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1.
[NAVAL HISTORY] B. F. TRACY
(1830-1915) Secretary of the Navy from 1889 through 1893,
during the administration of U.S. President Benjamin
Harrison. An 8-1/2 page lengthy letter written to
Rear-Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly (1830-1902) officer in
the United States Navy during the American Civil War and the
years following. He was then appointed the
Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Squadron. In March
1889, during the Samoan crisis, his flagship Trenton was
struck by a violent cyclone while at harbor at Apia. Guiding
his men with the words, "If we go down, let us do so with our
flag flying," Kimberly skillfully beached his flagship, losing
only one man in the raging storm that wrecked Trenton.
This letter is a period copy of the original, and was given to
Lieut. Commander Henry W. Lyon, who took command of the ship
Nipsic after this crisis, sailing her to Hawaii. Provenance:
Collection of Rear-Admiral H.W. Lyon [Maine]. Below is the
full content of this letter.
Navy
Department, Washington. April 27, 1889.
Rear
Admiral L.A. Kimberly, U.S. Navy
Commanding U.S. Naval Forces of the Pacific Squadron.
Sir :
The Department is in receipt of your cable dispatch of March
30, from Auckland, and also of your letter of March 19
from Samoa, with accompanying reports from Captain Farquhar,
Commander Mullan, and Lieut. Carlin, narrating the
circumstances of the overwhelming disaster which has recently
befallen your squadron in Apia harbor.
I need not say to you that this event has caused the
Department profound sorrow, which, as the appalling extent and
character of the catastrophe became known, was reflected
throughout the country. Even if the Navy were possessed
of an adequate number of ships to supply the necessities of
the service, the loss of three at one blow would be a serious
diminution of the available cruising force. To a Navy passing,
as is that of the United States, through a stage of
transition, when most of its previously existing vessels have
disappeared and its new fleet is only on the threshold of
existence, the blow comes with crippling force.
The Department learns with the deepest pain that the wreck at
Samoa resulted in the death of four officers. Captain C. M.
Schoonmaker, Paymaster Frank H. Arms, First Lieut. F. E.
Sutton of the Marine Corps, and Pay Clerk John Roche, and
thirty-nine men of the Vandalia, seven men of the Nipsic, and
one man of the Trenton. However severely the destruction of
the vessels may be felt by the Navy, the loss of so many
valuable lives is a far greater and more irreparable
misfortune. Captain Schoonmaker died, as he had lived, at the
post of duty, a gallant and generous officer, and a devoted
servant of his country to the last. Weakened by long ettbrt,
he was swept by the sea from the deck of his vessel, soon
after she had drifted to her final resting place. The
hurricane at Samoa has brought affliction to many American
households, which will receive the deepest sympathy of the
Government, yet it cannot be said that those who died thus
manfully, facing danger in the execution of their duty, have
died in vain.
The Department, having closely examined the reports of the
circumstances under which the disaster occurred, learns that
on the 15th of March, when indications of bad weather first
appeared, every preparation was made to meet the coming gale.
The ships were stripped and steam was raised. The force of the
approaching storm could not be foreseen, and there was every
reason to hope and believe that the vessels would ride it out
at their moorings in safety. The extraordinary violence of the
gale rendered this impossible, while the crowded condition of
the harbor, where the vessels lay exposed to the full force of
the wind and sea, yet shut in on both sides by the sharp edges
of coral reefs, made their position one of extreme
danger. The Nipsic Commander Dennis W. Mullan, the innermost
vessel of the fleet, was enabled to reach a place of
comparative safety on the beach, where her gig's crew were
lost while gallantly attempting to run a line to the shore.
The Vandalia, commanded by Capt. C. M. Schoonmaker, and upon
his death by Lieut. J. W. Carlin, after skillfully avoiding a
collision as she dragged into the inner harbor struck the
point of the reef not far from the Nipsic. Here she
remained, exposed to the fury of the storm, her officers and
men taking refuge in the rigging, while the seas swept over
her and the spray and surf were flying to her mastheads. Many
of her crew were lost in the attempt to swim ashore, and one
man, E. M. Hammer (seaman), met hiis death in a brave but
fruitless effort to carry a line to the Nipsic. The survivors,
after remaining for eight hours in momentary expectation of
death, were finally rescued through the efforts of the
Trenton. The latter vessel, Capt. Norman H. Farquhar
commanding, had the misfortune early on the morning of the
16th to lose her wheel and break her rudder. Soon after
the heavy sea, forcing its way into the house-holes in spite
of obstructions, filled the fire-rooms and put out the
fires. The flagship, now without steam or rudder, her anchors
dragging, drifted almost at the mercy of the gale along the
edges of the eastern reef, at times not more than 20 feet from
total destruction. Every endeavor was made to control her
movements, and her commanding officer states in his report
that upon at least one occasion it was through the excellent
judgment of Lieut. R. M. G. Brown, the Navigating
officer, that the ship cleared the reef and the four
hundred and fifty lives on board were saved. The
Department notes with satisfaction your commendation of
Lieutenant Brown and also of Lieut. Commander Henry W. Lyon,
the executive officer, for their efforts to save the ship.
After a collision with the Olga the Trenton passed over to the
western reef, where she drifted with the current until
she struck the ground near the Vandalia.
From your own report, and from other accounts that have
reached the Department, it appears that the conduct of
those under your command evinced throughout that courage,
resolution, and fortitude which the United States has
learned always to expect from the officers and seamen of
its Navy. When her Britannic Majesty's ship Calliope,
fortunate in the possession of more powerful engines,
succeeded in her gallant effort to pass the Trenton and
steam out of the harbor against the hurricane, the
ringing cheer from the American flagship, as her crew
were standing in the face of death, showed a spirit alike
generous and dauntless. During the whole of
Saturday, when the Trenton was helplessly dragging her anchors
on the verge of destruction, the officers preserved their
composed and heroic bearing, and directed her movements
with consummate skill; the crew were thrown into the
rigging as a substitute for sails, and through the cool and
exact judgment of those charged with her guidance, she was
enabled to escape the extremity of peril. Finally, at the
close of the day, when she brought up alongside of the
Vandalia her officers and men, notwithstanding the
suffering through which they had passed, and the
dangers by which they were still surrounded, thought
only of doing their utmost to assist their comrades of the
Vandalia whose distress was greater than their own, and
by firing rockets with life lines over the masts and rigging
of the sunken vessel, they succeeded in rescuing all those who
had taken refuge there; while under the inspiration of a
sentiment which has awakened a response in every American
heart, the band of the flagship, to encourage those who,
dazed with fatigue and weakened by exposure, were still
clinging to the rigging, played the national anthem.
In reply to your request and that of Captain Farquhar for a
court of inquiry, this Department has to say, that
it deems such a court unnecessary. It is satisfied
that the officers in command of the ships at Apia did their
duty with courage, fidelity, and sound judgment, and that
they were zealously and loyally seconded by their
subordinates; that the hurricane which caused the destruction
of the vessels and the loss of so many lives was one of
those visitations of Providence in the presence of which human
efforts are of little avail; that the measures actually
taken by yourself and the officers under you were all that
wisdom and prudence could dictate, and that it was due
to these measures that a large proportion of the crews
were saved; that the one step which might have averted the
catastrophe, namely, to have put to sea before the storm had
developed, could only have been justified, in view of
the grave responsibilities resting upon you at
Samoa, by the certainty of overwhelming danger to your
fleet, which could not then be foreseen; that you rightly
decided to remain at your post, and that the Department,
even in the face of the terrible disaster which it involved,
approves absolutely your decision, which has set an example to
the Navy that should never be forgotten.
To convene a court of inquiry under these circumstances would
seem to imply a doubt on the part of the Department where no
doubt exists; and instead of ordering an
investigation, it tenders to you, and through you to the
officers and men of your command, its sympathies for the
exposures and hardships you have encountered, and its profound
thanks
for the fidelity with which you performed your duty in a
crisis of appalling danger.
Very respectfully,
B. F. Tracy
Secretary of the Navy
It is
interesting, and understandable, that the Secretary of the
Navy would speak so favorably of all the men men involved in
this crisis, even though the Commander of the Nipsic, Dennis W. Mullan, was removed from command of
the Nipsic. Henry Lyons took command and sailed the
Nipsic to Hawaii. VG................400-600
2. [AMERICAN NAVAL] Commander
John Mitchell Hawley - a native of Northampton, Mass., a
descendant of one of the oldest and most prominent families of
the town. He made his home here until he was appointed to the
Naval Academy, from which he was graduated in 1868. In 1869 he
was made an ensign, in 1870 a master, and in 1874 a
lieutenant, and from the time of his graduation until 1887 he
rendered valuable service in several coast survey expeditions
and in the hydrographic office. From 1887 to 1890 he was
executive officer of the Nipsic, one of the United States
fleet sent to Apia, Samoan islands, during the uprisings in
1889. The American, British and German fleets in the bay were
overwhelmed by a fearful hurricane which swept the islands in
March, 1889, and the Nipsic was one of the two or three
vessels that escaped total destruction. Commander Hawley
received a vote of thanks from the Legislature of
Massachusetts for rare courage and ability displayed during
the hurricane, and was commended to the Navy Department by Rear
Admiral Kimberley, '"for zeal and energy in getting the
Nipsic afloat after -she was beached. He had entire charge
of this work, and to his efforts, in a large measure, is
due the fact that the Nipsic is now afloat without more
serious injury." In 1894 he was promoted to be
lieutenant-commander and in 1896 was ordered to duty as
assistant to the chief of the Bureau of Navigation, having
charge of enlisted men. During the Spanish-American war, he
was engaged in recruiting men from the west for the navy,
having charge of three parties who secured nearly two thousand
men for the service. He was promoted to commander March 3,
1899, and in May was ordered to the command of the Hartford,
Admiral Farragut's old flagship, which is to be used as a
practice-ship. Offered is is a 1p. typed letter,
undated but c. 1889, from John M. Hawley [signed
only in type], sent to Lieut. Henry W. Lyons
offering his testimony if desired. The dockets in
pencil are in Lyon's hand. VG............100-150
3. [NAVAL] N.H.
Farquhar (Rear Admiral Norman Von H.
Farquhar, USN, (1840-1907). Letter Signed, marked
"Copy", USS Trenton, Apia, Samoa, April 22, 1889, 2 pages,
7-3/4 x 10". The original was sent to the Secretary of
the Navy, Washington DC [Benjamin F. Tracy]. This "copy"
letter was sent to Henry
Lyon, who
became commander of the Nipsic. Dated about a month after
this famous naval incident (The Samoan Crisis ). This letter is of
high praise for Lieut. Commander Henry W. Lyon, saving
the Nipsic "...to his excellent service during the
Hurricane of March 16th and 17th, 1889, and since then
in saving valuable property from the wreck. During the
gale, he intelligently carried out my orders;
personally supervising the many plans to keep out
water, getting lines to the Vaudalia to prevent the
total destruction of the Trenton and many other duties
besides..." Norman Von Heidreich Farquhar (1840-1907) was
born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, attended the U.S.
Naval Academy during 1854-59. After graduation, he served with
the Africa Squadron until September 1861. Lieutenant Farquhar
spent most of the Civil War off the U.S. Atlantic coast and in
the West Indies, serving in the gunboats Mystic, Sonoma and
Mahaska and the cruisers Rhode Island and Santiago de Cuba. He
was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander in mid-1865,
a few months after the fighting ended, and was on duty at the
U.S. Naval Academy from then until September 1868. For the
rest of the 1860s and into the next decade, Farquhar served in
the warship Swatara, was Executive Officer of USS Severn and
USS Powhatan and Commanding Officer of USS Kansas. He also had
two tours at the Boston Navy Yard on ordnance duty and as
Executive Officer. Advanced in rank to Commander in December
1872, Farquhar spent nearly five years at the Naval Academy.
He commanded the training ship Portsmouth in 1877-78, and the
steam sloops Quinnebaug and Wyoming in European waters in
1878-1881. Five more years of Naval Academy duty were followed
by torpedo instruction at Newport, Rhode Island, in 1886. From
May 1887 until her loss in the March 1889 Samoan hurricane,
Captain Farquhar commanded the steam frigate Trenton. He then
served on several of the Navy's boards and, in March 1890
became the Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks. During
1894-97, he was Commandant of the Philadelphia Navy Yard,
Commanding Officer of the cruiser Newark, and President of the
Naval Examining Board. While holding the ranks of Commodore and Rear
Admiral, Farquhar was Commandant of the Norfolk Navy Yard in
1897-99, commanded the North Atlantic Station during 1899-1901
and was Chairman of the Lighthouse Board in 1901-02. He
retired from active duty in April 1902, upon reaching the
statutory service age limit of 62. Rear Admiral Farquhar died
at Jamestown, Rhode Island, on 3 July 1907. The
letter is in very fine condition. Provenance: Estate
of Admiral
Henry W. Lyon, who had a distinguished Naval career, was
honored for his service in the Spanish-American war where he
commanded the U. S. S. Dolphin. Lyon and his wife,
Liela, bought a house in Paris Hill, Maine in 1899 and
moved there full time when he retired from the Navy in 1907.
Picture of Farquhar is not included here...........300-400
4. [NAVAL] Geo.
Brown - Rear Admiral, Commanding U.S.
Naval Force, Pacific Station. TLS, U.S. Flagship
Charleston, Feb. 5, 1890, 1p, to Lioeut. Commander Henry W.
Lyon, Commanding U.S.S. Nipsic, Honolulu, Hawaii. Says
Secretary of the Navy "...indicates that your request for
detachment from the command of the Nipsic has been favorably
considered...." Delayed, however, because Commander
Wingate "....having been condemned by survey and therefore
unable to execute his orders...." Damped stained.
Provenance: Estate of Admiral Henry W. Lyon, who had a
distinguished Naval career, was honored for his
service in the Spanish-American war where he commanded the
U. S. S. Dolphin. Lyon and his wife, Liela, bought a
house in Paris Hill, Maine in 1899 and moved there full
time when he retired from the Navy in 1907.........100-150
5. Mary Johnston Pickett
(1805-1860) the mother of the future Confederate General,
George E. Pickett. A rare letter written to her son George,
who is studying law at Quincy, Illinois. The letter was sent
by Mary from Richmond, Virginia, Jan. 27th, 1841. George
Pickett was 16 years old at the time. Pickett was born in
Richmond, Virginia, the first of the eight children of Robert
and Mary Pickett, a prominent family of Old Virginia of
English origins, and one of the "first families" of Virginia.
He was the cousin of future Confederate general Henry Heth. He
went to Illinois, to study law, but at the age of 17 he was
appointed to the United States Military Academy. Legend has it
that Pickett's West Point appointment was secured for him by
Abraham Lincoln, but this is largely believed to be a story
circulated by his widow following his death. Lincoln, as an
Illinois state legislator, could not nominate candidates,
although he did give the young man advice after he was
accepted; Pickett was actually appointed by Illinois
Congressman John T. Stuart, a friend of Pickett's uncle and a
law partner of Abraham Lincoln. A year after young George
received this letter he was off to West Point. Pickett was
popular as a cadet at West Point. He was mischievous and a
player of pranks, "... a man of ability, but belonging to a
cadet set that appeared to have no ambition for class standing
and wanted to do only enough study to secure their
graduation." At a time when often a third of the class washed
out before graduation, Pickett persisted, working off his
demerits and doing enough in his studies to graduate, ranking
last out of the 59 surviving students in the Class of 1846. It
is a position held with some backhanded distinction, referred
to today as the "goat", both for its stubbornness and
tenacity. The position usually relegated its holder to a
posting commanding infantry in some far away outpost, which if
no conflict arose, would offer little opportunity to advance.
Two of the most famous "goats" were Pickett and George
Armstrong Custer (as was also Pickett's cousin, Harry Heth).
All of them had the good fortune to graduate shortly after a
war broke out, when the army had a sudden need for officers,
greatly improving their opportunities.In this letter [folded
stampless letter], 3 full pages, plus the address leaf WHICH IS DOCKETED BY GEORGE PICKETT
[himself], his mother Mary asked him
about his chances of getting an appointment to West Point, and
then goes on at great length to talk about concerns back home
about whether George will conduct [behave] himself. She
mentions energy and independence of character, etc. George
Pickett’s personality has already established itself,
apparently enough to cause great worry for his mother. The
picture of the painted portrait of Mary Pickett was borrowed
from the internet and is not included here. Starting to
separate at some of the fold lines; small hole [seal hole] on
page 3. Approx. 8 x 10 in............1000-1500
6.
[ART] JACQUES-JOSEPH TISSOT [1836-1902]
IMPORTANT French painter, engraver, and enameler. OFFERED
HERE: an extraordinary book in very fine leather binding
containing 20 original etchings by Tissot. Those familiar with
Tissot's etchings know that they are quite valuable and also
that most were not pencil signed. DESCRIPTION: Book title -
"RENEE MAUPERIN", 1884, Edition Ornee, #21/50. Contains 10
images [duplicate set included] = 20 etchings. Of these
etchings, 8 are signed in pencil, 10 signed with his red
monogram, and 2 unsigned...............15,000 - 20,000
8. Shusaku Arakawa - ORIGINAL signed & inscribed ink drawing in book about his art - PADIGLIONE D'ARTE CONTEMPORANEA, hardbound, 1984, containing 34 b/w illustrations, 10.5 x 10.75 in. Very good condition. We guarantee the authenticity of this drawing.
Shusaku Arakawa - Dadaist Conceptualist Shusaku Arakawa was born in Nagoya, Japan, on July 6, 1936. He studied medicine and mathematics at Tokyo University from 1954 to 1958, and art at the Musashino College of Art, Tokyo, before completing his degree he left Japan. In 1958 he began submitting paintings to the Yomiuri Independent exhibitions and in 1961 held his first solo exhibition at Mudo Gallery, Tokyo. In 1960, he started a neo-Dada group, programming Happenings, and later gaining recognition with a series of boxes. In 1962, he came to New York and created a new series, "Diagram," in which silhouettes of combs, footprints, tennis rackets, arrows and refrigerators were arranged on canvas. Gradually he replaced the silhouettes with words only. Throughout the 1960s he had a number of solo exhibitions at Dwan Gallery, New York and Los Angeles, at Galerie Schmela, Dsseldorf, and Galleria Schwartz, Milan. In 1966 he was given his first museum exhibition at the Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands, and in 1970 represented Japan at the Venice Biennale. During the 1970s museums featured his work throughout Europe and the United States and in 1981 a large retrospective was organized by the Stdtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich. With his wife, the poet Madeline H. Gins, Arakawa has also published books that "parallel the preoccupations of his paintings," in particular The Mechanism of Meaning (1979). In 1991 a retrospective was organized by the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. Arakawa and Gins increasingly concentrate on collaborative installation pieces and architectural design, such as the Utopian City of Reversible destiny seen at the Guggenheim Soho in 1997. Arakawa denies, like all Conceptualists and Pop Art neo-Dadaists like Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, the artist's hand in his paintings. Expressionistic or emotive marks on the canvas are few, serving only as a foil to the deadpan, depersonalized, mechanical style. Paintings such as "Out of distance/Out of texture" appear to be aimed at the intellect devoid of feeling for life, poetry or spirituality."...............450-650
9. [ART] MARY HELEN POTTER (1862 - 1950) Listed artist from Rhode Island. OFFERED HERE: Original watercolor, unsigned, undated, approx. 10-1/4 x 13-1/2 in. Very good condition........200-300
Potter watercolor
10.
GERMAN WORLD WAR II ARCHIVE - An interesting German archive of 15 documents
pertaining to the attempts by one Mrs. Terhaggen to have her
enlisted son return home to the family's weaving factory that
supplies clothes for German troops, of which the son had
become the boss following the father's death on Oct. 10, 1944.
She writes on Nov. 14, 1944, on letterhead of the family's
factory, "Carl Hesper Nacht", to Obergruppenführer Albert
Bormann requesting that her son, a naval officer, be returned
home. She states that hers is the last weaving shop open and
without her son there to run it, it will undoubtedly have to
close. She asks Bormann to rush the request. This appeal must
have been forwarded to a senior Kriegsmarine officer who
subsequently writes to Admiral KARL-JESCO VON PUTTKAMMER on
Dec. 1, 1944. The unidentified officer writes : "...The
comments submitted in the petition of the wife Terheggen I
first ordered to rush the 15.1.45...The request I give you,
Admiral, return with a copy of the reply to Mrs.
Terheggen...". Docketed and signed in pencil at bottom by
Puttkammer, also Bormann's ink
signature is near top of the letter..
