunton[disambiguation
needed], Great and Little Chesterford, and Tuddenham. In 1817 he
was appointed private chaplain to William Howley, Bishop of
London. In 1819 he was nominated to the rich living of St
Botolph, Bishopsgate, and in 1822 he became archdeacon of
Colchester. Two years later he was raised to the bishopric as
bishop of Chester where he carried through many much-needed
reforms. In 1828, he was appointed a Privy Counsellor and
translated becoming bishop of London,a post which he held for
twenty-eight years. During this period, his energy and zeal did
much to extend the influence of the church. He was one of the
best debaters in the House of Lords (members of the Upper House
of the Canterbury Convocation confessed to trimming their quill
pens before his arrival!), took a leading position in the action
for church reform which culminated in the ecclesiastical
commission, and did much for the extension of the colonial
episcopate; and his genial and kindly nature made him an
invaluable mediator in the controversies arising out of the
tractarian movement. Free franked [signed] addressnpanel,
London, 1838. VG..................25-35
86. Ken Murray (1903-1988) American entertainer and author. ISP, 5 x 7......20-30
87. [MUSIC] Frankie Laine [1913-2007] American singer, songwriter and actor whose career spanned 75 years. Signed & inscribed flyer about him. 8.5 x 6.5 in.............35-45
88. Charles H. King - Admiral. Signature...........20-30
89. [OLYMPIC SKATERS] BONNIE BLAIR & NANCY KERRIGAN - both have signed OLYMPIC HEROES page from some publication. 5-1/2 x 8-1/4........25-35
90. AMERICAN WRITERS LOT. Ten Signatures in various forms. Frank R. Stockton, Percy Mackaye, Christopher Morley, Alice Duer Miller, Harold MacGrath, Peter B. Kyne, Parke Godwin, Louis Auchincloss, Oppie Read, and Wm. Lyon Phelps...........100-150
91. [ART] Ricardo de los Ríos (1846-1929)
this artist was born in Spain. He did a lot of work while he
lived in Paris, France. Original etching, title: The
Examination, image approx. 5.5 x 3.5" plus margins.
Original tissue guard still attached. VG............25-35
See etching
Our Most Prominent Pacific Coast Scientist
92.
GEORGE
DAVIDSON [1825-1911] pioneer west
coast scientist. Probably no name is better known in the
scientific world of the Pacific Coast than that of Professor
George Davidson, of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. His
active and untiring efforts, extending over a long period of
time in advancing the interests of science on this coast, are
well known; and the work he has accomplished in the service in
which he holds high rank has earned for him a name and
reputation which might be envied by any man. He determined the
Eastern boundary, 120th meridian, of California in 1873. Lengthy
ALS, 1908, WRITTEN IN THE 3RD PERSON. "Mr George Davidson
expresses his thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Woodward for
their kind invitation to meet the members of the National
Academy of Sciences on the evening of Wednesday the
twenty-second of April, and regrets his inability to be present.
San Francisco Cal. March 22/08." VG............100-200
94. [THEATRE] Jules Tuffier (1856-1943) Celebrated French actor, dramatist. He was a most popular actor of the French Theatre. He was associated with the Comedie-Francaise from 1888-1913. Signed cabinet portrait photograph, with lengthy inscription. Will put up scan on request...........50-75
95. WILL DURANT (1885-1981) American Historian Philosopher - He is most noted for his large monumental work "Story of Civilization" with his wife Ariel. He was awarded the Pultizer Prize, Presidential Medal of Freedom. Author of numerous books from 1917. DOCUMENT Signed W. J. Durant. Bank check 1946 made out to Louis R. Durant.......40-60
96. [THEATRE] Josephine Victor [1885-?] turn of the century actress, appearing in Britain, America, and on Broadway. She was married to theatre manager Freancis Reid. She appeared in many of Channing Pollock's plays. AQS, 1908. "Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever."......25-35
97. [MEDICINE] Sir Roy Calne (b. 1930) pioneer of liver transplantation and performed the first such operation in Europe in 1968. HIS SIGNATURE OF UNIV. OF CAMBRIDGE CLINICAL SCHOOL STATIONERY. Folds.........20-30
98. Walker Percy (1916-1990) Southern author. Signed 3x5 card.....40-60
99. Wm. Benton [1900-1973] US Sen. from Ct. TLS, 1951...........20-30
100. Florence George [b.1917] Am. actress/singer. TLS, 1940........25-35
101. [POLITICS] HENRY "SCOOP" JACKSON [1912-1983] US senator from Washington and Joseph L. Alioto [1916-1998] Mayor of San Francisco. Both have signed 4pp. program, 1974, Tribute to Joseph Belardi, humanitarian..........25-35
102. Herman Talmadge [1913-2002]
Gov. Georgia & USS. TLS, 1968........20-30
103. [MUSIC] Boris Goldovsky (1908-2001) Russian conductor and broadcast commentator, active in the United States. He has been called an important "popularizer" of opera in America. As an opera producer, conductor, impresario, and broadcaster he was prominent within the American operatic community between 1946 and 1985. Large Signature. Two mail fold lines..........25-35
104. [THEATRE] Cornelia Otis Skinner (1899-1979) American author and actress. Signed, inscribed postcard photo. VG..........35-45
105. [MUSIC] Janis Ian [b. 1951] American songwriter, singer, musician. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.............25-35
106. [MUSIC] Charlie Rich (1932-1995)American Country Music Singer/Musician. A Grammy Award winner, his eclectic-style of music was often hard to classify in a single genre, playing in the rockabilly, jazz, blues, country, and gospel genres. Signed, inscribed 10 x 8 photo. VG.........35-45
107. Collection of album pages signed on both
sides: Dennis
King (1897-1971) English actor
and singer/ Frank
Wilson[1885-1956] American
actor. Jane
Pickens (1908-1992) popular
singer on Broadway, radio and television/Jack Powell [?]. Gertrude Niesen/Mario ?. Myron McCormick
(1908-1962) American actor of stage, radio and film/ Murvyn Vye. Marjorie
Lord (b. 1918) American
television actress/ Miriam Seegar (b.
1907) American silent film actress. John Boles (1895-1969) American actor/ Ray Middleton (1907-1984) American character actor. Jane Cowl (1883-1950) successful early American film and
stage actress and playwright/ Mary Healy (b.
1918) American actress, singer, and variety entertainer. Violet Heming - actress/Pierre van Passen.
Morton Downey (1901-1985) singer popular in the United States,
enjoying his greatest success in the 1930s and 1940s. Downey was
nicknamed "The Irish Nightingale"/Jay Wesley. Uta
Hagen (1919-2004) actress. She
originated the role of Martha in the 1963 Broadway premiere of
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf/Alberta Perkens.
Rose Franken - actress/Tex Dabllery. Charlie Spivak (1907-1982) American trumpeter and bandleader,
best known for his big band in the 1940s/Stanley Phillips. Most are inscribed to Edna..............80-120
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108. [FILM] Madge Bellamy (1899-1990) American film actress who was a popular leading lady in the 1920s and early 1930s. Her career declined in the sound era, and ended following a romantic scandal in the 1940s. In San Francisco in 1943, Bellamy was accused of assault with a deadly weapon for shooting (or shooting at) her wealthy lover Stanwood Murphy. The incident generated much publicity and effectively ended her already fading career. ALS. signed Madge B., 1973, 3pp. About writing her autobiography, and thanking the recipient for volunteering to help her. VG............50-75
109. [FRANCE]
Bernard-Jacques-Joseph Maximilian von
Ring ( 1799 - 1873 ) was an archaeologist,
designer and historian. ALS, 1857, 1p..............50-75
110. [FRANCE] René-Joseph Tournemine [1661-1739] French
Jesuit theologian and philosopher. He founded the Mémoires de
Trévoux, the Jesuit learned journal published from 1701 to
1767[, and assailed Nicolas Malebranche with the charges of
atheism and Spinozism. His Réflexions sur l'athéisme originated
as a preface to the Traité de l'existence de Dieu (1713) by
Fénelon, and was an effective direct attack on Spinoza; it
argued that 'Spinozism' wasn't practically tenable. A debate
with Leibniz on the mind-body problem was prominent in the
period. Tournemine taught the young Voltaire, and became a
friend. In correspondence from 1735, however, Voltaire was
critical of the Jesuit reception of Newton and Locke. Offered
here is a rare 3-page ALS, we don't see a date year, 6.5 x 8.5
in. Top left corner shows faint Autograph Dealer stamp and there
is a cliiping [in French] from autograph catalog [old]. Very
good condition for its age............100-150
111. Rudulph Evans (1878-1960) American sculptor, born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Virginia. He studied in France at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. After returning to the United States in 1900, he maintained a studio in New York City. He moved back to Washington, D.C., in 1949. Evans designed the statue of Thomas Jefferson inside the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C., in cooperation with the Japanese engineer Wado Zato. At the time the memorial was inaugurated, in 1943, due to material shortages during World War II, the statue was of plaster patinated to resemble bronze; the finished bronze, cast by the Roman Bronze Works of New York, was installed in 1949. In 1939, the Memorial Commission hosted a competition to select a sculptor for the planned statue in the center of the Memorial. They received 101 entries and chose six finalists. Of the six, Rudulph Evans was chosen as the main sculptor and Adolph A. Weinman was chosen to sculpt the pediment relief situated above the entrance. Offered here is 1902 bank check signed by Rudulph Evans. Very good example with clear signature........75-100
112. [MUSIC] John Sims Reeves (1821-1900), usually called simply Sims Reeves, was the foremost English operatic, oratorio and ballad tenor vocalist of the mid-Victorian era. ALS, Nov. 5, 1858, 1p., plus engraved portrait.............60-80
Reeves Engraved Portrait
113. Edmund Blunden, MC
[1896-1974] English poet, author and critic. Like his friend
Siegfried Sassoon, he wrote of his experiences in World War I
in both verse and prose. For most of his career, Blunden was
also a reviewer for English publications and an academic in
Tokyo and later Hong Kong. He ended his career as Professor of
Poetry at the University of Oxford. Signed in ink limited edition page [proof page] from the "hand-set edition of Near & Far," 6-1/4 x 9-1/2". Fine...........30-40
114. [ART] ANNI ALBERS (1899-1994) Textile Artist considered the foremost textile artist of the twentieth century. Born in Berlin she studied weaving and taught at the Bauhaus until it was closed in 1933, and afterwards immigrated to the United States where she continued to make innovative textiles and prints From the time she was a young student at the, she created wall hangings that stand on their own as abstract works of art, comparable in their boldness and modernism to some of the bravest paintings of the epoch. In her upholstery, drapery fabrics, and other functional materials, She married the great painter Josef Albers. TLS dtd 2/10/83.........50-75
115. Margaret Deland (1857-1945) American author. TLS, Cambridge, Mass., 1933, 1p. To Kenneth Whittemore who apparently was also a writer. VG...........35-45
116. Charles Evans Hughes (1862-1948) He served as Governor of New York (1907-1910), United States Secretary of State (1921-1925), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1910-1916) and Chief Justice of the United States (1930-1941). He was the Republican candidate in the 1916 U.S. Presidential election, losing to Woodrow Wilson. His signature on verso of Diplomat calling card as Delegate of the USA Int. Conference of American States on Concitation and Arbitration. 3.5 x 2". VG...........50-75
117. [ART] Beatrice Wood (1893-1998) American artist and studio potter, who late in life was dubbed the "Mama of Dada," and served as a partial inspiration for the character of Rose DeWitt Bukater in James Cameron's 1997 film, Titanic. Beatrice Wood died nine days after her 105th birthday in Ojai, California. ALS, May 19, 1990, 1p., written at age 97. Speaks of exhibitions held, please she is still able to work - "He who has it soft is tepid in understanding". VG..........75-100
118. [ART] George Cooke [1781-1834] Well-known English engraver; he was the father of Edward William Cooke [1811-1880], the noted painter. ALS, 1825, 1p, 4-3/8 x 7-1/4 in. In part "....The Plate will be ready in one month - will that do?..." VG............60-80
119. [THEATRE] Adelaide Ristori [1822-1906] Italian tragedienne. Signature.....20-30
120. (KENTUCKY) JOHN MURREY.
Kentucky legislator. Autograph Letter Signed, Lexington,
Kentucky, January 25, 1833. 2 pages 4to. Modest staining.
Mentions Nullification; standing "shoulder to shoulder" in the
house in 1824; fisheries etc...................40-60
121. Charles Sarolea (1870-1953)
Belgian academic and versatile publicist. He was for a long
period Professor of French at the University of Edinburgh. He
wrote books on a wide range of topics on international affairs.
He also edited from 1912 to 1917 Everyman, a literary magazine
favourable to the doctrine of distributism. In 1915 he was sent
by the Belgian government to the USA, in order to support the
veracity of atrocity stories in circulation, about the German
occupation of Belgium. The mission was not a success, in that
Sarolea unwisely and publicly attacked the neutrality that the
USA was at the time observing with respect to World War I.
Recent academic interest has been on his political views. TLS,
Edinburgh, 1925, 1p, 4to. To Mr. Kennedy. Says the Polish
Ambassador had to postpone his visit therefore he wants to visit
Kennedy with his friend John White. Says he has "really been
overdoing it for the last two years. VG................40-60
122. [ENGLAND] George
Pryme (1781-1868) British economist,
academic and politician. In 1799, Pryme entered Trinity College,
Cambridge, winning a scholarship there in 1800 and graduating
with a Bachelor of Arts in 1803. In 1804, he began studying law
at Lincoln's Inn, and was called to the Bar in 1806, practising
in London until health problems forced him to return to
Cambridge in 1808. In 1816, Pryme began conducting lectures on
political economy at Cambridge, the first teaching of such a
topic at any English university, and in that same year his
lectures were published as a book entitled A Syllabus of a
Course of Lectures on the Principles of Political Economy. In
1828, he was made Professor of Political Economy by the
university senate, although a chair was not established for the
topic at Cambridge until just before his retirement. He was
politically active, and successfully opposed parliamentary
candidates sponsored by the Duke of Rutland, and eventually
winning a seat in the House of Commons representing Cambridge as
a Whig. Pryme worked hard in the parliament, pushing for
university reform at Oxford and Cambridge until his poor health
prompted his family to urge his retirement from parliament. He
returned to Cambridge and bought an estate in Wistow while
continuing to lecture and practice as a barrister on occasion.
He died in 1868. In 1870, his memoirs were published,
Autobiographic Recollections of George Pryme, edited by his
daughter Alicia Bayne. ALS, 1837, written on both sides. To
Joshua Walmsby accepting invitation to dinner of the Reform
Association of Liverpool.............50-75
123. [LINCOLN] [Jacob
Bunn] Springfield, Illinois banker who knew
Abraham Lincoln well in the early years before Lincoln went to
Washington. He handled the family financial affairs for Mary
Todd Lincoln after the President was assassinated. Group of 5
Second National Bank, Lafayette, Ind. documents made to to
Bunn........40-60
124. [THEATRE] John
Ebers [1785-1830] was a bookseller who
took over Her Majesty's Theatre in 1821, and seven more London
premieres of Rossini operas (La gazza ladra, Il turco in Italia,
Mosè in Egitto, Otello, La donna del lago, Matilde di Shabran
and Ricciardo e Zoraide) took place there in the following three
years. Ebers engaged Giuditta Pasta for the 1825 season, but he
became involved in lawsuits which, combined with a large
increase in the rent of the theatre, forced him into bankruptcy,
after which he returned to his bookselling business. ALS, no
year, 1p, to Miss Paten who writes reply [in pencil] on verso.
Mounting traces along edge........40-60
125. [FILM] Ann-Margaret
(b. 1941) actress best known for her roles in Bye Bye
Birdie (1963), Viva Las Vegas (1964), The Cincinnati Kid (1965),
Carnal Knowledge (1971), and Tommy (1975). She has won five
Golden Globe Awards and been nominated for two Academy Awards,
two Grammy Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and six Emmy
Awards. Signed 8x10 photo. VG.............35-45
126. 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
127. [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
See Czarist Bond129. [ART] David Deuchar (Edinburgh c. 1750-1803) original etching c. 1800, from Dance of Death. Unsigned, approx. 3 x 2-1/4 in. plus margins. Light foxing o/w VG......60-80
130. [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
See letter
See picture
of Baur
131. [FRANCE] Alexandre Moreau de
Jonnes (1778-1870) French adventurer
, military and official in charge of General Statistics of
France until 1851, when Alfred Legoyt succeeded him. At the age
of thirteen he was drafted by Jean-Lambert Tallien in the
National Guard to serve in the minimal section keeping the King
Louis XVI imprisoned in the Tuileries. His section
was controlled by the Marquis de La Fayette. In his post,
he is witness to the conspiracy of the Knights of the dagger and
the day of August 10, 1791 during which held "the bloodiest
battle of all those delivered in a public place during the
Revolution." In September 1791 , he returned to Rennes to
resume his studies, but he was again called in garrison and his
battalion was sent to the department 's Ille-et-Vilaine , in the
fight against insurgents in Morbihan. It is a civil war, made
ambushes, ambush, of treachery and killings. He participated in
the battles of Hede and Vannes. After these hard
campaigns, Alexander is assigned as a gunner on a Navy ship,
brig of war, Papillon , including the captain, a former officer
of the Royal Navy, is greatly appreciated. At the age of
sixteen, he is vested with functions Coxswain . The mission of
the ship is to browse the ports of the Levant , to provide
instructions to the consuls of the Republic of France. The
mission takes place without any problems until the stop of
Toulon, where they fall in the fighting between royalists and
republicans . The captain did not want to take part, preferring
to scuttle his ship. Alexandre was posted to the walls and in
the custody of the magazine. When the city fell to the
royalists, a part of the navy engaged the British. The city is
killing before being occupied by the British, then she is
besieged by new French troops which stands Captain Napoleon
Bonaparte , which then controls the guns. Instead resumed and
the British withdrew, Alexander and a few soldiers tried
unsuccessfully to prevent the fire from the arsenal and the
city. He joined his building, refurbished, and manages to escape
from this hell avoiding French guns and British vessels.
We have deleted much from this description [translated].
Very interesting Frenchman. ALS, 1840, 2pp, approx.
8x12". VG............125-175
132. Samuel Pomeroy Colt (1852-1921)
was an industrialist and politician from Rhode Island.
President of the National Rubber Company from 1901- 1918.
Document signed, 1901, promise to pay $25,000. Approx.
8x4". VG............75-100
133. Leni Riefenstahl (1902-2003) German film director, actress and dancer widely noted for her aesthetics and innovations as a filmmaker. Her most famous film was Triumph des Willens (Triumph of the Will), a propaganda film made at the 1934 Nuremberg congress of the Nazi Party. Riefenstahl's prominence in the Third Reich along with her personal friendship with Adolf Hitler thwarted her film career following Germany's defeat in World War II, after which she was arrested but released without any charges. Triumph of the Will gave Riefenstahl instant and lasting international fame, as well as infamy. Although she directed only eight films, just two of which received significant coverage outside of Germany, Riefenstahl was widely known all her life. The propaganda value of her films made during the 1930s repels most modern commentators but many film histories cite the aesthetics as outstanding. The Economist wrote that Triumph of the Will "sealed her reputation as the greatest female filmmaker of the 20th century". Signed portrait picture removed from some publication. Approx. 10 x 12-3/4". VG.......100-150
See Riefenstahl above
135. [MUSIC] Sir Walter Parratt KCVO (1841-1924) English organist and composer. From 1882 he the post of organist of His Majesty's Chapel Royal, Windsor. He became Heather Professor of Music at Oxford University in 1908, taking over from Hubert Parry. He had previously been Organist and Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. He became one of the foremost organ teachers of his day, with many important posts in Britain being filled by his students. He was knighted in 1892. In 1893 he was appointed Master of the Queen's Musick to Queen Victoria, and afterward held the same office under Kings Edward VII and George V. Signature with sentiment. Mounted............40-60
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136. [MIXED LOT] multiple items offered here: [1] [ENGLAND] The Rev Dr John Pye-Smith FRS, FGS (1774-1851) was a Congregational theologian and tutor, associated with reconciling geological sciences with the Bible, Repeal of the Corn Laws and abolition. He was the author of many learned works. OFFERED HERE is an UNSIGNED AUTOGRAPH NOTE - "The books which I have referring to Aug. Hermann Franke. .." Follows is a short list of books. Mounted to larger sheet identifying the handwriting in 1840 and "Presented by Jas. W. Alexander." Dr John Pye-Smith was Theological Tutor at Homerton College near Hackney, London for forty-five years between 1805 and 1850, and minister of the Old Gravel Pit Chapel in Chatham Place, Hackney for nearly as long (1811-50). His pupils included Robert Halley (future Principal of New College, London), Samuel Dyer the missionary, and William Johnson Fox of the South Place Ethical Society. The son of a Sheffield bookseller, he was surrounded by books in his youth and, practically self-taught, rose not only to become a dissenting academic and author, but through his interest in science and geology, was elected to become the first Fellow of the Royal Society from a nonconformist background. He was also elected a Fellow of the Geological Society at a time when there was considerable debate about accepting the idea of geological time, and if so to find ways of reconciling this with the teachings of the Old Testament. During the politically turbulent 1790s, before moving to London he had taken over the editorship of the Sheffield Iris, the leading abolitionist newspaper in the North of England, during imprisonment of its editor, his friend James Montgomery. In 1830 Dr Pye Smith took the Chair of The Board of Congregational Ministers when it passed an anti-slavery motion to secure support from all Congregational chapels across the country in petitioning parliament:That we feel it to be a solemn duty to employ our influence with our congregations and the public, to promote petitions to both Houses of Parliament for the abolition of Colonial Slavery, and therefore pledge ourselves, and beg to recommend to our brethren throughout the kingdom to prepare from each congregation such petitions to parliament... The Congregationalists' 1833 abolition lecture, The Sinfulness of Colonial Slavery, was delivered at John Pye-Smith's Meeting House in Hackney by his former pupil, Robert Halley Dr John Pye Smith died in Hackney in 1851 and is buried below a marble chest tomb monument in Dr Watts' Walk, at the Congregationalists' non-denominational garden cemetery in the grounds of Abney Park, Stoke Newington.. [2] ROUNDELL PALMER - 1st Earl of Selborne [1812-1895]. English jurist. M.P. (1847-52, 1853-57, 1861-72); solicitor general (1861); attorney general (1863-65); opposed Gladstone' s Irish church policy; lord chancellor (1872-74, 1880-85); author of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act of 1873, which established a single hierarchy of courts; edited a hymnal, The Book of Praise (1863). Created earl (1882). ALS, 1866, 2pp. [3] ABDNOR, James [1923-] Representative and a Senator from South DakotaTLS, 1977, 1p. [4] [BOXING] EDDIE MACK - President and Matchmaker, Argonne Athletic Association. TLS, Boston, 1932, 1p, 4to. To [Rev.] Roland Sawyer of Ware, Mass. Encloses 2 tickets [not present here] for the Schaaf-Winston bout. Roland Sawyer was the noted Socialist who ran for governor in Mass. Mail folds. [5] Max Gebhard SECKENDORFF (1852-1911). American journalist; chief, Washington bureau of the "New York Tribune" (1883-1911); a very influential journalist between the time of President Chester Arthur and President William Howard Taft. Signed Riggs National Bank check, 1911. [6] (Thomas) BRASSEY (1836-1918), Earl Brassey, became civil lord (1880-83) and secretary (1884-85) of the admiralty; governor of Victoria, Australia (1895-1900); author of an encyclopedic work, The British Navy (1882-83); founder of the Naval Annual (1886); created earl (1911). ALS, 1899, 2 pp, 4to. Re: resignation of Bishop Thornton of Victoria. [7] [RELIGION] WM. C. HAWLEY - minister. Neat little document signed. Methodist Episcopal Church Quarterly Ticket [member] dated 1844. No place given but the document is dated 1844, which is important. The church split over the question of slavery in 1844 with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South being formed in southern states. It is unknown at this time whether Rev. Hawley was a black minister. Partly printed, approx. 3 x 2-1/4 in. Lightly toned. Click to see Hawley [8] D.W. CALDWELL - Gen. Manager, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway Co. ALS, Columbus, Ohio, 1877, 1p, to. To Ingalls. About low wages. File punch holes along margin don't detract. [9] Paul A. Dever (1903-1958) He served as the 58th Governor of Massachusetts. Signed 3x5 card. Slighted toned. See Dever signature [10] US CONGRESSMEN) album page 7 signatures: R.C. De Graffenreid [1859-1902 Tx] ¥ John L. Brenner [1832-1906 Ohio] ¥ C.P. Dorr [1852-1914 W. Va]. On other side are signatures of H.S. Boutell [1856-1926 ILL] ¥ R.C. Davey [1853-1908 La] ¥ John M. Allen [1846-1917 Miss]. VG..........100-150
137. E.G. LAPHAM (1814-1890) U.S.
Senator from NY; manager to conduct impeachment
proceedings against former Sec. of War William W. Belknap
[1876]. ALS, House of Rep., 1881, 2pp, 4to. Replies to Francis
E. Spinner's letter of congratulations...................50-75
138.
[PHOTOGRAPHY]
Jack Dempsey - Boxing Champion. Original c. 1964 vintage
UNSIGNED 8x10 photographer of Dempsey in business suit,
photographer A. Bryce Currie. VG.........30-40
139. 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
140. [THEATRE] Hermann Vezin (1829-1910)
was an actor, born in Philadelphia, and educated at the
University of Pennsylvania. He went to England at York and
obtained and engagement there in 1850. His London début was made
at the Princess's Theatre in 1852. Most of his acting was
performed in England. He acted in Dr. Davey (1866); Man o'
Airlie (1867); Son of the Soil (1872); As You Like It (1875);
Daniel Druce, which ran for one hundred and six times at the
Haymarket (1876); and Olivia (1878). He became known as a
teacher of elocution and as a writer. Mary Mannering was one of
his pupils. Vezin went to York, England and obtained an
engagement there in 1850. His London début was made at the
Princess's Theatre, London in 1852. He married the Australian
actress Mrs Charles Young. Most of Vezin's acting career took
place in England. He played in Dr. Davey (1866); Man o' Airlie
(1867); the successful The Turn of the Tide by F. C. Burnand
(1869), Son of the Soil (1872); As You Like It (1875); W. S.
