2. [PIONEER KENTUCKY]   Jacob Myers  (1763-1804)  frontier enterpreneur, said to be the first distiller of whiskey in Kentucky.  He also took up surveying, and  between 1785 and 1792, he mapped and filed land grant claims in Virginia for over 145 tracts, encompassing some 30,000 acres.  Evan Williams "Black Label"  Bourbon whickey is advertised as  "Since 1783" and "Kentucky's 1st distiller".  However, the inscriptions should not be construed as indicating that the brand has continuously existed since the time of the historic distillery. The modern whisky brand was established in the mid-1900s and has no direct connection to the historic distiller.  Moreover, key details of the historical claims about Williams have been asserted to be false by historian Michael Veach of the Filson Historical Society.  Veach said that the assertion that Williams was Kentucky's first distiller did not appear until an 1892 publication by Reuben Durrett – more than a century after the fact. He also said that the dating is disproved by a record of Williams traveling from London to Philadelphia in May 1794, showing that Williams could only have begun his distillery substantially later. Veach indicated that the true identity of Kentucky's first distiller may never really be known, that record-keeping about such matters was poor, and that there are others that seem more likely as candidates for first distiller, including Jacob Myers and brothers Joseph and Samuel Davis. Records reportedly indicate that Myers and the Davis brothers both arrived in 1779. Jacob Myers’ true ambition was not farming, but rather the production of spirits, from the ample harvest of the settlers in the fertile new lands. His share of the production, “2 gallons for every 10 produced”, he resold to his neighbors and the steady stream of new arrivals coming over on the Wilderness Road. In 1780, when the District of Kentucky was organized into 3 new counties of Virginia, Jacob sought the elected office of burgess, “making free use of his whiskey” to win support. He was outdistanced by Ben Logan, indian fighter and compatriot of Squire Boone. Nonetheless, his enterprise continued, and in 1783, Jacob constructed a new grist mill near his distillery on Dick’s river.  Offered here is an extremely rare manuscript document 1787, signed by Jacob Myers and Matthew Walton (? - 1819)  U.S. Representative from Kentucky, cousin of George Walton and John Walton. Walton received a limited schooling. He served as member of the conventions held in Danville in 1785 and 1787. He served as member of the first State constitutional convention, 1792. He served as member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, 1792, 1795, and 1808.  Walton was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Eighth and Ninth Congresses (March 4, 1803-March 3, 1807). He died in Springfield, Kentucky, January 18, 1819. This document is an agreement whereby Jacob Myers is to pay off a debt owed to Matthew Walton with whiskey.   Approx. 7-1/4 x 9-1/4 in.  Considering its age this is in excellent condition.  RARE!.................1400-1800

3. [ART] Jacques-Joseph TISSOT [1836-1902] IMPORTANT French painter, engraver, and enameler. Traveled in Palestine (1887) and made studies for a set of 300 watercolor paintings, exhibited (1894) under the title Vie de Notre-Seigneur Jésus-Christ. Offered here is an extraordinary book in very fine leather binding containing 20 original etchings by Tissot. Those familiar with Tissot's etchings know that there are quite valuable and also that most were not pencil signed. Description: Book title is RENEE MAUPERIN, 1884, Edition Ornee, #21/50. Contains 10 images [duplicate set included] = 20 etchings. Of these 8 are signed in pencil, 10 signed with his red monogram, 1 signed with faint black monogram, and 1 unsigned. Recent auction sale of the unsigned etching at Swanns in NYC was $750. Book size 10.5 high x 7-1/4 in. The condition of all is prefect...............15,000 to 20,000

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5. (ART) (JASPER JOHNS) original multiple. New York. Museum of Modern Art. Text by Riva Castleman Technics and Creativity Gemini GEL, 1971, 10.5 x 8.5 in. stiff wrappers in plastic clamshell box. 108 pp. 364 mostly thumbnail illustrations (20 full size in color), bibliography, index of artists. A Catalogue raisonne (to early 1971), published in a boxed edition of 22,500, with its problematic Jasper Johns "Target," an offset lithograph with applique paintbrush and three watercolor disks, in addition to the print , which is glued to the inside front cover of the box). Box also contains the catalog, a sheet of protective foam. The foam sheet is normally discolored and usually has three circular offprints from the watercolor disks. According to Richard S. Field ("Jasper Johns Prints 1970-1977"), the image was derived from a pencil drawing and collage of 1960 in the Sonnabend collection. A hand-pulled edition of 50 copies and six artists proofs was printed by Kenneth Tyler at Gemini in 1971. The offset edition was produced by Graphic Press, Los Angeles. Johns's participation in this enterprise was, at best, limited to the Gemini printing, which was hand-signed and numbered. The signature on the MoMA target was mechanically reproduced [the one offered here]. If it appears to have been signed in ink or pencil, forgery is indicated. The white clamshell box is spotted but intact. The other main factor involving this multiple is the condition of the offset target lithograph. As is often the case a former owner has wetted the watercolor blocks and started to paint the target but has only painted a small part in yellow. The brush is often missing as is missing here. VG condition.............300-400

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6. [SPANISH AMERICAN WAR] Ensor Chadwick (1844-1919) Rear Admiral in United States Navy who became prominent in the naval reform movement of the post-Civil War era. He was particularly noted for his contributions to naval education, and served as President of the Naval War College from 1900-1903. He served in the Spanish-American War, fighting at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba, and as commander of the South Atlantic Squadron he played a major part in the Perdicaris incident of 1904 in Morocco.  Chadwick was a native of Morgantown, West Virginia, he attended the United States Naval Academy from 1861 to 1864. During the Civil War years, the Academy was relocated from Annapolis, Maryland to Newport, Rhode Island, due to concerns about secessionist sympathy in Maryland, a border state. In 1881, Lt Commander Chadwick led the investigation into the fog signals at Little Gull Island Light in Long Island Sound after the Galatea ran around in the fog during the evening of May 12, 1881. Major sea commands included the gunboat USS Yorktown, commissioned in 1889. He served in the Spanish-American War, fighting at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba. Signed 1899 Riggs National Bank check. Fine with clear bold signature................60-80

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7. Frederick William Fairholt (1814-1866) English antiquary and wood engraver. He was born in London. His father, who was of a German family (the name was originally Fahrholz), was a tobacco manufacturer, and Frederick was at first employed in the business. He then worked as a drawing-master, and later as a scene-painter. Ink copies made by him of figures from William Hogarth's plates led to his being employed by Charles Knight on several of his illustrated publications. His first published literary work was a contribution to Hone's Year-Book in 1831. His life was one of almost uninterrupted quiet labour, carried on until within a few days of death. Several works on civic pageantry and some collections of ancient unpublished songs and dialogues were edited by him for the Percy Society in 1842. In 1844 he was elected fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. He published an edition of the dramatic works of John Lyly in 1858. His principal works are Tobacco, its History and Association (1859); Gog and Magog (1860); Up the Nile and Home Again (1862); many articles and serials contributed to the Art Journal, some of which were afterwards separately published, as Costume in England (1846); Dictionary of Terms in Art (1854). These works are illustrated by numerous cuts, drawn on the wood by his own hand. He also illustrated Evans's Coins of the Ancient Britons, Frederick William Madden's Jewish Coinage, Halliwell's folio Shakespeare and his Sir John Maundeville, Charles Roach Smith's Richborough, the Miscellanea Graphica of Lord Londesborough, and many other works. His books relating to Shakespeare were bequeathed to the library at Stratford-on-Avon ; those on civic pageantry (between 200 and 300 volumes) to the Society of Antiquaries; his old prints and works on costume to the British Museum; his general library he desired to be sold and the proceeds devoted to the Literary Fund. ALS, no year given, 1p., 4-1/2 x 7-1/8 in. Re: illustrations. Light toning bottom portion of letter.............75-100

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8. (ART) PARIS FROM CHARLLOTE - original engraving, likely pre-1850, engraved by J.B. Neagle, approx. 6 x 7.75 in. plus margins. Paper very good. Only very light spots from age.....................50-75 See engraving

9. [FILM] Walter Catlett (1889-1960)  American actor.  As a San Francisco citizen, he started out in vaudeville with a detour for a while in opera before breaking into films. He made a career by playing excitable, officious blowhards. Catlett also provided the voice of Foulfellow the Fox in the 1940 Disney animated film Pinocchio. Signed 3x5 card, Hollywood, Calif., 1938, on which he also makes a drawing of a black cat. Fine..............50-75

10. [SCIENCE] Robert Simpson Woodward (1849-1924) American physicist and mathematician. Offered here is a small archive from Woodward's papers. Includes a notebook on "Law of electric and magnetic action", containing 9-pages written by Woodward [unsigned]. In fine condition. PLUS 3 printed pamlets written by Woodward: OBSERVATION AND EXPERIMENT 1901; THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE 1901; and MEASUREMENT AND CALCULATION 1902. These are in very good condition..............100-150

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11. (KENTUCKY PIONEER) GEO. HELM (b. Virginia 1774-1822) In 1798, he appointed sheriff of Hardin County; was also justice of the peace. In 1813,14 & 16, he was representative in the Sate Legislature. He resigned temporarily in 1814 to serve on the staff of Gen. John Thomas, who commanded the Kentucky troops at the Battle of New Orleans. Geo. Helm's residence in Hardin Co. was the site of the old Helm's fort [Helm Place], which was one of the original three forts which became Elizabethtown. His son was Kentucky governor, John Helm. Offered here is an 1810 court document written & signed by Ben Helm [see above 481] with the signature of Geo. helm on the verso. 7-3/4 x 6-1/4". VG............150-200

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12. Hugh S. Taylor (1890-1974)  English chemist primarily interested in catalysis. In 1925, in a landmark contribution to catalytic theory, Taylor suggested that a catalyzed chemical reaction is not catalyzed over the entire solid surface of the catalyst but only at certain ‘active sites’ or centers. He also developed important methods for procuring heavy water during World War II and pioneered the use of stable isotopes in studying chemical reactions. As Chair of Chemistry from 1926–1951, Taylor developed the Chemistry Dept. at Princeton energetically and oversaw the construction of the Frick Chemical Laboratory. TLS, Princeton Univ., May 22, 1941, 1p.  To the American Physicist, Prof. L.W. McKeehan, at Yale Univ.  Content about raising funds in support of Dr. Thon. VG............75-100

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13. [MASSACHUSETTS] ABBOTT LAWRENCE (1792-1855) was a prominent American businessman, politician, and philanthropist. He founded Lawrence, Massachusetts. Born in Groton, Mass., son of Revolutionary War officer Samuel Lawrence. Amos Abbott and he formed a partnership, specializing in imports from Britain and China, and later expanded their interests to textile manufacturing. They became extraordinarily wealthy. Many cite the Lawrence brothers as the founders of New England's influential textile industry. In the 1820s, Lawrence became a prominent public figure - a vocal supporter of railroad construction for economic benefit, a very controversial stance at the time. In 1834, Lawrence was elected to the 24th Congress, as a Whig from Massachusetts. He did not run for renomination to the 25th Congress, but was re-elected to the 26th Congress. In 1842, he was appointed commissioner to settle the Northeastern Boundary Dispute between Canada and the United States. In 1848, Lawrence was an unsuccessful candidate for the vice-presidency on the Whig ticket, headed by Zachary Taylor . With Taylor's presidential victory, he offered Lawrence a choice of administrative positions. After rejecting a cabinet appointment, Lawrence chose the post of minister to Great Britain. He filled that position with great distinction, and was involved in the negotiations of the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty. He resigned in 1852, and returned to the United States to join the presidential campaign of Gen. Winfield Scott; however, he soon grew dissatisfied with the Whig stand on slavery, and estranged himself from the party. Lawrence was active in Boston's Unitarian Church . He actively promoted education for lower-class citizens, and donated money to various causes. He supported Lawrence Academy, affordable housing in Boston, and the Boston Public Library. He also provided funds to establish the Lawrence Scientific School at Harvard College. Large 3-page document signed, 1839, Indenture of Property Settlement of Elizabeth P. Bigelow [Mrs. Stevens]. Abbott Bigelow signs as Co. Trustee along with the signature of ANDREW BIGELOW [1795-1877] a prominent Unitarian clergyman & writer. Also signed by John P. Bigelow, Francis Bigelow, Elizabeth Bigelow and Henry Stearns. Elizabeth's father was Timothy Bigelow. Approx. 10 x 16 and in excellent condition aside from folds. A detailed lengthy document............50-75

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14. (PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1912). THOMAS JONES PENCE (1873-1916). American newspaperman; in charge Publicity Bureau Democratic National Convention, Chicago, campaign of 1908; director and manager publicity campaign of Woodrow Wilson in campaign that resulted in his nomination in Baltimore, 1912. Document Signed, The Riggs National Bank, Washington, D.C., 1916. Bank check with vignette of bank. SCARCE Woodrow Wilson association item..........35-45

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15. [SCIENCE] Robert Simpson Woodward (1849-1924) the American physicist and mathematician, born at Rochester, Michigan. He graduated C.E. at the University of Michigan in 1872, and was appointed assistant engineer on the United States Lake Survey. In 1882 he became assistant astronomer for the United States Transit of Venus Commission. In 1884 he became astronomer to the United States Geological Survey, serving until 1890, when he became assistant in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. In 1893 he was called to Columbia as professor of mechanics and subsequently became professor of mathematical physics as well. He was dean of the faculty of pure science at Columbia from 1895 to 1905, when he became president of the Carnegie Institution of Washington , whose reputation and usefulness as a means of furthering scientific research was widely extended under his direction. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1896. In 1898-1900 he was president of the American Mathematical Society, and in 1900 president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 1915 he was appointed to the Naval Consulting Board. He died in 1924 in Washington, D.C. Professor Woodward carried on researches and published papers in many departments of astronomy, geodesy, and mechanics. In the course of his work with the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey he devised and constructed the "iced bar and long tape base apparatus," which enables a base line to be measured with greater accuracy and with less expense than by methods previously employed. His work on the composition and structure of the earth and the variation of latitude found expression in a number of valuable papers. Signed bank check, 1895. Made out to F.W. Putnam, who has also signed on the verso. Frederic Ward Putnam (1839-1915) was one of the earliest anthropologists in the United States. He founded institutions for anthropological research at Harvard University and at the University of California, Berkeley, and worked to establish museum collections in anthropology. He taught anthropology, archaeology and ethnology at Harvard University. He directed some of the first field expeditions in the Americas. Putnam entered Harvard in 1856, where he met and eventually became assistant (1857-1864) and friend to the naturalist Louis Agassiz. His relationship with Harvard was an enduring one. He did not graduate with his class, although he is listed among the S.B.'s of 1862. His chief associations at Harvard were with the Peabody Museum and the Peabody professorship. He became Curator of the Peabody Museum of American Archaelogy and Ethnology (1875-1909), Honorary Curator of the Peabody Museum (1909-1913), and Honorary Director of the Peabody Museum (1913-1915). He was the Peabody Professor of American Archaeology and Ethnology (1886-1909) and Peabody Professor Emeritus (1911-1915). As his career matured, Putnam's work outside of Harvard grew. In 1891 he began directing the anthropological department of the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago. This collection later became the foundation for the Field Museum of Natural History. In 1894 he became the Curator in anthropology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. In 1903 he went to the University of California, Berkeley, to found a department of anthropology and an anthropological museum. Over his lifetime, Putnam published more than 400 papers; he also founded and the edited the American Naturalist. He was the recipient of many honors and awards: he was a Fellow of the American Academy, a member of the American Philosophical Society, a member of the National Academy of Science, and a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor.

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16. (KENTUCKY PIONEER) CHAS. HELM [b. Va. 1777-1821?] elected to the state senate in 1812, serving four terms; during War of 1812 he served under Capt. [later Maj. Gen.] John Thomas, in the 2nd Regt. of Ky. Mounted Militia. DS, [Elizabethtown, Ky.] 1804, 7-3/4 x 12". Also signed by Asa Coombes, Jacob Linder, James Love, & John Coombes. Signed [very light in ink] on verso by Luke Calvin. Promise to pay document. Prominent stain..........200-300

17. [ART] FREDERICK "Fritz" SOLOMON (1899-1980) German Expressionist artist. Original etching, unsigned, image approx. 5 x 3.5 in. plus margins. Comes with biographical information. This is, without doubt, by Solomon and guaranteed to be so without a time limit. Solomon won the Mowbray Prize [1944] in London; was listed in WHO'S WHO IN ART [1954 London edition]. He studied art with such famous German artist's as: Max Liebermann, Martin Brandenburg, Eugene Spiro & Willy Jaeckel [Masterclass]. Exhibitions: Berlin, Cologne, Capetown, Haifa, London [Royal Academy], U.S., and in 1958 had one-man show at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Havana, Cuba. In 1956 several of his paintings were exhibited at the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio. He died in the U.S. We purchased his personal papers and most of his drawings at his estate sale. His work is fairly scarce. The photos shown below in 2nd scan DO NOT accompany this etching and are not for sale........100-150

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18. [AVIATION] Alfred Lawson (1869-1954) professional baseball player, manager and league promoter from 1887 through 1916 and went on to play a pioneering role in the US aircraft industry, publishing two early aviation trade journals. In 1904, he also wrote a novel, Born Again, clearly inspired by the popular Utopian fantasy Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy, an early harbinger of the metaphysical turn his career would take with the theory of Lawsonomy. He is frequently cited as the inventor of the airliner and was awarded several of the first air mail contracts, which he ultimately could not fulfill. He founded the Lawson Aircraft Company in Green Bay, Wisconsin, to build military training aircraft and later the Lawson Airplane Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to build airliners. The crash of his ambitious Lawson L-4 "Midnight Liner" during its trial flight takeoff on May 8, 1921, ended his best chance for commercial aviation success. In 1908 he was involved in trying to start a new professional baseball league, the "Union Professional League" which took the field in April but folded one month later. In the 1920s, he promoted health practices including vegetarianism and claimed to have found the secret of living to 200. He also developed his own highly unusual theories of physics, according to which such concepts as "penetrability", "suction and pressure" and "zig-zag-and-swirl" were discoveries on par with Einstein's Theory of Relativity. He published numerous books on these concepts, all set in a distinctive typography. Lawson repeatedly predicted the worldwide adoption of Lawsonian principles by the year 2000. He later propounded his own philosophy&emdash;Lawsonomy&emdash;and the Lawsonian religion. We could go on and on but we've said enough here. This guy, it appears, was great as a starter, but not a finisher. Offered here is a signed [on title page] copy of his book "AIRCRAFT HISTORY", published in Detroit in 1947, 224 pages. Covers soiled; spine half missing but present, rest hanging on; contents inside pretty good. The book is around but we've never seen a signed copy..........200-300

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19.  Mrs. Carl F. Gould (Dorothy Wheaton Fay)  (1890-1976) historian, writer, and active member of Seattle society. Her first publication was The Indian Attack on Seattle, a work of historical editing. Her husband was Carl Freylinghuysen Gould (1873-1939), a prominent Seattle architect. Gould designed over 20 buildings on the University of Washington campus, including the Henry Suzzallo library. He also designed the Seattle Asian Art Museum (previously the Seattle Art Museum), the Marine Hospital (now the headquarters of Amazon.com), and many other notable structures in the Puget Sound area. ANS, n.d, written in postal card to Albert L. Clapp Labratories, Danvers, Mass. She send on approval her pamphlet "The Indian Attack On Seattle." VG............25-35

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21. (US CONGRESSMEN) album page 6 signatures [3 on each side]: John M. Thompson (1829-1903) Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Penn. Herman Leon Humphrey (1830-1902) Wisconsin. Joseph Champlin Stone (1829-1902) was a pioneer doctor and one-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 1st congressional district. During the Civil War Dr. Stone enlisted as a private in the Union Army and was made adjutant of the 1st Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry . He was promoted to captain and assistant adjutant general of volunteers in 1862, and served until the end of the war. He resumed the practice of medicine in Burlington, Iowa. OTHER SIDE: Horace Davis (1831- 1916) Calif. William Henry Calkins (1842-1894) Indiana. Frank Welch (1835 - 1878). Nebraska...........40-60

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22.  [ART] Lawrence "Larry" Calcagno (1913-1993) American painter. Benefiting from the G.I. Bill in 1947 Lawrence Calcagno enrolled at the California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA. His teachers were Mark Rothko and Clyfford Still along with instructors, Edward Corbett and Richard Diebenkorn. In 1950 he left California School of Fine Arts for Europe. He went to Paris, France to study at L'Academie de la Grande Chaumiere. In 1951 he went to Florence to study the Renaissance. He enrolled at the Instituto d'Arte Statale. He held several prominent teaching positions. ALS, 1989, 1p full page, 8.5 x 11". Written to a collector saying "I always try to encourage young artists and emerging collectors...." he then offers a silk screen print for $250 done in 1971 saying that the price is less than half. VG.........75-100

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23. Nice collection of 11 Bills of Lading for goods shipped from port of New York to the city of New Orleans. One page contains 6 Bills of Lading 1840, shipped on the vessel "Orleans" by R.G. Hazard, these goods came to be known as "Harzard's goods." A second sheet shows 5 Bills of Lading shipped on the Barque "Clarion", dated 1840. Roland Gibson Hazard (1801-1888) was a financier from Rhode Island who was early identified with the Free Soil and Anti-Slavery parties and was one of the founders of the Republican Party. His early connection with this party was so prominent that southern newspapers warned southern people not to buy "Hazard's goods." While in New Orleans in 1841-'2, though threatened with lynching, he obtained with great effort the release of large numbers of free negroes, who belonged to ships from the north, and who had been placed in the chain-gang. Most of these documents are in excellent condition.........150-200