Puttkammer (1900-1981) was naval adjutant to Hitler; present
at the 20 July Plot, he was injured and awarded the Wounded
Badge. He was sent to Berghof to destroy Hitler's papers but
was not present during his final days. Additional documents
include: an official letter from the Führer's office regarding
an elderly woman trying to donate funds "for the
reconstruction of Berlin", which are not accepted; another
document regarding a court case involving: "...continued
infidelity and continued corruption..." of one Richard Mahler,
a leader of public health in Berlin. As a result of this,
Mahler was removed from his post by Goebbels and given four
years in prison; another document discusses cases of fruit
sent to Hitler (which made him "very happy"); another
concerning empty boxes that need to be returned to a plant as
soon as railway barriers are lifted; and questionnaires, etc.
In lightly worn condition, overall very good and worthy of
proper translation. Includes another Bormann
signed memo, and possibly others that are initialed.
NOTE:
Albert Bormann
(1902-1989) served as an adjutant
to Adolf Hitler, and was the younger brother of Martin
Bormann. Hitler was fond of Bormann and found him to be
trustworthy. In 1938, Bormann was assigned to a small group of
adjutants who were not subordinate to Martin Bormann.
The relationship between Martin and Albert became so caustic
that Martin referred to him not even by name but as "the man
who holds the Führer's coat". Further in 1938, Bormann
became Chief of Main office I: Persönliche Angelegenheiten des
Führers (Personal Affairs of the Führer) of the Kanzlei des
Führers. In that job, Bormann handled much of Hitler's routine
correspondence. He became private secretary for Hitler.
Karl-Jesco Otto Robert von Puttkamer
(1900-1981) German rear admiral who was naval adjutant
to Nazi Germany's leader Adolf Hitler during World War
II. Puttkamer was injured on 20 July 1944 when the bomb
exploded during the July 20 Plot attempt to kill Hitler and
was awarded the Wound Badge (20 July 1944). On 20 April
1945, Hitler told his staff, "the situation during the last
few days has changed to such an extent that I am forced to
reduce my staff". Puttkamer was ordered by Hitler to leave the
Berlin Führerbunker. On 23 April, Puttkamer and several others
were flown by aircraft to the Obersalzberg. Puttkamer was
ordered to the Berghof to destroy Hitler's papers there.
Therefore, Puttkamer was not with Hitler during his final few
days in the Führerbunker. Following the German surrender on 8
May 1945, Puttkamer was held in captivity until May 1947. He
died aged 80 in Munich.
Estimate $ 500-750
11. [TV] John
Larroquette (b. 1947)American film,
television and stage actor. His roles include Dan Fielding on
the 1984-1992 sitcom Night Court (winning a then-unprecedented
four consecutive Emmy Awards for his role); Mike McBride in
the Hallmark Channel series McBride, John Hemingway on The
John Larroquette Show, and Carl Sack in Boston Legal. Signed,
inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.........25-35
13. [FILM] Ernest Borgnine [1917-2012] American actor. Academy Award winner. Signed, inscribed 5x7 color photo. VG............35-45
14. [MUSIC] James
Taylor (b. 1948) American
singer-songwriter and guitarist. A five-time Grammy Award
winner, Taylor was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of
Fame in 2000. Signed 5x7 photo. VG.............50-75
15. [POLITICS] mixed lot: [1] Thomas Clay McCreery (1816-1890) Democratic U.S. Senator from Kentucky. SIGNED CARD. [2] John H. Trumbull (1873-1961) 55th Governor of Connecticut. SIGNED CARD. [3] Frank J. Lausche [1895-1990] 47th mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, as the 55th and 57th Governor of Ohio, and as a United States Senator from Ohio for two terms [1957-69]. Signed card, 1953. [4] Herbert H. Lehman [1878-1963] Gov. & senator from NY. Signature. [5] William V. Allen - US senator from Neb. Clip signature. [6] Gilbert M. Hitchcock [1859-1934] senator from Neb. Signed card. [7] John J. Ingalls - US senator from Kansas. Signed card. [8] Eugene Hale [1836-1918] US senator from Maine. Signature. [9] Geo. F. Edmonds - US senator from Vermont. Signature. [10] WINANS, Edwin Baruch [1826-1894] Representative from Michigan. CLIP SIGNATURE. [11] CHAPMAN, Bird Beer s [1821-1871] Delegate from the Territory of Nebraska. SIGNATURE.......80-120
16. [MIXED LOT] [1] George John Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll KG, KT, PC, FRS, FRSE (1823-1900), styled Marquess of Lorne until 1847, was a Scottish peer, Liberal politician as well as a writer on science, religion, and the politics of the 19th century. Signed card 1885. [2] Treasury Department letter 1856 to Customs Collector at Portsmouth, NH. [3] Edward S. Osgood - ALS, Springfield, 1878, 3pp. [4] Rowland G. Hazard [1801-88] was a wealthy woolen manufacturer and author from Peacedale, RI; he was also an active proponent of women's suffrage. The RI Historical Soc. holds many of R.G. Hazard's papers. Brief 1843 document signed. [5] Nicholas Spinney - 1811 document signed [Kittery, Maine]. [6] six 1925 bank checks - Limerick Maine [7] 1981 FDC honoring the US Supreme Court. [8] printed Gov. Doc. 1849 concerning Norwich University in Vermont, 1p........60-80
17. [MIXED LOT] various autographs: [1] William E. Leuchtenburg - a leading scholar of the life and career of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He is the author of more than a dozen books on 20th century history, including the Bancroft Prize-winning Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932-1940 (1963). Signed 1p. typescript from THE PERILS OF PROSPERITY, 1914-32. [2] PRINTED GO.V DOC. re: railroad company through Walker River Reservation in Nevada, signed in type Chester A. Arthur, 1883, 7pp. [3] [NEW HAMPSHIRE] a 1823 document, 7.5 x 12 in. Concerns the Great Falls Manufacturing Co. in Somersworth, New Hampshire. An account for work/services by Andrew Rollins. Excellent condition. From the papers of Andrew Rollins, noted figure from Somersworth, NH. [4] Robert F. Kennedy - signed Attorney General card [believed an autopen signature]. Fine condition. [5] Simeon Baldwin Chittenden (1814-1889) US Representative from New York. CLIP SIGNATURE. [6] Henry A. Uterhart [1875-1946] American lawyer involved in many high profile cases. Signed bank check, 1918. [7] Poultney Bigelow [1855-1954] journalist & author. ANS, 1927. [8] William P. Frye (1830-1911) Free Frank signature on envelope. [9] The Limerick National Bank [Maine] eight bank checks dated 1923. [10] Josiah William Bailey (1873-1946) Democratic U.S. senator from North Carolina between 1931 and 1946. Signed 1925 bank check............80-120
18. James Sullivan (1744-1808) in 1776, Sullivan was a judge in Massachusetts. Although he was elected to represent Massachusetts at the Continental Congress from 1782 to 1783 he did not attend. From 1790 to 1807, he was the Republican attorney general of Massachusetts and in 1801 prosecuted the Dedham murderer Jason Fairbanks. He also served as the seventh Governor of Massachusetts between 1807 and 1808. He was the brother John Sullivanof New Hampshire general and governor. ALS, Boston, 1806, written to Reverand Pearce, thanking him for caring for his grandson. 7x9. Edge tipped to a backing page...........150-200
Portrait of Gov. Sullivan
19. [ITALY-FRANCE] Hyacinthe Serroni
(born in Rome 1617- died 1687 in Paris) Italian
ecclesiastical rights, and Intendant of the Navy for the
kingdom of France. It is bestowed in 1625 the abbey of
Saint-Nicolas de Rome by Pope Urban VIII , but
eventually will return to the Order of St. Dominic. He
arrived in France in 1645 , then a doctorate in
theology. From 1646 he became bishop 's Orange but must
return to the church of Minerva in Rome. He returned to
France in 1648 and became Vicar Apostolic of the
ecclesiastical province of Tarragona . After five years
of service to the diocese, the King appointed him
superintendent of the Navy and of the province of
Provence . It will then intendant of the army and
general visitors in Catalonia until the truce between
France and Spain . In 1660, he was appointed along with
Pierre de Marca , archbishop of Toulouse , to
participate in the Conference Ceret which should fix the
boundary between France and Spain, but has no separate
conclusion. On 12 November 1660 , he signed the Treaty
of Llívia as representative of Louis XIV , which are
discussed in detail the thirty-three villages of
Cerdanya , which should belong to France under the
Treaty of the Pyrenees . In 1661 he was appointed
bishop of Mende by the King. So he left his office in
Orange. Then, in 1676 , he obtained the bishopric 'of
Albi . In 1676 , the diocese was erected by Archbishop
Hyacinthe Serroni and is the first Archbishop of Albi,
until his death in 1687 . It is used in particular to
implement the decisions of the Council of Trent. From
1679, he convened a synod that brings together all the
clergy of his diocese. Synodal Orders are published in
the same year. To ensure the "holy reformation" and the
quality of its clergy, Serroni installs a seminar in
1679 in a house in the Bout-du-Pont in Albi. The
management is entrusted to the Jesuits. Manuscript
letter of document, 1660, mostly written on front
side, signed on verso. Approx. 9 x 12". VG.............150-250
Front
side
Back
side
His
portrait
20. Bound For New
Orleans 1836 - Early Shipping Bill of
Lading from the Rowland G. Hazard papers, dated 1836.
For domestic goods [known as Hazard's Goods] being
shipped from Port of Providence, R.I. to New Orleans.
10-1/4 x 5-1/2 in. 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. Very good..............80-120
See above
See
biography
21.
[FRANCE] 1796 document signed by Archbishop
Andreas Mansi, 1p, approx. 12 x
8-1/4. VG.............100-150
22. [FRANCE] Jacques
Raillon (1762-1835) Bishop of Orleans; also
of Dijon; also Archbishop of Aix. Letter Signed,
Paris, 1813, 1p, approx. 8x10". To Monseigneur.
This churchman lived through the troubling history of France's
Catholicism Revolution; Napoleon's problems with Pius VII;
return of the monarchy, etc. He made a famous funeral
speech at Notre-Dame for Marshall Lannes. VG...........100-150
23. [ART] Emily
Schorr Elman (b. 1932 - ) American
Modernist. Original woodcut, title: A Bouquet, 12-3/4 x 13
in. plus 2 in. margins, edition 20/200, signed '57 and
numbered in pencil. Other examples of this woodcut are in
the permanent collections of The Graphic Arts Loan Collection at
the Morrison Library, University of California Berkeley and
another impression is in the permanent collection of the
Butler Institute. Light toning in margin from old
mat..........200-300
25. Gerald Massey (1828-1907) English poet and self-educated Egyptologist. During the later years of his life, (from about 1870 onwards) Massey became interested increasingly in Egyptology and the similarities that exist between ancient Egyptian mythology and the Gospel stories. He studied the extensive Egyptian records housed in the British Museum, eventually teaching himself to decipher the hieroglyphics." In regard to Egyptology, Massey first published The Book of the Beginnings, followed by The Natural Genesis. His most prolific work is Ancient Egypt: The Light of the World, published shortly before his death.[1] His work, which draws comparisons between the Judeo-Christian religion and the Egyptian religion, is not considered significant in the field of modern Egyptology and is not mentioned in the Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt or similar reference works of modern Egyptology. One of the more sensational aspects of Massey's writings were the parallels he drew between Jesus and the Egyptian god Horus. These comparisons are primarily contained in his book The Natural Genesis. Massey's writings on this subject have influenced various later authors such as Alvin Boyd Kuhn, Tom Harpur, and Acharya S. ALS, nd, written on both sides, approx. 5x8". Content - about his poems. Old Paul Richards price of $25 in 1977 written top corner in pencil...........80-120
26. [MUSIC] Jack
Hylton (1892-1965) English band
leader and impresario who rose to prominence during the British
dance band era. His productions dominated the London
theatres with such productions as The Merry Widow, Kiss Me, Kate
and Kismet. Signed vintage photo, 3.5 x 5.5".
VG..............25-35
Click on description to see this
28.
29. [WW II] EVELYN W. FARRAND. Assist. to Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt, Chairman of YOUNG AMERICA WANTS TO HELP, operated under the auspices of the British War Relief Society, Inc. Typewritten Letter Signed, New York, July 21, 1941, to Mrs. Burton Musser, the president of the Utah British War Relief Society. One page, 4to. Sending three pages of information on projects for raising funds for immediate aid of the children in Britain to the additional objective of "crystalliz[ing] the sympathy of the youth of America for the youth of Great Britain." Four pages total.........40-60
30. [PORTRAIT] William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891) General in the Union Army during the Civil War. Antique engraved portrait approx. 5.5 x 8.5". Few stains in margins but image area is very good...........25-35
See Gen. Sherman portrait33. [MUSIC] EUBIE BLAKE [1887-1983] American composer, lyricist, and pianist of ragtime, jazz, and popular music. SIGNED 3X5 CARD..........40-60
36. [THEATRE] Noel Coward's "WEEK END" - an archive concerning this play by Coward: Andree Mery [translator of this play] signed 1946, contract, 2 pages. A brief TLS, 1961, signed Andree mery mentioning Week End. A 1935 TLS [signature not identified] mentioning Mery and Week End. Two more ALSs by Andree Mery, both 1928, both about Week End. Lastly, a 1929 contract for Week End, signed by several. Nothing is signed by Noel Coward..........75-100
37.
[FRANCE] c. 1840 Manuscript document - identified as
"To Delegate of Peace Society - speaks about two big nations
[France & Germany?", unsigned, 2pp, approx. 8 x 11-1/2".
VG..............100-150
38. [FRANCE] Nicolas-Luton
Durival born in Commercy the November 13,
1713 and died in Heillecourt the 21 December 1795 - French
hostorian. Nicolas Durival spent his entire career in the
Lorraine administration. After a good education, he was placed
in the offices of the Stewardship Lorraine , and applied himself
fully to acquire the necessary knowledge to an administrator.
Hit the imperfection of existing structures on the topography of
Lorraine, he formed the project to write a which is also away
from the drought classifications and prolixity particular
stories contain accurate records on cities, towns and villages
of this country. He published various tests, to better
understand if the project would be tasted, and to request relief
enlightened, and finally did appear, after twenty years of work
and research, a description of Lorraine and Barrois, who was
regarded, with good reason, as a model works like this. He was
then clerk of the State Council of Stanislas Leszczynski , and
finally police lieutenant in Nancy. Durival was a member
of the Academy of Nancy since 1760 , and communicated to the
company a lot of memories on objects of public utility. Place
police lieutenant who was eliminated in 1790 , he was appointed
municipal administrator. Although he had served for most of his
life gainful employment, he remained poor and he was included in
the number of scholars that the Convention granted relief in
1795 . Durival collaborated on the Encyclopedia of Diderot . He
is the author of several books on the history, customs,
agriculture, geography and customs of Lorraine. Fragment of
1752 document signed by Durival, written on both sides, 8-1/4
x 6-1/4". VG.........100-150
40. [FRANCE] ANTOINE-ALEXANDRE BARBIER (1765-1825) Prior to the Revolution, Barbier was a maths and physics teacher, and in 1789, he was the vicar at Dammartin. He accepted the "constitution civile du clergé" and became priest at La Ferté-sous-Jouarre. In 1794 he was given the job of itemising and safeguarding the huge number of books and papers that had been confiscated by the revolutionaries on behalf of the Nation. These books, many of which were falling apart due to insects and poor conservation conditions, were also taking up offices that were required by the local authorities. Having constructed proper shelving for the books and introduced air-flow systems to allow ventilation between the shelves, the monumental task of cataloguing the confiscated works remained. This task required the assistance of specialists: archivists, curators, bibliophiles and librarians were called in to sort through the books, destroy any considered "seditious", sell any that were no longer needed and replace any considered important enough in the public libraries. A large of number of public libraries benefitted from this process, in particular the Bibliothèque Nationale. In 1795, Barbier was seconded to Gaspard Michel Leblond with the task of reducing the huge book depots in Paris and in Versailles, sorting, cataloguing and selling the books stored on these sites. Barbier was also heavily involved in the creation of provincial public libraries and the cataloguing of the books stored therein. In 1798, Barbier created the bibliothèque du ministère de l'Intérieur, which was designed to hold the collections that formerly belonged to the Académie Française and the Académie des Inscriptions et Belle-Lettres, as well as any works considered worthwhile that had been seized from libraries belonging to émigrés or those condemned to death. This library became the Conseil D'Etat's library in 1799, shortly after 18 Brumaire, and Barbier became its librarian. Putting together a catalogue for the library, he abandoned the traditional alphabetical classification, instead opting for classification by subject-matter. In 1807, Barbier replaced Louis-Madeleine Ripault and was put in charge of Napoleon's personal libraries at Compiègne, Rambouillet and Trianon as well as the travel libraries that Napoleon took with him whilst on campaign. The first travel library, conceived in July 1808, included texts on a variety of different subjects: novels, history, poetry, and theatre. Barbier was also asked to write numerous reports regarding the history, geography and religious issues of various regions and countries which Napoleon used in his political and military planning. Barbier was also expected to keep the French Emperor constantly supplied with reading material, along with reports, analyses and commentaries regarding each publication. Napoleon, known to be a voracious reader, complained on a number of occasions about the lack of reading material at his disposal, which led to letters being dispatched to Barbier, reminding him of his duties regarding this matter. In his role as "conseiller littéraire", he was also expected to brief Napoleon when the Emperor was back in Paris. He also served the Empress Josephine in a similar manner, and managed her libraries at the Tuileries, Compiègne, Saint-Cloud, Fontainebleau, Trianon, Rambouillet and at her other residences. Between 1808 and 1810, he published his Nouvelle bibliothèque d'un homme de goût, which was based on Louis-Mayeul Chaudon's Bibliothèque d'un homme de goût. This catalogue gathered together various critical and analytical extracts from works and periodicals dedicated to literary criticism, adding to and correcting the original work of Chaudon. The goal of this catalogue was to examine both modern and classical literature and separate the "wheat from the chaff", rewrite any critiques that were unmerited, and ensure that books which did not deserve to be forgotten were not, whilst books that were unworthy of remembrance were removed. The catalogue included entries for both French and foreign literature, as well as offering notes on the best editions and most accurate translations, where necessary. Despite his work for Napoleon, Barbier remained principled and incurred the wrath of the Emperor on a number of occasions: as well as being reluctant to forward any works that he considered mediocre (despite the Emperor's continuous desire for new reading material), he also refused to catalogue a number of books dedicated to or concerning Napoleon and his numerous successes. Works that were omitted from the libraries that Barbier curated included Relation de la bataille de Marengo, Vies de Bonaparte, and Histoires de l'Empereur Napoléon, which he argued were written by "second-rate writers", driven by greed and a desire to flatter the Emperor. Napoleon nevertheless insisted that Relation... be inserted into all of his libraries, despite his librarian's reluctance. During the Restoration, Barbier was put in charge of the royal libraries, but was dismissed from the King's service in 1822, for reasons not listed in his biographies (although Muriel Brot hypothesises that this may have been simply due to his prolonged service for Napoleon). Barbier was severely affected by the dismissal and fell ill shortly afterwards, dying in 1825. Offered here is a document signed, 1807, one page, approx. 7 x 9.5". Appears to be about Certificate of Pension. We are unable to find any prices for documents signed by Barbier however some of the books he authored have sold at auction for as high as $11,400. Very good condition........200-300
41. LONG'S PEAK, FROM ESTE'S PARK - after Thomas Moran. Nice full page scene. Image approx. 6-1/8 x 9-1/4" plus margins.........40-60
See print43. [MIXED LOT] [1] [BIG BEN CLOCK] Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe, Q.C. (1816-1905) British lawyer, amateur horologist, and architect. In 1851 he designed the mechanism for the clock of the Palace of Westminster, responsible for the chimes of Big Ben. He was also responsible for rebuilding the west front, roof, and transept windows of St Albans Cathedral at his own expense. Although the building had been in need of repair, popular opinion at the time held that he had changed the cathedral's character, even inspiring the creation and temporary popularity of the verb "to grimthorpe", meaning to carry out unsympathetic restorations of ancient buildings. ALS, 1898, 1p, to the Editor of the Herts Standard. "Sir, I send you this as you will probably wish to notice this important transaction in some way, and you may as well have an accurate account of it. If you like to send me a proof tomorrow you shall have it back on Wednesday." This probably relates to forwarding an article, most likely about the restoration of the Cathedral at St. Albans, which, aside from Big Ben, was his second most famous undertaking. Approx. 8-1/4 x 3-1/4". VG. [2][SINGER SEWING] WILLIAM E. COOPER - Singer Agent. ALS, New Orleans, 1875, 1p, 4to. on Singer Manufacturing Co. letterhead. "By the burning of the S.S. City of Waco at Galveston, our Invoice of the 28th ult. shipped to that office is an entire loss. Our loss at Aherman Texas has delayed remittances from that point, which were beginning to be good. We are however re-organizing there and will soon be in good shape again..." Mounting traces along left edge. [3] Margaret Prescott Montague [pseudonym Jane Steger] (1878-1955) Am. author. She wrote "The Sowing of Alderson Cree"; "Up Eel River"; "Closed Doors. " She was the first winner of the O. Henry Award (1919) for her "England to America" in The Atlantic Monthly, September 1918. ALS, 1920, 3pp., to the journalist Margaret Marshall. Accompanied by a photograph of her standing outside near house & garden. [4] George Mitchell(b. 1933) American Statesman. Presently serving as special envoy to the Middle East for the Obama administration. A Democrat, Mitchell was a United States Senator who served as the Senate Majority Leader from 1989 to 1995. He was chairman of The Walt Disney Company from March 2004 until January 2007, and was chairman of the international law firm DLA Piper at the time of his appointment as special envoy. For his involvement in the Northern Ireland peace negotiations, Mitchell was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1999), and was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. TLS, US Senate stationery, Nov. 13, 1980, 1p, 6-1/4 x 8-1/2 in. To Guy Gannett Publishing Co., Portland, Maine, sending thanks for sending him a copy of Harold Boyle's book "Best of Boyle." "I have also sent a note of thanks to Mr. Boyle personally..." In comparison with other Mitchell signatures this does not appear to be an autopen signature. [5] 1839 Bill of Lading - shipped by I.P. Hazard from Providence, Rhode Island to Savannah. Partly-printed, approx. 9 x 2 in. [6] Job R. Tyson (1803-1858) was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Signature. [7] William R. Sapp (1804-1875) U.S. Representative from Ohio. Signature. [8] William A. Gilbert ( 1815 - 1875) U.S. Representative from New York. Signature. [9] Document - Abstract of Expenditures for Jefferson Barracks, Missouri in 2nd Quarter of 1890, signed by a Capt. H. Norgud [?]. [10] James Currie (1756-1805), Scottish doctor and editor of Robert Burns. Antique engraved portrait. VG............100-150
44.