Gilbert's Dan'l Druce, Blacksmith, which ran for one hundred and
nineteen performances at the Haymarket Theatre (1876, also a
revival in 1884); and Olivia (1878). ALS, Strand [England],
1896, 1p. VG...........25-35
141. 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
142. [TV] Dawn
Wells (b.1938) American actress best
remembered for having played Mary Ann Summers on the CBS sitcom,
Gilligan's Island, during its run from 1964 until 1967.
Signed 1993 FDC honoring Elvis Presley. She adds "Mary Ann.".
Colorful & attractive. Fine..........25-35
See cover
143.
[ART] Sir Hubert
von Herkomer CVO
(1849-1914) British
painter of German descent,
and also a pioneering
film-director and composer.
Though a very successful
portraitist, especially of men,
he is mainly remembered for his
earlier works that took a
realistic approach to the
conditions of life of the poor.
Hard Times, showing the family
of a travelling day-labourer at
the side of a road, is probably
his best known work. Original
etching, title "The Poacher's
Fate", plate signed, image
approx. 14 x 10-1/4" plus
margins. Done c. 1880. Herkomer
etched this print after one of
his own paintings.
VG...............200-300
144.
[ART] Etienne-Gabriel
Bocourt (1821-1882)
French
etcher.
Original
etching,
portrait of the
artist Camille
Corot, image
approx. 9 x
6-3/4" plus
margins.
Another example
of this print
was exhibited in
the Salon De
1882. The soft
crease in scan
below is not
that visible in
real life.
VG............150-200
145. [ART] F. KRATKE - 19th century French artist. Original etching signed in the plate, 5-7/8 X 9 in. plus wide margins. C. 1870s, on Holland paper. VG. A Barbizon etching..................100-150
See above
146. [ART] Eugene-Andre
Champollion (France, 1848-1901) ORIGINAL ETCHING
after Georges Rochegrosse (France, 1859-1938), titled: LE BUTIN
(THE BOOTY), c. 1893-95, image approx. 8-3/4 x 11" plus wide
clean margins. Done for 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. From
1893 to 1895 the Philadelphia printer and publisher, George
Barrie, was at work upon a large and lavish series of original
etchings and chromolithographs detailing exhibits of the fine
art from participating countries at the World's Columbian
Exposition. The original prints, such as this fine example, were
printed on either China or Japon papers and were limited to an
edition of only two hundred impressions. Barrie hired some of
the finest etchers of the time to work on the series. Today
these original etchings and lithographs are collected not only
for their important 1890's style but for their superb technical
accomplishments. Impressions from these limited editions are as
finely printed as one can find. VG..........200-300
See The Booty
etching
147. [ART] Andre-Charles
Coppier (France, Born, 1867) ORIGINAL
ETCHING after Sir John Pettie (England, 1839-1893), titled:
Bonnie Prince Charlie, c. 1893-95, image approx. 11-3/4 x
8-1/4" plus wide clean margins. Done for 1893 World's
Columbian Exposition. From 1893 to 1895 the Philadelphia
printer and publisher, George Barrie, was at work upon a large
and lavish series of original etchings and chromolithographs
detailing exhibits of the fine art from participating
countries at the World's Columbian Exposition. The original
prints, such as this fine example, were printed on either
China or Japon papers and were limited to an edition of only
two hundred impressions. Barrie hired some of the finest
etchers of the time to work on the series. Today these
original etchings and lithographs are collected not only for
their important 1890's style but for their superb technical
accomplishments. Impressions from these limited editions are
as finely printed as one can find. VG..........200-300
See etching
148. [MUSIC] John Rosamond Johnson
(1873-1954), most often referred to as J. Rosamond Johnson,
was an Bahamian-American composer and singer during the Harlem
Renaissance. Johnson is most notable as the composer of the
hymn "Lift Every Voice and Sing" which has come to be known in
the United States as the "Black National Anthem". His
brother, the poet James Weldon Johnson, wrote the lyrics of
the famous piece. It was first performed live by 500 Black
American students from the segregated Stanton School
(elementary/middle/junior high-level), Jacksonville, FL, in
1900. Rosamond appeared in vaudeville with various
circuits, and in 1933 he, as well as W.C. Handy, returned in
Joe Laurie, Jr.'s, "Memory Lane" review. His acting career
sky-rocketed in the 30s and 40s with roles in Porgy and Bess,
Mamba's Daughters, Cabin in the Sky, and A Young
American. SIGNATURE on album page as a player (Rev.
Whaley) in the Broadway play "Mamba's Daughters". Approx.
4-3/4 x 3-1/2". On the back side is slip glued down
signed by actor Gene Barry. Fairly scarce
autograph............50-75
149. Francis Cardinal Spellman
(1889-1967) American archbishop of the Catholic Church. He was
the sixth Archbishop of New York from 1939 to 1967, having
previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of
Boston (1932–39). He was named a cardinal in 1946. TLS,
1956, 1p.............45-65
150. [FRANCE] Marcel Lefebvre
(1905-1991) French Roman Catholic archbishop.
Following a career as an Apostolic Delegate for West Africa
and Superior General of the Holy Ghost Fathers, he took the
lead in opposing the changes within the Church associated with
the Second Vatican Council. In 1970, Lefebvre founded
the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX). In 1988, against the
expressed prohibition of Pope John Paul II, he consecrated
four bishops to continue his work with the SSPX. The Holy See
immediately declared that he and the other bishops who had
participated in the ceremony had incurred automatic
excommunication under Catholic canon law. Signed
4x6" photo. VG..............50-75
151. [MEDICINE] John Rock (1890-1984)
American obstetrician and gynecologist. He is best known for
the major role he played in the development of the first
hormonal contraceptive, colloquially called "the pill".
TLS, 1976, brief 1-page. VG..........75-100
152. [OPERA LOT] (1) FEDORA
BARBIERI (1920-2003) Italian Mezzo
Soprano, SIGNED 8x5 color photograph, inscribed. (2) INKGE BORKH (1921- )
German Soprano, SIGNED, postcard portrait photograph, dated
1983(signed in dark area). (3)
GRACE BUMBRY (1937- ) American Mezzo
Soprano, SIGNED 7x9 photograph in costume, signed in thick
silver ink marker [not very clear]. (4) ELIZABETH
SODERSTROM (1927-2009) Swedish Soprano,
ALS on Christmas card (5) GIULIA
RAVOGLI (1866-?), SOFIA
RAVOGILI (1855-1910), Italian Opera
Singers and sisters. They performed with the Royal
Italian Opera before making a triumphal tour of Britain and
the US in the early 1890's. Guilia was a contralto played the
Operatic roles, while her sister Giulia performed in
supporting roles. Their repertoire ranged from Verdi to
Wagner. SIGNED card with both signatures in it dated
July 1893, London............60-80
153. [OPERA LOT] (1) ALICE TULLY
(1902-1993) American Soprano, Philanthropist, SIGNATURE on her
personal stationary, with sentiment (2) LOTTE LEHMANN
(1886-1976) German soprano, SIGNATURE. (3) Dame JOAN HAMMOND
(1912-1996) Australian Soprano, TLS dated November 30, 1981.
(4) HEATHER HARPER
(1930- ) British Soprano - ANS on card. (5) BORIS GOLDOVSKY (1908-2001)
Russian Opera Conductor. SIGNATURE sending his good
luck!. (6) Dame Josephine
BARSTOW (1940- ) English Soprano -
SIGNED, 8x10 photograph as "Violetta". (7) PETER GLOSSOP
(1928-2008) English Baritone, SIGNED Inscribed 5x7 in
"Rigoletto" on verso is ALS, stating he is starting his
autobiography and that he is now 72 years old...........80-120
154. George Ade [1866-1944] American writer. Signature.............20-30
155. [FILM] David Lloyd Wolper (b.1928) American television and film producer, responsible for shows such as Roots, The Thorn Birds, North & South, L.A. Confidential, and Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. He also produced numerous documentaries and documentary series like Biography (TV series&emdash;1961-63), The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (TV), Appointment with Destiny (TV series), This is Elvis, Three Days in November, Imagine: John Lennon, and others. He directed the 1959 documentary The Race for Space, which was nominated for an Academy Award. His 1971 film (as executive producer)about the study of insects The Hellstrom Chronicle won an Academy Award. TLS, 1968, 1p,, signed "David."..............25-35
157. [MUSIC] Alice Verlet (1873–1934) Belgian-born operatic coloratura soprano active primarily in France. She sang principal roles at the operas in Lyon, Nice, and Monte Carlo; at His Majesty's Theater in London; at La Monnaie in Brussels; and at the Paris Opéra and Opéra-Comique. In the United States, although not entirely absent from the operatic stage, she was known primarily as a concert singer and was a featured singer on Edison records. Large signature on 7-1/2 x 6-1/4" slip. VG............25-35
158. Helen Astor [1895-1965] Am. socialite. ANS, nd, re: her father....20-30
159. Samuel Merwin [1875-1936] American writer. Signature 1907.........20-30
160. Increase Sumner Lincoln [1799-1890] Am. Unitarian Minister, abolitionist, author. Signature dated 1889...........20-30
161. Sir James Black Baillie [1872-1940] British philosopher and academic. ALS, 1931, 2pp..........40-60
162. John Anderson [b.1922] Am. politician. TLS & ISP, 2001...........20-30
163. [FRANCE] Alfred
Deberle [1835-1877] Journalist, historian.
He was literary editor of the "Great Larousse encyclopedia" of
the 19th century. ALS, 1877, lengthy 2 pages. Not
translated. Fine......50-75
164. [THEATRE] Ethel Irving [1869-1963] British actress [not related to Henry Irving]. She created at Daly's Theatre [1902] the part of Sophie in A Country Girl. Another important role she played was Pamela Tuckwell in "What Pamela Wanted" at the Criterion Theatre. ALS, April 12, no yr., written on both sides of Criterion Theatre stationery which also says "Miss Ethel Irving's Season." Light scattered toning..............50-75
165. [MUSIC] Edward Dannreuther (1844-1905) German pianist and writer on music resident from 1863 in England. He trained as a musician at the Conservatoire at Leipzig, where he was a pupil of Ignaz Moscheles. Dannreuther became a champion of Wagner, and founded the London Wagner Society in 1872. Dannreuther became a professor of piano in the Royal College of Music in 1895, a position which he held until his death. An enthusiast for new music, he was an important influence on the composer Hubert Parry. Clip signature [irregular shape].........20-30
166. ROBERT S. DILLON (1929- ) American Diplomat. He was US Ambassador to Lebanon (1981-1983)It was during this time during the War there and dealt with the crises there impeccably. Onn the morning of Sunday, October 23, 1983, a heavy truck, loaded with explosives rammed into the building that housed the Battalion Landing Team (BLT) of the 24th Marine Amphibious Unit (MAU) The truck detonated immediately. The building was destroyed and 220 U.S. marines, 18 sailors and 3 soldiers housed there were killed in the ensuing explosion TLS dtd 5/12/1983 as Ambassador, with signed/inscribed 5x7 portrait photograph (2 items). The photo is signed in dark area therefore poor contrast.........................25-35
167. [MUSIC] Sir Julius Benedict (1804-1885) German-born composer and conductor, resident in England for most of his career. His best-known opera, The Lily of Killarney, written on the subject of Dion Boucicault's play The The Colleen Bawn to a libretto by John Oxenford, was produced at Covent Garden in 1862. His operetta, The Bride of Song, was brought out there in 1864. Clip signature signed "Benedict" mounted to larger slip.........25-35
168. [MUSIC] Geraldine Farrar (1882-1967) American soprano opera singer and film actress, noted for her beauty, acting ability, and "the intimate timbre of her voice." She had a large following among young women, who were nicknamed "Gerry-flappers". Signature dated 1920 on 3x5 card. Small picture affixed to card....30-40
169. Sir William Fletcher Barrett [1844-1925] English physicist and psychical researcher. ALS, no yr., 3pp, 4.5 x 7". VG............50-75
170. [MUSIC] Keith Lockhart (b. 1959) American orchestral conductor. Lockhart became the 20th Conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra in 1995. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.............25-35
171. [FRANCE] Lucien Descaves (1861-1949) French novelist. A disciple of Joris-Karl Huysmans and the Goncourt brothers his novels Le Calvaire d'Héloïse Pajadou (1883) and Une vieille rate (1883) followed strongly the naturalism movement. The anti-military novel, Sous-Offs (1889) provoked a scandal. Though acquitted of charges of offending the army and public morality, he was stripped of his military rank. ALS written on his calling card [both sides], signed with initials...........40-60
172. [MUSIC] Jeanne Devries - Dutch soprano who made her debut in 1867. ALS, 1873, 2pp., 5-1/4 x 8-1/4". VG...........50-75
173. [MUSIC] Jean Jacques Debillemont [1824-1879] French violinist, composer. ALS, no date, 1p, 5x8". VG.........40-60
174. [MUSIC] Gustave-Hippolyte Roger [ 1815-1870] opera singer. ALS, no date, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8-1/4".....40-60
175. [MUSIC] Eric Coates (1886-1957) English composer of light music and a viola player. Clip signature............20-30
176. Cyril Ritchard (1897-1977) actor of stage, screen and television. He achieved star status in 1954 as Captain Hook in the Broadway production of Peter Pan co-starring Mary Martin,. Signed 1957 bank check...........40-60
177. [THEATRE] Léon Gozlan (1803-1866) French novelist and dramatist, was born at Marseille. When he was still a boy, his father, who had made a large fortune as a ship-broker, met with a series of misfortunes, and Léon, before completing his education, had to go to sea in order to earn a living. In 1828 we find him in Paris, determined to run the risks of literary life. His townsman, Joseph Méry , who was then making himself famous by his political satires, introduced him to several newspapers, and Gozlan's brilliant articles in the Figaro did much harm to the already tottering government of Charles X. ALS, no date, 1p, about his small article about "Songs". 5 x 7-3/4 in. Light edge toning...........60-80
178. [FRANCE] Léon Gozlan (1803-1866) French novelist and playwrite. ALS, no date, 1p. Re: president for a prize for novelists. VG........60-80
179. [FRANCE] Alfred Masson-Forestier (1852-1912) French writer, born at Le Havre. He studied law and from 1884 to 1899 practiced his profession at Rouen. After 1899 Masson-Fortier settled in Paris and devoted all his time to literature, contributing to the Revue des Deux Mondes, Le Temps, La Revue, etc. His stories, usually short and sober in content, are reminiscent of Merimée and Maupassant. The last years of his life were spent in a study of Racine and he published in 1911 Autour d'un Racine ignoré. ALS, 1911, 2 full pages about Racine and graphology. VG.............60-80
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180. Teófilo Braga, in full Joaquim Teófilo Fernandes. (1843-1924). Portuguese scholar and writer. Professor, Lisbon (1872 ff.); wrote prolifically on literature, history, politics, etc.; noted controversialist, and anticlericalist republican. Head of provisional government (1910-11) after dethronement of King Manuel; interim president of Portugal (1915). Author of Visa~o dos Tempos (1864), História da Poesia Popular Portuguesa (1867), comprehensive História da Romantismo en Portugal (1880), A Arcádia Lusitana (1899), etc. Signature on card (stamp dated 1916)..............40-60
181. [MUSIC] Georgia Gibbs (1919-2006) was an American popular singer and vocal entertainer rooted in jazz. ALS, on 6 x 3-1/4" card. Envelope postmarked 1991......25-35
182. Hannibal Goodwin [1822-1900] Episcopal priest at the House of Prayer in Newark, New Jersey, patented a method for making transparent, flexible roll film out of nitrocellulose film base, which was used in Thomas Edison's Kinetoscope, an early machine for viewing animation. AQS, dated Oct. 17, 1881, 7 x 4.5". VG.........60-80
183. Bert Parks (1914-1992) American actor, singer, and radio and television announcer and host, best known as the longtime host (1955-1979) of the annual Miss America telecast. Signed 8x11 photo. VG............25-35
185. [SPORTS] BONNIE BLAIR - American Speed Skater - Olympic Gold Medalist - won the U. S. indoor title in 1983, 1984, and 1986, and was the North American indoor champion in 1985. She became a definite Olympic contender by setting a world record of 39.43 seconds in the 500-meter event at the 1987 worlds. At the 1988 Olympics, Blair set another world record to win a gold medal in the 500-meter event. After winning the world over-all sprint title in 1989, she finished second in 1990 and third in 1991 and entered the 1992 Olympics as a favorite in the 500-meter and a strong contender in the 1,000-meter. She won both, becoming the first skater ever to win two consecutive gold medals in the 500-meter sprint, and she received the Sullivan Award as the nation's outstanding amateur athlete. SIGNED 8x10 color photograph.............20-30
186. Diane von Furstenberg also Princess Diane of Furstenberg (Prinzessin Diane von Furstenberg) , born Diane Simone Michelle Halfin on December 31, 1945 in Brussels, Belgium, is a fashion designer, businesswoman, and New York City socialite. The daughter of a Holocaust survivor, she studied economics at the University of Geneva in Switzerland and while there she met Austro-Italian Prince Egon von Furstenberg. They married and moved to New York City in 1969 where son Prince Alexandre and daughter Princess Tatiana were born. Divorced shortly after the birth of her second child, she began her own business, entering the U.S. clothing market selling knit dresses. She is most famous for introducing the "wrap dress" in 1973, an example of which, due to its important influence on women's fashion, is on display at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. Von Furstenberg has started a number of successful businesses including a line of cosmetics and has ventured into the home-shopping business. In 1985 she moved to Paris, France where she founded Salvy, a French-language publishing house. From her design and marketing studio in a 19th century carriage house in West Greenwich Village in New York City, she currently creates a line of high-end women's apparel which is only offered in the most elite stores such as Bergdorf Goodman, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Neiman Marcus. In 1998 she published her memoirs "DIANE: A Signature Life." SIGNED 8x10 photo. VG...............................35-45
187. Clement Furman Haynsworth, Jr. (1912-1989) was a United States judge and an unsuccessful nominee for the United States Supreme Court. TLS, 1981, 1p. "...One who approaches any undertaking obsessed with his expectation of personal gain is unlikely to contribute much to society..."..........35-45
188. Sir Edwin Arnold (1832-1904) English poet and journalist, who is most known for his work, The Light of Asia. ALS, no year, "I am away at my house...." 4x6 in. VG...........75-100
189. [TV] Jonathan Harris (1914- 2002) American stage and character actor. Two of his best-known television roles were as the timid accountant Bradford Webster in The Third Man, and the comic villain Dr. Zachary Smith, in the popular 1960s sci-fi series, Lost in Space. ALS, 1989, conlusion & signature on backside. PLUS another autograph letter UNSIGNED..........30-40
190. [NOBEL] J. MICHAEL BISHOP - American Microbiologist. Awarded 1989 NOBEL PRIZE for Physiology and Medicine for his research on cancer -causing genes called oncogenes. SIGNED 5x7 color photograph...........35-45
191. Eden Phillpotts (1862 - 1960) English author, poet and dramatist. AQS from "Vigil", dated 1907. Approx. 8x6" blue paper. VG..........40-60
192. [GREAT BRITAIN] George Nicoll Barnes CH PC (1859-1940) Scottish politician and a leader of the Labour Party. He was leader of the Labour Party from 14 February 1910 to 6 February 1911. He was Minister of Pensions (1916-1917) and Minister without Portfolio (1917-1920) under David Lloyd George. In 1918 the Labour Party decided to leave the Lloyd George Coalition but Barnes refused to resign. As a result he was expelled from the Labour Party and founded the National Democratic Party. SIGNATURE...........20-30
193. Lizzie Sparks Pickering [d. 1906] wife of Edward Charles Pickering, the noted American astronomer and physicist. ALS, nd, 2pp. to Mrs. Amedee Mouchez. Says she would very much like to see the astronomers without interferring with their work. Regards to Admiral Mouchez. Fine..........25-35
194. Sir Edward Thornton [1817-1906] English diplomat, son of Sir Edward Thornton [1766-1852] of the same occupation. He was born in London and was educated at King's College London, and at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He entered the diplomatic service as attaché to the mission at Turin in 1842, filled the same position in Mexico in 1845, and was made Secretary of Legation in that Capital in 1853. During 1848 he did much to forward the conclusion of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. In 1852 he was appointed Secretary of Legation at Buenos Aires; chargé d'affaires to Uruguay (1854); Minister to the Argentine Republic in 1859, to Brazil in 1865, and from 1867 to 1881 to the United States. He was knighted in 1870; in 1871 was a member of the commission on the Alabama Claims, and was appointed Privy Councilor; and in 1873 was arbitrator in the commission on the Mexican and United States Claims. He was appointed Ambassador at St. Petersburg in 1881, Ambassador at Constantinople in 1884, and retired to private life in 1887. It was because of him that the Triple Alliance War (Argentina, Brasil and Uruguay against Paraguay) took place. This war was a genocide to the Paraguayan people, killing 90% of Paraguay's population, including women and children. ALS, Montevideo, 1857, 1-1/3pp. Written in French. Fine.....40-60
195. STUART CHASE (1888-1985) American Economist/Consumer Activist/Man of Letters. From 1922 to 1939, Chase was a director of the New York-based Labor Bureau, Inc., an organization that furnished research, accounting, and other professional services to labor unions and cooperatives and published a newsletter.Chase and Frederick John Schlink were the founders of Consumers' Research. Schlink established Consumers' Research, Inc. They published the famous book Your Money's Worth(1927), a controversial exposé of the advertising and pricing practices used by manufacturers of consumer products. This work was widely distributed through the Book-of-the-Month Club In 1929, two months after the Wall Street crash, the organization began to publish its findings both as consumer pamphlets and in a regular bulletin that compared and assigned ratings to consumer products. These reports were eventually published in the Handbook of Buying. By 1930, membership in Consumers' Research, Inc. had reached twelve thousand.. He was the author of hundreds of papers and articles for over 60 years. ANS dtd Dec 1980.................30-40
196. Sir Walter Besant (1836-1901) was a novelist and historian from London. His sister-in-law was Annie Besant. ALS, 1882, 1p. Mounted to another sheet.........50-75
197. Robert (Smythe) Hichens (1864-1950) English journalist and novelist. He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films &emdash; The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) &emdash; and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction. ALS, 1907, 1p............80-120
198. [EARLY FILM] Odette Myrtil [1898-1978] French born American actress. One of the highlights of her career was acting the title role of Odette in Jerome Kern's :The Cat and the Fiddle" [1931], written especially for her. Written in TLS form, a document dated 1936, re: contract with Samuel Goldwyn, Inc. 1-page, she signs at bottom "Approved and Accepted." VG.......50-75
199. [BALLET] Dame Merle Park (b. 1937) prima ballerina. She joined the Royal Ballet in 1954 and became a soloist in 1958. In her career, she was partnered by Rudolf Nureyev, Anthony Dowell, Mikhail Baryshnikov. Signed color 5x7 photo. VG.............40-60
200. Cyril Ritchard (1897-1977) actor. Signed 7x9 photo. Corner creases and old ink price written on backside.........30-40
201. [MAINE] WALLACE WHITE, JR.(1877-1952) American Politician. He was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fifth and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1917-March 3, 1931) Committee on Woman Suffrage (Sixty-seventh through Sixty-ninth Congresses), Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Seventieth and Seventy-first Congresses); served as a presidential appointee on a variety of commissions; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1930; reelected in 1936 and again in 1942 and served from March 4, 1931, to January 3, 1949; He was minority leader 1944-1947; majority leader 1947-1949. TWO TLSs, both 1918...............25-35
202. Gloria Steinem (b. 1934) American feminist, journalist, and social and political activist who became nationally recognized as a leader of the Women's Liberation Movement in the late 1960s and 1970s. Signed, INSCRIBED TO ROBERT, 8x10 photo. VG...........25-35
203. [ITALY] Susanna Agnelli, Contessa Rattazzi, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (1922- 2009) was an Italian politician, businesswoman and writer. She was the only woman to have been Minister of Foreign Affairs in Italy. TLS AS SECRETARY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF ITALY, 1983...............20-30
204. [NY] David B. Hill (1843-1910) American politician from New York who was Governor of New York from 1885 to 1891. During his tenure as Governor, William Kemmler was executed in the electric chair, the first inmate in the country ever to be put to death in this manner. He served as a U.S. Senator from New York from 1892 to 1897. He was also a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President in 1892, but lost to Grover Cleveland, who later won the presidential election. DOCUMENT SIGNED, 1902 bank check, National Commercial Bank, Albany, NY. VG.........40-60
205. [OPERA] CESARE SIEPI (1923- ) Italian Basso - He was based mainly at La Scala and from 1950 at the Metropolitian Opera in New York. He is particularly noted for his Mozard roles, and with the Italian repertory, especially Don Giovanni and Mefistofele. He is condidered one of the greatest Bassos after WW2. He created Nonno Innocenzo in Pizzetti's L"Oro. SIGNED Christmas card dtd 1991...............25-35
206. [CABINET] WILLIAM
FRENCH SMITH (1917-1990) American Cabinet
Official - Smith was one of several wealthy Republicans who
urged Ronald Reagan to run for governor and was a leading backer
of Reagan's successful 1966 bid. As governor, Reagan appointed
Smith as a member of the University of California Board of
Regents. Smith remained a strong backer of Reagan's political
aspirations and was a member of Reagan's "kitchen cabinet"
during the 1980 presidential campaign. Following President
Reagan's inauguration in 1981, Smith became attorney general; he
served until his resignation in 1985. SIGNED/inscribed 8x10
color portrait with sentiment...........25-35
207. DOUGLAS FRASER (1916-2008) Am. Labor Leader. President of Chrysler, President of the United AutoWorkers (1979-1983). SIGNED/inscribed 8x10 photograph..........25-35
208. [MUSIC] Richard Bonynge (b. 1930) Australian conductor and pianist. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo, 2001. VG........25-35
209. [MUSIC] Jane Glover CBE
(b.1949) British-born conductor and music scholar. Signed 8x10
photo. VG.........25-35
210. [NOBEL PRIZE] JAMES TOBIN (1918-2002) American Economist - 1981 Nobel Prize in Economics. His career as an economist began in 1939. He did research and writing in several fields: macroeconomic theory and policy; money and banking; public finance; consumer behavior; welfare economics; rationing; portfolio selection and asset markets ("q" ratio), economic growth; investment and capital accumulation; inequality and public policy to ameliorate poverty (negative income tax); econometric method ("tobit analysis"); international monetary system ("tobin tax"). SIGNED 1982 FDC honoring State Birds/Flowers. CLEAN.............25-35
211. [BALLET] DAME PEGGY VAN PRAAGH (1910-1990) Australian Ballerina/Choreographer. SIGNED/inscribed 8x10 photograph, 1982. VG.......25-35
212. [NOBEL PRIZE] ROBERT M. SOLOW (1924- ) American Economist /1987 Nobel Prize Winner He-is one of the major figures of the Neo-Keynesian Synthesis macroeconomics. Together with Paul Samuelson, he formed the core of the M.I.T. economics department which has been widely viewed as the "mainstream" of the post-war period. Together, Solow and Samuelson have contributed to various landmark pieces of work: e.g. on von Neumann growth theory (1953), on capital theory (1956), on linear programming (1958) and on the Phillips Curve (1960). He is best known for his work on the Neoclassical growth model (1956, 1970). He was also one of the co-inventors of the constant elasticity of substitution (CES) production function (1961). He is also responsible for exploring and popularizing the "long-run multiplier" derived from a dynamic government budget constraint. (1973) - SIGNED/inscribed 5x7 photograph...........................40-60
213. [NOBEL PRIZE] SIR FREDERICK SANGER 1918- ) English Biochemist - He has twice been the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. He was awarded the prize in 1958 for his determination of the structure of the insulin molecule. He shared the prize (with Paul Berg and Walter Gilbert of the United States) in 1980 for his determination of the sequence of the nucleotides in the DNA of a virus. Sanger was only the fourth person ever to be awarded the Nobel Prize twice. - SIGNED 3x5 photograph on front and signed/inscribed with sentiment on verso...........................40-60
214. [OPERA] Geraldine Farrar [1882-1967] opera singer and film actress whose stage presence earned her a fanatic following of Gerryflappers in the early 20th century. TLS, 1958, 1p, regarding a Bill in congress that she isn't interested in making a comment about.........60-80
215. [TV] Ed McMahon (1923 - 2009) most famous for his work on television as Johnny Carson's announcer and sidekick on The Tonight Show from 1962 to 1992. Signed, inscribed color picture portrait. VG.............25-35
216. Edgar Fawcett (1847-1904) American novelist and poet. ALS, Dec. 1, no yr, 2 separate pages. "Dear Dana, I have just come in, found your message, and afterward your gloves. You didn't leave them on the mantel, by the way, but on my magnificent marble-topped arrangement under the right mirror - right, that is, from the grand main staircase way, as one ascends from the street." VG............75-100
217. Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen [1848-1895] Norwegian born American author and college professor. He is best remembered for his novel Gunnar: A Tale of Norse Life, generally considered to have been the first novel by a Norwegian immigrant in America. TLS, 1902, 2pp. To Julian Ralph saying he will "take up with Mr. Walker payment for your articles on Hanna and Rockefeller..." .......35-45
218. Alfred L. Atherton Jr. [1921-2002] career United States Foreign Service officer. He served as United States Ambassador to Egypt in 1978-1979. Signed/inscribed photo, 1983, as Ambassador to Egypt...............25-35
219. LAURENCE A. TISCH - American Businessman/Investor. In 1986 he took control of CBS, as Chairman and CEO, often considered the crown jewel of American broadcasting. TNS dtd 8/25/89.........................25-35
220. THOMAS J. FOLEY - American Politician/Diplomat. He was a US Repesentative from Washington from 1965-1995. Speaker of the US House of Representatives and Ambassador to Japan - SIGNED/inscribed 7x9 photograph................................20-30
221. [ART] EDMOND AMATEIS (1897-1981) American Sculptor - Son of Sculptor Louis Amateis, Edmond was most celebrated during the first half of the 20th century. Member of the National Academy of Arts & Letters. He sculpted many works of art for the US Government during the 1930's and 1940's. ALS, 1976, 1-1/2 pp. Good content................25-35
222. [NOBEL PRIZE] GEORGE CHARPAK - French Physicist - Nobel Prize winner. During World War II he served in the resistance and was imprisoned by Vichy authorities in 1943. In 1944 he was deported to the Nazi concentration camp at Dachau, where he remained until the camp was liberated in 1945. He received a PHD in 1955. He was awarded the1992 NOBEL PRIZE for Physics for his numerous contributions to the instrumentation used in experiments at high-energy accelerators. Many of the new particles discovered in the past few decades have used detectors developed or greatly improved by Charpak. In particular, his development of the multiwire proportional chamber in the 1960's allowed the trajectories of particles issuing from high-energy collisions to be tracked with a spatial precision of less than 1 mm. The measured coordinates along the trajectory of a charge particle passing through a magnetic field can be used to compute the particle's momentum. SIGNED large folding card (5x8), with his color portrait on front......................25-35
223. LORD ERIC ASHBY (1904-1992) BARON Ashby of Brandon. English Botanist - Deeply involved in experimental botany and environmental issues, he was one of the early leaders of the warnings of the destruction of the environment Published numerous books and papers on the subject. One of the most respected of scientists in his lifetime. President and Vice Chancellor of Queen's College. Created Baron in 1973, by Queen Elizabeth II. ALS with postmarked 6/26/89 envelope.........25-35
224. [MUSIC] Louis Kentner [1905-1987] Hungarian, later British, pianist who excelled in the works of Chopin and Liszt, as well as the Hungarian repertoire. SIGNATURE on album page, 1942............25-35
225. OTIS CHANDLER - American Publisher - He was the 4th in a family line, who was publisher of the Los Angles Times. He became head in 1960 and stepped down in 1980. His tenure brought the paper to its highest level and down to its being sold. SIGNED 5x7 portrait photograph...............20-30
226. [FRED THOMPSON] Group of 10 outdoor and ocean scenes. Approx. 9-1/4 x 3-1/8 to 9-3/4 x 4-3/4. VG. All of these Thompson photos are unmounted and from the Thompson estate collection. None are pencil signed...............150-200
227. FRED THOMPSON - pencil signed, mounted hand-tinted lake/shore scene. Titled "Quiet Waters." Overall size 5 x 12. Fine..............75-100
228. [MUSIC] Jan Kubelik (1880-1940) Czech-born Hungarian violinist and composer. Offered here is a rare AMQS, in pencil, dated Trieste 4/1929. Written on 4.5 x 7.5 in. album page. Accompanied by a vintage postcard photograph as a young man holding his violin. Slight photo defects............200-300
229. [THEATRE] (John) Augustin DALY (1838-1899) American playwright and theatrical manager. CLIP SIGNATURE.
