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1. [VERMONT HISTORY] Lewis Richard Morris (1760-1825) United States Representative from Vermont and a nephew of Gouverneur Morris and Lewis Morris. Born in Scarsdale, New York, he attended the common schools. He moved to Springfield, Vermont, and from 1781 to 1783 was secretary of foreign affairs. He was a member of the Springfield meeting-house committee in 1785, was tax collector in 1786 and 1787, Windsor County court clerk from 1789 to 1796 and was judge of the same court until 1801. He was clerk of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1790 and 1791, and was a member of the convention to ratify the United States Constitution . He was secretary of the constitutional convention in Windsor in 1793. He attended the Vermont ratifying convention in Bennington, where he voted in support of the Constitution. Morris was a brigadier general in the State militia in 1793 and major general of the First Division from 1795 to 1817. He was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1795 to 1797 and 1803 to 1808, and served as speaker. He was elected as a Federalist to the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1797 to March 3, 1803. His abstention from voting assured Thomas Jefferson's election as President over Aaron Burr in the House of Representatives in February, 1801. DOCUMENT SIGNED, signed, 1p. 7.5 x 12.25 in., Windsor, April 9, 1795. Court document, quite toned & rough edges. Picture of him is NOT included..................100-150

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2. Abel Charles Thomas (1807-1880)   Universalist evangelist, minister, journalist, and historian. Although he served the Universalist church in Philadelphia in two separate pastorates totaling nearly twenty-five years and there wrote two of the most celebrated pieces of nineteenth-century Universalist controversial literature, he is most remembered for his short pastorate in Lowell, Massachusetts, where, as one of the founders and editor of the literary magazine, the Lowell Offering, he was a mentor to aspiring writers amongst the young women working in the textile mills. Closing line and signature removed from letter. VG...........40-60

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3. [FRANCE]  Paul Ernest de Royer (1803-1877)  French lawyer, magistrate and politician. He was Minister of Justice in 1851 under the French Second Republic, and again from 1857 to 1859 under the Second French Empire.  He was first president of the Court of Auditors in 1863, and was also President of the General Council of the Marne. After the fall of the Empire in 1870, he returned to his career as a magistrate.  Rare handwritten and signed poem dated 1876, 1p, 4.5 x 7 in.  This was sent to the artist Claudius Popelin.  Fine..............100-150

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4. [ARTISTS]  multiple lot includes:   DALHOV IPCAR (1917)  SIGNED inscribed card of her artwork mural “Golden Savana (1979).   ORSON BYRON LOWELL (1871-1956) Popular Illustrator at the turn of the Century, illustrated for F. Marion Crawford and other authors, Boys Life, Colliers, Life magazines.  SIGNATURE with his thumb print.   EVERETT RAYMOND KINSTLER (b. 1926) Portrait Artist, Illustrator.  He has made over 1200 portraits of many celebrated personages, including 2 Presidential Portraits of Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford.  SIGNED inscribed 4x6 postcard print of his portrait of John Wayne.  JOHN HENRY DOLPH (1835-1903) Painter was the leading “Cat” artist in the 1870’s. SIGNATURE on card.  DAVID DALHOFF NEAL (1838-1915) Artist/Painter who did portraits but his most famous work was “After The Chase”. ALS (1875).  UMBERTO ROMANO (1906-1982) Italian born American Artist/Illustrator in 1942 her was commissioned to paint Pres. Roosevelt’s mother Sarah Delano Roosevelt also known as a sculptor.  SIGNED CARD.  JAN DeRUTH (1922-1991) Czech born American Painter  His early life was shuffled to various concentration camps. His art was totally dedicated to the art from of the woman’s body. Exhibited in dozens of major shows in his lifetime. ALS (1967) 2pp signed “Jan”.  Eng Tay  (b. 1947)  American artist. Signature dated 1983................80-120

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5. Hjalmar H. Boyesen [1848-1895] Norwegian-American author and college professor. ALS, 1891, 1p, regarding lectures scheduled & unable to attend invitation. On Columbia College letterhead. VG.......50-75

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6. [ART]  Johannes Volpato  (1733-1803) Old Master Italian engraver. Original Engraving with very large margins. Plate approx.  (9¾ x 12½").  Perseus flying to slay the dragon that threatens to kill Andromeda. After the painting on the facade of the demolished Ninfeo in the Palazzo Bufalo Cancellieri, taken down in 1885 and now in the Museo di Roma. From "Schola Italica Picturae sive Selectae Quaedam Summorum e Schola Italica Pictorum Tabulae Aere Incisae Cura et Impensis Gavini Hamilton Pictoris", a series of forty plates. Circa 1772 on thick laid paper.  In very good copndition, esp. for its age.  The slight color showing in scan is from light source - so disregard..........300-400

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7. [FRANCE] Rene-Joseph de Tournemine (1661 – 1739)  French Jesuit theologian and philosopher. He founded the Memoires de Trevoux, the Jesuit learned journal published from 1701 to 1767,  and assailed Nicolas Malebranche with the charges of atheism and Spinozism.   Tournemine taught the young Voltaire, and became a friend. In correspondence from 1735, however, Voltaire was critical of the Jesuit reception of Newton and Locke.  ALS [dated?], 1p,  6-1/4 x 7-3/4 in. Very Fine................150-250

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8. Gerald Ford and Betty Ford - signed 3x5 cards. VG.............75-100

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9. [MUSIC] Brian Wilson (b. 1942) American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer best known for being the multi-tasking leader and co-founder of the Beach Boys. Signed [with initials] sheet music of "Surfin USA." Approx. 9 x 11-3/4 in. VG...............75-100


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10. [FRANCE] Year VI  (1798 ) printed document "Coneil des 500", creation of income tax, 24-pages, approx. 7.5 x 10".  Edge toning o/w VG..........100-150

11. [FRANCE] DECRET De La Convention Nationale, 4 December 1792, 2-pages, signed inprint by Garat & Lebrun, 7 x 9-1/2". Two months after abolition of Royalty. Very fresh condition..........80-120

14. [ART] Marie-Victoire Jaquotot [1778-1855] French painter on Porcelaine. ALS, 1831, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8 in. She signs Veuve (widow) Jaquotot. VG...........75-100

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

16. [BRITISH NAVAL] Admiral Sir Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, GCB (1757-1833) British naval officer. He fought during the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary, and the Napoleonic Wars. Pellew is remembered as an officer and a gentleman of great courage and leadership. Under the command of Captain Philemon Pownoll, he took General John Burgoyne to America in the spring of 1776. In October Pellew, together with another midshipman, Brown, was detached, under Lieutenant Dacres, for service in the Carleton tender on Lake Champlain. During the Battle of Valcour Island on 11 October, Dacres and Brown were both severely wounded, and the command devolved on Pellew, who, by his personal gallantry, extricated the vessel from a position of great danger. As a reward for his service he was immediately appointed to command the Carleton. In December Lord Howe wrote, promising him a commission as lieutenant when he could reach New York, and in the following January Lord Sandwich wrote promising to promote him when he came to England. In the summer of 1777 Pellew, with a small party of seamen, was attached to the army under Burgoyne, was present in the fighting at Saratoga , where his youngest brother, John, was killed. He, together with the rest of the force, was taken prisoner. After the surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga, he was repatriated. SIGNATURE "Exmouth" 1825 clipped from letter, still with red wax seal intact. 3x4 in. Nice example.............75-100

18. [TV]  Bea Arthur (1922-2009) American actress. Signed, inscribed [lengthy inscription] 8x10 photo. VG..........40-60

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19. [TV] Will Hutchins (b. 1930) American actor most noted for playing the lead role of the young lawyer from Oklahoma, Tom Brewster, in the Warner Brothers Western television series Sugarfoot, which aired on ABC from 1957 to 1961.  Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo as "Sugarfoot."  VG................25-35

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20.  Charles Sprague (1791-1875) early American poet. He worked for 45 years for the State and Globe Banks and was often referred to as the "Banker Poet of Boston". His odes and prologues won several competitive prizes and were collected and published in 1841 as The Writings of Charles Sprague. Clip Signature. VG............30-40