[THEATRE] Kathleen
Turner (b. 1954) In August
2010, Turner portrayed the role of Sister Jamison
Connelly in Matthew Lombardo’s drama High
at Hartford TheaterWorks. The production
transferred to Broadway, at the Booth Theater, where
it opened in previews on March 25, 2011, officially on
April 19, 2011, and an announced quick closing on
April 24, 2011. However, in a rare move, the
production was revived, still headed by Turner, to
undertake a national tour, which began in Boston in
December 2012. Offered hereis a theatre
program of High, signed on the cover by
Turner. Signed in person whiole the play was
showing at the Cincinnati Playhouse In The Park [2010].
Most of her signature is in the light area on the
cover. Fine...........40-60
45.
[THE MUNSTERS] Butch
Patrick (1953)
American former child actor. Beginning his
professional acting career at the age of eight,
Patrick is perhaps best known for his role as child
werewolf Eddie Munster on the CBS comedy television
series The Munsters. Signed & inscribed 8x10
color photo shown as Eddie Munster.
Fine...............40-60
46. [FILM] Billy De Wolfe
(1907-1974) American character actor. He was active in
films from the mid-1940s until his death in 1974. He was a
good friend of Doris Day from the time of their meeting during
the filming of Tea for Two (1950) until his death. His
signed 1965 contract to play the part of Mayor Davis in the
film "BILLIE" starring Patty Duke. There are 2 signed
documents here. VG...........125-175
48. [FRANCE] Firmin-Léon-Joseph
Renouard (1831-1913) Bishop of
Limoges. ALS, 1912, 2 full pages, 5-1/4 x 8-1/4 in.
Fine........60-80
51. [OPERA] Norman
Kelley (1911-2006) American operatic
tenor who had an active international career during the 1940s
through the 1970s. He was notably a regular performer at the
Metropolitan Opera between 1957 and 1961, and he sang in several
world premieres with the New York City Opera. He also notably
translated Engelbert Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel into
English, a version first performed in 1967 and used by opera
companies to this present day. Christmas [1980] greeting
card signed inside to Franklyn Lenthall, The Theatre Museum,
Boothbay, Maine. Includes the envelope addressed by Kelley
including handwritten return address.
VG.............50-75
55. [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
& pencil drawing, unsigned on 8 x 5 in. sheet. As this
was a "working study" there was no reason for him to have
signed it............100-150
See
Bakshi drawing
56. [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
& pencil drawing, unsigned on 6-3/4 x 8 in. sheet. As
this was a "working study" there was no reason for him to
have signed it............100-150
See
Bakshi drawing
57. [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
& pencil drawing, unsigned on 8 x 5 in. sheet.
As this was a "working study" there was no reason for him
to have signed it............100-150
See
Bakshi drawing
58. [ART]
Portrait of
George Washington -
original engraving/etching/aquatint by
T. Johnson, plate signed & dated
1903 in the plate. This, of course,
was done after Gilbert Stuart's famous
portrait. Image 11-1/2 x 9-3/4" plus
wide margins. VG. Too large for
scanner's window but you can see most
of it in scan below............100-150
60.
Chauncey M.
Depew
(1834-1928) attorney for Cornelius
Vanderbilt's railroad interests, president of
the New York Central Railroad System, and a
United States Senator from New York from 1899
to 1911. Cancelled $1000 Bond of The New
York Central and Hudson River Railroad Co.,
dated 1897. Sheet of coupons still attached. Signed
by Depew as President. Approx. 10
x 15 in. Folds but very fine
condition.................125-175
63. [FILM] Joyce Compton (1907 - 1997) American actress. Among her films
were Imitation of Life, Magnificent Obsession, The Awful Truth,
Rose of Washington Square, They Drive by Night, Christmas in
Connecticut, Mildred Pierce, The Best Years of Our Lives, and
Sorry, Wrong Number. ALS, 1966, written on both sides to a fan. Nice
letter. VG..........40-60
65. [POLITICS] Misc. lot of politicians: [1] FERRISS, Orange [1814-1894] a Representative from New York. SIGNATURE. [2] BREWER, Francis Beattie [1820-1892] a Representative from New York CLIP SIGNATURE. [3] Howard H. Baker - US senator. TLS, 1982. [4] SWOPE, John Augustus [1827-1910] Representative from Pennsylvania. SIGNATURE. [5] MILLER, Samuel Henry [1840-1918] Representative from Pennsylvania. SIGNATURE. [6] CESSNA, John 1821-1893] Representative from Pennsylvania. SIGNATURE. [7] CHANDLER, Joseph Ripley [1792-1880] Representative from Pennsylvania. SIGNATURE. [8] GILFILLAN, Calvin Willard [1832-1901] Representative from Pennsylvania. SIGNATURE. [9] MOSGROVE, James [1821-1900] Representative from Pennsylvania. CLIP SIGNATURE. [10] FISHER, Horatio Gates[1838-1890] Representative from Pennsylvania. CLIP SIGNATURE........75-100
68. [MUSIC] Sir Walter Parratt KCVO (1841-1924) English organist and composer. From 1882 he the post of organist of His Majesty's Chapel Royal, Windsor. He became Heather Professor of Music at Oxford University in 1908, taking over from Hubert Parry. He had previously been Organist and Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. He became one of the foremost organ teachers of his day, with many important posts in Britain being filled by his students. He was knighted in 1892. In 1893 he was appointed Master of the Queen's Musick to Queen Victoria, and afterward held the same office under Kings Edward VII and George V. Signature with sentiment. Mounted............40-60
70. David Rockefeller
Jr. (b. 1941) is an American philanthropist and an active
participant in nonprofit and environmental areas. TLS, 1988, 1p,
to the actress Kitty Carlyle Hart [1910-2007] regarding her
becoming co-chairmanship of committee to honor Leonard
Bernstein's 70th birthday. VG SIGNED DAVID............25-35
71. [ART] Sir Charles Thomas Wheeler KCVO RA (1892-1974) British sculptor, and the
first sculptor to hold the Presidency of the Royal Academy (from
1956 through 1966). ANS on card, 1957. About 3x5". VG..........25-35
72. [ART] ANNI ALBERS (1899-1994) Textile Artist considered the foremost textile artist of the twentieth century. Born in Berlin she studied weaving and taught at the Bauhaus until it was closed in 1933, and afterwards immigrated to the United States where she continued to make innovative textiles and prints From the time she was a young student at the, she created wall hangings that stand on their own as abstract works of art, comparable in their boldness and modernism to some of the bravest paintings of the epoch. In her upholstery, drapery fabrics, and other functional materials. She married the great painter Josef Albers. Brief TLS dtd 2/10/83.................50-75
73. [ART] Peggy Bacon, one of America's most famous women artists. An ORIGINAL painting by the famous American artist, Peggy Bacon. Done in mixed media, she used ink and what appears to be a combination of watercolor and thinned oil paint. She has signed and dated this work 1971, and titled it THE BABES IN THE WOODS. The mat opening is 14 x 22.5 in. Executed on paper and in fine condition. Prints by Peggy Bacon are fairly common in the market, although expensive, and her paintings are quite scarce as the small number of auction records would indicate. This is a superb example of Bacon's work and should be considered important. Obviously its dark because the bear cubs are in the woods. This is guaranteed authentic and to have been painted and signed by Peggy Bacon, and we will send along a letter stating this. PEGGY BACON [1895-1987] A printmaker, illustrator, and author of children's books, Peggy Bacon later turned exclusively to fine art painting in watercolor, pastel, and oil. Her 1934 book of caricatures, "Off With Their Heads," established her as a leading satirist. Much of her work is satirical and lighthearted and frequently a commentary on the New York art world. She also chose many ordinary events in the lives of city people, giving these pieces a wry twist. She was born in Ridgefield, Connecticut to artist parents and studied at the Art Student's League. There in her drypoints, first completed in 1919, she was especially influenced by the realistic prints of John Sloan and George Bellows, but her style, with flattened forms and hardened contours, was more modern and abstract. In 1920, she married artist Alexander Brook, and during the next decade they were prominent figures in the Woodstock art colony. During the 1920s, she had two one-woman shows in New York and also illustrated and wrote numerous children's books. A satirical work on thirty-nine well known fellow artists, written in 1934 and called "Off With Their Heads," was funded by the Guggenheim Foundation. The book was greatly successful and stirred a demand for her caricatures, but she shied away from those subjects because they were hurtful to the subjects. In the late 1920s, she had began to explore lithographs, etchings, and pastel, but drypoint remained her favorite medium until the 1950s when she concentrated on oil painting. She was financially successful, selling her work well in New York, and she and her husband were part of the group of artists promoted by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. In 1940, she and her husband were divorced, and she continued to paint and also wrote novels. Her 1953 mystery, "The Inward Eye," earned the Edgar Allen Poe Mystery Award for best novel of the year. She lived to age ninety-two, spending the later years of her life at Cape Porpoise, Maine..............5000-7000
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74. (BOOK - REV. WAR) PAUL REVERE'S OWN STORY, AN ACCOUNT OF HIS RIDE AS TOLD IN A LETTER TO A FRIEND, TOGETHER WITH A BRIEF SKETCH OF HIS VERSATILE CAREER, BY HARRIET E. O'BRIEN. Perry Walton, Boston, 1929. Edition limited to 500 copies, privately printed. Contains a complete facsimile of the letter written by Paul Revere to Rev. Dr. Jeremy Belknap, recounting his famous ride. Eight pages in all, with each reproduced in the text in its original spelling, capitalizing and phrasing. A comprehensive biography of Revere is also included, with his work as a silversmith, engraver, designer of bookplates, dentist, gunsmith, soldier and other professions. Well-illustrated with photographs, facsimiles, engravings and more. Bibliography. Quarter bound in cream cloth with teal paper covered boards, the Revere (Rivoire) family crest in gold. Corners bumped, some chipping, ends of spine bumped. Minor foxing on free endpapers. 4to.. A most interesting book.........100-150
75. (ART) Charles Albert Waltner [1846-1925] this celebrated etcher was born in Paris, France. He first studied in the atelier of Gerome, but abandoned painting after about two years instruction, subsequently devoting himself entirely to etching, in which art he soon acquired a great reputation. Original etching titled "Forbidden Fruit" after painting by J.E. Millais, R.A. dated 1875 in plate. Published 1880. 10-1/4 x 8 plus margins............100-150
76. [MIXED LOT] [1] To Organize Gov. of Nebraska - Speech of Joseph R. Chandler, of Penn. on the Bill to organize Territorial Government in Nebraska. Delivered to the House of Rep., April 5, 1854. 7-pp. VG. See speech above [2] [BOER WAR] stereo-view photograph card issued 1900, Underwood & Underwood. When the Cannon's Roar is Still - men sleeping by their stacked arms. VG. [3] [SINGER SEWING] EDWIN DEAN - Singer Sewing machine agent from Missouri. ALS, St. Louis, 1866, 2 separate pages, 4to. To The Singer Manuf. Co. describing a trade fair "at which $20,000 will be distributed in premiums and which will be attended by 50,000 persons at least..." Says he will distribute Singer products to stimulate business. On Singer Co. letterhead. Light stain along edge from mounting trace on back. Page 1 Page 2 [4] Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber (1814 - 1890) American humorist. Clip signature. [5] S. Parkes Cadman (1864-1936) American clergyman, newspaper writer, and pioneer Christian radio broadcaster of the 1920s and 1930s. He was an early advocate of ecumenism and an outspoken opponent of anti-Semitism and racial intolerance. By the time of his death in 1936, he was called "the foremost minister of Congregational faith" by the New York Times. ANS on card. [6] Nat C. Goodwin (1857-1919) American actor and vaudevillian. Signature. [7] Senator Lloyd Bentsen - TLS, 1989, 1p. [autopen?] [8] Clyde Fitch (1865-1909) American dramatist. Clip signature. [9] Edward J. Phelps (1822-1900) lawyer and diplomat from Vermont. [10] Lee Iacocca - signed 8x10 photo.........75-100
Titanic Disaster 1912
78.
(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
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79. [ART] Raymond Ellis George
(b. 1933) American printmaker. Color lithograph
with etching and aquatint, signed with white conte crayon,
lower right 1972, titled "Window", titled and editioned in
white conte crayon, lower left; publisher chop, lower right,
25/50, approx. 21 7/8 x 18 1/2" image and paper size, on cream
wove paper, published by Lakeside Studio, Michigan.
Picture showing below is of the same print but barrowed from the
internet. priced at $300 on the
internet............200-300
80. [FORT LEAVENWORTH] U.S. Military Prison, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas,
partly-printed document dated 1883, voucher to purchase 900
stamped envelopes, signed in ink by 2nd Lieut. W.P. Evans and Clara L. Nichols, postmistress.
Also appears the name of Capt. William Badger, 6th
Infantry, who signs in print. BADGER was the son of a New Hampshire Governor.
Wm. Badger fought in the Civil War. After that war, he was
commissioned a lieutenant, assigned to the 6th Regiment of U.S.
Infantry. Often stationed in Indian territory, he was later
brevetted a captain for "gallant and meritorious services during
the war." For a while he served under Gen. George A. Custer in
Dakota. 8 x 10-1/2 in. VG Scarce!.........100-150
83. [ART] Will Low (1853-1933) American artist and writer on art. He was born at Albany, New York. In 1873 he entered the atelier of Jean-Léon Gérôme in the École des Beaux Arts at Paris, subsequently joining the classes of Carolus-Duran, with whom he remained until 1877. Returning to New York, he became a member of the Society of American Artists in 1878 and of the National Academy of Design in 1890. His pictures of New England types, and illustrations of John Keats, brought him into prominence. Subsequently he turned his attention to decoration, and executed panels and medallions for the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City, a panel for the Essex County Court House in Newark, New Jersey as well as numerous panels for private residences and stained glass windows for various churches, including St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, Newark. He was an instructor in the schools of Cooper Union , New York, during 1882 to 1885, and in the school of the National Academy of Design from 1889 to 1892. Low, who is known to a wider circle as the friend of R. L. Stevenson, published some reminiscences, A Chronicle of Friendships, 1873-1900 (1908). A mural by him is located in the Howard M. Metzenbaum U.S. Courthouse. Original auto-lithograph, plate signed, 12 x 8 flush. Autolithography means an original image made directly on the stone or plate. This is from a portfolio done for the American Artists' War Emergency Fund, one of the numerous war activities of the National Arts Club of New York, its object being to aid American Artist Soldiers or their dependents. This project was done in 1918. Slight faults bottom edge [handling] are not important.........100-150
See Low lithograph
85. [SCIENCE - WAR] The
following are from the papers of the American physicist
Louis W. McKeehan (1887-1975) Director of the Physics
Laboratories Yale. He took leave of his teaching position
to help out with the war effort. He was the driving force
behind the creation of the torpedo called Fido. Capt.
Louis McKeehan, head of the Mine Warfare Branch of the
Bureau of Ordnance. Scientists at the Naval Torpedo
Station at Newport, Rhode Island had been considering
acoustic homing torpedoes for fifteen years but insisted
that torpedoes made too much noise themselves to be able
to home on any external noise source and until McKeehan
came along to challenge them they seemed to have a point.
But McKeehan was not a career naval officer. He was a
reserve officer, on active duty for the duration, whose
peacetime job was director of the physics laboratories at
Yale University. Unimpressed by the received wisdom of
Navy engineers, McKeehan turned to HUSL and BTL where his
idea for an acoustic homing torpedo quickly bore fruit.
With support and funding from the NDRC, HUSL and BTL
proved Newport wrong and only seventeen months after the
beginning of the project Fido had entered service and made
his first kill. After the war, the scientists at Bell Labs
who had worked on Fido returned to telephone work, Captain
McKeehan returned to Yale, and Harvard - like some other
universities - anxious to shed the military connection as
soon as possible took back its buildings and ended its
classified work. Louis McKeehan was, among other things,
author of Yale Science: The First Hundred Years, 1701-1801
(New York: H. Schuman, 1947). Offered here are several
pieces. Includes: 1940 letter to his wife Grace [scan 1];
a 1932 Naval Reserve Fitness document signed by McKeehan
[scan 2]; an interesting 1940 document pencil signed by
McKeehan [scan 3]; plus 5 other pieces, all showing
below...........200-300
86. [FRANCE] Jean Georges Lefranc de Pompignan [1715-1790] French clergyman, younger brother of Jean-Jacques Lefranc, Marquis de Pompignan. Jean Pompignan was the archbishop of Vienne against whose defence of the faith Voltaire launched the good-natured mockery of Les Lettres d'un Quaker . Elected to the Estates General, he passed over to the Liberal side, and led the 149 members of the clergy who united with the third estate to form the National Assembly. He was one of its first presidents, and was minister of public worship when the civil constitution was forced upon the clergy. ALS, don't see year, 1p, plus postmarked address leaf. VG...........100-150
Address leaf91. [AMERICAN ROCK & ROLL
LOT] signed 3x5 cards, (*inscribed] by: Mary Wilson*,
Chubby Checker*, Bobby Sherman*, Billy Idol, Frankie Avalon,
Bobby Vinton, Alice Cooper, Eric Singer. 7
autographs. VG. Not subject to return if one or more of the
autographs are secretartial. Multiple lots are
non-returnable..........100-150
93. CALIFORNIA - group of 6 views including: San Francisco shore, Cliff House Sacramento Valley, Coast Scene at Marin County, etc. Various sizes.........60-80
See one of the above94. [CAPTURE OF JEFF DAVIS - NEWSPAPER] Wisconsin State Journal, May
23, 1865, 8pp. Includes: THE TRIAL OF THE ASSASSINS; THE
GUILT OF JEFF. DAVIS; European Comments on the Death of
Mr. Lincoln; The Starving Of Our Prisoners; "...The
disguise in female dress is fully confirmed..."