230. [FILM] Ernest Borgnine (1917-2012) Signed 3x5 card..........20-30
232. [RELIGION]
Marie-Dominique-Auguste
Sibour (1792-1857) French
Catholic Archbishop of Paris. ALS, Paris, 1854, 2-1/2pp., 5-1/4 x 8-1/4".
VG..........75-100
233. [GERMANY] Franz Josef Straub (1915-1988) German politician. He was the chairman of the Christian Social Union, member of the federal cabinet in different positions and long-time minister-president of the state of Bavaria. Signed philatelic item, 1985, overall 7 x 11". VG.........50-75
See above
234. [ART] Raphael L. West [1769-1850] British artist. He was the son of the famous Benjamin West (1738-1820). He, like his father, was very popular in England. ALS, April 4th (1829), 1p. Edge tipped to mounting paper. Appears to have been closely cropped at some time causing slim margins, esp. along bottom and right sides..........75-100
235. [SHOW BIZ] Mixed Lot: [1] Dame Edith Evans [1888-1976] Eng. actress. Signature. [2] Mary Healey - actress. Sig. 3x5 card. [3] Sylvia Sidney [1910-1999] actress. Sig 3x5 card w/note. [4] Olga San Juan - signed album page [1947]. [5] CRAIG STEVENS (1918-2000) American Actor - He was well showcased as a soft-hearted gangster in At the Stroke of Twelve, a 1941 two-reel adaptation of Damon Runyon's The Old Doll's House, but his feature film roles were merely adequate at best. By 1950, Stevens was reduced to playing a standard mustachioed villain in the Bowery Boys epic Blues Busters. His saving turnaround came about when Stevens was cast in the title role of the 1958 Blake Edwards-produced TV private eye series Peter Gunn. Though obviously imitating Cary Grant in the early episodes of this three-season hit, Stevens eventually developed a hard-edged acting style all his own. He later re-created his TV role in the 1967 theatrical feature Gunn. Subsequent TV-series assignments for Stevens included the British-filmed weekly Man of the World (1962) and CBS' Mr. Broadway (1964). SIGNED 3x5 card with sentiment. SLIGHT SMEAR TO 1st letter. [6] (Hortense) Rhea [1844-1899] Belgium actress. Sig. card, w/sentiment, 1894. [7] Stuart Robson [1836-1903] stage actor. Signature w/sentiment. [8] Henry Wilcoxon (1905-1984) was an actor born in Roseau, Dominica, British West Indies, and best known as a leading man in many of Cecil B. DeMille's films, also serving as DeMille's associate producer on his later films. VINTAGE SIGNATURE WITH SENTIMENT ON ALBUM PAPER. [9] Gladys Walton [1896-1993] Am. actress of the silent screen. Signature, inscribed. [10] Lillian Gish [1893-1993] Am. actress. Signed 3x5 card............100-150
236. [NOBEL] Roald Hoffmann (b. 1937) American theoretical chemist who won the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Signature, inscribed, 1990. He makes a drawing below. VG......50-75
237. [MUSIC] Johnny Green (1908-1989) American songwriter, composer, musical arranger, and conductor. His most famous song was one of his earliest, Body and Soul. He won Academy Awards for Easter Parade, An American in Paris, West Side Story, Oliver. He was a chairman of the music branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, leading the orchestra through 17 of the Academy Award telecasts, and a producer of television specials. SIGNED, INSCRIBED 8X10 PHOTO, DATED 1981. VG............75-100
238. [SPACE PHOTOGRAPHY] WILLENE
WHISENHANT - early NASA photographer. Offered here is an
original b/w vintage photograph of astronaut Gordon Cooper
strapped in centrifuge at Naval Air Development Center,
Johnsville, Pa. NASA S-63-3978. The photographer writes "Gordo
Cooper in Centrifuse" below image. Provenance: from the
personal files of Willene Whisenhant, the photographer.
Fine.........100-150
239. [SPACE PHOTOGRAPHY] WILLENE WHISENHANT - early NASA photographer. Offered here is an original color vintage photograph of astronaut Gordon Cooper standing near plane. Whisenhant writes in ink below image "Cooper's Private Plane." NASA S-63-1757. Provenance: from the personal files of Willene Whisenhant, the photographer. Fine....100-200
See photograph
240. [PORTRAIT] Edward Shippen (1703-1781) was a
wealthy merchant and government official in colonial
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Original antique engraved
portrait, image approx. 4-1/2 x 3-3/4" plus margins.
VG........25-35
241. [PORTRAIT] Andrew Hull Foote (1806-1863)
American naval officer who was noted for his service in the
American Civil War and also for his contributions to several
naval reforms in the years prior to the war. When the war came,
he was appointed to command of the Western Gunboat Flotilla,
predecessor of the Mississippi River Squadron. In that position,
he led the gunboats in the Battle of Fort Henry. For his
services with the Western Gunboat Flotilla, Foote was among the
first naval officers to be promoted to the then-new rank of rear
admiral. Original antique engraved
portrait, image approx. 7 x 5" plus margins.
VG........25-35
242. [NASA] Walter B.
LaBerge (1924-2004)
aerospace engineer and defense industry executive
who served as United States Under Secretary of the
Army from 1977 to 1980. LaBerge retired in 1989.
In retirement, he served as chair of the Army
Science Board. Signed 1968 cover honoring TITAN
3C. Clean and attractive..........50-75
See
LaBerge cover
243. [PORTRAIT] Daniel Webster (1782-1852} American
statesman. Original antique
engraved portrait, image approx. 4.5 x 3.5" plus
margins. VG........25-35
See
portrait
244. [FRANCE] BULLETIN DES LOIS DE LA
REPUBLIQUE, dated Year XI [1803],
16 pages., approx. 5.5 x 8.5". Identified
as being about Colonies. Signed Bonaparte in
print. VG............100-150
See
document
245. [FRANCE] Henri
Evrard, marquis de
Dreux Brézé, born in
Paris on 6 May 1762 , died on 27 January
1829, Grand Master of Ceremonies of France
at the end of the Ancien Regime and under the
Restoration. He was raised in the countryside
before entering 14 years in the company of
gentlemen cadets of the Military Academy. In
1781, after the death of his father, he resumed
his expenses Grand Master of Ceremonies of France.
It actually does not take office before
1787 , when he prepares the Assembly of Notables
convened by order of the king by the Minister
Calonne . In 1788 , it is the preparation of
future States General at Versailles in 1789.
After the opening of the States, it quickly
becomes the object of the hostility of deputies of
the Third state who accuse him of voluntary
humiliation, at the request of the Court. The
battle culminates with the Royal Session of June
23, 1789 , when Louis XVI decided to disperse the
Assembly. The refusal of the deputies of the Third
and some members of the clergy , Henri Evrard de
Dreux-Brézé reminds the king's order to
Bailly, dean of the Third Estate. On 6
October 1789, he attended the Paris riots of
forcing the royal family to leave Versailles for
Paris and settle in the Tuileries Palace
. In June 1791, shortly after
the arrest of Louis XVI at Varennes-en-Argonne ,
Henri Evrard de Dreux-Brézé is arrested and then
released. He resumed his service court of the
Tuileries , in vain and the royal family during
the riot of 10 August 1792 . The royal family
imprisoned, he returned to his land. In 1814
, he welcomes Louis XVIII at Calais , resumes his
duties grand master of ceremonies and was named a
peer of France . It will retain its charge during
the Restoration. Manuscript Document
Signed, 1814, 1p, approx. 8 x 7". Fresh
condition........150-200
See
document
246. [FILM] Ginger
Rogers (1911-1995) American actress,
dancer. During her long career, she made a total of 73 films,
collaborating with Fred Astaire as a romantic lead actress and
dancing partner in a series of ten Hollywood musical films that
revolutionised the genre. She achieved great success on her own
in a variety of film roles and won the Academy Award for Best
Actress for her performance in Kitty Foyle (1940). She ranks #14
on the AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars list of actress screen
legends. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG...............50-75
See photo
247. [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
248. [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
See Bakshi drawing
249. [SIGNED BOOK] Benjamin Lawrence Reid
(1918-1990) his book "The Man from New York: John
Quinn and His Friends" (1968), which won the
1969 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography. Dr.
Benjamin L. Reid, biographer, literary critic and
professor emeritus of English at Mount Holyoke College. He won
a Pulitzer Prize in 1969 for "The Man From New York: John
Quinn and His Friends," a biography of a wealthy New York
lawyer who owned the largest single collection of modern
European paintings in the world in the 1920's and was an
assiduous patron of artists and writers. Dr. Reid's
interest in Quinn stemmed from his own undergraduate days at
the University of Louisville, where he studied art history and
literature. He subsequently traveled in Europe under a
Fulbright research grant that enabled him to interview T. S.
Eliot, Ezra Pound and other luminaries who were close to
Quinn. B.L. Reid has signed on the flyleaf. First edition
in dust jacket, 708 pages. Following the Armory Show,
the artist Walt Kuhn acted as an art advisor to the
collector John Quinn and assisted in the formation of his
unique collection of modern art, unfortunately dissolved and
sold at the time of Quinn's death in 1924.
Quinn’s most important contribution to the Amory Show was as a
patron, lending and buying more artworks than any other
collector or dealer. His loan included seventy-five works by
artists such as Cézanne, Van Gogh, Puvis de Chavannes, and
Augustus John and he spent nearly $6,000 on a variety of
artworks from the lithographs of Redon to the paintings of Walt
Kuhn and the cubist sculptures of Duchamp-Villon.
According to a 1909 congressional tariff, Americans were
required to pay a 15% tax on imported artworks produced in the
last twenty years. In an effort to repeal the tariff in
advance of the Armory Show, Quinn appeared before the House
Ways and Means Committee arguing against the tax. Although it
was not repealed in time for the exhibition, the tariff was
overturned in October 1913 and Quinn’s advocacy helped promote
the sale of modern European art in America in the wake of the
Armory Show. This signed book comes directly from the
Brenda Kuhn [daughter of artist Walt Kuhn] estate in
Maine.........100-150
Dust jacket
Signed page
Photo of
Quinn, Walt Kuhn & John Wilson
Photo of John
Quinn
250. [ART] Louis
Kronberg (1872–1965) American figure
painter. Among his best-known works are Behind the Footlights
(Pennsylvania Academy, Philadelphia) and The Pink Sash
(Metropolitan Museum, New York). Kronberg was born in Boston,
and studied at the Boston Museum School, under Edmund C. Tarbell
and Frank Weston Benson, where he earned a Longfellow Traveling
Scholarship. Kronberg also studied at the Art Students' League,
New York, and at the Académie Julian (1894–1896) under Jean-Paul
Laurens and Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant, and privately with
Raphaël Collin. In Paris, Kronberg became enamored with the
works of Edgar Degas and proficiently painted ballet and Spanish
dancers within theatre settings. Establishing himself in Boston,
Kronberg was appointed instructor in the portrait class of
Boston's Copley Society of Art. He was vastly supported by
Boston's great art matron Isabella Stewart Gardner, and hence
his work is represented in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum,
as well as in the museums of Boston and Indianapolis.
Kronberg was an Associate of the American Academy of Arts and
Sciences (1935) and a full Academician. He was known for his
philanthropic efforts and financed painter Arthur Clifton
Goodwin's career for over fifteen years. ALS, 1904, 1p,
approx. 5 x 8"..........50-75
See letter
See
portrait of Kronberg
251. [BASEBALL] Louis
"Buck" Newsom - This is a Baseball
Magazine Company Premium Photo. Designated M113 or M114 by
collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos
around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos
are blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss
heavy paper stock. You had to send away for the photos. The
bottom center has the players name, the lower left reads
"Published by the Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and
the lower right reads "Enlarged from an original photograph
by C.M. Conlon, NY". From the beginning, the posters
offered collectors a chance to obtain high-quality
reproductions of photos taken by such legends as Charles
Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for the sport of
baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the century,
through his retirement shortly before World War II. A
substantial percentage of the posters issued during that
span featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12. Superb
condition when compared to the usual found. Often these were
trimmed down in size, this one is full
size.............40-60
See above
252. [BASEBALL] Bob
Johnson - This is a Baseball Magazine
Company Premium Photo. Designated M113 or M114 by
collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos
around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos
are blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss
heavy paper stock. You had to send away for the photos.
The bottom center has the players name, the lower left
reads "Published by the Baseball Magazine Company, New
York" and the lower right reads "Enlarged from an original
photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY". From the beginning,
the posters offered collectors a chance to obtain
high-quality reproductions of photos taken by such legends
as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for
the sport of baseball, beginning a little after the turn
of the century, through his retirement shortly before
World War II. A substantial percentage of the posters
issued during that span featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2
x 12. Superb condition when compared to the usual
found. Often these were trimmed down in size, this one is
full size.............40-60
See
above
253. [BASEBALL] Ellsworth
"Babe" Dahlgren - This is a Baseball
Magazine Company Premium Photo. Designated M113 or M114 by
collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos
around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos
are blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss
heavy paper stock. You had to send away for the photos.
The bottom center has the players name, the lower left
reads "Published by the Baseball Magazine Company, New
York" and the lower right reads "Enlarged from an original
photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY". From the beginning,
the posters offered collectors a chance to obtain
high-quality reproductions of photos taken by such legends
as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for
the sport of baseball, beginning a little after the turn
of the century, through his retirement shortly before
World War II. A substantial percentage of the posters
issued during that span featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2
x 12. Superb condition when compared to the usual
found. Often these were trimmed down in size, this one is
full size.............40-60
See
above
254. [BASEBALL] Paul Derringer
- This is a Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo.
Designated M113 or M114 by collectors, Baseball
Magazine began issuing these photos around 1920
through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are
blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss
heavy paper stock. You had to send away for the
photos. The bottom center has the players name, the
lower left reads "Published by the Baseball Magazine
Company, New York" and the lower right reads "Enlarged
from an original photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY".
From the beginning, the posters offered collectors a
chance to obtain high-quality reproductions of photos
taken by such legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was
the alpha photographer for the sport of baseball,
beginning a little after the turn of the century,
through his retirement shortly before World War II. A
substantial percentage of the posters issued during
that span featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x
12. Superb condition when compared to the usual
found. Often these were trimmed down in size, this one
is full size.............40-60
See
above
255. [BASEBALL] Harlond Clift
- This is a Baseball Magazine Company Premium
Photo. Designated M113 or M114 by collectors,
Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos
around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine
Premium Photos are blank-backed sepia tone photos
printed on semi-gloss heavy paper stock. You had
to send away for the photos. The bottom center has
the players name, the lower left reads "Published
by the Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and
the lower right reads "Enlarged from an original
photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY". From the
beginning, the posters offered collectors a chance
to obtain high-quality reproductions of photos
taken by such legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon
was the alpha photographer for the sport of
baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the
century, through his retirement shortly before
World War II. A substantial percentage of the
posters issued during that span featured his
images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12. Superb condition
when compared to the usual found. Often these were
trimmed down in size, this one is full
size.............40-60
See
above
256
[BASEBALL] Adolph
Camilli - This is a
Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo.
Designated M113 or M114 by collectors,
Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos
around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine
Premium Photos are blank-backed sepia tone
photos printed on semi-gloss heavy paper
stock. You had to send away for the photos.
The bottom center has the players name, the
lower left reads "Published by the Baseball
Magazine Company, New York" and the lower
right reads "Enlarged from an original
photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY". From the
beginning, the posters offered collectors a
chance to obtain high-quality reproductions of
photos taken by such legends as Charles
Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for
the sport of baseball, beginning a little
after the turn of the century, through his
retirement shortly before World War II. A
substantial percentage of the posters issued
during that span featured his images. Approx.
9-1/2 x 12. Superb condition when
compared to the usual found. Often these were
trimmed down in size, this one is full
size.............40-60
See
above
257.
[BASEBALL] George
Washington Case -
This is a Baseball Magazine Company
Premium Photo. Designated M113 or M114 by
collectors, Baseball Magazine began
issuing these photos around 1920 through
1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are
blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on
semi-gloss heavy paper stock. You had to
send away for the photos. The bottom
center has the players name, the lower
left reads "Published by the Baseball
Magazine Company, New York" and the lower
right reads "Enlarged from an original
photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY". From
the beginning, the posters offered
collectors a chance to obtain high-quality
reproductions of photos taken by such
legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the
alpha photographer for the sport of
baseball, beginning a little after the
turn of the century, through his
retirement shortly before World War II. A
substantial percentage of the posters
issued during that span featured his
images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12. Superb
condition when compared to the usual
found. Often these were trimmed down in
size, this one is full
size.............40-60
See
above
258.
[BASEBALL] Morris
Arnovich - This
is a Baseball Magazine Company Premium
Photo. Designated M113 or M114 by
collectors, Baseball Magazine began
issuing these photos around 1920
through 1950. Baseball Magazine
Premium Photos are blank-backed sepia
tone photos printed on semi-gloss
heavy paper stock. You had to send
away for the photos. The bottom center
has the players name, the lower left
reads "Published by the Baseball
Magazine Company, New York" and the
lower right reads "Enlarged from an
original photograph by C.M. Conlon,
NY". From the beginning, the
posters offered collectors a chance to
obtain high-quality reproductions of
photos taken by such legends as
Charles Conlon. Conlon was the alpha
photographer for the sport of
baseball, beginning a little after the
turn of the century, through his
retirement shortly before World War
II. A substantial percentage of the
posters issued during that span
featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x
12. Superb condition when
compared to the usual found. Often
these were trimmed down in size, this
one is full size.............40-60
See
above
259.
[BASEBALL] Norman
"Babe" Young
- This is a
Baseball Magazine Company
Premium Photo. Designated M113
or M114 by collectors,
Baseball Magazine began
issuing these photos around
1920 through 1950. Baseball
Magazine Premium Photos are
blank-backed sepia tone photos
printed on semi-gloss heavy
paper stock. You had to send
away for the photos. The
bottom center has the players
name, the lower left reads
"Published by the Baseball
Magazine Company, New York"
and the lower right reads
"Enlarged from an original
photograph by C.M. Conlon,
NY". From the beginning,
the posters offered collectors
a chance to obtain
high-quality reproductions of
photos taken by such legends
as Charles Conlon. Conlon was
the alpha photographer for the
sport of baseball, beginning a
little after the turn of the
century, through his
retirement shortly before
World War II. A substantial
percentage of the posters
issued during that span
featured his images. Approx.
9-1/2 x 12. Superb
condition when compared to the
usual found. Often these were
trimmed down in size, this one
is full size.............40-60
See
above
260.
[BASEBALL] Charles
Keller
- This
is a Baseball Magazine
Company Premium Photo.
Designated M113 or M114 by
collectors, Baseball
Magazine began issuing
these photos around 1920
through 1950. Baseball
Magazine Premium Photos
are blank-backed sepia
tone photos printed on
semi-gloss heavy paper
stock. You had to send
away for the photos. The
bottom center has the
players name, the lower
left reads "Published by
the Baseball Magazine
Company, New York" and the
lower right reads
"Enlarged from an original
photograph by C.M. Conlon,
NY". From the
beginning, the posters
offered collectors a
chance to obtain
high-quality reproductions
of photos taken by such
legends as Charles Conlon.
Conlon was the alpha
photographer for the sport
of baseball, beginning a
little after the turn of
the century, through his
retirement shortly before
World War II. A
substantial percentage of
the posters issued during
that span featured his
images. Approx. 9-1/2 x
12. Superb condition
when compared to the usual
found. Often these were
trimmed down in size, this
one is full
size.............40-60
See
above
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262.
263. [FRANCE] DECRET De
La Convention Nationale, 15 November
1792, 3-pages, signed
in ink by Duprenois,
7.5 x 9.5". Concerns
stopping expenses made to
defend the New Republic.