21. Charles Rollin Buckalew (1821-1899) American lawyer and Democratic party politician from Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. Buckalew was the most influential early advocate of proportional representation in the United States. His proposals for a type of voting system known as cumulative voting gained significant support in Congress, and he played a central role in the adoption of cumulative voting in several places, including Illinois for state legislative elections in 1870, a system that lasted in that state until 1980. Autograph Letter Signed, Near Bloomsburg, Oct. 15, 1862, 2pp, approx. 7-3/4 x 9-3/4" To Col. N.E. Piollet. Good political content. VG.......75-100

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25. [MUSIC] Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (b. 1923) composer, conductor. Signed, inscribed 4x7 photo. VG...........25-35

26. [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....100-150

27.  Group of 7 biographical proof sheets signed. These are for the 1946-47 edition of WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA. Includes: W. Morgenstierne, Paul V. McNutt [signed with initials], Clarence E. manion, Chesly Manly, L.C. Marshal, Wm. McChesney Martin Jr., and James Lewis Morrill......................40-60

28. [THEATRE] Beatrice Cameron (1868-1940) actress who was married to Richard Mansfield. She earned an enviable reputation as leading lady in many of his most successful plays. ANS, no date, about 4-1/4 x 4-3/4". Says she has a fatigued throat. VG.........20-30

29.  [ACTORS] Signed photos: Bob Crosby [1913-1993] 4x5. Natalie Schafer [1900-1991] 3.5 x 4.5. Loni Anderson [b. 1945] 5x7. Patricia Neal [1926-2010) 3.5 x 7. All are inscribed except Loni Anderson..........75-100

30. [FILM]  Anne Revere  (1903-1990) American actress. TLS, 1979, 1p. regarding a funny incident with her friend Betty Hut3ton in a film that she would like to see placed in a book written. 5-3/4 x 7-3/4 in., includes envelope. VG.............50-75

31. [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

33. [MISSISSIPPI]  Lee M. Russell  (1875-1943) the 40th Governor of Mississippi.  He was born in Lafayette County, Mississippi and later attended the University of Mississippi. During his time as a student, he was the leader in a movement to abolish Greek fraternities. Russell was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1907 and to the Mississippi State Senate in 1909.   n 1912, he successfully passed a bill prohibiting secret and exclusive societies at the public institutions of higher learning. The law stayed on the books for twelve years.  Russell was elected to the office of lieutenant governor in 1915 and elected governor in 1919. His term was marked by crop failures due to the boll weevil. Russell also filed an antitrust suit against several fire insurance companies for their business practices. In 1923, he was sued for seduction and breach of promise by his former secretary Frances Birkhead.[1] Russell was acquitted and he blamed the lawsuit on the fire insurance industry.  TLS, 1919, 1p, to WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA, stating he does not wish to provide a biographical sketch of himself and noting, "We all know 'who's who' down here and that suits us."  Also, does not wish to be annoyed to death by a salesman trying to sell him a copy of the book. Includes carbon copies of several Who's Who letters to Russell...............60-80

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

36.  [MUSIC] AMERICAN SINGERS/ENTERTAINERS LOT -  ARTHUR TRACY (1899-1997) “The Street Singer”.  SIGNED inscribed album page (1934).  GEORGIA GIBBS (1919-2006) SIGNED inscribed 8x10 photograph.  MEL TORME (1925-1999) Singer, composer. SIGNED inscribed postcard photograph.  DELLA RESSE (b.1931) SIGNED inscribed 8x10 color photograph.  PERRY COMO (1912-2001) SIGNED inscribed 8x10 photograph. VG.............80-120

38.  [ART] Jacques Villon (1875 - 1963) A painter and printmaker, Villon was known for his Cubist-style works, and is especially noted by art historians for "his creation of a purely graphic language for Cubism. He first came to the attention of the American public when his work was included in the 1913 New York Armory Show, which introduced modernism to the United Sates. All of his work sold at this exhibition. He was from a cultured family in the Normandy region of France, and was much influenced by his maternal grandfather, Emile Nicolle, who gave him early artistic training. Villon was born with the name of Gaston Emile Duchamp, and was the older brother of artists Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Marcel Duchamp and Suzanne Duchamp-Crotti. Honoring the French medieval poet, François Villon, and so as not to be confused artistically with his siblings, he changed his name to Jacques Villon. Jacques Villon died in his studio on June 9, 1963, and three years later, Marcel Duchamp, his last surviving brother, organized an exhibition of his work, which was held at the Musée National d'Art Moderne in Paris. In 1922 Villon was commissioned by the Galerie Bernheim-Jeune to produce a series of color aquatints after 38 major 19th and 20th century paintings. These included works after Braque, Matisse, Renoir, Manet, Picasso, Cezanne, Dufy, Modigliani, Bonnard and numerous others. Villon collaborated with these master artists and signed these prints so that they provided the public with access to works which otherwise would not be available. Color aquatint, signed in the plate (not pencil signed), 1923, title "NATURE MORTE", after Georges Braque, mat opening size 25-1/2 x 9 in. Framed. Not examined out of frame but appears to be without faults...............1000-1500

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39. [FRANCE] c. 1792-1794 EXTRAIT DU REGISTE, signed in type by Maximilien Robespierre, and others, 3pp, 7-1/4 x 9-1/4 in.  Light staining..............100-150

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

41. [FILM] Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. (1926-2015)  American film producer. He is the son of actress Frances Howard and the pioneer motion picture mogul Samuel Goldwyn. He followed in his father's footsteps and founded the motion picture production companies The Samuel Goldwyn Company and Samuel Goldwyn Films. TLS, 1989, 1p, to a collector.  VG.......60-80

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42. [FRANCE]  Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, comte de Toulouse (1681), duc de Penthièvre (1697), (1711), (1678-1737), a legitimated prince of the blood royal, was the son of Louis XIV and of his mistress Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan. At the age of five, he became grand admiral of France. In 1693, he became a chevalier des Ordres du roi (Order of the King) and, in 1704, a knight of the Toison d’or.  Shortly before his death in 1715, Louis XIV added a codicil to his will stating that if all legitimate members of the House of Bourbon, both those descended from Louis and more distant kinsmen, died out, the throne of France could be inherited by the duc du Maine and the comte de Toulouse.  The decision was reversed after the death of Louis XIV when Louis Alexandre's cousin, Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, as the new regent, had the Parlement de Paris void that portion of the will. The comte de Toulouse died at the Château de Rambouillet on 1 December 1737. He was buried in the village 12th century Saint-Lubin church. Offered here is a document signed, 1715, 1p, approx. 6-3/4 x 9". Fine condition. Not translated...........200-300

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43. [MUSIC] Marie Cabel (1827-1885)  Belgian coloratura soprano. She is probably best remembered for having created the role of Philine in Ambroise Thomas' opera Mignon.  She was the daughter of a former cavalry officer in Napoleon's army, who after his discharge had become an accountant for various theatres in Belgium. Pauline Viardot, who at that time lived in a chateau near Brussels, happened to hear Cabel sing as a child and predicted a great future for her.  ALS, no date, 2pp, approx. 5-1/2 x 8-1/4".  VG............75-100
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44. [MAINE] HORACE A. HILDRETH (1902-1988) 59th Governor of Maine. TLS, 1982, 1p. VG.......25-35

45. [BOXING] JOEY MAXIM (1922-2001) Light Heavyweight Champion of the World. Signed & inscribed photo, dated 1992, 8x10. VG................30-40

46. [Country Music] Charlie Pride - American country music singer. Signed & inscribed 8x10 color photo..........20-30

47. [MAINE] Margaret Chase Smith (1897-1995) Republican Senator from Maine, and one of the most successful politicians in Maine history. She was the first woman to be elected to both the U.S. House and the Senate, and the first woman from Maine to serve in either. She was also the first woman to have her name placed in nomination for the U.S. Presidency at a major party's convention (1964 Republican Convention, won by Barry Goldwater). Smith was an early opponent of Senator Joseph McCarthy. On June 1, 1950, she gave her Declaration of Conscience speech on the floor of the Senate, earning McCarthy's permanent ire and the epithet "Moscow Maggie" from his staff. In 1954, when McCarthy attempted to challenge her seat by sponsoring a primary challenger, the Maine voters rejected the effort. POSTCARD picturing her, signed on the verso. VG...........25-35

