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1. [AMERICANA] V.D.
Bonesteel - St. Louis, Missouri
businessman. 3-page letter, St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 13, 1859, to
William Eno. "I left Po'keepsie on Wednesday of last
week & arrived here on Saturday afternoon last. We
came by a new very pleasant route, returning by way of
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Harpers Ferry, Wheeling, Columbus,
Cincinnati & Vincennes & passing through the states of
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, Indiana &
Illinois to this place, running for many miles along the banks
of the Potomac, crossing the Ohio at Wheeling & running
along the Wabash..." No address leaf.
Fine...........75-100
2. TED
KENNEDY (1932-2009) was the third
longest-serving member of the United States Senate in American
history (from November 7, 1962 until his death almost 47 years
later on August 25, 2009). Voters of Massachusetts elected him
to the Senate nine times—a record matched by only one other
Senator. President Obama has described his breathtaking span
of accomplishment: “For five decades, virtually every major
piece of legislation to advance the civil rights, health, and
economic well being of the American people bore his name and
resulted from his efforts.” He was the conscience of his
party, and also the Senate’s greatest master of forging
compromise with the other party. Known as the “Lion of the
Senate,” Senator Kennedy was widely respected on both sides of
the aisle for his commitment to progress and his ability to
legislate. Offered here is a TLS, signed "Ted", Jan. 5, 1984,
1p, to Robert McNamara served as Secretary of Defense from
1961-1968
under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.
Kennedy thanks McNamara for sending "me a copy of your
University of
California speech. Believe me, I think this is a most fitting
Christmas greeting, and will look forward to reading the text
very carefully for, as you
know, this is a subject of enormous interest to me. Thanks
also for your encouraging remarks, Bob, and warm best wishes
throughout '84. Sincerely, Ted." On October 31, 1983, former
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara spoke to a faculty
group at the University of California at San Diego. He said
that the nuclear missiles scheduled to be deployed in Western
Europe are militarily unnecessary and that many American
military planners share his view. A photocopy of the article
reporting McNamara's University of California speech is
included. 6¼ inches by 8⅝ inches, small tear from staple
at upper left edge mended on verso; browned at lower right
edge but overall a splendid example.......100-150
3. [ART] MORTON
GARCHIK (1929-2009) American
artist. He studied at the School of Visual Arts where he won
the First Prize in drawing. Since then he has received many
more prizes. He designed of the Book cover of “Gimpel The
Fool” by Isaac Bashevis Singer. His graphics have
appeared in the Seattle Art Museum’s International
Exhibitions, the Honolulu Printmakers International, DePaul
Univ. 7th Annual Contemporary American Printmakers Exhibition,
7th0 National at Ohio Univ., etc. He has had numerous
one-man shows in the United States and Canada. In New York his
work was represented by the Associated American Artists
gallery. The Minnesota Museum of Art and The Library of
Congress have acquired examples of his work. Original
pencil signed woodcut printed in dark ochre,
titled EMERGING PHILOSOPHER, numbered 13/200,
image approx. 8.5 x 14 in. plus margins. Fine
condition. Garchik had the following to say about
this woodcut - The joys and terrors of woodcut are the
changing states. Wood is cut away, the image evolves, with the
choice of stopping at a point which may be satisfactory, or
cutting further [with no possibility of return] in search of
a stronger statement latent in the block. This print shares
that experience. It contains three separate imprints of many
states, adding a dimension of time to the work.
VG...........150-200
4. [MUSIC - FRANCE] Henri
Montan Berton (1767-1844) French
composer, teacher, and writer. He is principally
remembered as a composer of operas, most of which were first
performed at the Opéra-Comique. Riding a wave of
anti-clericalism which arose at the time of the French
Revolution, his first real success was with Les rigueurs du
cloître (23 August 1790), "in which a young nun is saved from
entombment at the hands of a corrupt mother superior."[1] The
work has been described as the first rescue opera. One of his
greatest early successes was Aline, reine de Golconde (1803),
which was performed internationally. ALS, no date,
1p, about 4-1/4 x 7". The picture of him
is not included here. VG.............100-150
5. MARGARET MEAD (1901-1978)
American Cultural Anthropologist, author, lecturer. TLS
(1957), 1p. Good health content. Pencil notation on
letter.........100-150
6. Florence
Pritchett Smith (1920-1965) TLS,
July 26, 1965, 1p., to Milton Ebbins, VP of Chrislaw
Productions. She asks Milt if it would be possible to get a
set of stills on the clothes designed for the film "The
Carpetbaggers", referring to the clothes worn by the brunette
girl who was married to George Peppard in the film. The
actress in that film, of course, was Carroll Baker. She signs
"Flo". Here's where this gets interesting. Florence was
a model for John Robert Powers and appeared in Life
Magazine. In 1940 she met and married Richard Canning. Soon
afterwards she became fashion editor of New York Journal
American, a journal owned by William Randolph Hearst. In 1943
Florence divorced Canning. The following year she met John F.
Kennedy. The couple spent a lot of time together. Betty
Spalding said that for Kennedy, "Over a long period of time,
it was probably the closest relationship with a woman I know
of." However, because Kennedy was a Roman Catholic, marriage
was out of the question. In 1947 Florence married Earl
E. T. Smith, member of the New York Stock Exchange. In June,
1957, President Dwight Eisenhower appointed Smith as
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Cuba. FBI
files reveal that over the next two years John F. Kennedy made
more than a dozen visits to Cuba in order to meet with
Florence. Florence also met Kennedy in Miami and Palm Beach,
where their homes were conveniently adjoined. According
to one account: "JFK would elude the Secret Service on
occasion in order to have trysts with women. He did this in
Palm Beach when he hopped a fence to swim with Flo Smith. The
Secret Service agents couldn't find him and called in the FBI.
They finally turned to Palm Beach Police Chief Homer Large, a
trusted Kennedy family associate. The Police Chief knew
exactly where to find Jack - next door in Earl E. T. Smith's
swimming pool. Jack and Flo were alone. Florence continued
working as a journalist. She also became a television
personality and appeared on programs such as What's My
Line? It was during this time she became friendly with
the journalist Dorothy Kilgallen. In 1965 Dorothy
Kilgallen managed to obtain a private interview with Jack
Ruby. She told friends that she had information that would
"break the case wide open". Aware of what had happened
to Bill Hunter and Jim Koethe [reporters who covered the
assassination and died shortly after, Kilgallen handed
her interview notes to Florence Smith. She told
friends that she had obtained information that Ruby and J. D.
Tippit were friends and that David Ferrie was involved in the
assassination of John F. Kennedy. On 8th November, 1965,
Dorothy Kilgallen, was found dead in her New York apartment.
She was fully dressed and sitting upright in her bed. The
police reported that she had died from taking a cocktail of
alcohol and barbiturates. The notes of her interview with Jack
Ruby and the article she was writing on the case had
disappeared. Florence Smith, died two days later of a cerebral
hemorrhage. Showing 2 photos below - one showing Flo with
Kennedy at the Stork Club in 1944. Rare &
fine............150-200
See
letter
Flo & JFK
in 1944
Florence
Pritchett
7. [FILM & TV] Bill
Asher (1921-2012) American television and
film producer, film director, and screenwriter. He was one of
the most prolific early television directors, producing or
directing over two dozen series. With television in its
infancy, Asher introduced the sitcom Our Miss Brooks, which
was adapted from a radio show. He began directing I Love Lucy
by 1952. In 1964, he produced and directed Bewitched, which
starred his then-wife Elizabeth Montgomery. As a result of his
early success, Asher was considered an "early wunderkind of
TV-land," and was hyperbolically credited in one magazine
article with "inventing" the sitcom. TLS, 1965, 1 full
page, 8.5 x 11". To Milton Ebbins, Chrislaw
Productions. Asks for statements concerning the film he
directed "Johnny Cool" and the percentage
breakdown of the Patty Duke Show, which he also
directed. Signed Bill. Also included is a letter from
Fred Engel, agent for William Asher, dated 1963, sent to
Chrislaw Productions. Provenance: estate of Milton Ebbins.
Both in fine condition...............100-150
8. [FILM] Peter
Lawford (1923-1984) English-born
American actor. He was a member of the "Rat Pack" and
brother-in-law to President John F. Kennedy, and more noted in
later years for his off-screen activities as a celebrity than
for his acting. From the 1940s to the 1960s, he had a strong
presence in popular culture and starred in a number of highly
acclaimed films. DOCUMENT SIGNED [1967], Employee's
Withholding Exemption Certificate, 8 x 3.5". Fine. Provenance: estate of Milton Ebbins.
Fine...............300-400
9. [MAINE] Henry
S. Burrage (1837-1926)
he was the First State Historian [Maine 1907-1926]. Henry
Sweetser Burrage was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, the son
of Jonathan Burrage and Mary Upton Burrage. He prepared for
college at Pierce Academy and graduated from Brown University
in 1861. After a year at Newton Theological Seminary, he
enlisted as a private in the 36th Massachusetts Volunteer
Infantry and rose to the rank of major. Wounded in the
shoulder at Cold Harbor, he was captured at Petersburg and
spent time in Libby Prison. At the end of the Civil War, Henry
Burrage resumed his studies at Newton, graduating in 1867. His
first and only pastorate was at the First Baptist Church in
Waterville, Maine from 1869 to 1873. For the next thirty-two
years, he was the editor of Zion's Advocate, a statewide
weekly Baptist newspaper which was based in Portland. Highly
respected in education circles, he was a trustee of Colby
College from 1881 to 1906, Newton Theological Seminary from
1881 to 1906, and Brown University from 1889 to 1901. Active
in veterans organizations, he served as chaplain of the
National Soldiers Home at Togus from 1905 to 1912. Burrage
excelled in the research and writing of Maine's Colonial
history, as is reflected in his publications. He was a member
of the Standing Committee as well as vice-president and
president of the Maine Historical Society. In 1907 Governor
William T. Cobb appointed him as State Historian, which he
held until his death on March 9, 1926, at the age of 89.
Offered here is a partly-printed Document Signed, Military
Order, Loyal Legion, United States - Commandery of the State
of Maine, Portland, 1903, 1p, 8-1/2 x 6 in. Dues receipt for
Edward W. Heath. VG............50-75
10. [SCIENCE] Joseph G.C. Cottier
(1874-1897) Cottier was a graduate student
in Columbia during the academic years 1895-7. The
exceptionally rapid progress he made justified the expectation
that he would soon become an original investigator of the
first order in the domains of mathematical physics. Joseph
Germains Charles Cottier was born in Jersey City, N. J., May
29, 1874. He was graduated from Stevens Institute of
Technology, with the degree of mechanical engineer in 1894.
During the following year he was employed in engineering work,
partly by the East River Gas Company of New York and partly by
the Blake Pump Company. Although successful in this work, it
proved of little interest to him, and he resolved to turn his
attention to studies which would lead him to an academic
career. Accordingly he applied for and was awarded a
scholarship in Columbia University, and he entered the School
of Pure Science in the autumn of 1895. He chose mechanics as
his major subject and mathematics and education as minors. At
the end of the academic year 1895-6 he was appointed fellow in
mechanics and received the degree of A.M. Continuing his
studies with marked proficiency, he was reappointed Fellow in
Mechanics at the close of the year 1896—7, and he expected to
complete the work required for the doctorate degree during the
present academic year. He had made a special study of the
science of hydromechanics. He had read and mastered nearly all
of the extensive and profoundly difficult literature of this
science, which has occupied the attention of the most eminent
mechanicians during the past two centuries. He had already
begun to produce original work in this field; and on departing
in July last for Europe he left for publication papers on the
equations of hydrodynamics in a form suitable for application
to problems connected with the movements of the earth's
atmosphere, and on the expression of the general equations of
hydrodynamics in terms of curvilinear coordinates. The first
of these papers has been published in vol. xxv of the Monthly
Weather Review of the United States Weather Bureau, and the
second will be published in the Mathematical Review.
Personally Mr. Cottier was an exceedingly unassuming man, and
modest almost to shyness with respect to his own attainments.
Because of these characteristics, and by reason of incessant
occupation with his studies, few of his associates, and few
even of his instructors, came to know him intimately. The few
to whom he became well known, however, held him in highest
esteem, as well for his singularly gentle and courteous
manliness as for the penetrating clearness and strength of his
intellectual capacity. It is fitting in this connection to
state that Mr. Cottier's parents have given his collection of
treatises and papers on the mathematico-physical sciences to
the library of the Department of Mechanics. They have thus
founded a permanent memorial of their son's devotion to
science, and have at the same time shown his and their
appreciation of the fellowship honors which Columbia had twice
bestowed upon him. [written by Prof. Robert S. Woodward in
1897]. Offered here is one of Cottier's original
manuscripts [typed & manuscript], titled and signed on
verso, 20 pages, 8 x 13". Soiled. The title:
"The Expression Of The General Equations Of Hydrodynamics In
Terms Of Curvilinear Coondinates." From the
personal papers of Robert Simpson Woodward (1849-1924)
American physicist and mathematician, born at Rochester,
Michigan. He graduated C.E. at the University of Michigan in
1872 and was appointed assistant engineer on the United States
Lake Survey. In 1882 he became assistant astronomer for the
United States Transit of Venus Commission. In 1884 he became
astronomer to the United States Geological Survey, serving
until 1890, when he became assistant in the United States
Coast and Geodetic Survey. In 1893 he was called to Columbia
as professor of mechanics and subsequently became professor of
mathematical physics as well. He was dean of the faculty of
pure science at Columbia from 1895 to 1905, when he became
president of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, whose
reputation and usefulness as a means of furthering scientific
research was widely extended under his direction. He was
elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1896. In
1898-1900 he was president of the American Mathematical
Society, and in 1900 president of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science. In 1915 he was appointed to the
Naval Consulting Board. He died in 1924 in Washington, D.C.
Professor Woodward carried on researches and published papers
in many departments of astronomy, geodesy, and mechanics. In
the course of his work with the United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey he devised and constructed the "iced bar and
long tape base apparatus," which enables a base line to be
measured with greater accuracy and with less expense than by
methods previously employed. His work on the composition and
structure of the earth and the variation of latitude found
expression in a number of valuable papers.......500-750
12. MYSTERY LOT of about 86 pieces
from 19th & 20th century. Includes: letters; documents;
5 bank checks signed by the noted artist, Douglas Volk,
known for his portraits of Abraham Lincoln, one used on
postage stamp, and various ephemera. Oldest item in this lot
is 1804. Good lot for eBay sellers or those who like
researching items.....150-250 Reserved at $75
13. [NEWSPAPER] JEFF.
DAVIS IN PETTICOATS.
WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, Madison, Wis., June 13, 1865, VOL.
XIII, No. 39. 8 pages, FILLED with Civil War news. Includes:
on the front page, a half column poem by L.J.Bates, "JEFF
DAVIS IN PETTICOATS."; "Sherman's Armistice"; "THE
ASSASSINATION TRIAL. The Suppressed Testimony. MORE STARTLING
REVELATIONS. Complicity of Jeff Davis in the President's
Murder." Illustrated advertisements, including a full column
illustrated advertisement on the last page for an amusement
show called "The Equesqurriculum" tin three "Gigantic
Circuses".) Fascinating reading. .........75-100
14. [SILENT FILM] Leatrice Joy
(1893-1985) American actress most prolific during the early
silent film era. Leatrice Joy married John Gilbert in 1922.
ALS, no yr, 2pp. Says it was a "real joy to work with Mr. de
Mille." Signed Leatrice Joy Gilbert. VG.............40-60
15. HENRY FORD II (1917-1987) He was the son of Edsel Ford and oldest grandson of Henry Ford. He was president of the Ford Motor Company from (1945-1960), CEO from (1960-1979). TLS, (1979) 1p...........40-60
16. [FILM] Diane Ladd (b.
1935) American actress, film director. She has
appeared in over 120 roles, on television, and in miniseries
and feature films, including Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
(1974), Wild at Heart (1990), Rambling Rose (1991), Ghosts of
Mississippi (1996), Touched by an Angel (1997) (TV), Primary
Colors (1998), 28 Days (2000), and American Cowslip (2008).