Very fresh
condition..........100-150
See
front
264. [FRANCE] DECLARATION
DU ROY - dated
November 1704, approx. 7 x 9",
8-pages. Very fresh
condition..........100-150
See front page
265. Mystery French Document c. 1600 on paper, doesn't appear signed, 2-pages, about 6-1/2 x 9-3/4". VG.....80-120
266. HUBERT H. HUMPHREY - VP under LBJ; Democratic candidate for president 1968. Nice collection of 3 pieces. (A) ISP with sentiment, 8 x 10" candid portrait behind microphone signed in black felt tip; (B) TLS (likely secretarial) as Senator dated Dec. 1, 1961; warm letter to retiring Senate employee. In small part "ÉI shall cherish your friendship as long as IliveÉMay the good Lord bless you in these days of your retirement and my you be given the precious gift of continuing good health, vitality, and joyful spirit." THIS HAS MOUNTING TRACES ON VERSO. (C) TLS (likely secretarial) as Vice President Jan. 11, 1968, to Mr. Jerome Guss discussing "the qualities and principles I consider important for attaining success. I believe that honesty with one's self and one's neighbors is one of the most important qualities for anyone to have." Boldly signed in full..........75-100
Click to see Humphrey signatures
267.
[FRANCE] Jean Henri Dupin
[1787-1887] Fr. dramatist, author. He often collaborated with
Eugene Scribe. ALS, 1838, 1p............50-75
268. [MUSIC] Sir George Henschel (I1850-1934)
English baritone, pianist, conductor, and composer. Fine
signature, dated Jan. 1930. Approx. 3.5 x 2.5 in..........40-60
269. Frances M. Frost
(1905-1959) American poet, novelist and mother of poet
Paul Blackburn. Her work appeared in the New York Herald
Tribune, The New Yorker, Harper's, and
Saturday Review. Her papers are held at University of
California, San Diego, and Yale University. Signed 4
x 5 vintage photo, dated 1943. Scarce!.............50-75
270
[THEATRE] Kyrle
Bellew (1850-1911) British stage and
silent film actor in the late 19th and early 20th century.
Bellew notably toured with Cora Brown-Potter in the 1880s and
1890s and was cast as the leading man in many stage productions
alongside Brown-Potter. He was also a signwriter, gold
prospector and rancher mainly in Australia Signed photo 3.5
x 5.5. Also signed 3.5 x 5.5 photo of Miss
Kyrle Bellew. ALSO William
Faversham (1868-1940) legendary film
and stage actor. Signed cabinet photo, 4-1/4 x
6-1/2"............80-120
272. Charles Gratiot, Jr.
(1786-1855) as General William Henry Harrison's Chief Engineer
in the War of 1812, he distinguished himself by planning and
building Fort Meigs in 1813. He also rebuilt Fort St. Joseph,
later renamed Fort Gratiot in his honor. In 1814 he took part in
the attack of the Battle of Mackinac Island. He received the
Thanks of Congress for his efforts during the war. CLIP
SIGNATURE.............40-60
273. William Hull (1753-1825) American soldier and politician. He fought in the American Revolution, was Governor of Michigan Territory, and was a general in the War of 1812, for which he is best remembered for surrendering Fort Detroit to the British. CLIP SIGNATURE...........40-60
PORTRAIT OF HULL274. [POET] Paul Hamilton Hayne [1830-1886]. American poet, b. Charleston, S.C. ANS, 1881, on 4 x 3-1/4 slip............100-150
275. PITTSBURGH, PA. - Sinking Fund Commission of the City of Pittsburgh. File folder containing over 60 documents & letters, 1940s - 50s. Over 70 pages. Many signatures, mostly city officials. Who knows what this is?..........50-75
277. [ARTISTS] Mystery Lot of 11 signed items by American and European artists [20th century]. Includes: Buckminster Fuller signed card ¥ Christian Boltanski (b.1944]) French photographer, sculptor, painter, and installation artist ¥ Jean Balladur ALS ¥ JACQUES DUMOND ALS ¥ plus 7 others. Except for Fuller the rest appear to be European..............100-150
278. [FILM] RANDOLPH SCOTT (1898-1987) American film actor whose career spanned from 1928 to 1962. As a leading man for all but the first three years of his cinematic career. Signed 3x5 card [yellow]. Fine..............30-40
279. WOODY ALLEN [b. 1935] American screenwriter, director, actor. Signed 3x5 card, with typed inscription..........20-30
280. [MUSIC] Noel Paul Stookey (b. 1937) singer-songwriter best known as "Paul" in the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary. ANS, no date, accompanied by unsigned music sheet "PUFF"..........40-60
281. [MUSIC] David Devriès (1881-1936) French operatic lyric tenor noted for his light, heady tone, and polished phrasing. He performed alongside Mary Garden, Luisa Tetrazzini and Dame Nellie Melba. He also gave the world premiere of Boulanger's song cycle Clairières dans le Ciel, which Boulanger claimed was inspired by his voice. In 1909-10 Devriès took part in the final season of Oscar Hammerstein I's Manhattan Opera Company, singing a range of French opera, including Pelléas et Mélisande, which he also performed in 1910 at Covent Garden. He created the role of Paco in de Falla's La vie breve. ALS, 1913, written on both sides of correspondence card, 6-1/4 x 4-1/4", with envelope. To Madame Armand. Speaks about Maitre Mari who said that tenors forget easily [they are "oublieux]................75-100
282. [POLITICS] mixed lot of
poltical autographs: [1] Isaac Hill - Gov. NH. Clip
signature. [2] JONES, James Kimbrough [1839-1908]
Representative and a Senator from Arkansas; served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War. CLIP SIGNATURE [3] DORSEY, Stephen Wallace, a Senator from
Arkansas; born in Benson, Rutland County, Vt., February 28,
1842; during the Civil War served in the Union Army. CLIP
SIGNATURE [4] DAVIS,
Cushman Kellogg, a Senator from Minnesota; born in
Henderson, Jefferson County, N.Y., June 16, 1838; moved with
his parents to Waukesha, Wis.; attended the public schools,
Carroll College in Waukesha; graduated from the University
of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1857; studied law; admitted to
the bar in 1859 and commenced practice in Waukesha; during
the Civil War served as first lieutenant in the
Twenty-eighth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, in
1861 and 1862; assistant adjutant general 1862-1864; moved
to St. Paul, Minn., in 1865; member, State house of
representatives 1867; United States district attorney
1868-1873; Governor of Minnesota 1874-1875; elected as a
Republican to the United States Senate in 1886; reelected in
1892 and again in 1898, and served from March 4, 1887, until
his death on November 27, 1900; chairman, Committee on
Pensions (Fiftieth through Fifty-second Congresses),
Committee on Territories (Fifty-fourth Congress), Committee
on Foreign Relations (Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth
Congresses); member of the commission which met in Paris,
France, in September 1898 to arrange terms of peace after
the war between the United States and Spain; died in St.
Paul, Minn.; interment in Arlington National Cemetery,
Arlington, Va. Mounted CLIP SIGNATURE. [5] George Truitt [1756-1818]
American farmer and politician from Murderkill Hundred, in
Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist
Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as
Governor of Delaware. He began his political career as a
delegate to the convention which ratified the United States
Constitution of 1787. He then served five years in the State
House from the 1788/89 session through the 1791/92 session and
again in the 1794 session. He then served most of two terms in
the State Senate, from the 1803 session through the 1807
session. In 1807 he was elected Governor of Delaware, beating
Joseph Haslet the Democratic-Republican Party candidate.
Truitt took office January 19, 1808 and served until January
15, 1811. Like other Governors, Truitt was concerned about
issues like slavery , penal reform, and public education. A
new issue arose during his term, however. Due to increasing
tensions with Great Britain, the U.S. government had directed
Delaware to create and equip a militia of 1300 men. The
General Assembly, in turn requested Federal fortification of
Wilmington, New Castle, Port Penn, Reedy Island, and Lewes.
CLIP SIGNATURE mounted. [6] Henry E. Burnham (1844-1917) US
States Senator from New Hampshire. SIGNATURE. [7]Samuel James Renwick McMillan (1826-1897)
Republican U.S. Senator from Minnesota. He served in the U.S.
Senate in the 44th, 45th, 46th, 47th, 48th, and 49th United
States Congresses from March 4, 1875, to March 3, 1887. He had
also been a member of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1864 to
1875 and served as Chief Justice from 1874-1875. Clip
Signature........40-60
283. [VERMONT] An 1811 partly-printed concerning Paul Pitkin [1759-1823] "now a prisoner in the common Gaol in State of Vermont..." Pauk Pitkin has signed this document as has his father Thos. Pitkin. Also a witness signature of William Strong (1763-1840) US congressman and judge from Vermont. Strong was born in Lebanon, Connecticut in 1763, and moved with his parents to Hartford, Vermont, the following year. Strong was self-educated and was engaged extensively in land surveying. He was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1798, 1799, 1801, and 1802, and was the sheriff of Windsor County from 1802 to 1810. Strong was elected as a Democratic-Republican US Representative to the Twelfth and Thirteenth Congresses, from March 4, 1811 until March 3, 1815. Strong returned to Vermont politics to sit once more in the state House of Representatives from 1815 until 1818, and as a judge of the supreme court of Windsor County from 1819 until 1821. He was then elected to the Sixteenth Congress, from March 4, 1819 until March 3, 1821. Strong died in Hartford on January 28, 1840, and was interred in Quechee Cemetery. Also signed by the Sherif on the verso. He was A Founder Of Springfield, Illinois Pascal P. Enos Sr. (1770-1832) American pioneer. He is known chiefly as one of the four original proprietors of Springfield, Illinois. He was born at Windsor, Connecticut, in the year 1770, and in 1815 was married to Salome Paddock, of Woodstock, Vermont. He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1794, studied law, and after spending some years in Vermont, where he served as High Sheriff of Windsor County, Vermont. Soon after his marriage he went west to Cincinnati, Ohio, but did not remain there long. In the spring of 1817 he came to St. Louis, Missouri, then, in 1821, he moved to Madison county, Illinois. While residing there, upon the recommendation of the Vermont delegation in congress, Mr. Enos was appointed by President Monroe to be receiver of the land office at Springfield, Illinois. He reached this place with his family, in September, 1823, and opened office in a double log cabin at the corner of what is now Third and Jefferson streets. In November of that year he united with Major Hes, Thomas Cox, and John Taylor, in laying out a town site, since known as Springfield. Mr. Enos retained the office of receiver until General Jackson became president in 1829, when he resigned, and devoted his time to land transaction and mercantile pursuits. He died in 1832, leaving a large landed estate, and was survived by his wife and four children. VG...........125-175
Back side - Enos
284. [AMERICANA] misc. mixed lot: [1] (US CONGRESSMEN) album page 7 signatures: E.J. Hill [1845-1917 Ct] ¥ Wm. S. Greene [1841-1924 Mass] ¥ C.H. Grosvenor [1833-1917 Ohio]. On other side are signatures of W.P. Hepburn [1833-1916 Iowa] ¥ C.A. Sulloway [1839-1917 NH] ¥ J.B. Strode [1845-1924 Neb] ¥ Morgan B. Williams [1831-1903 Pa]. VG. [2] James Y. Smith [1809-1876] Gov. of Rhode Island during the civil war [May 26, 1863 - May 29, 1866]. Excellent example of his autograph signature on slip with wide clean margins. [3] US CONGRESSMEN] album page signed on one side by: LASH, Israel George, (1810 - 1878) NC; BURDETT, Samuel Swinfin, (1836 - 1914) Missouri - entered the Union Army as a private in the First Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Cavalry, in May 1861; promoted to the rank of lieutenant, later becoming captain, and served until August 1864; SWEENEY, William Northcut, (1832 - 1895) Ky. VG. [4] ohn Scott (1824-1896) US Senator from Penn. Signature. [5] Robert Carter Nicholas (1793-1857) United States Senator from Louisiana. Born in Hanover, Virginia, he served in the War of 1812 as a captain and major. He attended the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, and moved to Louisiana, where he became a sugar planter in Terrebonne Parish in 1820. Nicholas was elected as a Jacksonian (later, a Democrat to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator-elect Charles E.A. Gayarre and served from January 13, 1836, to March 3, 1841. He was Secretary of State of Louisiana from 1843 to 1846, when he resigned; he died in Terrebonne Parish in 1857. Interment was in the Burthe vault, St. Louis Cemetery, New Orleans. SIGNATURE CLIPPED FROM ALBUM PAGE. [6] Samuel Wesley Stratton (1861 -1931) American physicist. In March 1901, President William McKinley appointed him as the first director of the Bureau of Standards. By request of U.S. secretary of the treasury, prepared report on a proposed Bureau of Standards, drafted bill establishing bureau (passed by Congress, 1901), and became first director of the bureau (1901-23). President, M.I.T. (1923-30). DOCUMENT SIGNED, Bureau of Standards Certificate, 1906. Issued to S.I.P. Geneve; submitted by R.S. Woodward - ONE WHITE BRONZE METER BAR NO. 17. TEST NO. 1581, also signed in ink by Louis A. Fischer, In charge of test. Mail folds o/w fine. [7] [US CONGRESSMEN] Album page signed by 3 congressmen on one side and 3 on the other side. Includes: James M. Robinson [1861-1942] Ind. / Ferdinand Brucker [1858-1904] Mich / Robert W. Miers [1848-1930] Ind. On the other side: Samuel Maxwell [1825-1901] Neb / Wm. T. Zenor [1846-1916] Ind / Sam. M. Clark [1842-1900] Iowa. VG. [8] Jackson Kemper (1789-1870) was the first missionary bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. He was the son of Col. Daniel Kemper, a former aide-de-camp to Gen. George Washington. In 1835, the Episcopal Church undertook to consecrate missionary bishops to preach the Gospel west of the settled areas, and Kemper was the first to be chosen. Signature clipped away from letter. Laid to backing sheet; one fold. [9] G.H. Richards, Sear Building, Boston, writes 2 letters to Col. Francis E. Heath, both dated 1893, 1p. each about stock purchase in Skowhegan Pulp Co. We don't know who Richards was but Col. [Brig. Gen.] Heath had a distinguished record during the civil war. He was in command of the 19th Maine Inf'y Reg't., 1st Brigade, 2d Division, 2d Corps at Gettysburg. On the evening of July 2d this Regiment at a position on the left of Batt'y C, 5th U.S. helped to repel the enemy that had driven in Humphreys' Division, taking one battle flag and re-capturing four guns. On July 3, after engaging the enemy's advance from this position, it moved to the right to the support of the 2d Brigade and joined in the final charge and repulse of Pickett's Command. Effective strength. July 2d. 405; Killed & mortally wounded 65; Wounded not fatally, 137; Missing 4. Colonel Francis E. Heath, who was wounded on July 3rd. [10] Early Shipping Bill of Lading from the Rowland G. Hazard papers, dated Providence [RI], 1836. For eleven bales domestic goods [known as Hazard's Goods] being shipped on the Brig Waltham, now in Harbor of Providence and bound for Savannah [Georgia]. 9-3/8 x 4-3/4 in. Numerous foxing spots, folds o/w good............80-120
285. [FILM] Greta Nissen (1906-1988) Norwegian-born American film and stage actress. Nissen made her Broadway debut as a ballerina in 1924. Greta was discovered by film producer Jesse L. Lasky of Paramount Pictures, and would appear in more than twenty films. She appeared in The Wanderer (1925, director Raoul Walsh). Among her other films were A Wife, The King on Main Street, The Love Thief, Ambassador Bill, The Lucky Lady, and Honours Easy. In 1932, she played in The Silent Witness with Weldon Heyburn, who became her first husband. Her film career ended in the mid-1930s after she had appeared in a few British films. Signed 3x5 white card [late in life]. Fine.........25-35
286. Dale Evans (1912- 2001) American writer, movie star, and singer-songwriter. She was the wife of singing cowboy Roy Rogers. Signed, inscribed copy of her book "Angel Unaware", in paperback form. Stains on cover............25-35
See cover of book
287. [MAINE] PETERS, John Andrew, (uncle of John Andrew Peters [1864-1953]), a Representative from Maine; born in Ellsworth, Hancock County, Maine, October 9, 1822; attended Gorham Academy, and was graduated from Yale College in 1842; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1844 and commenced practice in Bangor, Maine, in 1844; member of the State senate in 1862 and 1863; served in the State house of representatives in 1864; attorney general of the State 1864-1866; elected as a Republican to the Fortieth, Forty-first, and Forty-second Congresses (March 4, 1867-March 3, 1873); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1872; judge of the supreme judicial court of Maine 1873-1883 and served as chief justice from 1883 until January 1, 1900, when he resigned; died in Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, April 2, 1904; interment in Mount Hope Cemetery. SIGNATURE........15-20
288. [NY] BENNETT, David Smith, a Representative from New York; born on a farm near Camillus, Onondaga County, N.Y., May 3, 1811; attended the common schools and the local academy in Onondaga; engaged in agricultural pursuits; moved to Syracuse and engaged in the produce business, afterwards extending his business to New York City; moved to Buffalo in 1853 and built and operated several grain elevators; also purchased the original Dart grain elevator; elected a member of the State senate in 1865; elected as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1871); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1870; resumed his former business pursuits in Buffalo, N.Y., where he died November 6, 1894; interment in Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y. SIGNATURE............15-20
289. [CIVIL WAR] Henry Watterson (1840-1921) American journalist who founded the Louisville Courier-Journal. He also served part of one term in the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat. He fought for the Confederate States of America under General Nathan B. Forrest during the American Civil War, and edited a pro-Confederate newspaper, the Chattanooga Rebel. Signature on mounted card......25-35
290. [AMERICANA] misc. mixed lot: [1] (RAILROAD) M.E.I. (Melville Ezra Ingalls) (1842-1914). important railroad man, President of the Big Four. He was one of the founders of the Cincinnati Art Museum; pres. Cincinnati Exposition; one of the pioneers in the modern playground movement, advocating more baseball and athletic fields for children. TLS, 1896, as President of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. ANS [signed with initials] at bottom of TLS by J.A. Barnard, The Peoria & Eastern Railway Co., Indianapolis, 1894, 1p, 4to. "J.A.B. I will send it to you just as soon as it comes back to us from Richmond. Rent should commence from March 1st payable first of each succeeding month. Vouchers will be made up in Mr. Axtell's office at Richmond." VG. Very scarce in autograph material. [2] Early Shipping Bill of Lading from the Rowland G. Hazard papers, dated Providence [RI], 1829. For one Hogshead Georgia Syrup being shipped on the Sloop Providence, now in Port of Providence and bound for New York. 8-3/4 x 6 in. A few light foxing spots, tattered right edge affects nothing. VG. Nice small vignette for W. R. Danforth, Printer, Providence. Master of the sloop was George L. Brown, who signs at bottom. Damaged along right side edge. [3] MITCHELL, Hugh Burnton, a Senator and a Representative from Washington; born in Great Falls, Cascade County, Mont., March 22, 1907; attended the public schools at Great Falls, Mont., and Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H.; engaged in editorial work on a newspaper in Everett, Wash., 1931-1933; elected Democratic precinct committeeman in Everett, Wash., 1931; served as executive assistant to Monrad C. Wallgren during his services in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate 1933-1945; appointed as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Monrad C. Wallgren and served from January 10, 1945, until his resignation on December 25, 1946; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1946; engaged in economic research and public relations; elected to the Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1953); was not a candidate for renomination in 1952 but was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for election as Governor of Washington; was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1954 to the Eighty-fourth Congress and in 1958 to the Eighty-sixth Congress; engaged as owner and partner in transportation and manufacturing businesses since 1953; chairman, Committee for Washington Tax Reform; was a resident of Seattle, Wash. until his death on June 10, 1996. SIGNED PROOF SHEET FOR HIS BIO. IN WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA, 1946-47. [4] [NEW HAMPSHIRE] Isaac Twombly (1735-1824] Manuscript Document Signed, Rochester [NH] Oct. 31, 1793, 1p., approx. 6x2". Rec. of Andrew Rollins....Ichebod Rollins as witness. Isaac Twombly was a Quaker and one of twenty-two belonging to the Society of Friends from Rochester, NH, that "did not choose to sign," the 1776 Revolutionary War Proposal. One hundred and ninety-eight persons in Rochester (N.H.) signed this agreement, twenty-two belonging to the Society of Friends "did not choose to sign," and twenty-two others refused to sign. This placed every man as a friend or an enemy to his country, and informed the committee of Safety what individuals to watch or disarm.". [5] Louis E. ATKINSON [1841-1910] US Representative from Pennsylvania; during the Civil War entered the medical department of the United States Army on September 5, 1861; served as assistant surgeon in the First Pennsylvania Reserve Cavalry and as surgeon of the One Hundred and Eighty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, until mustered out in December 1865; was disabled while in the Army and, being unable to practice medicine, studied law. SIGNATURE. [6] THOMAS MELVILL Jun. [1776-1845] sent to Europe as a banker at age 18; exporter; farmer in Pittsfield, Mass; uncle of the famous author Herman Melville. DS, Carriage to Liverpool and Charges - Received payment for James Tisdale. 8x3 in. Docketed 1790 on verso so he would have been 14 at the time; 4 years later a banker in Europe. Although not a valuable signature it is rare. Fine.. [7] EDWARD HAMILTON - ALS, Boston, 1885, 1p, 4to. To M.E. Ingalls, the famous railroad man. "So many years have passed since I saw you, that you may have forgotten me, and I should not now trespass on your time except by the advice of my counsel & our friend Woodbury, who feels that you like myself still think the grand principles of American government should be maintained against the wild theories of ambitious & selfish, as well as short sighted men. Your Senator Sherman last fall made a silly speech here and I thought now he again proposes to come before the people of Ohio for endorsement, it was a good time to show him up a little. I wish you would put this where it will reach your people, and have a copy sent me if used or return it to me if not used. I have headed it as to the Enquirer. If they do not want it perhaps some other paper would be better." Fine. [8] J.F. TUCKER - General Superintendent, Illinois Central Railroad Co. ALS, Chicago, 1877, 1p, 4to. To M.E. Ingalls, the famous railroad man. Mentions that the 3 mail cars are finished & they will cost about $3100 each. File punch holes left margin - no affect. [9] George Mitchell (b. 1933) American Statesman. TLS, US Senate stationery,Jan. 4, 1989, 1p, 6-1/4 x 8-1/2 in. To Guy Gannett Publishing Co., Portland, Maine. To Allan. "I appreciate your thinking of me during this holiday season. I certainly enjoy the two books, especially the Bill Caldwell book. I am looking forward to my new role in the Senate and the challenges that the 101st Congress will bring. Thank you for your kinfs words." Signed "George." In comparison with other Mitchell signatures this does not appear to be an autopen signature. [10] Henry C. Deming (1815-1872) U.S. Representative from Connecticut. He was admitted to the bar in 1839 and began practice in New York City but devoted his time chiefly to literary work. He moved to Hartford, Connecticut, in 1847. He entered the Union Army in September 1861 as colonel of the Twelfth Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers. He served as mayor of New Orleans under martial law from October 1862 to February 1863, when he resigned from the Army. Signature.............100-150
291. [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
See Football cover
292. [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
293. [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
See signed side
294. [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
295. [FILM] Tom Tully (1908-1982) American film actor. He received an Academy Award nomination for the role of the first commander of the "Caine" in 1954's The Caine Mutiny, with Humphrey Bogart. Signature..........20-30
296. [MEDICINE] George Crile [1864-1943]. American surgeon; a founder and first director (1921-40) of Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Conducted pioneering research into shock, surgical trauma, resuscitation, etc. SIGNED/INSCRIBED card with sentiment..........25-35
297. John Trowbridge [1827-1916] American author. Signature, 1887......25-35
298. [ART] André Berne-Joffroy (1915-2007) Former Director of the Museum of Modern Art in Paris, Iimportant art critic in France. He was responsible for many of the important Paris exhibitions of modern art during the 1950-1980 era. He is also credited with the rediscovery of the Italian artist Michelangelo Caravaggio [1571-1610], who had a formative influence on the Baroque school of painting. Infamous while he lived, Caravaggio was forgotten almost immediately after his death, and it was only in the 20th century that his importance to the development of Western art was rediscovered. Despite this, his influence on the new Baroque style that eventually emerged from the ruins of Mannerism, was profound. It can be seen directly or indirectly in the work of Rubens, Jusepe de Ribera, Bernini, and Rembrandt , and artists in the following generation heavily under his influence were called the "Caravaggisti" or "Caravagesques", as well as Tenebrists or "Tenebrosi" ("shadowists"). Andre Berne-Joffroy, said of him: "What begins in the work of Caravaggio is, quite simply, modern painting." Offered here are approx. 50 manuscript & typed pages written by Berne-Joffroy [UNSIGNED]. He has written on the front "Peinture Byzantine." Written in French. Very rare! Excellent condition...........200-300
299. [ART] André Berne-Joffroy (1915-2007) Former Director of the Museum of Modern Art in Paris, Iimportant art critic in France. He was responsible for many of the important Paris exhibitions of modern art during the 1950-1980 era. He is also credited with the rediscovery of the Italian artist Michelangelo Caravaggio [1571-1610], who had a formative influence on the Baroque school of painting. Infamous while he lived, Caravaggio was forgotten almost immediately after his death, and it was only in the 20th century that his importance to the development of Western art was rediscovered. Despite this, his influence on the new Baroque style that eventually emerged from the ruins of Mannerism, was profound. It can be seen directly or indirectly in the work of Rubens, Jusepe de Ribera, Bernini, and Rembrandt , and artists in the following generation heavily under his influence were called the "Caravaggisti" or "Caravagesques", as well as Tenebrists or "Tenebrosi" ("shadowists"). Andre Berne-Joffroy, said of him: "What begins in the work of Caravaggio is, quite simply, modern painting." Offered here are 5 identification cards, each with his photo attached. One is Carte De Press [press pass]. In used condition..........80-120
300. [FRENCH THEATRE] Charles Vildrac (1882-1971) French playwright and poet. Born in Paris, Vildrac's first poems were written when he was a teenager in the 1890s. In 1901 he published Le Verlibrisme, a defense of traditional verse. In 1912 he published a collection of prose poems. He was a member of the l'Abbaye de Créteil which he founded with Georges Duhamel. The Prix de poésie Charles Vildrac is named for him. Document Signed, 1956, 4pp, for his play "Le Paquebot Tenacity." ALSO SIGNED TWICE, and initialed 3 times by Georges Herbert. VG..........80-120
301. Alan Bates (1934-2003) English actor who came to prominence in the 1960s. Signature. Very nice example.......20-30
302. Adrien Brody - AMERICAN ACTOR. He received widespread recognition and acclaim after starring in Roman Polanski's The Pianist (2002), for which he became the youngest actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor at age 29. Signature........20-30
See above
303. [FRANCE] Louis Marie de la Haye, Vicomte de Cormenin (1788-1868) French jurist and political pamphleteer. At the age of twenty he was received advocate, and about the same time he gained some reputation as a writer of piquant and delicate poems. In 1810 he received from Napoleon I the appointment of auditor to the council of state; and after the restoration of the Bourbons he became master of requests. During the period of his connection with the council he devoted himself zealously to the study of administrative law. He was selected to prepare some of the most important reports of the council. Among his separate publications at this time are noted, Du conseil d'état envisagé comme conseil et comme juridiction dans notre monarchie constitutionnelle (1818), and De la responsabilité des agents du gouvernement . In the former he claimed, for the protection of the rights of private persons in the administration of justice, the institution of a special court whose members should be irremovable, the right of oral defence, and publicity of trial. In 1822 appeared his Questions de droit administratif, in which he for the first time brought together and gave scientific shape to the scattered elements of administrative law. These he arranged and stated clearly in the form of aphorisms, with logical deductions, establishing them by proofs drawn from the archives of the council of state. This is recognized as his most important work as a jurist. The fifth edition (1840) was thoroughly revised. In 1828 Cormenin entered the Chamber of Deputies as member for Orléans, took his seat in the Left Center, and began a vigorous opposition to the government of Charles X . As he was not gifted with the qualifications of the orator, he seldom appeared at the tribune; but in the various committees he defended all forms of popular liberties, and at the same time delivered, in a series of powerful pamphlets, under the pseudonym of Timon, the most formidable blows against tyranny and all political and administrative abuses. After the revolution of July 1830 , Cormenin was one of the 221 who signed the protest against the elevation of the Orléans dynasty to the throne; and he resigned both his office in the council of state and his seat in the chamber. He was, however, soon re-elected deputy, and now voted with the extreme Left. The discussions on the budget in 1831 gave rise to the publication of his famous series of Lettres sur la liste civile, which in ten years ran through twenty-five editions. In the following year he was elected deputy for Belley. In 1834 he was elected by two arrondissements, and sat for Joigny , which he represented until 1846. In this year he lost his seat in consequence of the popular prejudice aroused against him by his trenchant pamphlet Oui et non (1845) against attacks on religious liberty, and a second entitled Feul Feul (1845), written in reply to those who demanded a retractation of the former. Sixty thousand copies were rapidly sold. Cormenin was an earnest advocate of universal suffrage before the revolution of February 1848, and had remorselessly exposed the corrupt practices at elections in his pamphlet Ordre du jour sur la corruption électorale . After the revolution he was elected by four départments to the Constituent Assembly, and became one of its vice-presidents. He was also member and president of the constitutional commission, and for some time took a leading part in drawing up the republican constitution. But the disputes which broke out among the members led him to resign the presidency. He was soon after named member of the council of state and president of the comit du conlentieux. It was at this period that he published two pamphlets Sur l'indépendance de l'Italie ("On Italian Independence"). After the coup d'état of December 2, 1851, Cormenin, who had undertaken the defence of Prince Louis Napoleon after his attempt at Strasbourg , accepted a place in the new council of state of the empire. Four years later, by imperial ordinance, he was made a member of the Institute. One of the most characteristic works of Cormenin is the Livre des orateurs , a series of brilliant studies of the principal parliamentary orators of the restoration and the monarchy of July, the first edition of which appeared in 1838, and the eighteenth in 1860. In 1846 he published his Entretiens de village, which procured him the Montyon prize, and of which six editions were called for the same year. His last work was Le Droit de tonnage en Algérie (1860). He died at Paris, on 6 May 1868. Two volumes if his Reliquiae were printed in Paris in the same year. ALS, no date, 2pp. 4-3/4 x 7 in. VG.............100-150
304. [THEATRE] 10 x 8 photograph of cast members of the play "After-Play", signed by each: Marian Mercer, Robert Mandan, Paul Dooley and Beatrice Arthur. VG.......50-75
305. [FILM] Warren Berlinger (b.