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24.  [ART] William Wetmore Story (1819-1895) American sculptor, art critic, poet, and editor. He graduated at Harvard College in 1838 and at the Harvard Law School in 1840, continued his law studies under his father, was admitted to the Massachusetts bar, and prepared two legal treatises of value &emdash; Treatise on the Law of Contracts not under Seal (2 vols., 1844) and Treatise on the Law of Sales of Personal Property (1847). Abandoning the law, he devoted himself to sculpture, and after 1850 lived in Rome, whither he had first gone in 1848, and where he was intimate with the Brownings and with Walter Savage Landor. In 1856, he received a commission for a bust of his late father, which resides in the Memorial Hall/Lowell Hall. Story's apartment, in Palazzo Barberini, became a central location for Americans in Rome. During the American Civil War his letters to the Daily News in December 1861 (afterwards published as a pamphlet, "The American Question," i.e. of neutrality), and his articles in Blackwood's, had considerable influence on English opinion. One of his most famous works, Cleopatra, (1858) was described and admired in Nathaniel Hawthorne's romance, The Marble Faun, and is on display at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, Virginia. Another work, the Angel of Grief, has been replicated near the Stanford Mausoleum at Stanford University. Story submitted a design for the Washington Monument, then under construction. Although the Washington National Monument Society concluded that his design seemed "vastly superior in artistic taste and beauty" to the obelisk already under construction, the obelisk continued to be built, and is what we see today as the monument. In addition, Story sculpted a bronze statue of Joseph Henry on the Mall in Washington, D.C., the scientist who served as the Smithsonian Institution's first Secretary. His Libyan Sibyl is on display at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art. Story died at Vallombroso, Italy. He is buried with his wife, Emelyn Story, in the Protestant Cemetery, Rome, under a statue of his own design (Angel of Grief). Offered here is 3+ pages written by Story while a student at Harvard. This appears to be incomplete [1st part missing]. Address leaf shows letter was sent to William W. Greenough, and with "WW Story" docket [in Greenough's hand]. Starting to separate at middle fold line. Rare!...........80-120

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25. BUCKSPORTS, MAINE - 14 Lodge Documents, 1898-1900. Buckesport Lodge No. 14. A.O.U.W. The Ancient Order of United Workmen was a fraternal organization in the United States and Canada, providing mutual social and financial support after the US Civil War. It was the beginning of the American network of fraternal benefit societies. Folds o/w VG condition......50-75 See above

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26. Cornelia "Nellie" Cole Fairbanks (1852-1913) was the wife of Charles W. Fairbanks, who served as the 26th Vice President of the United States from 1905 to 1909. During her husband's tenure she held the unofficial position of the Second Lady of the United States. She was at the forefront of the women's suffrage movement and considered a pathfinder to politics for American women in the 20th and 21st centuries. Signed 3-3/8 x 2-3/8" card. VG...........50-75

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27. [SCIENCE] Herbert Haviland Field [1862-1921] American Zoologist: founded the Concilium Bibliographicum, 1895, in Zurich, an agency for zoological and related literatures, briefly considered after World War I as a possible center for the international organization of scientific literature by the US Academy of Sciences. Typed Document Signed, Zurich, 1897, 1p. Received of R.S. Woodward, Treas. of The American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science, $250 in full payment of grant voted in aid of the International Bureau of Bibliography. Mail folds o/w VG................50-75

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28. [SOUTHERN AMERICANA] Wiley Gallaway (1791-1864) taught school at Huntsville, Oakville and Moulton Alabama. He also served as Clerk of Lawrence County from 1835 to 1850 and was one of a committee of ten appointed to draft resolutions "as a public testimonial to the memory of General Andrew Jackson." Document Signed, State of Alabama, 1837, 1p, 7-3/4 x 12-1/4".  Order to sheriff to take William Whitaker into custody. VG for its age.............40-60

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30. [NEW HAMPSHIRE] Hon. Alvah Woodbury Sulloway (1838- ) Sulloway was one of the best known, most practical, energetic and public-spirited among the enterprising business men of the prosperous and progressive town of Franklin, New Hampshire. In his father's mill at Enfield, N.H., Alvah gained the practical knowledge of the business in which he was to be engaged, which constituted the sure foundation of the success he attained. He secured a good academical education at Canaan and Barre, Vt., and the Green Mountain Liberal Institute, at South Woodstock; but spent a considerable portion of his time, between the ages of ten and twenty-one years, in active labor in the mill, thoroughly familiarizing himself with the various processes in hosiery manufacture and the general conduct of business in that important line of industry. Upon attaining his majority, with that ambitious and independent spirit which so generally characterizes the youth of New England, and to which the development and prosperity of all sections of our country are so largely due, Mr. Sulloway determined to go into business for himself. His purpose received the ready encouragement and sanction of his father, and, after due deliberation, he formed a partnership with Walter Aiken, of Franklin, in the manufactureof hosiery. The partnership continued for about four years, when it was dissolved by mutual consent, and another firm was organized which put in operation a new mill. This firm consisted of Mr. Sulloway and Frank H. Daniell, of Franklin, who carried on business together until 1869, when Mr. Daniell withdrew, and Mr. Sulloway became sole proprietor. The mill was situated upon the lower power of the Winnipiseogee, opposite the mills of the paper company, the power being used in common by the two establishments. The building of brick, three stories high, with basement, contained four sets of woolen machinery, with about seventy-five knitting machines, and furnished employment for about ninety operatives, besides a large number of women in the vicinity and surrounding towns, whose labor was required in finishing the work which the machines leave incomplete. The goods manufactured were the Shaker socks, or half-hose, of which more than three hundred dozen pairs are produced daily, giving an annual product of about one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The monthly payroll averaged about two thousand five hundred dollars, aside from the amount paid for outside labor. Mr. Sulloway was a business man in the true sense of the term, and as such he became eminently successful. But while devoting his energies and ability to the development of his own business interests, and thereby indirectly conferring large benefit upon the community in which he moved, he never failed to contribute by direct personal effort to the advancement of all measures of public utility and material progress, and to his labor and encouragement, personally and peculiarly, as much as to any other among its many enterprising and public-spirited citizens, the town of Franklin is indebted for the advanced position which it holds when regarde from a business, social or educational stand-point. He was a prime mover in the organization of the Franklin National Bank, which went into operation in November, 1879, and has been president of the institution from the start. He has also been a trustee of the Franklin Savings-Bank ever since its establishment, and for several years past a member of the committee of investment. In 1880 he was chosen a member of the board of directors of the Northern Railroad, and in March, 1885, he was appointed president of the same corporation. In politics Mr. Sulloway is an ardent Democrat, an earnest and enthusiastic worker in the party cause, and his labors in this direction have been largely instrumental in bringing his party into ascendancy in Franklin, which was for many years one of the hardest-contested political battle-grounds in the State, numbering, as it does, among its citizens several of the most active leaders of the two great parties. In 1871, although the town was then decidedly Republican, he was chosen a member of the State Legislature from Franklin, and was re-elected the following year. In 1874, and again in 1875, he was elected to the same position. In January, 1877, Mr. Sulloway was nominated by the Democracy of the Second District as their candidate for Congress against Major James F. Briggs, of Manchester, the Republican nominee. The district was strongly Republican, and that party had a popular candidate in the field; yet Mr. Sulloway, with no expectation of an election, made a vigorous canvass and ran largely ahead of his ticket. He was also the candidate for his party in the district at the next election, and again in 1880, making lively work for his successful opponent, Major Briggs, on each occasion. He has been an active member of the Democratic State Committee for a number of years past, and for the greater portion of the time a member of the executive committee of that body, having direct charge of the campaign work. He was a member of the New Hampshire delegation in the National Convention at St. Louis, in 1876, which nominated Samuel J. Tilden for the Presidency, and was an enthusiastic supporter of Mr. Tilden, not only in convention, but also in the subsequent campaign, in which he was actively engaged as a member of the Democratic National Committee from this State. In 1880 he was again a delegate to the National Convention of his party at Cincinnati, where General Hancock was nominated; and in 1884, at Chicago, he was a zealous supporter of Governor Cleveland. [Copied from "The History of Merrimack and Belknap Counties, New Hampshire". Edited by D. Hamilton Hurd and Published in 1885.]. Four ALSs, 1899-1900, total 9 pages, all to E.W. Heath.Business matters. VG......50-75

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31. William Lloyd Garrison Jr. (1838-1909) was a prominent advocate of the single tax, free trade, woman's suffrage, and of the repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act. His father was a prominent American abolitionist. Document Signed, 1883. Stock certificate for the Oregon and Transcontinental Co. [railroad]. Nice vignette showing Indians looking down on a train. Signed by Garrison on the verso. VG..........50-75

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32. [VERMONT] William Strong (1763 - 1840)  American businessman and politician. He served as a congressman and judge from Vermont.  Strong was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1798, 1799, 1801, and 1802, and was the sheriff of Windsor County from 1802 to 1810. He was elected as a Democratic-Republican US Representative to the Twelfth and Thirteenth Congresses, from March 4, 1811 until March 3, 1815.   String returned to Vermont politics to sit once more in the state House of Representatives from 1815 to 1818, and as a judge of the Supreme Court of Windsor County from 1819 to 1821.  In 1819 he was elected to the Sixteenth Congress, and served from March 4, 1819 to March 3, 1821.  In 1832 he served as the Presidential Elector for Vermont.  Document Signed, 1811, 1p, 8 x 13". Land deed signed by others [signature not researched]. VG..........40-60

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33.  LINCOLN'S KENTUCKY - 1795 manuscript document from Hardin Co., Kentucky, written and signed by David MAY [d. 1798] Court Clerk in Elizabethtown. He held this position from 1795 until his death. E-town was laid out in 1793 but not organized with trustees until 1797. A summons for Harrison Taylor & others. Of greater interest is the docket signature of Samuel Haycraft Sr. on the verso. He owned considerable land in the Mill Creek section. His farm adjoined that of the Lincolns, the two families being good friends. Haycraft Sr. [1752-1823], along with Andrew Hynes & Thomas Helm are credited with having established the settlement in Severns Valley which became Elizabethtown. He built the first mill in the valley in 1797. Lincoln's father was employed in that mill. VG. Approx. 6 x 7". Rare!................100-150

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34. Hardin County, Kentucky - 1809 manuscript document signed, concerning a bond. We do NOT believe that the signatures are in the hand of Saml. Haycraft, Robert Bleakley, and Jno. Davison. All of the handwriting appears to be in the hand of the person who signed at the conclusion. We are unable to identify the signer. One page, 6-1/4 x 7-1/2". VG.........80-120

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35. [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.  Original unsigned pencil drawing on sketchbook page, about 7x5".  The drawing is lain-in a book titled "BRIDE OF FORTUNE - A novel based on the life of Mrs. Jefferson Davis.  The dust jacket portrait of Varina Davis was made by Doris Reynolds. The book is a Book Club Edition...........50-75

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37. [RELIGION] Ezra Stiles Gannett [1801-1871] prominent Unitarian minister, editor, and a founder of the American Unitarian Association. He was a colleague pastor and successor to William Ellery Channing at the Federal Street Church in Boston. ALS, Boston, no yr., 1p. with last line & signature on back............35-45

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38. [ART] Walt Kuhn RARE ORIGINAL Etching Plate #27. WALT KUHN [1877-1949]. American painter. An ORIGINAL Walt Kuhn copper etching plate, title is NEAR PORTSMOUTH. That would be Portsmouth, NH. Plate size is approx. 4-1/8 x 6-1/8 in. This plate still has some life in it and etchings could be pulled from it. Very seldom does an original etching plate by an important artist ever reach the open market as they usually are in institutional collections. Provenance: Kuhn Estate. It is difficult to get a good scan of this and the picture below isn't very good. He did not etch his initials or signature into the plate into the plate, which was his normal practice. I don't think he ever etched his signature into any of his plates although he sometimes would etch initials, this was seldom. This is guaranteed to be an authentic Walt Kuhn plate without a time limit to the original purchaser. We will send a letter of guarantee and provenance to the buyer. The portrait photo of Kuhn shown below IS NOT for sale. Insured shipping based on zone. In 1967 the Kennedy Galleries [NYC] held an exhibition of Walt Kuhn prints. The catalogue states that Walt Kuhn's prints are of the greatest rarity. Of certain subjects only one to six impressions exist. Others vary in number of impressions, but none exceed fifty of any subject. The catalogue also says - Walt Kuhn's position in the ranks of our foremost American painters has long been assured. What is less familiar to the general public - and indeed to many collectors and institutions - is his work in the graphic media. With the exception of a few examples shown during his lifetime, the greater portion of his prints has remained locked up and forgotten in a warehouse these many years. On the occasion of the first major exhibition of his paintings to be held in New York in several decades, it is our privilege to show the etchings and lithographs that place Walt Kuhn among the most venturesome and exciting graphic artists of the 1920s and 30s. Of the 50 etchings listed in the Kennedy exhibition 41 are in the 6 or less impressions category, with 9 known to have up to 50 impressions. This particular plate, according to the Kennedy brochure, is indicated to have had up to as many as 50 impressions pulled from it. Many of you already know that we own the original Walt Kuhn etching plates. ...................2000-3000

39. Clarence Cook (1828-1900) American author and art critic. Born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, Cook graduated from Harvard in 1849 and worked as a teacher. Between 1863 and 1869, Cook wrote a series of articles about American art for The New York Tribune. In 1869, he moved to France and was the Parisian correspondent for The New York Tribune until the onset of the Franco-Prussian War. Cook was known for his expertise in archeology and antiquities and was instrumental in the criticism of the collection of General di Cesnola. In the mid-1850s Cook began to read works by John Ruskin and associated with a group of American artists, writers, and architects who followed Ruskin's thinking. Through this group he became aware of the British Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. In 1863, with Clarence King and John William Hill he helped to found the Society for the Advancement of Truth in Art, an American group, similar to the Pre-Raphaelites, who published a journal called The New Path. In 1869 Cook wrote A Description of the New York Central Park. In 1877, articles on home furnishings that Cook had written for Scribner's Monthly were published as a book entitled The House Beautiful. In 1879, Cook served as editor for Wilhelm Lübke's History of Art. ALS, 1879, 2pp, To Mr. Koehler, saying that Mr. Schoff of Boston had applied to Mr. Wunderlich for work. Cook gives his opinion of Schoff's work. VG...........50-75

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40. [GREAT BRITAIN] LORD SCARBOROUGH, 6th Earl. Richard Lumley Saunderson [1757-1807]. ALS, 1819, 2 pages, written in the 3rd person. Attached is the address panel which includes his black wax seal which is in very good condition. To Greabes [?]. Appears to be about the sale of a horse. VG...............75-100

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41. [DEL] Eli May Saulsbury (1817-1893) U.S. Senator from Delaware. SIGNATURE.

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42. [ITALY] Augusto Rosso (1885-1964) Italian statesman; doplomat. He was a delegate to meetingsof Council and Assembly of the League of Nations [1927-1932]; including Reparations Conference, The Hague [1929], Naval Conference in London [1930]. He was Ambassador to the United States [from 1932]. In November 1940 Stalin sent Molotov to Berlin to meet von to meet von Ribbentrop and Adolf Hitler. In January 1941, the British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden visited Turkey in an attempt to get the Turks to enter the war on the Allies' side. Though the purpose of Eden's visit was anti-German rather than anti-Soviet, Molotov assumed otherwise and in a series of conversations with the Italian Ambassador Augusto Rosso, Molotov claimed that the Soviet Union would soon be faced with an Anglo-Turkish invasion of the Crimea. The British historian D.C. Watt argued that on the basis of Molotov's statements to Rosso, it would appear that in early 1941, Stalin and Molotov viewed Britain rather than Germany as the principal threat. Signed Riggs National Bank check, 1912. Excellent clear signature. VG.....75-100

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43. [PHILADELPHIA LAW] Charles CHAUNCEY, born in New Haven, 17 August, 1777; died in Burlington, New Jersey, 30 August, 1849, was graduated at Yale in 1792, and received the degree of LL.D. from the same College in 1827. He removed to Philadelphia, was admitted to the bar there in 1799, and soon attained distinction, though he had for competitors such men as John Sargeant and Horace Binney. He declined various civil and judicial offices, preferring to practice law. ALS, PHILA. 1828, 1p, 4to. To Garret D. Wall. Concerns a legal matter...........................40-60

44. [ALABAMA CIVIL RIGHTS] Thomas J. Toolan (1886-1976)  American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Mobile from 1927 to 1969, and was given the personal title of Archbishop in 1954. Toolen opened several new churches, orphanages, hospitals, and other institutions that were meant to minister exclusively to African Americans, leading opponents to call him "the nigger bishop".  In 1950, he oversaw construction of St. Martin de Porres Hospital in Mobile, which was the first hospital in Alabama where African American doctors could work alongside their white colleagues.  He also persuaded a local hospital to become the first one in Alabama to accept pregnant African American women.  Toolen rose to national prominence during the civil rights movement. In 1964, he ended racial segregation in Catholic schools throughout Alabama. He wrote, "After much prayer, consultation and advice, we have decided to integrate all the schools of the diocese. I know this will not meet with the approval of many of our people, but in justice and charity, this must be done. I ask all of our people to accept this decision as best for God and country."  However, he publicly denounced the methods of the activists, speaking in favor of a more non-confrontational approach to civil rights.   In 1965, Toolen ordered the Society of Saint Edmund to remove Rev. Maurice Ouellet because he had let his rectory serve as a headquarters for the Selma marchers.  Offered here is an old scrapbook page with the signatures on 3x5 cards of Toolan and Ouellet affixed to it.  Affixed to the other side is a TLS by Hal Holbrook, sending his autograph. Very scarce!.............100-150

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45. [SHOW BIZ] An interesting lot concerning Patty Duke.  Includes: 1] A brief TLS signed "Bill" [Wm. Peyton Marin], dated 1965, to Milton Ebbins.  Sending a contact to be signed. Marin was Joseph P. Kennedy's principal legal counsel, was acknowledged to be one of his closest advisers.  2] The actual agreement bewteen CHRISLAW PRODUCTIONS and PATTY DUKE ENTERPRISES CORP., covering the production of "TIME OUT FOR GINGER".   This agreement is signed by Milton Ebbins and John Ross. Milton Ebbins (1912–2008) Film executive, songwriter ("Yale Blues", "Basic Boogie") and composer. 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.

Ebbins music career began in 1936, he formed his own orchestra, then became music director at CBS, and went to New York in 1938, joining an advertising agency's radio department. He also had been a road manager for the Jack Jenny and Count Basie orchestras, and then a personal manager.

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.