VG...............75-100
95. [ART] MARY HELEN POTTER (1862 - 1950) Listed artist from Rhode Island. OFFERED HERE: Original watercolor, unsigned, undated, approx. 12 x 8-1/2 in. Almost all of Potter's watercolors were unsigned. Very good condition........200-300
96. [FRANCE] Charles de Bourbon, Count of Charolais (1700-1760) French noble. As a member of the reigni prince of the Blood. A son of Louis III, Prince of Condé, he was made governor of Touraine in 1720. He fought in Hungary in the war against the Ottoman Turks and won distinction at the battle of Belgrade. He was governor of his nephew Louis Joseph de Bourbon, prince de Condé. In 1728 he became one of the candidates to the hand of wealthy Maria Zofia Sieniawska supported by Louis XV in attempt to gain a strong position in Poland before the Royal Election. He secretly married Jeanne de Valois-Saint Remy, a descendent of Henri II via an illegitimate branch. Their son was Louis-Thomas [1718-1799], who was not legitimated by the king, later was exiled to England. Document Signed, 1744, 1p, approx. 9-1/4 x 13-1/2 in. One middle fold................150-250
97. [FRANCE] 2 French Revolutionary Military documents -
Year 2 [1794] of the Revolution, speaks of
military hospitals, infantry officers, soldiers - false illness
to fake leave of absence, etc. The ink handwritten parts
are of the period. Total 7 pages; largest document is 8.5
x 12 in. VG.............150-200
98. [FRANCE] Louis-François Chamillart, Marquis de la Suze ( 1751
- 1833 ) was a French politician. He was allowed to sit at the
Chamber of Peers in 1815. ALS, 1791, written from Chateau
des Tuileries, to certified services of La Plasse "Marechal
des Logis des Rois." 1p, 7-3/4 x 12-1/4 in. VG...............100-150
99. [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
& pencil drawing, unsigned on 8 x 5 in. sheet. As this
was a "working study" there was no reason for him to have
signed it............100-150
See
Bakshi drawing
100. MYSTERY LOT of about 93 pieces from 19th & 20th century. Includes: letters; documents; a few autographs; 5 bank checks signed by the noted artist, Douglas Volk, known for his portraits of Abraham Lincoln, one used on postage stamp, and various ephemera. Oldest item in this lot is 1838. There is also an 1842 document signed by R.G. Hazard [look him up], and a 1945 TLS by Commodore Badt. Good lot for eBay sellers or those who like researching items.....125-225
101. [FRANCE] LETTRES
PATENTES DU ROI [of the king], signed Louis in print, dated
1790, 2pp, approx. 7-3/4 x 9-3/4". VG..........100-150
Old Regime (Royal) Decrees Are Rare
103. [FRANCE] FRENCH REVOLUTION DECRET De La Convention Nationale, No. 194, 25 Nov. 1792, dated 2 months after abolition of Royalty, signed in type Monge & Garot. 3-pages, approx. 7-3/4 x 9-1/4". Excellent condition............80-120
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104. [FRANCE] Émile Auguste Étienne Martin Deschanel (1819-1904) French author and politician, the father of Paul Deschanel, the 11th President of the French Republic. His works include: Études sur Aristophane (1867), Le Romantisme des classiques (1882), and the controversial Catholicisme et socialisme (1850). As a result, Napoleon III forced him into exile between 1851 and 1859. He later became a professor at the Collège de France and in 1881 became a lifetime member of the French senate. A street bearing his name is located in Paris's VIIe arrondissement bordering the Champs de Mars. ALS, 1869, 3pp, 5-1/4 x 8". Not translated. One soiled corner.........50-75
105. [FRANCE] Pierre Brisson [1896-1964] long-time editor of Le Figaro.
ALS, 1962, 1p., written on Le Figaro letterhead. To Mrs.
Robert Kemp speaking about her husband, who was an important
critic. Fine...........50-75
107. [FRANCE] Joseph Dubosc,
count of Pesquidoux (1869-1946), known as Joseph de Pesquidoux,
was a French writer. In 1927 he won the Grand prix de
littérature de l'Académie française, of which he was elected a
member in 1936. He was also elected mainteneur of the Académie
des Jeux floraux in 1938. Lengthy ALS, 1938, on postal card.
VG.............60-80
108. [FRANCE] Pierre Barillet [b.1923] dramatist. ALS, 1967, on both sides,
8-1/4 x 10-1/2. Speaks about translation of Black Comedy and
Peter Shaffer. VG.............60-80
109. [FRANCE] Pierre Martin Victor Richard de Laprade (1812-1883), known as Victor de Laprade, was a French poet and critic. After completing his studies at Lyon, he produced, in 1839, a small volume of religious verse, Les Parfums de Madeleine. This was followed in 1840 by La colère de Jesus, in 1841 by the religious fantasy of Psyche, and in 1844 by Odes et poèmes. In 1845 Laprade visited Italy on a mission of literary research, and in 1847 he was appointed professor of French literature at Lyon. The Académie française, by a single vote, preferred Émile Augier at the election in 1857, but in the following year Laprade was chosen to fill the place vacated by Alfred de Musset. In 1861 Laprade was removed from his post at Lyon owing to the publication of a poem satirising the Second Empire (Les Musées d'Etat), and in 1871 was elected to the National Assembly as a conservative. A statue was erected in his memory at Montbrison. ALS, 1872, 3pp, to the French poet Aime Giron. 5-1/4 x 8-1/4 in. VG............60-80
110. [FRANCE] Marcel Achard (1899-1974) French playwright and screenwriter whose popular sentimental comedies maintained his position as a highly-recognizable name in his country's theatrical and literary circles for five decades. He was elected to the Académie française in 1959. The second Clouseau film, A Shot in the Dark, was based on a 1961 Broadway farce of the same name written by Harry Kurnitz (who in turn had adapted his play from L'idiote, by French author Marcel Achard). Kurnitz is sometimes given credit for inspiring the Clouseau phenomenon, though in fact it seems he had no hand in the first Pink Panther film. Offered here is Marcel Achard's personal imprinted card, unsigned, on which he has penned 2 lines in French. Approx. 4.5 x 3.5". Fine...........25-35
111. [FRANCE] François
Debret (1777-1850) French architect. He was
the brother-in-law of fellow architect Felix Duban, and among
his students and apprentices was Antoine-Nicolas Bailly. A pupil
of Percier, he in turn became an important teacher of many
architects who were destined to transform Paris under Haussmann.
ALS, 1830, 1p. To the painter Blondel. VG...........75-100
112. [FRANCE] Arvède Barine (1840-1908) French writer and historian. Arvède Barine was the pseudonym of Mme. Charles Vincens, born Louise-Cécile Bouffé. She mostly wrote on the subject of women, but she also wrote about travel and the political issues of the day. ALS, 1895, written on both sides of 4.5 x 3.5 in. card............40-60
113. [FRANCE] ELIE BERTHET [1815-1891] Fr. novelist. ALS, 1877, 1p. About the book Picturesque Trip in Spain." Not translated. VG..........40-60
114. [FRANCE] GABRIELLE REVAL, pseudonym de Mme. Fernand Fleuret [1870-1938] Fr. writer. ALS, Paris, 1928, on both sides. Not translated but interesting content about the first adaptation made for the film from her novel L'lnfante a la Rose. And what a sad experience it has been. They even changed the ending without her permission. Fine..................75-100
115. [FRANCE] (AUGUSTE ALPHONSE) ETIENNE-GALLOIS [1809-1890] Fr. writer, traveler. ALS, no date, 1p............50-75
Father of Modern Palm Reading
116. Adolphe Desbarrolles (1801-1886) French artist. He is considered the father of modern chiromancy, aka palmistry or palm reading. He was a friend of Alex. Dumas; accompanied Dumas on many of his trips abroad. ALS, 1860, 1-1/2 pages, 8vo. Speaks about Humbolt's Cosmos. Not translated. VG............100-150
117. Albert Auguste Cochon de Lapparent (1839-1908) French geologist. In 1879 he prepared an important memoir for the geological survey of France on the Pays de Bray , a subject on which he had already published several memoirs, and in 1880 he served as president of the Société Géologique de France. In 1881-1883 he published his Traité de géologie, a well-regarded textbook of stratigraphy. ALS, 1891, 1p, 4-1/4 x 7 in. Color pencil notations at top............50-75
118. [FRANCE] Madame de Thebes - French palmist and prophet. She was born in 1845 and died in 1916. She carried on a business as a palmist at her salon in the Avenue de Wagram in Paris, and each year at Christmas published prophecies which enjoyed a wide circulation. She was said to have predicted the Boer War and the Russo-Japanese War. ANS, no date, written on both sides of 4.5 x 3.5 in. card. VG.........50-75
119. [FRANCE] Jules Mary [1851-1922] Fr. novelist, the modern Alexandre
Dumas. Two ALSs, dates [?], 1p and 3pp. The long letter is to a
woman novelist with a long criticism of her novel. Both
VG........60-80
121. A. CLEVELAND HALL - American poet. Two AMS's. His poem "The Sea" signed and dated June 1891 and "The Year Grows Old" signed and dated Oct. 1890. Both are tipped into folders.............50-75
122. Two Manuscript Documents Signed relating to an 18th century Bass family in Virginia. First is a receipt dated 12/10/1795 and reading "Received in full of Archad Bass and Thomas Bass his father from the beginning of the world to this day. It is signed by Isaac Micaels (by his mark), approx. 8x3 in. The second document gives an accounting (in pounds, shillings and pence), "being the balance which I am due Alexander Bass for the rent of his plantation." It is signed by Wm. Goode and dated July 1, 1801. Approx. 6.5 x 4 in. G/VG..............35-45
123. [CONRAD, CHARLES M.] Conrad was Secretary of War under Fillmore. This lot includes two ALS's written by Anne H. Lloyd. As one of the letters is addressed to Hon. Charles M. Conrad in Washington and is written to "My precious Jean', and signed "Your loving mother", it appears that the writer was Conrad's mother-in-law. One letter,1p dated Sep. 5th 1852 to "My precious children" begins "I have news for you that will gladden our hearts and I trust fill you with thankfulness. Our beloved Nelson is with us. We are all happy and I trust thankful that after peril by land and by water he is brought to us safely in health. He was shipwrecked twice on his journey home and lost everything but the clothes on his back." The second letter is 3 full pages plus an integral address leaf. It is dated Nov. 24th 1857. It is written to "My precious Jean". It primarily consists of interesting family news. In part, "I knew you would feel a great deal as to the intelligence my last letter conveyed. I must reply to parts of yours. When our Heavenly Father afflicts us, we should ever remember that there is mercy in his judgments. Altho we see it not it is far more comfortable to feel that he does not willingly afflict his children and to say at all times "Tho he slay me yet will I trust him." More religious content follows.............40-60
124. BALILES, GERALD L. Governor of Virginia 1986-90. Two letters. The first dated January 29, 1981 as a member of the House of Delegates thanks addressee for a contribution to his campaign for Attorney General and briefly discussing the campaign. The second letter is dated Sept. 16, 1981 and on letterhead of his campaign organization. This letter is soliciting campaign funds and is signed "Jerry".........20-30
125. MOORE, ARCH A., JR. Governor of West Virginia 1969-77 and 85-89. He was also a Congressman 1957-69. As governor, he writes thanking a company for it contribution to the West Virginia Recovery Foundation. With a West Virginia lapel pin affixed. During World War II, He received a disfiguring wound in the jaw during fighting in Germany. Moore was left for dead for two days in a German farmer's beet field after 33 of the 36 members of his platoon died in battle . Very fine...........20-30
126. CAMPBELL, CARROLL A., JR. Governor of South Carolina 1987-95. Letter as Congressman dated April 11, 1983 to a constituent discussing his views of a number of important political issues..........20-30
127. BAILEY WILLIS (1857-1949), noted geologist; subject of an Argentine biography as a result of his surveys for a railroad across the Andes; a glacier wall in Mt. Rainier Park is named for him; son of Nathaniel Parker Willis, editor and writer. His papers are in the Huntington Library in Pasadena, CA. A collection of 3 letters - two ALS plus an LS - all to E. H. Frost re books and maps..............75-100
129. SAM JONES - Hall of Fame basketball player with Boston Celtics. 2 signatures - one on a 3 x 5 card ("Kindest Regards"); the other on the faded program of a 1972 high school basketball luncheon. The program is badly faded; the signature is not..........25-35
131. [MARYLAND] George L. Radcliffe (1877- 1974) Democratic member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1935-1947. GROUP of 3 TLSs, 1939-1942, all 1p., to King V. Hostick, sending autograph...........40-60
132. [MARYLAND] Paul Sarbanes (b. 1933) a Democrat, is a former United States Senator who represented the state of Maryland. Sarbanes was the longest-serving senator in Maryland history, having served from 1977 until 2007. Group of 3 TLSs, 1977-80, 1p. each. To the President of a financial company, regarding various bills......40-60
133. WINTON M. BLOUNT [1921-2002] Postmaster General under Nixon. Typed Letter Signed, May 17, 1968, as president of Chamber of Commerce of the US, welcoming a new member. VG.............25-35
134. William Vann Rogers, generally known as Will Rogers, Jr. [1911-1993], was the son of legendary humorist Will Rogers [1879-1935] and his wife, the former Betty Blake [1879-1944]. He was a Democratic Congressman from California from January 3, 1943 until May 23, 1944, when he resigned to return to the United States Army. Rogers had several other careers, notably as a newspaper owner/publisher, an actor, writer, and a political commentator. Signature in return address clipped from envelope.....20-30
135. Ossie Davis (1917-2005) American film actor, director, poet, playwright, writer, and social activist. Clip Signature.
136. [WISC.] Warren P. Knowles (1908-1993) Governor of Wisconsin. Lengthy TLS, 1969, 1p, as governor. About taxes. VG...............25-35
137. [THEATRE] ANTON LANG [1875-1938] Enacted the role of Christ in the famous Oberammergau Passion Plays in the early 20th century. DS, Oberammergau, Germany, Oct. 14, 1922. Postal receipt sent from Cleveland, Ohio. Signed in pencil........25-35
138. JOHN SCHNEIDER - actor. ISP, color 8x10...................20-30
139. PETER BROWN - actor. SP, 4x6. Signed 1997...................15-25
141. DEAN JONES - actor. ISP, 3-1/2 x 5-1/4.......................15-20
142. MITZI GAYNOR - actress. Sig/inscribed 6x4 picture................10-15
143. [FILM] Shelley" Fabares - actress. She appeared in a number of motion pictures including three Elvis Presley movies: Girl Happy (1965), Spinout (1966) and Clambake (1967). Signed, inscribed 1993 First Day Cover honoring Elvis. Front is clean and not addressed. Back has pencil identification..............15-20
144. Richard Pike Bissell (1913-1977) American author of
short stories and novels. One of which, 7 1/2 Cents, was turned into the Broadway
musical The
Pajama Game.
This won him (along with co-author George Abbott) the 1955 Tony
Award for Best Musical. He wrote a book about the experience
called Say,
Darling, which
chronicled the ins and outs of a broadway musical production and
featured characters based on those (such as Harold Prince) he
worked with; this book was also turned into a musical, also
called Say, Darling, in 1958. ALS, 1965, 1p, inquiring about a job for his
son who was coming for the summer to Boothbay, Maine. Written to the owner of the
Boothbay Theatre Museum. VG..........50-75
145. [MUSIC] Birgit Nilsson (1918-2005) celebrated Swedish
dramatic soprano who specialized in operatic and symphonic
works. ALS, no
date, on 4-1/4 x 5-3/4 card. VG..........30-40
146. Herbert G. Klein - Asst. to Pres. Nixon. Sig./inscribed business card [White House].....15-20
147. W.S. Lilly - British essayist. ALS, 1870, 2pp..........25-35
148. ROBERT FITZGERALD (1910-1985) American Poet/Critic/Translator. He started out as a reported for the New York Hearald Tribune, then worked as a writer for Time Magazine. His poetry is collected in "A Wreath for the Sea(1943),In the rose of Time(1956), Spring Shade(1971). Translated The Odyssey, The Iliad, and The Aeneid. SIGNATURE/inscribed with sentiment on Harvard University Stationary, dtd 5/27/73...........20-30
149. Cyril
Ritchard (1897-1977) Australian stage,
screen and television actor, and director. He is probably best
remembered today for his campy performance as Captain Hook in
the Mary Martin musical production of Peter Pan. DOCUMENT
SIGNED, April 21, 1961, 1p, 4to. An agreement to appear on the
Hy Gardner Show [TV]. Fine............50-75
150. Madeline Vanderpool [d.1995] Am. Sculptor. Sig. [on verso] 3x4 photo of her 1934 bronze sculpture.......20-30
151. James Sullivan (1744-1808) the seventh Governor Governor of Massachusetts between 1807 and 1808. Clip Signature on 3-1/4 x 1-1/2" slip........40-60
152. Dame Gracie Fields, DBE (1898 - 1979) English-bornactress, singer and comedienne and star of both cinema and music hall. Signature, inscribed with small photo affixed.......20-30
153. [FILM] Susan Strasberg (1938-1999) American actress. After a widely praised performance as a teenager in Picnic, Strasberg originated the title role in the Broadway production of The Diary of Anne Frank at the age of 18 and was nominated for a Tony Award. SIGNED 1972 bank check. VG.......50-75
154. Lynn Johnston - Canadian cartoonist. Typed note signed, 1990.....20-30
155. [ART/THEATRE] John Seymour Lucas (1849-1923) Victorian English historical and portrait painter as well as an accomplished theatrical costume designer. As his reputation grew, Lucas increasingly mixed in society circles, and became firm friends with the famous society portrait painter John Singer Sargent who was his almost exact contemporary. A portrait of Lucas executed by John Singer Sargent is displayed in Tate Britain . Towards the 1890s John Seymour Lucas executed a number of major works for prestigious public buildings or royal clients. These include: The Flight of the Five Members (Houses of Parliament), The Granting of the Charter of the City of London (Royal Exchange), Reception by HM King Edward VII of the Moorish Ambassador (Royal Collection), HRH the Prince of Wales in German Uniform (Royal Collection). ALS, 1916, 2pp., written on both sides......50-75
158. Malcolm
Forbes (1919-1990) was publisher of Forbes
magazine, founded by his father B. C. Forbes. He was known as a
promoter of capitalism and for extravagant spending on parties,
travel, and his collection of homes, yachts, aircraft, and
art. Signed color 8x10 photo. VG............50-75
159. [FRANCE] Henry Houssaye (also
Henri) (1848-1911) French historian and
academician. His early writings were devoted to
classical antiquity, his knowledge drawn partly from visits to
the actual Greek sites in 1868. The military history of
Napoleon I then attracted him. His first volume on this
subject, called 1814 (1888), went through no fewer than
forty-six editions. It was followed by 1815, the first part of
which comprises the first Restoration, the return from Elba
and the Hundred Days (1893); the second part, Waterloo (1899);
and the third part, the second abdication and the White Terror
(1905). He was elected a member of the Académie française in
1895. ALS, no date, 1p, 5-1/2 x 8-1/4
in. Re: he cannot attend diner for
Dumas. VG...............80-120
160. [FRANCE] Charles Dollfus
(1827-1913) French philosopher, novelist and essayist. He
studied in Switzerland and Paris, where he studied law.
Protestant belonging to the current Liberal , "militant
anti-papist" as an expression of René Martin , he enrolled at
the Paris Bar in 1848 , then to that of Colmar in 1852 . He
soon, however, to follow his literary and philosophical
tastes. Returning to Paris, he founded with Auguste Nefftzer
in 1857 the German Journal, later published under the title of
Modern Review, where he became Director. He joined the writing
of Time , founded in April 1861 , under the direction of
Nefftzer and contributes to several other journals. It also
publishes fiction (including The Doctor Fabricius that
inspired his nephew Charles Koechlin symphonic poem of the
same name) as well as works of literary criticism and
philosophy. ALS [1853], 1p., 5-1/4 x 8
in. VG............80-120
161. [FRANCE] Natalis de Wailly
(1805-1886) French archivist, librarian and
historian. In 1841, as head of the Administrative
Section of the Royal Archives, he wrote a ministerial
circular, issued by Count Tanneguy Duchâtel, Minister of the
Interior, stating that records should be grouped according to
the nature of the institution that has accumulated them and
formulating the principle of respect des fonds (up until that
point, archives had often been sorted according to subject,
date or place). In 1854, he was appointed head of the
manuscript department of the Bibliothèque impériale. A
member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
since 1841 and of several learned societies, he was a renowned
paleographer and published scientific editions of medieval
chroniclers. ALS, 1846, 4pp, 5 x 7-1/4 in.
Fine............100-150
162. [FRANCE - MUSIC] Pauline
Dameron (1825-1890) Mezzo-soprano.
She sang the roles of Ines in the premiere of Le trouvere at
the Opera in Paris in 1857, having begun her career there
around 1847. ALS, no year, 1p, 4 x 5-1/4 in.
VG...........75-100
163.
[SPACE] Owen K. Garriott
(b. 1930) former NASA astronaut who spent 60 days aboard the
Skylab space station in 1973 during the Skylab 3 mission, and 10
days aboard Spacelab-1 on a space shuttle mission in 1983.
Signed, inscribed color litho. photo, 8x10. VG.........50-75
164. [ART] Edward Hawke Locker (1777 -1849) English watercolourist (producing works now in the V&A and British Museum). He was named after his father's patron Admiral Edward Hawke. Entering the navy pay office as a clerk on 1 June 1795, he served in its India department (from 1799) and the board of naval enquiry before becoming a prize agent and Edward Pellew 's civil secretary during his East Indies, North Sea and Mediterranean commands from 1804 to 1814. He was in England in July 1802, when he accompanied the French balloonist André-Jacques Garnerin on his second English ascent during the Peace of Amiens. He also spent time in Spain in 1813 during the Peninsular War alongside Lord John Russell, bringing despatches to Wellington, as well as visiting Napoleon in May 1814 during his Elba exile. ALS, 1826, 1p, 4-5/8 x 7-1/4". To apparently a young collector of autographs giving advice -who to collect i.e. Southey, Basil Hall, Captain Parry [North Pole] Sir T. Laurence - Pres. of R. Academy etc. VG............60-80
See Lockyer letter
165. [MUSIC] Tzvi
Avni (1927 - ) Israeli composer. In
2001, Avni was awarded the Israel Prize, for music. AMQS,
inscribed, dated 1013, of his from his work "Mizmorey Tehilim
(beginning of the 3 movements." Approx. 10-1/2 x
4-1/4". VG..............50-75
See 70AMQS
166. [ENGLAND] Major-General Sir John Hanbury-Williams GCVO,
KCB, CMG. (1859-1946 ). He served in South Africa
between 1899 and 1900. He was Military Secretary to Sir A
Milner from 1897 to 1900 and Military Secretary to Secretary of
State for War 1900 to 1903. He was Governor-General's Secretary
and Military Secretary in Canada from 1904 to 1909. He was
Brigadier-General in charge of Administration Scotland between
1909-1914. In 1911 he was elected as a member of the
International Olympic Committee to represent Canada and served
on the IOC until 1921. He was employed on General Staff in 1914.