1937) American character actor, with Broadway runs, movie
and television credits, and much work in commercials. His signed contract for the film "BILLIE",
starring Patty Duke. Also signed by Milt Ebbins [see lot
58 in this auction]. Includes 3 additional Rider
pages, each signed with the initials of Berlinger and
Ebbins. VG..........100-150
See
contract
Portrait
of Berlinger
306. [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
307. [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
308. [BASEBALL] Buck
Leonard (1907-1997) American first
baseman in Negro league baseball. He was elected to the Baseball
Hall of Fame in 1972 along with his long-time teammate Josh
Gibson. Signed 1988 bank check. Excellent!........50-75
309. Chauncey M.
Depew (1834-1928) was an attorney for
Cornelius Vanderbilt's railroad interests, president of the New
York Central Railroad System, and a United States Senator from
New York from 1899 to 1911. Signed card, 3-1/4 x
2-1/4". VG..........25-35
See Depew
autograph
See his
portrait
310. William T. Hamilton
(1820-1888) the 38th Governor of Maryland from 1880
to 1884. He also served in the United States Senate,
representing Maryland, from 1868–1874, and in the House of
Representatives, representing the second district (1849–1853)
and fourth district (1853–1855) of Maryland. Signed card, 3-3/4
x 2-1/4". VG...........20-30
311.
[FILM] JANE POWELL (b. 1929) American singer, dancer and
actress. Signed 8x10 photo............30-40
312.
[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
313. [FILM] George
Peppard (1928-1994)
American film and television actor. Peppard secured a major
role when he starred alongside Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at
Tiffany's (1961), portrayed a character based on Howard Hughes
in The Carpetbaggers (1964), and played the title role of the
millionaire sleuth Thomas Banacek in the early-1970s
television series Banacek. He is probably best known for his
role as Col. John "Hannibal" Smith, the cigar-chomping leader
of a renegade commando squad, in the 1980s television show The
A-Team. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.............30-40
314. GUY DAVENPORT - American Short
Story Writer/Illustrator/Poet. His published work includes
short-fiction, such as 12 Stories (1997) and The Cardiff Team
(1966); poetry, collected in his Flowers and Leaves (1966) and
Thasos and Ohio (1985); and collections of essays, including The
Geography of the Imagination (1981) and Every Force Evolves a
Form (1987). Davenport's work as an illustrator has appeared in
Arion and Paideuma. He also created the cover art and
illustrations for his collection of stories, Apples and Pears
and Other Stories (1984). In 1996 a collection of Davenport's
artwork, 50 Drawings, was published. TLS dtd 10/28/02
................25-35
315. [TV] Andy Griffith (1926-2012) American actor. He was a Tony Award nominee for two roles, and gained prominence in the starring role in director Elia Kazan's film A Face in the Crowd (1957) before he became better known for his television roles, playing the lead characters in the 1960–1968 situation comedy The Andy Griffith Show and in the 1986–1995 legal drama Matlock. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG..........40-60
316. [ART] MARY HELEN POTTER (1862 - 1950) Listed artist from Rhode Island. OFFERED HERE: Original watercolor, unsigned, circa 1895, approx. 10 x 14 in. Almost all of Potter's watercolors were unsigned. Very good condition........200-300
Potter watercolor
317. [FILM] Gene Autry
(1907-1998) American performer who gained fame as a
singing cowboy on the radio, in movies, and on television for
more than three decades beginning in the early 1930s. Autry was
also owner of a television station, several radio stations in
Southern California, and the Los Angeles/California/Anaheim
Angels Major League Baseball team from 1961 to 1997. Nice
signed & inscribed 8x10 photo, dated 4-30-85.
VG.........150-200
318. [ART] William
Ordway Partridge (1861-1930)
American sculptor whose public commissions can be found in New
York City and other locations. His life-size statue of the
Native American princess, Pocahontas, was unveiled in Jamestown,
Virginia in 1922. Queen Elizabeth II viewed this statue in 1957
and again on May 4, 2007, while visiting Jamestown on the 400th
anniversary of the founding of the first successful English
colonial settlement in America. On October 5, 1958, a replica of
the Pocahontas statue by Partridge was dedicated as a memorial
to the princess at the location of her burial in 1617 at St.
George's Church in Gravesend, England. The Governor of Virginia
presented the replica statue as a gift to the British
people. ANS on 4-1/2 x 3-1/4" card, dated 1906
or 1916? VG.........50-75
See above
319. [FILM] Joan
Fontaine (1917-2013) Anglo-American Academy
Award winning actress. Signed, inscribed 8x10
photo..........40-60
320. [FILM] James
Coburn (1928-2002) American actor. Signed
8x10 photo. VG............40-60
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321. [TV] Robert
Urich (1946-2002) American film, television and
stage actor and television producer. Over the course of his
30-year career, Urich starred in a record 15 television
series. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG...........40-60
323. [MUSIC] KAY STARR (b.
1922) American singer of jazz and popular music. Signed,
inscribed 8x10 photo. VG........25-35
324.
[TV] Milton Berle (1908-
2002) American comedian and actor. As the host of NBC's
Texaco Star Theater (1948–55), he was the first major American
television star and was known to millions of viewers as "Uncle
Miltie" and "Mr. Television" during TV's golden age. Boldly
signed but in the dark area. VG..........35-45
325. [TV] Dale
Robertson (1923- 2013) American actor best
known for his starring roles on television. Signed, inscribed
8x10 photo.....35-45
326. [FILM] Mickey
Rooney (b. 1920) American actor.
Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG............40-60
327. [FRANCE] Circa 1800 document titled "Bailli", 3-1/2-pages, approx. 8x10. Identified as "Very
interesting text about being a Bailli in France." A bailli
(French pronunciation: [baji], bailiff) was the king's
administrative representative during the ancien régime in
northern France, where the bailli was responsible for the
application of justice and control of the administration and
local finances in his baillage. VG..............100-150
328.
[ENGLAND] Duchess of
Sutherland, Harriet Sutherland,
Leveson-Gower (1806-1868) was Mistress of the
Robes under several Whig administrations: 1837–1841, 1846–1852,
1853–1858, and 1859–1861; and was a great friend of Queen
Victoria. She was an important figure in London's high society,
and used her social position to undertake various philanthropic
undertakings including the protest of the English ladies against
American slavery. ALS
written in the 3rd person, dated July 26, no year, 1p. Approx.
4-1/2 x 7-1/4". Written from Stafford House, (St.
James's Palace), which became an important centre of
society, and the starting-point of various philanthropic
undertakings. There the protest of the English ladies against
American slavery was framed in 1853. On the accession of Queen Victoria the duchess was
appointed Mistress of the Robes, and held that post when the
Whigs were in office until her husband's death (August 1837 to
September 1841, July 1846 to March 1852, January 1853 to
February 1856, June 1859 to April 1861). From the Queen's
refusal to part with the Duchess and her other ladies arose the
bedchamber crisis of 1839, with the result that the Whigs
returned to office. Victoria gave a sympathetic description of
the Duchess's character, and after the death of Prince Albert,
the prince consort, spent the first weeks of her widowhood with
the Duchess as her solitary companion. The Duchess's last
public appearance was at the Prince of Wales's marriage in 1863.
In that year she was seized with an illness from which she never
recovered. However, she was able to entertain Garibaldi, for
whom she had great admiration, at Chiswick House and Trentham,
Staffordshire, during his visit to England in April 1864. In her
letter she is declining assistance. VG. RARE!..............150-200
329. [SCIENCE] John J. Grebe
(1900-1984) Physical Chemist. Made important contributions
to the plastics industry, including the development of
polystyrene, Styrofoam, and Saran plastics. Grebe personally
held 64 patents at Dow Chemical Co. in electro-chemistry, power
generation, synthesis of organic compounds, and air
conditioning. He was honored with the Hyatt Award for his work
on the production of pure styrene and its polymerization. For
the federal government, Grebe designed atomic reactors for
submarines. Grebe joined Dow in 1921 -- immediately after
receiving his BS degree in physics from the Case School of
Applied Science -- and remained with the company for 41 years.
In addition to his work as the founder and director of the Dow
Physical Research Laboratory, he was a pioneer scientist in the
field of nuclear and chemical research. He also made major
contributions in the simplification of plastics processing and
automatic control equipment. Signed 1951 FDC honoring
250th Anniversary of Detroit. Clean with
cachet..........50-75
See Grebe cover
330. [CIVIL WAR] Eugene B. Payne (1835-1910).
Two page letter written in pencil, Illinois Legislature, House
of Representative, Springfield, Illinois, 1867. This is
Payne’s own retained copy of his letter to J.F. Farnsworth,
congressman from Illinois and Union general. Payne
is expressing regret that a Dr. [Moses] Evans was
recommended as Post Master of Waukengan, Illinois.
Payne recommends, instead, a Major. Clarkson. Says that
the railroad men want him in the post; says he is a rich man and
does not need the office. Says Clarkson needs the
job. According to the New York Times, April 8, 1910, Payne was
born in Seneca Falls, N.Y. on April 15, 1835. But in 1836
his family, led by his father, Thomas Hubbard Payne, bought land
in northwest Fremont Township, Lake County Illinois. The large
Payne family played crucial political and economic roles in the
development of Lake County, as described in John J. Halsey’s
1912 History of Lake County, Illinois (Waukegan, 1912, 432-51).
As the son of a pioneer family, Payne studied in local schools
and graduated from the Waukegan High School (Open Library
undocumented online article on General Payne). In 1860 he
was graduated from the law school of Northwestern University, a
member of the first class, and was “admitted to the bar that
same year,” according to the Times obituary. At the
beginning of the Civil War he organized at Waukegan, Illinois,
the first company of Union infantry troops in Illinois (37th
Illinois Infantry Regiment) and he served with them until
September of 1864 when he was discharged due to his dibilitating
malaria (background note, Payne collection, Clements Library, U.
of Michigan). That fall of 1864 he was elected to the Illinois
state legislature. Payne was wounded and ill
following his participation in the July 1863 Vicksburg campaign
and victory. His service after the spring of 1862 is
documented in the Payne collection at the Clements Library, U.
of Michigan. The background note for that collection
states that Payne thought that the December 1862 Prairie Grove
battle as equally significant to that at Pea Ridge. By the
end of the war, and after playing a role in an important Rio
Grande campaign and returning in early 1864 to Illinois to
recruit, he was mustered out in September 1864 at the rank of
Brigadier General. He was the first soldier from Lake
County, Illinois to achieve the rank of general. After the
war he served in the legislature to 1868, on the Republican
ticket. The Times obituary says that he practiced law for
seventeen years. The Open Library article reports that he lived
and practiced in Waukegan and in Evanston, Illinois to
1887. In 1885 A.T. Andreas in his History of Chicago, v.
1, 203, lists Payne as a resident of Chicago, “among respected
and beloved citizens” who fought with the 37th Regiment.
Late in life, after retiring from the bar, Payne “was made an
officer of the U.S. Pension Bureau,” Washington, DC, according
to the Times obituary.............80-120
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331. [FILM] David
Winters (b. 1939) is an English-born
American dancer, choreographer, producer, director,
screenwriter, and actor. Winters has participated in, directed
and produced over 400 television series, television specials,
and motion pictures. Of these, he has directed, produced and
distributed over 50 films. Winters taught dance to such
world-famous actors as Ann-Margret, Raquel Welch and Elvis
Presley. His signed 1965 contract as the
Choreographer for the film "BILLIE" starring Patty Duke. 10
pages, signed on last page. VG..........100-150
Page 1
Page 10
332. [ART] Sir Francis Seymour Haden (
1818-1910 ) English surgeon, best known as an etcher.
Haden's printmaking was invigorated by his much younger
brother-in-law, James Whistler, at the Haden home in Sloane
Street in 1855. A press was installed there and for a while
Haden and Whistler collaborated on a series of etchings of
the Thames. The relationship and project did not last. Haden
followed the art of original etching with such vigor that he
became not only the foremost British exponent of that art
but brought about its revival in England. His strenuous
efforts and perseverance, aided by the secretarial ability
of Sir WR Drake, resulted in the foundation of the Royal
Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers. As president he
ruled the society with a strong hand from its first
beginnings in 1880. ORIGINAL ETCHING, title: "Battersea Reach" done in 1863,
etching and drypoint. [Schneiderman 48]. A view of
the Thames at Battersea with Battersea Railway Bridge in
the distance. Signed, dated and annotated 'Old Chelsea Out
of Whistler's window' in the plate. Another example of
this print is in the Tate Museum collection. Image approx. 6 x
9" plus margins. Old prominent mat burn [see scan below]
o/w very good........300-400
333. [FILM] "Butterfly" McQueen
(1911-1995) American actress. Originally a dancer,
McQueen first appeared as Prissy, Scarlett O'Hara's maid in
the 1939 film Gone with the Wind. She continued as an
actress in film in the 1940s, then moving to television acting
in the 1950s. Brief ALS, 1990, 1p..........50-75
See McQueen
letter
334. [FRANCE] Jean Soanen (1647–1740) French Oratorian and bishop of Senez. He was a convinced Jansenist. In opposition to the papal bull Unigenitus, he with Charles-Joachim Colbert, bishop of Montpellier, Pierre de la Broue who was bishop of Mirepoix, and Pierre de Langle who was bishop of Boulogne, appealed against it in 1717 to a general council. This group and their followers were known as Appellants; the council was though entirely hypothetical as an idea. Later, he sent out a pastoral letter to his congregation, urging the reading of Pasquier Quesnel. Pierre Guérin de Tencin, the archbishop of Embrun, then in 1727 had him exiled from his diocese. But Jean Soanen of Senez, a small mountain diocese in Provence, issued in 1726 a Pastoral instruction to his diocese, in which, at the age of 80, he reviewed his whole position in the controversy. He regretted that he had ever signed the Formulary of 1665, withdrew his adhesion to the Bull "Vineam Domini Sabaoth", blamed himself for prohibiting, against his real convictions, the moral Reflexions, and promised never to accept the Unigenitus. Soanen was deprived of his see by the Provincial Synoid of Embrun, which on carious canonical grounds he refused to recognize, and was banished to the abbey of Chaise Dieu in Auvergne, where he remained imprisoned till his death in 1740, at the age of 95. Autograph Document Signed, unsure if dated, different later handwriting below, approx. 6-1/4 x 4-1/4". Accompanied by 3 small pages of handwritten notes from circa 1880. VG.............150-250
335. [FRANCE] Hyacinthe-Louis De
Quelen (1778-1839) was Archbishop of
Paris. The favors of Louis XVIII and Charles X did not
make him subservient. As a peer of the realm he opposed, on
behalf of the middle classes, the conversion of the national
debt. While blessing the cornerstone of the Chapelle Expiatoire
he demanded, though in vain, an amnesty for the exiled members
of the Convention; and the ordinance of 1828, disbanding the
Jesuits and limiting the recruiting of the clergy, was issued
against his advice. ALS, Paris, 1824, 1p, approx. 7-1/4 x
9-1/4". Accompanied by antique engraved portrait of
Quelen. VG...........100-150
337.
[FRANCE] FRENCH REVOLUTION DECRET De La
Convention Nationale, No. 194, 25 Nov. 1792,
dated 2 months after abolition of Royalty, signed in type
Monge & Garot. 3-pages, approx. 7-3/4 x 9-1/4". Excellent
condition............80-120
338. [ART] William Skelton (1763-1848) English engraver, born London. His chief work consists of a series of portraits embracing member of the Royal Family from Geo. III to the accession of Victoria in 1837. The engraving offered here is called THE OWL, THE SWAN, THE COCK, THE SPIDER, THE ASS AND THE FARMER, signed in the plate, 3 x 3-5/8 plus margins. Circa 1797. There is some spotting in margin areas well away from image............40-60
339. [CIVIL WAR] Small archive concerning
pension of Jno. H. Garner, who served in the 9th Ohio
Cavalry. Includes Document from Treasury Dept., 1901, 2 TLSs
from Garner's attorney; Claim Affidavit which was started
to be filled out but not finished; plus 5
envelopes.........30-40
340.
[FRANCE] Jacques-Marie-Adrien-Césaire
Mathieu (1796–1875) Bishop of Langres
, Archbishop of Besançon and cardinal. Very active and
distinguished prelate, His episcopate is especially marked by
activism builder - 320 churches built, rebuilt or restored in
the diocese. His international influence was not
negligible. ALS, 1834, 1p, approx. 7.5 x 9.5". Left
edge mounted to stiff paper. VG...........100-150
341. [FILM] John Carroll [1906-1979] American actor. SIGNED, inscribed printed portrait picture, 5 x 7. VG......25-35
See Carroll
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342. [ART] Edward
H. Potthast (1857-1927) American
Impressionist painter. He is known for his paintings of people
at leisure in Central Park, and on the beaches of New York and
New England. His work is included in many major museums in the
United States. Clip Signature, top corner missing.
About 4-3/4 x 2-1/4".........50-75
343. [ART] William
Holbrook Beard (1825-1900)
American painter. Beard was born in Painesville, Ohio. He
studied abroad, is associated with the Düsseldorf school of
painting, and in 1861 moved to New York City, where, in 1862, he
became a member of the National Academy of Design. Beard was a
prolific artist. His humorous treatment of bears, cats, dogs,
horses and monkeys, generally with some human occupation and
expression, usually satirical, gave him a great vogue at one
time, and his pictures were largely reproduced. Clip
Signature, about 3-3/4 x 3/4"...........25-35
344. [ART] Samuel
Colman (1832-1920) American painter,
interior designer, and writer, probably best remembered for his
paintings of the Hudson River. Clip Signature, about
3-3/4 x 3/4"...........25-35
345. [ART] Carleton
Wiggins [1848-1932]
American landscape and cattle painter. He was born in Orange
County, New York, and studied in New York at the National
Academy of Design and with George Inness, and in Paris, and
settled in New York. His landscape were executed in broad
flowing lines, with a rich low-toned color scheme, and often
contain cattle, solidly and realistically portrayed. Signed
card, approx. 3-1/2 x 1-3/4". ...........30-40
See Wiggins
signature
346. Duncan McArthur (1772-1839) Federalist and National Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the 11th Governor of Ohio. CLIP SIGNATURE.........25-35
347. Mahlon Dickerson (1770-1853) American judge and politician. He was elected Governor of New Jersey as well as United States Senator from that state. He was twice appointed Secretary of the Navy - under Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin van Buren. CLIP SIGNATURE..........25-35
348. John C. Spencer (1788-1855) American lawyer, politician, judge and United States Cabinet secretary in the administration of President John Tyler. He served as both Sec. of War and Sec. of the Treasury. CLIP SIGNATURE.........20-30
349. Levi Woodbury (1789-1851) Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, a U.S. Senator, Governor of New Hampshire and cabinet member in three administrations. He was the first Justice to have attended law school. CLIP SIGNATURE...........40-60
350. William J. Worth (1794-1849) United States general during the Mexican-American War, War of 1812, and Second Seminole War. CLIP SIGNATURE.........40-60
PORTRAIT of Worth
352. [FILM]
Peter Lawford (1923-1984)
English-born American actor. He was a member of the "Rat Pack"
and brother-in-law to President John F. Kennedy, and more noted
in later years for his off-screen activities as a celebrity than
for his acting. In the 1940s to the 1960s he had a strong
presence in popular culture and starred in a number of highly
acclaimed films. Offered here is signed Agreement with
Billy Asher [employment]. Dated 1963,
2-pages, signed also by Billy Asher. Bill Asher (1921-2012) was one of the most
prolific early television directors, producing or directing
over two dozen series. With television in its infancy, Asher
introduced the sitcom Our Miss Brooks, which was adapted from
a radio show. He began directing I Love Lucy by 1952. In 1964,
he produced and directed Bewitched, which starred his
then-wife Elizabeth Montgomery. As a result of his early
success, Asher was considered an "early wunderkind of
TV-land," and is credited in one magazine article for
'inventing' the sitcom. Lawford signs as PRESIDENT of
Chrislaw Productions. They are hiring Asher for a
television series, likely the Patty Duke Show which aired in
1963. Peter Lawford's autograph is surprisingly uncommon
and always expensive when offered..........500-750
352. [FILM] Robert
"Bobby" Diamond (b. 1943) child
star and young-adult actor in the 1950s through the early 1970s.
He is best remembered after more than a half-century for his
role as Joey Clark Newton in the television series Fury, a
western which ran on NBC from October 15, 1955 through March 19,
1960. Signed contract to play the role of Eddie Davis
in the movie BILLIE, starring Patty Duke. Three pages, signed
twice. Folio..........100-150
353. [FILM] Billy De Wolfe
(1907-1974) American character actor. He was active in
films from the mid-1940s until his death in 1974. He was a
good friend of Doris Day from the time of their meeting during
the filming of Tea for Two (1950) until his death. His
signed 1965 contract to play the part of Mayor Davis in the
film "BILLIE" starring Patty Duke. There are 2 signed
documents here. VG...........125-175
355.
[LINCOLN] LEONARD W. VOLK (1828-1895)
American sculptor. Most famous for making a life mask of
American President Abraham Lincoln. In 1857, he settled in
Chicago, where he helped to establish the Academy of Design
and was for eight years its head. In 1860 he made a life
mask of Lincoln, of whom only one other was ever made (by
Clark Mills in 1865). In the early part of spring in 1860,
during Abraham Lincoln's visit to Chicago, Volk asked him to
sit for a bust. When Lincoln agreed, the artist decided to
start by doing a life mask. Lincoln found the process of
letting wet plaster dry on his face, followed by a
skin-stretching removal process, "anything but agreeable."
But he endured it with good humor, and when he saw the final
bust, he was quite pleased, declaring it "the animal
himself." Volk later used the life mask and bust of 1860 as
the basis for other editions, including a full-length statue
of Lincoln. Signed 1893 bank check.
VG.................100-200
356. [TEDDY
ROOSEVELT] DAN T. MOORE
- Lt. Col., aide to Theodore Roosevelt during his first term
of office. Died in Texas. It was not until October, 1917, when
he was World War I commander of the 310th Field Artillery at
Camp Meade, Md., that Colonel Moore learned that a blow struck
by him in a friendly sparring bout with President Theodore
Roosevelt in 1905 had caused blindness in one of his
opponent's eyes. Distressed at the news, he said, in part:
"But could you ask for any better proof of the man's
sportsmanship than the fact that he never told me what I had
done to him, never told anybody else that I know of - at
least, it never got around to me till I saw in the papers the
other day that he had said that he lost the sight of his eye
while boxing with a captain of artillery who was his aide. He
didn't name anybody then, but I knew that he must have meant
me, for I happen to have been the only boxing aide he had who
was in the artillery." Signed 1916 bank check. Clear
signature........75-100
357. [ART] Donald S. Graham (1909-2003) American attorney, art collector. He
contributed greatly to the Denver Art Museum [Colorado]. He had
a particular interest in the artist Walt Kuhn and much of his
correspondence with Brenda Kuhn, daughter of the artist, is now
in the Archive of American Art Collection, Smithsonian,
Washington DC. He served for a considerable number of years as a
member of the Board of Trustees and as the secretary of the
Denver Art Museum. He also served many years as a member of the
Board of Directors of the Santa Fe Opera (New Mexico).