John and Ethel Ross,  became Patty Duke's managers. The Rosses recognized her talent and promoted her as a child actress. Soon after The Miracle Worker became so successful, John and Ethel Ross spoke to Anna’s  [later know as Patty] mother telling her that they felt they needed complete control of her daughter. They needed to make sure her life was acting and little else, and the only way they could continue to teach her the skills she would need as an actress was if Anna moved in with them full time. Frances, having little financial and emotional security of her own, agreed to let her youngest daughter live with the Ross’s. Anna took this personally and for the next several years she resented her mother for giving her up to the Ross’s while all she wanted to do was stay at home with her favorite person in the world: the woman who gave birth to her.  Anna’s name had already been professionally changed to “Patty Duke” by the Ross’s, in a manner that would keep Anna occupied on her psychiatrist’s couch for many years to come.   “Anna Marie is dead” Ethel once said to her. “You’re Patty now.” As Patty’s success continued, the Ross’s behavior would become more and more distorted and dysfunctional. Condition is very good. Provenance: personal files of Milton Ebbins.  Rare and very unusual........150-250

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46. [FILM]  Layte Bowden - Pan-American Airlines stewardess who kept company with Peter Lawford for the two years he and his ex-wife, Pat Kennedy, lived at opposite ends of the country. She was a former beauty queen, a one-time receptionist and secretary to then-Sen. George Smathers (D-Fla.) who graced Roll Call’s pages in 1960 as part of a double header baseball-themed shot, went on to join the jet set — literally.  After leaving the Hill in 1962, she, whom Life Magazine once featured in an article about “pretty girls” in Washington, joined the ranks of the Pucci-clad Pan Am stewardesses. “We were treated like movie stars on Pan Am,” she said. In her role at the airline, she also flew on White House press charters as chief purser, accompanying Presidents John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon on official trips.  She was with JFK in Berlin when he gave his famous “Ich bein ein Berliner” speech and in Dallas the day he was shot. “I was on Air Force One when the word came in” that he had died, she said. “I fainted in the aisle and somebody got brandy and poured it down me.” Before she traded in her swinging-single gal status to marry Butler Aviation CEO Paul Dopp in 1971, the Floridian said she also dated a dizzying array of Congressmen, movie stars, and other high-ranking officials, including then-Rep. John Brademas (D-Ind.), Warren Beatty and Kennedy brother-in-law and Rat Packer Peter Lawford. She had a small role in the Lawford-produced film “Billie,” starring Patty Duke. In the mid-1960s, Dopp and CBS News Anchor Dan Rather began collaboration on a book based on their experiences traveling with presidents but never completed it because she “was so busy having a good time.”  Rare ALS, 1966, 1p, to Milt Ebbins, Peter Lawford's agent and business partner.........75-100

47. [KY. PIONEER TEACHER] Sam'l Stevenson - came to Elizabethtown in 1806. He taught school at Hardin Academy for about 2 years. Considered a good teacher, he was afterwards a merchant and served a term in the Ky. State Legislature. Lengthy 1p. Manuscript Document, 1809, Signed by Sam. Stevenson and John A. Stevenson. Concerns Denton Geoghegan and John Johnston [believe him to have been known as Jolly John] in the matter of a debt. Excellent condition. Mentions Hardin Co. Sheriff Isom Enlow, who is interesting because of the rumor that he was the actual father of Abraham Lincoln. Some still believe this today. Charles K. French, the actor, played the part of Isom Enlow in the 1924 movie about Abraham Lincoln. Isom was a neighbor of Tom Lincoln, Abraham's father. The names of Isom, his wife Mary & son Abraham have often been associated with the birth of Abe Lincoln in 1809. Approx. 9-1/2 x 7-3/4 in. ..............200-300

48. CONNECTICUT REVOLUTIONARY WAR PROMISSORY NOTE, CO-SIGNED BY: HEZEKIAH ROGERS, WILLIAM MOSELEY & FENN WADSWORTH - promissory note for 60 pounds signed by Rogers and Moseley in 1781. Connecticut issued notes like these for loans that financed the Revolutionary War. Signed "Hez Rogers" (vertically) and "William Moseley". 1 page, 7-3/4 X 4-3/4". Connecticut Pay Table Office, (Hartford, Connecticut), AUGUST 9, 1781. Issued in the name of John Lawrence, State Treasurer. Fenn WADSWORTH (1750 or 1751-1785, born in Farmington, Connecticut) was a brigade major to General James Wadsworth from 1776 to 1779. He fought in many battles during that time, but his failing health forced him to leave active service. He stayed in Connecticut's government, however, and was a member of the state's Pay-Table, which was responsible for military expenditures during the Revolutionary War. WILLIAM MOSELEY (1755-1824) later served in the Connecticut state senate (1822-1824). Financing the Revolution laid a heavy burden upon each colony, especially those that balked at levying taxes. In order to meet immediate needs, such as wages, the colonies relied upon wealthy revolutionists, foreign loans, and taxes and gifts from abroad. Connecticut issued promissory notes such as this. Issuing paper money was only a temporary solution, and worthless without specie or gold and silver backing. The U.S. would establish its standard monetary system in 1791. Hezekiah Rogers ( aide de camp to General Jedidiah Huntington. AS YOU CAN SEE IN SCAN THE LEFT SIDE IS TATTERED............80-120

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49. [LINCOLN] Walton's Vermont Register and Farmers' Almanac for 1865 which lists on page 101 "The Executive Branch - Abraham Lincoln of Illinois President". The 1865 map of Vermont which unfolds to approx. 11 x 6.5 in. is present. Published by S. M. Walton, Montpelier/ 1865. Some B/W illustrations/advertisements. Soft cover. Approx. 5.75 x 3.75 in., front cover is missing, back cover has small piece missing in upper right corner, inside is clean & tight..............50-75

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50. [PHOTO] SUBJECT: Douglas MacArthur - 1951 vintage International News Photo [Heart] of "General Douglas MacArthur is pictured in the official car as he passed a crowd of well-wishers outside the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel [NYC]. The 71-year-old General-Statesman is seen waving to the crowd..." Photo was taken by photo-journalist Frank Mastro. 7x9 in., INP caption still attached. VG.............100-150

51. [FILM] Peter Lawford Buys Garage Doors - 1966. Lawford Buys Garage Door in 1966 from Electronic Door Service.  Gives Lawford’s address. Not signed by Lawford. For The Rat Pack collector. One-of-a-kind item..............50-75

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52. [KENTUCKY] Kentucky document dated 1817 from the Elizabethtown area. Signed Robert Bleakley, who with William Montgomery, a fellow Irishman, opened a general store in Elizabethtown. Their establishment is said to have been the first such operation in the pioneer village that could ready be called a "store." The store was opened in a log house at the corner of the Public Square. Bleakley was engaged in the rebellion in Ireland in 1798. He evaded Government officers by concealing himself in a vessel and thus made his escape to the United States. Bleakley remained some years after Montgomery left town, and acted as sheriff for several years, and then settled on a farm and died about 1850, leaving a large family. Also signed by John Miller who was as a member of the Miller family, noted Indian fighters. On the verso is ADS by William Fairleigh was born at Elizabethtown, Ky., April 19, 1797. He was schooled in Elizabethtown, and on January 20, 1817, was appointed and sworn as deputy under Samuel Haycraft, Junior, the new Clerk of the Circuit and County Courts of Hardin county. Haycraft and Jack Thomas had both been deputies in the office under Major Ben Helm, former clerk. An interesting sidelight is that on May 28, 1860, Abraham Lincoln wrote a letter to Mr. Haycraft: "My recollection is that Ben Helm was first clerk, that you succeeded him, that Jack Thomas and William Fairleigh graduated in the same office, and that your handwritings were all very similar. Am I right?"Fairleigh became the first clerk of Meade county upon the organization of its courts in 1824 and held that office for more than forty years. William Fairleigh was also for a time deputy sheriff of Hardin county. Approx. 8 x 5-1/2". Superb condition.............100-150

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53. [ART] Horace R. Burdick (1844-1942) ,American artist. Burdick studied under Otto Grundmann and William Rimmer at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School. A painter, teacher, and writer, he became a member of the Boston Art Club, where he later exhibited his work. Other exhibitions include the National Academy, the Pennsylvania Academy, and the Society of Independent Artists. His paintings were acquired by numerous public institutions, such as the State House and Fanueil Hall in Boston, Memorial Hall in Cambridge, and MIT. Two Original drawings on same 5-1/4 x 8-1/4" sheet. As these are early drawings dating to 1880s, they are in much greater detail than his later looser works. This page was removed from one of his sketchbooks which we purchased many years ago from the Burdick Estate Sale. As you can see there are stains. Unsigned as all of the drawings were in the sketchbook.........75-100

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54. [ART] John Kay (1742- 1826) Scottish caricaturist and engraver. He was born near Dalkeith, where his father was a mason. At thirteen he was apprenticed to a barber, whom he served for six years. He then went to Edinburgh , where in 1771 he obtained the freedom of the city by joining the corporation of barber-surgeons. In 1785, induced by the favour which greeted certain attempts of his to etch in aquafortis, he took down his barber's pole and opened a small print shop in Parliament Square. There he continued to flourish, painting miniatures, and publishing at short intervals his sketches and caricatures of local celebrities and oddities, who abounded at that period in Edinburgh society. Kay's portraits were collected by Hugh Paton and published under the title A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay, with biographical sketches and illustrative anecdotes (Edinburgh, 2 vols. 4to, 1838; 8vo ed., 4 vols., 1842; new 4to ed., with additional plates, 2 vols., 1877), forming a unique record of the social life and popular habits of Edinburgh at its most interesting epoch. Original etching, plate size approx. 5 x 4" plus clean margins. VG...........50-75

56. [ART] CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886-1978) Maine artist known as "THE DOWN EAST PRINTMAKER. Three charcoal drawings on one sheet, each approx. 2.75 x 3 in. Image areas very good. Smudging in margins. Unsigned...............100-150

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57. [MEDICINE] Henry H. Donaldson [1857-1938] American Neurologist. During his years on the faculty of Clark University, 1889-1892, he studied the brain of Laura Bridgman, a blind deaf-mute. In 1891, he published an important work on the subject and in 1895 he published The Growth of the Brain: A Study of the Nervous System in Relation to Education (London). In 1906 he published an early paper that used the white rat as experimental animal (rather than the frog). From that point, Donaldson, as director of the Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (Philadelphia), developed a Wistar Institute strain of rat that was widely used in experimentation. Short ALS, written on 5x4 card, no date. "Dear Prof. Woodward: Thank you very much for your cheerful enlightenment this evening & some day let me know when the Institute can play the host. Sincerely, Henry D. Donaldson." One mail fold o/w VG......50-75

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58. ORIGINAL COLOR DRAWING - on 5 X 3 card. Sent to fulfill THE SECRET PAL ("Peanut Pal") tradition practiced in some women's organizations. We believe, Gertrude Marcia May [Warren] White, always known as Trude was the artist. The recipient was Phyllis Beals. Possibly from the Warwick, RI area. Apparently, this was sort of a game played by women in which they drew names and then in secret would do little things, or send items such as this, to another woman. In the beginning the receiver would not know who was doing the favors. Little by little the doer would begin to leave hints and eventually the receiver would know who the doer was. It was not uncommon for this to take place over a year's time or so. CIRCA 1938. Fine condition.............40-60

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59. [SCIENCE] Chas. B. Dudley (1842 1909) Am. chemist who was an early proponent of standardization in industry. n 1875 he became a chemist for the Pennsylvania Railroad and started to investigate the chemical composition and metallurgical structure of rail tracks, breakage being a major hazard at that time. He discovered enormous variation in the properties and quality of steel and the 1878 publication of his results caused an uproar in the steel industry who saw it as their sole domain to determine the quality of their products for sale. Dudley championed the development of company and industry standards and demanded rigorous testing of materials to verify conformity. He developed a complete range of standards for the Pennsylvania Railroad, not only for steel, but also for fuels, lubricants, paints, and even locomotives. In 1898, he was one of the founders of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). TLS, Department of the Interior, 1908, 1-1/2 pp., 4to. Remsen has informed Dudley that Woodward has been appointed chairman of the committee to investigate and report upon a plan for consolidating the scientific surveys, as required by Section 8 of the Sundry Civil Act." Continues at length. Paperclip stain o/w VG........75-100

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60. Anne Campbell (1852-1935) American poet. People said Anne Campbell received her poetic abilities not by book or by schooling, but by being a country girl living in nature. That is where she found the imagination and creativity for her poems.  She then got the attention of the Detroit News.  This is where she wrote her world- famous poems and where they were published daily.  She gave her special lecture, “Everyday Poetry” at Old Salem Chautauqua in 1929.  This lecture described her inspiration for her poetry, the task of writing for a newspaper, and included the occasional reading of one of her poems; she taught people wanting to be poets the fine arts of the job. Signed handwritten poem titled "Gertrude", dated 1930, 1p, 8 x 10.5". VG.............60-80

61.  [JUDAICA] Lilian Helen "Lily" Montagu, CBE (1873-1963) was the first woman to play a major role in Progressive or Reform Judaism.  Her father,  founder of Samuel Montagu & Co., was a self-made millionaire by 1871. He was a Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1900 as the MP for Whitechapel, a poor district of the East End of London. In 1907, Montagu was raised to the peerage as Baron Swaythling.  She grew up in a pious Orthodox Jewish home, in an ethos of privilege and philanthropy, devoted to helping the poor and advancing Jewish institutions. Her eldest brother, Louis, was also a financier and political activist, founding the League of British Jews to lobby against the creation of the state of Israel.  In 1893 she founded the West Central Jewish Girls Club (which subsequently merged into the Jewish Girls' Brigade). She was active in social improvement, particularly in respect to unemployment, sweat shops and bad housing. In 1901 and 1902, Montagu was to lay the groundwork for the establishment of the Jewish Religious Union in London. The Union set up the first synagogue in Liberal Judaism in the UK and helped found the World Union for Progressive Judaism. Following the retirement of Leo Baeck, Montagu served for a brief stint (1955–1959) in her 80s as president of the World Union for Progressive Judaism, before handing the reins over to Solomon Freehof.  TLS signed “Lily H. Montagu,” 1-page, 8 x 10, Feb. 8, 1939. A letter  Dr. Frederick  Solomonski, the noted Rabbi and German Expressionist artist. She is unable to help him for there are no openings there. Solomon was attempting to leave German during this period. VG..................100-200

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62.  [ART]  WALT KUHN [1877-1949]. American painter. An ORIGINAL COOPER etching plate. The title is "MAINE". Typical Kuhn style. Plate size 3-3/4 x 4-7/8 in. This plate still has some life in it and etchings could be pulled from it. Very seldom does an original etching plate by an important artist ever reach the open market, as they usually are in institutional collections. Provenance: Kuhn Estate. It is difficult to get a good scan of this and the picture below isn't very good. He did not etch his initials or signatureinto the plate. I don't think he ever etched his signature into any of his plates although he sometimes would etch initials. This is guaranteed to be an authentic Walt Kuhn plate without a time limit to the original purchaser. We will send a letter of guarantee and provenance to the buyer. The portrait photo of Kuhn shown below IS NOT for sale. Kennedy Galleries [NYC] held an exhibition of Walt Kuhn prints during which it was indicated that there was only from 1 to 6 impressions ever pulled from this plate. Original plates by major artists seldom reach the open market and it is remarkable to see a plate that had so few prints pulled from it. A must for the SERIOUS Kuhn collector...............2000-3000

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63. [CARTOONS] THE SMURFS circa 1980 hand-painted animation Cel of a Smurf laughing. Presented Along with the Matching Animation Pencil Drawing of this. Two pieces. Image Size 4-3/8 Inches high. Both VG....... 40-60

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

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65. [MUSIC]  John Jacob Niles (1892-1980) American composer, singer, and collector of traditional ballads. Called the "Dean of American Balladeers", Niles was an important influence on the American folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s, with Joan Baez, Burl Ives, and Peter, Paul and Mary, among others, recording his songs. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Niles learned music theory from his mother, and began writing down folk music as a teenager. After serving in the U.S. Army Air Service during World War I, in which he was injured, he studied music in France, first in Lyon, then in Paris at the Schola Cantorum, also meeting Gertrude Stein. Returning to the United States in 1920, he continued his studies at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music working there with Ralph Lyford. He sang opera in Chicago and folk songs on early radio. In 1925, he moved to New York City and held various jobs in the entertainment industry. In the 1930s, he toured Europe and the United States with contralto Marion Kerby. He performed at the White House in 1938, and on occasion at the Newport Folk Festival during the 1950s. In the 1920s, Niles began publishing music. He made four extended trips into the southern Appalachians as an assistant to photographer Doris Ulmann, again transcribing traditional songs from oral sources, including the ballads "Pretty Polly", "Barbara Allen", and "He's Goin' Away". On other occasions, he transcribed songs he heard sung by African Americans and by fellow soldiers in World War I. Niles was also a noted songwriter. His songs, many of which are based on traditional sources, include "Venezuela," and the haunting Christmas song "I Wonder As I Wander." Henry Miller's Plexus includes a powerful tribute to Niles's recording of this song. Niles composed "Go 'Way From My Window" when he was a mere 16 years old, but did not perform it until 1930. Marlene Dietrich recorded it and sang it on stage. Bob Dylan quoted its first line in his song "It Ain't Me Babe." Later in life, Niles published compositions in a more classical style, including works for choir and art songs for voice and piano. The latter include his last work, a setting of poems by Thomas Merton. Typed letter Signed [on cheap news print paper] not dated but pre-1948, to Wally Wallgren (1891-1948) the noted World War I cartoonist. Signed Jack. Clipped edges of paper all around......................200-300

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66. [NAVAL HISTORY] Henry O. Rittenhouse (1851-1927) American Naval Commander.  ALS, Apia, Samoa, May 18, 1889,  2 full pages.  To naval officer Henry Lieut. Commander Henry W. Lyon. “My Dear Lyon,  The departure of the ships and the beautiful casting of the “Nipsic”  the evening you left Apia was a relief and pleasure to the Admiral.  You turned around beautifully from your narrow birth. I hope you had no difficulty in making Pago Pago, and that all goes on well. The Admiral’s heart  is constantly with you, and if good wishes are of any avail you will be abundantly successful. Your volunteering, under all the circumstances was a great support to the Admiral I know,  and I tell him constantly that there is nothing that will be left undone now to carry out his desires. He is very confident and hopeful. There is nothing on file in the office regarding your volunteering, and yesterday the Admiral mentioned it. I think it is pre-eminently due you, in fact it is very desirable for many consideration (touching yourself, not the Admiral) that your offer should be in the archives. I would suggest therefore that you reduce it to writing and date anterior to your assignment to the Nipsic.  I know the Admiral would be pleased to have it so. The Wainui arrived yesterday bringing dates May 6th. Reported fine weather all the way up from Auckland.......”  Light damp staining right edge of both pages doesn’t affect.  USS Nipsic was a gunboat.  On 15 March 1889, Nipsic rode at anchor in Apia Harbor with USS Vandalia, USS Trenton, HMS Calliope, and three German naval vessels, Adler, Olga, and Eber, along with six merchantmen. Gale-force winds arose, and preparations for leaving harbor were begun, but departure was delayed in the hope that conditions next morning would be more favorable for the sortie. However, by early morning on 16 March the harbor was a mass of foam and spray as hurricane-force winds battered the ships in the 1889 Apia cyclone.  Only Calliope, larger and more strongly powered than the others, was able to leave the harbor. Vandalia, Trenton, the three German ships, and the merchantmen were all sunk; Nipsic's captain, Cmdr. D. W. Mullin, was able by superb seamanship to beach his ship. Mullin was replaced by Henry W. Lyon. While severely damaged by the pounding she received on the beach, Nipsic's hull was intact, although much of her topside structure was battered, all of her propeller blades damaged, two boilers spread and useless, and eight of her crew lost. Refloated and her engines repaired, Nipsic cleared Apia on 9 May for Auckland, but was turned back by heavy seas. On 15 May she again sailed, for Pago Pago, Fanning Island, and Honolulu, arriving on 2 August.  Provenance: Estate of Admiral Henry W. Lyon, who had a distinguished Naval career, was honored for his service in the Spanish-American war where he commanded the U. S. S. Dolphin. Lyon and his wife, Liela, bought a house in Paris Hill, Maine in 1899 and moved there full time when he retired from the Navy in 1907..............200-250

67. [ART] Bernard Karfiol (1886-1952) Am. artist. Karfiol grew up in Brooklyn and Long Island, New York, an American who was born in Budapest, Hungary. He attended the National Academy of Design, New York City, when he was only fourteen. He traveled by himself to Paris at the tender age of fifteen to study at the Academie Julien with Jean-Paul Laurens, and the Ecole de Beaux-Arts. He exhibited at the Grand Salon and the Salon d'Automne. In Paris, Karfiol was influenced by the work of Paul Cezanne and Pierre Auguste Renoir. Karfiol was also attracted to the painting of Andre Derain. He returned to the United States in 1906. In 1913, he participated in the famous New York City Armory show, on Lexington Avenue, where European modernism was introduced to the American public for the first time en masse, along with American artists well-known at the time. Karfiol painted nudes and still lifes in the manner of Picasso's pink and blue periods. By the late 1920s, Karfiol's style had moved toward Renoir. Karfiol, an author and teacher, as well as a painter, spent his summers in Ogunquit, Maine from 1914 until his death at Irvington-on-Hudson, New York in 1952. He was a member of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Art. His work is in the Addison Gallery, Andover, Massachusetts; Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Detroit Institute of Art; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art and Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City; Newark Museum, New Jersey; the Phillips Collection and National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Offered here is an original ink drawing signed B. Karfiol. Provenance: Estate of Chris and Jane Ritter, Ogunquit, Maine. Approx. 18 x 12 in. paper size..................350-450

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68. [DANCE] Merce Cunningham [1919-2009] American dancer and choreographer who was at the forefront of the American avant-garde for more than 50 years. Throughout much of his life, Cunningham was considered one of the greatest creative forces in American dance. Signed, inscribed 9x11 picture removed from some publication. VG........50-75

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The following photographs are from the personal collection of actor Van Johnson or his daughter Schuyler. The glory days of the 1930's to the 1950's, when the stars were our royalty, and their lives literally were as much a fantasy as the movies they made. Van Johnson, having become a top box office attraction in the 1940's, the almost impossibly good looking "boy-next-door" with the perfect hair and teeth, and the instantly likable personality, ruled the town. And after his marriage to the equally beloved Evie (who he seduced away from his best friend Keenan Wynn), the two were the toast of the town, what with their legendary parties, and trips around the world to see the most famous of the globe.