48.  [US CONGRESS] album page signed by 2 US congressmen on each side: Geo. M. Curtis [1844-1921] Iowa; Frank G. Clarke [1850-1901] NH; David H. Mercer [1857-1919] Neb.; Nehemiah Day Sperry [1827-1911] Ct........20-30

49.  [CARTOON] Bill Crawford (1913-1982) American editorial cartoonist. His cartoons were distributed to more than 700 daily newspapers. He was an active member of the National Cartoonists Society, serving as its president and vice-president. In addition to his cartoon work he illustrated more than 20 books, including The Zebra Derby by Max Shulman and Milton Berle's Out of my Trunk. OFFERED HERE IS AN ORIGINAL SIGNED cartoon drawing; plus TLS and a brochure done for an exhibition of his work. VG..............80-120

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

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

52. [FILM]  AILEEN PRINGLE (1895-1989) Silent Screen Star.  ALS, 1969, 2pp,  small mounting trace top 2nd page.  Ink smudge at end of signature. She mentions Gloria Swanson, Norma Shearer..............60-80

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53. [NOBEL PRIZE] Dr. Herbert A. Hauptman (born February 14, 1917) is a world renowned American mathematician and Nobel laureate. He pioneered and developed a mathematical method that has changed the whole field of chemistry and opened a new era in research in determination of molecular structures of crystallized materials. SIGNED & INSCRIBED color 5 x 3-1/2 photo............25-35

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55. [WEST VIRGINIA] Signatures in various form of congressmen: LILLY, Thomas Jefferson, (1878 - 1956); McGREW, James Clark, (1813 - 1910); REED, Stuart Felix, (1866 - 1935); ROSENBLOOM, Benjamin Louis, (1880 - 1965); plus album page signed Jno. A. Campbell, Hancock Co., W. Va. [not listed as congressman].........25-35

56. [OHIO] Album page signed by 3 Ohio Congressmen [all on same side]: STANTON, Benjamin, (1809 - 1872); DAY, Timothy Crane, (1819 - 1869); ALBRIGHT, Charles Jefferson, (1816 - 1883). VG...........30-40

57.  Avram Noam Chomsky (b. 1928)  American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, logician,[20][21][22] social critic, and political activist. Sometimes described as "the father of modern linguistics," Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy.   Signed 5x7 photo. VG.............50-75

58. Clarence Bl. Moore (1852-1936) American archaeologist and writer. He is more commonly known as C.B. Moore. He studied and excavated Native American sites in the southeastern United States. He traveled in nearly every part of Europe, in Asia Minor, and in Egypt; crossed the Andes and went down the Amazon River in 1876; and made a trip around the world in 1878–79 before returning home when his father died in 1878. He became the president of the family company, Jessup & Moore Paper Company. He spent a majority of the 1880s as the president and earned millions during his tenure. By the late 1880s he was eager to pursue his lifelong interest in archaeology and turned over company management to others.  From 1892 to 1894, he performed excavations at St. Johns Shell Middens in Florida. Between 1897 and 1898, he also dug at the Irene Mound (outside Savannah, Georgia) and exhumed seven human skeletons. He accessed many of these sites by water in his steamboat named the Gopher. Over a period of 20 years he explored Indian mounds in nearly all the Southern States. His writings, for the most part published by the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, include "Some Aboriginal Sites in Louisiana and in Arkansas" (1913).  In 1990, in his honor, the Lower Mississippi Valley Survey of Harvard University, in conjunction with the Southeastern Archaeological Conference, created the C. B. Moore Award for Excellence in Southeastern Archaeology by a Young Scholar.  ALS, 1907, 1p, 5-5/8 x 9-1/4 in. To  Peter A. Brannon, Dir. Dept. of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama.  Moore sends some materials to Brannon. Fine condition................80-120

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59. [DECORATIVE ART]  Offered here is an original  fine and exquisite antique Bird Print by Alexander Wilson circa 1877. The print is a chromolithograph. The colours are bright and the details are rich, the paper is clean. Approx.  8 1/2  x 5 ½ inches.  Drawn from nature by Alexander Wilson, and engraved by William H. Lizars. Fine and exquisite..........80-120

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William Home Lizars (1788-1859) Scottish painter and engraver. His father was a publisher and an engraver who had been a pupil of Andrew Bell, and engraved portraits as book illustrations. Lizars was first apprenticed to his father, from whom he learned engraving, and then entered as a student under John Graham in the Trustees' Academy at Edinburgh, where he was a fellow-student with Sir David Wilkie.  In 1812, on the death of his father, Lizars had to carry on the business of engraving and copperplate printing in order to support his mother and family.  Lizars met  J. J. Audubon in Edinburgh in October 1826, introduced (on Audubon's account) with his portfolio by the naturalists Patrick Neill and Prideaux John Selby. So began an intense period when Lizars helped Audubon meet Edinburgh luminaries likely to be useful to him: Robert Jameson, David Brewster and James Wilson in particular.   Lizars had a celebrated portrait of Audubon painted (it is now in the White House), by John Syme, in his wolfskin coat, in late November; and the following day took him to meet George Combe and other phrenologists.  Lizars had agreed to publish Audubon's Birds of America. After a promising start, the business did not go well, and Audubon moved the production to London. The work was completed by the Havell family.  Lizars perfected a method of etching which performed the functions of wood-engraving, for illustration of books.  Lizars took an active part in the foundation of the Royal Scottish Academy. From 1808 to 1815, Lizars was a frequent exhibitor of portraits, and of sacred and domestic subjects, at exhibitions in Edinburgh. In 1812 he sent two pictures to the Royal Academy in London, Reading the Will and A Scotch Wedding. They were admired, were hung on the line, and were engraved. They went to the National Gallery of Scotland at Edinburgh. 

60. [DECORATIVE ART]  Offered here is an original  fine and exquisite antique Bird Print by Alexander Wilson circa 1877. The print is a chromolithograph. The colours are bright and the details are rich, the paper is clean. Approx.  8 1/2  x 5 ½ inches.  Drawn from nature by Alexander Wilson, and engraved by William H. Lizars. Fine and exquisite..........80-120

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61. [DECORATIVE ART]  Offered here is an original  fine and exquisite antique Bird Print by Alexander Wilson circa 1877. The print is a chromolithograph. The colours are bright and the details are rich, the paper is clean. Approx.  8 1/2  x 5 ½ inches.  Drawn from nature by Alexander Wilson, and engraved by William H. Lizars. Fine and exquisite..........80-120

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62. [DECORATIVE ART]  Offered here is an original  fine and exquisite antique Bird Print by Alexander Wilson circa 1877. The print is a chromolithograph. The colours are bright and the details are rich, the paper is clean. Approx.  8 1/2  x 5 ½ inches.  Drawn from nature by Alexander Wilson, and engraved by William H. Lizars. Fine and exquisite..........80-120

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63. [DECORATIVE ART]  Offered here is an original  fine and exquisite antique Bird Print by Alexander Wilson circa 1877. The print is a chromolithograph. The colours are bright and the details are rich, the paper is clean. Approx.  8 1/2  x 5 ½ inches.  Drawn from nature by Alexander Wilson, and engraved by William H. Lizars. Fine and exquisite..........80-120

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64. [DECORATIVE ART]  Offered here is an original  fine and exquisite antique Bird Print by Alexander Wilson circa 1877. The print is a chromolithograph. The colours are bright and the details are rich, the paper is clean. Approx.  8 1/2  x 5 ½ inches.  Drawn from nature by Alexander Wilson, and engraved by William H. Lizars. Fine and exquisite..........80-120

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65. [FILM] Ralph Bellamy (1904-1991) American actor whose career spanned sixty-two years. Two signed pieces [see scan]..........35-45

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67. GALLUP, GEORGE, Jr., chairman and son of the founder of "The Gallup Poll". LS, dated Dec. 23, 1975, enclosing "a copy of my recent talk and a copy our 1975 religion index. I hope these are helpful to you." Comes with 8 x 11 magazine photo...........25-35  

71. Lloyd  Bridges   (1913-1998)  American actor who starred in a number of television series and appeared in more than 150 feature films. He was the father of actors Beau Bridges and Jeff Bridges.  Signed & inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.........50-75

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72. [CANADA]  Pierre Trudeau  (1919-2000) Canadian politician who served as the 15th Prime Minister of Canada from April 20, 1968, to June 4, 1979, and again from March 3, 1980, to June 30, 1984.  Signed picture,  3-1/2 x 5-1/2 in. VG..............50-75