During the First World War he was head of the British military
mission at Russian Stavka and was mentioned in despatches. He
was in charge British Prisoners of War Department at the Hague
from August 1917 to March 1918 and at Berne from April 1918 to
December 1918. He retired from the Army in 1919. He was Her
Majesty's Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps in the Royal Household
of the Sovereign of England from 1920 to 1934. Hanbury-Williams
was Colonel Commandant of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry from 1918. He was Extra Equerry to the King from
1934. Signed 3.5 x 2.5" card, he adds 1922 and Major
General. Lightly sun toned
edges...............25-35
167. [WOMEN] Anna E. TICKNOR - Founder
and secretary of the SOCIETY TO ENCOUTAGE STUDIES AT HOME. ALS,
Boston, 1876, last line & signature on verso. "...your
wishes may be met by the Harvard Examinations for Women..."
VG...................50-75
168. Anne Sophie Swetchine (1782-1857) known as Madame Swetchine, was a Russian mystic, and author, born in Moscow, and famous for her salon in Paris. She spent her early years at the court of empress Catherine II, as her father was one of the empress's closest advisors. In 1799, she married General Nicolas Sergeyvitch Swetchine. Under the influence of Joseph de Maistre, she became a member of the Roman Catholic Church in 1815; she had also been under the influence of the Jesuits. Because of the law, which disallowed Russian nobles who converted from the orthodox religion to live in Russia, she was forced to leave Russia, and she decided upon Paris as her new home. In the following year she settled in Paris with her spouse where, until her death, she maintained a famous salon. From 1826 onward, she held her salon at number 71 Rue Saint Dominique in Paris. Her salon was considered remarkable for its high courtesy and intellectuality. She often received Russian exiles at her salon. It was also a centre of the French contrarevolutionary movement. Frequent guests was people of France's literary, political and ecclesiastical communities. With her "fervent and enlightened Catholicism", which took the form of a rational and intellectualized form of faith, she is described as an influence on the French Catholic community until her death in 1856. ALS, no date, 2pp. Not translated.........100-150
Portrait of Swetchine
169. [FILM]
Lou Diamond Phillips [b. 1962] American film, film, television, and
stage actor and director. His breakthrough came when he starred
in the film La Bamba. Signed 10 x 8 color photo from the film La Bamba.
VG............25-35
170. [FILM] Louise Fletcher
(b.1934) American actress perhaps best
known for her role as Nurse Ratched in One Flew over the
Cuckoo's Nest and as Kai Winn Adami in Star Trek: Deep Space
Nine. SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO. VG..............25-35
171. (SPORTS LOT) MICHAEL SPINKS (1956- )
Boxer, Heavyweight Champion, SIGNED, 8x10 photograph, with
sentiment. DARRELL ROYAL (1924-2012)
Football Player, coach - TLS, 1971. TOM
WEISKOPF (1942- ) American Golfer - SIGNED
8x10 color photograph, inscribed. NANCY
LOPEZ (1957- ) American Golfer -
SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 photograph. HAZEL
HOTCHKISS WRIGHTMAN (1886-1974) American
Tennis Star - ANS, no date, sending birthday greetings.
STANLEY DANCER
(1927-2005) American harness racing driver and trainer. He was
the only horsemen to drive and train three Triple Crowns in
horse racing. In total, he drove 23 Triple Crown winners. TLS,
ny, nd with SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 reprint of cover of Sports
Illustrated with him on cover. ROD
LAVER, MBE (1938- ) Australian former
professional tennis player who holds the record for most singles
titles won in the history of tennis, with 200 career titles.
SIGNED 6x8 print of him playing tennis, with
titles............100-150
172. Belva Plain
(1915-2010) was a best-selling American author of
mainstream fiction. ALS, 2000, plus TLS, 2001. Two
letters..........50-75
173. Mike
Connors (b. 1925) American actor best
known for playing detective Joe Mannix in the CBS television
series, Mannix. In the 1959–1960 television season, he had
played a crime-fighting investigator known only as "Nick" in
another CBS series, Tightrope. Signed, inscribed 8 x 10
photo. VG............40-60
174. John
Parker Boyd (1764-1830) officer in
the United States Army, from various periods from 1786 to
the end of the War of 1812. He commanded the troops
defeated at the Battle of Crysler's Farm in late 1813. CLIP
SIGNATURE.........40-60 SEE Boyd
signature
175. Jacob Jennings Brown (1775-1828)
American army officer in the War of 1812. His successes on the
northern border during that war made him a hero. In 1821, he was
appointed commanding general of the U.S. Army and held that post
until his death. CLIP SIGNATURE.........50-75
SEE Brown
signature
PORTRAIT of
Brown
176. Clement C. Clay
(1789-1866) was the eighth Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama
from 1835 to 1837. CLIP SIGNATURE.........25-35
SEE Clay
signature
177. John McLean (1785-1861)
American jurist and politician who served in the United States
Congress, as U.S. Postmaster General, and as a justice on the
Ohio and U.S. Supreme Courts, and was often discussed for the
Whig and Republican nominations for President. CLIP
SIGNATURE........60-80
SEE McLean
signature
PORTRAIT
of McLean
180. Hannibal Goodwin [1822-1900] Episcopal priest at the House of Prayer in Newark, New Jersey, patented a method for making transparent, flexible roll film out of nitrocellulose film base, which was used in Thomas Edison's Kinetoscope, an early machine for viewing animation. AQS, dated Oct. 17, 1881, 7 x 4.5". VG.........60-80
181. Pauline Frederick [1883-1938] AQS "All the world's a stage And all the men and women merely players - Sincerely yours, Pauline Frederick. Fine..........35-45
182. GILBERT H. GROSVENOR
(1875-1966) Father of Photojournalism, full time editor of
National Geographic Magazine (1899-1954) Married the daughter
of Alexander Graham Bell . SIGNED collector’s card
(1921).........50-75
See above
183. Edmund
Blunden [1896-1974] English, poet, author.
Signed Presentation/edition page from his book "Near & Far"
1929. Fine.............25-35
184. (19th CENTURY NOTABLES LOT)
Henry Austin Bruce,
1st Baron Aberdare GCB, PC, FRS (1815-1895) British Liberal
Party politician- Home Secretary (1868–1873) and as Lord
President of the Council. ALS, 1853. Sir Charles Edward Trevelyan,
1st Baronet, KCB (1807-1886) British civil servant and colonial
administrator. Trevelyan's most enduring mark on history may be
the quasi-genocidal anti-Irish racial sentiment he expressed
during his term in the critical position of administrating
relief for the millions of Irish peasants suffering under the
Irish famine as Assistant Secretary to HM Treasury (1840-1859)
under the Whig administration of Lord Russell . ALS, 1880,
4pp to Dorman Bridgeman Eaton (1823-1899) the American lawyer
who was instrumental in Federal Civil Service reform. Henry Richard Vassall-Fox,
3rd Baron Holland PC (1773-1840) English politician, a major
politician in the 19th Century England. Lord Privy Seal between
1806 and 1807 in the Ministry of All the Talents headed by Lord
Grenville and as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster between
1830 and 1834 and again between 1835 and his death in 1840 in
the Whig administrations of Lord Grey and Lord Melbourne. On a
visit to Paris in 1791 Holland became acquainted with Lafayette
and Talleyrand. He took his seat in the House of Lords on 5
October 1796. SIGNED address panel. Adelbert W. Brownlow-Cust,
3rd Earl Brownlow (1844-1921) British soldier, courtier
and Conservative politician. He held office under Lord Salisbury
as Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board from
1885 to 1886, as Paymaster-General from 1887 to 1889 and as
Under-Secretary of State for War from 1889 to 1892[1] and was
admitted to the Privy Council in 1887. ANS. Charles C. Chetwynd-Talbot,
2nd Earl Talbot (1777-1849) styled Viscount Ingestre between
1784 and 1793, British politician. He served as Lord Lieutenant
of Ireland between 1817 and 1821. In 1817, Talbot was also
appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and admitted to the Privy
Council. SIGNED address panel1833.............75-100
185. [BASEBALL] James Cory Snyder
(b.1962) is a former Major League Baseball player for the
Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, San
Francisco Giants, and Los Angeles Dodgers from 1986 to 1994.
Snyder's best season came in 1987 with the Indians when he hit
33 home runs, and had 82 Runs Batted In. SIGNED & INSCRIBED
COLOR 8X10 photo. VG.............20-30
186. [GOLF] David Stockton (b.
1941) American professional golfer who has won numerous
tournaments on both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour. SIGNED
COLOR 8X10 PHOTO. VG...........25-35
187. CARLOS P. ROMULO (1899-1985), Philippine diplomat,
journalist, and educator. A leader of the Philippines during
World War II, Romulo served with distinction in the U.S. Army as
aide-de-camp to Gen. Douglas MacArthur, the commander of U.S.
forces in the Far East, and was promoted to the rank of
brigadier general in 1944. After the war he participated in the
founding of the UN, serving as permanent Philippines
representative to the UN and as president of the UN General
Assembly (1949-50). He was his country's ambassador to the U.S.
(1952-53 and 1955-62). TLS, 1949, on UN stationery. RE:
autographs.............40-60
188. [FILM] Samantha
Eggar [b. 1939]
English actress. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.....25-35
189. [CINEMA] Lina Basquette
(1907-1994) was an American actress. Her first appearance was
in What Can Love Do. In 1928, she was named one of thirteen
WAMPAS Baby Stars. In 1929, Basquette made The Godless Girl
with Cecil B. DeMille and The Younger Generation, directed by
Frank Capra. In the former she played Judith, leader of a high
school atheist society. Her character forces members to
renounce The Bible while placing a hand on the head of a live
monkey. In the climactic scene, Director DeMille insisted on
realism in filming a last shot of the reformatory going up in
flames and Basquette's eyebrows and eyelashes were singed. Her
eyelashes grew back but her eyebrows did not. In 1923,
Ziegfeld Follies producers officially dubbed her "America's
Prima Ballerina." BRIEF ALS, 1992, MENTIONING HER BOOK "LINA -
DEMILLE'S GODLESS GIRL." VG............30-40
190. Edith Fellows
[b.1923] Am. actress. ISP, 1991, 8x10..............20-30
191.
[MUSIC] Leslie Bassett (b.
1923) American composer of classical music, and the University
of Michigan’s Albert A. Stanley Distinguished University
Professor Emeritus of Composition. Bassett received the 1966
Pulitzer Prize for Music for his Variations for Orchestra.
AMQS from his "Variations For Orchestra." Approx. 8 x
4-1/4". VG..........50-75
193. Major-General Sitiveni Ligamamada Rabuka (b.1948) is
best known as the instigator of two military coups that shook
Fiji in 1987. He was later democratically elected the third
Prime Minister, serving from 1992 to 1999. He later served as
Chairman of the Great Council of Chiefs, and is currently
Chairman of the Cakaudrove Provincial Council, a position he has
held since 24 May 2001. He was re-elected to this position for
another three-year term on 13 April 2005. Signed 3x5 card.
Fine.........25-35
194. Adolph
Simon Ochs (1858-1935) American
newspaper publisher and former owner of The New York Times and
The Chattanooga Times (now the Chattanooga Times Free Press). His
signature on New York Times stationery.............60-80
195. Captain William Easby (1791-1854) Shipbuilder and Early Washington Entrepreneur. One of the first indications of his presence is his signature is on the WNY mechanics letter to President Thomas Jefferson, commending Jefferson on his election 1805. As a young intelligent and energetic shipwright he advanced rapidly to become a Master Boat Builder. Like other early Yard employees, Easby served as a member of the District of Columbia militia, during the War of 1812 where he saw active service as a private with Commodore Barney's command in August 1814. Easby was with Barney's unit when they futility tried to stop a large number of veteran British regulars at Bladensburg Md. Following the American defeat, the British advanced on the Capitol and Navy Yard was set ablaze to prevent the British capturing stored naval supplies and gun powder. Following the conflagration, Easby like other civilian employees was out of work for a year. As a married man with two children to support, Easby returned to Philadelphia where his family lived and presumably found work till the following year when he was once again able to resume his duties at the Yard. In 1824 President James Monroe made Easby a Captain of Riflemen of the Second Legion, First Brigade, of the Militia of the District of Columbia. Easby was ever after known by the title thus awarded him. William Easby's name is listed in the 1827 Directory of the City of Washington, his occupation: master boat builder at navy yard and his residence: "down w Es btw 9 and 10e." On March 24, 1828, William Easby added his name to that of one thousand citizens of the District of Columbia petitioning the Congress to gradually abolish slavery in the District of Columbia and to ban the further importation and sale of slaves within the District. Many of those who signed the memorial were slave holders. Yard employees like Master Caulker Robert Armistead, Naval Constructor William Doughty, Clerk Thomas Howard and Master Shipwright Thomas Lyndall all leased their human property to WNY. Many of these men saw no contradiction in owing enslaved workers and favoring gradual compensated emancipation. Their support though was contingent however on the provision that all newly emancipated individuals of African descent, immediately immigrate to Africa. Easby's exact position on slavery and emancipation is not known, however Easby had business dealing with black freeman Michael Shiner in 1848 when he bought land from Shiner. His last will contains no reference to slaves nor is there any evidence that Easby ever owned slaves or used enslaved workers in his businesses or household. Shortly after Andrew Jackson's election Easby left federal employment and set up his shipbuilding firm. He built a successful shipbuilding operation and became a noted ship designer and builder. Among the vessels launched at Easby's Wharf was the Sailing Ship Russia. Easby later built a series of Coast Guard Revenue Cutters such as the Cutter Forward in 1842. Another project which occupied Easby was a lime kiln and his experiments to convert coal particles into solid lumps which would be furnace ready. Easby was granted a patent on the process on August 29, 1848. Easby was an early member of the Washington Monument Association which solicited funding and support to raise a memorial to the nation's first president. His continuing involvement with science is reflected in his position as Treasurer of the National Institute, a precursor of the Smithsonian Institute. Manuscript Document Signed, 1834, 1p, 7-3/4 x 9-3/4". In this document Easby sells for $650 to John Easby of Philadelphia certain described property (7 beds, chairs, tables, looking glasses, carpets, piano forte, gilt edge china, knives & other kitchen utensils, silver tea spoons, 400 books, 40 prints and paintings, etc). Archival tape repairs at fold lines on verso. The front is in very good condition..........150-200
197.
[FRANCE] Charles Prudent
Becdelièvre (1705 - 1784 ) French
prelate, Bishop of Nîmes. Ordained in 1729, he became
abbot of Vierzen in 1730, then the Caignotte in 1731.
Becdelèvre was appointed vicar of Périgueux in 1736. He
was Bishop of Nîmes from 1737 to 1784. He was also adviser to
the king in all his advice. Letter Signed, 1750, 1p,
approx. 7 x 8.5". Damp stain top
edge............100-150
See
above
198. [FILM] Jan Sterling
(1921-2004) American actress. Most active in films during the
1950s, Sterling received a Golden Globe Award for Best
Supporting Actress for her performance in The High and the
Mighty (1954), and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best
Supporting Actress for the same performance. Her career declined
during the 1960s, however she continued to play occasional roles
for television and theatre. Bold Signature ON VINTAGE ALBUM PAGE
[1945]............25-35
199. [MUSIC] Serge Jaroff (1896-1985) was the founder, conductor and composer of the Don Cossack Choir Serge Jaroff. Signed 1956 bank check. VG..........50-75
See signed check
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. [STAMPS] Robert Perrot - designer of the 8 cent United Nations stamp. Offered here is a sheet of 50 stamps [never used] signed in ink by Robert Perrot. Fine.............80-120
See above
202. [FRANCE] Paul Barillon d'Amoncourt, the
marquis de Branges (1630–1691) was the
French ambassador to England from 1677 to 1688. His
dispatches from England to Louis XIV have been useful to
historians of the period, though an expected bias may be
present. With the conquest of England by William of
Orange, Louis XIV's most implacable enemy, Barillon was
expelled from England and war soon commenced between the
two kingdoms. Both Charles II and James II treated him
with great courtesy: one historian refers to his " rather
pampered existence at Whitehall". Both appeared to
confide in him, although it is not always clear whether
they were sincere. Charles II, at the outbreak of
the Popish Plot, did tell Barillon frankly that Titus
Oates, the inventor of the Plot, was a villain, but that
it would be unwise to say so publicly. Barillon was often
a conduit for pleas for clemency, but these were not
always well received; the King simply brushed aside his
plea for the life of William, Lord Russell, and explained
that while Oliver Plunkett was an innocent man it was not
expedient to spare him. Charles's remark to Barillon that
his brother James' s public conversion to Roman
Catholicism had weakened him is important evidence that
Charles postponed his own conversion until he was dying.
The marriage of the future Queen Anne to George of
Denmark, brother of France's ally, was a triumph for
French diplomacy, and it was probably Barillon who
originally proposed the marriage, although he did not play
a major role in subsequent negotiations, which were mainly
conducted by Lord Sunderland; like most people, Barilllon
found the groom entirely unimpressive. As a
counterweight, he intrigued with the Whig leaders, notably
Algernon Sidney, whose posthumous reputation was greatly
damaged by the discovery that Barillon had paid him
regular bribes. The Popish Plot, with the wave of
anti-Catholic and anti-French hysteria it produced, was in
itself unwelcome to Barillon, but he used it for short
term advantage in helping to bring down the Earl of Danby,
the main exponent of a Protestant, pro-Dutch,
anti-Catholic policy, by assisting in the publication of
letters, which taken out of context, suggested secret
intrigues between Danby and the French Court. After the
failure of the Exclusion Bill, Barillon records the King
telling him in strict confidence that he had been tempted
to let it pass. Even Barillon, an astute diplomat,
admitted to finding Charles unfathomable: "his conduct so
secret and impenetrable that even the most skillful
observers are misled". Only once does he seem to
have been guilty of a serious diplomatic blunder: late in
1679 an indiscreet letter of his, reporting a conversation
where Charles II claimed to have personally blocked a
Franco-Dutch treaty, was leaked in the Netherlands. It
caused an uproar, and Charles was so angry with Barillon
that he forbade him the Court. Sunderland, who had
probably leaked the letter, remarked complacently that "I
do not question M. Barillon finds himself embarrassed, but
when anybody will play such tricks, it is but just that it
should come home to him at last." His disgrace was
temporary, but afterwards he was far more careful what he
committed to paper. At other times his relations with
Sunderland were amicable enough, although Sunderland
sometimes treated him to his famous outbursts of rudeness,
and on one occasion Barillon told him that he would not
report his remarks if he could not control himself. When
it was rumoured in 1685 that the French had given tacit
support to Monmouth's Rebellion, Sunderland told Barillon
pointedly that he hoped this was a misunderstanding, or
else the English would wonder if Louis had 'other plans
they could not discern'. Later he mocked Louis'
vaunted desire for European peace, saying brutally that
the peace would last until it was in someone's interest to
break it. His privileged position was confirmed in the
last days of Charles II's reign, when, alone among the
diplomatic corps, he was allowed to send a secret message
to Louis XIV that the King was dying. In the events
leading to Charles' deathbed reception into the Roman
Catholic Church, he played a role of some importance.
While the King's brother James was already convinced of
his brother's wish to convert, it was Barillon, prompted
by Louise de Kéroualle, who urged James to act at once.
Together they visited the dying King, and Barillon
witnessed Charles' statement that he wished to be received
" with all his heart." James II's biographer
describes him as an astute diplomat, with an ability to
convey information through subtle hints, but personally
unattractive: heavy, gross and boorish. Approx. 23
handwritten pages about Barillon dispatch in
1688. Discribed as written circa 1750-1800,
in unknown hand. Very Fresh condition. Approx.
7-3/4 x 12". Showing only first page
below..........200-300
See above
Old Regime (Royal) Decrees Are Rare
204. [FRANCE] offered here are 2 documents from France: one dated 1783, signed by Jean Francois Joly De Fleury [1718-1802] State councillor who was fired in 1783, the year of this letter which speaks of Countess of La Rochefoucault. 1-page, about 6-3/4 x 8-1/4". PLUS another document 1701, 4pp, about 8.5 x 12. Identified as being about the grandfather of de Fleury..........100-150
1701 page 2
205.