69. [FILM] Burt Lancaster, Evie Johnson, Van Johnson, and Dan Duryea being presented to the Queen of England, the Dowager Queen, mother of Queen Elizabeth II.  Dated 1952 on verso. 10 x 8 in. VG for its age.........150-200

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72. [FILM] rare photo of the cult and tragic character actor Laird Cregar, the child is Ned Wynn [son of Keenan Wynn], The original photo taken in 1942.  This appears to be a later vintage photo of the original. VG............25-35

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

75. [ART] Donald S. Graham (1909-2003) American attorney, art collector. He contributed greatly to the Denver Art Museum [Colorado]. He had a particular interest in the artist Walt Kuhn and much of his correspondence with Brenda Kuhn, daughter of the artist, is now in the Archive of American Art Collection, Smithsonian, Washington DC. He served for a considerable number of years as a member of the Board of Trustees and as the secretary of the Denver Art Museum. He also served many years as a member of the Board of Directors of the Santa Fe Opera (New Mexico). Significant TLS, Denver, 1983, 4-full pages, to Brenda Kuhn. He talks about Fred Bartlett's health; MOMA show including Picasso, Matisse, Leger, Feininger, Sheeler; the Denver Art Museum's director Thomas Maytham suddenly resigned; $8 bond issue for museum; new Curator of American Art has arrived; museum's 19th century print collection [surprised how tiny it was then]; mentions the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth; the Taos School; quite a bit about the paintings of Georgia O'Keeffe and that he didn't much care for her work; Stieglitz; "It is indeed interesting to know that the Hirshhorn's bronze of the Gallic Cock was purchased from you. What a treasure."; Denver has introduced to grand opera at a rather high level; his annual trip to Santa Fe; he loaned from his collection Walt Kuhn's painting Brothel Scene to an exhibition which included works by Robert Henri, Remington, Russell, etc.; lengthy section on his eye surgury; he's agreed to continue as a member of the Collections Committee at the museum. Excellent condition.......50-75

76. AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE – SIGNATURES OF 24 MEMBERS OF THE ABT from a program of the week of March 3, 1958.  SIGNED by: ERIK BRUHN (1928-1986) leading Danish Ballet star, choreographer.  VIOLET VERDY (1933) Prima Ballerina.  WILLIAM CARTER (1935-1988) Dancer.  KENNETH DEWITT SCHERMEREHORN (1929-2005) American Composer and Conductor.  SAMUEL GAURACHMALNICK  (Conductor) who was Leonard Bernstein’s musical director for his original “Candide”;  also by dancers: ELAINE KING, JOAN ALLEN, PATRICIA RICHARDS, SALLIE WILSON, ELIZABETH CARROLL, WILLIAM GUSKE, CAROLYN CLARK, PAUL SUTHERLAND, CHARLES BENNETT, SHARON ENOCH, PATTI SCHMIDT, RAY BARRA,  FERNAND NAULT, LEO DUGAN, ADY ADDOR, ERNRIGUE MARTINEZ, ROYES KONRAD, MICHAEL LLAND, ROSALIE KONRAD.   Remarkable SIGNED ballet piece. Approx. 6x9". Left edge a little ragged o/w VG.............100-150

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77. [ATOMIC BOMB] Technical Sergeant George Caron (1919-1995) was the tail gunner, the only defender of the twelve crewmen, aboard the B-29 Enola Gay during the historic bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945. Facing the rear of the B-29, his vantage point made him the first man to witness the cataclysmic growth of the mushroom cloud over Hiroshima.  Signed special card, 3.5 x 2". Fine.............60-80

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78. [ART] RALPH BAKSHI - American animator/draftsman. In the late 1950s & early 1960s he worked at CBS-Terrytoons on such series as "Heckle and Jeckle" and "Mighty Mouse." From there he went to Famous Studios-Paramount, where he directed countless "Casper the Friendly Ghost" and "Little Audrey" cartoons, among others. During the 1960s he also animated Peter Max's commercials. When Famous Studios closed in 1967, Bakshi went into partnership with Steve Krantz. Their first venture was "Fritz the Cat", released in 1972. The success of "Fritz" prompted "Heavy Traffic" [1973], a funny-sad chronicle of life in New York's slums. Striking out on his own, Bakshi produced the sometimes brilliant, often disappointing "Coonskin" [1974]; also "Wizards" [1977]; "Lord of the Rings" [1978]. Ralph Bakshi occupies a somewhat ambiguous position in the animation world. He is one of the more original artists at work in the animated cartoon medium. He has become a cult figure. ORIGINAL Ink drawing, unsigned on 6-1/4  x 7-1/2 in. sheet. As this was a "working study" there was no reason for him to have signed it................50-75

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79. [MILITARY]  Joseph "Lightning Joe" Lawton Collins (1896 –1987)  Army Chief of Staff during the Korean War. During World War II, he was an Army general, serving in both the Pacific and European Theaters of Operations. Signed COMMEMORATIVE STAMP SHEET, honoring US Bicentenniel (1975) 8x11.  Also signed by Gen. Mark W. Clark (1896-1984) general during World War II and the Korean War and was the youngest lieutenant general (three-star general) in the U.S. Army.  Approx. 8-1/2 x 11". VG.............80-120

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80 . MYSTERY LOT of about 82 pieces from 19th & 20th century. Includes: letters; documents; signatures; and various ephemera. Oldest item in this lot is around 1828. Good lot for eBay sellers or those who like researching items.....80-120

81. [ART] 20th CENTURY ARTISTS/ILLUSTRATORS:   DOUGLAS VOLK (1856-1935) Portrait Painter. DS, a check dated (1908, made out by him and endorsed by him.    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 (1973) on pc signed “Jan”.   WILLIAM NORMAN (1904-1980) Artist/Illustrator. SIGNATURE.  ALICE VAN VECHTEN BROWN (1862-1949) Artist, Educator, Wellesley College.  Initiated the 1st major art class in college ever, ALS (1903).  EVERETT RAYMOND KINSTLER (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 Gerald Ford .  CARL EVERS (1907-2000) Artist and stamp designer, (2) SIGNATURES, inscribed.  JAMES PINKNEY (1939) American Artist/Stamp Designer (2) SIGNED CARDS...............100-150

82. MYSTERY LOT of about 81 pieces from 19th & 20th century. Includes: letters; documents; a few autographs; and various ephemera. Oldest item in this lot is 1812. Good lot for eBay sellers or those who like researching items.....80-120

83. [MARYLAND] Francis Thomas (1799-1876) was a Maryland politician who served as the 26th Governor of Maryland from 1842–1844. He also served as a United States Representative from Maryland, representing at separate times the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh districts. In 1841, Thomas was elected Governor of Maryland, defeating challenger William Cost Johnson by a margin of 600 votes. During his tenure as governor, he is perhaps best known for his highly publicized and violent divorce with his wife, Sally Campbell Preston McDowell. Until that event, he had been a leading candidate for Democratic nomination for President of the United States, but the divorce seriously disrupted his chances in succeeding in the nomination, and thus he did not pursue it.  DOCUMENT SIGNED as Governor, 1843, appointment of  District Justices.  Approx. 16-1/4 x 10-1/4. Also signed by Theodorick Bland (1776-1846) American lawyer, statesman, and federal judge in Maryland. Folds o/w excellent condition............100-150

84. [MARYLAND] Thomas Ward Veazey (1774-1842)  Maryland politician that served in a variety of roles. The zenith of his career was being the 24th Governor of the state from 1836 to 1839, when he was selected to serve three consecutive one-year terms by the Maryland General Assembly. Veazey was the last Maryland governor to be elected in this fashion and also the last Whig Party member to serve as Maryland governor. The governor vehemently and firmly believed in slavery, advocated for a general system of education throughout the State, and expressed a great deal of interest and concern over the matter of internal improvements.  DOCUMENT SIGNED as Governor, 1838, appointment of Justices of the Levy Court of Frederick County.  Approx. 16-3/4 x 10-3/4. Also signed by Theodorick Bland (1776-1846) American lawyer, statesman, and federal judge in Maryland. Folds o/w excellent condition............100-150

85. Rockwell Kent (1882-1971) American artist, illustrator and author. He studied with the influential painters and theorists of his day, including Arthur Wesley Dow, William Merritt Chase, Robert Henri, Abbott Thayer, and Kenneth Hayes Miller. A transcendentalist and mystic, Kent painted remote and austere lands, including Newfoundland (1914-15), Tierra del Fuego (1922-23), and Greenland (1929; 1931-32; 1934-35).

Collotype offered here from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1925.

Not in Burne Jones. Unsigned. Image sizes approx. 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches plus clean margins. Printed on copper plates by hand on French Arches hand-made paper. These are proof printing. Fine, black impressions, on cream wove paper, with full margins (1 to 1 1/2 inches), in excellent condition. Scarce.............100-150

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

87. [ART] FRANK LOUISVILLE BOWIE (1857-1936) Maine artist. Member of the "Brush-Ins" group. Friendly with Winslow Homer. Two original unsigned pencil drawings, paper sizes approx. 5 x 8 in. Provenance: the artist's estate. ...............50-75

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88. Newburyport, Mass. - 4 manuscript documents dating 1811-1823.  Monies paid by the town for various services and items such as panes of glass for court house, work done in school house.  There is a 5th document but the ink is too light to count.........50-75

89. [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

90. [ENGALND] Reginald Baliol Brett, 2nd Viscount Esher, GCVO, KCB, PC, DL (1852-1930) historian and Liberal politician in the United Kingdom. In 1901, Lord Esher was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Berkshire and became Deputy Constable and Lieutenant-Governor of Windsor Castle, and remained close to the royal family until his death. During this period, he helped edit Queen Victoria's papers, publishing a work called Correspondence of Queen Victoria (1907). Behind the scenes, he influenced many of the pre-World War I reforms carried out by the Liberal governments of Henry Campbell-Bannerman and Herbert Henry Asquith. He was a member of Lord Elgin's South African War Commission, which investigated Britain's near-failure in the Boer War, and chaired the War Office Reconstitution Committee, which recommended radical reform of the British Army. He was offered many public offices, including the Viceroyalty of India and the Secretaryship for War, but declined, accepting instead an appointment to the Privy Council in 1922. In 1928 he became Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle, an office he held until his death in 1930. HE SUPERINTENDED QUEEN VICTORIA'S FUNERAL [1901], AND THE CORONATION OF EDWARD VII [1902]. ALS, Hotel Metropole, Brighton, Oct. 1890, 1p, 4.5 x 7 in. To the secretary. "Fine out for me when you can whether the Queen's Bench Masters have any rules drawn up as to the Taxation of costs tho' not published. VG.......75-100

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91. [FILM] "Butterfly" McQueen (1911-1995)  American actress. Originally a dancer, McQueen first appeared as Prissy, Scarlett O'Hara's maid in the 1939 film Gone with the Wind. She continued as an actress in film in the 1940s, then moving to television acting in the 1950s.  Brief ALS, 1990, 1p..........50-75

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92. [LINCOLN] LEONARD W. VOLK (1828-1895) American sculptor. Most famous for making a life mask of American President Abraham Lincoln. In 1857, he settled in Chicago, where he helped to establish the Academy of Design and was for eight years its head. In 1860 he made a life mask of Lincoln, of whom only one other was ever made (by Clark Mills in 1865). In the early part of spring in 1860, during Abraham Lincoln's visit to Chicago, Volk asked him to sit for a bust. When Lincoln agreed, the artist decided to start by doing a life mask. Lincoln found the process of letting wet plaster dry on his face, followed by a skin-stretching removal process, "anything but agreeable." But he endured it with good humor, and when he saw the final bust, he was quite pleased, declaring it "the animal himself." Volk later used the life mask and bust of 1860 as the basis for other editions, including a full-length statue of Lincoln. Signed 1893 bank check. VG.................100-200

93. [SCIENCE] George Ferdinand Becker (1847-1919)  American geologist. His most important work was in connection with the origin and mode of occurrence of ore deposits, especially those of the western United States. He was a leader in mining geology and geophysics, and for many years was the chief of the Division of Chemical and Physical Research in the United States Geological Survey. The investigations under his direction led to the establishment of the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington.  In 1896 he examined the gold mines of South Africa and at the time of the Spanish-American War was detailed to serve as geologist on the staff of General Bell with the army in the Philippine Islands. He died on 20 April 1919 in Washington, D.C. ALS, 1908, written in the 3rd person, accepting invitation.  Not mentioned but this was sent to Robert S. Woodward in regards to invitation to meet members of the National Academy of Sciences. Fine..........100-150

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95. [INDIANS] Alden Bradford (1765-1843)  American politician, clergyman and author who served as the 5th Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth. Born in Duxbury, MA, he graduated from Harvard in 1786 and received a degree of LL.D. there. He was then ordained as a Congregational church pastor, serving in Wicasset, Maine. After moving to Boston he served from 1812 to 1824 as secretary of the commonwealth. At times a bookseller and journalist, his works included a History of Massachusetts and Memoir of the Life and Writings of Rev. Jonathan Mayhew.  Document Signed, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1814, written on both sides [probably all written by Bradford], signed on the verso as Secretary of the Commonwealth. Concerns Edward Mictell Jun. of Bridgewater, in the County of Plymouth, Guardian of the Indians in said town......"stating that doubts have arisen whether his power extends so far as to authorize, or require him to take care of the land situated therein, but not owned by Indians actually residing there..."  This was read & accepted in the state Senate by John Phillps, President, Timothy Bigelow, Speaker of the House of Rep., Caleb Strong, actually signed by Alden Bradford as "A true copy." 8 x 12-1/2.  Any faults are too minor to mention [expected]............200-300

96. [EARLY KENTUCKY]  Phillip Phillips - early Kentucky pioneer.  LaRue County is the site of one of the oldest settlements in Kentucky, home to the second oldest Baptist church west of the Alleghenies. Around 1780, Pennsylvania explorer and surveyor Philip Phillips led several pioneers into the area, and they built the first settlement in the area, a wood-enforced stronghold known as Phillips' Fort on the banks of the Nolynn River.  Phillips became a judge and was described as "....a gentleman of large estate — lived on Nolin about ten miles from the Valley — was a man of much influence and figured for several years in Church and State to a considerable extent. Afterwards removed to Tennessee, where he died, leaving a large estate in lands and goods and chatties. Offered here is a document signed, dated 1795, approx. 8 x 5 in.  The signature of Isaac Morrison, court clerk, is likely in the hand of Phillips. This document is also signed by Isaac Larue (Jr. 1750-1820)  Kentucky pioneer was born in Virginia and came to Kentucky some time before July, 1784. He is believed to  have been possibly the first of the LaRues to becomea  permanent resident of Phillip’s Fort on Nolynn. On July 6, 1784, he was ordered by the Jefferson County Court [now LaRue Co.], to view the nearest and most convenient way from Nolin to the mouth of Beech Fork & Report etc. On Nov. 3, 1784, he was appointed surveyor, or overseer, of the road and Captain Phillips’ company ordered to attend the surveyor in his office. This road, leading toward Louisville, was the first public road from Nolynn station. Larue was given the contract to build the first Hardin County jail in August, 1793. At first appearance this document appears to be a routine legal document concerning a debt owed to Phillip Phillips. This is where it gets more interesting.  The person oweing the debt was Christopher Miller.  Christopher Miller (b. circa 1768) was a Captain in the War of 1812. Christopher with his brother Henry, were taken prisoners by the Indians in 1783. He lived with the Shawnee Tribe for many  years. Being an active young man, he soon became accustomed to the manners and customs of Indian life; dressed as they did and spoke their language as his native tongue, and by many it was thought doubtful whether he would ever return to the whites. He was in the same tribe with young Tecumseh and they in their youth were friends and playmates.  Miller told of "many a wrestle with Tecumseh." He was captured with his brother Henry who escaped after a few years, but Christopher remained with the Indians. Henry Miller was serving as a spy for General Anthony Wayne in June, 1794. In what is now Drake County, Ohio, he was dispatched with  a party to capture an Indian for questioning. The party found three Indians in camp preparing a meal. They set out to kill two of the Indians and capture the third. They succeeded in the plan and Henry discovered the prisoner to be his long-lost brother Christopher. Christopher sulked and refused to talk for several days, but on the promise of release, agreed to join Wayne's army as a spy. He kept his word. Wayne sent him on an important peace mission to the Indians, promising him a reward from the government.  The following is an account of that mission. After the defeat of General St. Clair the Indians let loose upon the Northwestern Territory. General Washington was distressed as it frustrated his plans for the safety of the thinly settled country in the North-west and it was determined to have a sufficient army to be placed under the lead of Gen. Anthony Wayne but about that time there was opposition in Congress and delayed the campaign for nearly two years.  It was in 1794 before Gen. Wayne was joined by Gen. Scott with 1600 men, commenced operations, but first building several forts - Fort Recovery, Fort Jefferson and Fort Defiance. On the 14th day of August 1794, Gen. Wayne, having all things in readiness to move on the Indians, who had left their settlement and were preparing for battle, encouraged by their former success, and Wayne having obtained a strong-hold without the loss of blood, under the instruction of Washington, decided to give the enemy a chance for peace before attacking. They had to find the right man to carry the white flag, so Christopher Miller being lately returned from the Indians and speaking their language, Wayne selected him to go with the flag.  Miller was reluctant for he knew that the Indians regarded  him a turncoat after spending so long with them and was regarded as an Indian by adoption. This concern was urged by Miller to Gen. Wayne, but the general told Miller that he had 8 warriors as prisoners and would hold them as hostages for his safe return and was also assured that he would be well rewarded by the Government.  He gave Miller a written speech to make to the Indians. Armed with a flag and the message Miller set out on the 14th day of August 1794, for the Indian camp at the foot of the rapids arriving at nightfall.   But in a few minutes his arrival was known over the entire camp and it was announced with such demon-like yells. It was, "Kill the runaway, burn him".   Miller, knowing the character of Indians, showed no signs of fear but in a loud and defiant voice, in their own tongue, told them that he had brought a flag of peace and as for burning him they had better be   careful as the Black Snake [General Wayne] had 8 of their warriors and if he was not returned safely in three days their 8 men would be shot. He was, however, roughly seized and placed in confinement for the night. Immediately a pow-wow was held in which it was determined that Miller should be burned at the stake in the morning. But then, Tecumseh, a young Shawnee chief, and a friend of Miller, got the council together again and brought to bear all his powers of reason and eloquence  to obtain a reversal of their first decision urging the sanctity and safe guard attached to a flag on their part would be opposition to the Great Spirit and turn all the world against them; and by force of threats and arguments they reluctantly receded from their first decision. The Indians sent back their answer with Miller. If Gen. Wayne waited for ten days and then sent Miller to them again they would give him their decision but if Wayne advanced they would give battle.  Miller reached
Gen. Wayne with the answer on the 16th day of August 1794. The slow movement of Wayne towards the Miami's village had caused many of the Indians to feel distrust as to their ability to defeat the great chief of the Americans who was creeping upon their strong hold and in consequence of his caution the Indians called him the "Black Snake." General Wayne rightly concluded that the 10 days asked for by the Indians waÌs simply a scheme to get time and having  everything in readiness immediately set out against the Indian camp.  The Indians stood their ground and fought with desperate valor but Wayne obtained a complete victory, the loss on both sides was considerable. The battle was fought on the 29th day of August 1794. Christopher Miller
was in that engagement. The troops under Wayne was about 900  men; the Indians and Whites  on their side was nearly 2000. It is said that there were 450 Delawares, 175 Miamis, 275 Shawnees, 225 Ottawas, 257 Wyandotts and a small number of Senacas, Pottowatamies and Chippewas and about 75 white men. After the close of the campaign Miller returned to the valley
where Elizabethtown was laid out. He married a daughter of Major George Walls and settled in two miles of Elizabethtown as a farmer, raised a large family and was a Justice of the Peace, a High Sheriff of the county, was elected to the Legislature of Kentucky and lived  andÌ died a highly honorable Christian gentleman. Time passed, General Wayne died, and Miller was forgotten.  In January, 1819, a quarter of a century after the services were rendered, and while Miller was a representative
in the Ky. Legislature, a resolution was passed calling on Congress to make provision for Christopher Miller, to whom the government was indebted, not only as a reward of merit, but on a score of justice as Miller had relied upon the promise of General Wayne, who was a representative of the government in the matter. There is now in the museum of the Kentucky Historical Society at Frankfort, a small silver spoon that once belonged to Christopher Miller. VG.............400-600

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97. [ART] Karl von Rydingsvard - A pioneer in "legitimate" wood carving is Mr. Karl von Rydingsvard, a Swede, who had been a teacher of and lecturer on carving in New York. He spent his summers in Maine, an appropriate place for workers in wood. At Brunswick, Me., he brought about him zealous pupils from families of the well-to-do, and also regular folks. Offered here is a bank check dated 1923, signed by S.A. Douglas Volk (1856-1935) American portrait painter and the son of noted sculptor Leonard Volk. Best known for his portraits of Abraham Lincoln, one of which hangs in the Lincoln Bedroom at the White House. He was named after his mother's cousin (Abraham Lincoln's political rival) Stephen A. Douglas.  Volk has made out this check to Rydingsvard, who was known to have carved picture frames from Volk.  Rydingsvard has endorsed the check on the verso. VG............100-150