She is the mother of actress Laura Dern, by her ex-husband,
actor Bruce Dern. Ladd has won a Golden Globe and a BAFTA and
has been nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best
Supporting Actress. ALS, 1982, written on her 6 x
4-1/2 correspondence card. She fills the page with
opinions & thoughts. VG..........50-75
17. [FRANCE] Jacques
Vallée, Sieur Des Barreaux
(1599-1673) French poet. His great-uncle, Geoffroy
Vallée, had been hanged in 1574 for the authorship of a book
called Le Flau de la Joy. His nephew appears to have inherited
his scepticism, which on one occasion nearly cost him his
life; the peasants of Touraine attributed to the presence of
the unbeliever an untimely frost that damaged the vines, and
proposed to stone him. His authorship of the sonnet on
"Penitence", by which he is generally known, has been
disputed, notably by Voltaire. Des Barreaux was
apparently bisexual. Although he was later known as one of the
lovers of Marion Delorme, a famous courtesan, he also was the
lover of the freethinking poet Théophile de Viau, called the
"King of Libertines" by Jesuit prosecutors. During his
imprisonment in 1623–25 on charges of writing atheistic poems
with homosexual allusions, de Viau addressed a poem to Vallée,
"The Complaint of Théophile to his friend Tircis", reproaching
Des Barreaux for doing little to help him. After de
Viau's death in 1626, a contemporary biographer of high
society, Tallement des Réaux, referred to Des Barreaux as de
Viau's widow, "thus indicating that their physical
relationship was common knowledge at the time." Subsequently,
Des Barreaux was a lover of the libertine poet Denis Sanguin
de Saint-Pavin, the so-called "King of Sodom", "a consummate
gentleman" whose aristocratic rank and social connections
protected him from prosecution for his witty, homosexually
themed writings. In his Pensées, Pascal refers to him in
a passage about those who renounce reason and "become brute
beasts". A French mystery document on vellum, either
written and signed "Vallee" or about him. Approx.
7-3/4 x 1-3/4". Right edge affixed to back of an 1809
showing 3 signatures not identified. Worthy of research.
VG............350-450
Barreaux
document
1809 document
See his
portrait
18. [MUSIC] Leonard
Bernstein (1918-1990) American composer,
conductor. He was one of the most prodigiously talented and
successful musicians in American history. Signed 1961
Israeli special cover honing a musical event.
Fine.........100-150
19. [FILM] Daniel "Danny"
Kaye (1911-1987) American actor,
singer, dancer, and comedian. His performances featured
physical comedy, idiosyncratic pantomimes, and rapid-fire
nonsense songs. He was the first ambassador-at-large of
UNICEF in 1954 and received the French Legion of Honor in 1986
for his years of work with the organization. Signed
Israeli cover postmarked 1967. Nice example. Signed "Daniel
Kaye." VG..........50-75
20. [FILM] Daniel "Danny"
Kaye (1911-1987) American actor,
singer, dancer, and comedian. His performances featured
physical comedy, idiosyncratic pantomimes, and rapid-fire
nonsense songs. He was the first ambassador-at-large of
UNICEF in 1954 and received the French Legion of Honor in 1986
for his years of work with the organization. Signed
Israeli cover postmarked 1961. Nice example. Signed "Daniel
Kaye." Unidentified signature above Kaye's.
VG..........50-75
21. Susan Howlet
Butcher (1954-2006) was an American dog
musher, noteworthy as the second woman to win the Iditarod
Trail Sled Dog Race in 1986, the second four-time winner in
1990, and the first to win four out of five sequential years.
She is commemorated in Alaska by the Susan Butcher Day. Two
signed Iditarod cards. Fine............75-100
22. [FRANCE] Mystery lot of misc. autographs. Includes: Paul Margueritte (1860-1918); Emmanuel des Essarts (1839-1909); Pierre Lanfrey (1828-1877); plus 6 others. No doubt some SLEEPERS in here.................100-150
23. [FILM-THEATRE] Anne Revere [19-3-1990] American stage, film, and television actress. Revere worked steadily as a character actress in films, appearing in nearly three dozen between 1934 and 1951. She frequently was cast in the role of a matriarch and played mother to Elizabeth Taylor, Jennifer Jones, Gregory Peck, John Garfield, and Montgomery Clift, among others. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress three times and won for her performance in National Velvet. SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO. COA sticker on verso affects nothing. VG.........50-75
See Revere photo
24.
[FILM] Richard Farnsworth (1920-2000) American actor and
stuntman. His film career began in 1937; however, he
achieved his greatest success for his performances in The
Grey Fox (1982) and The Straight Story (1999), for which he
received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actor.
Signed 10x8 photo. VG...........30-40
See
Farnsworth
25. [FRANCE] Mystery lot of misc. autographs. Includes: Jules Quesnay de Beaurepaire (1834-1923); Raoul Gautier (1854-1931); Marcelle Adam (writer of CATS 1959); plus 6 others. No doubt some SLEEPERS in here.................100-150
26. [ART] Georges Fougeroux [1902-1979] French painter. He worked with Lapoujade and exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Francais d'Automme and the Salon des Independants. Signed original pencil drawing, dated 1950, approx. 4-1/2 x 5-1/2". VG...........75-100
27. [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
28. [TV] Milton
Berle (1908- 2002) American
comedian and actor. As the host of NBC's Texaco Star Theater
(1948–55), he was the first major American television star
and was known to millions of viewers as "Uncle Miltie" and
"Mr. Television" during TV's golden age. Boldly signed but
in the dark area. VG..........35-45
29. [TV] Dale
Robertson (1923- 2013) American actor
best known for his starring roles on television. Signed,
inscribed 8x10 photo.....35-45
30. [FRANCE] French Mystery document 1761 on paper, signed Veillon, 1p., approx. 6-1/4 x 3-3/4". Speaks of Duke La Rochefoucauld. VG..........80-120
See document
32. [FILM] Preston Foster (1900- 1970) American stage and film actor. Foster entered films in 1929 after appearing as a Broadway stage actor. Foster was considered ruggedly handsome and a talented singer. SIGNED 6.5 X 8.5 " photo. Handsome item.............40-60
32. [FILM] Preston Foster (1900- 1970) American stage and film actor. Foster entered films in 1929 after appearing as a Broadway stage actor. Foster was considered ruggedly handsome and a talented singer. SIGNED 6.5 X 8.5 " photo. Handsome item.............40-60
33. [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
34. [FRANCE] Nicolas Alexandre Barbier - French landscape painter , was born in Paris in
1789. He at first executed architectural subjects, but
afterwards joined the realistic school of landscape painting,
and exhibited a great number of works at the Paris Salons from
1824 to 1861. He died at Sceaux in 1864. Offered here is a long
ALS, 1836, 4 long pages, 5x8 in. Very good content about the Jury for
admission of paintings to the Louvre. VG condition. Has to be
rare!...........100-150
37.
[FILM] Joanne Woodward
(b. 1930) American actress and producer. She is perhaps best
known for her Academy Award-winning role in The Three Faces of
Eve (1957). Signed movie still photo from the film
"Winning" pictured with her husband Paul Newman. Fair
contrast........35-45
See above
42. [FRANCE] DECRET De La Convention Nationale, 28 July 1791, 2-pages, signed inprint Duport for the King, 6-1/2 x 8-1/2". Concerns Principaute de Sedan. Very fresh condition..........80-120
See front43. [FRANCE] REVOLUTION - 1791. Partly-printed document signed, 1p, approx. 6-3/4 x 9". Identified as having "Scarce censored Revenue - large sums of Assiginats coming from a business. Fresh condition..........80-120
See document44. [BOXING] Floyd Patterson (1935-2006) at 21, Patterson became the youngest man to win the world heavyweight title. He was also the first heavyweight boxer to regain the title. He had a record of 55 wins, 8 losses and 1 draw, with 40 wins by knockout. He won the gold medal at the 1952 Olympic Games as a middleweight. An 8x10 photo to which is affixed his signature and address. Mounting traces on verso............50-75
45. ( BRITISH ARTISTS/PAINTERS LOT) SIGNATURES in various forms - Reginald Rex Vicat Cole (1870-1940) landscape painter. He exhibited landscapes at the Royal Academy. Frederick Henry Townsend (1868–1920 best remembered for his satirical illustrations in The Illustrated London News, The Graphic, The Tatler, The Sphere, and Punch. He was also a prolific and eclectic book illustrator. In addition to popular adventure fiction such as H. Rider Haggard and Sir Frederick Marryat, he also illustrated new editions of Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre (1896) and Shirley (1897) Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter (1897), and Sir Walter Scott’s Rob Roy (1897). Thomas Roberts (1748 – 1778) Irish landscape painter. He was present at the Dublin Society's School in 1763 and went on to exhibit at the Society of Artists from 1766 to 1777. That year he left Ireland for Lisbon where he died the following year. Andrew Carrick Gow RA (1848 –1920) painted scenes from British and European history as well as portraits. He was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy, became a full Royal Academician in 1890. In 1900, he visited Egypt and he used his sketches to compose a scene representing the death of the Mahdi soon after the defeat of his troops by Colonel Wingate in 1898. The artist Lawrence Alma-Tadema was a close friend. In later life, he became Keeper of the Royal Academy. Charles Landseer R.A. (1799-1879) painter, mostly of historical subjects. SIGNATURE from ALS. Leonard Campbell Taylor (1874 –1969) of mainly portraits and interiors in a traditional style. He served as an official war artist with the infantry and later the Royal Navy during the First World War. ANS............75-100
47. [FILM] Eddie Bracken (1915- 2002) American actor. ISP, 8 x 10. One edge tear middle right side..........25-35
61. [CZARIST RUSSIA] original 1908 bond for 189 Rubles [20 pounds Sterling] issued by the City of Moscow in 1908. Text in Russian and English. An attractive vignette at the top of a knight slaying a Dragon. Approx. 11 x 16". VG.........100-150
See Czarist Bond63.
[ART] Charles
Meryon (1821-1868) French artist, who
worked almost entirely in etching, as he suffered from
color-blindness. He is generally recognised as the most
significant etcher of 19th century France. He also suffered from
mental illness, dying in an asylum. His most famous work is a
series of views of Paris. Offered here "Le Ministère de la Marine"
(The Admiralty, Paris), photogravure 1926 of his etching [1865]. These superb photogravures, there
were 20 printed in 1926, are often sold as etchings. You see
them all the time offered at around $400 to $800 each. The
sellers, obviously are not aware of what they are offering.
The original 1865 etching retailed at $1500. Plate size
approx. 6-1/2 x 5-1/2" plus wide clean margins. A superb
example of the original..............100-150
66. [NY] Jno. D. Van Buren (1811-1885) merchant from New York City, assemblyman in 1863, and Governor John T. Hoffman's private secretary. He became head of the importing-house of Benjamin Aymar & Co., NYC. He aided Sec. Salmon P. Chase in drafting tax, and other financial bills. He was a frequent writer for the press on financial legislation. ALS, 1873, 1p, to (Nelson Hopkins, State Comptroller). He wants copy of speech by Senator Jas. Woods for Gov. Hoffman. Tipped to another sheet. VG.......35-45
68. [NEW YORK] Roswell Pettibone Flower (1835-1899 Governor of New York from 1892 to 1894. TLS, HOUSE OF REP., Wash. DC, 1890, 1p. To Hon. Edward Wemple, Albany, NY. "My dear Sir: I received your list and returned it some time ago, and I thank you for it. It is very complete and no wonder, with such organizing powers, you could be elected in your District to Congress when no body else could. I regret not having seen you at Albany on Wednesday evening." This letter is laid to a mounting sheet.............25-35
69. [OPERA] John M. Wieting M.D. (1817-1888) physician and medical lecturer. HHe is perhaps best known for his Wieting Opera House, considered a "world class" cultural institution. Originally, a building called Wieting Hall, which was a lecture hall, was built at 100 West Water Street at the corner of South Salina Street in 1852 and was lost to fire in 1856. The building was rebuilt and reopened in 1870 as the Wieting Opera House and had a seating capacity of 1,017. The first opera that took place in the house, however, did not occur until 1886 when the American Opera Company made a brief appearance. In fact, opera was never intended as the main venue in the theater. At that time, towns throughout America had opera houses where operas were seldom or never performed. The "opera house" designation simply provided a respectable cover for places that presented a variety of popular entertainments. Oftentimes they were called "museums." ALS, Bromfield House, 1854, 1p. Reply to an autograph collector. VG...........40-60
70. DAN
T. MOORE - Lt. Col., aide to
Theodore Roosevelt during his first term of office. Died in
Texas. It was not until October, 1917, when he was World War I
commander of the 310th Field Artillery at Camp Meade, Md., that
Colonel Moore learned that a blow struck by him in a friendly
sparring bout with President Theodore Roosevelt in 1905 had
caused blindness in one of his opponent's eyes. Distressed at
the news, he said, in part: "But could you ask for any better
proof of the man's sportsmanship than the fact that he never
told me what I had done to him, never told anybody else that I
know of - at least, it never got around to me till I saw in the
papers the other day that he had said that he lost the sight of
his eye while boxing with a captain of artillery who was his
aide. He didn't name anybody then, but I knew that he must have
meant me, for I happen to have been the only boxing aide he had
who was in the artillery." Signed 1919 Riggs National Bank
check.............75-100
72. [BOSTON] DORUS CLARKE - student philosopher. ALS, Boston, 1870, 12 pages, 8vo. To Rev. William Reed Huntington, Worcester, Mass. With envelope. VG...................35-45
73. Hester Lynch Thrale (born Hester Lynch Salusbury and after her second marriage, Hester Lynch Piozzi ) (1741 -1821) British diarist, author, and patron of the arts. Her diaries and correspondence are an important source of information about Samuel Johnson and eighteenth-century life. Offered here is a PORTRAIT ETCHING, OR ENGRAVING of her, 3-3/4 x 2-3/4 oval on 5-1/2 x 8-3/4 in. page. Artist unknown. Looks more like a detailed etching than an ebgraving. Early 1800s. Appears to be after the oil painting portrait by Robert Edge Pine. VG............25-35
74. Paul Caruso (1920-2001) was a well-known criminal defense attorney in Los Angeles. He represented war hero and actor Audie Murphy on a charge of trying to kill a Burbank dog trainer; also represented Charles Manson follower Susan Atkins, Eddie Nash. Fine TLS signed Paul, on his stationery, 1969, to the entertainer Rudy Vallee. Good content..............30-40
Click here to see Caruso letter75. [EDWIN M. STANTON] LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR. "A resolution....relative to clerks employed in the War Department." 1866, 23pp. Ex. Doc. No. 116, 39th Congress, 1st Session, US House of Rep. 5-3/4 x 9". Signed in type by the SECRETARY OF WAR. VG......25-35
77. [ART] Boris
Artzybasheff (1899-1965) American
artist, illustrator, notable for his strongly worked and often
surreal designs. Born in Russia he is said to have fought as a
White Russian. During 1919 he arrived in New York City, where
he worked in an engraving shop. Over the course of his career,
he illustrated some 50 books, several of which he wrote, most
notably As I See. During his lifetime, however,
Artzybasheff was probably known best for his magazine art. He
illustrated the major American magazines Life, Fortune, and
Time (including more than 200 Time Magazine covers over a
24-year span between 1941 and 1965.[1]) During World War II,
he also served an expert advisor to the U.S. Department of
State, Psychological Warfare Branch. Original
wood-engraving, not signed, c. 1930, image approx. 7.5
x 5 plus margins. VG.............50-75
89. Edmund Muskie
(1914-1996) Governor of Maine from 1955 to 1959, as a member of
the United States Senate from 1959 to 1980, and as Secretary of
State under Jimmy Carter from 1980 to 1981. Muskie was the
Democratic nominee for Vice President in the 1968 presidential
election, and was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for
President in 1972. Signed color photo of Lincoln statue,
signed in person at Bates College in Maine. Condition: the
2 white lines above Lincoln's head are not in the photo [scanner
problem]; white speck below his knee is flaw, and also finger
print near bottom are also flaws. Still a nice
example..........40-60
90.