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73. [CIVIL WAR] Samuel Phillips Lee (1812-1897)  Rear Admiral of the United States Navy. In the Civil War, he took part in the New Orleans campaign, before commanding the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, covering the coastlines and inland waters of Virginia and North Carolina, and finally the Mississippi River Squadron. As a cousin of Robert E. Lee, his refusal to join the Confederates demonstrated the extent to which the war had divided families. Lee married the daughter of Francis P. Blair, Sr., and their house in Washington is now the president’s official guest house.  Envelope postmarked Washington 1879, addressed by Lee to Mrs. S.P. Lee.
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74. [FRANCE]  1698 French Mystery document on vellum, signed, approx. 6-1/2 x 4-1/4 in. VG.......80-120

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75. Gerald R. Ford (1913-2006)  38th President of the United States from 1974 to 1977. His signature below picture of the Capitol in Washington D.C.  Approx. 8x10 in.  On thick paper stock. VG.............100-150

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76. [FILM] Ann Sothern  (1909-2001) American actress.  Signed 10x8 photo. VG. Dated 91............40-60

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77.  DISBURSEMENTS FOR INDIANS - Letter from The Second Auditor of the Treasury, 1849, 345 pages. This was printyed for the 31st Congress, 1st Session, Ex. Doc. No. 11. Approx. 5-3/4 x 8-3/4 in.  As usual - no covers. VG............50-75

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78. Pamphlet - Remarks of Mr. Bynum, of North Carolina on the Bill Making A Partial Appropriation for the Suppression of Indian Hostilities for the Year 1838,  11pp, 6-1/2 x 9-3/4 in. Age wear...............50-75

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79. [THEATRE]  John A. Burrichter - President & manager of the Deadwood Theatyre Co., South Dakota.  TLS on illustrated letterhead, 1906, 1p, 8.5 x 8 in. VG................50-75

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80. [ENTERTAINERS]  signed 3x5 cards:  Conrad Bain (1923-2013), Bill Christopher  [MASH],  Phyllis George, Mike Farrell [MASH], Ann Landers (1918-2002),  Bill Macy,  Love Lucy (1911-1989)...............60-80

82. [ART] Ludwig Rieppel (1861-1960) American sculptor. ALS, New York, 1901, 2pp, to the noted artist Douglas Volk. Speaks of sending 200 pounds of modeling clay to Volk. Ink has lightened abit with time o/w VG............40-60 

83. [ART]  Portrait of Carlos Santana (b. 1947)  musician who first became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered a fusion of rock and Latin American music. He experienced a resurgence of popularity and critical acclaim in the late 1990s. In 2003 Rolling Stone magazine listed Santana at number 15  on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.  He has won 10 Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards.  Original serigraph [silkscreen] by the artist Betsy Bruno, pencil signed by Bruno, 1976, ed. 15/20, image approx. 22 x 16 in. plus ample margins......100-150

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

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

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86. Alistair Cooke (1908-2004) British/American journalist, television personality and broadcaster. Signed original character portrait drawing of himself executed in 3x5 card. Fine........50-75

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87. [FRANCE] Hugh Robert-Jean-Charles de La Tour d'Auvergne-Lauraguais (1768-1851) French  cardinal.   He was ordained June 24, 1792 at the age of 23 years. Became vicar 'of Amiens, he was appointed Bishop of Arras  in April 29, 1802. Pope Gregory XVI created the cardinal at the consistory of 23 December 1839.  In 1840, he declined his appointment as Archbishop of Paris.  On 16 April 1846 he was appointed cardinal-priest of St. Agnes Outside the Walls . However, the death of Pope Gregory XVI he fails to reach Rome in time and can not take part in the conclave of 1846.  Letter Signed, do not see year, 1p, approx. 6-3/4 x 8-1/2".  Identified as "To Monseigneur about invitation after "la Ceremonie du Sacre" (most likely Napoleon I). VG..........150-250

88. [FRANCE] Jean-Barthélémy Hauréau (1812-1896) French historian and writer. Born in Paris, he was educated at the Louis-le-Grand and Bourbon colleges in his native city, and won high honours at his public examination. After graduating he became a journalist, and soon was a contributor to several democratic papers: La Tribune, Le National, Le Droit, and La Revue du Nord; at Le National, he was praised by Théophile Gautier as the "tribune" of romanticism. At the age of twenty he published a series of apologetic studies on the Montagnards &emdash; in later years, regretting his youthful enthusiasm, he attempted to destroy the studies. In 1838 he took the chief editorship of the Courrier de la Sarthe and was appointed librarian of the city of Le Mans , which position he retained until 1845, when he was dismissed on account of comments of his on the daring speech of the Mayor of le Mans to the Duke of Nemours. He returned to Paris and once more became one of the editors of Le National. At this time he seemed destined for a political career, and after the revolution of February 24, 1848 was elected to the National Assembly; but close contact with revolutionary men and ideas cooled his old ardour. Throughout his life he opposed innovation, not only in politics and religion, but also in literature. After the coup d'état he resigned his position as director of the manuscript department of the Bibliothèque Nationale , to which he had been appointed in 1848, and refused to accept an administrative post until after the fall of the empire. Having acted as director of the national printing press from 1870 to 1881, he retired, but in 1893 accepted the post of director of the Fondation Thiers. He was also a member of the council of improvement of the École des Chartes. From the time of his appointment to the Bibliothèque Nationale up to the last days of his life he was engaged in making abstracts of all the medieval Latin writings (many anonymous or of doubtful attribution) relating to philosophy, theology, grammar, Canon law, and poetry, carefully noting on cards the first words of each passage. After his death this index of incipits , arranged alphabetically, was presented to the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, and a copy was placed in the manuscript department of the Bibliothèque Nationale. ALS, 188?. written on both sides of 4-1/2 x 7" page. Includes a small ink drawing [man's head on one side and women's on the other side]. We assume the drawing is by Haureau. He speaks about a bust by Power and of Boulanger, Louis Napoleon and politics. Ends with "How humiliating it is to be French." Fine condition...........100-150

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89. [FRANCE] BULLETIN DES LOIS, No. 266, 1810, 8pp., concerning the Pope subject to the Emperor, signed in type Napoleon. Approx. 5 x 7-1/2". VG...........100-150

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90. [MILITARY] Tommy Ray Franks (b.1945 in Wynnewood, Oklahoma) is a retired General in the United States Army, previously serving as the Commander of the United States Central Command, overseeing United States Armed Forces operations in a 25-country region, including the Middle East. Franks succeeded General Anthony Zinni to this position on July 6, 2000 and served until his retirement on July 7, 2003. He was the U.S. general leading the attack on the Taliban in Afghanistan in response to the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center and The Pentagon. Franks also led the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. SIGNED & inscribed color 8x10 photo in uniform................30-40

91. Ivy Litvinov [1889-1977] English writer, wife of Soviet Foreign Affairs minister. Ivy Lowe, born in London in 1889 of the unlikely union of a Jewish intellectual and the daughter of an Indian army colonel, grew up to be a writer and a rebel. The man she met in 1914 and married two years later was the Bolshevik revolutionary, Maksim Litvinov (born Meyer Genokh Wallakh to Orthodox Jewish parents). He became one of the most important figures in the Soviet Union and was ultimately Stalin's Minister of Foreign Affairs and ambassador to Washington. Ivy spent most of her long life in Moscow. She never took to being the Commissar's wife, but devoted herself to literature. Her writing is almost without exception a heightened autobiography, the collection of short stories depicting her daily life and observations. The fact that she survived under Stalin is remarkable, although there was an unexplained year when she was virtually in exile in the Urals, separated from her husband and two children. The happiest time of her life was when Maxim was the ambassador to the United States, and she and America fell in love with one another. Her dynamic, bohemian personality entranced Americans and she was fêted by artists, film stars, writers and statesmen alike. It is perhaps appropriate that many of her stories were first published in the New Yorker. They were collected in 1971 under the title She Knew She Was Right. "She also translated into English her husband's speeches and party tracts and later such Russian classics as Pushkin, Turgenev, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, and Chekhov." "Her final years were spent adding to a disorderly pile of unpublished manuscripts, but never producing the volume of memoirs about high life in the Kremlin that was expected of her. In fact, she always remained something of an outsider, and her fifty-year sojourn in the Soviet Union owed more to personal loyalty to her husband, and later her children, than to sympathy with Communist ideology." ANS written on postcard, postmarked May 9, 1960, saying she has just become a great grandmother. "Please you don't have to congratulate me!" She is writing to the celebrated journalist Leonard Lyons [1906-1976]. Signed "Ivy". She writes on front side "Do you remember?" Uncommon autograph.............100-150