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98. Maja V. Capek - born in Bohemia and came to the United States in 1907. She studied library science at Columbia University and in 1914 was put in charge of the Czechoslovak Department of the New York Public Library. There she met Norbert Capek who was studying for a Ph.D. at City College. They were married in 1917 and moved to Belleville where Capek became pastor of a small congregation. But in 1919, having come to the conclusion that he could no longer be a Baptist, he resigned his pastorate. At the end of World War I, the Austro-Hungarian Empire fell apart and Czechoslovakia became independent. The Capeks, like other war refugees, were eager to return to their home country and play a part in its spiritual reawakening. By February 1922, the Capeks, working as team, had organized the Prague Congregation of Liberal Religious Fellowship. Almost immediately, the services were drawing standing-room-only crowds. In 1926, Maja was also ordained as a Unitarian minister. On June 24, 1923, the first Flower Festival was celebrated. This ritual now celebrated annually by UU congregations the world over, originated in the Prague Congregation. In 1939 Maja Capek left for the United States for what was supposed to be a brief lecture tour to raise funds for a joint Unitarian and Society of Friends program to assist endangered refugees and internees. She brought the Flower Festival Service with her and it was celebrated for the first time in the United States at the First Unitarian Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the spring of 1940. Tragically, the Germans took Czechoslovakia while Maja was still on tour, which prevented her from returning to Prague. She stayed in Massachusetts during the war working at the church in New Bedford. As soon as the Nazi army took over Czechoslovakia, Capek became a marked man. He was interrogated by the Gestapo, whose spies listened to every word he preached. For a time he veiled his message of freedom in Biblical parables and religious symbolism, and for a while it worked. Then, on March 28, 1941, Capek and his youngest daughter Zora were arrested by the Gestapo. They were convicted of listening to foreign radio broadcasts, a treasonous offence. Norbert Capek be sent to the concentration camp at Dachau. In 1942 he was sent on an "invalid transport," and evidently killed that day either with poison gas or a lethal injection, although his official death certificate states that he died October 30 of a cerebral hemorrhage. Maja Capek did not learn of Norbert's death until after the war. Leadership of the Prague church passed to the Capeks' daughter and son-in-law, both ordained Unitarian ministers. Maja decided to work to help the victims of the war and joined the staff of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Agency. She worked for a number of years as a Displaced Persons Specialist in Egypt and Palestine. Those who knew her described her as possessing tremendous drive and determination combined with a sensitive and loving heart-another fire flower blooming in the burned-out places of the world. She died in 1966. Offered here is is a rare ANS, written from Christmas postcard postmarked Praha, Czechoslovakia. To Mrs. M.G. Woodward, wife of Robert, who had died in 1924. She writes - "Sincerely wishes Maja V. Capek. Very often my thoughts fly back to the delightful days I spent in your company. Prague, Dec. 16th, 1926." VG. RARE!.............150-250

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100. [PHOTOGRAPHY] Original vintage photograph of Robert F. Kennedy  and wife Ethel. He was at an event speaking in behalf of Lyndon B. Johnson.  This vintage photo was taken by the photographer Frank Mastro, the famed celebrity photographer probably best remembered for his photos of Marilyn Monroe and Frank Sinatra. 5x5.  Likely unpublished. We own the original negative. Fine......100-150

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102. [MUSIC] Jaroslav Kocian [1883-1950] Czech violinist & composer. He is considered, together with Jan Kubelík, as the most important representative of Sevcik school". An interpreter of violin compositions of Johann Sebastian Bach. He is especially noted for his compositions for the violin, which have been recorded most often by his student Josef Suk. He taught at the Prague Conservatory. Signed Autograph Music Quotation, Chicago, 1903, written on 10-3/4 x 7" album page. Long bar of handwritten music "Paganini." On other side is the signature of the great actor, Constant Coquelin, dated Chicago 1904. Edge tear & nicks well away from writing.........100-150

103. [MUSIC] Dominick Argento (b. 1927) American composer, best known as a leading composer of lyric opera and choral music. ALS, no date, 1p..............25-35

104. [MUSIC] Andrew Litton (b. 1959) American orchestral conductor. Signed, inscribed color 5x7 photo. VG.........25-35

105. [MUSIC] Keely Smith (b. 19320 American jazz and popular music singer who enjoyed popularity in the 1950s and 1960s. She collaborated with, among others, Louis Prima and Frank Sinatra. TLS, 1995, 1p. VG..........25-35

106. [MUSIC] Albert Stoessel (1894-1943) American composer, violinist and conductor. Signed 3x5 card......25-35

107. [MUSIC] Lalo Schifrin [b. 1932] Argentine composer, pianist and conductor best known for his film and TV scores, such as the "Theme from Mission: Impossible". He has received four Grammy Awards and six Oscar nominations. Schifrin, associated with the jazz music genre, is also noted for work with Clint Eastwood and the Dirty Harry films. Signed 5x7 photo. Fine..........25-35

108. [ART] Merv Slotnick [b. 1941] American artist living in Maine. His work is in many collections throughout the United States, Canada, England, Australia, Germany, Denmark, Ireland, Iceland, Norway, France, etc. His work has been included in exhibitions at New York University; Maine Biennial; Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY; Mansfield State College, Pa.; Ball State Univ.; Edison Community College, Cape Coral, Florida; Center For The Arts, Midland, Michigan; Central Michigan Univ.; Saginaw Art Museum; Provincetown Art Association; Grand Rapids Art Museum; Battle Creek Arts Center, Mich. Northern Arizona Univ.; Alaska Pacific Univ., plus others. He was also included in the All Michigan Artists Traveling Show [1970-73] which traveled to various colleges & universities in Michigan. Original color aquatint, pencil signed, titled SKY RIDE, numbered 1/10. Dated 1972. Approx. 14-3/4 x 10” image plus margins . There are 2 damp stains at left edge and printer’s ink in margin, all far enough from image that they will not show when matted............150-250

109. [MUSIC] Wilfred Glenn (1881-1970) American opera singer. Signed 8x10 photo [sepia tone], dated 1932. VG.........30-40

111. [MUSIC] George Hamilton [1901-1957] popular bandleader. Signed vintage 5x7 photo. VG..........35-45

112. [MAINE]  Thos. Cutts Jr.  (1769-1839) American sea captain and a successful merchant. He operated the family shipping business out of Saco, Maine with his father and brothers. He succeeded his father as a shipbuilder and ship owner and was put in charge of the large store and shipyard.  He handled sales and business accounts for the Cutts’ general merchandizing store. He ran the warehouses and engaged in lumbering as well. Thomas Jr. also went to sea as a captain on his father’s vessels worldwide.  He corresponded with shipmasters on voyages and at ports concerning cargoes when handling the family business affairs back in Saco. Thomas Jr. owned many vessels.  Saco is near Biddeford Pool which was attacked by the British during War of 1812.  The people of Biddeford Pool were alarmed by the sight of a 74-gun ship of the Royal Navy, anchored off Wood Island at 9 o’clock, on the morning of June 16, 1814. The 182 foot HMS Bulwark sent several canon balls over the town. There were no fortifications at the Pool. The civilian population hurried to bury their valuables. Captain David Milne of the Bulwark sent five barges with 150 well-armed soldiers, led by the Bulwark’s second in-command, Lieutenant James Symonds, to Stage Island. After a few minutes there, they passed over to Fletcher’s Neck, where Thomas Cutts Jr. met them with a white flag. Cutts owned a great deal of property at Fletcher’s Neck. He asked Lt. Symonds his intentions and the Lieutenant replied, “to destroy the place.” Thomas Cutts tried to buy the town’s safety, but was told that the captain had positive orders to destroy their shipping industry and would accept no terms. Mr. Cutts’ new 265 ton brig, Hermoine, worth $8,000, was burned. A small schooner and a sloop from Cape Cod, loaded with lumber, were also set ablaze. The frame of a 540 ton ship Cutts had on the stocks worth $7,000 was cut up and knocked to pieces.  Next, the British plundered Thomas Cutts’ store. Bill Pitcher, the clerk helped the soldiers to new clothes and all the liquor they could carry. In the end, $2,000 worth of merchandise was taken. On their way back to their frigate, the soldiers took the fine new ship Victory, which also belonged to Mr. Cutts, and brought her alongside the Bulwark. They stripped her of her sails and rigging and then offered her back to her owner for $6,000. The whole affair took 2 1/2 hours. The Saco militia arrived on the opposite bank of the river just in time to watch the marauders sail away.  Master of the HMS Bulwark, Captain David Milne had been promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral just days before the attack on Biddeford Pool. His lieutenant, James Symonds, who had previously commanded a trading vessel, reportedly had a history with Thomas Cutts Jr.. According to local legend, he returned to exact revenge for some offence perpetrated by Cutts before the war. It’s just as likely that Saco Harbor was chosen because the customs house there had seized British goods from Buxton parties. They were to be sold at auction in two weeks time, along with a rich cargo of dry goods taken from a privateer prize, the British brig Belize.  . Thomas Cutts Jr. seems to have born an unfair share of the damage in the Biddeford Pool attack, but he owned most of the merchant vessels in that harbor. His store was also convenient to the wharf. As they did in many of the other American harbors they attacked, the Bulwark crew collected provisions as the spoils of war. C’est la guerre!  Offered here is a rare letter,  1795 [written from Bourdeane ?], by Thomas Cutts Jr. to his father Thomas Cutts Sr. at Pepperellborough (now Saco), Maine. VG...................150-250

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113. Wedding Invitation for marriage of Ethel Skakel to Robert Francis Kennedy, 1950, includes the R.S.V.P. card and  a copy reply from Philip J. Philbin, Mass. Congressman.  All items are in fine condition. Rare!..............300-400

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114. [MUSIC] Seiji Ozawa (b.1935)  Japanese conductor, particularly noted for his interpretations of large-scale late Romantic works. He is most known for his work as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and principal conductor of the Vienna State Opera. Signed album page. VG.........25-35

115. [MUSIC] George London (1920-1985), born George Burnstein, was a Canadian concert and operatic bass-baritone. Signed album page. VG..........25-35

116. [MUSIC] Yvonne  Minton CBE (b. 1938) is an Australian opera singer. In the New Year Honours 1980, she was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to music. Signed album page. VG..........25-35

117. [MUSIC] Franco Corelli (1921-2003)  Italian tenor who had a major international opera career between 1951 and 1976.
Signed album page. VG..........25-35

118. [MUSIC] Nicholas di Virgilio (tenor) - Signed album page. VG..........25-35

119. [FILM] Maurizio Nichetti (b. 1948) is an Italian film screenwriter, actor and director. His 1989 film The Bicycle Thief won the Golden St. George at the 16th Moscow International Film Festival.[1] In 1998 he was a member of the jury at the 48th Berlin International Film Festival. Signed album page. VG..........25-35

120. [FILM] Esben Hoilund Carlsen - Danish Actor-Director. Signed album page. VG..........25-35

121. [MUSIC] Enzo Stuarti (1919-2005) was an Italian American tenor and musical theater performer. After a performing on Broadway under the stage names Larry Laurence and Larry Stuart, he changed his name again and began a recording career in which he released several successful albums. He made regular stage and television appearances, and was featured in commercials for Ragú spaghetti sauce.  Signed & inscribed album page. VG..........25-35

122. [MUSIC] Gabor Carelli (1915 - 1999)  Hungarian classical tenor who had an important career in operas and concerts in North America during the mid 20th century. He was notably committed to the Metropolitan Opera in New York City from 1951 to 1974 where he gave a total of 1,079 performances. Signed album page. VG..........25-35

123. [MUSIC] "Bidu" de Oliveira Sayão  (1902-1999)  Brazilian opera soprano. One of Brazil's most famous musicians, Sayão was a leading artist of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City from 1937 to 1952. Signed album page. VG..........25-35

124. [MUSIC] Nicolai Gedda (b.1925) is a Swedish operatic tenor. Having made some two hundred recordings, Gedda is said to be the most widely recorded tenor in history. Gedda's singing is best known for his beauty of tone, vocal control, and musical perception.

126. [FILM] Greer Garson (1904-1996) British-born actress who was very popular during World War II, being listed by the Motion Picture Herald as one of America's top ten box office draws in 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, and 1946. As one of MGM's major stars of the 1940s, Garson received seven Academy Award nominations, winning the Best Actress award for Mrs. Miniver (1942). ANS, 1972, sends autograph.........40-60

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128. [MUSIC] Archibald Joyce [1873-1963] British composer. Signed card......20-30

131. Fancis G. Peabody [1847-1936] Unitarian clergyman. ALS 1901......25-35

133. Earl Holliman (b. 1928) is an American actor. Firm career: Holliman first appeared in 1953's Scared Stiff. Three years later, he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture for his performance in the 1956 film, The Rainmaker. Other notable film appearances were in Broken Lance, Giant, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Forbidden Planet, Hot Spell, Visit to a Small Planet, The Bridges at Toko-Ri, The Trap, The Big Combo, The Sons of Katie Elder, Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff, Last Train from Gun Hill and Summer and Smoke. Signed 8x10 color photo. VG............25-35

134. [BALLET] HELGI TOMASSON (1942- ) American Ballet Star/Choreographer. SIGNED 8x10 portrait photograph. VG...................25-35

135. [COMPUTERS] Gene M. Amdahl (. 1922) Norwegian American computer architect and hi-tech entrepreneur, chiefly known for his work on mainframe computers at IBM and later his own companies, especially Amdahl Corporation. He is perhaps best known for formulating Amdahl's law, which states a fundamental limitation of parallel computing. ALS, no date, on 4x6 card. Fine............40-60

137. (CINEMA) LOIS WILSON (1894-1988) American actress in silent movies. Signed questionaire [2 questions answered]. Lengthy response...............30-40

139. James B. Longacre (1794-1869) American engraver, b. Delaware Co., Pa. Known for his work in The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans (4 vols., 1834-39); chief engraver, U.S. Mint (1844-69). Original portrait engraving of William Wirt (1772-1834) was an American author and statesman who is credited with turning the position of United States Attorney General into one of influence. Image size 3-1/2 x 4-1/2 in. plus clean margins. VG.........25-35

140. James B. Longacre (1794-1869) American engraver, b. Delaware Co., Pa. Known for his work in The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans (4 vols., 1834-39); chief engraver, U.S. Mint (1844-69). Original portrait engraving of Otho Holland Williams (1749-1794) was a Continental Army officer from Maryland in the American Revolutionary War. He entered service volunteering at a Lieutenant in 1775 and eventually rising to the rank of Brigadier General. Image size 3-1/2 x 4-1/2 in. plus clean margins. VG.........25-35

141. James B. Longacre (1794-1869) American engraver, b. Delaware Co., Pa. Known for his work in The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans (4 vols., 1834-39); chief engraver, U.S. Mint (1844-69). Original portrait engraving of Caspar Wistar (1761-1818) American anatomist and physician. Image size 3-1/2 x 4-1/2 in. plus clean margins. VG.........25-35

145. [MUSIC] James Conlon (b. 1950) American conductor. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.......25-35

146. [FILM] Ken Annakin OBE (1914- 2009) English film director. Annakin became known for a series of Walt Disney adventures, including The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952), The Sword and the Rose (1953), Third Man on the Mountain (1959), and Swiss Family Robinson (1960). He was later associated with another American producer, Darryl F. Zanuck, when he was hired to direct the British segments in The Longest Day (1962). As head of the 20th Century-Fox Studio, Zanuck endorsed Annakin's most ambitious project Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines (1965). Annakin also directed the big-scale war film Battle of the Bulge (also 1965) for the Warner Brothers studio. Signed, inscribed printed picture, approx. 7 x 8". VG...........25-35

147. Robert James Waller (b. 1939) American author, also known for his work as a photographer and musician. Several of his books have been on the New York Times bestseller list including 1992's The Bridges of Madison County which was the top best-seller in 1993. Both that novel and his 1995 novel, Puerto Vallarta Squeeze, have been made into motion pictures. Signed 8x10 photo. VG............25-35

148. [FILM] Cecil M. Hepworth (1974-1953) English film director, producer and screenwriter. He was among the founders of the British film industry and continued making films into the 1920s at his Walton Studios. TLS, 1944, 1p. Rejection letter to author saying he doesn't remember a great deal but he is willing to answer a few questions..........40-60

149. Edward Sheffield Bartholomew (1822 - 1858) was a noted American sculptor active in Italy. Bartholomew was born in Colchester, Connecticut. After apprenticeships as a bookbinder and dentist, his first employment was as a dentist in Hartford, but he soon abandoned it for painting and (after learning that he was color-blind) sculpture. In 1844 he studied at the National Academy of Design's antique class in New York City, from 1845-1848 directed the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, contracting a severe case of smallpox circa 1847, then studied for another year in the National Academy of Design and sailed for Europe. From 1851 onwards he lived in Rome and died in Naples of bronchitis. Bartholomew is known for his bas reliefs, marble busts and statues, and medallions in the neo-classical style. His earliest recorded work is a medallion of poet Lydia Sigourney (1847). Among his best-known works are Blind Homer Led by the Genius of Poetry (1851, now in the Metropolitan Museum), Eve, Campagna Shepherd Boy (Peabody Institute), Genius of Painting, Youth and Old Age, Evening Star, Eve Repentant (Wadsworth Atheneum), Washington and Flora, A Monument to Charles Carroll (near Baltimore), Bellsarius at the Porta Pincinia, and Ganymede. Many of his works are now held by the Wadsworth Atheneum. CLIPPED SIGNATURE from letter mounted. Irregular shape slightly affected signature.........20-30

150. [THEATRE] Gertie Millar [1879-1952] Eng. singer/actress. Sig. w/sentiment 1908..........15-20

154. [ART] Pietro Annigoni (1910 - 1988) Italian portrait and fresco painter, who became world famous after painting Queen Elizabeth II in 1956. Signed 3x5 card [light green]. VG..........25-35

155. [FILM] James Blakeley (1907-2010) British actor, appearing in 13 films from 1934 and1940, including The Captain Hates the Sea (1934), Paris in the Spring (1935), The Gay Desperado (1936) and The Shadow Strikes (1937), and acted alongside such stars as Lucille Ball, Bing Crosby, Ida Lupino and Fred MacMurray. Signed 3x5 card.......15-20

156. George Wharton Pepper (1867-1961) American lawyer, law professor, and Republican politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate and founded the law firm of Pepper Hamilton. Pepper, born to upper-class parents of Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1887 and from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1889. He was admitted to the bar in 1889. From 1892 to 1895, he edited and published the University of Pennsylvania Law Review (then called the American Law Register and Review) with his friend, William Draper Lewis. In the early 1900s, a court appointed Pepper receiver for the Bay State Gas Company, a bankrupt Massachusetts utility. Pepper then sued a number of nationally-known businessmen, including William Rockefeller, Henry H. Rogers, and Thomas W. Lawson, for enriching themselves at the expense of the utility. During the public debate over the expansion of advertising in the 1920s, Senator Pepper argued for a "nationwide code of regulation," described in a 1929 speech to the Outdoor Advertising Association of America . He pointed out that in preserving natural beauty, no national economic benefit was lost&emdash;-real estate values would increase without the addition of billboards . Pepper voiced what was then the general public fear: that if billboards became mainstream, advertising would become too obtrusive. Pepper prevailed upon President Calvin Coolidge's to name fellow Pennsylvanian Owen Josephus Roberts special counsel to investigate the Teapot Dome scandal of Warren G. Harding's administration. Pepper was briefly the oldest living (former) senator. TLS, 1937, 1p, to Dr. Charles D. Hart. "Dear Charley. I shall miss you on the 16th. I should like you to know, however, how much I appreciate the friendly letter you wrote me before you went South. I hope you will have a happy vacation and return refreshed for doing the important work that you do so well." Fine............25-35

157. [PENN] George H. Earle (1890-1974) American politician. He served as the U.S. Minister to Austria from 1933 to 1934, and as the 30th Governor of Pennsylvania from 15 January 1935 to 17 January 1939. In 1943, when Earle was a United States Navy Lieutenant Commander and the President's special emissary to the Balkans, he "...presented a plan to President Franklin D. Roosevelt that Earle believed might end the war in Europe early. The German ambassador and the head of the German secret service secretly proposed to Earle that German troops could surround Hitler's headquarters and turn Hitler over to the Allies as a war criminal. German troops then would be repositioned to defend against the Russian military. The plot was never approved." TLS, as Gov., 1937, 1p. To Charles D. Hart, President, March of Scouting. Regrets that he can't attend "The March of Scouting" to be held in Philadelphia. VG..............25-35

188. [ART] Coryn Boel II [1622-1660] Flemish. Original etching, PLATE SIGNED, after painting by A. Schiauone, image approx. 11.5 x 8". Pictures 5 men surrounding woman with child in her lap. Religious scene. Other examples of Boel's etchings are in the collection of the San Francisco Art Museum. Boel was born about 1620/22 in Antwerp. This print is most likely from TENIERS GALLERY, published in Amsterdam in 1755. VG..............100-150

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190. [ART - OLDMASTER]  Pierre-Etienne MOITTE  (1722, Paris, 1780, Paris) French engraver, part of a family of artists. He studied in Paris with Jacques-Firmin Beauvarlet and Pierre-François Beaumont (1719-1769).  He was accepted  in 1771 by the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture and subsequently signed his prints 'Graveur du Roi'. Between c. 1747 and 1754 he was one of the principal engravers commissioned to work for the 'Cabinet de S.E.M. Le Comte de Brühl,' a collection published in Dresden in 1754 and consisting of 50 plates after selected paintings from the celebrated collection owned by Heinrich von Brühl. In addition to the Mystic Marriage of St Catherine after Correggio and three history subjects after Jean-Baptiste Corneille, Moitte contributed 11 masterly pieces after Dutch and Flemish paintings, including the Dutch Merchant and the Flemish Cook after Gerrit Dou; the Broken Egg, after Frans van Mieris the Elder; the Judgement of Paris after Rubens; four landscapes after Jacob van Ruisdael and Guillam Dubois (c. 1610-80); and Travellers' Rest and Horses at the Watering Trough after Philips Wouwerman. Moitte enjoyed a successful career in Paris by reproducing works after 18th-century French painters such as Nicolas Lancret, François Boucher and Pierre-Antoine Baudouin. Above all, he popularised sentimental genre paintings by Greuze, producing such prints as the Wrathful Mother, Repentance and the Idle Woman. Like most reproductive printmakers of the period, Moitte also engraved designs for book illustrations; thus he provided 17 plates after drawings by Jean-Baptiste Oudry for the four-volume folio edition of Jean de La Fontaine's Fables published between 1755 and 1759. Original engraving, from the 18th  century, approx. 11-1/4 x 8-1/4".  Wide margins.  Old damp stains in bottom margin..............100-150