[FRANCE] Jacques-Marie-Adrien-Césaire
Mathieu (1796–1875) Bishop of Langres
, Archbishop of Besançon and Cardinal. Very active and
distinguished prelate, His episcopate is especially marked by
activism builder - 320 churches built, rebuilt or restored in
the diocese. His international influence was not
negligible. ALS, 1834, 1p, approx. 7.5 x 9.5". Left
edge mounted to stiff paper. VG...........100-150
91. [FILM] Mary
Pickford (1892-1979)
Canadian-American motion picture actress, co-founder of the film
studio United Artists and one of the original 36 founders of the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Known as
"America's Sweetheart," "Little Mary" and "The girl with the
curls," she was one of the Canadian pioneers in early
Hollywood and a significant figure in the development of film
acting. Signed vintage sepia photo, 7.5 x 9.5". VG............100-150
92.
[FILM] Rex
Harrison
(1908-1990) English actor.
Signed 8x10 photo.
VG............80-120
See
Harrison photo
93. [CARTOON ART] Tony Strobl (1915 –1991)
American cartoonist/illustrator He went to the Cleveland School
of Art from 1933–37, with Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, who
actually got some help from Strobl creating Superman. Gerard
Jones in his book Men of Tomorrow reveals at one point Jerry
Siegel contemplated ending his partnership with Joe Shuster in
developing what became Superman and work with someone else
instead. Strobl was among those approached but he respectfully
declined, feeling his more cartoony artstyle was ill suited for
such a serious character. SIGNED inscribed 8x11 ORIGINAL SKETCH
of “Donald Duck”(1990)...........100-150
94.
(19th CENTURY BRITISH NOTABLES LOT) William Harry Vane, 1st
Duke of Cleveland KG (1766-1842), styled Viscount Barnard until
1792 and known as The Earl of Darlington between 1792 and 1827
and as The Marquess of Cleveland between 1827 and 1833, was a
British landowner and politician. Barnard was Whig Member of
Parliament for Totnes from 1788 to 1790 and for Winchelsea from
1790 to 1792. The latter year he succeeded his father in the
earldom and took his seat in the House of Lords. He was made a
Knight of the Garter in 1839. SIGNED Address
Panel1830. William Peter
(1788-1853) British diplomat and Liberal politician who sat in
the House of Commons. He complied a two volume set of Speeches
of Sir Samuel Romilly in the House of Commons, published in
1820. At the 1832 general election was elected as Member of
Parliament (MP) for Bodmin. In 1840, he was living at Bruges
when he received an appointment as HM Consul in Philadelphia
USA. In the United States he married Sarah Ann Worthington King,
daughter of Ohio Governor and U. S. Senator Thomas Worthington,
and widow of Edward King a prominent Ohio politician and son of
Minister to Great Britain Rufus King. ALS, 1839. Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron
Llanover PC (1802-1867) British civil engineer and
politician. He served under Lord Aberdeen and then Lord
Palmerston as President of the Board of Health between 1854 and
1855 and was sworn of the Privy Council in 1854. In 1855 he
introduced an Act of Parliament which led to the establishment
of the Metropolitan Board of Works. He became First Commissioner
of Works the same year and was responsible for many
environmental and sanitary improvements in London. He oversaw
the later stages of the rebuilding of the Houses of Parliament,
including the installation of the 13.8-tonne hour bell, "Big
Ben", in the clock tower. ALS, in third person, 1860 1p.
Francis Knollys, 1st
Viscount Knollys (1837-1924) British courtier. He served
as Private Secretary to the Sovereign. ALS, 1920. Edward Smith-Stanley,
12th Earl of Derby PC (1752-1834),usually styled Lord Stanley
before 1776, British peer and politician of. He held office as
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in 1783 in the Fox-North
Coalition and between 1806 and 1807 in the Ministry of All the
Talents. At a dinner party in 1778 held on his estate "The Oaks"
in Carshalton, Lord Derby and his friends planned a sweepstake
horse race, won the following year by Derby's own horse,
Bridget. The race, the Epsom Oaks, has been named after the
estate since. At a celebration after Bridget's win, a similar
race for colts was proposed and Derby tossed a coin with Sir
Charles Bunbury for the honour of naming the race. Derby won,
and the race became known as the Derby Stakes. Bunbury won the
initial race in 1780 with his horse, Diomed; Derby himself won
it in 1787 with Sir Peter Teazle. SIGNED address panel
1831............75-100
96. [ENGLAND] John Bright
(1811-1889), Quaker, was a British Radical and Liberal
statesman, associated with Richard Cobden in the formation of
the Anti-Corn Law League. He was one of the greatest orators
of his generation, and a strong critic of British foreign
policy. He sat in the House of Commons from 1843 to 1889. ALS,
1882, 1p, to the Earl of Kenmore. Accompanied by
engraved portrait in excellent condition............60-80
97. [FRANCE] group of French autographs: [1] Victor Ambroise, vicomte de Lanjuinais (1802-1869) FRENCH politician, becoming a deputy in 1838. His interests lay chiefly in financial questions and in 1849 he became minister of commerce and agriculture in the cabinet of Odilon Barrot. He wrote a Notice historique sur la vie et les ouvrages du comte de Lanjuinais, which was prefixed to an edition of his fathers Îuvres (4 vols., 1832). 7 LINES IN HIS HAND, SIGNED. [2] MARIE LECONTE [1869-1947] Fr. actress. ALS, no year on both sides of black bordered card. [3] Jean Marie Pardessus (1772-1853) French lawyer. His Traité des servitudes (1806) went through eight editions, and his Traité du contrat et des lettres de change (1809) pointed him out as fitted for the chair of commercial law recently formed at the faculty of law at Paris. ALS, no date, 1p, 6 x 7-3/4 in. VG. [4] Charles Wagner (1852-1916) French reformed pastor whose inspirational writings were influential in shaping reformed theology. ALS, 1905, 3pp., 4-1/8 x 5-1/8". VG. [5] Aurelien Scholl (1833-1902) French author and journalist, was born in Bordeaux. He was successively editor of the Voltaire and of the Echo de Paris. He wrote largely for the theatre, and also a number of novels dealing with Parisian life. ALS, nd, 1p. Wants to sue Paul Boiteau. Moderate stain bottom corner; wrinkled. [6] Albert Auguste Cochon de Lapparent (1839-1908) French geologist. ALS, 1890, 1p, 4-3/8 x 5-1/2". [7] Félix Antoine Philibert Dupanloup (January 3, 1802-1878) was a French ecclesiastic. ALS, appears to be undated, 1p, 8 x 9-1/4". VG. [8] Olivier Émile Ollivier (1825-1913) French statesman. Although a republican, he served as a cabinet minister under Emperor Napoleon III and led the process of turning his regime into a "liberal Empire". Brief ALS, no date, 1p, 4 x 5-1/4". VG. [9] LEON BERNARD [1877-1935] Fr. actor. ALS, no year, on both sides. To Tania Fedor - "Do whatever possible for that." [10] Émile Faguet (1847-1916) French literary critic and author. Clip Signature..........150-200
98. (CIVIL WAR) SAMUEL SHEBLE -
American Manufacturer. Prior to the Civil War, Samuel
Sheble had a factory in Frankford, Pennsylvania, that
manufactured farm implements such as iron hay forks. By
1862 he was listed as being in military goods and in 1863
he was manufacturing swords, bayonets, non-commissioned
officers swords, artillery swords and Model 1840 and Model
1860 cavalry swords, and a few officer swords. He had a
small U.S.Government contract during the war but the
number and type of swords are not exactly known. He
produced swords only during the civil war. Signed document, an Indenture This nice document on heavy
parchment is signed by Samuel Sheble and others and is
dated April 4,1851, approx. 19.5 x 14.5", conveys a lot in
Philadelphia to Robert S. Caldwell. In fine condition.
Folded..............100-150
99. [FRANCE] Mystery lot of misc. autographs. Includes: Georges Lecomte (1867-1958); Napoleon B. Bernardin (1856-1915); Jacques de Lacretelle (1888-1985); plus 6 others. No doubt some SLEEPERS in here.................100-150
100. [FRANCE]
Mystery lot of misc. autographs. Includes: Ernest Legouve (1807-1903); Paul Ginisty (1855-1932);
Marquis de Pastoret (1791-1857);
plus 6 others. No doubt some
SLEEPERS in here.................100-150
Our Most Prominent Pacific Coast Scientist
105.
GEORGE
DAVIDSON [1825-1911] pioneer west
coast scientist. Probably no name is better known in the
scientific world of the Pacific Coast than that of Professor
George Davidson, of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. His
active and untiring efforts, extending over a long period of
time in advancing the interests of science on this coast, are
well known; and the work he has accomplished in the service in
which he holds high rank has earned for him a name and
reputation which might be envied by any man. He determined the
Eastern boundary, 120th meridian, of California in 1873. Lengthy
ALS, 1908, WRITTEN IN THE 3RD PERSON. "Mr George Davidson
expresses his thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Woodward for
their kind invitation to meet the members of the National
Academy of Sciences on the evening of Wednesday the
twenty-second of April, and regrets his inability to be present.
San Francisco Cal. March 22/08." VG............100-200
107. [THEATRE] Jules Tuffier (1856-1943) Celebrated French actor, dramatist. He was a most popular actor of the French Theatre. He was associated with the Comedie-Francaise from 1888-1913. Signed cabinet portrait photograph, with lengthy inscription. Will put up scan on request...........50-75
108. WILL DURANT (1885-1981) American Historian Philosopher - He is most noted for his large monumental work "Story of Civilization" with his wife Ariel. He was awarded the Pultizer Prize, Presidential Medal of Freedom. Author of numerous books from 1917. DOCUMENT Signed W. J. Durant. Bank check 1946 made out to Louis R. Durant.......40-60
109. [THEATRE] Josephine Victor [1885-?] turn of the century actress, appearing in Britain, America, and on Broadway. She was married to theatre manager Freancis Reid. She appeared in many of Channing Pollock's plays. AQS, 1908. "Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever."......25-35
110. [MEDICINE] Sir Roy Calne (b. 1930) pioneer of liver transplantation and performed the first such operation in Europe in 1968. HIS SIGNATURE OF UNIV. OF CAMBRIDGE CLINICAL SCHOOL STATIONERY. Folds.........20-30
111. Walker Percy (1916-1990) Southern author. Signed 3x5 card.....40-60
112. Wm. Benton [1900-1973] US Sen. from Ct. TLS, 1951...........20-30
113. Florence George [b.1917] Am. actress/singer. TLS, 1940........25-35
113. Herman Talmadge [1913-2002] Gov. Georgia & USS. TLS, 1968........20-30
114. [MUSIC] Boris Goldovsky (1908-2001) Russian conductor and broadcast commentator, active in the United States. He has been called an important "popularizer" of opera in America. As an opera producer, conductor, impresario, and broadcaster he was prominent within the American operatic community between 1946 and 1985. Large Signature. Two mail fold lines..........25-35
115. [THEATRE] Cornelia Otis Skinner (1899-1979) American author and actress. Signed, inscribed postcard photo. VG..........35-45
116. [MUSIC] Janis Ian [b. 1951] American songwriter, singer, musician. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.............25-35
117. [MUSIC] Charlie Rich (1932-1995)American Country Music Singer/Musician. A Grammy Award winner, his eclectic-style of music was often hard to classify in a single genre, playing in the rockabilly, jazz, blues, country, and gospel genres. Signed, inscribed 10 x 8 photo. VG.........35-45
118. Collection of album pages signed on both
sides: Dennis
King (1897-1971) English actor
and singer/ Frank
Wilson[1885-1956] American
actor. Jane
Pickens (1908-1992) popular
singer on Broadway, radio and television/Jack Powell [?]. Gertrude Niesen/Mario ?. Myron McCormick
(1908-1962) American actor of stage, radio and film/ Murvyn Vye. Marjorie
Lord (b. 1918) American
television actress/ Miriam Seegar (b.
1907) American silent film actress. John Boles (1895-1969) American actor/ Ray Middleton (1907-1984) American character actor. Jane Cowl (1883-1950) successful early American film and
stage actress and playwright/ Mary Healy (b.
1918) American actress, singer, and variety entertainer. Violet Heming - actress/Pierre van Passen.
Morton Downey (1901-1985) singer popular in the United States,
enjoying his greatest success in the 1930s and 1940s. Downey was
nicknamed "The Irish Nightingale"/Jay Wesley. Uta
Hagen (1919-2004) actress. She
originated the role of Martha in the 1963 Broadway premiere of
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf/Alberta Perkens.
Rose Franken - actress/Tex Dabllery. Charlie Spivak (1907-1982) American trumpeter and bandleader,
best known for his big band in the 1940s/Stanley Phillips. Most are inscribed to Edna..............80-120
119. [FILM] Madge Bellamy (1899-1990) American film actress who was a popular leading lady in the 1920s and early 1930s. Her career declined in the sound era, and ended following a romantic scandal in the 1940s. In San Francisco in 1943, Bellamy was accused of assault with a deadly weapon for shooting (or shooting at) her wealthy lover Stanwood Murphy. The incident generated much publicity and effectively ended her already fading career. ALS. signed Madge B., 1973, 3pp. About writing her autobiography, and thanking the recipient for volunteering to help her. VG............50-75
121. Rudulph Evans (1878-1960) American sculptor, born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Virginia. He studied in France at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. After returning to the United States in 1900, he maintained a studio in New York City. He moved back to Washington, D.C., in 1949. Evans designed the statue of Thomas Jefferson inside the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C., in cooperation with the Japanese engineer Wado Zato. At the time the memorial was inaugurated, in 1943, due to material shortages during World War II, the statue was of plaster patinated to resemble bronze; the finished bronze, cast by the Roman Bronze Works of New York, was installed in 1949. In 1939, the Memorial Commission hosted a competition to select a sculptor for the planned statue in the center of the Memorial. They received 101 entries and chose six finalists. Of the six, Rudulph Evans was chosen as the main sculptor and Adolph A. Weinman was chosen to sculpt the pediment relief situated above the entrance. Offered here is 1902 bank check signed by Rudulph Evans. Very good example with clear signature........75-100
122. [MUSIC] John Sims Reeves (1821-1900), usually called simply Sims Reeves, was the foremost English operatic, oratorio and ballad tenor vocalist of the mid-Victorian era. ALS, Nov. 5, 1858, 1p., plus engraved portrait.............60-80
Reeves Engraved Portrait
123. Edmund Blunden, MC
[1896-1974] English poet, author and critic. Like his friend
Siegfried Sassoon, he wrote of his experiences in World War I
in both verse and prose. For most of his career, Blunden was
also a reviewer for English publications and an academic in
Tokyo and later Hong Kong. He ended his career as Professor of
Poetry at the University of Oxford. Signed in ink limited edition page [proof page] from the "hand-set edition of Near & Far," 6-1/4 x 9-1/2". Fine...........30-40
124. [ART] ANNI ALBERS (1899-1994) Textile Artist considered the foremost textile artist of the twentieth century. Born in Berlin she studied weaving and taught at the Bauhaus until it was closed in 1933, and afterwards immigrated to the United States where she continued to make innovative textiles and prints From the time she was a young student at the, she created wall hangings that stand on their own as abstract works of art, comparable in their boldness and modernism to some of the bravest paintings of the epoch. In her upholstery, drapery fabrics, and other functional materials, She married the great painter Josef Albers. TLS dtd 2/10/83.........50-75
125. Margaret Deland (1857-1945) American author. TLS, Cambridge, Mass., 1933, 1p. To Kenneth Whittemore who apparently was also a writer. VG...........35-45
126. Charles Evans Hughes (1862-1948) He served as Governor of New York (1907-1910), United States Secretary of State (1921-1925), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1910-1916) and Chief Justice of the United States (1930-1941). He was the Republican candidate in the 1916 U.S. Presidential election, losing to Woodrow Wilson. His signature on verso of Diplomat calling card as Delegate of the USA Int. Conference of American States on Concitation and Arbitration. 3.5 x 2". VG...........50-75
127. [ART] George Cooke [1781-1834] Well-known English engraver; he was the father of Edward William Cooke [1811-1880], the noted painter. ALS, 1825, 1p, 4-3/8 x 7-1/4 in. In part "....The Plate will be ready in one month - will that do?..." VG............60-80
128. [THEATRE] Adelaide Ristori [1822-1906] Italian tragedienne. Signature.....20-30
129. (KENTUCKY) JOHN MURREY.