Major-General Charles W. Sandford (1796-1878)
American militia and artillery officer, lawyer and businessman.
He was a senior officer in the New York State Militia for over
thirty years and commanded the First Division in every major
civil disturbance in New York City up until the American Civil
War, most notably, the New York Draft Riots in 1863. His command
seriously weakened due to manpower shortages during the American
Civil War, Sandford seved on active duty with the Union Army
from April 19 to July 25, 1861. In May 1861, he was ordered by
Brigadier General Joseph K. Mansfield to oversee the capture of
Alexandria, Virginia as the vast majority the Union troops were
from New York. He also served under Major General Robert
Patterson for three months and took part in the Battle of
Harper's Ferry. ALS, 1847, written on back of document,
addressed to Nehemial Reynolds dealing with a law suit in the
New York Supreme Court, in the matter of the New York &
Harlem Rail Road Co. vs Nehemiah Reynolds. Signed as attorney
for the Petitioner. Approx. 8-1/4 x 13-3/4". Accompanied
by small picture shown in scan.......80-120
206. [MIXED LOT] contains: [1] Elisha Phelps (1779-1847)
US Representative from Connecticut. ALS, 1885, 1p. Laid to
another sheet. [2] John A. Rockwell (1803- 1861) was a U.S. Representative from
Connecticut. CLIP SIGNATURE. [3] Chauncey F. Cleveland (1799-1887)
US Representative and the 31st Governor of Connecticut. CLIP
SIGNATURE [2 mounting stains]. [4] Philip Philbin -
US congressman from Mass. ALS, 1949, 1p. [5] 1856 printed Gov.
Doc. from Sec. of Treas., James Guthrie. [6] 1914 SONS OF
VETERANS application card to Camp George A. Custer. [7] 1838
Bill of Lading document - NY bound for Charleston, SC. [8] R. H. Duell (1824
- 1891) US congressman from NY. Clip signature. [9] Moses G. Leonard (1809-1899)
US congressman from NY. Clip Free Frank signature. [10] C.H. Calkin (1828-1913)
US congressman from NY. Clip signature [half toned]. [11]
Unidentified signature of congressman or senator from Hartford,
Ct. [11] Royal Cleaves Johnson (1882-1939)
Republican member of the United States House of Representatives
from South Dakota and a highly decorated veteran of World War I.
Signature. [12] Frederick Haskell Dominick (1877-1960)
U.S. congressman from South Carolina. He served for eight terms
from 1917 to 1933. Signed card........50-75
209. [FRANCE] Camille
Guillaume Bigourdan (1851-1932)
French astronomer. In 1877 he was appointed by Félix
Tisserand as assistant astronomer at the Toulouse Observatory,
and in 1879 followed Tisserand to the Paris Observatory when the
latter became director there. He spent many years
verifying the positions of 6380 nebulas. He hoped to set a basis
for future studies of the proper motion of nebulas; this turned
out to be more or less in vain, since distant nebulas will not
show any proper motion. However, he did discover approximately
500 new objects. In 1902 he participated in an effort to
redetermine with greater precision the longitude difference
between London and Paris. He became a member of the Bureau des
Longitudes in 1903, and a member of the French Academy of
Sciences in 1904. He described a method for adjusting
equatorial mount telescopes, which was known as "Bigourdan's
method". Bigourdan won the Lalande Prize of the French
Academy of Sciences in 1883 and in 1891, and the Gold Medal of
the Royal Astronomical Society in 1919. He was director of the
Bureau International de l'Heure from 1919 to 1928. He
married a daughter of Amédée Mouchez. ALS, 1889, 2pp,
content about astronomy [not translated], approx. 5-1/4 x
8-1/4 in. Addressed to Louis Olivier, who was the Director of La
Revue Scientifique. Blue pencil notatipons written at top
of page 1; small holes along left edge [used for
mounting]. VG...........100-150
210. [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
211. [ART] RICHARD CARLE -
deceased New England artist. Worked a lot around Boston and the
north shore. ORIGINAL color drawing, unsigned, image area
approx. 9 x 12.5 in. plus margins. VG...........100-150
212. [FILM] Bill Lundigan [1914-1975] American movie and TV actor. His films include "Dodge City" (1939),"The Fighting 69th" (1940), The Sea Hawk (1940), Santa Fe Trail (1940), Dishonored Lady (1947), Pinky (1949), Love Nest (1951) with Marilyn Monroe, The House on Telegraph Hill (1951), and Inferno (1953). From September 30, 1959, to September 7, 1960, Lundigan portrayed Col. Edward McCauley in the CBS television series, Men Into Space. Signed, inscribed vintage 5x7 photo. VG..............40-60
216. [ART] Betsy Bruno
- California artist we believe is now deceased. Original woocut,
title: All Is But A Higher Country Calling You, pencil signed,
June '74, tiled, image approx. 23 x 17.5 flush [no margins].
Numbered 1/4 [small edition]. VG.............100-150
217. [MUSIC] Robert Ward (b.1917) American composer. Signed brochure about him.....20-30
218. [MUSIC] Phillip Lambro - American composer. Sig. brochure...........20-30
219.
[PRIME MINISTERS OF ENGLAND] JOHN RUSSELL, 1st Earl
Russell 1793-1878) Prime Minister 3 times. CLIP SIGNATURE.
HENRY J. TEMPLE, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
(1784-1865) CLIP SIGNATURE. Both are
mounted.........75-100
221. [MUSIC] Barbara Kolb (b. 1939) American composer. Her music uses sound masses and often creates vertical structures through simultaneous rhythmic or melodic units (motifs or figures). She was the first American woman composer to win the Prix de Rome. AMQS from her "APPELLO" written on 6x4" card. VG.........30-40
222. [GOLF] Ben Crenshaw (b. 1952) American professional golfer. In 1973, Crenshaw became the second player in Tour history to win the first event of his career. SIGNED & INSCRIBED 8x10 color photo. Fine..........20-30
223. [MUSIC] Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (b.1923) classical conductor best known for his work with the Minnesota Orchestra. AMQS from his composition "Symphony for Strings." 7-3/4 x 7". Very nice.......75-100
See above224. James Doohan
(1920-2005) Canadian character and voice actor best known for
his role as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in the television and film
series Star Trek. Signed 8x10 color photo as "Scotty" from Star
Trek. VG...............40-60
225. [MUSIC] David Lee Shire (b. 1937) American songwriter and the composer of stage musicals, film and television scores. The soundtrack to the movie The Taking of Pelham 123 and parts of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack such as Night on Disco Mountain, an adaptation of Modest Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain, are some of his best known works. His other work includes the score of the 1985 film, Return to Oz, the "sequel-in-part" of The Wizard of Oz (1939 film). AMQS, inscribed from his celebrated song "It Goes Like It Goes." Approx. 10-1/2 x 4-3/4". Two mail fold lines o/w VG..........75-100
226. [MUSIC] Gloria Coates (b. 1938) American composer who has moved to, and has subsequently been living in Munich, Germany since 1969. She studied with Alexander Tcherepnin, Otto Luening, and Jack Beeson. In 1964 she wrote Interlude for Organ. AMQS, inscribed, dated 2000, on 6x4 white card. Fine.........40-60
227. [FILM] Elizabeth
McGovern (b. 1961) American actress.
Signed, inscribed 8x10 movie still from "Ragtime", with ANS on
verso describing the scene. One ling soft crease which shows
when held at an angle o/w VG. Unusual...........35-45
See above
See verso
228. [US NAVAL] Ellsworth Davis [1892-1946] American naval officer. He served on the U.S.S. Florida as a signal officer, official uniform inspector and flag lieutenant. During the U.S. occupation of Vera Cruz, Mexico on April 1914, Davis led a company onshore and overtook the town's postal service building. In addition to his service on the U.S.S. Florida, Davis served in the Mediterranean and off of the U.S. Atlantic Coast on the Brooklyn and the Fairfax. He was commanding officer of the USS Fairfax from 1934 to 1936. The Fairfax was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during the World War I, later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Richmond (G88), as a Town class destroyer. The Fairfax took part in the Presidential Review taken by Franklin D. Roosevelt in San Diego in March 1933, and then sailed for the East coast, where she continued her reserve training duty. She also patrolled in Cuban waters, and in the summers of 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, and 1940 sailed out of Annapolis training midshipmen of the Naval Academy. Between October 1935 and March 1937, she served with the Special Service Squadron out of Coco Solo and Balboa, Canal Zone, operating primarily on the Atlantic side of the Canal Zone. Offered here is a signed 1934 bank check, The Annapolis Banking & Trust Co. He signs "E. Davis USN." VG........30-40
231. [PHOTOGRAPHY] Frederic
Eugene Ives (1856–1937) was a U.S.
inventor, born at Litchfield, Connecticut. In 1874–78 he had
charge of the photographic laboratory at Cornell University. He
moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where in 1885 he was one of
the founding members of the Photographic Society of
Philadelphia. He was awarded The Franklin Institute's
Elliott Cresson Medal in 1893, the Edward Longstreth Medal in
1903, and the John Scott Medal in 1887, 1890, 1904 and
1906. His son Herbert E. Ives was a pioneer of television and
telephotography, including color facsimile. Ives was a pioneer
in the field of color photography. He first demonstrated a
system of natural color photography at the 1885 Novelties
Exposition of the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.[3] His
fully developed Kromskop (long-vowel marks over both "o"s and
pronounced "chrome-scope") color photography system was
commercially available in England by late 1897 and in the US
about a year later. In 1903 Ives patented the parallax
stereogram, the first "no glasses" autostereoscopic 3-D display
technology. As early as 1900, Ives was tinkering with
stereoscopic motion pictures. By 1922, he and fellow inventor
Jacob Leventhal were producing a popular series of anaglyph 3-D
novelty shorts called Plastigrams. Ives is sometimes
referred to as "the" inventor of "the" halftone process, but
this is incorrect and Ives never made such a claim for
himself. Offered here is an undated biography sheet on
which he pens biographical information, signed. 8.5 x 11".
VG............100-150
233. Bill
Proxmire (1915-2005) US senator
from Wis. Signed on lined side........15-20
235. [ART] ALBERT STERNER (1863-1946) Original lithograph, unsigned, approx. 15.5 x 10 in. image. Slight signs of handling near bottom but in very good condition. STERNER'S influence is seen in the works of both Rockwell Kent and George Bellows; he introduced each of them to the technique of lithography and put them in touch with the master printer/artist Bolton Brown. In 1915, Sterner rallied a group of printmakers together to raise the general quality of American prints. The founders of the Painter-Gravers of America included, along with Sterner, Childe Hassam, Bellows, & George Elmer Brown. He became a member of the National Academy, won a bronze medal at the Paris Exposition of 1900; gold medal at Munich in 1905, a bronze at Buffalo Exposition in 1901, and Carnegie Prize in 1941. He was President of Soc. of Illustrators, 1907-09. His work [esp. his mono-prints] has always been somewhat scarce. Purchased from the Sterner Estate sale held many years ago and guarantee the authenticity of this lithograph. Portrait of unidentified man..............200-300
236. [ART] Richard Black is a highly regarded printmaker who has made a significant contribution over the years to the arts in Iowa. For thirty years he was a professor of art at Drake University where he founded the Drake University Biennial Print Symposium. The symposium brought nationally known artists to the state to demonstrate and lecture on the art of printmaking. Black himself has been the subject of a one-person exhibition at the Des Moines Art Center and has been honored with the DRAKE AWARD for excellence in teaching and artistic achievement. Black's works are included in many museum collections and have been shown in invitational and competitive exhibitions all over the country. Using the intaglio process, Black creates prints that have a collage-like feeling. Tightly rendered textures and color patches are layered and structured to create overall pattern. The work appears to be abstract, but when closely examined recognizable forms sometimes emerge. These images are enigmatic and are woven into the intricacy of the print, there for the viewer to decipher. Black's works are often inspired by tales and interpretations from The Old Testament. Original aquatint-etching, signed in pencil, titled "Blossoms Mid-Air: R", numbered XVIII/XXV, approx. 13-1/8 x 10-1/2" plus clean margins. A superb print...........200-300
237. [GERMANY] RICHARD VON WEIZSACKER - a former mayor of West Berlin, he was President of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1984 to 1994. TLS, Bonn, 1987, 1p, 4to. Letter of congratulations for platinum wedding anniversary.....50-75
238. [ENGLAND] JOHN MORLEY, Viscount Morley of Blackburn (1838-1923), British statesman and author. Morley began his career as a journalist in London in 1860, and in 1867 he was appointed editor of the Fortnightly Review. An ardent radical and idealist, he was receptive to the ideas of liberalism, and during the 15 years he was its editor, the review was an organ of liberal opinion. Morley was elected to Parliament in 1883, and in 1886 the Liberal party leader and prime minister William Ewart Gladstone appointed him chief secretary of Ireland. He held this position again from 1892 to 1895, when the Liberal government was defeated. ALS, 1889, 1p. Declines invitation...............50-75
239. Vincent Godfrey Burns (1893-1979) Poet Laureate of Maryland, from 1962 until 1979. Photo mounted, signed & inscribed to Cornelius Greenway on the mount. Overall 7x9". The Rev. Greenway was a famous collector of autographs........25-35
240. [MUSIC] Artur Rodzinski (1892-1958) Polish conductor of opera and symphonic music. He is especially noted for his tenures as music director of the Cleveland Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic in the 1930s and 1940s. Signed & inscribed portrait removed from publication. Signed 1942. Approx. 6 x 5"............25-35
241. James
Parton (1822-1891) Am. biographer.
Sig. card, 1885.......20-30
242. [FILM] Liv Ullmann [b. 1938] 2-time Academy Award winning actress; the favorite of Ingmar Bergman. ALS, 1994, 1p. "Dear Bill and Carolyn Smith: I have been out of the country for most of the last two years, writing and directing my film Sotie; now my second full length film....." .............50-75
243. [MUSIC] Rosa Olitzka (1873-1949) Polish/German Soprano. Clip signature......20-30
244. GALLUP,
GEORGE, Jr., chairman and son of the
founder of "The Gallup Poll". LS, dated Dec. 23, 1975,
enclosing "a copy of my recent talk and a copy our 1975 religion
index. I hope these are helpful to you." Comes with 8 x 11
magazine photo...........25-35
248. [ART] Johann Simon Negges (Germany, Augsbourg, 1726 - 1792) original mezzotint, portrait of Philipp Melanchthon (1497-1560) the German reformer, collaborator with Martin Luther, the first systematic theologian of the Protestant Reformation, intellectual leader of the Lutheran Reformation, and an influential designer of educational systems. He stands next to Luther and Calvin as a reformer, theologian, and molder of Protestantism. As much as Luther, he is the primary founder of Lutheranism. Image approx. 11-1/2 x 8-3/4 plus margins. VG...........150-250
250. Leonard Alfred Strong (1896-1958) English writer, known as a novelist, journalist, poet and director of the publishers Methuen Ltd. He was a versatile writer of more than 20 novels, as well as plays, children's books, poems, biography, criticism, and film scripts. Some of his poems were set to music by Arthur Bliss. His novel The Brothers was filmed in 1947 by the Scottish director David MacDonald. Selected Poems appeared in 1931, and The Body's Imperfections: Collected Poems in 1957. He also collaborated with Cecil Day-Lewis in compiling anthologies. ALS, 1949, written on both sides of 5x8" sheet. Signed L.A. Strong. VG.........50-75
251. [FILM] KATHY BATES (b. 1948) American actress. TLS, 1991, on Misery stationery that is shaped like a pig. Boldly signed, she is glad recipient liked "Misery". "Annie Wilkes was a pleasure to play and I am grateful that I got the opportunity to bring her to the screen. It was a great thrill to win the Oscar for my performance..." VG.......40-60
252. Susan Ertz (1894 - 1985) British fiction writer and novelist. ALS on notecard, no date, 5-1/4 x 3-1/4. VG.........40-60
253. [THEATRE] Early Stage Actors - signatures of: James Powers, Sydney Parradough, Eric Hope, Richard Golden, Max Freeman, Stephen Grattan, Harold Blake......50-75
254. [THEATRE] Edward Terry (1844-1912) English actor, who became one of the most influential actors and comedians of the Victorian era. ALS, 1878, 2pp, declining a group to have a copy of a certain letter. This is a retained copy of Terry's letter written in his hand.........40-60
255. [THEATRE] Sir Chas. Wyndham (1837-1919) English actor. Early in 1862 he made
his first professional appearance in London, performing with
Ellen Terry. Further stage work was not forthcoming, and he
returned to medicine. There was a shortage of surgeons in the
United States, which was in the throes of the Civil War, and he
volunteered to became brigade surgeon in the Union army. He
served at the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and
Gettysburg . On 17 November 1864 he resigned his contract with
the Army to return to the stage. In later years he was to appear
in America: between 1870-1872 in his own Wyndham Comedy Company;
and in later tours between 1882 and 1909. On one occasion he
appeared in New York with John Wilkes Booth. TLS, 1891, 1p, to
J.H. McVicker............50-75
256. [AVIATION] Charles Houlne (1890-1970)
First World War 1 airman. He was a member of Capitaine
Ferber dirigible crew. Signed
photograph, 9 X 11". HE HAS WRITTEN DESCRIPTION IN
FRENCH ABOVE SIGNATURE, mentioning Captain Ferber. Short
corner tear in margin area..........50-75
257. Julius A. Stratton (1901 - 1994) was a U.S. educator. He served as the president of MIT between 1959 and 1966. He also served as the chairman of the Ford Foundation between 1964 and 1971. Signed 5x7 photo........25-35
258. HENRY DENKER - American Playwright/Novelist/Screenwriter. His plays are: A Case Of Libel, A Far Country, Horowitz and Mrs. Washington, The Second Time Around, Time Limit, Venus At Large, What Did We Do Wrong, many books and screenplays. SIGNED 8x10 photograph. Nice photo but signed in dark area.....................20-30
259. William Hepworth Thompson (1810-1886) English
classical scholar and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. ALS,
1873, 4pp.........50-75
260. (British
Literature Lot) Leonard
Alfred George Strong (1896 –1958) highly
popular novelist, critic, historian and poet, ANS, 1944.
Ishbel Ross
(1895-1975) Journalist. Her book “Ladies of the Press” in
1936, did great service to historians. She became a
leading writer for the NY Hearld Tribune. She also wrote several
books of fiction. TLS, 1949. Lady
Margaret Sackville (1881 –
1963) English poet and children’s author .When the Poetry
Society was formed in 1912, Lady Margaret was made its first
president. She had also been the first president of its
predecessor, the Poetry Recital Society, formed in 1909.
She had a passionate 15-year love affair with Ramsay
MacDonald. Lady Margaret never married. ALS,
2pp 1944. Henry Major Tomlinson (1873-1958)
British writer and journalist. He was known for anti-war and
travel writing, novels and short stories, especially of life at
sea. SIGNED presentation title page from his book “Gallions
Reach” (1927). Edwin Herbert
Samuel, 2nd Viscount Samuel CMG (1898
–1978) writer and Lecturer . He served in the Jewish Legion. He
also served as the last Mandate-era Director of the Palestine
Broadcasting Service. ALS (1973). Lord Francis
Scott (1879-1952) Writer, diarist – He was
the son of the 7th Duke of Buccleuch. He was one of the first
British elite to travel and live in Kenya. He was the uncle to
HRH Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (18901-1904) ANS 1936. Edward Abbott Parry
(1863-1943) judge and dramatist.. He wrote several plays and
books for children, ALS, 1903,
4pp..............100-150
268. [OPERA] Sherrill Milnes [b. 1935] Am. baritone. ISP, 8x10.......20-30
269. [THEATRE] Eileen Heckart (1919-2001) American actress of stage, screen, and television. SHE WON 1972 ACADEMY AWARD FOR "Butterflies Are Free." Signed [on cover] platbill program for the play "Eleanor Roosevelt" at the Studebaker Theatre, 1976...........25-35
270. Benjamin Perley Poore (1820-1887) was a prominent American newspaper correspondent, editor, and author in the mid-19th century. One of the most popular and prolific journalists of his era, he was an active partisan for the Whig and Republican parties. ALS, Boston, 1840, 1p, ragged right edge. Military content concerns 1st Regt. Infantry, 1st Brigade...........60-80
271. Larry McMurtry (b.1936) American novelist, essayist, bookseller, and Academy Award winning screenwriter whose work is predominantly set in either the old West or in contemporary Texas. He is known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning 1985 novel Lonesome Dove. Brief ALS, 2000, on 6-1/4 x 5-1/2 in. card. Signed with intials.............40-60
See portrait of Rajon [borrowed from the internet]
275. [MUSIC] Stephen Heller (1813-1888) Hungarian composer and pianist whose career spanned the period from Schumann to Bizet, and was an influence for later Romantic composers. At the age of 25, he travelled to Paris, where he became closely acquainted with Hector Berlioz, Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt and other renowned composers of his era. Here Heller eventually achieved distinction both as a concert performer and as a teacher. Offered here on separate slips is a CLIP SIGNATURE of Stephen Heller, also the signature of his wife Louisa Gray, a lyracist who worked with Arthur S. Sullivan of Gilbert and Sullivan. These are mounted to 4-3/4 x 1-1/2" slip. Also includes brief musical notes in the hand of Heller [unsigned]. Accompanied by the photo showing below........75-100
276. [MUSIC] Mel Torme [1925-1999] nicknamed The Velvet Fog, he was one of the great jazz singers. He composed the music for "The Christmas Song. Signed & inscribed King Center for the Performing Arts Program [1991-92]. Also signed by Maureen McGovern. Both on the cover. Fine.............35-45
277. [MUSIC] Jan Peerce [1904-1984] Opera star. ISP, 8x10, 1982.........25-35
278. [MUSIC] Xavier Cugat (1900-1990) Cuban-American bandleader. Signed 8x10 photo dated 1963. Fairly minor faults............50-75
279. [MUSIC] Leslie Bassett (b. 1923) American composer of classical music. He received the 1966 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his Variations for Orchestra. AMQS from his " Variations for Orchestra." On 8.5 x 5.5" sheet. Written in pencil. VG.........50-75
281. [MUSIC] Mark Isham [b. 1951] American trumpeter, synthesist, and film composer. He works in a variety of genres, including jazz, electronic, and film. AMQS from his composition "TIBET, PT II" 1989. 8-1/2 x 3-3/4. Needs a little ironing............30-40
282. [MUSIC] Andy Williams (1927-2012) American popular music singer. Signed 8x10 photo. VG.........50-75
See above283.