Significant TLS, Denver, 1983,
4-full pages, to Brenda Kuhn.
He talks about Fred Bartlett's health; MOMA show including
Picasso, Matisse, Leger, Feininger, Sheeler; the Denver Art
Museum's director Thomas Maytham suddenly resigned; $8 bond
issue for museum; new Curator of American Art has arrived;
museum's 19th century print collection [surprised how tiny it
was then]; mentions the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth; the
Taos School; quite a bit about the paintings of Georgia O'Keeffe
and that he didn't much care for her work; Stieglitz; "It is
indeed interesting to know that the Hirshhorn's bronze of the
Gallic Cock was purchased from you. What a treasure."; Denver
has introduced to grand opera at a rather high level; his annual
trip to Santa Fe; he loaned from his collection Walt Kuhn's
painting Brothel Scene to an exhibition which included works by Robert
Henri, Remington, Russell, etc.; lengthy section on his eye
surgury; he's agreed to continue as a member of the Collections
Committee at the museum. Excellent condition.......50-75
358. SIR GERALD DURRELL (1925-1995) British Naturalist/Zoologist/Author. In 1947 he financed, organized, and led his first animal-collecting expedition to the Cameroons. This was followed by a expeditions in 1948 and 1949, this time to British Guiana. He has also made expeditions to Paraguay, Argentina, Sierra Leone, Mauritius, Assam, Mexico, and Madagascar. In 1962 he and his wife went to New Zealand, Australia and Malaya to film a TV series, Two in the Bush. In 1959 he founded the Jersey Zoological Park ,and in 1964 he founded the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust. Author of many books. 3x5 color photo SIGNED ON VERSO...........25-35
359. Betty Boothroyd, Baroness Boothroyd, OM, PC (born October 8, 1929 in Dewsbury, England), is a British politician and was the first female Speaker of the House of Commons. TLS, 2002, 1p..........25-35
360. Sir Aston Webb (1849-1930) English architect, active in the late 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century. He was President of the Royal Academy 1919-1924. TLS, 1921, 1p. To W.A. Menzies re: Conradi's Mother's portrait.................40-60
361. Sir Nathaniel Wm Wraxall,
1st Baronet (1751-1831), English author. He entered the
employment of the East India Company in 1769, and served as
judge-advocate and paymaster during the expeditions against
Gujarat and Baroche in 1771. He was knighted in 1813. ALS, 1801,
1p. Gives change of address for delivery of the
Herald..................50-75
362. [FRANCE] 1840 French Mystery document on
paper, signed, written on both sides, approx. 6-7/8 x 9-3/4.
Excellent condition.......80-120
363. [FILM] Jo Van Fleet - actress. Signed 3x5 card & unsigned 8x10 photo.........25-35
364. [ICELAND] Vigdís Finnbogadóttir [b.1930] fourth President of Iceland, serving from 1980 to 1996. She was one of the world's first elected female heads of state (not including prime ministers). Signed 4-1/2 x 3-1/2" photo. VG...........25-50
365. [OPERA] Ernestine
Schumann-Heink (1861-1936) celebrated
operatic contralto. SIGNATURE mounted to larger
sheet..........25-35
366. [ART] William Holl the Younger (1807-1871) English portrait and figure engraver, noted for his book illustrations. The eldest of four sons of William Holl the Elder (c1771-1838), he was taught engraving by his father - at first stipple and later line on steel. The first portrait engraving produced on his own was that of Thomas Cranmer in May 1829 for inclusion in Edmund Lodge's Portraits of Illustrious Personages. He contributed further work to this publication between 1829 and 1835 after artists such as van Loo, Holbein, Van Dyck, Lely, Godfrey Kneller and Daniel Mytens. He was a founder member of the Chalcographic Society started by several notable engravers in 1830. Original antique engraving, image approx. 6-1/4 x 4-1/2" plus margins. VG..........25-35
367. [MUSIC] Gladys Swarthout [1900-1969] Am. opera star. Pencil signature.......20-30
368. Dame Beryl Margaret Bainbridge
(b.1932) is an English novelist. A five-time nominee for the
Booker Prize, Bainbridge has never won. She has nonetheless
been described as "a national treasure". ALS, no date,
envelope postmarked 2002, 1p..............40-60
369. [THEATRE] OTIS SKINNER (1858-1942) American Actor - His first stage appearance was at the Philadelphia Museum in 1877 in Woodleigh.and made his New York City debut in 1879. During the next five years he developed a classical repertory and a successful acting style, first with Edwin Booth, at Booth's Theatre, and then, for three years, with Lawrence Barrett. In 1884 he joined Augustin Daly's company at Daly's Theatre, remaining with it for four years. He made his London debut in 1886 with Daly's company. After two years with the Booth-Modjeska company, he became, in 1892, leading man opposite Helena Modjeska. In 1903 he starred with Ada Rehan. By his own estimation he appeared in 16 plays of Shakespeare, "acting therein, at various times, 38 parts." In addition to his Shakespearean roles, Skinner's chief successes were in Kismet, which he played between 1911 and 1914, and Blood and Sand (1921), in which he played the matador, Juan Gallardo. Skinner was active in the theatre until his death. He was the author of Footlights and Spotlights (1924) and Mad Folk of the Theatre (1928). SIGNATURE with sentiment dtd 1922.....20-30
370. John William De Forest (1826-1906) American soldier and writer of realistic fiction, best known for his Civil War novel Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty. With the advent of the American Civil War, De Forest returned to the United States. As a captain in the Union Army, he organized a company from New Haven, the 12th Connecticut Volunteers. He served constantly in the field until January 1865, taking an active part under Maj. Gen. Godfrey Weitzel's command in the southwestern states, and under Philip Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley. Graphic descriptions of battle scenes in Louisiana, and of Sheridan's battles in the valley of the Shenandoah, were published in Harper's Monthly during the war by Major De Forest, who was present on all the occasions thus mentioned, and though experiencing forty-six days under fire, received but one trifling wound. De Forest mustered out from the volunteer army in 1865 with the brevet rank of major. SIGNED CARD, approx. 3.5 x 2.5". Very lightly age-toned. Includes sentiment........35-45
372. [AMERICAN NAVAL] Chas. A. Seas - US Cousul. at [?] country. We can't make out the place but its somewhere in the Mediterranean. Very attractive ALS, 1870, 2-1/2pp, about 8 x 13". To Capt. Walker of the US Frigate Sabin. [ John Grimes Walker]. Content concerns an anchor of a Portuguese vessel is laying near, or under, the Sabin and cannot be taken up. Near fine condition.............75-100
373. [NOBEL PRIZE] Sydney Brenner, CH FRS (b. 1927) is a South African biologist and a 2002 Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate, shared with H. Robert Horvitz and John Sulston. HIS SIGNATURE ON KING'S COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE CARD, 20 MAY 2002........20-30
374. [MUSIC] Maryan Rawicz (1898-1970) Polish Pianist. Sig. inscribed.........20-30
375. [NY] David B. Hill [1843-1910] Governor of New York from 1885 to 1891. During his tenure as Governor, William Kemmler was executed in the electric chair, the first inmate in the country ever to be put to death in this manner. He served as a U.S. Senator from New York from 1892 to 1897. He was also a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President in 1892, but lost to Grover Cleveland. Document Signed, 1902 National Commercial Bank check [Albany]. VG.........25-35
376. Glyn Warren Philpot (1884-1937) English artist, best known for his portraits of contemporary figures such as Siegfried Sassoon, and Vladimir Rosing. Signed postcard reproduction of his work "The Adoration of the Three Kings." .............35-45
377. FRANCES M. FROST (1905-1959) American Poet. ANS on card 1929......25-35
378. Sir Francis Grant RA [1803-1878] notable Scottish artist of the 19th century. He also served as President of the Royal Academy. ALS, no date, written on both sides. 4.5 x 7 in.............40-60
379. [ART] Harrison William Weir [1824-1906], known as "The Father of the Cat Fancy", was an English gentleman and artist. He organized the first cat show in England, at The Crystal Palace, London, in July 1871. He and his brother, John Jenner Weir , both served as judges in the show. In 1887 Harrison Weir founded the National Cat Club and was its first President and Show Manager until his resignation in 1890. ALS, no yr., 1p................40-60
380. Sir George Rostrevor Hamilton (1888 - 1967) was an English poet and critic. He worked as a civil servant: his experience as an inspector of taxes meaning he could help out his friend Walter de la Mare. He was knighted in 1951. He had a classical education at the University of Oxford, and later compiled anthologies of Latin and Greek verse for Nonesuch Press. He was a published war poet of World War I, known for the rather conventional and sentimental A Cross in Flanders. His book The Tell-Tale Article on the Auden Group made an impact by the expedient of counting the proportion of definite articles in Auden 's verse, remarking that it was much higher than in older styles. In general he was a steady conservative in matters of literature. He was a director of the Poetry Book Society, and well connected as a correspondent of many literary figures; including E. R. Eddison and Owen Barfield. AQS, "A Judge Reflects" from The Carved Stone 1952. On 5-1/2 x 3-1/4 white card. VG...........30-40
381. Havelock Ellis [1859-1939] British physician and psychologist, writer, and social reformer who studied human sexuality. Clip signature..........35-45
382. Lowell Thomas [1892-1981] Am. writer/broadcaster. Clip signature.........20-30
383. Peter Benchley [1940-2006] author "JAWS". ANS ON 3X5 CARD.....25-35
384. [ART] Winslow Homer
(1836-1910) American landscape painter and printmaker. He is
considered one of the foremost painters in 19th-century
America and a preeminent figure in American art. Original
wood-engraving titled "WATERMELON-EATERS",
published in The American Art Journal in 1879. Image
size is approx. 5-1/8 x 7" plus large margins. The image area
is very clean; some small light spots in margins not close to
image [will not show when matted]. Printed text on verso
as usual. Often Homer's wood-engravings are described as
"after Homer", as are most of the wood-engraved illustations
during those times. The difference between Winslow Homer,
however, the those other artists is that Homer actually draw
on the blocks, which were then cut by craftsmen and
printed. Almost all other artists, except Homer, never
drew on the blocks themselves but would make the
drawing, then someone else would copy the drawing on the wood
block and then someone else would cut the block. This is why
Winslow Homer woodengravings are usually described as being
"By" Homer, not after Homer. You will see them described both
ways today. Winslow Homer was not only the
19th Century's most popular artist and illustrator, but he is
also considered one of the most important American artists of
all time. The warmth and charm with which he interpreted the
American experience has enchanted generation after generation.
His best known works have been his water colors and oil
paintings; reproductions of these are commonplace. As popular as Homer has remained, it was not
until the early 1950's that his work as an illustrator was
"rediscovered" on a large scale. Renewed interest in his
illustrations has led to many Homer exhibitions at such places
as Smith and Bowdoin Colleges and at the National Gallery in
Washington, D.C. Institutions have increasingly tried
to acquire these rapidly decreasing treasures. The Metropolitan
Museum in New York has a large collection, as do the fine art
museums at Duke University and Dartmouth as well as the National
Gallery in Washington, D.C. It is not surprising that private
collectors are attempting to increase their holdings of this
dwindling supply. The amusing, fascinating
and profitable thing about collecting Winslow Homer
illustrations is that no one knows exactly what remains. What
could be a more interesting challenge for antique print
collectors, historians, art lovers and
investors!.............200-300
385. Frank R. Stockton [1834-1902] Am. writer, humorist. Signature..........20-30
386. Denison Olmsted [1791-1859] Am. astronomer. Signature......25-35
387. Tom Clancy
(b. 1947) American author. Signed 3x5 card..........20-30
388. [ART] Winslow
Homer (1836-1910) American landscape
painter and printmaker. He is considered one of the foremost
painters in 19th-century America and a preeminent figure in
American art. Original wood-engraving titled "IN THE FIELDS",
published in The American Art Journal in 1879. Image size
is approx. 6-3/4 x 5-1/8" plus large margins. The image area is
very clean; nothing bad in marins. Printed text on verso
as usual. ............200-300
See In The Field
389. [CINEMA] BIRAN AHERNE (1902-1986) British Actor - Oscar Nominee for Juarez - Leading man in Hollywood in the 30's and 40's, played opposite, Helen Hayes, Katharine Hepburn, Ann Harding, Merle Oberon, Carol Lombard, Claudette Colbert, Bette Davis - 1st husband of Joan Fontaine. SIGNED 3x5 card [green]........20-30
390. Herbert H. Lehman (1878-1963)
Democratic Party politician from New York. He was Governor of
New York from 1933 to 1942, and represented New York in the
United States Senate from 1950 to 1957. Signed NY Governors
card. Mounting stains in 3 corners..........20-30
391. STEVE FORBES - Presidential Candidate. Signed & inscribed color 8x10 photo................20-30
392. JOSEPH W. MARTIN, Jr. (1884-1968) US Speaker of the House, elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth and to the twenty succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1925-January 3, 1967); minority leader in the Seventy-sixth, Seventy-seventh, Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, Eighty-first, Eighty-second, Eighty-fourth, and Eighty-fifth Congresses; Speaker of the House of Representatives (Eightieth and Eighty-third Congresses). SIGNATURE clipped from letter...........20-30
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393. [ENGLAND] Lord Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill (1849- 1895) British statesman. He was the father of the future wartime Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Sir Winston Churchill. ANS, 4 x 4-1/2 in., signed "Randolph S.C." He writes "Of course if the affirmation Bill is brought on it is understood that we shall oppose it tooth and nail as heretofore." A little soiled. No date...........100-150
394. [CLOWNS] Duane "Uncle Soapy" Thorpe [1925-1995] American clown inducted into the Clown Hall of Fame in 2000. Wonderful 4 pages ALS, written in 1994 from Spain. Written to friends back in Florida he talks about the famous clow, Lou Jacobs, and his fear of ending up in a nursing home. He begins by saying he is disappointed from not being elected into the Clown Hall of Fame. He would be elected after his death. Mentions letter he got from John Ringling North II about a plaque for his father. Besides the envelope he includes 6 color photos of Spain with his descriptions on their backs. VG...............60-80
395. [POETRY] Robert C. Waterston [1812-1893] Unitarian Clergyman, poet, born Kennebunk, Maine. Pastor at various Boston churches, he had charge of a sailor's Sunday-school. Signed holograph poem, "Familiar Things", 3pp, 4to. VG............50-75
396.
FRANCE] Antoinette Henriette Clémence Robert (1797-1872)
French writer of historical fiction, poetry, non-fiction,
stage plays, and short stories. She published much of her work
as Clémence Robert. ALS, no date, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8". To Paul Foucher.
VG............50-75
See Robert
letter
397. Robert
Culp (1930-2010) American
actor who earned an international reputation for his role as
Kelly Robinson on "I Spy" [1965-68], the espionage series in
which he and co-star Bill Cosby played a pair of secret agents.
Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. Attractive shot, 2002.
VG.............30-40
398. [ART] David Deuchar (Edinburgh c. 1750-1803) original etching c. 1800, from Dance of Death. Plate signed [initials], approx. 3 x 2-1/8 in. plus margins. Light stains in margins o/w VG......60-80
399. JOHN SHELDON DOUD EISENHOWER- American Army General/Diplomat/Author. Son of President Dwight D. Eisenhower - A graduate of West Point and retired Brigadier General in the Army Reserve, John S.D. Eisenhower has served on the U.S. Army General Staff, on the White House Staff, and as U.S. Ambassador to Belgium. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Bitter Woods, an account of the Battle of the Bulge, Agent of Destiny: The Life and Times of General Winfield Scott, and, most recently, Yanks: The Epic Story of the American Army in World War I. SIGNED Bookplate "Strictly Personal" May 17, 1974........25-35
399a. [ITALY] Cesare Mori [1871-1942] was a
prefect (prefetto) before and during the Fascist period in
Italy. He is known in Italy as the Iron Prefect (Prefetto di
Ferro) because of his iron-fisted campaigns against the Mafia on
Sicily in the second half of the 1920s. SIGNED CARD, Rone,
dated June 21, 1932. Approx. 4.5 x 3.5".........25-35
400. Calvin
Ellis Stowe (1802 -1886) American
Biblical scholar who helped spread public education in the
United States, and the husband and literary agent of Harriet
Beecher Stowe. CLIP SIGNATURE, approx. 3-1/2 x
1/2"..........50-75
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
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
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
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
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
See signatures
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
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
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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
440. (ENGLISH TREASURY OFFICIALS IN 1690) RICHARD HAMPDEN (1631-1695). English statesman. Privy councillor (1689). Commissioner of the treasury (1689). Chancellor of the exchequer (1690-1694). Signature on portion of a treasury document (1690). Also signed by SIR THOMAS PELHAM (1650-1712) and STEFFOX. Attractive signatures on irregular shape fragment...............50-75
See above item
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
See page 1
See page 2
See his
portrait
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
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
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
See Plymouth print
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
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
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
See signed backside450. [VIEW] An 1847 wood-engraved view of Dayton, Ohio, approx. 3-1/4 x 6-1/4" plus margins. VG...........25-35
See Dayton print
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
See drawing
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.
See checks
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
Page 1
Page 2
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
See
front
See back
457. [STOCK
CERTIFICATE] Beautifully engraved Certificate from the
famous Eastern Steam Navigation
Company issued in 1851. The company was
chartered in 1851 the same year the certificate was issued.
This item is hand signed by the company's Secretary and is
over 160 years old. The certificate is embossed with the
corporate seal and show an image if the famous Great Eastern
Ship. Approx. 8-1/4 x 6".
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
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
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
462.
[MAINE] Calais, Maine area
- Archive of approx. 40 documents, from Dyer family papers. Earliest dated 1790;
mostly are early 1800s; latest is check 1896. Varied
conditions.........100-150
463. [MILITARY] John C. Turner -
1st Lt., Post Adjutant [Indianapolis, Ind.]. Document Signed,
Head Quarters, Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 7, 1866, 1p. To Capt.
William Badger, 9th Regt. The 9th Regiment was US Colored
Troops. Badger is interesting because he served with Gen. George
A. Custer at Fort Abraham Lincoln in The Dakota Territory in
1875. Badger [b. 1826) was the son of New Hampshire Governor
William Badge. VG. The scan below of photo of Custer's 7th
Cavalry at Fort Abraham Lincoln pictures Badger in back row 3rd
from left..........100-150
464. [KENTUCKY PIONEER] JACOB LARUE [1744-1821] Pioneer. It is believed that he made several trips to Kentucky prior to moving there in 1798. As early as 1783, some 18,000 acres were entered in his name. He lived the life of a quiet and respected planter. He held for some years the position of Justice of the Peace for Hardin County. Manscript Document Signed by Larue. Also signed by Abraham Miller and another whose signature we are not able to identify. On the verso Ann Murphy signs for James Murphy. In this 1814 document Jacob Larue promises to pay $89 to James Murphy. No place mentioned but this is from the Elizabethtown area. 8x5 in..............100-150
465. [KENTUCKY PIONEER] Col. . Nicholas MILLER - Kentucky Pioneer from the Elizabethtown area. Remembered as an Indian fighter. Sam. Haycraft, the Ky. historian, gives the following account: "Dan Vertrees was a stalwart young man of daring. He, with the late Colonel Nicholas Miller and others, were pursuing aband of Indians; Miller, then young, was tall, slenderly built, as active as a cat, and as fleet as hind, and as brave as Julius Caesar. This company coming upon the Indians, suddenly, a desperate fight ensued. Vertrees was killed at the first fire. A stout warrior seized a white man, wrestled his gun from him and was about to cleve his head with an axe. Miller at that moment, with a celerity of action which few men could equal, and with a power that few possessed ..... snatched the white man from the Indian as he would a chicken from a hawk, and, with an equal rapid motion, killed the Indian. This turned the tide, and the remaining Indians fled, leaving several dead on the ground." Manuscript Document Signed, 1801, 1p., 7-3/4 x 12-1/2" Also signed by John Pritle, James Murdock and Thos. Logsdon. Separated halfway along middle fold line..............200-300
466. [SCIENCE] Joseph G.C. Cottier
(1874-1897) Cottier was a graduate student in
Columbia during the academic years 1895-7. The exceptionally
rapid progress he made justified the expectation that he would
soon become an original investigator of the first order in the
domains of mathematical physics. Joseph Germains Charles Cottier
was born in Jersey City, N. J., May 29, 1874. He was graduated
from Stevens Institute of Technology, with the degree of
mechanical engineer in 1894. During the following year he was
employed in engineering work, partly by the East River Gas
Company of New York and partly by the Blake Pump Company.
Although successful in this work, it proved of little interest
to him, and he resolved to turn his attention to studies which
would lead him to an academic career. Accordingly he applied for
and was awarded a scholarship in Columbia University, and he
entered the School of Pure Science in the autumn of 1895. He
chose mechanics as his major subject and mathematics and
education as minors. At the end of the academic year 1895-6 he
was appointed fellow in mechanics and received the degree of
A.M. Continuing his studies with marked proficiency, he was
reappointed Fellow in Mechanics at the close of the year 1896—7,
and he expected to complete the work required for the doctorate
degree during the present academic year. He had made a special
study of the science of hydromechanics. He had read and mastered
nearly all of the extensive and profoundly difficult literature
of this science, which has occupied the attention of the most
eminent mechanicians during the past two centuries. He had
already begun to produce original work in this field; and on
departing in July last for Europe he left for publication papers
on the equations of hydrodynamics in a form suitable for
application to problems connected with the movements of the
earth's atmosphere, and on the expression of the general
equations of hydrodynamics in terms of curvilinear coordinates.
The first of these papers has been published in vol. xxv of the
Monthly Weather Review of the United States Weather Bureau, and
the second will be published in the Mathematical Review.
Personally Mr. Cottier was an exceedingly unassuming man, and
modest almost to shyness with respect to his own attainments.
Because of these characteristics, and by reason of incessant
occupation with his studies, few of his associates, and few even
of his instructors, came to know him intimately. The few to whom
he became well known, however, held him in highest esteem, as
well for his singularly gentle and courteous manliness as for
the penetrating clearness and strength of his intellectual
capacity. It is fitting in this connection to state that Mr.
Cottier's parents have given his collection of treatises and
papers on the mathematico-physical sciences to the library of
the Department of Mechanics. They have thus founded a permanent
memorial of their son's devotion to science, and have at the
same time shown his and their appreciation of the fellowship
honors which Columbia had twice bestowed upon him. [written by
Prof. Robert S. Woodward in 1897]. Offered here is one
of Cottier's original manuscripts [typed & manuscript],
titled and signed on verso, 20 pages, 8 x 13". Soiled.
The title: "The Expression Of The General Equations Of
Hydrodynamics In Terms Of Curvilinear Coondinates." From
the personal papers of Robert Simpson Woodward (1849-1924)
American physicist and mathematician, born at Rochester,
Michigan. He graduated C.E. at the University of Michigan in
1872 and was appointed assistant engineer on the United States
Lake Survey. In 1882 he became assistant astronomer for the
United States Transit of Venus Commission. In 1884 he became
astronomer to the United States Geological Survey, serving until
1890, when he became assistant in the United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey. In 1893 he was called to Columbia as professor
of mechanics and subsequently became professor of mathematical
physics as well. He was dean of the faculty of pure science at
Columbia from 1895 to 1905, when he became president of the
Carnegie Institution of Washington, whose reputation and
usefulness as a means of furthering scientific research was
widely extended under his direction. He was elected to the
National Academy of Sciences in 1896. In 1898-1900 he was
president of the American Mathematical Society, and in 1900
president of the American Association for the Advancement of
Science. In 1915 he was appointed to the Naval Consulting Board.
He died in 1924 in Washington, D.C. Professor Woodward carried
on researches and published papers in many departments of
astronomy, geodesy, and mechanics. In the course of his work
with the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey he devised and
constructed the "iced bar and long tape base apparatus," which
enables a base line to be measured with greater accuracy and
with less expense than by methods previously employed. His work
on the composition and structure of the earth and the variation
of latitude found expression in a number of valuable
papers.......500-750
467. [MUSIC] Joan Baez [b. 1941] American folk folk singer, songwriter, musician, and a prominent activist in the fields of human rights, peace, and environmental justice. Signed 8x10 photo. Accompanied by an ALS. 1997, 1p, from Joan Baez Sr., her mother. Both VG..........75-100
468. Sir Edwin Arnold (1832-1904) English poet and journalist. ALS,
1895, to John. Hopes to be able to see him upon his return.
Second page laid to mount............50-75
470. MYSTERY LOT of about 86 pieces
from 19th & 20th century. Includes: letters; documents; 5
bank checks signed by the noted artist, Douglas Volk, known
for his portraits of Abraham Lincoln, one used on postage
stamp, and various ephemera. Oldest item in this lot is 1804.
Good lot for eBay sellers or those who like researching
items.....150-250 Reserved
at $75
471. [FDR]
James Paul Warburg (1896-1969) German-born American
banker. He was notably well known for being the financial
adviser to Franklin D. Roosevelt. His father was banker Paul
Warburg, member of the Warburg family and "father" of the
Federal Reserve system. After World War II, Warburg helped
organized the Society for the Prevention of World War III in
support of the Morgenthau Plan. TLS, 1960, 1p. To Prof.