Kentucky legislator. Autograph Letter Signed, Lexington,
Kentucky, January 25, 1833. 2 pages 4to. Modest staining.
Mentions Nullification; standing "shoulder to shoulder" in the
house in 1824; fisheries etc...................40-60
130. Charles Sarolea (1870-1953)
Belgian academic and versatile publicist. He was for a long
period Professor of French at the University of Edinburgh. He
wrote books on a wide range of topics on international affairs.
He also edited from 1912 to 1917 Everyman, a literary magazine
favourable to the doctrine of distributism. In 1915 he was sent
by the Belgian government to the USA, in order to support the
veracity of atrocity stories in circulation, about the German
occupation of Belgium. The mission was not a success, in that
Sarolea unwisely and publicly attacked the neutrality that the
USA was at the time observing with respect to World War I.
Recent academic interest has been on his political views. TLS,
Edinburgh, 1925, 1p, 4to. To Mr. Kennedy. Says the Polish
Ambassador had to postpone his visit therefore he wants to visit
Kennedy with his friend John White. Says he has "really been
overdoing it for the last two years. VG................40-60
133. [ENGLAND] George
Pryme (1781-1868) British economist,
academic and politician. In 1799, Pryme entered Trinity College,
Cambridge, winning a scholarship there in 1800 and graduating
with a Bachelor of Arts in 1803. In 1804, he began studying law
at Lincoln's Inn, and was called to the Bar in 1806, practising
in London until health problems forced him to return to
Cambridge in 1808. In 1816, Pryme began conducting lectures on
political economy at Cambridge, the first teaching of such a
topic at any English university, and in that same year his
lectures were published as a book entitled A Syllabus of a
Course of Lectures on the Principles of Political Economy. In
1828, he was made Professor of Political Economy by the
university senate, although a chair was not established for the
topic at Cambridge until just before his retirement. He was
politically active, and successfully opposed parliamentary
candidates sponsored by the Duke of Rutland, and eventually
winning a seat in the House of Commons representing Cambridge as
a Whig. Pryme worked hard in the parliament, pushing for
university reform at Oxford and Cambridge until his poor health
prompted his family to urge his retirement from parliament. He
returned to Cambridge and bought an estate in Wistow while
continuing to lecture and practice as a barrister on occasion.
He died in 1868. In 1870, his memoirs were published,
Autobiographic Recollections of George Pryme, edited by his
daughter Alicia Bayne. ALS, 1837, written on both sides. To
Joshua Walmsby accepting invitation to dinner of the Reform
Association of Liverpool.............50-75
134. [LINCOLN] [Jacob
Bunn] Springfield, Illinois banker who knew
Abraham Lincoln well in the early years before Lincoln went to
Washington. He handled the family financial affairs for Mary
Todd Lincoln after the President was assassinated. Group of 5
Second National Bank, Lafayette, Ind. documents made to to
Bunn........40-60
136. [MIXED LOT] multiple items offered here: [1] [ENGLAND] The Rev Dr John Pye-Smith FRS, FGS (1774-1851) was a Congregational theologian and tutor, associated with reconciling geological sciences with the Bible, Repeal of the Corn Laws and abolition. He was the author of many learned works. OFFERED HERE is an UNSIGNED AUTOGRAPH NOTE - "The books which I have referring to Aug. Hermann Franke. .." Follows is a short list of books. Mounted to larger sheet identifying the handwriting in 1840 and "Presented by Jas. W. Alexander." Dr John Pye-Smith was Theological Tutor at Homerton College near Hackney, London for forty-five years between 1805 and 1850, and minister of the Old Gravel Pit Chapel in Chatham Place, Hackney for nearly as long (1811-50). His pupils included Robert Halley (future Principal of New College, London), Samuel Dyer the missionary, and William Johnson Fox of the South Place Ethical Society. The son of a Sheffield bookseller, he was surrounded by books in his youth and, practically self-taught, rose not only to become a dissenting academic and author, but through his interest in science and geology, was elected to become the first Fellow of the Royal Society from a nonconformist background. He was also elected a Fellow of the Geological Society at a time when there was considerable debate about accepting the idea of geological time, and if so to find ways of reconciling this with the teachings of the Old Testament. During the politically turbulent 1790s, before moving to London he had taken over the editorship of the Sheffield Iris, the leading abolitionist newspaper in the North of England, during imprisonment of its editor, his friend James Montgomery. In 1830 Dr Pye Smith took the Chair of The Board of Congregational Ministers when it passed an anti-slavery motion to secure support from all Congregational chapels across the country in petitioning parliament:That we feel it to be a solemn duty to employ our influence with our congregations and the public, to promote petitions to both Houses of Parliament for the abolition of Colonial Slavery, and therefore pledge ourselves, and beg to recommend to our brethren throughout the kingdom to prepare from each congregation such petitions to parliament... The Congregationalists' 1833 abolition lecture, The Sinfulness of Colonial Slavery, was delivered at John Pye-Smith's Meeting House in Hackney by his former pupil, Robert Halley Dr John Pye Smith died in Hackney in 1851 and is buried below a marble chest tomb monument in Dr Watts' Walk, at the Congregationalists' non-denominational garden cemetery in the grounds of Abney Park, Stoke Newington.. [2] ROUNDELL PALMER - 1st Earl of Selborne [1812-1895]. English jurist. M.P. (1847-52, 1853-57, 1861-72); solicitor general (1861); attorney general (1863-65); opposed Gladstone' s Irish church policy; lord chancellor (1872-74, 1880-85); author of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act of 1873, which established a single hierarchy of courts; edited a hymnal, The Book of Praise (1863). Created earl (1882). ALS, 1866, 2pp. [3] ABDNOR, James [1923-] Representative and a Senator from South DakotaTLS, 1977, 1p. [4] [BOXING] EDDIE MACK - President and Matchmaker, Argonne Athletic Association. TLS, Boston, 1932, 1p, 4to. To [Rev.] Roland Sawyer of Ware, Mass. Encloses 2 tickets [not present here] for the Schaaf-Winston bout. Roland Sawyer was the noted Socialist who ran for governor in Mass. Mail folds. [5] Max Gebhard SECKENDORFF (1852-1911). American journalist; chief, Washington bureau of the "New York Tribune" (1883-1911); a very influential journalist between the time of President Chester Arthur and President William Howard Taft. Signed Riggs National Bank check, 1911. [6] (Thomas) BRASSEY (1836-1918), Earl Brassey, became civil lord (1880-83) and secretary (1884-85) of the admiralty; governor of Victoria, Australia (1895-1900); author of an encyclopedic work, The British Navy (1882-83); founder of the Naval Annual (1886); created earl (1911). ALS, 1899, 2 pp, 4to. Re: resignation of Bishop Thornton of Victoria. [7] [RELIGION] WM. C. HAWLEY - minister. Neat little document signed. Methodist Episcopal Church Quarterly Ticket [member] dated 1844. No place given but the document is dated 1844, which is important. The church split over the question of slavery in 1844 with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South being formed in southern states. It is unknown at this time whether Rev. Hawley was a black minister. Partly printed, approx. 3 x 2-1/4 in. Lightly toned. Click to see Hawley [8] D.W. CALDWELL - Gen. Manager, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway Co. ALS, Columbus, Ohio, 1877, 1p, to. To Ingalls. About low wages. File punch holes along margin don't detract. [9] Paul A. Dever (1903-1958) He served as the 58th Governor of Massachusetts. Signed 3x5 card. Slighted toned. See Dever signature [10] US CONGRESSMEN) album page 7 signatures: R.C. De Graffenreid [1859-1902 Tx] ¥ John L. Brenner [1832-1906 Ohio] ¥ C.P. Dorr [1852-1914 W. Va]. On other side are signatures of H.S. Boutell [1856-1926 ILL] ¥ R.C. Davey [1853-1908 La] ¥ John M. Allen [1846-1917 Miss]. VG..........100-150
138. [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
140. [MUSIC] John Rosamond Johnson
(1873-1954), most often referred to as J. Rosamond Johnson,
was an Bahamian-American composer and singer during the Harlem
Renaissance. Johnson is most notable as the composer of the
hymn "Lift Every Voice and Sing" which has come to be known in
the United States as the "Black National Anthem". His
brother, the poet James Weldon Johnson, wrote the lyrics of
the famous piece. It was first performed live by 500 Black
American students from the segregated Stanton School
(elementary/middle/junior high-level), Jacksonville, FL, in
1900. Rosamond appeared in vaudeville with various
circuits, and in 1933 he, as well as W.C. Handy, returned in
Joe Laurie, Jr.'s, "Memory Lane" review. His acting career
sky-rocketed in the 30s and 40s with roles in Porgy and Bess,
Mamba's Daughters, Cabin in the Sky, and A Young
American. SIGNATURE on album page as a player (Rev.
Whaley) in the Broadway play "Mamba's Daughters". Approx.
4-3/4 x 3-1/2". On the back side is slip glued down
signed by actor Gene Barry. Fairly scarce
autograph............50-75
141. Francis Cardinal Spellman
(1889-1967) American archbishop of the Catholic Church. He was
the sixth Archbishop of New York from 1939 to 1967, having
previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of
Boston (1932–39). He was named a cardinal in 1946. TLS,
1956, 1p.............45-65
143. George Ade [1866-1944] American writer. Signature.............20-30
144. [FILM] David Lloyd Wolper (b.1928) American television and film producer, responsible for shows such as Roots, The Thorn Birds, North & South, L.A. Confidential, and Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. He also produced numerous documentaries and documentary series like Biography (TV series&emdash;1961-63), The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (TV), Appointment with Destiny (TV series), This is Elvis, Three Days in November, Imagine: John Lennon, and others. He directed the 1959 documentary The Race for Space, which was nominated for an Academy Award. His 1971 film (as executive producer)about the study of insects The Hellstrom Chronicle won an Academy Award. TLS, 1968, 1p,, signed "David."..............25-35
146. [MUSIC] Alice Verlet (1873–1934) Belgian-born operatic coloratura soprano active primarily in France. She sang principal roles at the operas in Lyon, Nice, and Monte Carlo; at His Majesty's Theater in London; at La Monnaie in Brussels; and at the Paris Opéra and Opéra-Comique. In the United States, although not entirely absent from the operatic stage, she was known primarily as a concert singer and was a featured singer on Edison records. Large signature on 7-1/2 x 6-1/4" slip. VG............25-35
147. Helen Astor [1895-1965] Am. socialite. ANS, nd, re: her father....20-30
148. Samuel Merwin [1875-1936] American writer. Signature 1907.........20-30
149. Increase Sumner Lincoln [1799-1890] Am. Unitarian Minister, abolitionist, author. Signature dated 1889...........20-30
150. Sir James Black Baillie [1872-1940] British philosopher and academic. ALS, 1931, 2pp..........40-60
151. John Anderson [b.1922] Am. politician. TLS & ISP, 2001...........20-30
152. [FRANCE] Alfred
Deberle [1835-1877] Journalist, historian.
He was literary editor of the "Great Larousse encyclopedia" of
the 19th century. ALS, 1877, lengthy 2 pages. Not
translated. Fine......50-75
153. [INDIANS] Sidney
Lawrence (1801-1892) U.S.
Representative from New York. ALS, Albany [NY], 1844,
1p. plus postmarked address leaf. This was written while he
was a member of the New York State Senate (4th D.) in 1843 and
1844. Lawrence complains that "The appointment of Mr. Atwater
to the IOndian Agency was in my judgement an unwise
injudicious selection in every point of view & I have
heretofore called on the comptroller & so advised him. But
could get no encouragement for a change at present ... I have
met with unexpected obstacles in the application for authority
to lease the Indian Lands & probably shall not succeed.
The State will buy if the Indians can be induced to
sell." With red Albany/NY postmark, mss. 18-1/2 postal
rate. Approx. 8x10".............50-75
155. Chet Huntley (1911-1974) American television newscaster, best known for co-anchoring NBC's evening news program, The Huntley-Brinkley Report, for 14 years beginning in 1956. Signed 1950 bank check. See scan for condition..........40-60
See above161. [RI NEWSPAPER] BLACK HISTORY - The Woonsocket Patriot, May 6, 1870, 4 pp. Article concerning the 15th Amendment and the affect it would have on Northern States voting.........25-35
Scan 1163. (FOOTBALL) LAWRENCE PERRY (d. 1954). American journalist and author. Editor "Yachting" (1906-1910); author "THE FULLBACK" (1916); THE BIG GAME (1918); FOR THE GAME'S SAKE (1921); "TOUCHDOWNS" (1924). Author of syndicated columns "For the Game's SAKE" and "NEW YORK SKYLINES." Supervisor sports arts, ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA. Document Signed, The Riggs National Bank, Washington, D.C., 1916. Bank check with vignette of bank.................25-35
164. [THEATRE] Ethel Irving [1869-1963] British actress [not related to Henry Irving]. She created at Daly's Theatre [1902] the part of Sophie in A Country Girl. Another important role she played was Pamela Tuckwell in "What Pamela Wanted" at the Criterion Theatre. ALS, April 12, no yr., written on both sides of Criterion Theatre stationery which also says "Miss Ethel Irving's Season." Light scattered toning..............50-75
165. [MUSIC] Edward Dannreuther (1844-1905) German pianist and writer on music resident from 1863 in England. He trained as a musician at the Conservatoire at Leipzig, where he was a pupil of Ignaz Moscheles. Dannreuther became a champion of Wagner, and founded the London Wagner Society in 1872. Dannreuther became a professor of piano in the Royal College of Music in 1895, a position which he held until his death. An enthusiast for new music, he was an important influence on the composer Hubert Parry. Clip signature [irregular shape].........20-30
166. ROBERT S. DILLON (1929- ) American Diplomat. He was US Ambassador to Lebanon (1981-1983)It was during this time during the War there and dealt with the crises there impeccably. Onn the morning of Sunday, October 23, 1983, a heavy truck, loaded with explosives rammed into the building that housed the Battalion Landing Team (BLT) of the 24th Marine Amphibious Unit (MAU) The truck detonated immediately. The building was destroyed and 220 U.S. marines, 18 sailors and 3 soldiers housed there were killed in the ensuing explosion TLS dtd 5/12/1983 as Ambassador, with signed/inscribed 5x7 portrait photograph (2 items). The photo is signed in dark area therefore poor contrast.........................25-35
167. [MUSIC] Sir Julius Benedict (1804-1885) German-born composer and conductor, resident in England for most of his career. His best-known opera, The Lily of Killarney, written on the subject of Dion Boucicault's play The The Colleen Bawn to a libretto by John Oxenford, was produced at Covent Garden in 1862. His operetta, The Bride of Song, was brought out there in 1864. Clip signature signed "Benedict" mounted to larger slip.........25-35
168. [MUSIC] Geraldine Farrar (1882-1967) American soprano opera singer and film actress, noted for her beauty, acting ability, and "the intimate timbre of her voice." She had a large following among young women, who were nicknamed "Gerry-flappers". Signature dated 1920 on 3x5 card. Small picture affixed to card....30-40
169. Sir William Fletcher Barrett [1844-1925] English physicist and psychical researcher. ALS, no yr., 3pp, 4.5 x 7". VG............50-75
170. [MUSIC] Keith Lockhart (b. 1959) American orchestral conductor. Lockhart became the 20th Conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra in 1995. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.............25-35
171. [FRANCE] Lucien Descaves (1861-1949) French novelist. A disciple of Joris-Karl Huysmans and the Goncourt brothers his novels Le Calvaire d'Héloïse Pajadou (1883) and Une vieille rate (1883) followed strongly the naturalism movement. The anti-military novel, Sous-Offs (1889) provoked a scandal. Though acquitted of charges of offending the army and public morality, he was stripped of his military rank. ALS written on his calling card [both sides], signed with initials...........40-60
172. [MUSIC] Jeanne Devries - Dutch soprano who made her debut in 1867. ALS, 1873, 2pp., 5-1/4 x 8-1/4". VG...........50-75
173. [MUSIC] Jean Jacques Debillemont [1824-1879] French violinist, composer. ALS, no date, 1p, 5x8". VG.........40-60
174.