(ART) PAUL A.
RAJON (1843-1888) French painter and printmaker, who
started his career as a photographer while studying at the École
des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Isidore-Alexandre-Augustin Pils.
Rajon was a friend of Émile Boilvin, Philippe Burty, Félix
Bracquemond and Louis-Charles-Auguste Steinheil. He was awarded
medals at the Salons of 1869, 1870, 1873 and at the Exposition
Universelle of 1878. He etched both contemporary works and Old
Masters as well as portraits, including ones of Ivan Turgenev,
Théophile Gautier, J.S. Mill, Charles Darwin and Alfred, Lord
Tennyson. Rajon was critically praised in France, England and
the United States, through the acquaintance with the American
print dealer Frederick Keppel. Original etching [1884], PORTRAIT
OF PAUL JACQUES AIME BAUDRY, 11-1/4 x 8-1/2, plus margins.
Fine..........75-100
See etching above
285. [FILM]
Sally Field (b. 1946) American Academy Award
winning actress. Signed, inscribed 5x7 photo. VG...........25-35
286. Alan Bates (1934-2003) English actor who came to prominence in the 1960s. Signature. Very nice example.......20-30
287. Adrien Brody - AMERICAN ACTOR. He received widespread recognition and acclaim after starring in Roman Polanski's The Pianist (2002), for which he became the youngest actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor at age 29. Signature........20-30
See above288. [ART] Etienne-Gabriel Bocourt (1821-1882) French etcher. Original etching, portrait of the artist Gustave Courbet, image approx. 9-1/4 x 6-1/4" plus margins. The soft crease in scan below is not that visible in real life. VG............100-150
290. Hjalmar H. Boyesen [1848-1895] Norwegian-American author and college professor. ALS, 1891, 1p, regarding lectures scheduled & unable to attend invitation. On Columbia College letterhead. VG.......50-75
291. Benjamin Altman (1840–1913) American businessman who in 1865 founded B. Altman & Co., opening a store on Third Avenue and 10th Street in NYC. In 1906, he moved the business to Fifth Avenue and 34th Street. Benjamin Altman died without heirs. Shortly before the death, he founded the Altman Foundation. Until 1985, it owned B. Altman & Co., which latter closed the last store in 1990. Altman was an avid collector of Rembrandt paintings and china, much of which he acquired through art dealer Joseph Duveen. Upon his death, he donated the collection to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Signed Chemical National Bank check, 1906. VG................75-100
292. [ART] John Sell Cotman (1782 - 1842) This original etching entitled, Norwich Abbey, was executed in 1810, printed on stiff wove paper, dates to 1838 from the second and final edition printed in London by Henry Bohn. The only difference between the two editions is that Bohn added Roman numeration to the plates in the upper centre margin. Image approx. 8-1/2 x 5-1/2" plus wide margins. VG.........125-175
296.
[GOODYEAR COMPANY] Charles
Goodyear (1800-1860) American inventor who
developed a process to vulcanize rubber in 1839 — a method that
he perfected while living and working in Springfield,
Massachusetts in 1844, and for which he received patent number
3633 from the United States Patent Office on June 15, 1844.
Offered here is a "copy" of 1849 letter from Charles Goodyear
requesting a patent for Goodyear Transparent Cement. Two
pages, contained in an elaborate mat with wooden inserts.
Provenance: Goodyear Family. Overall size approx. 25-1/2 x
19". Obviously a latter copy of the letter, probably circa
1900, possibly earlier. VG.........150-250
302. [ART] John Sell Cotman (1782 - 1842) This original etching entitled, Kirkstall-Abbey-York, was executed in 1811, printed on stiff wove paper, dates to 1838 from the second and final edition printed in London by Henry Bohn. The only difference between the two editions is that Bohn added Roman numeration to the plates in the upper centre margin. Image approx. 12 x 8-1/2" plus wide margins. VG.........125-175
See Cotman etching303. [MUSIC] Marie Osmond (b. 1959) American actress, singer, and a member of the show business family The Osmonds. SIGNED, INSCRIBED 8X10 PHOTO. VG.
305. [MUSIC] Mel Torme (1925-1999) nicknamed The Velvet Fog, was an American musician, known as one of the great jazz singers. He co-wrote the classic holiday song "The Christmas Song" (also known as "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire") with Bob Wells. Signed 1989 bank check made out to Ali Torme $1,759.50. VG.........50-75
306. [MUSIC] Karlheinz
Stockhausen (1928- 2007) German
composer, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most
important but also controversial composers of the 20th and early
21st centuries. SIGNED 4X6 CARD, DATED 1982..........30-40
307. [MUSIC] Emma Mampe-Babnigg [1823-1904] German Soprano, composer. She was popular in Europe; taught later in Vienna. ALS, nd, 1p. Not translated............40-60
308.
[OPERA] Lauritz Melchior (1890-1973) Danish and later American opera
singer. He was the pre-eminent Wagnerian tenor of the late
1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, and is considered the quintessence of
his voice type. Signed 3-1/2 x 5-1/2 paperstock portrait.
VG..........60-80
309. [MUSIC]
David Rubinoff (1897-1986) Russian-born violinist who was heard
during the 1930s and 1940s on various radio programs playing his
Stradivarius violin. He also performed in theaters, clubs and
schools, and he gave several concerts at the White House during
the 1940s. TLS, 1933, 1p. Probably an ink signed form letter
sending his autograph. Minor faults........35-45
310. [MUSIC- FILM] CHARLIE BARNET [1913-1991] Jazz saxophonist & bandleader. Signed contract, 1947, to appear in movie "That's Life", $2000. Signed at conclusion, with rider also initialed.............60-80
312. [Music] Jeanne Granier - Fr. opera singer. Painted by Toulouse-Lautrec. Signature.
313. [OPERA] Marie Stone [1847-?] American opera star who appeared in the 1880s with the Bostonians. Signed card, with sentiment.
314. [MUSIC] Paul Williams (b.1940)) American musician, composer, songwriter and actor. Signed bank check, 1977. VG............35-45
315. [POP MUSIC] Captain & Tennille are U.S. pop music recording artists who achieved
recording chart success from 1975-80 with a repertoire of
romance and novelty hit songs. The duo consists of "Captain"
Daryl Dragon (born August 27, 1942), and Toni Tennille (born May
8, 1940). They are probably best known for their single, "Love
Will Keep Us Together." SIGNED, INSCRIBED 8x10 photo. Signed by
both. VG...........25-35
316. Lanny Ross [1906-1988] Am. singer. SP, 5x7. Nice.........25-35
317. [OPERA] JARMILLA NOVOTNA (1907-1994) Czech Opera. SIGNED/inscribed 3x5 photo with sentiment dtd 4/15/81...........35-45
318. William Backhouse Astor (1792-1875) often called "the Landlord of New York", he was the grandson of John Jacob Astor. He is best known as the "augmentor of the Astor millions". He became a man of great wealth. Clip Signature mounted to sheet. Some foxing of discoloring from mounting. Approx. 3.5 x 1 in.............80-120
See above319. [MUSIC] Sigmund Romberg (1887 - 1951) Hungarian-born American composer, best-known for his operettas. He wrote his best-known operettas, The Student Prince (1924), The Desert Song (1926) and The New Moon (1928), which are in a style similar to the Viennese operettas of Franz Lehár. He also wrote Rosalie (1928) together with George Gershwin. SIGNATURE on ASCAP card, with cover letter from secretary, Aug. 20, 1945. VG.........75-100
320. [MUSIC] Bobby Short (1924-2005) American cabaret singer and pianist. Signed & inscribed 8x10 photo. Very nice. VG...........40-60
321.
[MUSIC] Nancy
Wilson (b. 1937) American singer with
more than 70 albums, and three Grammy Awards. She sings blues,
jazz, cabaret and pop; a "consummate actress"; and "the complete
entertainer." Signed 8x10 color photo. Very attractive.
VG............25-35
322. John Bigelow
(1817-1911) American lawyer and statesman. From 1849 to 1861, he
was one of the editors and co-owners of the New York Evening
Post. Bigelow began his political career as a reform
Democrat, working with William Cullen Bryant in New York. In
1848, his antislavery convictions led him to leave the party,
and he joined the Free Soil Party, supporting the candidacy of
John C. Fremont for President in that year. In 1856, he led
other former Democrats into the new Republican party. After the
party's nominee, Abraham Lincoln, was elected President in 1860,
Lincoln appointed him American Consul in Paris in 1861,
progressing to Chargé d'Affaires, Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Napoleon III. In this
capacity, working together with Charles Francis Adams, the
American Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Bigelow helped to
block the attempts to have France and the United Kingdom
intervene in the American Civil War in favor of the Confederacy,
and thereby played a material role in the Union victory. On
August 8, 2001, New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani signed a
bill adding the name "John Bigelow Plaza" to the intersection of
41st Street and Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, directly in front of
the famous main branch of the New York Public Library. ALS
(1884), 4 pages, approx. 5-1/4 x 8-1/4 in. Left edge of
front page has dark toning........80-120
323. [MUSIC] Vic Damone (b. 1928) American singer and entertainer.
SIGNED, INSCRIBED 8X10 PHOTO. VG...........25-35
324. Edgar
A. Guest (1881-1959) was a prolific
English-born American poet who was popular in the first half of
the 20th century and became known as the People's Poet.
TLS, 1958, 1p, sending appreciation for a Christmas greeting he
had received. Fine............50-75
325. [OPERA] Jarmila Novotna (1907-1994) celebrated Czech soprano, from 1940 to 1956, a star of the Metropolitan Opera. She appeared in several films, including Max Ophüls's 1932 version of The Bartered Bride. In 1948, she won acclaim for playing the non-singing role of a young mother looking for her son after being a prisoner at Auschwitz, in The Search, starring Montgomery Clift. SIGNED, inscribed 4x6 photo, she dates 1993. Superb shot of her holding a rose to her chin as a young woman. VG............50-75
326. [OPERA] Jarmila Novotna (1907-1994) Czech Opera . ALS, 1981...........35-45
327. [OPERA] Frederica von Stade (b.1945), American mezzo-soprano. She made her debut with the Metropolitan Opera in 1970 and in 1971 appeared as Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro at the Santa Fe Opera. "It was two of the newcomers who left the audience dazzled: Frederica von Stade as Cherubino and Kiri Te Kanawa as the Countess. Everyone knew at once that these were brilliant finds. History has confirmed that first impression. SIGNED & INSCRIBED 10 x 8 photo. VG............25-35
328. [OPERA] DAME JOSEJPHINE
BARSTOW (1940- ) British
Soprano. A most powerful and intense singing actress. She
created the role of Denise in The Knot Garden, Gayle in The Ice
Break and many other roles. She is a great interpreter of
contemporary roles, appeared in films. SIGNED 3x5
photograph..............25-35
329. Jan Peerce [1904-1984] Opera star. ISP, 8x10, 1982........25-35
330. [OPERA] Dame EDITH COATES (1908-1983) British Mezzo Soprano - A most successful career at the Old Vic, Sadler Wells, covent Garden. She was fortunate to have a long caeer. She was an impressive singing-actress. She created the role Auntie in Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes, Bardeau, in Sir Arthur Bliss' The Olympians, and other great roles in Gloriana and The Parlour. TLS dtd 1/12/81 ...................35-45
337. [MUSIC] Noel Paul Stookey (b. 1937) singer-songwriter best known as "Paul" in the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary . He took the stage name "Paul" as part of the trio Peter, Paul, and Mary, but he has been known as Noel (his first name) otherwise, throughout his life. SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.............40-60
338. [MUSIC] Peter Yarrow (b.1938) American singer who found fame with the 1960s folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary. Yarrow co-wrote (with Leonard Lipton) one of the group's most famous songs, "Puff, the Magic Dragon". He is also a political activist and lends his support to causes that range from opposition to the Vietnam war to the creation of Operation Respect. Signed, inscribed 4x5 photo. VG...........25-35
339. [MYSTERY LOT] includes: Warner Bros. pay check, 1984, signed on verso by Lawrence Roman (1921-2008) known for writing the hit Broadway play "Under the Yum-Yum Tree" and for adapting the farce into the 1963 movie version. Also includes CLIP SIGNATURE of Henry Martyn Scudder (1822-1895) missionary under American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions and Board of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Church in America to Japan and South India—to American Madura Mission and American Madras Mission. He established American Arcot Mission, North Arcot of South India—then under Madras Presidency. Also includes Edward Fuller Witsell (1891- 1969) was an officer in the United States Army who served as Adjutant General from 1946 to 1951. General Witsell was a 1911 graduate of The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina and a World War I veteran. TLS, 1946, to congressman [Mas] Philip J. Philbin re: request for relief of active duty for Chaplain (1stn Lieut.) Donald B. Weymouth. Also 1881 Gov. doc from Sec. of War Alex. ramsey about Des Moines Rapids Canal; 1828 Norwich, Ct. document; 1839 document signed by I.P. hazard, Providence, RI; 4 checks signed by Brenda Kuhn; some items from the papers of congressman Philip J. Philbin; a calling card signed Mrs. Wainwright; card signed by Richardson K. Dilworth (1898-1974) American Democratic Party politician, born in the Pittsburgh area, who served as the 118th Mayor of Philadelphia from 1956 to 1962. Also card signed George W. Williams (naval officer); 1811 document from Kittery, Maine area [Spinney]; various bank checks, some small old prints, unidentified autograph signatures; documents, ephemera, etc. Approx. 82 pieces. Good lot for eBay sellers or those who like researching items............80-120
341. [MUSIC- THEATRE] Gertrude "Gertie" Millar (later Countess of Dudley) (1879-1952) English actress and singer of the early 20th century, known for her performances in Edwardian musical comedies. Beginning her career at age 13, Millar was a prominent star of musical comedies for two decades. She married composer Lionel Monckton, who composed many of her shows and songs that she made famous. After Monckton died in 1924, Millar married the 2nd Earl of Dudley. As a child, Millar performed in London pantomimes, beginning with Babes in the Wood at the St. James Theatre in Manchester, at the age of 13. She started out as a singer and dancer in the music halls of Yorkshire. Later, she moved to London where she was soon earning good notices and better pay appearing in variety show bills. By 1897, she was playing the role of Phyllis Crosby in A Game of Cards at Shodfriars Hall, Boston, England. Next she toured in The New Barmaid in the role of Dora; in The Silver Lining; and as Sadie Pinkhose, the "other woman", in The Lady Detective. In 1899, she played Dandini in Cinderella at the Grand Theatre, Fulham. In the new century, she starred in a series of hit musical comedies produced by George Edwardes. In 1900, she played Isabel Blythe in the touring production of The Messenger Boy. Edwardes's next show was The Toreador in 1901 at the Gaiety Theatre in London. Lionel Monckton, one of the show's composers, had seen Millar in The Messenger Boy and requested that she be given the role of the bridesmaid Cora in the new musical, singing "Keep Off the Grass". She made the song popular and earned a second song, "Captivating Cora", and a third, "I'm not a simple little girl". These hits, and her featured role in A Country Girl (1902), established Millar in London. The Gaiety Theatre closed for renovations in 1902, and the last show at the old theatre was The Linkman; or, Gaiety Memories. Millar starred as Morgiana. She married Monckton in 1902, and he continued to write hit songs for her in subsequent shows. Millar became one of the most photographed women of the Edwardian period. She had top billing as the Hon. Violet Anstruther in The Orchid, the show that opened the new Gaiety (1903; introducing the songs "Little Mary", "Liza Ann", and "Come with me to the zoo"). She starred as Rosalie in The Spring Chicken (1905; singing "Alice sit by the fire" and "The Delights of London") and as Lally in The New Aladdin (1906). She next starred as Mitzi in The Girls of Gottenberg (1907; singing the duet "Two Little Sausages", with Edmund Payne, and the Wagnerian parody "Rhinegold"). Soon afterwards, Edwardes cast her as Franzi at the Hicks Theatre in the English-language production of Ein Walzertraum (A Waltz Dream, 1908) by Oscar Straus. Although Millar was able to sell the light musical comedy songs composed for her at the Gaiety, Oscar Straus's music was too demanding for her small voice, and she was sent to New York to star in the Broadway production of The Girls of Gottenberg. After she returned to London, some of Millar's biggest successes were still in front of her. They included the title role of the hit Gaiety musical, Our Miss Gibbs (1909), with Millar introducing the songs "Moonstruck", "Yorkshire", and "Our farm", all written for her by Monckton. Monckton and Millar then moved to Edwardes' newest theatre, the Adelphi, where she played the title role, Prudence Pym, in another international hit, The Quaker Girl (1910). In this, she popularised the songs "The Quaker Girl", "The Little Grey Bonnet", and "Tony from America". After this, she returned to continental operetta, playing Lady Babby in Edwardes's English language version of Franz Lehár's Zigeunerliebe (Gipsy Love, 1912) at Daly's Theatre . In this role, the musical demands were light and the show was a moderate success. She returned to the Adelphi to play Nancy Joyce in The Dancing Mistress (1912), and back at Daly's she played Kitty Kent in The Marriage Market (1913). This was followed by the role of Nan in a major revival of A Country Girl (1914). She also played Sallie Denbigh in The House of Bondage, a 1914 film. SIGNED postcard size photograph from the play "The Girls of Gottenberg", dated 1908. Approx. 3-1/8 x 5-1/4". VG.........50-75
342. Luigi, Count Cibrario (1802-1870) Italian statesman and historian. He won a scholarship at the age of sixteen, and was teaching literature at eighteen. His verses to King Charles Albert, then prince of Savoy-Carignano, on the birth of his son Victor Emmanuel, attracted the prince's attention and proved the beginning of a long intimacy. As a writer and historian, his most important work during his lifetime was his Economia politica del medio evo (Turin, 1839), which enjoyed great popularity at the time, but is now of little value. His Della schiavitù e del servaggio (Milan, 1868 -1869) gave an account of the development and abolition of slavery and serfdom. Among his historical writings the following deserve mention: ALS, 1865, 1p. NOT TRANSLATED. 5 x 5.5"....................75-100
345. Isaac Seligman [1834-1928] German-American merchant banker and philanthropist. He was the youngest of eight brothers, all of whom emigrated to America and became involved in running various branch offices of the merchant banking house J. & W. Seligman & Co., co-founded in Manhattan, New York City in 1846 by Isaac's elder brothers, James and Joseph Seligman. TLS, 1904, 1p, to Lt. Gov. of NY, William F. Sheehan [1859-1917] who was an influential lawyer and politician. VG..........60-80
See Seligman348.
[MUSIC] Irving Caesar
(1895-1996) American lyricist and theater composer who wrote
lyrics for numerous song standards including "Swanee,"
"Sometimes I'm Happy," "Crazy Rhythm," and "Tea for Two," one of
the most frequently recorded tunes ever written. He was born and
died in New York. In 1972 he was inducted into the Songwriters
Hall of Fame. ANS on his memo paper, 4 x 5.5 in.