William Yale at Boston University regarding his lectures. Many
creases............25-35
474. [ART] Henry
Oliver Walker (1843-1929) American painter
of figures and portraits best known for his mural
decorations. His works include a series of paintings
honoring various poets for the Library of Congress and
decorations for public buildings such as the Appellate Court
House in New York City, Bowdoin College in Maine, the
Massachusetts State House, the Minnesota State Capitol, and the
Court House in Newark, New Jersey. Signed card with sentiment
dated 1901, approx. 3-1/2 x 1-3/4". Fine.........40-60
475. [CAPTURE OF JEFF DAVIS - NEWSPAPER] Wisconsin State Journal, May 23,
1865, 8pp. Includes: THE TRIAL OF THE ASSASSINS; THE GUILT OF
JEFF. DAVIS; European Comments on the Death of Mr. Lincoln;
The Starving Of Our Prisoners; "...The disguise in female
dress is fully confirmed..." VG...............75-100
476. Lawrence Dennis (1893-1977) American diplomat, consultant and author. He advocated fascism in America after the Great Depression, arguing that capitalism was doomed. Dennis was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He was of mixed race, though this was a fact he concealed later on in life. Following a notable career as a child evangelist, he was sent to Phillips Exeter Academy and then to Harvard. During World War I, Dennis commanded a company of military police in France. He graduated from Harvard in 1920 and entered the foreign service. The turning point of Dennis' life came when he served in Nicaragua. He resigned from the foreign service in disgust at the U.S. intervention there against the Sandino rebellion. He then became an adviser to the Latin American fund of the Seligman banking trust, but again made enemies when he wrote a series of exposes of their foreign bond enterprises in The New Republic and The Nation in 1930. These exposes propelled Dennis into a national public intellectual career, publishing his first book at the height of the depression in 1932, Is Capitalism Doomed?. The book submitted that capitalism was, and by all right should be, on its death knell, but warned of the grave dangers of a world devoid of its positive legacy. Dennis' two later books detailed his sense of the system that was emerging to replace it, which he believed to be fascism. The Coming American Fascism in 1936, detailing the system's substructure, and The Dynamics of War and Revolution in 1940, on the superstructure. Lawrence Dennis was an editor at The Awakener for some time. Later he founded his own publication, the Weekly Foreign Letter, and he wrote for Today's Challenge, published by the pro-German American Fellowship Forum of George Sylvester Viereck and Friedrich Auhagen. He tried to enlist in the American Army during World War II, but the Army rejected him after the media ran stories about him. In 1944 he was indicted, in a group which ranged from genuine progressives to pro-Nazi agitators, in a sedition prosecution under the Smith Act which ended in a mistrial after the judge died of a heart attack. Dennis co-authored with Maximilian St. George an account of the Great Sedition Trial of 1944 which appeared in 1946 as A Trial on Trial, but put forth his own defense in court. In his later years Dennis repudiated his views of the 1930s and early 1940s, became a critic of militarism and the Cold War, and propagated his views through a modest newsletter, The Appeal to Reason, which maintained a prominent circle of readers, including Herbert Hoover, Joseph P. Kennedy, William Appleman Williams, Harry Elmer Barnes, and James J. Martin. Dennis' last book, Operational Thinking for Survival, was published in 1967. Offered here is an 8-page typed Review of Robert L. Mitley's 1933 "POPULAR FINANCIAL DELUSIONS", DONE FOR THE SATURDAY REVIEW OF LITERATURE, signed in ink at the conclusion. Smitley book attacked many of the ideas held by men in business. Is social reform in such young movements as communism or fascism necessary? The handwritten corrections are in the hand of Dennis. RARE!............100-150
482. [RAILROADING-OHIO] George B. Ely (1817-1877) Secretary of the Cleveland,
Painesville and Ashtabula RailRoad. Offered here is a stock
certificate for this railroad company, dated 1854. Some ink
burnthrough in virtical writing. Ely signs
once on front and twice on vero.
In 1851, the railroad between Columbus and Cleveland
was completed, and the course of trade was almost entirely
diverted from its old channels. The business of Milan fell
away rapidly, and the forwarding trade at that point was
completely at an end, Mr. Ely closed up his connection with
the place in the Spring of 1852, and removed to Cleveland,
where he had engaged a warehouse with the intention of
continuing in the forwarding business, but was induced to take
the secretaryship of the Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula
Railroad, many of his old business and personal friends having
become interested in that undertaking and desiring the benefit
of his business tact and experience. About a year after his
accession to the company, the offices of secretary and
treasurer were combined, and Mr. Ely assumed charge of the
joint offices. Three years later he was elected a director of
the company. At various times he has been chosen
vice-president of the company. In 1868, he was elected
president of the Cleveland and Toledo Railroad Company,
retaining that position until the consolidation of the company
with the Cleveland and Erie Railroad Company, and the
formation of the Lake Shore Railroad Company............50-75
Front side
Back side
484. [NAVAL] William Faxon (1822-1883) was a
journalist who served as chief clerk of the United States Navy
from 1861 to 1866 and as United States Assistant Secretary of
the Navy from 1866 until 1869. In 1861, President Abraham
Lincoln appointed Gideon Welles as United States Secretary of
the Navy. Welles wanted to appoint Faxon as chief clerk of the
Navy at this time, but the politically influential Francis
Preston Blair and his son Montgomery Blair pressured Lincoln to
appoint Gustavus Fox instead. As a compromise, the post of
Assistant Secretary of the Navy was created for Fox, and Faxon
joined the United States Department of the Navy as a clerk in
March 1861, and then succeeded Fox as chief clerk on July 31,
1861. As chief clerk of the Navy during the American Civil War,
Faxon was in charge of the records, correspondence, and
personnel of the Office of the Secretary of the Navy and oversaw
the finances of the Department of the Navy. On June 1, 1866,
Faxon succeeded Fox as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, holding
this office until 1869. CLIP
SIGNATURE..........20-30
Faxon signature
486. [PHOTOGRAPHY] Original photograph
of young Arthur MacArthur [son of Gen. MacArthur]. Taken in
1951. Photo taken by Hal Jensen. International News Photos paper
caption attached to back of photo. Approx. 7-1/8 x 9".
VG..........50-75
See photo
See
caption
487. [ART] Augustus
Vincent Tack (1870–1949) American
painter of portraits, landscapes and abstractions. After
graduating from St. Francis Xavier College in New York City in
1890, Tack studied at the Art Students League of New York until
1895. He is believed to have frequented the studio of painter
and stained glass designer John La Farge, whose portrait he
painted around 1900. He had his first solo exhibition at the
Kraushaar Galleries in New York City in 1896. The following year
he moved to an artists’ colony in Deerfield, Massachusetts,
where he met and later married Agnes Gordon Fuller, daughter of
artist George Fuller. Tack maintained a studio in New York
from 1894 until the end of his life. He had frequent exhibitions
at New York City galleries. From 1900 until the 1920s his work
was shown regularly at the Worcester Art Museum, at the Carnegie
International exhibitions in Pittsburgh, and at the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. He taught at the Art
Students League of New York between 1906 and 1910 and at Yale
University from 1910 to 1913. About 1914 to 1915 his work
attracted the notice of Washington DC art collector and critic
Duncan Phillips, who became his close friend and chief patron.
Phillips and Tack also collaborated on the organization of the
Allied War Salon of 1918. Tack died in 1949 in New York City. Signature.
Approx. 4-3/4 x 2". VG........35-45
See Tack
autograph
488. [ART] Irving Wiles
(1861-1948) American artist, born in Utica, New York. 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 from 1894 letter. Approx. 4-1/2 x 2-3/4".
VG..........35-45
489. (ART) SOL WILSON (1896-1974) Studied with
Geo. bellows & Robert Henri. Exhibited: National
Academy; Library of Congress; Univ. of Iowa; American
Red Cross [1942 prize]. Collections: Brooklyn Museum;
American red cross; Lib. of Congress, etc. This is a
[plate signed] original lithograph from IMPROVISATIONS
done sometime during the 1950s. Noted artists draw
directly on the lithographic plates. Each was used as an
ad for various businesses. The proceeds went to Artists
Equity. Sheet size is approx. 8-3/4 x 12"..........50-75
492. [MIXED LOT] [1] [BIG BEN CLOCK] Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe, Q.C. (1816-1905) British lawyer, amateur horologist, and architect. In 1851 he designed the mechanism for the clock of the Palace of Westminster, responsible for the chimes of Big Ben. He was also responsible for rebuilding the west front, roof, and transept windows of St Albans Cathedral at his own expense. Although the building had been in need of repair, popular opinion at the time held that he had changed the cathedral's character, even inspiring the creation and temporary popularity of the verb "to grimthorpe", meaning to carry out unsympathetic restorations of ancient buildings. ALS, 1898, 1p, to the Editor of the Herts Standard. "Sir, I send you this as you will probably wish to notice this important transaction in some way, and you may as well have an accurate account of it. If you like to send me a proof tomorrow you shall have it back on Wednesday." This probably relates to forwarding an article, most likely about the restoration of the Cathedral at St. Albans, which, aside from Big Ben, was his second most famous undertaking. Approx. 8-1/4 x 3-1/4". VG. [2][SINGER SEWING] WILLIAM E. COOPER - Singer Agent. ALS, New Orleans, 1875, 1p, 4to. on Singer Manufacturing Co. letterhead. "By the burning of the S.S. City of Waco at Galveston, our Invoice of the 28th ult. shipped to that office is an entire loss. Our loss at Aherman Texas has delayed remittances from that point, which were beginning to be good. We are however re-organizing there and will soon be in good shape again..." Mounting traces along left edge. [3] Margaret Prescott Montague [pseudonym Jane Steger] (1878-1955) Am. author. She wrote "The Sowing of Alderson Cree"; "Up Eel River"; "Closed Doors. " She was the first winner of the O. Henry Award (1919) for her "England to America" in The Atlantic Monthly, September 1918. ALS, 1920, 3pp., to the journalist Margaret Marshall. Accompanied by a photograph of her standing outside near house & garden. [4] George Mitchell(b. 1933) American Statesman. Presently serving as special envoy to the Middle East for the Obama administration. A Democrat, Mitchell was a United States Senator who served as the Senate Majority Leader from 1989 to 1995. He was chairman of The Walt Disney Company from March 2004 until January 2007, and was chairman of the international law firm DLA Piper at the time of his appointment as special envoy. For his involvement in the Northern Ireland peace negotiations, Mitchell was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1999), and was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. TLS, US Senate stationery, Nov. 13, 1980, 1p, 6-1/4 x 8-1/2 in. To Guy Gannett Publishing Co., Portland, Maine, sending thanks for sending him a copy of Harold Boyle's book "Best of Boyle." "I have also sent a note of thanks to Mr. Boyle personally..." In comparison with other Mitchell signatures this does not appear to be an autopen signature. [5] 1839 Bill of Lading - shipped by I.P. Hazard from Providence, Rhode Island to Savannah. Partly-printed, approx. 9 x 2 in. [6] Job R. Tyson (1803-1858) was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Signature. [7] William R. Sapp (1804-1875) U.S. Representative from Ohio. Signature. [8] William A. Gilbert ( 1815 - 1875) U.S. Representative from New York. Signature. [9] Document - Abstract of Expenditures for Jefferson Barracks, Missouri in 2nd Quarter of 1890, signed by a Capt. H. Norgud [?]. [10] James Currie (1756-1805), Scottish doctor and editor of Robert Burns. Antique engraved portrait. VG............100-150
493.
[JAMES MONROE] MESSAGE FROM
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TO BOTH HOUSES OF
CONGRESS, AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE
FIFTEENTH CONGRESS. 1817, 11pp. 5-3/4 x 9-1/2". Signed in
type by the President. VG.......60-80
496. MYSTERY LOT of about 81 pieces from 19th & 20th century. Includes: letters; documents; a few autographs; 5 bank checks signed by the noted artist, Douglas Volk, known for his portraits of Abraham Lincoln, one used on postage stamp, and various ephemera. Oldest item in this lot is 1828. There is also an 1828 bank check signed by R.G. Hazard [look him up]. Good lot for eBay sellers or those who like researching items.....125-175
497. [SOUTH
CAROLINA] Hugh Rutledge
(1745-1811) Speaker of South Carolina Legislative Assembly and
Chancellor of South Carolina; his father was John Rutledge,
Chief Justice of US Supreme Court. Document Signed as
Speaker, Charleston, SC. Dated 1786. Severe damp stain.
About 8 x 3"..............75-100
498.
Donald Robertson ISO (1860 - 1942) was the first
Public Service Commissioner in New Zealand. Prior to being the
Public Service Commissioner, he was Secretary of the Post &
Telegraph Department. He wrote the Early History of the New
Zealand Post Office. When he retired he lived in the south of
France, but came back to New Zealand in the depression. He was
born in Dunedin, and died in a Wanganui private hospital. SIGNED,
INSCRIBED 8X10 PHOTO. Very nice with minor silvering to
surface...............25-35
499. (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, 1911........25-35
500. [SLAVERY] Ashbel Green, D.D.
(1762-1848) American Presbyterian minister and academic. He
served as a sergeant of the New Jersey militia during the
American Revolution, and went on to study with Dr. John
Witherspoon and graduate valedictorian from Princeton
University in 1783. Green later became the third Chaplain of
the United States House of Representatives from 1792 to 1800,
and the eighth (and highly unpopular, due to what many
students saw as his heavy-handed leadership style) President
of Princeton University, from 1812 to 1822. He emancipated his
family's slave Betsey Stockton in 1817, taught her and
recommended her as a missionary to the American Board of
Commissioners for Foreign Missions, making her the first
single female overseas missionary. He also published a
periodical entitled the Christian Advocate. SIGNATURE on blue
lined paper. Our research finds that students were using blue
lined paper as early as, at least, 1825..............25-35
501. [US CONGRESS]
album page signed by: JADWIN,
Cornelius Comegys, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in
Carbondale, Lackawanna County, Pa., March 27, 1835; attended the
common schools; taught school for four years; studied civil
engineering and pharmacy; engaged as a civil and mining engineer
1857-1861; entered the drug business and located in Honesdale,
Pa., in 1862; served on the board of education of his district
for nine years and was president for three years; delegate to
the Republican National Convention in 1880; elected as a
Republican to the Forty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1881-March 3,
1883); was an unsuccessful Independent candidate for reelection
in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress; continued the drug
business in Honesdale, Pa., until his death there on August 17,
1913; interment in Glen Dyberry Cemetery. ALSO signed by: JONES, Phineas, a
Representative from New Jersey; born in Spencer, Worcester
County, Mass., April 18, 1819; attended the common schools;
moved to Elizabeth (then called Elizabethtown), N.J., in 1855;
member of the city council of Elizabeth 1856-1860; moved to
Newark in 1860; engaged in manufacturing and mercantile
pursuits; vice president of the New Jersey State Agricultural
Society; member of the State house of assembly in 1873 and 1874;
elected as a Republican to the Forty-seventh Congress (March 4,
1881-March 3, 1883); declined to be a candidate for renomination
in 1882; retired from active life and died in Newark, N.J.,
April 19, 1884; interment in Evergreen Cemetery, Elizabeth, N.J.
Signed on other side by: WILLITS,
Edwin, a Representative from Michigan; born at Otto, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., April 24, 1830; moved to Michigan with his parents
in September 1836; was graduated from the University of Michigan
at Ann Arbor in June 1855; settled in Monroe, Monroe County,
Mich., in April 1856; editor of the Monroe Commercial 1856-1861;
studied law; was admitted to the bar in December 1857 and
commenced practice in Monroe; prosecuting attorney of Monroe
County 1860-1862; member of the State board of education
1860-1872; appointed postmaster of Monroe January 1, 1863, by
President Lincoln, and removed by President Johnson October 15,
1866; member of the commission to revise the constitution of the
State in 1873; elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth,
Forty-sixth, and Forty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1877-March
3, 1883); chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department
of Justice (Forty-seventh Congress); was not a candidate for
renomination in 1882; principal of the State normal school at
Ypsilanti 1883-1885; president of the Michigan Agricultural
College 1885-1889; First Assistant Secretary of Agriculture from
March 23, 1889, to December 31, 1893; continued the practice of
law in Washington, D.C., until his death there October 22, 1896;
interment in Woodlawn Cemetery, Monroe, Mich.
VG............25-35
502. [NEWSPAPER] JEFF. DAVIS IN PETTICOATS. WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, Madison, Wis., June 13,
1865, VOL. XIII, No. 39. 8 pages, FILLED with Civil War news.
Includes: on the front page, a half column poem by L.J.Bates,
"JEFF DAVIS IN PETTICOATS."; "Sherman's Armistice"; "THE
ASSASSINATION TRIAL. The Suppressed Testimony. MORE STARTLING
REVELATIONS. Complicity of Jeff Davis in the President's
Murder." Illustrated advertisements, including a full column
illustrated advertisement on the last page for an amusement show
called "The Equesqurriculum" tin three "Gigantic Circuses".)
Fascinating reading. .........75-100
503. [HARVARD
MEDICAL] EDWARD S. DUNSTER
[b. 1834] American physician. He is a lineal descendant of Henry
Dunster, the first president of Harvard, was graduated from that
institution in 1856, and from the New York College of physicians
and surgeons in 1859, beginning practice in that City in 1860.
He entered the army as assistant surgeon in June 1861, and
served in West Virginia and in the peninsular campaign, acting
as medical inspector and medical director of hospitals. After
being ordered to Philadelphia, Washington, and West Point, he
resigned on 1 February 1866 and resumed the practice of his
profession in New York, making a specialty of obstetrics and the
diseases of women and children. He was editor of the "New York
Medical Journal " in 1866'72 Resident physician in charge of
hospitals on Randall's Island in 1869'73, and professor of
obstetrics and the diseases of women and children in the
University of Vermont in 1868'71. He subsequently held the same
chair in Long Island medical College in the medical department
of Dartmouth College, and since 1873 in the University of
Michigan. Among his contributions to professional literature are
papers on "Relations of the Medical Profession to Modern
Education"; "Logic of Medicine " ; "Notes on Double Monsters ";
" History of Anaesthesia"; " The Comparative Mortality in Armies
from Wounds and Disease "; and " History of Spontaneous
Generation." Original 1858 oval photograph signed with
his birth date/Dover, NH. Signed below mounted photo. This
is his 1858 Harvard graduate photo. VG.........50-75
504. [NY] JOHN YOUNG
[1802-1852] CONGRESSMAN & GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK [1847-48] DS,
1847. Appoints William S. Hascall of Waukeshee, Wisc. a
commission for the state of Wisc. 15 x 10-1/2. The main fault is
damp stain which does affect signature although the signature is
strong. Misc. edge chips affects
nothing......................40-60
505. [NEWSPAPER] 1867 Boston Dailey Advertiser
with news of MALES WHO YIELD UP THEIR MANHOOD ARE PROMOTING
WOMENS SUFFRAGE. VG..........25-35
506. [NEWSPAPER] INDIANS - THE GLOBE, City
of Washington, March 29, 1832, 4pp. Cherokee Sovereignty / No
State or Nation Within The Bounds of This Union, Not Recognized
By Its Constitution........Inside article containing speech of
Justice Baldwin [US Supreme Ct] concerning the Cherokee issue.
VG............40-60
507. [ART] Charles Henry White
(1878-1918) was born at Hamilton, Ontario, and was
educated partly in Europe and partly in the United
States. He studied for a time at the Art Student
League in New York City, working at illustrations and
especially pen drawing. It was Joseph Pennell, the
prominent American etcher, whom Mr. White met in
Venice, Italy, in 1901, who induced him to take up
etching. Original etching, plate signed,
[1902], tissue guard still attached, image
approx. 3-1/4 x 4-7/8" plus margins. VG.........75-100
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513. [THEATRE] Katharine Cornell (1893-1974) American stage actress, writer, and theater owner and producer. Offered here from her estate is her Phillips plastic credit card in her married name, Katharine McClintic.........50-75
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514. [KICKAPOO TRIBE OF INDIANS]
Message from The President of the United States [Benj.
Harrison], printed government document, House of Rep., Jan.
11, 1892, 18pp. Signed in type by Benjamin Harrison.