[FRANCE] 1735 French Mystery Document
on vellum, signed, 1p, approx. 9-3/4 x
6". A cover page identifies as duc d'Orleans -
Thomas de Lescornay Dumont. A few spots near top
edge............100-150
175. [MUSIC] Eric Coates (1886-1957) English composer of light music and a viola player. Clip signature............20-30
176. Cyril Ritchard (1897-1977) actor of stage, screen and television. He achieved star status in 1954 as Captain Hook in the Broadway production of Peter Pan co-starring Mary Martin,. Signed 1957 bank check...........40-60
177. [THEATRE] Léon Gozlan (1803-1866) French novelist and dramatist, was born at Marseille. When he was still a boy, his father, who had made a large fortune as a ship-broker, met with a series of misfortunes, and Léon, before completing his education, had to go to sea in order to earn a living. In 1828 we find him in Paris, determined to run the risks of literary life. His townsman, Joseph Méry , who was then making himself famous by his political satires, introduced him to several newspapers, and Gozlan's brilliant articles in the Figaro did much harm to the already tottering government of Charles X. ALS, no date, 1p, about his small article about "Songs". 5 x 7-3/4 in. Light edge toning...........60-80
178. [FRANCE] Léon Gozlan (1803-1866) French novelist and playwrite. ALS, no date, 1p. Re: president for a prize for novelists. VG........60-80
179. [FRANCE] Alfred Masson-Forestier (1852-1912) French writer, born at Le Havre. He studied law and from 1884 to 1899 practiced his profession at Rouen. After 1899 Masson-Fortier settled in Paris and devoted all his time to literature, contributing to the Revue des Deux Mondes, Le Temps, La Revue, etc. His stories, usually short and sober in content, are reminiscent of Merimée and Maupassant. The last years of his life were spent in a study of Racine and he published in 1911 Autour d'un Racine ignoré. ALS, 1911, 2 full pages about Racine and graphology. VG.............60-80
180. Teófilo
Braga, in full Joaquim Teófilo Fernandes.
(1843-1924). Portuguese scholar and writer. Professor, Lisbon
(1872 ff.); wrote prolifically on literature, history, politics,
etc.; noted controversialist, and anticlericalist republican.
Head of provisional government (1910-11) after dethronement of
King Manuel; interim president of Portugal (1915). Author of
Visa~o dos Tempos (1864), História da Poesia Popular Portuguesa
(1867), comprehensive História da Romantismo en Portugal (1880),
A Arcádia Lusitana (1899), etc. Signature on card (stamp
dated 1916)..............40-60
181. [MUSIC] Georgia Gibbs (1919-2006) was an American popular singer and vocal entertainer rooted in jazz. ALS, on 6 x 3-1/4" card. Envelope postmarked 1991......25-35
182. Hannibal Goodwin [1822-1900] Episcopal priest at the House of Prayer in Newark, New Jersey, patented a method for making transparent, flexible roll film out of nitrocellulose film base, which was used in Thomas Edison's Kinetoscope, an early machine for viewing animation. AQS, dated Oct. 17, 1881, 7 x 4.5". VG.........60-80
183. Bert Parks (1914-1992) American actor, singer, and radio and television announcer and host, best known as the longtime host (1955-1979) of the annual Miss America telecast. Signed 8x11 photo. VG............25-35
185. [SPORTS] BONNIE BLAIR - American Speed Skater - Olympic Gold Medalist - won the U. S. indoor title in 1983, 1984, and 1986, and was the North American indoor champion in 1985. She became a definite Olympic contender by setting a world record of 39.43 seconds in the 500-meter event at the 1987 worlds. At the 1988 Olympics, Blair set another world record to win a gold medal in the 500-meter event. After winning the world over-all sprint title in 1989, she finished second in 1990 and third in 1991 and entered the 1992 Olympics as a favorite in the 500-meter and a strong contender in the 1,000-meter. She won both, becoming the first skater ever to win two consecutive gold medals in the 500-meter sprint, and she received the Sullivan Award as the nation's outstanding amateur athlete. SIGNED 8x10 color photograph.............20-30
186. Diane von Furstenberg also Princess Diane of Furstenberg (Prinzessin Diane von Furstenberg) , born Diane Simone Michelle Halfin on December 31, 1945 in Brussels, Belgium, is a fashion designer, businesswoman, and New York City socialite. The daughter of a Holocaust survivor, she studied economics at the University of Geneva in Switzerland and while there she met Austro-Italian Prince Egon von Furstenberg. They married and moved to New York City in 1969 where son Prince Alexandre and daughter Princess Tatiana were born. Divorced shortly after the birth of her second child, she began her own business, entering the U.S. clothing market selling knit dresses. She is most famous for introducing the "wrap dress" in 1973, an example of which, due to its important influence on women's fashion, is on display at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. Von Furstenberg has started a number of successful businesses including a line of cosmetics and has ventured into the home-shopping business. In 1985 she moved to Paris, France where she founded Salvy, a French-language publishing house. From her design and marketing studio in a 19th century carriage house in West Greenwich Village in New York City, she currently creates a line of high-end women's apparel which is only offered in the most elite stores such as Bergdorf Goodman, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Neiman Marcus. In 1998 she published her memoirs "DIANE: A Signature Life." SIGNED 8x10 photo. VG...............................35-45
187. Clement Furman Haynsworth, Jr. (1912-1989) was a United States judge and an unsuccessful nominee for the United States Supreme Court. TLS, 1981, 1p. "...One who approaches any undertaking obsessed with his expectation of personal gain is unlikely to contribute much to society..."..........35-45
188. Sir Edwin Arnold (1832-1904) English poet and journalist, who is most known for his work, The Light of Asia. ALS, no year, "I am away at my house...." 4x6 in. VG...........75-100
189. [TV] Jonathan Harris (1914- 2002) American stage and character actor. Two of his best-known television roles were as the timid accountant Bradford Webster in The Third Man, and the comic villain Dr. Zachary Smith, in the popular 1960s sci-fi series, Lost in Space. ALS, 1989, conlusion & signature on backside. PLUS another autograph letter UNSIGNED..........30-40
190. [NOBEL] J. MICHAEL BISHOP -
American Microbiologist. Awarded 1989 NOBEL PRIZE for Physiology
and Medicine for his research on cancer -causing genes called
oncogenes. SIGNED 5x7 color photograph...........35-45
191. Eden Phillpotts (1862 - 1960) English author, poet and dramatist. AQS from "Vigil", dated 1907. Approx. 8x6" blue paper. VG..........40-60
192. [GREAT BRITAIN] George Nicoll Barnes CH PC (1859-1940) Scottish politician and a leader of the Labour Party. He was leader of the Labour Party from 14 February 1910 to 6 February 1911. He was Minister of Pensions (1916-1917) and Minister without Portfolio (1917-1920) under David Lloyd George. In 1918 the Labour Party decided to leave the Lloyd George Coalition but Barnes refused to resign. As a result he was expelled from the Labour Party and founded the National Democratic Party. SIGNATURE...........20-30
193. Lizzie Sparks Pickering [d. 1906] wife of Edward Charles Pickering, the noted American astronomer and physicist. ALS, nd, 2pp. to Mrs. Amedee Mouchez. Says she would very much like to see the astronomers without interferring with their work. Regards to Admiral Mouchez. Fine..........25-35
194. Sir Edward Thornton [1817-1906] English diplomat, son of Sir Edward Thornton [1766-1852] of the same occupation. He was born in London and was educated at King's College London, and at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He entered the diplomatic service as attaché to the mission at Turin in 1842, filled the same position in Mexico in 1845, and was made Secretary of Legation in that Capital in 1853. During 1848 he did much to forward the conclusion of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. In 1852 he was appointed Secretary of Legation at Buenos Aires; chargé d'affaires to Uruguay (1854); Minister to the Argentine Republic in 1859, to Brazil in 1865, and from 1867 to 1881 to the United States. He was knighted in 1870; in 1871 was a member of the commission on the Alabama Claims, and was appointed Privy Councilor; and in 1873 was arbitrator in the commission on the Mexican and United States Claims. He was appointed Ambassador at St. Petersburg in 1881, Ambassador at Constantinople in 1884, and retired to private life in 1887. It was because of him that the Triple Alliance War (Argentina, Brasil and Uruguay against Paraguay) took place. This war was a genocide to the Paraguayan people, killing 90% of Paraguay's population, including women and children. ALS, Montevideo, 1857, 1-1/3pp. Written in French. Fine.....40-60
195. STUART CHASE (1888-1985) American Economist/Consumer Activist/Man of Letters. From 1922 to 1939, Chase was a director of the New York-based Labor Bureau, Inc., an organization that furnished research, accounting, and other professional services to labor unions and cooperatives and published a newsletter.Chase and Frederick John Schlink were the founders of Consumers' Research. Schlink established Consumers' Research, Inc. They published the famous book Your Money's Worth(1927), a controversial exposé of the advertising and pricing practices used by manufacturers of consumer products. This work was widely distributed through the Book-of-the-Month Club In 1929, two months after the Wall Street crash, the organization began to publish its findings both as consumer pamphlets and in a regular bulletin that compared and assigned ratings to consumer products. These reports were eventually published in the Handbook of Buying. By 1930, membership in Consumers' Research, Inc. had reached twelve thousand.. He was the author of hundreds of papers and articles for over 60 years. ANS dtd Dec 1980.................30-40
196. Sir Walter Besant (1836-1901) was a novelist and historian from London. His sister-in-law was Annie Besant. ALS, 1882, 1p. Mounted to another sheet.........50-75
197. Robert (Smythe) Hichens (1864-1950) English journalist and novelist. He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films &emdash; The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) &emdash; and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction. ALS, 1907, 1p............80-120
198. [EARLY FILM] Odette Myrtil [1898-1978] French born American actress. One of the highlights of her career was acting the title role of Odette in Jerome Kern's :The Cat and the Fiddle" [1931], written especially for her. Written in TLS form, a document dated 1936, re: contract with Samuel Goldwyn, Inc. 1-page, she signs at bottom "Approved and Accepted." VG.......50-75
199. [BALLET] Dame Merle Park (b. 1937) prima ballerina. She joined the Royal Ballet in 1954 and became a soloist in 1958. In her career, she was partnered by Rudolf Nureyev, Anthony Dowell, Mikhail Baryshnikov. Signed color 5x7 photo. VG.............40-60
200. Cyril Ritchard (1897-1977) actor. Signed 7x9 photo. Corner
creases and old ink price written on backside.........30-40
201. [MAINE] WALLACE WHITE, JR.(1877-1952) American Politician. He was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fifth and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1917-March 3, 1931) Committee on Woman Suffrage (Sixty-seventh through Sixty-ninth Congresses), Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Seventieth and Seventy-first Congresses); served as a presidential appointee on a variety of commissions; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1930; reelected in 1936 and again in 1942 and served from March 4, 1931, to January 3, 1949; He was minority leader 1944-1947; majority leader 1947-1949. TWO TLSs, both 1918...............25-35
202. Gloria Steinem (b. 1934) American feminist, journalist, and social and political activist who became nationally recognized as a leader of the Women's Liberation Movement in the late 1960s and 1970s. Signed, INSCRIBED TO ROBERT, 8x10 photo. VG...........25-35
203. [ITALY] Susanna Agnelli, Contessa Rattazzi, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (1922- 2009) was an Italian politician, businesswoman and writer. She was the only woman to have been Minister of Foreign Affairs in Italy. TLS AS SECRETARY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF ITALY, 1983...............20-30
204. [NY] David B. Hill (1843-1910) American politician from New York who was Governor of New York from 1885 to 1891. During his tenure as Governor, William Kemmler was executed in the electric chair, the first inmate in the country ever to be put to death in this manner. He served as a U.S. Senator from New York from 1892 to 1897. He was also a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President in 1892, but lost to Grover Cleveland, who later won the presidential election. DOCUMENT SIGNED, 1902 bank check, National Commercial Bank, Albany, NY. VG.........40-60
205. [OPERA] CESARE SIEPI (1923- ) Italian Basso - He was based mainly at La Scala and from 1950 at the Metropolitian Opera in New York. He is particularly noted for his Mozard roles, and with the Italian repertory, especially Don Giovanni and Mefistofele. He is condidered one of the greatest Bassos after WW2. He created Nonno Innocenzo in Pizzetti's L"Oro. SIGNED Christmas card dtd 1991...............25-35
206. [CABINET] WILLIAM
FRENCH SMITH (1917-1990) American Cabinet
Official - Smith was one of several wealthy Republicans who
urged Ronald Reagan to run for governor and was a leading backer
of Reagan's successful 1966 bid. As governor, Reagan appointed
Smith as a member of the University of California Board of
Regents. Smith remained a strong backer of Reagan's political
aspirations and was a member of Reagan's "kitchen cabinet"
during the 1980 presidential campaign. Following President
Reagan's inauguration in 1981, Smith became attorney general; he
served until his resignation in 1985. SIGNED/inscribed 8x10
color portrait with sentiment...........25-35
207. DOUGLAS FRASER (1916-2008) Am. Labor Leader. President of Chrysler, President of the United AutoWorkers (1979-1983). SIGNED/inscribed 8x10 photograph..........25-35
208. [MUSIC] Richard Bonynge (b. 1930) Australian conductor and pianist. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo, 2001. VG........25-35
209. [MUSIC] Jane Glover CBE
(b.1949) British-born conductor and music scholar. Signed 8x10
photo. VG.........25-35
210. [NOBEL PRIZE] JAMES TOBIN (1918-2002) American Economist - 1981 Nobel Prize in Economics. His career as an economist began in 1939. He did research and writing in several fields: macroeconomic theory and policy; money and banking; public finance; consumer behavior; welfare economics; rationing; portfolio selection and asset markets ("q" ratio), economic growth; investment and capital accumulation; inequality and public policy to ameliorate poverty (negative income tax); econometric method ("tobit analysis"); international monetary system ("tobin tax"). SIGNED 1982 FDC honoring State Birds/Flowers. CLEAN.............25-35
211. [BALLET] DAME PEGGY VAN PRAAGH (1910-1990) Australian Ballerina/Choreographer. SIGNED/inscribed 8x10 photograph, 1982. VG.......25-35
212. [NOBEL PRIZE] ROBERT M. SOLOW
(1924- ) American Economist /1987 Nobel Prize Winner He-is one
of the major figures of the Neo-Keynesian Synthesis
macroeconomics. Together with Paul Samuelson, he formed the core
of the M.I.T. economics department which has been widely viewed
as the "mainstream" of the post-war period. Together, Solow and
Samuelson have contributed to various landmark pieces of work:
e.g. on von Neumann growth theory (1953), on capital theory
(1956), on linear programming (1958) and on the Phillips Curve
(1960). He is best known for his work on the Neoclassical growth
model (1956, 1970). He was also one of the co-inventors of the
constant elasticity of substitution (CES) production function
(1961). He is also responsible for exploring and popularizing
the "long-run multiplier" derived from a dynamic government
budget constraint. (1973) - SIGNED/inscribed 5x7
photograph...........................40-60
213. [ART] Sir Edward
John Poynter, 1st Baronet PRA (1836-1919)
English painter, designer, and draughtsman who served as
President of the Royal Academy. Signed card dated 1899.
Approx. 3-3/4 x 2-7/8". Fine example.........50-75
214. [ART] Willem Frederik de Haas
(1830-1880) Dutch-born American painter. He studied at the
Art Academy of his native city, and at The Hague under Johannes
Bosboom. He went in 1859 to New York City, where he became known
as a painter of coast scenery. Clip Signature, 4-1/4
x 1". VG.........30-40
215. [ART] Eric
Pape (1870-1938) Called “the Master of the
Pageant,” Eric Pape was a painter of historical and
archaeological subjects, a landscape painter, art teacher, and
illustrator. Fine ink signature dated 99, on 3-3/4 x
3-3/4" slip........30-40
216. [ART] Frank A. Bicknell
(1866-1943} American artist. Signed card, 3-1/2 x 2-1/4".