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92. [CARTOON] Henry Martin  (b. 1925) American cartoonist. Martin worked as a cartoonist and illustrator for more than 50 years, publishing in The New Yorker, Punch, Ladies' Home Journal, The Saturday Evening Post, the Princeton Alumni Weekly and many other magazines. His single-panel comic strip, "Good News/Bad News," was nationally syndicated, and he wrote and/or illustrated more than 35 books. He retired in 1995. Martin received the National Cartoonist Society Gag Cartoon Award for 1978 for his work. Signed, inscribed original cartoon drawing,  8.5 x 11 in. Fine...............60-80


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93.  [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

94. [FRANCE] Antoine de Montazet (1713 - 1788)  French theologian, of Jansenist tendencies, who became bishop of Autun and archbishop of Lyon. He was elected to the Académie française in 1756, but did not produce significant literary works.  He had published for his seminary by the Oratorian Joseph Valla, six volumes of "Institutiones theologicæ". These were known as "Théologie de Lyon", and were spread throughout Italy by Scipio de’ Ricci, bishop of Pistoia and Prato, until condemned by the Index in 1792. Contrary to the papal bull of Pope Pius V on the Breviary, Montazet changed the text of the Breviary and the Missal. The later efforts of Pope Pius IX and Cardinal Bonald to suppress the innovations of Montazet provoked resistance on the part of the canons, who defended the traditional Lyonnese ceremonies. Document Signed, 1759, written on both sides, about 7-1/4 x 8-3/4". Top right coner missing affecting a few words................100-150

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96. [FRANCE] Marie Anastasie Vincentine Krysinska  -  born in Warsaw 1857 and died in Paris on 16 January 1908. French poet. In 1882, she published La Vie Moderne, in the Journal of Black Cat and The Independent Magazine literary pages and his own poems.  It becomes the only active member of the literary circles of woman Hydropathes, the Zutistes , the "Hirsutes" and "Jemenfoutistes" who meet at Cabaret Chat Noir.  She accompanies on piano songs and poems that are declaims.  She participates in the evenings Goguette Black Cat . In 1890, she published, Lemerre his first volume of picturesque Rimes then, in 1892, Love walks, a collection of prose tales.  In 1894, she published a second volume of rhymes, Joys wandering, and in 1896, a novel, Folle his body at Harvard. Follow another novel, Juliette Cordelin, another collection of poems, Guitars distant Calendes sentimental (prose) and the force of desire (novel).  She will also publish numerous articles on literature, art, music and literary criticism.  Married to painter Georges Bellenger (1847-1918), best known for his lithographs - he was one of the most prolific illustrators Editions Flammarion and Marpon - October 1, 1885, she made ​​several trips to the United States .  Manuscript poem signed, 2pp, 7-1/4 x 10-3/4".  Extremely rare!. Fine.............250-350 

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97. Theodore Roosevelt - US President.  Typed Letter Signed with a stamped signature frequently used during Roosevelt's administration as governor of New York, 1899-1900. Pencil notations on the letter.............50-75

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98. [PRINTED GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT]  these were printed for the US Senate and House of Rep. Offered here is Message from the President of the United States, James Monroe,  transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, John Quincy Adams. Approx. 39 pages, 6 x 9.5 in.  Expected wear and toning.  Gov. docs that survived from earlier periods are rather scarce...............50-75

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99. [SPACE] group of six NASA Tracking station covers from the 1980s. Various countries. VG..........25-35

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100. [SPACE] group of six NASA Tracking station covers from the 1980s. Various countries. VG..........25-35

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101.  [FRANCE] Georges-Charles Clove (1817-1889) French sailor who became vice-admiral in 1874. He was Marine Minister in the Ferry Cabinet 1880-1881. ALS, Paris, no yr., 3-pages, to Admiral Mouchez. VG..........75-100

102. [FRANCE] Jules Lermina [1839-1915] French writer. He began his career as a journalist in 1859. He was arrested for his socialist political opinions, and received Victor Hugo's support. ALS, 1889, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8-1/2". VG..........60-80

103. Francis George Godolphin D'Arcy-Osborne, 7th Duke of Leeds (1798-1859) British peer and politician. ALS, nd, 2-1/2 pp..........25-35

104. [FROM THE KUHN ESTATE]   2 ALSs, both 1958, from Maynard Walker to Brenda Kuhn, daughter of the American artist, Walt Kuhn.  Maynard Walker  (1896-1985) was the art dealer who handled the work of Walt Kuhn during the 1950s. Letter #1 - Oct. 18, 1958, 2pp. Writes to Brenda while she is is in Rome, Italy.  Says he hopes to see Vera the next day.  Vera is Brenda's mother and the wife of Walt Kuhn.  He also says......" A Cezanne was sold the other day at Cothebys in London for $616,000 and gossip has it the purchaser was my client Paul Mellon!!!!!!  What are we coming to?........"  Letter #2 - Oct. 20, 1958, 2pp. to Brenda mainly about Maynard's visit with her mother Vera. Apparently Vera's health is failing.  One envelope included. Fine condition. Maynard Walker, an art dealer in New York City for nearly 40 years who was among the first to show the works of leading American regionalist painters and Modernists like Walt Kuhn.  In 1933, while working at the Ferargil Gallery in New York, Mr. Walker organized an exhibition for the Kansas City Art Institute that for the first time brought together the work of the regionalist painters Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton and John Steuart Curry.  After Mr. Walker opened his own gallery, at 108 East 57th Street, in 1935, these artists joined him and showed regularly there. The gallery was also among the first to show the work of George Grosz, the German painter and caricaturist, who moved to the United States in 1932. The gallery moved to 117 East 57th Street after the war.........100-150

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105. [FRANCE] Leon Dufourny [1754-1818] important architect both in France and Sicilia. ALS, 1816, 1p, 6-1/4 x 8". VG............75-100

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

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111. André Henri Constant van Hasselt (1806-1874) Flemish poet. Van Hasselt's fame has continued to increase since his death. A series of tributes to his memory are printed in the Poesies choisies (1901), edited by M. Georges Barral for the Collection des poètes français de l'etranger. This book contains a biographical and critical study by Jules Guillaume, and some valuable notes on the poet's theories of rhythm. Rare signed 4 page handwritten poem titled "Adieu", dated 1928. Very early example. VG............100-150

112. [FILM]  MILTON EBBINS (1912-2008)  talent manager of jazz greats and a Kennedy administration and Rat Pack insider, composer.  Ebbins started his career in the early 1930s as a trumpet player and bandleader. He left his career as bandleader and became a talent manager, rising to become one of Hollywood’s top personal managers, guiding the careers of Count Basie, Sarah Vaughn, Billy Eckstine and singer Vic Damone. Because of Ebbins’ musical background and his adeptness at arranging scores, he had a knack for picking hit songs for his clients. He also represented actresses Elizabeth Montgomery and Patty Duke, comedian Mort Sahl and actor Peter Lawford, who Ebbins managed for 35 years. Ebbins’ partnership with Lawford — who was married to President Kennedy’s sister, Patricia— brought him into close association with The Rat Pack and the Kennedy Clan.  Ebbins produced many of his clients’ film and television projects and was partnered in a company with Lawford that produced TV series, “The Patty Duke Show.” He associate produced the 1950s TV series’ “The Thin Man” starring Lawford and Phyllis Kirk. He also produced two films starring Rat Packers Lawford and Sammy Davis Jr. — “Salt and Pepper” (1968) and “One More Time” (1970). He helped set up the original Rat Packer film, “Ocean’s Eleven” and subsequently “Sergeants 3.” He was also involved in the production of “The Longest Day.”  Ebbins helped produce JFK’s 1961 Inaugural Ball and the subsequent 1962 JFK Anniversary Gala. In May of 1962, Ebbins escorted a very late Marilyn Monroe to Madison Square Garden where she famously — and breathlessly — sang “Happy Birthday, Mr. President.” He was also the man that Lawford called after speaking to Monroe the night of her death in August of 1962. Ebbins was one of the few allowed inside the White House after the JFK assassination. As the link between Washington and Hollywood, Ebbins helped Kennedy family patriarch and former ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy navigate through the movie business, not only keeping him apprised of his son-in-law’s career moves but at one point advising him against purchasing United Artists’ movie studio. At the time of his death, Ebbins was working with his friend, actor Bill Paxton, on an HBO project about the Kennedy assassination.  Offered  here is a page of handwritten notes written by Ebbins, not signed, approx. 5 x 7-1/4  in.  Mentions Roman Polanski, the writer-Director, including his phone number;  a small picture deal Jerzy Skolomowski - Dir. during 1968 $250,000 per picture etc. VG..............50-75