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

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

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

201. [VERMONT] George D. Aiken (1892-1984) American politician from Vermont. A Republican Party, he served as governor of Vermont from 1937 to 1941 and as a U.S. Senator from 1941 to 1975. At the time of his retirement, Aiken was the most senior member of the Senate. SIGNED postcard photo, dated Dec. 10, 1941 on verso. VG........25-35

202. Roger Ward Babson (1875-1967) remembered today largely for founding Babson College in Massachusetts. TLS, 1958, 1p.........25-35

203. [BALLET] Dame Beryl Grey (b. 1927) British ballet dancer. ALS, 1982, 2pp. PLUS signed & inscribed 3.5 x 5.5 in. photo.........35-45

204. ROBERT L. SHAPIRO - noted defense attorney. ISP, 8x10................20-30

205. JONATHAN DANIELS - Press Sec. to FDR. TLS, 1977.........................20-30

207. [TV] FRED de CORDOVA (1910-2001) American Director/Producer - He started his career as a director in the 1940s, directing B-movies including Here Come the Nelsons, with Ozzie, Harriet and sons, and Bedtime for Bonzo, with Ronald Reagan. But during the television boom in the '50s and '60s, he began directing and producing television programs, including My Three Sons and variety shows with Jack Benny, George Gobel, Burns and Allen, and the Smothers Brothers. Mr. De Cordova began producing The Tonight Show in 1970, eight years after Carson became the show's star, and became executive producer in 1984. ANS dtd 3/6/89.........25-35

208. [FRENCH THEATRE] MARC CAMOLETTI - playwright. Signed 1970 contract for L'AMOUR-PROPRE, also signed by the Belgian director Lucien Declercq. VG. ..........40-60

209. [FRANCE] Pierre François Léonard Fontaine (1762-1853) neoclassical French architect, interior decorator and designer, who worked in such close partnership with Charles Percier, originally his friend from student days. Starting from 1794, it is fruitless to disentangle artistic responsibilities in their work. Together, Percier and Fontaine were inventors and major proponents of the rich and grand, consciously archaeological versions of neoclassicism we recognize as Directoire style and Empire style: see Charles Percier. ALS, 1801 [STAMPLESS COVER], 1p, approx. 6-1/4 x 8 in. About General Bernard. Seal removal has caused loss of paper on both sides affecting a few words............100-150

211. HEDLEY DONOVAN (1914-1990) American Editor - He was Henry R. Luce's handpicked successor for all of TIME INC. From 1965 till 1979 He is best remembered for toning down their polemical coverage particularly of foreign affairs. After he left time, he spent a very disappointing year as top advisor to Pres. Jimmy Carter. SIGNED 8x/10 portrait photograph..................25-35

212. [OPERA] ILENA COTRUBAS - Romanian Operatic Soprano. She debuted with the Bucharest Opera in 1964, and soon became well known, appearing in productions throughout Europe in the 1960s. was contracted as member of Vienna Opera starting in 1970. In 1973 she joined the Lyric Opera in Chicago then in 1975 to La Scala in Milan, and then to New York's Metropolitan Opera in 1977. Her singing was known for her strikingly beautiful voice, atheletic stamina, and finesse with opera in many different languages. Cotrubas retired from public singing in 1990. ALS 11/2/84........................35-45

214. [FRANCE] Charles MERE [b. 1883] Fr. author & playwright. Two TLSs sent to him on which he pens ANSs, 1931 & 1943. VG.....................60-80



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

216. (FRANCE) CH. FOLEY [1861-?] Fr. author of novels and plays. Two ALSs, 1909, 1p. each. 4 x 6. Not translated.........50-75

217. [ARCHEOLOGIST] Louis-Georges-Alfred de Martonne [b.1820] French archeologist and man-of-letters. ALS, Paris, 1872, 1p Speaks about his work on biography and his mentor Philarete Chasles [1798-1873] the French scholar and writer. Not translated. Fine..........50-75

218. [ARCHEOLOGIST] Bernard-Jacques-Joseph Maximilien de Ring [1799-1873] French archeologist. ALS, 1852, 2pp, speaks about articles in La Revue Contemporaire.......50-75

219. [NOBEL] Charles H. Townes (b.1915) American Nobel Prize-winning physicist. Signed 1963 FDC honoring Academy of Sciences. Clean but with very faint paperclip stain top edge [not bad at all]..........25-35

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

See Soderlund

222. Ira McL. Barton - Union Lt. Col. from New Hampshire. Document Signed, Pine Bluff, Ark., Dec. 31, 1867, 1p, 8-1/2 x 14 in. For wood purchased for 28th NH Infantry. Folds o/w very fresh condition.............50-75

223. [ART] Stepan Dmitrievich Erzia (Nefyodov) (1876 - 1959) was a Mordvin sculptor who lived in Russia and Argentina. Erzia chose his pseudonym after the native ethnic group, the Erzya Mordvins. Stepan became an apprentice of various icon-painting studios. In 1893-1897 he lived in Kazan, previously at the joiner's shop, later he worked at P. A. Kovalinski's icon-painting studio in Kazan. That time Erzia decorated churches in the various cities and villages of the Volga area and attended Kazan Art School. In 1902-1906 he studied at Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. In 1906-1914 he lived in Italy and France. He took part in the exhibitions in Venice and Milan in 1909, in Paris in 1912. In 1914 he returned to Russia and in 1918 he moved to Yekaterinburg where he created his monumental works of art. In 1921 he moved to Novorossiysk, then to Batumi. Living there, he created portraits of Lenin, Marx and Engels, many cultural workers of Georgia. In 1923 he lived in Baku, where he created in monumental genre. In 1926 the Soviet government made a decision to send Stepan Erzia abroad "to spread the knowledge of the Soviet art". He came to Paris again and his one-man shows received positive response in the Western press. In 1927-1950 he worked in Buenos Aires, creating portraits there of Lenin, Moses, Tolstoy, and Beethoven. In 1950 he returned to the Soviet Union. In 1957 he was decorated with the Order of the Red Banner of Labour. Stepan Erzya died in 1959 in Moscow and was buried in Saransk, the capital of Mordovia. Offered here is a rare pre-printed card, signed in ink, Paris, postmarked [1910 or 1911?]. VG...........75-100

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224. [SPAIN] Juan Antonio Llorente (1756-1823) Spanish historian. He studied at the University of Zaragoza, and, having been ordained priest, became vicar-general to the bishop of Calahorra in 1782. In 1785, he became commissary of the Holy Office (Inquisition) at Logroño and, in 1789, its general secretary at Madrid. In the crisis of 1808, Llorente identified himself with the Bonaparte regime and was engaged for a few years in superintending the execution of the decree for the suppression of the monastic orders, in examining the archives of the Spanish Inquisition and in arguing for the submission of the Spanish church to the Bonaparte monarch. His 1810 project for a division of Spain in prefectures and subprefectures (under the French revolutionary inspiration) was never brought into practice because of the war. On the return of King Ferdinand VII to Spain in 1814, he retreated to France, where he published his great work, Histoire critique de l'Inquisition espagnole (Paris, 1817-1818). Translated into English, German, Dutch and Italian, it attracted much attention in Europe and involved its author in considerable persecution. After the coup of Rafael de Riego (1820), he supported the new Liberal government. The discovery of his Carbonarian activities and the publication of his Portraits politiques des papes in 1822 culminated in a peremptory order to leave France. Both the personal character and the literary accuracy of Llorente have been assailed, but, although he was not an exact historian, there is no doubt that he made an honest use of documents relating to the Inquisition which are no longer extant. ALS, Paris, 1822, 1p. In French - not translated. Fine..........100-150

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225. [BRITISH] Lord Charles Beresford (1846-1916) British Admiral and Member of Parliament. He combined the two careers of the navy and a member of parliament, making a reputation as a hero in battle and champion of the navy in the House of Commons. He was a well-known and popular figure who courted publicity. ALS, 1887, 4pp. To Mr. Collett......50-75

226. [FRANCE] Alfred de Tarde [1880-1925] Right wing economist. ALS, no yr., 4 full pages. To a graphologist about his articles on graphology. Tarde was an Anti-Dreyfus. Could letter refer to the writings of Dreyfus proving he was a spy - but they were forged??? ..............75-100

227 [FRANCE] Jeanne Galzy [1883-1977] Fr. novelist. ALS, 1915, 1p., congratulating Robert Kemp on his nomination to the French Academy. VG..........60-80

228. [ART] Bernie Fuchs [b.1932] Am. illustrator. Signature in pencil............20-30

230. [LITERATURE] Sir Hall Caine [1853-1931]. English novelist. Secretary to Dante G. Rossetti (1881-82). Author of Shadow of a Crime (1885), Son of Hagar (1886), The Deemster (1887), The Bondman (1890), The Manxman (1894), The Christian (1897), Eternal City (1901), Prodigal Son (1904), The Woman Thou Gavest Me (1913), The Master of Man (1921), and Life of Christ (1938). Signed card.........25-35

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

232. [FILM] Samantha Eggar [b. 1939] English actress. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.....25-35

233. [Film] JOHN AGAR (1921-2002) Am. He appeared in some sixty motion pictures and some one hundred television shows. First husband of Shirley Temple. Onscreen in 1948 in such films as Fort Apache, Sands of Iwo Jima, She Wore A Yellow Ribbon, Along the Great Divide, Big Jake, others. ALS, no date...............25-35

234. [RELIGION] ROBERT LAIRD COLLIER [1837-1890] He was originally an itinerant Methodist preacher, united with the Unitarian church in 1866, was pastor of large churches in Chicago and Boston, and at the same time became a popular lecturer and writer of magazine articles. His principal published works are "Every-Day Subjects in Sunday Sermons" (Boston, 1869)'" Meditations on the Essence of Christianity" (1876); and "English Home Life" (1885). ALS, 1869, 1p............50-75

235. WILLIAM WHITTY HALL (1810-1876) physician and pioneer editor of health magazines, was born in Paris, Kentucky. After graduating from Centre College, Danville, Kentucky, with the intention of becoming a Presbyterian missionary, he studied theology and medicine at Transylvania University, where he received an M.D. in 1836, the same year he was ordained to the ministry. Intending to support himself as a missionary through his medical practice, he began work in Louisiana. But he subsequently came to Texas, met Sam Houston near Nacogdoches, and rode with him to the first presidential inauguration in Texas. Hall preached in Houston and the surrounding area and served as chaplain in both houses of the Texas Congress. He helped collect funds to build a Presbyterian church in Houston and was active in organizing an ecclesiastical vigilance committee to prevent imposters from posing as ministers. In 1837 Hall left the Republic in time to attend the Synod of Kentucky, which convened in October. There he urged the Presbvterian Church to become involved in missionary work in Texas. The General Assembly of the church adopted his recommendation in 1838. Hall gradually abandoned preaching for the practice of medicine and went first to New Orleans, then to Cincinnati, where he married Hannah Matlock. In 1851 he established a consultation practice in New York City, where he married Magdalene Matilda Robertson. While in Cincinnati, he had published several books on consumption and other lung ailments. In New York in 1854 he began the publication of Hall's Joumal of Health. In 1875 he started another periodical, Hall's Medical Adviser. Never weighing more than 125 pounds and working from five in the moming until ten at night, a violation of his own health rules, Hall fell in a fit on a street in New York and died aimost immediately on May 10, 1876. ALS, 2pp, dated June 30, 1857 giving health advice. VG..........100-150

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

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

238. George Ball (1909-1994) American diplomat. He was the Under Secretary of State for Economic and Agricultural Affairs in the administrations of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He is well known for his opposition to escalation in the Vietnam War. Ball also served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from June 26 to September 25, 1968. During the Nixon Administration, George Ball helped draft American policy proposals in the Persian Gulf. SIGNED & INSCRIBED 5 x 7 photo. VG...............25-35

239. [CINEMA] CARA WILLIAMS (BARRYMORE) (1925- ) American Actress - At 17, Williams was signed to a 20th Century Fox contract, but few of her subsequent film roles were large enough to attract notice. Her fortunes improved when she replaced Judy Holliday in the Broadway production of Born Yesterday (1950); thereafter, her film and TV roles increased in size and prominence. She was nominated for an Academy Award for her portrayal of a sex-starved farm woman in The Defiant Ones (1958). By virtue of her flaming red hair and acute comic timing, Williams was touted as "the new Lucille Ball" on the CBS sitcoms Pete and Gladys (1961) and The Cara Williams Show (1964). She was married to John Barrymore, Jr. and had a son. SIGNED/inscribed 8x10 photograph with sentiment . DIFFERENT POSE FROM ABOVE...............20-30

240. [NOBEL PRIZE] GEORGE OLAH (1927- ) Hungarian b. Chemist. He was awarded the chemistry prize in 1994 for illuminating basic chemical reactions that had never before been observed, and also for showing that carbon itself, the backbone of organic chemistry, could be cajoled into behaving in ways that scientists had not believed possible. SIGNED 4x6 photograph..........35-45

241. Kate Field (1838-1896) American journalist, lecturer, and actress, of eccentric talent. ALS, Feb. 22, no yr, 2pp. From Shoreham Hotel in NYC. Sends payment for tickets received and discussing distributing others, etc...........40-60

242. [ACTRESS] FLORENCE STANLEY (1924-2003) American Actress. She launched her career on Broadway and was a regular on television shows including "Barney Miller," She appeared on Broadway in "Fiddler on The Roof," "The Prisoner of Second Avenue" and was in the Manhattan Theater Club's "What's Wrong with This Picture?" before heading to Hollywood. Her TV appearances include Judge Margaret Wilbur on "My Two Dads" and Bernice Fish on "Barney Miller," as well as numerous guest roles on shows including "Dharma & Greg" in 2002. SIGNED/inscribed 8x10 photograph with sentiment.................20-30

243. Ted Key (1912-2008)American cartoonist and writer. He is best known as the creator of the cartoon series Hazel. ANS, no date........25-35

244. [FRANCE] Ernest Menault (1830-1903) French author and zoologist. He wrote, principally Les Insectes nuisibles à l' Agriculture et à la Viticulture, L'intelligence des animaux and L'amour maternel chez les animaux. ALS, 1867, 1-1/2 pp. VG..........50-75

245. [FRANCE] Louis (Adrien) Huart [1813-1865] very important  French journalist, writer and theater director. Editor in Chief of Le Charivari, the illustrated newspaper published in Paris, France from 1832 to 1937. Le Charivari published caricatures, political cartoons and reviews. In 1835 the government banned political caricature, thus Le Charivari began publishing satires of everyday life. Ownership of the paper changed often due to censorship, and related taxes and fines. ALS, 1860, 1p,  5-1/4 x 8 in.  Speaks about Le Charivar.  VG............100-150

246. [NOBEL PRIZE] Arthur L. Schawlow (1921-1999) American physicist. He is best remembered for his work on lasers, for which he was awarded a 1981 Nobel Prize. HIS STATIONERY SIGNED, 1982, inscribed in type to collector..............25-35

247. John Cameron Swayze [1906-1995] popular news commentator. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.........35-45

248. [FILM & TV] Macdonald Carey [1913-1994] American actor. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG........40-60

250. [THEATRE] Henry de GORSSE [1868-1936] Fr. dramatist. ALS, no date, 1p. Speaks about his play. Not translated. Fine................40-60

251. Don Hewitt (1922-2009) American television news producer and executive, best known for creating 60 Minutes, the CBS television news magazine in 1968, which at the time of his death, was the longest-running prime-time broadcast on American television. Under Hewitt's leadership, 60 Minutes was the only news program ever rated the nation's top-ranked television program, an achievement it accomplished five times. He also produced the first televised presidential debate in the 1960. Signed, inscribed color 8x10 photo. VG...........40-60

252. [LOUISIANA] ELAINE S. EDWARDS - American Politician/ First Lady of Louisiana - a Senator from Louisiana; appointed to the United States Senate by her much controversial husband, Governor Edwin W. Edwards, August 1, 1972, as a Democrat to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Allen J. Ellender, and servered , until her resignation November 13, 1972. TLS dtd 10/4/72 with SIGNED/inscribed 8x10 portrait dtd 1972 (2 items).................25-35

253. Emily P. Bissell (1861-1948) American social worker and activist, best remembered for introducing Christmas Seals to the United States. Her signature on postcard postmarked 1944. Collector has written in pencil on signed side. Accompanied by 2 FDCs honoring Bissell each Bissell stamps......................50-75

254. [FILM] BETSY BLAIR - English Actress - Most casual film fans know one of two facts about stage and film actress Betsy Blair. (1): She was the first wife of musical comedy star Gene Kelly. (2): She played the homely blind date of Ernest Borgnine in Marty (1955)., in which she was Nominated for an Oscar . After Marty, relocated on the Continent, appearing in such Italian films as The Outcry (1957) and Senilita (1961).Also, has acted in many plays on the English stage. SIGNED/inscribed 3x5 photograph....................20-30

255. [FILM] Lillian Gish (1893 - 1993) American stage, screen and television actress whose film acting career spanned 75 years, from 1912 to 1987. SIGNED 3X5 CARD. VG.....20-30

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

257. Albert Henry Smyth [1863-1907] American writer. ALS, 1900, 2pp. Mentions his biography of Bayard Taylor. Light irregular toning on last page............25-35

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

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

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

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

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

263. HENRY A. LAVELY (1831-?), American poet. AMS, his poem "Smiles and Tears" written on the letterhead of Aetna Life Insurance Co. TEN LINES + TITLE. Small corner piece missing o/w VG.......30-40

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

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

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

267. [NOBEL] Paul Crutzen (b. 1933) Dutch Nobel prize atmospheric chemist. Brief ALS, no date, 8.5 x 3". VG............50-75

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

269. Martha Ostenso (1900-1963) Canadian novelist and screenwriter. Ostenso was born in Haukeland, near Bergen, Norway, but emigrated with her family to the United States in 1902. They first settled in South Dakota and Minnesota before immigrating to Canada in the province of Manitoba. Ostenso is probably best known for the award-winning novel Wild Geese, published in 1925 (and filmed as After the Harvest in 2001). She signs at bottom of an autograph request typed letter, 1929...........20-30

270. [CABINET] Cyrus Vance (1917-2002) American lawyer and civil servant. He served as the United States Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1980. Prior to his service as Secretary of State, he held a number of executive positions, including the Secretary of the Army and the Deputy Secretary of Defense. Signed 5x7 color photo. VG.............25-35

271. [NOBEL PRIZE] Wassily Leontief [1905-1999] was an economist notable for his research on how changes in one economic sector may have an effect on other sectors. Leontief won a Nobel Prize in Economics in 1973. BRIEF ALS [1989]................30-40

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

See Rubinoff

273. [FILM] Art Clokey (1921- 2010) a pioneer in the popularization of stop motion clay animation, beginning in 1955 with a film experiment called Gumbasia. From the Gumbasia project, Art Clokey and his wife Ruth invented Gumby. SIGNED 11 X 8.5 " color photo, signed in sliver ink in dark area. VG...........75-100

274. [NOBEL PRIZE] JAMES TOBIN (1918-2002) 1981 Nobel Prize in Economics. SIGNED 1982 FDC honoring State Birds/Flowers. Clean with cachet. Fine........25-35

275. Margaret Pedler (?-1948) British novelist, who wrote popular works of romantic fiction. Initially Pedler studied piano and singing at the Royal Academy of Music , and published several songs for which she wrote both the music and lyrics. Over her career as a best-selling writer, from 1917 to 1947, she produced 28 novels. ALS, 1932, written on both sides, 6 x 7.5". VG...............40-60

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

277. Cyril Ritchard (1897-1977) actor of stage, screen and television. He achieved star status in 1954 as Captain Hook in the Broadway production of Peter Pan co-starring Mary Martin,. Signed 1957 bank check.......40-60

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

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

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

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

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

282. Bob Dole - US senator and presidential candidate. Signed 1958 FDC honoring Abraham Lincoln. Affixed are two 4 cent red-violet stamps featuring Lincoln's likeness inspired by a portrait by Douglas Volk...........25-35

283. Brander Matthews (1852-1929} Am. writer and educator. Matthews was the first U.S. professor of dramatic literature. From 1892 to 1900 he was professor of literature at Columbia, and thereafter held the chair of dramatic literature. His influence was such that a popular pun claimed that an entire generation had been "brandered by the same Matthews". ALS, 1918, written on both sides. Re: why doesn't the Dunlap Society pay its debts?".............50-75

284. [SILENT SCREEN] FRED SCOTT (1902-1992) American Actor/Silent Screen Star -started out entertaining on vaudeville, acting on Broadway, and singing operetta. He later appeared in many silent comedies, including those of Mack Sennett, and appeared in one feature-length silent film. Later he worked in a few musicals during the early '30s, but soon left movies to spend a few years singing opera. Between the late '30s and early '40s, Scott played a cowboy crooner known as "the Silvery-Voiced Buckaroo" in a few Westerns. - SIGNED 8x10 photograph as cowboy star.......................25-35