VG.........30-40
217. (BRITISH MILITARY NOTABLES LOT)
FIELD MARSHALL GARNET J, WOLSELY,1st
Viscount Wolseley (1833-1913 Esteemed British Soldier of the
19th Century. SIGNATURE clipped from ALS. HENRY
PHIPPS,1ST Earl of Mulgrave (1755-1831) Military Figure,
Politician, First Lord of the Admiralty He saw service in the
Caribbean during the American Rev. War. Also at hand when
British forces captured the French port of Toulon, and took
command of forces there. SIGNED address panel (1818) as
Marquess of Nomanby
. GENERAL ROBERT EDWARD KING,1ST Viscount Lorton (1773-1854)
Irish General, Politician. ALS (1828) 3pp. MAJOR
GENERAL SIR HENRY WHEATLEY (1777-1852)
Notable servant in the Military career and Keeper of the Purse
for King William IV and Queen Victoria. ALS, 3rd person
(1846). SIR ALBERT GERALD
STERN (1878-1966) Lt in the Royal Navy
Air Force, Armored Tank Divison, he was well known
international banker. He joined the service during WW1 and was
on the committee to develop the First British Tank ALS (1957).
Plus a brief ALS signed W.H. Curzon [needs
research]..............80-120
218. [FRANCE] Jean Soanen (1647–1740) French Oratorian and bishop of Senez. He was a convinced Jansenist. In opposition to the papal bull Unigenitus, he with Charles-Joachim Colbert, bishop of Montpellier, Pierre de la Broue who was bishop of Mirepoix, and Pierre de Langle who was bishop of Boulogne, appealed against it in 1717 to a general council. This group and their followers were known as Appellants; the council was though entirely hypothetical as an idea. Later, he sent out a pastoral letter to his congregation, urging the reading of Pasquier Quesnel. Pierre Guérin de Tencin, the archbishop of Embrun, then in 1727 had him exiled from his diocese. But Jean Soanen of Senez, a small mountain diocese in Provence, issued in 1726 a Pastoral instruction to his diocese, in which, at the age of 80, he reviewed his whole position in the controversy. He regretted that he had ever signed the Formulary of 1665, withdrew his adhesion to the Bull "Vineam Domini Sabaoth", blamed himself for prohibiting, against his real convictions, the moral Reflexions, and promised never to accept the Unigenitus. Soanen was deprived of his see by the Provincial Synoid of Embrun, which on carious canonical grounds he refused to recognize, and was banished to the abbey of Chaise Dieu in Auvergne, where he remained imprisoned till his death in 1740, at the age of 95. Autograph Document Signed, unsure if dated, different later handwriting below, approx. 6-1/4 x 4-1/4". Accompanied by 3 small pages of handwritten notes from circa 1880. VG.............150-250
See Soanen document226. Jared Sparks (1789 - 1866) American historian, educator, and Unitarian minister. He served as President of Harvard University from 1849 to 1853. Manuscript document signed by him and his wife Mary E. Sparks, receiving property as executor of will, dated Cambridge, Dec. 15, 1850. Text of document is brief. VG............50-75
230. Brian Blessed
(1936 - ) is an English actor, known for his sonorous voice and
"hearty, king-sized portrayals". Signed 3x5 photo.
VG.........25-35
See Blessed
photo
231. [PORTRAIT] Lydia H. Sigourney (1791-1865) popular
American poet during the early and mid 19th century. She was
commonly known as the "Sweet Singer of Hartford". Most of her
works were published with just her married name Mrs. Sigourney.
Original antique engraved portrait of Sigourney, image approx.
3.5 x 4.5 plus wide margins. VG...........25-35
232. Morgan Dix
(1827-1908) American Episcopal Church priest, theologian,
and religious author. ALS, 1890, 1p. PLUS unsigned cabinet
portrait photograph. VG..........50-75
233. [MUSIC] Joseph
Edgar Howard (1878-1961) Broadway
composer, lyricist, and librettist. A famed member of Tin Pan
Alley his credits, along with wife and composer Ida Emerson as
part of the song writing team of Howard and Emerson whose hits
include Hello Ma Baby, and Broadway tunes like The
District Leader. Clip Signature, 1944. Fair
condition......40-60
235. [FILM] James
Coburn (1928-2002) American actor. Signed
8x10 photo. VG............40-60
236. [MUSIC] Jan Kubelik (1880-1940) Czech-born Hungarian violinist and composer. Offered here is a rare AMQS, in pencil, dated Trieste 4/1929. Written on 4.5 x 7.5 in. album page. Accompanied by a vintage postcard photograph as a young man holding his violin. Slight photo defects............200-300
237. [THEATRE] (John) Augustin DALY (1838-1899) American playwright and theatrical manager. CLIP SIGNATURE.
238. [FILM] Ernest Borgnine (1917-2012) Signed 3x5 card..........20-30
241. [FRANCE] Adolphe
Perraud (71828-1906) French Cardinal
and academician. Three ALSs, 1878, 1894, and 1904, total
11 pages........150-200
242. (AMERICAN ARTISTS - 20th Century) - DON BACHARDY (1934- )
celebrated Portrait Artist, SIGNED, inscribed 5x7 photograph
print of artist Kent Twitchell's portrait of him which he
painted on his house, with return address signed
envelope. CHARLES BANKS
WILSON (1918-2013) SIGNED large postcard
reprint of his portrait of "Jim Thorpe" signed on front.
CONRAD BUFF (1886-1979)
Artist and illustrator of children's books. ALS, 1975. ALPHAEUS PHILEMAN COLE
(1876-1988) Painter, Engraver and etcher. When he died at age
112, he was recorded as the oldest living artist in history,
ALS, 1975. WARREN KIMBLE -
Celebrated Folk Artist. SIGNED 6x8 reprint one of his
lighthouse, sailing ship scenes, signed on front. BERNARD FRAZIER (1906-1996)
American Sculptor, TLS 1948. HARRIET C. EDEN (1903-?
), known for her expressionist landscape painting.
SIGNED original still life drawing, dated 1935, on
verso of postcard. RALPH
FASANELLA (1915-1997) Painter. Self
taught whose large, detailed works depicted urban working life
and post WWII in America SIGNED postcard reproduction on
verso from his "Mill Series."................100-150
243. [TV] Imogene
Coca (1908-2001) American comic actress
best known for her role opposite Sid Caesar on Your Show of
Shows. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.........50-75
246. [BASEBALL] Mel Ott - This is a
Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo. Designated M113 or M114
by collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos
around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are
blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss heavy paper
stock. You had to send away for the photos. The bottom center
has the players name, the lower left reads "Published by the
Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and the lower right reads
"Enlarged from an original photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY".
From the beginning, the posters offered collectors a chance to
obtain high-quality reproductions of photos taken by such
legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for
the sport of baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the
century, through his retirement shortly before World War II. A
substantial percentage of the posters issued during that span
featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12. Superb condition
when compared to the usual found. Often these were trimmed down
in size, this one is full size.............40-60
See above
247. [BASEBALL] Bucky Walters - This is
a Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo. Designated M113 or
M114 by collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos
around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are
blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss heavy paper
stock. You had to send away for the photos. The bottom center
has the players name, the lower left reads "Published by the
Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and the lower right reads
"Enlarged from an original photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY".
From the beginning, the posters offered collectors a chance to
obtain high-quality reproductions of photos taken by such
legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for
the sport of baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the
century, through his retirement shortly before World War II. A
substantial percentage of the posters issued during that span
featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12. Superb condition
when compared to the usual found. Often these were trimmed down
in size, this one is full size.............40-60
See above
248. [BASEBALL] John Mize - This is a
Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo. Designated M113 or M114
by collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos
around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are
blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss heavy paper
stock. You had to send away for the photos. The bottom center
has the players name, the lower left reads "Published by the
Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and the lower right reads
"Enlarged from an original photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY".
From the beginning, the posters offered collectors a chance to
obtain high-quality reproductions of photos taken by such
legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for
the sport of baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the
century, through his retirement shortly before World War II. A
substantial percentage of the posters issued during that span
featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12. Superb condition
when compared to the usual found. Often these were trimmed down
in size, this one is full size.............40-60
See above
249. [BASEBALL] Robert Doerr - This is a
Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo. Designated M113 or M114
by collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos
around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are
blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss heavy paper
stock. You had to send away for the photos. The bottom center
has the players name, the lower left reads "Published by the
Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and the lower right reads
"Enlarged from an original photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY".
From the beginning, the posters offered collectors a chance to
obtain high-quality reproductions of photos taken by such
legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for
the sport of baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the
century, through his retirement shortly before World War II. A
substantial percentage of the posters issued during that span
featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12. Superb condition
when compared to the usual found. Often these were trimmed down
in size, this one is full size.............40-60
See above
250. [BASEBALL] Red Rolfe - This is a
Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo. Designated M113 or M114
by collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos
around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are
blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss heavy paper
stock. You had to send away for the photos. The bottom center
has the players name, the lower left reads "Published by the
Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and the lower right reads
"Enlarged from an original photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY".
From the beginning, the posters offered collectors a chance to
obtain high-quality reproductions of photos taken by such
legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for
the sport of baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the
century, through his retirement shortly before World War II. A
substantial percentage of the posters issued during that span
featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12. Superb condition
when compared to the usual found. Often these were trimmed down
in size, this one is full size.............40-60
See above
251. [BASEBALL] Joe
Medwick - This is a Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo.
Designated M113 or M114 by collectors, Baseball Magazine began
issuing these photos around 1920 through 1950. Baseball
Magazine Premium Photos are blank-backed sepia tone photos
printed on semi-gloss heavy paper stock. You had to send away
for the photos. The bottom center has the players name, the
lower left reads "Published by the Baseball Magazine Company,
New York" and the lower right reads "Enlarged from an original
photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY". From the beginning, the
posters offered collectors a chance to obtain high-quality
reproductions of photos taken by such legends as Charles
Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for the sport of
baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the century,
through his retirement shortly before World War II. A
substantial percentage of the posters issued during that span
featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12. Superb
condition when compared to the usual found. Often these were
trimmed down in size, this one is full size.............40-60
See above
252.
[BASEBALL] Hank Greenberg - This is a Baseball Magazine
Company Premium Photo. Designated M113 or M114 by
collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos
around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos
are blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss
heavy paper stock. You had to send away for the photos. The
bottom center has the players name, the lower left reads
"Published by the Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and
the lower right reads "Enlarged from an original photograph
by C.M. Conlon, NY". From the beginning, the posters
offered collectors a chance to obtain high-quality
reproductions of photos taken by such legends as Charles
Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for the sport of
baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the century,
through his retirement shortly before World War II. A
substantial percentage of the posters issued during that
span featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12. Superb
condition when compared to the usual found. Often these were
trimmed down in size, this one is full
size.............40-60
See
above
253. [BASEBALL] Al Simmons - This is a
Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo. Designated M113
or M114 by collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing
these photos around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine
Premium Photos are blank-backed sepia tone photos printed
on semi-gloss heavy paper stock. You had to send away for
the photos. The bottom center has the players name, the
lower left reads "Published by the Baseball Magazine
Company, New York" and the lower right reads "Enlarged
from an original photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY".
From the beginning, the posters offered collectors a
chance to obtain high-quality reproductions of photos
taken by such legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the
alpha photographer for the sport of baseball, beginning a
little after the turn of the century, through his
retirement shortly before World War II. A substantial
percentage of the posters issued during that span featured
his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12. Superb condition
when compared to the usual found. Often these were trimmed
down in size, this one is full size.............40-60
See
above
254. [BASEBALL]
Joe "Flash" Gordon - This is a Baseball Magazine Company
Premium Photo. Designated M113 or M114 by collectors,
Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos around 1920
through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are
blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss
heavy paper stock. You had to send away for the photos.
The bottom center has the players name, the lower left
reads "Published by the Baseball Magazine Company, New
York" and the lower right reads "Enlarged from an
original photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY". From the
beginning, the posters offered collectors a chance to
obtain high-quality reproductions of photos taken by
such legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the alpha
photographer for the sport of baseball, beginning a
little after the turn of the century, through his
retirement shortly before World War II. A substantial
percentage of the posters issued during that span
featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12. Superb
condition when compared to the usual found. Often these
were trimmed down in size, this one is full
size.............40-60
See
above
255. Walter
Wellman (1858-1934) American journalist,
explorer, and aëronaut. In 1892 Walter marked with a monument
the presumed landing place of Christopher Columbus on San
Salvador Island in the Bahamas. In 1894 he led a polar
expedition east of Svalbard to latitude 81° N. He led another
expedition to latitude 82° N through Franz Josef Land in 1898
and 1899. Signed 1909 bank check for $2,000.
Fine............40-60
256.
[MUSIC] Antoine Elwart
(1808-1877) French composer ,
musicologist and writer on music. He received the Cross of
Spain by Charles III, King of Prussia. He received the
Legion of Honour in 1873 in the hall of the Conservatory , a
distinction to which he answered in a tone of humor "Vive la
République!". And say "You know, I did a cantata to celebrate
the glory of Charles X, he did not decorate, I celebrated
musical virtues of Louis Philippe, he did not decorated; j 'I
sang the benefits of the Empire, the Emperor did not
decorated, I've never done anything for the Republic, and she
decorates, it is just that I know he will! ". ALS, 186?, 1p, approx. 5-1/4 x 8-1/4". Slight
stain upper right corner.........50-75
See
portrait of Elwart
257. [WW II] Love letters - group of 10 letters written by Marjorie to her
sweetheart Gunner Jeahes, who is in the British military.
Lengthy but unread by us. Each with envelope.....50-75
258. [WW II] Vern Haugland [1908-1984] World War II Associated Press War Correspondent. Signed and inscribed 10x8 photo showing Haugland, bed-ridden being decorated with the Silver Star by General Douglas Mac Arthur. Haugland writes "With Gen. Mac Arthur at Port Moresby, New Guinea, Oct. 9, 1942...." He signed in 1963. Additional bio. information about Haugland is included...............80-120
259. Edward Everett (1794-1865)
American politician and educator from Massachusetts. Everett, a
Whig, served as U.S. Representative, and U.S. Senator, the 15th
Governor of Massachusetts, Minister to Great Britain, and United
States Secretary of State. He also taught at Harvard University
and served as president of Harvard. His signature as President
of Harvard on portion cliiped from a larger document, 1947.
Mounting traces on verso at corners..........40-60
260. [MUSIC] H. Maurice Jacquet (1886-1954) French composer, conductor, known for his musical compositions and operas, he collaborated with Preston Sturgis, the actor and playwright. AMQS from his composition "Romanitza" the opera. Written and signed on 6 x 4/5 album page. VG............60-80
See Jacquet AMQS
261. Mr. Rush
[Richard Rush, 1780-1859] he was the 8th US Secretary of the
Treasury [1825-29] and the 8th Attorney General of the United
States. ALS, London, Sept. 14, 1819, 1p, 8x10 in. This is written in the 3rd Person. "Mr.
Rush has the honor to present his compliments to.......Le Roy and
Bayard, and, in requesting that they will be so kind as to send to
the post office the enclosed letter directed to Mr. Davidson,
ventures to hop, that they may find it convient to place at the
disposal of that gentleman the sum mentioned in the letter of
Mess. Morlands, Auriol and company, within the space of a week or
two after it may get to hand." VG..........75-100
262. [MUSIC] Attila Molnar [b. 1970] Hungarian composer and jazz musician. AMQS from his "Hugarian Fantasy for Violin and Piano." Approx. 3x5. VG.........50-75
264.
[MUSIC] Antoine Elwart (1808-1877)
French composer, musicologist. He received the
Cross by Charles III of Spain, King of Prussia decorates
meanwhile Cross of the Red Eagle. He received the Legion of
Honor in 1873 in the hall of the Conservatory , a distinction
to which he answered in a tone of humor "Vive la
Republique!". ALS, 186?, 2pp, red pencil marking on
front page which can be erased. VG...........50-75
265. [FRANCE] Armand de
Pontmartin (1811-1890) French
critic and man of letters. Imbued by family tradition
with legitimist sympathies, he began by attacking the
followers of the encyclopaedists and their successors. In the
Assemblée nationale he published his Causeries litteraires, a
series of attacks on prominent Liberals, which created some
sensation. Pontmartin was an indefatigable journalist, and
most of his papers were eventually published in volume form:
Contes et reveries d'un planteur de choux (1845); Causeries du
samedi (1857-1860); Nouveaux samedis (1865-1881), &c. But
the most famous of all his books is Les Jeudis de Mme.