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113. [FILM]  the following concerns credit billing for the 1965  film 'BILLIE", starring Patty Duke. Also appearing in this film: Jim Backus, Jane Greer, Warren Berlinger, Billy de Wolfe, Charles Lane, Dick Sargent, Ted Bessell, Richard Deacon, Bobby Diamond.  Offered here are 3 handwritten pages written by Milt Ebbins. 8 x 12-1/2 in. Fine...............150-250

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114. [ART] MARGARETT SARGENT (1892-1978) ORIGINAL [authentic] unsigned ink drawing, sheet size approx. 19-1/2 x 14-1/2 in. Slightly soiled along top and right edges; scuff mark top right corner, o/w in very good condition. In the exhibition of her work in NYC at the gallery that handled her estate there were 19 works on paper and all but 3 were unsigned which is NOT unusual for her works on paper. MARGARETT SARGENT, American artist. An unconventional member of an aristocratic Boston family and fourth cousin of the artist John Singer Sargent, she was an artist who rebelled against both the social conventions and artistic tastes of her class and time. Student of George Luks and Mt. Rushmore sculptor Gutzon Borglum, she was inspired by such school-of-Paris Modernists as Matisse, Picasso and the German Expressionists. She began to exhibit in 1916, eventually participating in as many as than 30 shows. She was a great beauty who challenged her conservative family to pursue a career in art. Lincoln Kirstein, founder of the New York City Ballet, gave her a solo exhibition at the Harvard Society for Contemporary Art, in a season that included Maurice Prendergast, Buckminster Fuller Alexander Calder, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso. Calder performed his famous miniature circus at Sargent's Boston home. Bernice Abbott photographed her, Marie Laurencin painted her daughter's portrait. She met Edith Wharton and Gertrude Stein, and collected works by Derain, Vlaminck, De Chirico Degas, Gauguin, Vuillard, Villon and Toulouse-Lautrec. She carried on affairs with lovers of both sexes, including the writer Jane Bowles, and also suffered from severe bouts of manic-depression and alcoholism. At the same time, Sargent was married to a wealthy Bostonian and had four children by him. Francoise Gilot (artist and mother of two children by Picasso) wrote that she was like Zelda Fitzgerald who struggled to be freed from the constraints imposed on them by society. An exhibition of her work was held at the Davis Art Museum (Wellesley College). A major book on her life and art has been published and the exhibition traveled from the Davis Museum to New York for exhibition at the Berry-Hill Galleries. This drawing had been in storage since her death in 1978. Because of the exhibitions, the book, and several articles [including a major article in the Boston Globe], there is at present, more than a little interest in this artist, which is sure to grow. VG...............500-750

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115. [ART] Doris Reynolds (1912-1978) Doris Reynolds did many illustrations for books published by Doubleday & Co. She was also an exhibiting artist, having work shown at the Krausharr Gallery in New York in 1949. Other exhibitions include: Wilmington Museum, Delaware 1940-45; Maracaibo 1936-39; Barbizon Plaza, NYC 1940; Lake Placid Club, NY 1940, etc. She studied at the Art Students League with Jules Gotlieb, Bridgman & Brackman. During World War II, she was one of Jackie Cochran's Girls, ferrying airplanes throughout the United States. Watercolor painting, 16 x 12", unsigned. Provenance: Artist's Estate..............200-300

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116. [ART] FREDERICK SOLOMON (1899-1980) German Expressionist. He won the Mowbray Prize [1944] in London; was listed in WHO'S WHO IN ART [1954 London edition]. He studied art with such famous German artists as: Max Liebermann, Martin Brandenburg, Eugene Spiro & Willy Jaeckel [Masterclass]. Exhibitions: Berlin, Cologne, Capetown, Haifa, London [Royal Academy], U.S., and in 1958 had one-man show at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Havana, Cuba. In 1956 several of his paintings were exhibited at the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio. He died in the U.S. An early charcoal drawing unsigned circa 1930, approx. 14-1/2 x 11-3/4 in. VG.............600-800

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117. [ART] FREDERICK "Fritz" SOLOMON (1899-1980) German Expressionist. He won the Mowbray Prize [1944] in London; was listed in WHO'S WHO IN ART [1954 London edition]. He studied art with such famous German artists as: Max Liebermann, Martin Brandenburg, Eugene Spiro & Willy Jaeckel [Masterclass]. Exhibitions: Berlin, Cologne, Capetown, Haifa, London [Royal Academy], U.S., and in 1958 had one-man show at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Havana, Cuba. In 1956 several of his paintings were exhibited at the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio. He died in the U.S. An early charcoal drawing signed FS and dated 1927, approx. 12 x 16 in.............700-900

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118. [FRANCE] Aime Giron  (1836-1907) French poet, writer, lawyer.  Aimé Giron began his literary career by publishing poems which appeared in the Revue de Paris, while continuing his legal career in his hometown, where he was secretary of the Academic society. In 1863 he published The Christmas Sabot (with illustrations by Léopold Flameng) who met a great success and was translated into several languages.  He then published the poetry collection The Strange Loves, and Three girls in 1864 and Mysterious new in 1866.  In 1870 he abandoned as a lawyer to defend the invaded territory. He moved to Bois-Colombes and becomes a contributor to Figaro, the Gauls and France Illustrated.  In 1873 he published a new collection of poems Les Cordes de Fer who obtained a warm welcome. He was one of the most prolific writers of his time, finding his inspiration in history and legends of the Velay. He described the most beautiful sites, he has told the captions so that gave rise to the desire to know the Haute-Loire, with warm enthusiasm that gives the love of native soil.  He was distinguished on numerous occasions and in particular by the Academy of Floral Games and the French Academy. It is decorated in July 1899 by the Spanish Queen Regent of the Order of Charles III on behalf of King Alfonso XIII, in return for pro-Spanish articles he published during the Spanish-American War in 1898.  Aimé Giron is the brother of the painter Léon Giron and the father of the Egyptologist Christmas Giron (Giron-loved Christmas).  A street in the Puy-en-Velay bears his name. Offered here is either a signed handwritten poem or a letter, dated 1887,  written on both sides of a  approx. 4-1/2 x 7 in.  sheet. VG................100-150

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

121.  EARLY FILM - a   2-sided card featuring Ethel Waters Sing "I AM BLUE",  AT THE GRAND NOW, approx. 3-3/4 x 8 in.  With Earl Dancer, she joined what was called the "white time" Keith Vaudeville Circuit, a traditional white-audience based vaudeville circuit combined with screenings of silent movies. They received rave reviews in Chicago and earned the unheard of salary of US$1,250 in 1928. In 1929, Waters and Pearl Wright arranged the unreleased Harry Akst song "Am I Blue?," which then appeared in the movie On with the Show and became a hit and her signature tune.  Slight wear. Uncommon..........50-75

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122. EARLY FILM - George Whitten - ALS, 1905, International Bioscope Company, 1p. VG..............40-60

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123. Joseph Grégoire de Roulhac Hamilton (1878–1961) was an American historian of the South, author, and the founder of the Southern Historical Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where he spent most of his academic career. He published books and articles about the history of Reconstruction but his most influential role was as an archivist, collecting manuscripts from around the South that form the core of the Southern Historical Collection.  TLS, 1943, 1p, to Peter Brannon, Department of Archives and History, State of Alabama.  VG................60-80