Fine...........75-100
351. [MUSIC] Jan Bach
(b. 1937) American composer. AMQS from his "Laudes" written in
1971. Dated 1983. 6x4 in. Fine........50-75
352. [MUSIC] John Anthony Lennon
(b. 1950) American composer. AMQS dated 1999, from his
"ECHOLALIA." Fine......50-75
353.
[MUSIC] Peter Paul Fuchs
(1916-2007) Austrian born conductor and composer.
Signed 3x4 in. photo. Fine.......40-60
355. [ART] CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886-1978) Maine artist known as "THE DOWN EAST PRINTMAKER. Six charcoal drawings on one sheet, each approx. 2.25 x 3 in. Image areas very good. Smudging in margins. Unsigned...............100-150
356. [FILM] Warren
William (1894-1948) Broadway and
Hollywood actor, popular during the early 1930s, who was later
nicknamed the "King of Pre-Code". Signed card with picture
attacked, approx. 3-1/2 x 2-1/4 in. Ink smudge top right corner.
Not common..............25-35
358. James R. Osgood (1836-1892)
American publisher probably best known for his
partnership with Mark Twain and his involvement with
the publishing company that would become Houghton
Mifflin. Osgood published an edition of Walt
Whitman's Leaves of Grass in 1881 that was attacked
by the Boston district attorney as "obscene
literature". Osgood gave in and refused to
bring out another edition, forcing Whitman to find
another publisher. By this time Osgood had
befriended Samuel L. Clemens, whose pen name was
"Mark Twain." In 1882 the company published Twain's
The Prince and the Pauper and The Stolen White
Elephant. That same year, Osgood accompanied Clemens
on a riverboat trip collecting material for Life on
the Mississippi, which was published by Osgood in
1883. ALS, 1869, 2pp. VG...........75-100
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359. [FRANCE] Gustave
François Xavier Delacroix de Ravignan
(1795-1858) French Jesuit preacher and author.
Educated in Paris, he resigned his army commission
to study law. Auditor of the royal court. Deputy
attorney-general by 1821. Entering a Sulpician
monastery, and later joining the Society of Jesus,
he was ordained in 1828, and after several years as
professor and retreat preacher at Montrouge, he went
to Notre Dame, where his logic, serenity, and zeal
won souls by the hundreds. Superior of his brethren
at Bordeaux from 1837 to 1842, and at Paris from
1848 to 1851. He preached throughout France and in
Rome, Belgium, and London. His calm, eloquent De
l'Existence et de l'Institut des Jesuites of 1844,
vindicating the Society, sold 25,000 copies in one
year. However, the Jesuits' strife continued until
they were forced to disband for a time in
France. Despite painful controversy with his
superiors and imputations from other quarters, he
remained loyal to his order. In 1854 he brought out
Clement XIII et Clement XIV, a dispassionate
treatise, of no great literary merit, on the
defender and the suppressor of the Jesuits. He
steadfastly refused preferment, even the
archbishopric of Paris, devoting himself to other
works. He died a saintly death, and thousands
followed the remains of the "Apostle of Paris" to
his grave. ALS, 1854, 2-1/2 pp, 5-1/4
x 8 in. VG.............100-150
360. [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
361. (CINEMA) FRANCIS LEDERER (1899-2000) film and stage actor with a
successful career, first in Europe, then in the United
States. TLS, nd......25-35
362. (CINEMA) LOIS WILSON (1894-1988) American actress in silent movies. Signed questionaire [2 questions answered]. Lengthy response...............30-40
363. John Patrick
(1905-1995) American playwright and screenwriter.
Pulizer Prize winning dramatist. Signed 1p. typescript
from THE TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST NOON. VG............50-75
See above
364. Theodore
"Ted" Roosevelt III (generally known as
Theodore, Jr.) (1887-1944) American political and business
leader, a veteran of both the 20th century's world wars, who was
awarded the Medal of Honor. He was the eldest son of President
Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Roosevelt. Roosevelt was
instrumental in the forming of the American Legion in 1919. He
later served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Governor of
Puerto Rico (1929–32), Governor-General of the Philippines
(1932–33), Chairman of the Board of American Express Company,
and Vice-President at Doubleday Books, and as a Brigadier
General in the United States Army. Mounted SIGNATURE.........50-75
366. [ART] William
Roxby Beverly (1811-1889) noted
English artist. ALS on his embossed stationery. He agrees to
attending a meeting. Fine.........60-80
367. ARMY
ARCHERD [1922-2009]
columnist for Variety for over fifty years before retiring his
"Just for Variety" column in September 2005. Signed &
inscribed 3x5 card..........15-20
368. [FILM] Irene Rich
(1891-1988) Am. actress who worked in both silent pictures
and talkies. Signed 2-1/4 x 3-1/4 picture......20-30
369. 1876 Centennial Reprint of the classic July 8, 1776 issue of DUNLAP'S PENNSYLVANIA PACKET OR THE GENERAL ADVERTISER containing the Declaration of Independence 16.5" x 11," as expected small tears, partial separation at one fold, all iwell away from the Declaration printing. Published by J.V. Vondersmith and printed in Philadelphia in 1876 by the Saturday Evening Mirror. A fun and historic souvenir piece.............150-200
370. [ART] David Jagger (1891 – 1958) English portrait painter. A prolific painter, he is renowned for his 1929 painting of Robert Baden-Powell. Jagger produced portraits of illustrious people, such Queen Mary, exhibited in the Royal Academy exhibition of 1930, and Winston Churchill. ALS, no yr., 3 pages. VG..........50-75
371. [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
372. [TV] Robert
Urich (1946-2002)
American film, television and stage actor and television
producer. Over the course of his 30-year career, Urich starred
in a record 15 television series. Signed, inscribed 8x10
photo. VG...........40-60
374. [ART] ROY CHARLES FOX (1908-1993) American artist.
Member of Print Council of America; Rochester Print Club;
Cooperstown Art Association; Elmira Art Club. His work is in the
permanent collections of Elmira College, Arnot Art Museum,
Florida Southern, etc. He exhibited at Audubon Artists 1942-44;
Saranac Lake Art League 1943 & 1944; Northwest Print Makers
1944-48; Wawasee Art Gallery 1944 & 45; Laguna Beach AA 1944
& 45; Oakland Art Gallery 1944 & 45; Phila. Print Club
1956; Phila. Etchers 1962; Albany Print Club 1947; Grand Central
Galleries (NY) 1946; Corning Glass Center 1965, etc. Offered here is alarge signed
watercolor, winter scene dated 1977, approx. 15 x 22". Fine condition.............300-500
375. [PORTRAIT] of
James Boaden (1762–1839) English biographer, dramatist,
and journalist, engraved by
William Ridley (1764-1838). Image approx.
4-1.2 x 3-1/4" plus margins. VG............25-35
376. [PORTRAIT]
of The Earl of Moira (1754-1826) engraved by William Ridley (1764-1838) c. 1811. Image approx.
3.5 x 3" plus margins. VG........25-35
377. [PORTRAIT] of Sir Edward
Codrington GCB RN (1770-1851) British admiral, hero of the
Battle of Trafalgar and the Battle of Navarino. Engraved
c. 1830 by John Cochran
(active 1821-1865) was a Scottish portrait miniaturist, a
stipple and line engraver and a painter of watercolours. Cochran
exhibited his portraits at the Royal Academy between 1821 and
1823, and at the Suffolk Street Gallery from 1821 to 1827. Image
approx. 4.5 x 3.5" plus marghins. Chipped outer edges but around
image area VG..........25-35
378. John
Lithgow (b.1945) American character actor. He
appeared in the films The World According to Garp (1982) and
Terms of Endearment (1983), receiving an Academy Award
nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for each. Warner Bros. 1985 check made out to Lithgow,
not signed by him. VG.......20-30
380. Reverdy Johnson (1796-1876) was a statesman and jurist from Maryland. He defended notables such as Sandford of the Dred Scott case, Maj. Gen. Fitz John Porter at his court-martial, and Mary Surratt, alleged conspirator in the assassination of Lincoln. Clipped Signature. Unattractive example as is customary.............20-30
381. Lemuel
Shaw (1781-1861) American jurist who served as Chief
Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1830–1860).
Prior to his appointment he also served for several years in the
Massachusetts House of Representatives and as a state senator.
3-1/4 x 2" card signed "Chief Justice Shaw." VG..........25-35
382. Charles Jared Ingersoll (1782-1862)
American lawyer and Democratic member of the U.S. House of
Representatives from Pennsylvania. Clip Signature.........15-20
383. [ENGLAND] John Mason Good (1764-1827) English writer on medical, religious and classical subjects. In the autumn of 1784, he began to practise as a surgeon at Sudbury in Suffolk. There he was an acquaintance of Nathan Drake, a fellow writer and student of Shakespeare. n 1794 John Good became a member of the British Pharmaceutical Society, and in that connection, and especially by the publication of his work, A History of Medicine (1795), he did much to effect a greatly needed reform in the profession of the apothecary. OFFERED HERE is clip signature. Accompanied by a clip signature of Nathan Drake (1766-1836) English essayist and physician. Drake's works include several volumes of literary essays, and some papers contributed to medical periodicals, but his most important production was Shakespeare and his Times, including the Biography of the Poet, Criticisms on his Genius, and Writings; a new Chronology of his Plays; a Disquisition on the Object of his Sonnets; and a History of the Manners, Customs and Amusements, Superstitions, Poetry and Elegant Literature of his Age (2 vols., 1817). Click below to see portrait of Nathan Drake, which does NOT come with this lot. Two signatures..........40-60
384. [OPERA] John Dudley [1905-1994] Between December 1940, when he made his debut as a student in Louise , and May 1944, he appeared in 235 performances at the Metropolitan Opera House and elsewhere, taking 28 roles in 24 different operas. He may be heard on several recordings of live Met productions. SIGNED, inscribed [someone tried to erase name inscribed to], 8x10 vintage photo. Photograph by James Abresch, NYC...........35-45
385. [IOWA] HAROLD E. HUGHES - Senator from Iowa; born near Ida Grove, Ida County, Iowa, February 10, 1922; attended the public schools and the University of Iowa; Army combat rifleman in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy during the Second World War; engaged in motor transportation business; elected to Iowa State Commerce Commission 1959-1962; Governor of Iowa 1963-1968; executive committee, National Governors Conference 1965-1967; chairman Democratic Governors Conference 1966-1968; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1968 and served from January 3, 1969, to January 3, 1975; was not a candidate for reelection in 1974; briefly sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 1971; served on the Commission on the Operation of the Senate 1975-1976; consultant to the Senate Judiciary Committee 1975-1976; president, The Hughes Foundation; chairman, Harold Hughes Centers for Alcoholism and Drug Treatment; was a resident of Des Moines, Iowa, before moving to his retirement home in Glendale, Ariz., where he died on October 23, 1996; remains were cremated. SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO AS SENATOR. Fine....................25-35
386. [EDGAR A. GUEST] Lot of 3 soft-cover books from his library, each signed & inscribed to Guest. Inludes: "Rainbow Ribbons" poems by Juanita Elliott; "Philosophic Phantasies" by William Wallace Ellis; "Recitations" by Zilla Vollmer Tietgen. 1946-1952. G-VG........50-75
387. RAYMOND ROBINS [1873-1954] Am. Social economist. Colonel Robins had a colorful career. At the age of 17 he worked in coal and lead mines, and went to the Klondike in search of gold. There, as a minister and a social worker, he founded a church and a hospital. He studied law in Washington, D.C. and became a social economist. As his fame and reputation grew, he was much in demand as a speaker in universities and colleges. Colonel Robins served as an economic advisor to five presidents. He was honored with the title of colonel for his work with the American Red Cross in Russia during the First World War. When the Russian Revolution broke out, he was the sole Allied representative in Russia. Through his work with the Red Cross, he became acquainted with Lenin and Trotsky, and debated endlessly with Lenin the virtues of democracy as opposed to communism. In 1918, Mrs. Robins plated an acorn on the Chinsegut grounds as the Colonel met with Lenin in Russia. When Mrs. Robins told the Colonel of the planting, he responded, "If it grows, we will call it the Lenin Oak." The Lenin Oak stands majestically on the grounds today. Chinsegut Hill became the residence of Colonel and Mrs. Robins. In 1932, Colonel and Mrs. Robins gave their property to the Federal Government as a Wildlife Refuge, Forest Preserve and Agricultural Experiment Station. TLS, 1927, 1p, 4to. To Miss Chase, Buffalo, NY. re: a lecture he will give. "My subject will be THE NEXT STEP IN CIVILIZATION -- THE OUTLAWRY OF WAR...." Edges toned with some chipping. The body and signature are very good..........20-30
388. Alice Muriel Williamson (1869 - 1933) British novelist. Born Alice Muriel Livingston, she married Charles Norris Williamson (1859-1920) in 1894 and many of her books were jointly written with her husband. After her marriage she introduced herself as Mrs. C.N. Williamson. A number of their novels cover the early days of motoring and can also be read as travelogues. Under the pseydonym Alice Stuyvesant she wrote "The Hidden House" serialised in The Cavalier 1913-1914. Alice apparently said of her husband "Charlie Williamson could do anything in the world except write stories": she said of herself "I can't do anything else." She continued to write after her husband's death in 1920. ALS, no year, 3 full pages. To Miss Marshall [journalist]. Nice content............50-75
389. [MASS] Henry Joseph Gardner [1819-1892] Governor of Massachusetts from 1855-58. Gardner was the candidate of the Know-Nothing movement, and was elected governor as part of the sweeping victory of Know-Nothing candidates in the Massachusetts elections of 1854. In line with the nativist and anti-Catholic politics of the Know-Nothing movement, Gardner proposed an amendment to the Massachusetts state constitution banning appropriations of tax funds to Catholic schools, which was passed by the state legislature and ratified after it was approved by referendum. During Gardner's term in office, Anthony Burns was arrested in Boston under the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850. Edward G. Loring, a Suffolk County probate judge who also as served U.S. commissioner of the Circuit Court in Massachusetts, ordered that Burns be forced back into slavery in Virginia, outraging abolitionists and the increasingly antislavery public in Massachusetts. Under the pressure of a public petition campaign spearheaded by William Lloyd Garrison , the legislature passed two Bills of Address calling for Judge Loring to be removed from his state office, in 1855 and 1856, but in both cases Gardner declined to remove Loring. (A third Bill of Address to remove Loring from office was later approved by Gardner's Republican successor, Nathaniel Prentice Banks.) SIGNATURE........20-30
391. [PENN] CRAWFORD, Thomas Hartley, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Chambersburg, Pa., November 14, 1786; was graduated from Princeton College in 1804; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1807 and commenced practice in Chambersburg; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses (March 4, 1829-March 3, 1833); member of the State house of representatives in 1833 and 1834; appointed a commissioner to investigate alleged frauds in the sale of the Creek Reservation in 1836; appointed by President Van Buren Commissioner of Indian Affairs and served from October 22, 1838, to October 30, 1845; appointed by President Polk as judge of the criminal court of the District of Columbia in 1845 and served until 1861, when the court was reorganized; died in Washington, D.C., on January 27, 1863; interment in the Congressional Cemetery. CLIP SIGNATURE.......20-30
392. [NY] BEACH, Lewis, a Representative from New York; born in New York City March 30, 1835; was graduated from the Yale Law School in 1856; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in New York; took up residence in Orange County, N.Y., in 1861; member and treasurer of the Democratic State central committee 1877-1879; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-seventh, Forty-eighth, and Forty-ninth Congresses and served from March 4, 1881, until his death at his home, "Knoll View," Cornwall, Orange County, N.Y., August 10, 1886; chairman, Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings (Forty-ninth Congress); interment in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. CLIP SIGNATURE.........15-20
393. [BASEBALL] Masato Yoshii (b. 1965 in Aridagawa, Wakayama, Japan) retired baseball player who is currently a pitching coach for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in the Japanese Pacific League. He pitched in the Major Leagues from 1998-2002. Signed & inscribed 3x5 card........10-15
394. Beatrice (BOYD) TLS, May 31, 1979. To Charles "Buddy" Rogers. Written 2 days after Mary Pickford died. Well composed uplifting words: "rejoice for Mary's having achieved this life, in having run her course and completed all that God willed for her here......" With envelope...........20-30
395. Burton Frye - signed title page from his "The Good Surprise - Poem by Burton Frye."..........20-30
396. Hiram Corson (1828-1911) American professor of literature. ALS, Utica, NY, 1907, 4 pages, 4to. To Miss Whiting. Begins by saying he has sent a photo of him taken by Frederick Robinson "It is regarded as the most artistic photograph taken of me..." Followed by good content. Two file holes o/w VG..............40-60
400. [MAINE] Burton M. Cross
[1902-1998] Maine's 61st and 63rd Governor. ALS. 1972, full
1-page. Fine letter about himself and his opinions about a
negative outlook for Maine and the Federal government.
VG...........40-60
401. [FRANCE] Gabriel Bonnot de Mably
(1709-1785) sometimes known as Abbé de Mably, was a French
philosopher and politician. He was one of the 18th century's
most popular writers but largely passed into obscurity in the
20th century. His works contributed to the later concepts of
both communism and republicanism. Manuscript Document signed on
front & back, 1737. Not translated. 7-1/2 x
4-3/4".............75-100
408. [MUSIC] Georgia
Hanni - Executive Director, Composers
and Lyricists Guild of America. TLS, 1963, 1p., to Milt
Ebbins, asking for copies of contracts for the film Johnny
Cool. Mentions Billy May, Sammy Cahn, & Jimmy Van
Heusen............50-75
409. Frank
M. Cowles - signed document, 1899,
Suffolk Co., Mass., forming a corporation to be known by the name of Cowles Art Institute.
Approx. 8.5 x 14 in., 1-page. Also known as Cowles Art School (aka Cowles
School of Art) was a studio building on 148 Dartmouth Street,
Boston, Massachusetts, that was established in 1883 and
continued operation until 1900. It was one of the
largest art schools in the city, having several hundred
scholars. By the end of the 19th century, Boston had
become an important art center. A number of highly
respected artists were teaching in city. The rich environment
for art had been promoted at least in part by the
Massachusetts Drawing Act of 1870. The act mandated drawing
lessons in public schools. To fill the need for art teachers,
Massachusetts Normal Art (MNA) was established in 1873. Two
blocks behind the Museum of Fine Arts, in the New Studio
Building near the Back Bay Station, was the Cowles Art School
(1883). Cowles Art School offered instruction in figure
drawing and painting from the flat cast and life, artistic
anatomy, perspective and composition, painting still life,
drawing and painting the head from life, drawing still life,
oil and water colors, ad perspective. Notable alumni and
instructors included Childe Hassam, William McGregor Paxton,
Abbott Fuller Graves, George Elmer Browne, Robert Vonnoh
etc. Fine..........250-350
415. [GREAT BRITAIN] Howick -
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, KG PC (1764-1845), known as
Viscount Howick between 1806 and 1807, was Prime Minister of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 22 November
1830 to 16 July 1834. A member of the Whig Party, he backed
significant reform of the British government and was among the
primary architects of the Reform Act 1832. His government also
saw the abolition of slavery in the British Empire. In addition
to his political achievements, he has come to be associated with
Earl Grey tea. Front portion of a postmarked 1830 address panel
signed "Howick". 4-3/4 x 3 in. VG..........50-75
418.
[OLD MASTER] THE POWER OF PRAYER - 18th
century Biblical engraving, leaf from "Sacred History of
the Old and New Testaments" published in
Amsterdam in 1740. The print bears the explanatary text
in five languages. The print image is 4.5 x 6", page 13 x
8-1/4. Print image area is very good.............75-100
![27. [REV. WAR] James Fairlie (1757 or 1759 - 1830) born in New York City of Scottish ancestry. His father was said to have been captain of a ship in the Havana trade. James was a Revolutionary war officer who settled in Albany after the war. Still in his teens, in 1776 Fairlie was commissioned and ensign an then second lieutenant in the First New York Regiment of the Continental Line. By 1778, he had been promoted to major and served as aide-de-camp to General Von Steuben until the end of the war. He was on active duty with the Revolutionary army and was noted as a recruiter. After the war, he sought to acquire and trade in military bounties and bounty rights. Offered here SIGNATURE with sentiment clipped from letter. Fairly prominent damp staining.............35-45](https://merv2.tripod.com/fairlie-167.jpeg){kind=link}
![78. (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](https://merv2.tripod.com/helm-486.jpeg){kind=link}
![See portrait of Rajon [borrowed from the internet]](https://merv2.tripod.com/rajon-88-pic.jpeg){kind=link}
![304. [MUSIC] Jay Livingston (1915-2001) partner with Ray Evans in a composing and songwriter duo best known for songs composed for films. Livingston wrote the music and Evans the lyrics. Livingston and Evans won the Academy Award for Best Original Song three times. AMQS, BAR OF MUSIC FROM "MONA LISA" for which he won the Academy Award in 1950. Signed/inscribed on 3x5 card................40-60](https://merv2.tripod.com/livingston-512.jpeg){kind=link}