Charbonneau (1862), which under the form of a novel offered a
series of malicious and witty portraits of contemporary
writers. Pontmartin died at Avignon on 29 March 1890. ALS,
Paris, no year, 1p., to Marie-Louis Marcellus (1795-1865)
noted French diplomat and write. VG.........50-75
266.
[FRANCE] Anatole de Monzie
(1876-1947) French administrator, encyclopaedist (Encyclopédie
française), political figure and scholar. ALS, no date,
2pp. First page has light sunned marks............40-60
267. [FRANCE] Alfred Jean
François Mézières (1826-1915)
French journalist, politician and historian of literature.
ALS, no date, 1p. VG...........50-57
268.
[FRANCE] Eugène Manuel
(1823–1901), French poet and man of letters. ALS, 1868,
3pp. VG..........50-75
271. [FT.
KNOX, KENTUCKY] 13 letters from soldier Alvin O.
Crook, to his mother and father at Frankport, S.D. All with
envelope marked "Free". Sent while he was stationed at
Ft. Knox, 1942. He was member of Co. H, 43rd Regt.
Unread.........50-75
272. [MUSIC] Arthur Butterworth (b. 1923) English composer, conductor and teacher. His works include six symphonies, the sixth having its première in St Petersburg by St Petersburg State Capella Orchestra on 15 November 2009. In the summer of 2008 Butterworth returned to the Royal Scottish National Orchestra to conduct a recording of his Fourth Symphony (1986) and his Viola Concerto (1988) with the English viola player, Sarah-Jane Bradley. He has also composed eight concertos, several other large orchestral scores and a considerable amount of 'serious' music for brass (almost totally neglected by the brass band movement). At 87 he is still active as a composer and an occasional conductor (August 2010). Signed, inscribed 1-page copy of part of his Fourth Symphony. Signed on front and verso, 2011. One middle fold. VG..........50-75
273. [MUSIC] Robert Baksa [b. 1938] American composer. AMQS from his "Trumpet Concerto."....40-60
275. [FRANCE] Maurice Maindron
(1857- 1911) French entomologist. Maurice Maindron was the
son of the engineer and sculptor Hippolyte Maindron. In
1875, already a keen naturalist and entomologist, he attended
the Laboratory of the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle where
Philippe Alexandre Jules Künckel d'Herculais presented him to
Émile Blanchard and there he was hired to arrange the
Hymenoptera in the museum's collections. Before the age of 20,
he sailed with Achille Raffray to New Guinea (1876–1877).He
joined the Société entomologique de France in 1878 then embarked
on a series of missions that took him to Senegal (1879), to
India (1880–1881), to Indonesia (1884–1885), to Obock and
Somalia (1893). In 1896 he collected in Pakistan and Saudi
Arabia he was gain in India (1900–1901) and again in Senegal
(1904). Many of these missions were, at least in part,
financed by the Museum, and the material was added to the
collections. Other specimens were sold to collectors and
dealerships. ALS, 1893, 1p...............50-75
276. [FRANCE] Émile Deschanel
(1819-1904) French author and politician, the father of Paul
Deschanel, the 11th President of the French Republic. ALS,
no date, 3pp, 4-1/8 x 5-1/4". Fine.............50-75
277. [MUSIC] Tristan Keuris (1946-1996) Dutch composer. Rare AMQS from his "String Quartet No. 2", dated 1994, inscribed.........40-60
278. [MUSIC] Edward Gregson [b. 1945] English composer of international standing, whose music has been performed, broadcast, and recorded worldwide. He has made a major contribution to the repertoire of brass and wind bands and ensembles including for brass. AMQS, inscribed, from his 1979 "Trombone Concerto". 6x4. VG.............50-75
279. [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
280. [MUSIC] Pierre Luboshutz [1891-1971] Russian-American pianist. Signed card, with sentiment written in different hand.......25-35
See Luboshutz
281. [MUSIC] Domenico Brescia (1866-1939) Italian composer who taught in Chile and Ecuador, then became known in the United States for writing chamber music as well as musical accompaniment for dramatic performances. Signed, inscribed photograph, 10 x 7 in. mounted to larger sheet. "To my friend Miss Doris Osborne". He has also written a Musical Quote at top. VG..........75-100
282. [MUSIC] Frederick Martin Reiner (1888-1963) was a prominent conductor of opera and symphonic music. Signed album page...........40-60
283. [MUSIC] Irmgard Seefried (1919-1988) distinguished German opera soprano. Signed 5x7 photo. VG............50-75
284. [MUSIC] Arthur Butterworth (b. 1923) English composer, conductor. At 87 he is still active as a composer and an occasional conductor (August 2010). AMQS, inscribed, from his third movement of "Symphony No. 4", approx. 10-1/2 x 4-1/2". Two mail fold-lines o/w VG. An especially nice example.........75-100
285. [MUSIC] Anton van Rooy [1870-1932] Dutch bass-baritone. He had a voice of enormous proportions and is most remembered for his association with the music dramas of Richard Wagner, especially the Ring Cycle, The Mastersingers of Nuremberg and Parsifal. ALS, no date, 2pp, about 4-3/4 x 6-1/2". Written in pencil. Not translated. Wrinkled..........50-75
286. [MUSIC] Perry Como [1912-2001] Smerican singer & TV personality. Signed, inscribed sheet music from "Glendora." Signed on cover picturing Como. In good condition except for missing bottom right corner edge........25-35
287. [MUSIC] Burrill Phillips (1907-1988) American composer, teacher, and pianist. AMQS from "Scena da Camera" for Violin and Cello, 8-1/4 x 2-3/4". Wrinkled.....40-60
288. [THEATRE] Rosemary Harris (b. 1927) Tony Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated English actress and a member of the American Theatre Hall of Fame. SIGNED & inscribed 3.5 x 5.5 in. photo.............20-30
289. [THEATRE] George Graves (1876-1949) English comic actor who created The Gazeka, a mythical beast. He introduced it as a bit of by-play in the musical, The Little Michus at Daly's Theatre, London, in 1905. As a result, Graves's little idea became a fad of the season and a competition was mounted to encourage artists to give sketches of what the beast might look like. Charles Folkard won the competition and the Gazeka suddenly appeared in the form of various items of novelty jewellery, charms, etc, and was taken up by Perrier , the sparkling water makers, for a series of advertisements. The Gazeka also featured in a special song and dance in the entertainment Akezag, at the London Hippodrome at Christmas, 1905. ALS, no date, 1p..............25-35
290. [THEATRE] Ignacio Martinetti [? - 1931] American actor, director, composer, conductor. He made his Broadway debut in 1900. In 1905 he appeared in Victor Herbert's "Babes in Toyland". His career ended in 1930 with "Fifty Million Frenchmen." Signed, inscribed cabinet photograph from 1890s. 4 x 6-1/2". Photo by Morrison, Haymarket Theatre. VG for its age...........40-60
291. Kim Hunter (1922- 2002)
American film, theatre, and television actress. She won both
an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, each as Best
Supporting Actress, for her performance as Stella Kowalski in
the 1951 film A Streetcar Named Desire. Lengthy TLS, 1980, signed Kim, 1p. Fine.........35-45
292. JOHN SAVAGE (1779-1863), Democratic-Republican Congressman from New York from 1815 to 1819; Chief Justice of the N, Y. Supreme Court 1823 to 1837. DS dated May 21, 1830, as Chief Justice authorizing Thomas G. Fletcher to practice before the Court. Nice paper seal and remnants of ribbon. 11 X 7-3.4 in. VG...........40-60
293. [CABINET] CLINTON P. ANDERSON (1895-1975), Sec. of Agriculture under Truman. Congressman and then Senator from New Mexico. LS as Chairman on the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy congratulating long-term Senate employee on 50 years of service. FINE..........25-35
294. Roger Wolcott (1847-1900), Governor of Massachusetts 1896-1900. ALS, 1999, 1p.......35-45
295. {NAPOLEON III} A copy of Napoleon's decree issued at Tuilerie Palace May 21,1864 restoring French citizenship to a merchant. This is a certified true copy signed by the Asst. Mayor of the City of Bordeaux. 12 x 8" with stamped seal. With a translation............40-60
296. Eddie Albert [1906-2005] Am. actor. Signed 3x5 card........20-30
297. Mike Douglas [1925-2006] TV Show Host. Signed 3x5 card......20-30
298. Buddy Hackett [1924-2003] Comedian. Signed 3x5 card.......20-30
299. Steve Allen
[1921-2000] Tonight Show host. Signed 3x5 card......20-30
300. Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867) American physicist, great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin, was born at Philadelphia. After graduating at the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1825, he acted as assistant professor there for some time, and as a lieutenant in the corps of engineers he was engaged for a short time in the erection of coastal fortifications. He occupied the post of professor of natural philosophy and chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania from 1828 to 1841 and again from 1842 to 1843. He spent the years 1836 to 1838 in Europe on behalf of the trustees of what, in 1848, was to become Girard College. Abroad, he examined European systems of education and, on his return, published a very valuable report. In 1843, on the death of Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler, he was appointed superintendent of the United States coast survey. He succeeded in impressing the United States Congress with a sense of the great value of this work and by means of the liberal aid it granted, he carried out a singularly comprehensive plan with great ability and most satisfactory results. By a skillful division of labour, and by the erection of numerous observing stations, the mapping out of the whole coast was completed. In addition, a vast mass of magnetic and meteorological data was collected. His autograph in the form of a FREE FRANK SIGNATURE [used in place of stamp on envelope]. Actual size 2-5/8 x 1-1/4 in. Mounted to another sheet; handly any margins; condition - stained..............50-75
301. 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
302. [ART] John Chamberlain (b.1927)
American sculptor. He is best known for creating sculptures
from old automobiles (or parts of) that bring the Abstract
Expressionist style of painting into three dimensions. His
works have been exhibited around the world and have been
included in the São Paolo Bienal (1961, 1994), the Venice
Biennale (1964), the Whitney Biennial (1973, 1987) and
Documenta, Kassel, Germany (1982) and he has had over 100 solo
shows, traveling exhibitions, and retrospectives. Typed Letter
Signed, 1982, 1p. "I have a show opening November 27, 1982 at
the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York City. You are all
personally invited to attend..." VG..............40-60
303. [FRANCE] Jean-Barthélemy
Hauréau (1812-1896) French
historian and writer. After the revolution of February 24,
1848 was elected to the National Assembly; but close contact
with revolutionary men and ideas cooled his old ardour.
Throughout his life he opposed innovation, not only in
politics and religion, but also in literature. After the coup
d'état he resigned his position as director of the manuscript
department of the Bibliothèque Nationale, to which he had been
appointed in 1848, and refused to accept an administrative
post until after the fall of the empire. From the time of his
appointment to the Bibliothèque Nationale up to the last days
of his life he was engaged in making abstracts of all the
medieval Latin writings (many anonymous or of doubtful
attribution) relating to philosophy, theology, grammar, Canon
law, and poetry, carefully noting on cards the first words of
each passage. Brief undated ALS, 1p, approx. 4-1/8 x
5-1/8". Fine.........60-80
304. [FRANCE] Auguste Joseph
Alphonse Gratry (1805-1872)
French author and theologian. After a period of mental
struggle which he has described in Souvenirs de ma jeunesse,
he was ordained priest in 1832. After a stay at Strasbourg as
professor of the Petit Séminaire, he was appointed director of
the Collège Stanislas in Paris in 1842 and, in 1847, chaplain
of the École Normale Supérieure. He became vicar-general of
Orleans in 1861, professor of ethics at the Sorbonne in 1862,
and, on the death of Barante, a member of the Académie
française in 1867, where he occupied the seat formerly held by
Voltaire.
Together with others (Abbé Philippe Pétitot, pastor of Saint
Roch, and Hyacinthe de Valroger) he reconstituted the French
Oratory, a society of priests mainly dedicated to education.
Gratry was one of the principal opponents of the definition of
the dogma of papal infallibility, but in this matter he
submitted to the declarations of the First Vatican
Council. ALS, 1870, 1p, 4-1/4 x 6-1/2". VG............75-100
305. [FRANCE] Jean Marie Pardessus (1772-1853) French lawyer. His lectures were published under the title Cours de droit commercial (4 volumes, 1813-1817). In 1815 Pardessus was elected deputy for the department of Loir-et-Cher, and from 1820 to 1830 was constantly re-elected; then, however, he refused to take the oath of allegiance to Louis Philippe, and was deprived of his office. After the publication of the first volume of his Collection des lois maritimes antérieures au XVIIIème siècle (1828) he was elected a member of the Academie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres. He continued his collection of maritime laws (4 vols., 1828-1845), and published Les us et coutumes de la mer (2 volumes, 1847). BRIEF ALS, 1842, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8-1/4". Fine..........75-100
306. [FRANCE] Paul Thureau-Dangin
(1837 – 1913), member of the Académie
française (1893, later Perpetual Secretary), was a historian
of the reign of Louis-Philippe and also of the revival of
Catholic thought (in the Roman Catholic Church and the Church
of England) in nineteenth century Britain. Thureau-Dangin
reconciled his liberal Catholic position with support for
republican ideals. ALS, 187?, 1p, 5-1/4 x
7-1/4". One inche slice top edge o/w VG...........50-75
307. [FRANCE] Alfred
Croiset (1845-1923) French
classical philologist. He was the brother of Maurice
Croiset. Croiset became professor of Greek eloquence at
the Sorbonne in 1885, and has also authored La poésie de
Pindare (2nd edition 1886) and Histoire de la littérature
grecque (5 bands, from 1887 to 1899, several later editions).
Brief ALS, Paris, 1899 on black-bordered
correspondence card, 4.5 x 3.5". Repaired with archival
tape - was separted at some time..........40-60
308. [FRANCE] Jules Gerard
(1817-1864) French soldier, explorer, hunter who drowned in
the river between Jong and Woola Makeleye ( Sierra Leone ).
Knight of the Legion of Honor in 1847, the sergeant
Gerard was promoted lieutenant in the 3rd Regiment spahi a
reward for his driving seat Zaatcha (1849). Attached to the
Arab Bureau of Constantine , he subsequently obtained grades
of lieutenant then, between 1855 and 1857, of Captain. His
hunting lions Gerard earned the esteem of the most eminent
personalities of the time, who offered him weapons of awards:
the Duke of Aumale gave him a gun, the Count of Paris gave him
pistols that belonged to his father , the Emperor of Austria
gave him an arsenal of hunting with a precision rifle, while
Napoleon III awarded him a very expensive rifle as a first
prize shooting Vincennes (1860) . In 1848, during a visit to
France Gerard, Lieutenant General Beadle gave the famous
hunter lavish hunting knife awarded by the Journal des
Chasseurs (led by Léon Bertrand, a parent Beadle) and the
arquebusier Devisme. At the request of his friends and
admirers, Gerard told the story of his adventures in a popular
book he dedicated to the Governor General of Algeria, General
Randon (1854). The 1855 edition was illustrated by Gustave
Doré. According to tradition, the Frenchman Jules
Gerard, whose exploits were sung by Pierre Dupont (The Killer
lions) , was also inspired Alphonse Daudet Provencal character
Tartarin. ALS, Paris, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8". Fine............150-250
309. [FILM] Joey
Bishop (1918-2007) American entertainer
who appeared on television as early as 1948 and eventually
starred in his own weekly comedy series playing a talk show
host, then later hosted a late night talk show. He later became
a member of the "Rat Pack" with Frank Sinatra, Peter Lawford,
Sammy Davis, Jr., and Dean Martin. NOTICE OF EMPLOYMENT
document signed,1962, at $100 per day. Although not
mentioned this was for his work in the 1963 film Johnny Cool,
starring Henry Silva, Elizabeth Montgomery, Sammy Davis Jr.,
Telly Savalas, Jim Backus etc. Provenance: Milton Ebbins
Estate [VP of Chrislaw Productions]. Approx. 8x5", signed
in ink. The picture included here of Joey Bishop is NOT
included. VG.........60-80
310.