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124. [FRANCE]  a 1788 2-page document signed, from Dreux, France to Nantes, France.................80-120

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125. [MONACO]  3 pieces of ephemera: Prince Rainier & Grace Kelly + envelope of Hotel St. James Monte Carlo c. 1900. VG..................25-35

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126. [MONACO]  3 pieces of ephemera: Prince Rainier & Grace Kelly + envelope of Hotel St. James Monte Carlo c. 1900. VG..................25-35

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127. [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

129. Stock Certificate for the Oriental Inland Steam Company, Ltd. J. Bourne and John Grimes, Directors and John Mathewson, Director.  Document Signed by all three, April 7, 1858. 8vo. Fine................150-200

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130. [MUSIC] Xavier Boisselot [1811-1893] Fr. composer, pianist. ANS, 1854.........25-35

131. [PORTRAIT] Lydia H. Sigourney (1791-1865) popular American poet during the early and mid 19th century. She was commonly known as the "Sweet Singer of Hartford". Most of her works were published with just her married name Mrs. Sigourney. Original antique engraved portrait of Sigourney, image approx. 3.5 x 4.5 plus wide margins. VG...........25-35

132. [ART] Henry William (H.W.) Burgess was a landscape painter based in London. He came from the Burgess family of British artists, the son of portraitist William (d. 1812) and grandson of Thomas (fl. 1766-1786), and his own son John-Bagnold (1830-1897) also became a painter. Between 1809 and 1844, Burgess exhibited a large number of works at the Royal Academy, the British Institution, Suffolk Street and the New Water-Colour Society in London. He also served as landscape painter to William IV beginning in 1826. Offered here is an original lithograph titled "Thorn Trees, in Bushy Park, Middlesex", image approx. 15.5 x 11" plus margins. This lithograph was published by the firm of Charles Joseph Hullmandel (1789-1850), the famous English draftsman, lithographer and printer. He worked mainly in London, although he had trained in Paris as a painter and travelled extensively in Europe making topographical drawings. In 1817, on a visit to Munich, he was introduced to lithography by the pioneering lithographer Alois Senefelder. The following year he produced Twenty-four Views of Italy, a set of images he had drawn and lithographed. Dissatisfied with the way his work had been printed, Hullmandel set up his own lithographic press. The quality of work he published by himself and other artists such as Giovanni Belzoni helped popularize the topographical lithograph among British artists. This is contained in old blue mat & shrink-wrapped. Not examined out of shrink-wrap.............300-600

134. 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

135. [SPACE PHOTOGRAPHY] In 1969 Apollo 10, with a crew of Thomas Stafford, Eugene A. Cernan, and John W. Young, successfully completed a manned lunar fly-around and Earth return May 18-26. Stafford and Cernan tested the Lunar Module, separating it from the Command and Service Module and descended to within 50,000 feet of the lunar surface. The Astronauts were able to take a large number of high-quality 70-mm photographs. Apollo 10 was a sort of dress rehearsal for Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing. Offered here is a VINTAGE COLOR PHOTOGRAPH PRINTED FROM THE ORIGINAL NEGATIVE. [AS10-34-5112] Either Stafford or Cernan took this photo of the Lunar Module from the Command Module prior to docking un lunar orbit. The red/blue diagonal line is the spacecraft window. After the first sweep at six times the speed of sound, Col Stafford said they had taken so many photographs he feared the camera had jammed while trying to change the film. 8 x 10 in. VG.........75-100

136. [SPACE PHOTOGRAPHY] This is an image of one of the peculiar mounds which were seen around Head crater at the Apollo 12 landing site. The mound is described by Bean as "about 4 feet high and, at the top it's about 5 feet across..." It is roughly 4 to 6 meters in diameter at the base. The mounds are thought to be clumps of regolith thrown out of craters during impact which have slowly formed into their present shape by small meteorite bombardment over time. This southwest looking photograph was taken by commander Charles "Pete" Conrad on the first moonwalk EVA. (Apollo 12, AS12-H-46-6794). THIS IS A VINTAGE COLOR PHOTOGRAPH PRINTED FROM THE ORIGINAL NEGATIVE. These vintage space photograph are rare and are now part of the collector photography world. 8x10 in. paper size. Fine condition. ....................75-100

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137. [ART] Stow Wengenroth (1906-1978) American artist and lithographer, born in 1906 in Brooklyn, New York. Wengenroth was once called "America's greatest living artist working in black and white" by the American realist painter Andrew Wyeth, and he is generally considered to be one of the finest American lithographers of the twentieth century. He studied at the Art Students League of New York under George Brant Bridgeman and John Carlson from 1923 to 1927, then at the Grand Central School of Art under Wayman Adams. Wengenroth was elected a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters (renamed the American Academy of Arts and Letters) in 1942 and was also a member of the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts and the Prairie Printmakers. He was elected an Associate of the prestigious National Academy of Design in 1938, and a full Academician in 1941. Wengenroth was also the author of several influential books on lithography. Wengenroth's lithographs are found in most major American collections, including the Library of Congress, Whitney Museum of American Art, and Metropolitan Museum of Art. During his career, Wengenroth became well-known for his detailed depictions of the seascapes and landscapes of New England and, particularly, Maine . As an artist, he eschewed colour in his lithographs but rather focused on shadow, light, and form to transmit detail and dimension. While his urban scenes of Manhattan and the New York City environs are especially coveted by the current market, Wengenroth was most adept at creating sincere yet vivid simulacra of the New England littoral and interior. Offered here is an unsigned 2-sided watercolor. Sand dunes on one side and a most unusual abstraction watercolor on the other. This is the last of our Wengenroths that we bought at the Bruce Collins auction in Kennebunk, Maine. These were consigned to Collins from the estate of Wengenroth. Youngs Fine Arts sold our companion piece to this in their 7/12/97 sale, lot 52. It was 1-sided, signed, almost identical scene, a little smaller, and brought $660. We saved this one because it was nicer but mainly because of the unusual abstraction on the one side. This is guaranteed, without a time limit, to be by Stow Wengenroth and we will send along a letter of guarantee to the winning bidder. This piece is approx. 14-3/4 x 19-3/4 in. Pin holes in the corners caused by Wengenroth. His watercolors & drawings are quite uncommon. CLICK BELOW TO SEE BOTH SIDES............1000-1500

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138. [AMERICANA] John Vaughan (1755-1841) Early Colonial Philadelphia wine merchant, and the secretary and librarian of the American Philosophical Society for more than 50 years. It was Vaughan who notified Lewis. of Lewis & Clark fame,  that Thomas Jefferson had just been elected to the Society in late November of 1804. The notification would not have reached Lewis, of course, until his return from the expedition. Brief ALS, Phila., 1819, 1p, 6-3/4 x 9-1/4". Receives check drawn on N. Am. Bank $2099.54, for E. I. Dupont's account. The DuPont referred to here was Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours [1771-1834], known as Irénée du Pont, or E.I. du Pont, was a French-born Huguenot chemist and industrialist who immigrated to the United States in 1799 and founded the gunpowder manufacturer, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company. His descendants, the Du Pont family, were one of America's richest and most prominent families in the 19th and 20th centuries. Some loss of paper [seal area] affects signature in minor way..........75-100

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139. [FILM]  Sam Waterston  (b. 1940)  American actor, producer and director. Among other roles, he is noted for his Academy Award-nominated portrayal of Sydney Schanberg in The Killing Fields (1984), and his Golden Globe-nominated and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning portrayal of Jack McCoy on the NBC television series Law & Order.  Signed 8x10 photo. VG..........30-40

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140. [FILM - THEATRE] Marie Lohr (1890 - 1975) Australian film and stage actress. Her first film appearance was in the 1932 film version of Aren't We All?, having appeared in several of George Bernard Shaw's works onstage - her subsequent films included two Shaw adaptations. Signed 1929 real photograph postcard, 3.5 x 5.5". Top right corner crack.............25-35

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141. [MUSIC] Sir Julius Benedict [1804-1885] German-born composer and conductor, resident in England for most of his career. BRIEF ALS WRITTEN ON BOTH SIDES, 1861. Moderate toning at bottom edge...........50-75