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

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

288. GENE SAKS (1921- ) American Actor/Director - He began directing in 1963, helming such Neil Simon Broadway plays as Biloxi Blues and Brighton Beach Memoirs and such Simon-scripted films as Barefoot in the Park (1967), The Odd Couple (1968), and Last of the Red Hot Lovers (1986). Saks made his film acting bow in 1965, recreating his stage role as paranoid kiddie-show host Chuckles the Chipmunk in A Thousand Clowns. Saks is married to actress Beatrice Arthur, who co-starred in his 1974 film version of Mame.. SIGNED/inscribed 8x10 PHOTO........................25-35

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

291. Agnes Strickland (1796-1874)  English historical writer and poet. Signature with inscription, dated 1853.......25-35

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

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

294. [FRANCE] Turgot, Anne-Robert-Jacques. Baron de l' Aulne [1727-1781]. French administrator and economist. Intendant of Limoges (1761-74); minister of marine (1774); controller general of finance (1774-76); removed because of opposition to his Six Edicts. Member of the Physiocrats. As intendant, abolished the corvée, constructed roads and bridges, reformed interest rates, and distributed the burden of taxation more justly. As finance minister, introduced a rigid economy, abolished certain feudal privileges, and attempted to restore free trade in grain between the provinces. Best known works were Lettres sur la tolérance (1754) and Réflexions sur la formation et la distribution des richesses (1766). ORIGINAL ENGRAVED PORTRAIT of Turgot [1853], image approx. 5 x 4 in. plus margins. Engraved by W.T. Fry. UNSIGNED, of course. Very good condition...................35-45

295. [IRELAND] WILLIAM LECKY (1838-1903), Irish historian, born near Dublin, and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He won recognition with History of the Rise and Influence of Rationalism in Europe (1865) and History of European Morals from Augustus to Charlemagne (1869), in which he considered the development, dissemination, and decline of the moral and theological tenets of Christianity. He later wrote History of England in the Eighteenth Century (8 vol., 1878-90). In 1895 he was elected to Parliament as a Liberal Unionist; in 1897 he was made a privy councillor. Lecky actively advocated liberal reforms in Ireland but opposed home rule. In 1902 he was named one of the first members of the British Academy and received the Order of Merit. SHORT ALS, no year. Moderate stain to left of signature, mount. trace on back........30-40

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

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

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

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

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

301. MARTHA OSTENSO (1900-1963) Canadian Novelist and screenwriter.   Many of her novels are of Minnesota farm life.   ALS, 1930, 1p. VG......60-80

302.  John Galsworthy (1867-1933)  English novelist and playwright. Clip signature..........40-60


303. ALFRED AUSTIN (1835-1913)  English Poet, Poet Laureate  (1896-1913).  ALS, 1908, 2pp. VG............80-120

304. HARRY HAWKINS FLAGLER (1870-1952) American Philanthropist, Socialite, founder of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, son of Henry Flagler.  SIGNATURE (1922) on verso is DANIEL FROHMAN (1851-1940)  American Theatrical Producer and manager and early Film Producer.........75-100


305. ROBERT ALPHONSO TAFT (1889-1953) American Politician, US Senator from Ohio.  He was the son of President William Howard Taft, Presidential Candidate.  TLS, 1943, 1p. Re: the Wagner-Murray Bill "to provide relief and security from the cradle to the grave." VG..........50-75

306.  [FILM] Virginia Gilmore (1919-1986) American film, stage, and television actress. Gilmore began her stage career in San Francisco at the age of 15, but moved to Los Angeles in 1939 to pursue work in films. When her movie career was not progressing, Gilmore mustered the nerve to approach Samuel Goldwyn at his home. As a result of their meeting, he promised her a screen test. When her movie role options began to dwindle, Gilmore left Los Angeles for New York City and started working on Broadway. In 1944 she married Yul Brynner. TLS, Feb. 8, 1945, 1p. Concerns employment agreement with Samuel Goldwyn. VG..........50-75

307. [THEATRE] Rosemary Harris (b. 1927) Tony Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated English actress and a member of the American Theatre Hall of Fame. SIGNED & inscribed 3.5 x 5.5 in. photo.............20-30

308. (BRITISH LITERATURE NOTABLES) SAMUEL SMILES (1812-1904) Scottish author, Journalist, reformer, politician. ALS (1881).  WEEDON GROSSMITH (1854-1919) Playwright, author. SIGNATURE with sentiment.  EDMUND C. BLUNDEN (1896-1974) Poet, Author, Critic.  SIGNED presentation page from his 1929 book “Near & Far”.   LAWRENCE PEARSALL JACKS (1860-1955) Philosopher, educator, author.  ALS (1920) 2pp.  HUMBERT WOLFE (1885-1940) Italian born English Poet, man of letters.  SIGNATURE.  OLIVER SHEWELL FRANKS, Baron Franks  (1905-1992) Philosopher, writer, Public Servant. TLS (1971).  EUPHEMIA MARGARET TAIT (1866-?) She used the pseud. of John Ironside.  ALS, 1909, 2pp.   MAEVE BINCHY (1940) Irish Novelist. SIGNED, inscribed postcard...........80-120

310.  (BRITISH SCIENCE/MEDICINE NOTABLES LOT) DR. JOHN ABERNETHY 1764-1831) Surgeon.  He is associated with the treatment of aneurysm by ligature, he is also author of one of the great medical books of his time . UNSIGNED prescription in his handwriting (12 lines).  ANDREW CLARK (1826-1893) Physician.  He was one of the first to believe that maladies were due to poor diet and lifestyle .  Clipped SIGNATURE.  WILLIAM PLANE PYCRAFT (l1868-1942) Osteologist, author of many books on the subject and natural history.  ALS (1910) 3pp.   DR. HARRY LEACH (1836-1879) Physician, noted for his Survy Irradication.  ANS  (1875).  JOHN FLETCHER MOULTON,  Baron Moulton (1844-1921) Mathematician, Judge.  Considered at the time one of the 12 most intelligent men in England.   ALS (1892) 3pp.   JOSEPH HUME (1777-1855) Scottish Doctor/Politician  who knowledge of chemistry provided a means to recover damp gunpowder for use again. He also later in life worked to improve the fortunes of the working class. SIGNED address panel (1822).........75-100

311. [MUSIC]  Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (b.1934) English composer and conductor and is Master of the Queen's Music. Davies is a prolific composer who has written music in a variety of styles and idioms over his career, often combining disparate styles in one piece. ALS, 1986, 1p.........50-75

312. Horace D. Taft (1861-1943)  American educator, and the founder of The Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut. He was born at Cincinnati, Ohio, the younger brother of William Howard Taft of the powerful Taft family.  Signed 3x5 card............20-30

313. [ENGLAND] John Luxmoore or Luxmore (1766–1830) was an English bishop of three sees.  CLIP SIGNATURE [1818] as the Bishop of St. Asaph. Mounted to large paper. VG...........20-30

314.  [BASEBALL] Louis "Buck" Newsom - This is a Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo. Designated M113 or M114 by collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss heavy paper stock. You had to send away for the photos. The bottom center has the players name, the lower left reads "Published by the Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and the lower right reads "Enlarged from an original photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY".  From the beginning, the posters offered collectors a chance to obtain high-quality reproductions of photos taken by such legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for the sport of baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the century, through his retirement shortly before World War II. A substantial percentage of the posters issued during that span featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12.  Superb condition when compared to the usual found. Often these were trimmed down in size, this one is full size.............40-60

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316.  [BASEBALL] Ellsworth "Babe" Dahlgren - This is a Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo. Designated M113 or M114 by collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss heavy paper stock. You had to send away for the photos. The bottom center has the players name, the lower left reads "Published by the Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and the lower right reads "Enlarged from an original photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY".  From the beginning, the posters offered collectors a chance to obtain high-quality reproductions of photos taken by such legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for the sport of baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the century, through his retirement shortly before World War II. A substantial percentage of the posters issued during that span featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12.  Superb condition when compared to the usual found. Often these were trimmed down in size, this one is full size.............40-60

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317.  [BASEBALL] Paul  Derringer - This is a Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo. Designated M113 or M114 by collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss heavy paper stock. You had to send away for the photos. The bottom center has the players name, the lower left reads "Published by the Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and the lower right reads "Enlarged from an original photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY".  From the beginning, the posters offered collectors a chance to obtain high-quality reproductions of photos taken by such legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for the sport of baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the century, through his retirement shortly before World War II. A substantial percentage of the posters issued during that span featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12.  Superb condition when compared to the usual found. Often these were trimmed down in size, this one is full size.............40-60

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318.  [BASEBALL] Harlond Clift - This is a Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo. Designated M113 or M114 by collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss heavy paper stock. You had to send away for the photos. The bottom center has the players name, the lower left reads "Published by the Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and the lower right reads "Enlarged from an original photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY".  From the beginning, the posters offered collectors a chance to obtain high-quality reproductions of photos taken by such legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for the sport of baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the century, through his retirement shortly before World War II. A substantial percentage of the posters issued during that span featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12.  Superb condition when compared to the usual found. Often these were trimmed down in size, this one is full size.............40-60

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319.  [BASEBALL] Adolph Camilli - This is a Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo. Designated M113 or M114 by collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss heavy paper stock. You had to send away for the photos. The bottom center has the players name, the lower left reads "Published by the Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and the lower right reads "Enlarged from an original photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY".  From the beginning, the posters offered collectors a chance to obtain high-quality reproductions of photos taken by such legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for the sport of baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the century, through his retirement shortly before World War II. A substantial percentage of the posters issued during that span featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12.  Superb condition when compared to the usual found. Often these were trimmed down in size, this one is full size.............40-60

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320.  [BASEBALL] George Washington Case - This is a Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo. Designated M113 or M114 by collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss heavy paper stock. You had to send away for the photos. The bottom center has the players name, the lower left reads "Published by the Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and the lower right reads "Enlarged from an original photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY".  From the beginning, the posters offered collectors a chance to obtain high-quality reproductions of photos taken by such legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for the sport of baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the century, through his retirement shortly before World War II. A substantial percentage of the posters issued during that span featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12.  Superb condition when compared to the usual found. Often these were trimmed down in size, this one is full size.............40-60

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321.  [BASEBALL] Morris Arnovich - This is a Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo. Designated M113 or M114 by collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss heavy paper stock. You had to send away for the photos. The bottom center has the players name, the lower left reads "Published by the Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and the lower right reads "Enlarged from an original photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY".  From the beginning, the posters offered collectors a chance to obtain high-quality reproductions of photos taken by such legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for the sport of baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the century, through his retirement shortly before World War II. A substantial percentage of the posters issued during that span featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12.  Superb condition when compared to the usual found. Often these were trimmed down in size, this one is full size.............40-60

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322.  [BASEBALL] Norman "Babe" Young - This is a Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo. Designated M113 or M114 by collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss heavy paper stock. You had to send away for the photos. The bottom center has the players name, the lower left reads "Published by the Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and the lower right reads "Enlarged from an original photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY".  From the beginning, the posters offered collectors a chance to obtain high-quality reproductions of photos taken by such legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for the sport of baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the century, through his retirement shortly before World War II. A substantial percentage of the posters issued during that span featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12.  Superb condition when compared to the usual found. Often these were trimmed down in size, this one is full size.............40-60

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323.  [BASEBALL] Charles Keller - This is a Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo. Designated M113 or M114 by collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss heavy paper stock. You had to send away for the photos. The bottom center has the players name, the lower left reads "Published by the Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and the lower right reads "Enlarged from an original photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY".  From the beginning, the posters offered collectors a chance to obtain high-quality reproductions of photos taken by such legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for the sport of baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the century, through his retirement shortly before World War II. A substantial percentage of the posters issued during that span featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12.  Superb condition when compared to the usual found. Often these were trimmed down in size, this one is full size.............40-60

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324. [FRANCE] Jean Henri Dupin [1787-1887] Fr. dramatist, author. He often collaborated with Eugene Scribe. ALS, 1838, 1p............50-75

 
325. [MUSIC] Sir George Henschel (I1850-1934) English baritone, pianist, conductor, and composer. Fine signature, dated Jan. 1930. Approx. 3.5 x 2.5 in..........40-60

326. Marty Allen (b.1922) American stand-up comedian, actor, and veteran of World War II. He has worked as a comedy headliner in night clubs and as a dramatic actor in TV roles. SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 photograph.........25-35

327. [MUSIC] Bobby Helms (1933-1997) American country music singer who enjoyed his peak success in 1957 with the seasonal hit "Jingle Bell Rock". His other hits include "Fraulein" and "My Special Angel".  SIGNED 8x10 portrait photograph........60-80

328. [FILM - TV] Betty Garrett (1919 – 2011) was an American actress, comedienne, singer and dancer who originally performed on Broadway before being signed to a film contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. While there, she appeared in several musical films before returning to Broadway and making guest appearances on several television series. SIGNED inscribed 8x10 photograph. VG............25-35

329. Pierre Cardin (b. 1922) Italian-born French fashion designer He is known for his avant-garde style and his Space Age designs. He prefers geometric shapes and motifs, often ignoring the female form. He advanced into unisex fashions, sometimes experimental, and not always practical. He introduced the "bubble dress" in 1954. SIGNED 3x6 photograph (1994). VG.............25-35

330. PITTSBURGH, PA. - Sinking Fund Commission of the City of Pittsburgh. File folder containing over 60 documents & letters, 1940s - 50s. Over 70 pages. Many signatures, mostly city officials. Who knows what this is?..........50-75

331. [MUSIC] Noel Paul Stookey (b. 1937) singer-songwriter best known as "Paul" in the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary. ANS, no date, accompanied by unsigned music sheet "PUFF"..........40-60

332. [CIVIL WAR] Henry Watterson (1840-1921) American journalist who founded the Louisville Courier-Journal. He also served part of one term in the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat. He fought for the Confederate States of America under General Nathan B. Forrest during the American Civil War, and edited a pro-Confederate newspaper, the Chattanooga Rebel. Signature on mounted card......25-35

333.  Valerie  Harper (b. 1939)  American actress known for her roles as Rhoda Morgenstern in the 1970s television series The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off, Rhoda.  SIGNED inscribed 8x10 photograph. VG...........25-35

334. [MEDICINE] George Crile [1864-1943]. American surgeon; a founder and first director (1921-40) of Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Conducted pioneering research into shock, surgical trauma, resuscitation, etc. SIGNED/INSCRIBED card with sentiment..........25-35

335. John Trowbridge [1827-1916] American author. Signature, 1887......25-35

336. Jane Wyatt (1910 –2006) American actress best known for her role as the housewife and mother on the NBC and CBS television comedy series, Father Knows Best, and as Amanda Grayson, the human mother of Spock on the science fiction television series Star Trek. Wyatt was a three-time Emmy Award-winner.  SIGNED 8x10 photograph. VG.............40-60

337. [FILM] Tom Tully (1908-1982) American film actor. He received an Academy Award nomination for the role of the first commander of the "Caine" in 1954's The Caine Mutiny, with Humphrey Bogart. Signature..........20-30

338. GUY DAVENPORT - American Short Story Writer/Illustrator/Poet. His published work includes short-fiction, such as 12 Stories (1997) and The Cardiff Team (1966); poetry, collected in his Flowers and Leaves (1966) and Thasos and Ohio (1985); and collections of essays, including The Geography of the Imagination (1981) and Every Force Evolves a Form (1987). Davenport's work as an illustrator has appeared in Arion and Paideuma. He also created the cover art and illustrations for his collection of stories, Apples and Pears and Other Stories (1984). In 1996 a collection of Davenport's artwork, 50 Drawings, was published. TLS dtd 10/28/02 ................25-35

340. Dick Van Patten (b. 1928) American actor, best known for his role as patriarch Tom Bradford on the television sitcom Eight is Enough. He began work as a child actor and was successful on the New York stage, appearing in more than a dozen plays as a teenager.  SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 photograph. VG...........25-35

341. Dick Martin (1922 –2008) American comedian and director, best known for his role as the cohost of the sketch comedy program Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In from 1968 to 1973. SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 photograph. VG...........35-45

342. [FRANCE] Julien Le Blant (1851- 1936)  French painter of military subjects who specialized in the scenes of the Vendee Wars of 1793–1799 that occurred during the French Revolution.  Because he came from a family from the Bas-Poitou, part of the old province of Poitou, Le Blant was descended from the French "Blancs" who had opposed the French Revolution and was thus in sympathy with those who rose up and formed the Grand Catholic Army of the Vendee and he spent his artistic career commemorating the events of the rebellion in large works that were exhibited in the annual Paris Salon.   Le Blant was a much honored painter and he won a Bronze Medal at the Salon in 1878, a Silver Medal in 1880 and a Gold Medal at the 1889 Exposition Universelle, the Paris World's Fair that commemorated the centennial of the beginning of the French Revolution. Le Blant was also a prolific illustrator, contributing more than five hundred illustratons to dozens of books.   Le Blant's last major accomplishment was a large series of drawings, watercolors and paintings of French soldiers on their way home from and departing to the front during the First World War.   His work is in a number of public collections, but primarily in France because the subjects he specialized in did not command great popularity abroad.  ALS, 1887, 1p, approx. 4-1/2 x 6-3/4".  Written to Hubert, Editor in chief of Le Monde Illustre.  Fine condition..............50-75


343. [FRANCE] Marquis Édouard Marie René Bardon de Segonzac (1867 – 1962)  French army officer and explorer. He studied at the Ecole Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr before being commissioned and serving in the Ivory Coast where he was accused and acquitted of the murder of a fellow officer. He became renowned as an explorer and adventurer in Morocco and was also posted to Tunisia. In the First World War he became a pilot and received the Legion of Honour and the Croix de Guerre.  ALS, 1911, 2pp, approx. 5-1/2 x 7". Fine condition...............75-100

345. [FILM] Eleanor  Parker (1922 –2013) American actress who appeared in some 80 movies and television series.[1] An actress of notable versatility, she was called Woman of a Thousand Faces by Doug McClelland, author of a biography of Parker by the same title.At the age of 18, Parker was signed by Warner Brothers in 1941. She was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actress in the 1950s, for Caged (1950), Detective Story (1951) and Interrupted Melody (1955). Her role in Caged also won her the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival. One of her most memorable roles was that of Baroness Elsa Schrader in the 1965 musical The Sound of Music. Signed inscribed 8x10 photograph. VG.............35-45

346. [THEATRE] OTIS SKINNER (1858-1942) American Actor - His first stage appearance was at the Philadelphia Museum in 1877 in Woodleigh.and made his New York City debut in 1879. During the next five years he developed a classical repertory and a successful acting style, first with Edwin Booth, at Booth's Theatre, and then, for three years, with Lawrence Barrett. In 1884 he joined Augustin Daly's company at Daly's Theatre, remaining with it for four years. He made his London debut in 1886 with Daly's company. After two years with the Booth-Modjeska company, he became, in 1892, leading man opposite Helena Modjeska. In 1903 he starred with Ada Rehan. By his own estimation he appeared in 16 plays of Shakespeare, "acting therein, at various times, 38 parts." In addition to his Shakespearean roles, Skinner's chief successes were in Kismet, which he played between 1911 and 1914, and Blood and Sand (1921), in which he played the matador, Juan Gallardo. Skinner was active in the theatre until his death. He was the author of Footlights and Spotlights (1924) and Mad Folk of the Theatre (1928). SIGNATURE with sentiment dtd 1922.....20-30

348. Rue McClanahan (1934 –2010) American actress, best known for her roles on television as Vivian Harmon on Maude (1972–78), Fran Crowley on Mama's Family (1983–85), and Blanche Devereaux on The Golden Girls (1985–92), for which she won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 1987. SIGNED, inscribed 10x8 photograph........30-40

349. [FILM] Whoopi Goldberg (b. 1955) American comedienne, actress. SIGNED STAR TREK BOOKPLATE. VG...........20-30

350. [FILM] Jessica Tandy (1909 –1994) British-American stage and film actress She appeared in over 100 stage productions and had more than 60 roles in film and TV. Awarded Oscar (1989).   ANS on verso of 4x6 photograph of her and Eva Maria Saint. VG............40-60

351. Jean-Baptiste Léon Say (1826-1896) French statesman and economist, was born in Paris. Brief ALS, 1891, 1p., 4-1/2 x 6-3/4". VG............50-75

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Portrait of Say

352. [FRANCE] Antoine Pierre Berryer (1790 - 1868) French advocate and parliamentary orator. He was the twelfth member elected to occupy seat 4 of the Académie française in 1852. After the second restoration he distinguished himself as a courageous advocate of moderation in the treatment of the military adherents of the emperor. ALS, 1826, written on both sides, 7-1/4 x 9". To Marquis de Barbé-Marbois (1745- 1837) French politician. Fine..............75-100

Portrait of Berryer

353. [FRANCE] Pierre Lanfrey (1828-1877), French historian and politician. ALS, 1871, 2 full pages, 5.5 x 8 in. There are 4 unsigned lines written across top by Jules Simon [1814-1896] the French statesman and philosopher, and one of the leader of the Opportunist Republicans faction. Fine............75-100

354. [ART] Alfred Philippe Roll (1846-1919) French painter. Many of his paintings are in public art galleries, including the Hotel de Ville museum, the Cognac Museum, Avignon Museum, Laval Museum, Fontainebleau Palace, Pau Museum, and the Museum of Geneva. In 1905 he became the president of the Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts, which he co-founded. ALS, no date, 1p, 5 x 6-1/2 in. Speaks about his exhibition at Biloz. Fine.......60-80