VG.........25-35
515. MYSTERY LOT of about 93 pieces from 19th & 20th century. Includes: letters; documents; a few autographs; 5 bank checks signed by the noted artist, Douglas Volk, known for his portraits of Abraham Lincoln, one used on postage stamp, and various ephemera. Oldest item in this lot is 1838. There is also an 1842 document signed by R.G. Hazard [look him up], and a 1945 TLS by Commodore Badt. Good lot for eBay sellers or those who like researching items.....125-225
518. [CINEMA] John Bromfield (1922-2005) film actor who appeared in a number of film-noirs and westerns in his short film career. South Bend, Indiana-born Bromfield's film career began when he was cast in Sorry, Wrong Number for Columbia Pictures. His career stretched into the 1950s when he appeared in more westerns and horror films (including the 3D horror film Revenge of the Creature (1955) - one of the Creature from the Black Lagoon sequels). Bromfield at last became a star when he was cast in the lucrative syndicated western TV series Sheriff of Cochise (1956), which later was retitled US Marshal. He retired from acting in 1960 to become a commercial fisherman. SIGNED/INSCRIBED 3x5 card. Fine...........20-30
519. [MIXED LOT] [1] To Organize Gov. of Nebraska - Speech of Joseph R. Chandler, of Penn. on the Bill to organize Territorial Government in Nebraska. Delivered to the House of Rep., April 5, 1854. 7-pp. VG. See speech above [2] [BOER WAR] stereo-view photograph card issued 1900, Underwood & Underwood. When the Cannon's Roar is Still - men sleeping by their stacked arms. VG. [3] [SINGER SEWING] EDWIN DEAN - Singer Sewing machine agent from Missouri. ALS, St. Louis, 1866, 2 separate pages, 4to. To The Singer Manuf. Co. describing a trade fair "at which $20,000 will be distributed in premiums and which will be attended by 50,000 persons at least..." Says he will distribute Singer products to stimulate business. On Singer Co. letterhead. Light stain along edge from mounting trace on back. Page 1 Page 2 [4] Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber (1814 - 1890) American humorist. Clip signature. [5] S. Parkes Cadman (1864-1936) American clergyman, newspaper writer, and pioneer Christian radio broadcaster of the 1920s and 1930s. He was an early advocate of ecumenism and an outspoken opponent of anti-Semitism and racial intolerance. By the time of his death in 1936, he was called "the foremost minister of Congregational faith" by the New York Times. ANS on card. [6] Nat C. Goodwin (1857-1919) American actor and vaudevillian. Signature. [7] Senator Lloyd Bentsen - TLS, 1989, 1p. [autopen?] [8] Clyde Fitch (1865-1909) American dramatist. Clip signature. [9] Edward J. Phelps (1822-1900) lawyer and diplomat from Vermont. [10] Lee Iacocca - signed 8x10 photo.........75-100
520. [US CONGRESSMEN] Album page signed by 2 congressmen on one side and 3 on the other side. Includes: Archibald Lybrand [1840-1910] OHio / W.B. Shattuc [1841-1911] Ohio. On the other side: Horace B. Packer [1851-1940] Pa / James H. Codding [1849-1919] Pa / A.L. Hager [1850-1923] Iowa. VG...........40-60
521. [NAVAL] Ernest McNeill Eller (1903-1992) Rear Admiral in the United States Navy, who served as Director of Naval History, Naval History Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations from 1956 to 1970. SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO..................25-35
522. [OPERA] Allan James Foli [1837-1899) Irish bass singer. Originally a carpenter, he studied under Bisaccia at Naples, and made his first appearance at Catania in 1862. From the opera in Paris he was engaged by Mapleson for the season of 1865, and appeared with much success in various parts. He sang in the first performance of The Flying Dutchman (Daland) in England in 1870, and in the first performance of Gounod's La Rédemption in 1882. He was distinguished in opera and oratorio alike for his vigorous, straightforward way of singing, and was in great request at ballad concerts. MOUNTED SIGNATURE......25-35
523. [THEATRE] Ada Cavendish (1839-1895), famous British actress, made her debut at the New Royal Theatre in 1863. ALS, 1877, 1-line sending her autograph. Mounted....30-40
524. [SILENT FILM] Leatrice Joy (1893-1985) American actress most prolific during the early silent film era. Leatrice Joy married John Gilbert in 1922. ALS, no yr, 2pp. Says it was a "real joy to work with Mr. de Mille." Signed Leatrice Joy Gilbert. VG.............40-60
526. MYSTERY LOT of about 93 pieces from 19th & 20th century. Includes: letters; documents; a few autographs; 5 bank checks signed by the noted artist, Douglas Volk, known for his portraits of Abraham Lincoln, one used on postage stamp, and various ephemera. Oldest item in this lot is 1800. There is also an 1825 bank check signed by R.G. Hazard [look him up], and a 1815 New York Supreme Court document. Good lot for eBay sellers or those who like researching items.....125-175
528. (ORIENTAL MAGIC) PROFESSOR SAMRI S. BALDWIN. Magician known as The White Mahatma. THE SECRETS OF MAHAIMA LAND EXPLAINED, T. J. Dyson and Son, Brooklyn, New York, 1895. 120 pages. Numerous illustrations of magic tricks. Features such magic tricks as 1. The Great Basket Trick. 2. The Shrine of Koot Hoomi. 3. Buried Alive. 4. Liquid Lightning. 5. Egyptian Sorcery. 6. Lessons in Mesmerism. 7. Clairvoyant Development. 8. Intuitive Intimations. 9. The Mango Tree's Growth. 10. The Burning Fakeers. ll. The Bewitched Stone. 12. Conventrated Hades. 13. A Madras Miracle. 14. Hypnotic Hallucinations. 15. How to be a Medium. 16. Somnomistic Telepathy. A magnificent magic book whose stated purpose, as given on the title page: "Teaching and Explaining the Performances of the Most Celebrated Oriental Mystery Makers and Magicians in all Parts of the World.". Scuffed covers; bumped corners; some white paint spots on front cover; contents very good condition.........400-600
529. [AMERICANA] mixed lot: [1] Floyd Gibbons (1887-1939) was the war correspondent for the Chicago Tribune during World War I. One of radio's first news reporter and commentators he was famous for a fast talking delivery style. Floyd Gibbons lived a life of danger of which he often wrote and spoke. Signed 3x5 card. VG. [2] 1839 Bill of Lading - shipped by I.P. Hazard from Providence, Rhode Island to Charleston. Partly-printed, approx. 8-1/8 x 2-3/8 in. [3] HENRY B.F. MacFARLAND [1861-1921] President Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia [1900-1910]. Signed Riggs National Bank check, 1920. [4] Charles Grenfill Washburn (1857-1928) U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1906-11. ALS, n.d., 3pp. To Judge Dewey. [5] Montville, Ohio, John V. Whitney's Farmer's Records account book, 1843-1851. Some notes regarding town activities. Mostly financial matters. 70+ pages, 6 c 7-1/2. [6] Jackson Orr (1832-1926) Civil War officer, businessman, and two-term Republican U.S. Representative from western Iowa. Continuing westward, he spent the last five decades of his life in Colorado. From 1861 to 1863, he served in the Union Army as captain of Company H, 10th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment. CLIP SIGNATURE mounted to large slip. [7] BENJAMIN ALTMAN (1840-1913) American merchant, art collector, and philanthropist, born in New York City. After a public school education, he worked in the small store established by his father on the Lower East Side. Altman worked in small stores after the death of his father, but in 1865 he opened a dry goods store of his own in New York City. His business steadily increased in scale and became one of the largest department store enterprises in the world; in 1913 it was incorporated under the name of B. Altman & Co. Altman's art collection, valued by experts at $15 million at the time of his death, was bequeathed to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Signed 1905 Chemical National Bank check. Nice clear signature. [8] Henry Clay Hansbrough (1848-1933) politician who served as the first United States Representative from North Dakota, as well as a Senator from North Dakota. CLIP SIGNATURE mounted to slip. [9] Jefferson Davis as Secretary of War - printed government document, EX. Doc. No. 15, REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR - A statement of the expenditures at the national armories. Signed IN TYPE Jefferson Davis. Jan. 6, 1854, 3pp. 33d Congress, 1st Session, US Senate. [10] Gerry Spence (b. 1929) is a trial lawyer in the United States. He has had more multi-million dollar verdicts without an intervening loss than any other lawyer in the US. In 2008, he announced he would retire, at age 79, at the end of the Geoffrey Fieger trial in Detroit, MI. Spence did not lose a criminal case in the over 50 years he practiced law. Signed, inscribed 10x8 photo. Spence first gained national attention and is most well known for the Karen Silkwood case. Fine. [11] Charles Benjamin Farwell (1823-1903) U.S. Representative and Senator from Illinois. Nice SIGNATURE. [12] James Kerr Kelly (1819-1903) American politician born in Pennsylvania. He was a United States Senator for Oregon from 1871 to 1877, and later Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court. Prior to his election to the Senate he had been elected to both houses of the local legislature, serving in the Territorial House and State Senate, and was a member of the Oregon Constitutional Convention in 1857. Clip Signature. [13] John Bach McMaster (1852-1932) American historian. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from the college of the City of New York in 1872, worked as a civil engineer in 1873-1877, was instructor in civil engineering at Princeton University in 1877-1883, and in 1883 became professor of American history in the university of Pennsylvania. He is best known for his History of the People of the United States from the Revolution to the Civil War (1883 sqq.), a valuable supplement to the more purely political writings of Schouler, Von Hoist and Henry Adams. His A School History of the United States (1897) was an extremely popular textbook for many years. MOUNTED SIGNATURE. BOLD.............100-150
530. [FILM] PATRICIA NEAL - actress. She won . She won the Best Actress Oscar for her role in the drama Hud (1963). Signed 3 x 5 card.............15-20
531. [MIXED LOT] [1] Louise Creighton, née von Glehn (1850-1936) British author of books on historical and socio-political topics, and an activist for greater role of women both within society and within the Church of England. In 1872, she married Mandell Creighton, later a historian and bishop in the Church of England. CLIP SIGNATURE [2] Eleanor Painter (1891 - 1947) American opera singer. She had a successful career of almost two decades. Pencil signature on card with sentiment. [3] Commodore John Downes (1786 - 1854) was an officer in the United States Navy, whose service covered the first half of the 19th century. Three ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Downes in honor of him. Clip signature. [4] John Heyl Vincent (1832-1920) American Methodist Episcopal bishop. Clip signature. [5] George Madden Martin (1866-1946) American fiction writer. ANS, 1924. [6] Origen Storrs Seymour (1804-1881) U.S. Representative from Connecticut, father of Edward Woodruff Seymour and nephew of Horatio Seymour. Clip signature. [6] William Howitt (1792-1879) English author. Clip signature. [7] Emma Speed Sampson author who wrote the last 5 books from The Bluebird Books series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. Signature, inscribed [pencil] 1923. [8] James Parton (1822-1891) England-born American biographer. He was the most popular biographer of his day in America. AQS, New York, March 10, 1864. "I welcome Maryland to the union of Free States! Jas. Parton." [9] Alice May (1847 -1887), sometimes known as Louise Allen, was an English singer and actress, perhaps best remembered as the creator of the soprano role of Aline in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Sorcerer (1877). Clip signature. Light stain. [10] John Ransom Buck (1835-1917) U.S. Representative from Connecticut. Signature..........60-80
532. Limerick
National Bank [Maine] - collection
of approx. 113 cnancelled bank checks, c. 1918 - 1929. Most all
signed J.F. & A.H. Chase...........50-75
534. [ACTORS & ACTRESSES] Multiple lot: [1] Kay E. Kuter (1925-2003) Am. actor who starred on television and in film. ISP, 8x10. [2] Constance Cummings (1910-2005) American-born British actress, known for her work on both screen and stage. Between 1931 and 1934, Cummings appeared in 21 films, most notably the Harold Lloyd picture Movie Crazy, and American Madness, which was directed by Frank Capra. Cummings was uncomfortable in Hollywood and moved to England, where she continued acting, both in movies and on the stage. Few of these films became popular in America, although included amongst those that did is Blithe Spirit, adapted from a play by Sir Noël Coward. In 1974, Cummings, who resided in the UK for many decades, was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for her contributions to the British entertainment industry. SIGNED VINTAGE POSTCARD PHOTO. MOUNTING TRACES ON VERSO. [3] John Cullum (b. 1930) Am. actor and singer. ISP, 8x10. [4] Diana Lewis [1919-1997] American film actress and a MGM contract star. Her more notable films include It's a Gift (1934), Gold Diggers in Paris (1938), Go West (1940) and Johnny Eager (1942). She was the love interest of Andy Hardy as Daphne Fowler in Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940). She met the actor William Powell in 1940, married after a courtship of three weeks and retired from acting in 1943. The couple remained together until Powell's death in 1984. SIGNED picture of William Powell, who has his arm around a paster bust of him. She also signed "Wlliam Powell". About 8-1/2 x 10-1/2". So she has signed both signatures. [5] Ruth Warrick (1916-2005) American singer, actress and political activist, best known for her role as Phoebe Tyler on All My Children, which she played regularly from 1970 until her death in 2005. She made her film debut in Citizen Kane as Kane's first wife. She celebrated her 80th birthday by attending a special screening of Citizen Kane to a packed, standing-room-only audience, to which she spoke afterward. What she didn't realize was that this was also Welles' first film role. Citizen Kane proved to be a major moment of her life and the long term success of the film would follow her for the rest of her life. Signed 3x5 card. Fine. [6] Nedra Volz (1908-2003) American film and television actress. Born in Montrose, Iowa, she began her career in the family tent show, and appeared in vaudeville as a toddler (called "Baby Nedra"). She ended up in the 1970s as a well-recognized supporting character actress, primarily on television and also in feature films. She often played grandmothers or feisty little old ladies. SHE SIGNS a 3x5 card and writes several of the TV shows [Strokes, Dukes, Filthy Rich etc.] that she appeared in. Fine. [7] [THEATRE] 1950 Playbill program from the play South Pacific, starring Mary Martin and Ray Middleton. He has signed, inscribed the cover. NOT signed by Martin. [8] Madeline Hurlock (1899-1989) Am. silent film actress. ALS on 3x5 card. 1985. Some smearing. [9] John Agar (1921-2002) American actor. ISP, 5x7. [10] Pat Carroll (b. 1927) American actress. She performed in numerous stage productions, film and TV. Signed, inscribed 10x8 photo. VG............80-120
535. Edward Verrall Lucas
(1868-1938) versatile and popular English writer. His nearly 100
books demonstrate great facility with style, and were generally
acknowledged as humorous by contemporary readers and critics.
Some of his essays about the sport cricket are still considered
among the best instructional material. He is remembered best for
his essays and books about London and travel abroad; these books
continue through many editions. He is particularly noted as a
biographer of Charles Lamb and an editor of his works and
letters. Signed, inscribed card dated 1920. VG...........25-35
536. [AFRICA] John McKendree Springer
(1873-1963) American Bishop of the Methodist
Episcopal Church and The Methodist Church, elected in 1936. He
was also notable as a pioneering missionary instrumental in
developing Methodism on the continent of Africa. He was born in
Cataract, Wisconsin , the son of the Rev. Henry Martin Springer,
and the grandson of the Rev. Elihu Springer, both M.E.
Preachers. Elihu Springer was a soldier in the Indian Wars.
Henry Springer served four years with the Colorado Cavalry
during the American Civil War. The Springer family is of Swedish
origin. John's mother was descended from the Scarritts family,
which was involved in the Indian Missions. Springer was
appointed a missionary in 1901. He was assigned as a Pastor and
the Superintendent of the Old Umtali Industrial Mission in
Rhodesia from 1901 until 1906. During 1907 he and his wife
journeyed across the African continent. He took furlough,
1907-09. Upon his return to Africa in 1910, he was stationed in
the Lunda country of Angola and Belgian Congo. He held various
appointments between 1910 and 1915, including Kalalua in North
Western Rhodesia (1910-11), Lukoshi in Belgian Congo (1911-13),
and Kambove (1913-15). He took a second furlough, 1915-16. Upon
his return to Africa in 1916, Rev. Springer became
Superintendent of the Congo Mission Conference. He returned to
the U.S.A. in 1918 to work on the Centenary and Inter-Church
World Movement projects. In 1920 he was appointed Superintendent
of the Elisabethville-Luba District . In 1921 he was transferred
to the Rhodesia Mission Conference to serve as Superintendent of
the Mutumbara District. Another transfer occurred in 1924, when
Springer joined the Congo Mission Conference a second time,
again appointed Superintendent. During this time he was
stationed at Panda-Likasi. A third furlough took place 1925-28,
again returning to the U.S.A. Document Signed, 1949. He signs
and pens a note to Who Who In America..............100-150
Check Signed by Two Men of Science
539. Sir Henry Alexander Miers (1858 - 1942) British mineralogist. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, he was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Oxford. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1896. ALS, University of London, 1914, 2 pages. To Rev. Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing (1835-1926) British zoologist. Regarding Stebbing's resignation from the Toubridge Higher Education Council. VG............50-75
540. Louis K.
Anspacher (1878-1947) American
poet and script writer. ALS, no date, 1p. VG.........25-35
541. [ART] JAMES BROOKS [1906-1992] American abstract painter. SIGNATURE inscribed. Nice example...........35-45
342. John A. BINGHAM [1815-1900] US Representative from Ohio; appointed by President Lincoln as judge advocate of the Union Army with the rank of major in 1864; special judge advocate in the trial of the conspirators against the life of President Lincoln; one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1862 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against West H. Humphreys, United States judge for the several districts of Tennessee, and in 1868 in the proceedings against Andrew Johnson; appointed Minister to Japan and served from 1873-1885. His signature on album slip. Large dark area that is toned and affects half of the signature......25-35
543. Charles Haskins Townsend (1859-1944) American zoologist, born at
Parnassus, Pennsylvania. From 1897 to 1902 he was connected with
the United States Fish Commission, serving as chief of the
fisheries division. He then served as director of the New York
Aquarium at Castle Garden, from 1902 until his retirement in
1937. He wrote extensively on fisheries, whaling, fur seals,
deep-sea exploration and zoology. In 1902 he was an expert
before the Russo-American fisheries arbitration at The
Hague. In 1912-13 he was president of the American
Fisheries Society. He was elected a fellow of the New York
Academy of Sciences. He is commemorated in the name of
Townsend's Shearwater. Brief
ALS, New York Aquarium, Jan. 17, 1923. To Dr. Woodward. "Dear
Dr. Woodward: Just a word to say that our friend Patterson of
___? N.J. died this morning. I know you will share my regret."
8-1/2 x 10-3/4 in. Long single red pencil line at top.
VG............50-75
544.
Mr. Prudden (T.
Mitchell Prudden) physician and professor of pathology at
Columbia University , for several years had spent his summers
exploring the West. In 1895, his last year on Alamo Ranch
before moving to Chaco Canyon , Richard Wetherill was once
more host and guide to an eastern visitor. Dr. T. Mitchell
Prudden, a physician and professor of pathology at Columbia
University , for several years had spent his summers exploring
the West. The writings of Jackson, Chapin, and Nordenskiold
drew him naturally to seek out the Wetherills on the Mancos
river. Prudden's 1895 visit marked the beginning of nearly two
decades of excursions, resulting in many articles, both
popular and scientific, on the antiquities of the Southwest.
Following the excavation of a series for mounds on McElmo
Creek near Cortez at the northwest foot of mesa Verde, he made
his most substantial contribution-the concept of the "unit
pueblo" (the small cluster of rooms associated with a single
kiva) and the delineation of a stage preceding the building of
the more complex Classic structures. ALS written in
the 3rd person, not dated but c. 1908. Won't be able to attend
meeting of the National Academy of Sciences. To Woodward.
Fine.............60-80
545. MYSTERY LOT - 10 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..............25-35
546. [PENN] nice clean album page signed by 2 Penn. congressmen: EDIE, John Rufus, (1814 - 1888) commissioned a major of the Fifteenth Regiment, United States Infantry, May 14, 1861; promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1863 and served with the Fifteenth and Eighth Regiments, United States Infantry, until January 1871, when he was honorably discharged; brevetted colonel September 1, 1864. ROBISON, David Fullerton, (1816 - 1859). Clean & VG..........30-40
547. [PENN] nice clean album page signed by 3 Penn. congressmen: FLORENCE, Thomas Birch, (1812 - 1875); TYSON, Job Roberts, (1803 - 1858); PEARCE, John Jamison, (1826 - 1912). VG............25-35
548. [THEATRE] Frank Gillmore (1867-1943) English-American playwright and a stage and early film actor. He was a founder and former President of Actor's Equity. He made his stage debut in London in 1879, then toured the British provinces for three years before returning to the London stage where he remained for a further five years. During this period he shared lodgings with George Arliss. Gillmore then alternated between appearances in Britain and America for a further five years. Aged 17 he appeared with Lillie Langtry. He married the American actress Laura Margaret MacGillivray whom he met when they both appeared in an American tour of Lady Windermere's Fan. Gillmore became a founder of the Actors' Equity Association in 1913 after the Actors Society of America disbanded in 1912. He made two silent films, The Fairy and the Waif (1915) and The Lifted Veil (1917). From 1918 to 1929 he was the union's Executive Secretary and eventual President, a position he held from 1929 to 1937. He was also the international President of the Associated Actors and Artistes of America from 1938 to 1943. TLS, 1932, 1p, sending his autograph. On Actors' Equity stationery. Mail folds o/w VG............35-45
549. [FILM] JANET LEIGH [1927-2004] Academy Award-nominated actress. Leigh's best-known role was in the Alfred Hitchcock classic 1960 film Psycho. Signature on 3x5 card.......20-30
550. [THEATRE] John Orlando Parry (1810-1879) Welsh actor, pianist, artist, comedian and singer. SIGNATURE dated August 12th 1865. Mounted..........20-30
California Gold Rush
554. [NEWSPAPER] Original issue of "THE NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE,", NY, March 7, 1849, 4 pages. Front page articles "LATEST FROM THE PACIFIC"; "THE NEW CABINET-TRANSFORMED" and "SUPPOSED SHIPWRECK." Page 2 "FROM TEXAS-CALIFORNIA EMIGRANTS"; FOR CALIFORNIA, OREGON AND SANDWICH ISLANDS"; "CALIFORNIA MINING BOOTS"; PRESERVED MEATS FOR CALIFORNIA." Page 3 contains a series of ads for California with shipping vinettes. Page 4 articles "SALT LAKE VALLEY" and "CALIFORNIA EMIGRANTS." Also ads related to California. Folded. ............30-40
556. [CIVIL WAR] author: J.T. Trowbridge. "The South : a tour of its battlefields and ruined cities. A journey through the desolated states, and talks with the people: being a description of the present state of the country - its agriculture - railroads - business and Finances." Book description: Stebbins, Hartford, 1866. Green Decorative Cloth. Book Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 8-3/4" tall. Extremely scarce original edition; we are told "not in the Sabin American Civil War Collection". With 8 woodcut illustrations and a number of maps. Over the course of two trips in the fall of 1865 and winter of 1866, Trowbridge spent four months traveling through ten southern states. He visited many, if not most, of the major battlefields and cities of the South, talking with hundreds of people of all classes and conditions. He traveled by train, steamboat, ferry, stagecoach, wagon, on horseback, and on foot. His prose is vivid, whether he is describing the natural beauty of the scenery in remote areas or the desolate battlefields where contending armies met. He also sympathetically and evocatively pictures the squalid living conditions of poor southerners, both black and white. He records the voices of a host of characters in their own idiom, allowing them to tell their own stories, whether humorous or pitiable, inspiring or revolting, in their own way. The cumulative effect of these vignettes is to present a South rapidly coming to accept the political and economic results of the war. The former Confederate states would remain in the Union, and African-American southerners would be free. 590 pages. Gilt lettering on spine. Condition: boards and spine rubbed, corners bumped, top and tail of spine lightly frayed, title-page and frontispiece only slightly foxed - else a surprisingly clean and tight copy with only some very occasional spotting.............300-400 Reserved at $150
557. [ART] SCENE ON THE WABASH - and
Potawattamie Indians. Original 1850 engraving, image approx.
4-3/4 x 6-1/4" plus clean margins. VG......30-40
358.
Leonard Andrew
Scheele (1907-1993) American physician
and public servant. He was appointed the seventh
Surgeon General of the United States from 1948 to
1956. TLS, Federal Security Agency,
1949, 1p, as Surgeon General, to Philip J.
Philbin, US congressman from Mass. Accompanied by TLS by Vlado A.
Getting MD, and 4 telegrams. VG............50-75
559. MYSTERY LOT of about 83
pieces from 19th & 20th century. Includes: letters;
documents; a few autographs; and various ephemera. Oldest item
in this lot is 1811. There is also an 1838 document signed by
R.G. Hazard [look him up]. Also, a, 1811 NY Supreme Court
document. Good lot for eBay sellers or those who like
researching items.....80-120
561. [LINCOLN] LEONARD W. VOLK (1828-1895)
American sculptor. Most famous for making a life mask of
American President Abraham Lincoln. Signed 1893 bank check.
VG.........100-200
562. [MUSIC] Paul
Anka (b. 1941) is a
Canadian-American singer, songwriter, and actor.
Anka became famous in the late 1950s and 1960s
with hit songs like "Diana", "Lonely Boy", and
"Put Your Head on My Shoulder". He went on to
write such well-known music as the theme for The
Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and one of
Tom Jones' biggest hits, "She's a Lady", and the
English lyrics for Frank Sinatra's signature
song, "My Way". Signed & inscribed
poster that folds out to 16 x 21". Except for
folds in very good condition.......50-75
See
poster signed portion
563. [VERMONT] Benj. Swan (1762-1839) an interesting Vermont person. Known as Major Ben Swan, was born in Worcester, Mass. At Worcester and in Boston, Benjamin received a most thorough mercantile education in the house of Messrs. Samuel & Stephen Salisbury, a firm whose standing and credit for a series of years gave them the highest reputation in the commercial community, both in Europe and America. Mr. Swan was for some time in a mercantile house in Montreal, where he became quite thoroughly versed in the French language, then more generally spoken in Canada. In 1791 he began business in Woodstock, Vermont, in connection with the Chandlers. In the general theory and the various details of the business of a merchant he was probably the best-educated man in Vermont. His unvarying rectitude in all his affairs won for him the confidence of every one, while his cheerful manners and the good-humor with which he enlivened his various business transactions made him a favorite with all classes of the community. After Mr. Swan retired from mercantile pursuits, he sustained a variety of offices and trusts. For many years he was the principal officiating magistrate in Woodstock, and in the numerous trials of cases which came before him the parties rarely, if ever, resorted to a jury. He was the first postmaster in this town [Woodstock]. In 1796, on the resignation of General Morris of the office of county clerk, Mr. Swan was appointed to that place, and from that time to his death, a period of forty-three years, retained the position of clerk of the Supreme and County Courts. In the year 1800 he was appointed by the legislature treasurer of the State, and thenceforward, for thirty-two years, the freemen of Vermont honored themselves and reflected honor upon him by electing him annually to that office, and generally without opposition. For a large portion of the time during which he served as treasurer, while
![23. [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 x 7.5 in. sheet. Fine. As this was a "working study" there was no reason for him to have signed it................50-75](https://merv2.tripod.com/b-1449.jpeg){kind=link}
![See portrait of Rajon [borrowed from the internet]](https://merv2.tripod.com/rajon-88-pic.jpeg){kind=link}
![76. Annie A.F. [Annie Adams Field. 1834-1915] Am. writer. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, she was the second wife of the publisher and author James Thomas Fields, whom she married in 1854, and with whom she encouraged up and coming writers such as Sarah Orne Jewett, Mary Freeman, and Emma Lazarus. She was equally at home with great and established figures including Ralph Waldo Emerson and Harriet Beecher Stowe, whose biography she fearlessly compiled. Her closest friend was Sarah Orne Jewett, a novelist and story writer whom her husband had published in The Atlantic. Fields and Jewett were together for the rest of Jewett's life. Some modern scholars have speculated that the two were lovers. ALS, Jan. 12, no yr., 1p. To Mrs. Tuttle. "Your lovely bit was most welcome. __? finds its very best things - I wish you would ask me to do something for you? You are doing for all of us steadily - & at a great sacrifice often I know!". One fold....75-100](https://merv2.tripod.com/fields-128.jpeg){kind=link}
![[NEW HAMPSHIRE] Isaac Twombly (1735-1824] Manuscript Document Signed, Rochester [NH] Oct. 31, 1793, 1p., approx. 6x2". Rec. of Andrew Rollins....Ichebod Rollins as witness. Isaac Twombly was a Quaker and one of twenty-two belonging to the Society of Friends from Rochester, NH, that "did not choose to sign," the 1776 Revolutionary War Proposal. One hundred and ninety-eight persons in Rochester (N.H.) signed this agreement, twenty-two belonging to the Society of Friends "did not choose to sign," and twenty-two others refused to sign. This placed every man as a friend or an enemy to his country, and informed the committee of Safety what individuals to watch or disarm.".](https://merv2.tripod.com/twombly-604.jpeg){kind=link}
![THOMAS MELVILL Jun. [1776-1845] sent to Europe as a banker at age 18; exporter; farmer in Pittsfield, Mass; uncle of the famous author Herman Melville. DS, Carriage to Liverpool and Charges - Received payment for James Tisdale. 8x3 in. Docketed 1790 on verso so he would have been 14 at the time; 4 years later a banker in Europe. Although not a valuable signature it is rare. Fine..](https://merv2.tripod.com/melvill-411.jpeg){kind=link}
![485. SUBJECT: Douglas MacArthur - 1951 vintage International News Photo [Heart] of "General Douglas MacArthur is shown being greeted by Maj. Gen. Pat Hurley, former Ambassador to China, shortly after disembarking from his plane 'Bataan' at Washington's National Airport......followed by his son, Arthur..." Behind is Senator Joe Martin of Mass. Also in this shot are Gen. J. Lawton Collins & Sen. Olin D. Johnson of South Carolina. Photographer unknown. 7x9 in., INP caption still attached. VG...............100-150](https://merv2.tripod.com/macarthur-526.jpeg){kind=link}
![509. SUBJECT: Douglas MacArthur - 1951 vintage International News Photo [Heart] of "General of the Army Douglas MacArthur pauses in his speech before the joint meeting of congress to take a sip from a glass of water. Soon after came his solem warning: "There are some who would appease Red China. They are blind. History teaches with unmistakable emphasis that appeasement but begets new and bloodier wars." Seated on the rostrum behind MacArthur is Vice President Alben Barkley. Photo was taken by Frank Jurkoski. 7x9 in., INP caption still attached. Jurkoski was a noted photojournalist. VG...............100-150](https://merv2.tripod.com/macarthur-522.jpeg){kind=link}
![510. SUBJECT: Jean MacArthur - 1951 vintage International News Photo [Heart]. "In the visitors gallery as MacArthur spoke.....seated unobtrusively in the visitors gallery as General of the Army Douglas MacArthur spoke to the congress today is his attractive wife, Jean (second from right, front row). At the moment she wears an anxious look. But there was no need for anxiety. The General was once more the Supreme Commander, in supreme control of the situation, as he laid the Asiatic picture before congress." Photo was taken by Frank Jurkoski. 7x9 in., INP caption still attached. Jurkoski was a noted photojournalist. VG...............100-150](https://merv2.tripod.com/macarthur-524.jpeg){kind=link}
![511. SUBJECT: Douglas MacArthur, wife and son - 1951 vintage International News Photo [Heart]. "General and Mrs. Douglas MacArthur and their son Arthur are pictured at the National Airport as they took off again, this time to New York, where they arrived tonight [4/19/51]. Mrs. MacArthur and Arthur are seen waving. Standing behind young MacArthur is Army Secretary Frank Pace, Jr. and Mrs. Pace. Photo was taken by Maurice Johnson. 7x9 in., INP caption still attached. Johnson was a noted photojournalist. VG. About this noted photographer: Maurice Johnson [1919-2007] he was superintendent of the US Senate Press Photographers Gallery for nearly 30 years. He joined International News Photos in 1942, and covered sports early in his career. He eventually worked his way up to become INP's Washington bureau chief before joining UPI as a staff photographer in 1958. From the late 40s through the late 60s, Johnson mostly covered presidential politics, including political conventions and the administrations of Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon. Appointed superintendent of the Senate Press Photographers Gallery in 1969, Johnson managed arrangements for coverage of Capitol Hill events including the Watergate hearings, and the Iran-Contra hearings, and presidential inaugurations...............100-150](https://merv2.tripod.com/macarthur-528.jpeg){kind=link}
![553. [PHILADELPHIA LAW] Charles CHAUNCEY, born in New Haven, 17 August, 1777; died in Burlington, New Jersey, 30 August, 1849, was graduated at Yale in 1792, and received the degree of LL.D. from the same College in 1827. He removed to Philadelphia, was admitted to the bar there in 1799, and soon attained distinction, though he had for competitors such men as John Sargeant and Horace Binney. He declined various civil and judicial offices, preferring to practice law. ALS, PHILA. 1828, 1p, 4to. To Garret D. Wall. Concerns a legal matter...........................40-60](https://merv2.tripod.com/chauncey-1598.jpeg){kind=link}
![560. [CARTOONS] THE SMURFS circa 1980 hand-painted animation Cel of a Smurf laughing. Presented Along with the Matching Animation Pencil Drawing of this. Two pieces. Image Size 4-3/8 Inches high. Both VG....... 40-60](https://merv2.tripod.com/smurf-35.jpeg){kind=link}