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142. [FILM] Lucien Hubbard (1888-1971)  film producer and screenwriter. He is best known for producing Wings, for which he received the first Academy Award for Best Picture. Lucien produced and or wrote ninety-two films over the course of his career. He lived in the same house in Beverly Hills until the day he died; he was an avid polo player and would frequently ride out of the stables located, in those days, at the rear of his Hillcrest Road property, to Will Rogers' house in the Palisades; he also occasionally rode his horse to Paramount Studios where he had been elevated to president shortly after the Academy Award winning Wings which he produced, was released. This film helped director William A. Wellman's rise into major studio films.  Before coming to Los Angeles, he was night editor of The New York Times. He had written five screenplays on the side and decided one day to travel to Hollywood to see if he could sell any of them; he sold three and in 1923, his career was launched. A film he loved was entitled The Vanishing American and it was the first film to portray the Indian in a favorable light; he received an award from the Cherokee nation for this film. He discovered and mentored many talents over the life of his career and was known as a very generous man with a sharp eye for good writers.   TLS, on Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer letterhead, 1935, to John C. Brownell (1877-1961) the writer and actor, known for Three Wise Crooks (1925), The Nut Farm (1935) and Bad Company (1925).  Signed "Lucien". VG.......80-120

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143. [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

144. AGUSTIN EDWARDS [1878-1941]. Chilean banker and diplomat. Vice president of Chile (1901-02); minister for foreign affairs (1903, 1905, 1909, 1910); minister to Italy, Spain, and Switzerland (1905-06) and to Great Britain (1910-25); ambassador to Great Britain (1935-38). President, League of Nations Assembly (1922), and of 5th Pan-American conference (1923). ALS, Paris, 1922, 1p, 8vo. Sends these few lines in reply.............25-35

145. [TV] Lea Thompson (b. 1961) American actress and director. She is best known for her 1990s NBC situation comedy Caroline in the City and her portrayal of Marty McFly's mother in the Back to the Future trilogy. Signed/inscribed 8x10 photo. VG..........20-30

146. [BUSINESS] DONALD TRUMP - signed 1957 FDC honoring American Flag. Stamp addressed. Still nice......................35-45

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147. [FILM] LLOYD BRIDGES [1913-1998] American actor. Bridges starred in television series, and appeared in more than 150 films. Signed/inscribed 8 x 10 photo. VG.......25-35

148. [SPACE] Gerald "Jerry" Carr (b. 1932) American astronaut. Signed, inscribed color litho. portrait in space suit, Sky Lad III. VG..........35-45

149. [FRANCE] Jean-Pierre-Francois Lesguillon  (1800-1873) French  poet, novelist, playwright and librettist.  Offered here is an AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT POEM written and signed by Lesguillon, 5 pages, signed at the conclusion. Identified as unpublished. Approx. 7-3/4 x 10-3/4 in. VG.............150-200


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

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

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

154. Zane Grey (1872-1939) American author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that presented an idealized image of the rugged Old West. Document Signed, 1937 bank check. Contained in mat. Fresh condition...........80-120

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

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

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

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

160. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

177.   (British Literature Lot)    Leonard Alfred George Strong (1896 –1958) highly popular novelist, critic, historian and poet, ANS, 1944.   Ishbel Ross (1895-1975) Journalist.  Her book “Ladies of the Press” in 1936, did great service to historians.  She became a leading writer for the NY Hearld Tribune. She also wrote several books of fiction.  TLS, 1949. Lady Margaret Sackville  (1881 –  1963) English poet and children’s author .When the Poetry Society was formed in 1912, Lady Margaret was made its first president. She had also been the first president of its predecessor, the Poetry Recital Society, formed in 1909.  She had a passionate 15-year love affair with Ramsay MacDonald.  Lady Margaret never married.   ALS, 2pp 1944. Henry Major Tomlinson (1873-1958) British writer and journalist. He was known for anti-war and travel writing, novels and short stories, especially of life at sea. SIGNED presentation title page from his book “Gallions Reach” (1927).   Edwin Herbert Samuel, 2nd Viscount Samuel CMG (1898 –1978) writer and Lecturer . He served in the Jewish Legion. He also served as the last Mandate-era Director of the Palestine Broadcasting Service. ALS (1973). Lord Francis Scott (1879-1952) Writer, diarist – He was the son of the 7th Duke of Buccleuch. He was one of the first British elite to travel and live in Kenya. He was the uncle to HRH Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (18901-1904) ANS 1936.  Edward Abbott Parry (1863-1943) judge and dramatist.. He wrote several plays and books for children,   ALS, 1903, 4pp..............100-150

182. [THEATRE] Edward Terry (1844-1912) English actor, who became one of the most influential actors and comedians of the Victorian era. ALS, 1878, 2pp, declining a group to have a copy of a certain letter. This is a retained copy of Terry's letter written in his hand.........40-60

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

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

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

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

189. [FRANCE] Charles Prudent Becdelièvre (1705 - 1784 )  French prelate, Bishop of Nîmes.  Ordained in 1729, he became abbot of Vierzen in 1730, then the Caignotte in 1731.  Becdelèvre was appointed vicar of Périgueux in 1736.  He was Bishop of Nîmes from 1737 to 1784. He was also adviser to the king in all his advice. Letter Signed, 1750, 1p, approx. 7 x 8.5". Damp stain top edge............100-150

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190.    (19th CENTURY BRITISH NOTABLES LOT)    William Harry Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland KG (1766-1842), styled Viscount Barnard until 1792 and known as The Earl of Darlington between 1792 and 1827 and as The Marquess of Cleveland between 1827 and 1833, was a British landowner and politician. Barnard was Whig Member of Parliament for Totnes from 1788 to 1790 and for Winchelsea from 1790 to 1792. The latter year he succeeded his father in the earldom and took his seat in the House of Lords. He was made a Knight of the Garter in 1839.  SIGNED Address Panel1830.  William Peter (1788-1853) British diplomat and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons. He complied a two volume set of Speeches of Sir Samuel Romilly in the House of Commons, published in 1820. At the 1832 general election was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bodmin. In 1840, he was living at Bruges when he received an appointment as HM Consul in Philadelphia USA. In the United States he married Sarah Ann Worthington King, daughter of Ohio Governor and U. S. Senator Thomas Worthington, and widow of Edward King a prominent Ohio politician and son of Minister to Great Britain Rufus King.  ALS, 1839.  Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover PC (1802-1867)  British civil engineer and politician. He served under Lord Aberdeen and then Lord Palmerston as President of the Board of Health between 1854 and 1855 and was sworn of the Privy Council in 1854. In 1855 he introduced an Act of Parliament which led to the establishment of the Metropolitan Board of Works. He became First Commissioner of Works the same year and was responsible for many environmental and sanitary improvements in London. He oversaw the later stages of the rebuilding of the Houses of Parliament, including the installation of the 13.8-tonne hour bell, "Big Ben", in the clock tower. ALS, in third person, 1860 1p.   Francis Knollys, 1st Viscount Knollys  (1837-1924) British courtier. He served as Private Secretary to the Sovereign.  ALS, 1920.   Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby PC (1752-1834),usually styled Lord Stanley before 1776, British peer and politician of. He held office as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in 1783 in the Fox-North Coalition and between 1806 and 1807 in the Ministry of All the Talents. At a dinner party in 1778 held on his estate "The Oaks" in Carshalton, Lord Derby and his friends planned a sweepstake horse race, won the following year by Derby's own horse, Bridget. The race, the Epsom Oaks, has been named after the estate since. At a celebration after Bridget's win, a similar race for colts was proposed and Derby tossed a coin with Sir Charles Bunbury for the honour of naming the race. Derby won, and the race became known as the Derby Stakes. Bunbury won the initial race in 1780 with his horse, Diomed; Derby himself won it in 1787 with Sir Peter Teazle. SIGNED address panel 1831............75-100

191. 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

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

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

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

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

197. James Doohan (1920-2005) Canadian character and voice actor best known for his role as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in the television and film series Star Trek. Signed 8x10 color photo as "Scotty" from Star Trek. VG...............40-60

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

199. [ENTERTAINMENT] Don DeFore (1913-1993) American actor who played "the regular guy" and "the good, ol' boy next door" in many films in the 1940s and 1950s but probably best remembered for his television roles. SIGNED & inscribed 8x10 vintage photo. Signed in semi-dark area but contrast is OK...............25-35