355. [FRANCE] Antoine-Nicolas Bailly (1810-1892) important French architect. In 1850, with the support of Eugène Viollet-le-Duc , Bailly became the architect of the dioceses of Bourges, Valencia and Digne. From 1875 to 1886, he served as diocesan architect of Limoges, and he was also the supervising architect of the Notre Dame de Paris from 1883 to 1886, after Viollet-le-Duc's restorations. In 1854 Bailly was appointed inspector of works in Paris. As such he participated in the completion of the Old Town Hall and the construction of the Fontaine Molière under Louis Visconti. In 1860, Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann commissioned Bailly with the administrative building for the 4th arrondissement of Paris, which served as a model for others. His best-known work overall, although not the most admired, is the Tribunal de commerce de Paris (Commercial Court of Paris) on the Île de la Cité, completed in 1865, which Napoleon III had requested be designed in the style of the town hall of Brescia . Its business courts are organized around a glass atrium reaching the entire height of the building. The exterior features architectural sculpture by Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse. Letter Signed, 1885, 1p. To the Director of the Mint about a bronze medal of the Salon. VG...........75-100

356. [FRANCE] Jean-Charles-Dominique de Lacretelle (1766-1855) was a journalist and historian; on editorial staff of Journal des Débats (1790); imprisoned (1797-99) for monarchist sympathies; as royal censor, successfully opposed press censorship, causing loss of his office (1827). Pioneer in historical study of French Revolution. Published Précis historique de la Révolution française (1801-06), Histoire de France pendant le XVIIIe siècle (1808), Histoire de France dupuis la restauration (1829-35), etc. Nice ALS, no date, 1p, 4-1/8 x 7 in. VG...........75-100

357. [ITALY] Giuseppe Bianchini (1704-1764) Italian Oratorian, biblical, historical, and liturgical scholar. Clement XII and Benedict XIV , who highly appreciated his learning, entrusted him with several scientific labors. Bianchini had contemplated a large work on the texts of the Bible, Vindiciae Canonicarum Scripturarum Vulgatae latinae editionis, which was to comprise several volumes, but only the first, in which, among other things, are to be found fragments of the Hexapla (cod. Chisianus), was published (Rome, 1740). Much more important is his Evangeliarium quadruplex latinae versionis antiquae , etc., 2 vols. (Rome, 1749). Among his historical works may be mentioned the fourth volume which Bianchini added to the publication of his uncle, Francesco Bianchini, Anastasii bibliothecarii Vitae Rom. Pontif. (Rome, 1735); he also published the Demonstratio historiae ecclesiasticae quadripartitae (Rome, 1752&endash;54). The chief liturgical work of Bianchini is Liturgia antiqua hispanica, gothica, isidoriana, mozarabica, toletana mixta (Rome, 1746). He also undertook the edition of the works of B. Thomasius (Tomasi), but only one volume was issued (Rome, 1741). Offered here are 3 separate pages containing his handwriting but not signed. Contents unknown. VG...........75-100

358.  Phylicia Rashād (b. 1948) American Tony Award-winning actress, singer and stage director, best known for her role as Clair Huxtable on the long-running NBC sitcom The Cosby Show. She was nominated for an Emmy Award for this part in 1985 and 1986.  SIGNED inscribed 8x10 photograph. VG.............25-35

359.  Bebe  Neuwirth (b. 1958) American actress, musician and dancer. She has worked in television and is known for her portrayal of Dr. Lilith Sternin, Dr. Frasier Crane's wife (later ex-wife), on both the TV sitcom Cheers (in a starring role), and its spin-off Frasier (in a recurring guest role). On stage, she is also known for the role of Nickie in the revival of Sweet Charity, the role of Velma Kelly in the revival of Chicago (for both of which she won Tony Awards) and for the role of Morticia Addams in The Addams Family musical.  SIGNED inscribed 8x10 photograph.......25-35

360. [FRANCE] Robert d'Harcourt (1881-1965) French Catholic intellectual, scholar of German culture and anti-Nazi polemicist. During World War I d'Harcourt served in the artillery with the rank of sergeant. He was severely wounded twice during the conflict. Eventually taken prisoner, he recounted his experiences in his memoir Souvenirs de captivité et d'évasion d'un camp de Bavière. After the war he obtained the chair of German language and literature at the Catholic Institute of Paris. His knowledge of German culture and his anti-Nazi views led him to publish numerous detailed articles attacking the new Nazi regime after Hitler achieved power in 1933. In 1936 he published l'Evangile de la force (The Gospel of Force), his best-known work. It was a harsh attack on Nazism, and particularly drew attention to the indoctrination of young Germans in Nazi ideology. Harcourt stressed the incompatibility between the radical racist nature of Nazi ideology and Christianity. ALS, 1955, written on both sides...............60-80

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

364. [THEATRE] Ernest Legouve (1807-1903) French writer; author of novel Édith de Falsen (1840) and plays Louise de Lignerolles (1848), Adrienne Lecouvreur (with Scribe, 1849), Bataille de dames (1851), Un Jeune Homme qui ne fait rien (1861). ALS, 1879, 2pp. Not translated. Written to Pingard. VG..........50-75

365. [FILM] Lynn Bari (1913 –1989) American actress who specialized in playing sultry, statuesque man-killers in over one hundred 20th Century Fox films from the early 1930s through the 1940s. SIGNED,  inscribed 8x10 photograph. VG..........40-60

366. [US SENATORS] TLSs by US senators: Wm. Spong,  Harry F. Byrd Sr., Clifford Case, Charlie Goodell,  John Sherman Cooper, Thomas Dood, Russell Long, 2 by John Sparkman, and Charles Percy. These date 1969-1972............60-80

367. RUFUS W. PECKHAM (1809-1873). Congressman from New York 1853-55. Killed at sea in ship's collision. His namesake son was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. ADS. This is a letter dated June 25, 1853, attesting to the character and pecuniary respectability of one Andrew Morrison, addressed to a Washington law firm by H. A. Brigham, a lawyer in West Troy. Added to the letter are endorsements by the State Director of Pensions (?), two acting magistrates, the postmaster, and Peckham. Peckham dates his endorsement Albany June 25. "I concur in the above certificate of Mr. Hitchcock as to Mr. Brigham whom I know very well." This lot also includes four of Peckham's clipped signatures, 3 of which add "Yours very truly"...........50-75

368. WALTER F. MONDALE - V.P. under Carter, Democratic candidate for President in 1984, U.S. Senator. Lot consists of 2 items. (1) DS with initials as Senator dated Aug. 30, 1966, requesting information about dermatology et al from the Dept. of Medicine at the University of Minnesota. Punch holes at left and small marginal tears at top. (2) First day cover signed by autopen, honoring Mondale on his V.P. inauguration and postmarked Jan. 20, 1977 at Ceylon, MN (his hometown).............50-75

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

370. [NOBEL PRIZE] Sydney Brenner, CH FRS (b. 1927) is a South African biologist and a 2002 Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate, shared with H. Robert Horvitz and John Sulston. HIS SIGNATURE ON KING'S COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE CARD, 20 MAY 2002........20-30

371. L. QUINCY MUMFORD (1903-1982). Librarian of Congress 1954-74, having been appointed by President Eisenhower. LS dated May 3, 1973 suggesting to his correspondent how he might search for a letter of Thomas Rodney..........25-35

372. (STUART SYMINGTON) (1901-1988), Senator from Missouri, First Secretary of the Air Force, appointed by Truman. LS written by his cousin Stuart Symington Goode, a lawyer and socialite, to prominent newsman Ray Tucker December 9, 1952. Extremely interesting political commentary and considerable discussion, sometimes very unflattering, about his cousin...........35-45

373. William F. Sapp (1824-1890). Congressman from Iowa 1877-1881. ALS from Council Bluffs dated October 14th 1869, 1 very full p., 10 x 8", to General Wm. W. Belknap. This is an extremely warm letter congratulating the General on his appointment (by Grant) as Secretary of War. (Belknap was later impeached and resigned but was found not guilty.) Significant staining, but the writing is dark and clear..........40-60

374. [MUSIC] Maryan Rawicz (1898-1970) Polish Pianist. Sig. inscribed.........20-30

375. [NY] David B. Hill [1843-1910] Governor of New York from 1885 to 1891. During his tenure as Governor, William Kemmler was executed in the electric chair, the first inmate in the country ever to be put to death in this manner. He served as a U.S. Senator from New York from 1892 to 1897. He was also a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President in 1892, but lost to Grover Cleveland. Document Signed, 1902 National Commercial Bank check [Albany]. VG.........25-35

376. Glyn Warren Philpot (1884-1937) English artist, best known for his portraits of contemporary figures such as Siegfried Sassoon, and Vladimir Rosing. Signed postcard reproduction of his work "The Adoration of the Three Kings." .............35-45

377. FRANCES M. FROST (1905-1959) American Poet. ANS on card 1929......25-35

378. Sir Francis Grant RA [1803-1878] notable Scottish artist of the 19th century. He also served as President of the Royal Academy. ALS, no date, written on both sides. 4.5 x 7 in.............40-60

379. Sir George Rostrevor Hamilton (1888 - 1967) was an English poet and critic. He worked as a civil servant: his experience as an inspector of taxes meaning he could help out his friend Walter de la Mare. He was knighted in 1951. He had a classical education at the University of Oxford, and later compiled anthologies of Latin and Greek verse for Nonesuch Press. He was a published war poet of World War I, known for the rather conventional and sentimental A Cross in Flanders. His book The Tell-Tale Article on the Auden Group made an impact by the expedient of counting the proportion of definite articles in Auden 's verse, remarking that it was much higher than in older styles. In general he was a steady conservative in matters of literature. He was a director of the Poetry Book Society, and well connected as a correspondent of many literary figures; including E. R. Eddison and Owen Barfield. AQS, "A Judge Reflects" from The Carved Stone 1952. On 5-1/2 x 3-1/4 white card. VG...........30-40

380. Frank R. Stockton [1834-1902] Am. writer, humorist. Signature..........20-30

381. Denison Olmsted [1791-1859] Am. astronomer. Signature......25-35

382. [CINEMA] BIRAN AHERNE (1902-1986) British Actor - Oscar Nominee for Juarez - Leading man in Hollywood in the 30's and 40's, played opposite, Helen Hayes, Katharine Hepburn, Ann Harding, Merle Oberon, Carol Lombard, Claudette Colbert, Bette Davis - 1st husband of Joan Fontaine. SIGNED 3x5 card [green]........20-30

383. Herbert H. Lehman (1878-1963) Democratic Party politician from New York. He was Governor of New York from 1933 to 1942, and represented New York in the United States Senate from 1950 to 1957. Signed NY Governors card. Mounting stains in 3 corners..........20-30

384. STEVE FORBES - Presidential Candidate. Signed & inscribed color 8x10 photo................20-30

385. JOSEPH W. MARTIN, Jr. (1884-1968) US Speaker of the House, elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth and to the twenty succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1925-January 3, 1967); minority leader in the Seventy-sixth, Seventy-seventh, Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, Eighty-first, Eighty-second, Eighty-fourth, and Eighty-fifth Congresses; Speaker of the House of Representatives (Eightieth and Eighty-third Congresses). SIGNATURE clipped from letter...........20-30

386.  [CLOWNS] Duane "Uncle Soapy" Thorpe [1925-1995] American clown inducted into the Clown Hall of Fame in 2000. Wonderful 4 pages ALS, written in 1994 from Spain. Written to friends back in Florida he talks about the famous clow, Lou Jacobs, and his fear of ending up in a nursing home. He begins by saying he is disappointed from not being elected into the Clown Hall of Fame. He would be elected after his death. Mentions letter he got from John Ringling North II about a plaque for his father. Besides the envelope he includes 6 color photos of Spain with his descriptions on their backs. VG...............60-80

387. Annie A.F. [Annie Adams Field. 1834-1915] Am. writer. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, she was the second wife of the publisher and author James Thomas Fields, whom she married in 1854, and with whom she encouraged up and coming writers such as Sarah Orne Jewett, Mary Freeman, and Emma Lazarus. She was equally at home with great and established figures including Ralph Waldo Emerson and Harriet Beecher Stowe, whose biography she fearlessly compiled. Her closest friend was Sarah Orne Jewett, a novelist and story writer whom her husband had published in The Atlantic. Fields and Jewett were together for the rest of Jewett's life. Some modern scholars have speculated that the two were lovers. ALS, Jan. 12, no yr., 1p. To Mrs. Tuttle. "Your lovely bit was most welcome. __? finds its very best things - I wish you would ask me to do something for you? You are doing for all of us steadily - & at a great sacrifice often I know!". One fold....75-100

388. [FILM] Ben Lyon (1901-1979)American film actor and a 20th Century Fox studio executive. His greatest success as an actor came in 1930 with the film Hell's Angels. TLS, L.A., Calif., 1973, 1p. To Harriet. In part - "...When we were visiting Colleen Moore up north last week, Barbara called from London..." VG.............50-75

389. [POETRY] Robert C. Waterston [1812-1893] Unitarian Clergyman, poet, born Kennebunk, Maine. Pastor at various Boston churches, he had charge of a sailor's Sunday-school. Signed holograph poem, "Familiar Things", 3pp, 4to. VG............50-75

390. [CINEMA] Melanie Griffith (b. 1957) Golden Globe-award winning and Oscar-nominated American film actress. DOCUMENT SIGNED, Oct. 6, 1980, 1p. Contract with International Creative Management. ..............50-75

391. [FILM] Olympia Dukakis (b. 1931) American actress. Signed 8x10 printed photo. VG............25-35

392. [FILM] Colleen Dewhurst (1924-1991) Sanadian-American actress. Signed 8x10 photo, 1989. VG.............25-35

393. [ENGLAND] Charles Townshend, Second Viscount, (born 1674, died 1738) a statesman. document signed, JUNE 17, 1710, APPROX. 9 X 3-1/2 in. Payment order for 1,000 pounds. Fine condition. Charles Townshend, Second Viscount, (born 1674, died 1738) a statesman of unsulliintegrity, was the eldest son of Horatio, the first Viscount. He succeeded to the Peerage in December 1687, being educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge. When he took his seat in the House of Lords his sympathies leant to Toryism, but this predilection soon faded away, and in February 1701 it was rumoured among the courtiers that he would hold office of Privy Soal in the Whig Ministry which William the Third had in view. For some years after the accession of Queen Anne he remained without office, but on September 29th 1707 he was created Yeomen of the Guard, and in the same year he was summoned to the Privy Council, a distinction renewed by the queen's two successors to the throne. The command og the Yeomen remained in his hands until June 13th 1711, but its responsibilities did not prevent him from acting as joint plent- potentiary with the Duke of Marlborough in the peace negotiations with France which were carried on at Gertruydenburg, near Breda, o from serving as ambassador extraordinary at the Hague Congress (May 2, 1709 to March 26, 1711). Townshend was in high favour of George the First and on that king's arrival at the Hague in September 1714 he published the appointment of Charles as Secretary of State for the Southern Department, entrusting to his new minister the privilege of nominating his own colleague: Horace Walpole (??? Robert Walpole ), his brother-in-law and private secretary recommended Stanhope for the vacant post, and Stanhope was duly appointed. Townshend did not neglect to avail himself of the advantages afforded by his attendance on the king, and before he arrival of George the First in England he had obtained complete ascendency both over his mind and the dispositions of the advisors by whom his line of conduct was usually determined. The policy of the new ministers, both at home and abroad, lay in the promotion of peace. With this object they endeavoured to limit the charges against their predecessor Harley, Lord Oxford, to high crimes and misdemeanours. To gain this and they brought about, in 1716, an alliance between those ancient rivals in arms, France and England. In spite of their success their influence was gradually undermined by the intrigues of Lord Sunderland and by the discontent of the Hanoverian favourites, who deemed the pensions and the places which they had gained as insufficient reward for their exertions. In October, 1716 Stanhope accompanied the King on a journey to Hanover, and during this visit was seduced from his allegiance to his colleague by the wily Sunderland, who had ingratiated himself into royal favour. George the First was induced into believing that Townshend and Walpole were caballing with the prince of Wales, and were forming designs against the royal authority. Townshend was dismissed in December 1716 from his place of Secretary of State, and was afforded in lieu thereof the splendid banishment of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, a gilded sinecure which he at first contemptuously declined, but finally condescended ultimately to accept on condition that he was not required to set foot on Irish soil. His latent spirit of hostility to this arrangement quickly developed into open antagonism, and in March 1717 he was dismissed from this position. At the close of May 1720, a partial reconciliation took place between the opposing Whig sections of Stanhope and Townshend. The Latter was readmitted into the Ministry as Lord President of the Council on 11th June 1720, and his devoted colleague, Sir Robert Walpole, became Paymaster General. When the South Sea Bubble burst, the fortunes of the Ministry shared in the misfortunes of the scheme which they had promoted. Stanhope, in a paroxysm of passion during a heated debate broke a blood vessel, and Sunderland, although acquitted of the charge of personal corruption, was forced to retire into private life. The withdrawal of these statesmen assigned to their rivals the chief positions in the state. Townshend became Secretary of State on the 10th February 1721, and Walpole gained the position of First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer. The death of George the First threatened a change of advisors, but the dismay of the new king's favourite, Spencer Compton, at being called upon to draw up the royal speech led to the old ministers of the Crown being retained in their places. What the attack on the opposition could not affect, the internal strife of the administration accomplished. Townshend was of a proud, impetuous nature, born more accustomed to rule than obey. His family had for many generations stood higher in the social life of Norfolk than Walpole's progenitors, and when he himself attained the distinction in politics his position as a member of the Upper House was greater than that enjoyed by his friend in the Commons.As the power of the Lower House increased, and as Walpole became more and more the object of attacks by the Tories, the pre-eminence of Townshend passed from him. So long, to use the witty remark of Sir Robert Walpole, as the firm of Townshend and Walpole was such, things went well with them, [Lady Dorothy Walpole 1686-1726] but when the positions were reversed jealousies arose between the partners. The growing alienation was hastened by the death in 1725 of the Secretary's wife, Walpole's sister. At the close of 1729 Townshend endeavoured to obtain the appointment of his old and attached friend, Lord Chesterfield, as his fellow secretary of state, and the failure of the attempt brought about a fierce scene between himself and Walpole. They broke into passionate words, seized one another by the coat collars, and would have come to blows had their friends not intervened. After the outbreak of passion further co-operation was impossible and Townshend had the good sense to recognise the position. He retired tp private life on 15th May 1730. The Chief domestic events of Townshend's ministry were the impeachment of Bishop Atterbury; the partial restoration of Lord Bolingbroke; and the troubles in Ireland over the granting to a man named Wood of a patent for coining pence. Its concluding act was the signing of the Treaty of Seville on November 9th 1729. Charles Townshend died of apoplexy on 21st June 1738, aged 64. Slow in forming, but resolute in adhering to, his opinion, and like so many many men of that stamp, he was impatient of contradiction. His manners have been styled "course, rustic, and seemingly brutal" but these defects were not visible in his domestic life. Never did minister leave office with cleaner hands. He did not add one acre to his estate, nor leave large fortunes to his younger children.............80-120

395. Ken Murray (1903-1988) American entertainer and author. ISP, 5 x 7......20-30

396. (WORLD LITERATURE LOT)    Maximilian Harden (1861-1927) influential German journalist and editor. ALS on postcard, 1916 PLUS another ALS, 1899 -- Guglielmo Ferrero (1871-1942) Italian historian, journalist and novelist, author of the Greatness and Decline of Rome.  SIGNATURE on stationary with sentiment, 1908 - Golo Mann (1909-1994)  popular historian, essayist and writer,  son of novelist Thomas Mann.  SIGNED on verso 4x6 photograph. Dennis Vincent Brutus (1924-2009)  South African activist, and poet best known for his campaign to have apartheid South Africa banned from the Olympic Games.  ALS, on printed poem, 1990 – Aziz Suryal Atiya (1898-1988) prominent Coptologist who was a Coptic historian and scholar and an expert in Islamic and Crusades studies. Professor Atiya was the founder of the Institute of Coptic Studies in Cairo in 1950s.  ALS, 1973 -- Cäsar Flaischlen (1869-1920). Celebrated German Poet. He is famous worldwide as the author of his poem, "Hab' Sonne im Herzen" ("Have Sunshine in Your Heart" which has been translated into various languages. ALS, 1899............100-150




397. [BEAT GENERATION] Diane di Prima (b.1934)  American poet.  Di Prima began writing as a child and by the age of 19 was corresponding with Ezra Pound and Kenneth Patchen. Her first book of poetry, This Kind of Bird Flies Backward, was published in 1958 by Hettie and LeRoi Jones' Totem Press.  Di Prima was a bridge figure between the Beat movement and the later hippies, as well as between East Coast and West Coast artists. ALS, 1972, written on postcard to the Phoenix Bookstore in New York...........50-75

398. La Fayette Grover (1823-1911)  Democratic politician and lawyer from the US state of Oregon. He was the fourth Governor of Oregon, represented Oregon in the United States House of Representatives, and served one term in the United States Senate. Signature as Gov. of Oregon.........25-35

399. The Amazing Kreskin (b. 1935), born George Joseph Kresge, is a mentalist who became popular on North American television in the 1970s. Signed & inscribed 4 x 5-1/4" photo. VG...............25-35