[ENTERTAINMENT] Edward "Eddie"
Rubin (1912-1999) was a Los Angeles-based
entertainment lawyer, who represented such clients as Steve
McQueen, Goldie Hawn, Warren Beatty and Howard Hughes. As
a partner at Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, Eddie chaired the
firm's entertainment practice, during which time he represented
several major film studios. During his career, he served
as president of the California Bar Association, the largest
state bar association in the United States, and as a trustee of
the Los Angeles County Bar Association. TLS, 1963, 1p,
to Milton Ebbins, c/o Chrislaw Productions, about employing a
composer. VG........25-35
311. Roger Wolcott (1847-1900)
Governor of Massachusetts from 1897, serving until
1900. TLS, 1896, signed as Acting Governor. Receives
admission cards to an exhibition at the Boston Art Club.
VG............50-75
312. [FRANCE] BULLETIN DES LOIS DE LA
REPUBLIQUE, dated Year IX [1801],
16 pages., approx. 5.5 x 8.5". Many pages on
how to split up captured ships [detailed]; also
article on CORSAIRS [pirates]; etc. Signed
Bonaparte in print. VG............100-150
313. [FILM] Norma Zarky (1917-1977)
was a prominent lawyer in Los Angeles, active in the fight for
abortion rights and other civil rights. She then worked for a
number of lawyers, including Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., a prominent
civil rights lawyer, and for Arthur Goldberg. She co-authored
a number of briefs with Rauh on civil rights cases during the
1950s. In 1954, during the McCarthy Era, the Department of
Justice sought to fire Hilbert Zarky from his position with
the Department, based primarily on Norma’s very brief
involvement with Communism when she was an undergraduate in
the mid-1930s, along with such “crimes” as their belonging to
a liberal book club and being at meetings attended by
“suspect” individuals. After she and her husband filed
numerous declarations from friends and prominent individuals
regarding their loyalty to the United States, he was
reinstated to his position. In 1961 joined the law
firm of Mitchell, Silberberg and Knupp, becoming the
firm’s first woman partner in 1968. At Mitchell, Silberberg
and Knupp, she practiced primarily in the field of
entertainment law. Zarky was the first woman to serve as
President of the Beverly Hills Bar Association and was a
founding member of Women in Film. She was influential in
establishing Public Counsel, which is now “the largest
pro bono public interest law firm in the world.” She
also was active in the Constitutional Rights Foundation.
She was also a founder of California Women Lawyers. Zarky was
particularly active in the fight for legalized abortion. She
was “one of the two leading California attorneys” strategizing
the legal battles. She authored the ACLU’s amicus brief in
People v. Belous, in which the California Supreme Court upheld
a woman’s right to abortion. She then wrote an amicus
brief on behalf of the American Association of University
Women in Roe v. Wade, the case that established the right to
abortion on a nationwide basis. In 1979, Women in Film
established The Norma Zarky Humanitarian Award, which “is
presented to individuals who, like Ms. Zarky herself, have
demonstrated enlightened support for the advancement of equal
opportunity for all and devotion to the improvement of the
human condition.” Lengthy TLS, 1965, 1p, to Milt Ebbins,
Chrislaw productions, about Bill Asher, mentioning the film
JOHNNY COOL and The Patty Duke Show. Bill
Asher (1921-2012) was one of the most prolific early
television directors, producing or directing over two dozen
series. With television in its infancy, Asher introduced the
sitcom Our Miss Brooks, which was adapted from a radio show.
He began directing I Love Lucy by 1952. In 1964, he produced
and directed Bewitched, which starred his then-wife Elizabeth
Montgomery. As a result of his early success, Asher was
considered an "early wunderkind of TV-land," and is
credited in one magazine article for 'inventing' the
sitcom. Included here is a carbon copy of another letter
plus a copy of a contract with William Asher.
VG..........75-100
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314. [FILM
HISTORY] Bill Asher
(1921-2012) American television and film producer, film
director, and screenwriter. He was one of the most prolific
early television directors, producing or directing over two
dozen series. With television in its infancy, Asher
introduced the sitcom Our Miss Brooks, which was adapted from
a radio show. He began directing I Love Lucy by 1952. In 1964,
he produced and directed Bewitched, which starred his
then-wife Elizabeth Montgomery. As a result of his early
success, Asher was considered an "early wunderkind of
TV-land," and is credited in one magazine article for
'inventing' the sitcom. TLS, April 10, 1963, signed by
Milton Ebbins, V.P. Chrislaw Productions and Bill Asher [he
also signs]. Asher is granted a leave to direct a BEACH PARTY
film. It is assumed that the film ended up being Muscle
Beach Party (1964), starring Frankie Avalon, Annette
Funicello, Don Rickles etc. PLUS TLS, 1963, signed by
attorney Norma Zarky [see Lot 59 above]. Two
signed items - very good condition...........125-175
See
Agreement
See Norma
Zarky letter
315. [FRANCE] 1621 French Mystery document on vellum, signed, 1p, approx. 14-3/4 x 3-3/8". There
is one long slice bottom right side that doesn't go into
text. Speaks of Bourgbois Du Puy, Des Gris. Signed
Derambert............100-150
316. [FRANCE] 1758 French document on paper concerning the Marquise de Breteuil, identified as signed with initials [upper left corner]; whose initials? One page, 6-3/4 x 8-3/4". VG...........100-150
317. [FRANCE] BULLETIN DES LOIS DE LA REPUBLIQUE, dated
Year IX [1801], 16 pages., approx. 5.5 x
8.5". On various subjects. Signed Bonaparte in print.
VG............100-150
318.
[ART] Launt
Thompson (1833-1894), American sculptor,
born in Abbeyleix, Ireland. Due to the potato famine occurring
in Ireland at the time, he emigrated to the United States in
1847 with his widowed mother, and they settled in Albany, New
York. There, he found work as a handyman. After studying
anatomy in the office of a physician, Dr. James H. Armsby, he
spent nine years as the studio boy of the sculptor, E. D.
Palmer. In 1858 he moved to New York where he opened a studio.
There he shared an apartment with James Pinchot. In 1862 he was
elected academician at the National Academy due to his work
Rocky Mountain Trapper, a marble portrait of James "Grizzly"
Adams. He visited Rome in 1868-1869, and married Maria Louisa
Potter (1839–1916), daughter of Alonzo Potter, Episcopal Bishop
of Pennsylvania. From 1875 to 1887 he was again in Italy, living
for most of the time at Florence. He died at the State Mental
Asylum at Middletown, New York. Brief ALS, 1874, 1p.
One mounting trace on verso and small piece missing bottom
edge o/w VG..............50-75
319. John Dos
Passos (1896-1970) was a radical American
novelist and artist active in the first half of the twentieth
century. Signature sending holiday greetings dated 1965. At some
period in time this was laid against something else causing
off-set on the card.......80-120
320.
[FRANCE] 17th
century French Mystery document on paper, 3-pages, from Fouchanges, approx.
7-3/4 x 10-3/4". VG............100-150
321. [ART] Philip Calderon
(1833-1898) English painter of French birth (mother) and
Spanish (father) ancestry who initially worked in the
Pre-Raphaelite style before moving towards historical genre.
He was Keeper of the Royal Academy in London. Calderon became
a leading member of the St John's Wood Clique, a group of
artists interested in modern genre and historical subjects who
were inspired, both artistically and socially by the
Pre-Raphaelites. Historical, biblical, and literary themes
were common in Calderon's later work. Many of his pieces show
female forms wearing rich, silky clothing in gently colored
landscapes. His Morning (1884) features a copper-haired maiden
watching a sunrise. ALS, no date, 2pp. Says his
mother has called upon Mrs. Lincoln and that she isn't as
well as she was the last time they saw her. He has
asked that the recipient of the letter read to Mrs.
Lincoln at a certain time, as he should have finished his
sketch of her. (Could this be Mary Todd Lincoln who
visited England [1868-1871] after the assassination of
her husband?). Approx. 4-1/2 x 7-1/4". Mounting
remains along right edge on verso...........100-150
322.
[MUSIC] Patty Page
(1927-2013) American singer and one of the best-known female
artists in traditional pop music. Signed, inscribed 8x10
photo. VG........50-75
323. [FILM] Julie Christie
- British actress. A pop icon of the "swinging
London" era of the 1960s, she has won the Academy, Golden Globe,
BAFTA, and Screen Actors Guild Awards. Signed 4x6 photo.
VG............40-60
324.
[FRANCE] 1589 French Mystery
Document on vellum, signed, 1p, approx. 12-1/2
x 6-3/4". In very fresh condition..........150-250
See front
See back
325. [FILM] Horst
Buchholz (1933-2003) German actor,
remembered for The Magnificent Seven, in which he played the
role of Chico,[1] and One, Two, Three and Nine Hours to Rama. He
appeared in over sixty films during his acting career from 1952
to 2002. Signed 4x6 postcard picture. VG............35-45
326. [FILM] Sam Waterston (b.
1940) American actor, producer and director. Among other
roles, he is noted for his Academy Award-nominated portrayal of
Sydney Schanberg in The Killing Fields (1984), and his Golden
Globe-nominated and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning portrayal
of Jack McCoy on the NBC television series Law &
Order. Signed 8x10 photo. VG..........30-40
327. [TV] Edd Byrnes (b. 1933)
American actor known for his starring
role in the television series 77 Sunset Strip. He also was
featured in the 1978 film Grease as television teen-dance show
host, Vince Fontaine, and a single-charted recording artist with
"Kookie, Kookie -- Lend Me Your Comb" (with Connie
Stevens). Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.........25-35
328. [FILM] Patricia Neal (1926-2010) American actress of stage and screen. She was best known for her film roles as World War II widow Helen Benson in The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), wealthy matron Emily Eustace Failenson in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), and middle-aged housekeeper Alma Brown in Hud (1963), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She also played Olivia Walton in the 1971 made-for-television film The Homecoming: A Christmas Story, a role played in the regular series by actress Michael Learned. Signed 8x10 photo. VG..........40-60
329. [MUSIC] Judy
Collins (b. 1939) American singer
and songwriter known for her eclectic tastes in the material she
records (which has included folk, show tunes, pop, rock and roll
and standards) and for her social activism. Signed 8x10
photo. VG............25-35
See above
330. [MUSIC] Andy Williams (1927-2012)
American popular music singer. Signed 8x10 photo.
VG.........50-75
331. [TV] Will Hutchins (b.
1930) American actor most noted for playing the lead role of the
young lawyer from Oklahoma, Tom Brewster, in the Warner Brothers
Western television series Sugarfoot, which aired on ABC from
1957 to 1961. Signed,
inscribed 8x10 photo as "Sugarfoot."
VG................25-35
332. [FRANCE] Circa 1800 document titled "Bailli", 3-1/2-pages, approx. 8x10. Identified as "Very
interesting text about being a Bailli in France." A bailli
(French pronunciation: [baji], bailiff) was the king's
administrative representative during the ancien régime in
northern France, where the bailli was responsible for the
application of justice and control of the administration and
local finances in his baillage. VG..............100-150
333. [FRANCE] French Mystery Document, 1794 on paper, signed, 1p, approx. 7 x 8-1/4. Speaks about Assignats. Fresh condition............80-120
334. Charles Rollin Buckalew (1821-1899) American lawyer and Democratic party politician from Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. Buckalew was the most influential early advocate of proportional representation in the United States. His proposals for a type of voting system known as cumulative voting gained significant support in Congress, and he played a central role in the adoption of cumulative voting in several places, including Illinois for state legislative elections in 1870, a system that lasted in that state until 1980. Letter Signed, Washington, 1867, 3pp, approx. 7-3/4 x 9-3/4" To Col. N.E. Piollet. Good political content. Just starting at a couple of folds.......75-100
Portrait of Buckalew
335. [FRANCE] 1595
French Mystery document on vellum, signed,
approx. 11-1/2 x 4-1/4". Identified as "Fouchane." Fresh
condition............150-200
336. [ART] Ignaz
Michael Marcel Gaugengigl
(1853-1932) German-American painter and engraver who
worked primarily in the United States. He specialized in
portraits and historical paintings. He was known as the
"Meissonier of Boston", because of his many portraits of the
"Boston Brahmins" and their families, and was one of the
founders of the Guild of Boston Artists. Most of his works are
in private collections. Signature on 3.5 x 2.5"
slip. Fine example.........50-75
337. [ART] Beatrice Wood (1893-1998) American artist and studio potter, who late in life was dubbed the "Mama of Dada," and served as a partial inspiration for the character of Rose DeWitt Bukater in James Cameron's 1997 film, Titanic. Wood was introduced to Marcel Duchamp, who in turn introduced her to her first great love, Henri-Pierre Roché, a man fourteen years her senior. She worked with Duchamp and Roché in the 1910s to create The Blind Man, a magazine that was one of the earliest manifestations of the Dada art movement in New York City. ALS, 1990, 1p, 8.5 x 11". About her biography "I Shock Myself." .............100-150
338. FRANCE] Pierre Louis Parisis - Roman Catholic bishop of the Bishopric of Langres from 1835 to 1851. He was one of the strongest right wing figures in the French Catholic Church of his era. In 1847 he formed the Archconfraternity of Reparation for blasphemy and the neglect of Sunday to promote Acts of Reparation to Jesus Christ. He is also noted for his efforts within the Assembly of 1848 for establishing the ecclesiastical college of St. Dizier and for his discussions concerning the educational reforms. He was a member of the commission which prepared the draft project for the Falloux Laws increasing the Catholic clergy's influence in French education. ALS, 1855, 1p, 6-3/4 x 8-3/4 in. Addressed to De Loisne. Not translated. VG............75-100
339. [ART] André Berne-Joffroy (1915-2007) Former Director of the Museum of Modern Art in Paris, Iimportant art critic in France. He was responsible for many of the important Paris exhibitions of modern art during the 1950-1980 era. He is also credited with the rediscovery of the Italian artist Michelangelo Caravaggio [1571-1610], who had a formative influence on the Baroque school of painting. Infamous while he lived, Caravaggio was forgotten almost immediately after his death, and it was only in the 20th century that his importance to the development of Western art was rediscovered. Despite this, his influence on the new Baroque style that eventually emerged from the ruins of Mannerism, was profound. It can be seen directly or indirectly in the work of Rubens, Jusepe de Ribera, Bernini, and Rembrandt , and artists in the following generation heavily under his influence were called the "Caravaggisti" or "Caravagesques", as well as Tenebrists or "Tenebrosi" ("shadowists"). Andre Berne-Joffroy, said of him: "What begins in the work of Caravaggio is, quite simply, modern painting." Offered here are 23 manuscript pages written by Berne-Joffroy [UNSIGNED]. He has written on the front "Exposition de Peinture Surrealiste Lima 1954." Written in French. Very rare! Excellent condition...........150-200
340. [FRANCE] approx. 17 signed petitions to save the Olympia Music Hall in Paris [1970]. Signed by musicians, dancers etc. Each 8.5 x 11. All VG. Needs research..........100-150
341. Lumber Trade in the St. Germain-En-Laye Forest - 4 Manuscript documents written in both sides of official Royal watermarked paper. Three have 3 different revenues [one has 2 revenues]. Very fresh condition. Approx. 7 x 10 in. each. Many signatures. These date 1822-1841.............100-150
342. [RELIGION]
Marie-Dominique-Auguste Sibour (1792-1857) French Catholic
Archbishop of Paris. He held in 1849 a provincial council in
Paris, and in 1850 a diocesan synod. In 1853 he officiated
at the marriage of Napoleon III, who had named him senator
the previous year. He also aimed at introducing the Roman
Rite in Paris and was progressing favorably in this
direction, when he was assassinated by an interdicted priest
named Jean-Louis Verger, who openly admitted to the crime.
Archbishop Sibour may be the only cleric murdered in modern
times due to his assassin's views on papal doctrine. ALS,
1856, 1p, 5 x 8 in. Speaks about Niederrmayer. Signed about
3/4 of the page down - followed by long postscript which
continues on verso. VG...........100-150
343. [ART] Henry Bone (1755-1834) English enamel painter who was also officially employed in that capacity by three successive monarchs - George III, George IV and William IV. In his early career he worked as a porcelain and jewelry painter. He was elected a Royal Academician and was responsible for producing the largest enamel paintings ever seen up to that time. ALS, 1805, 1p, 7 x 6-3/4". laid to stiff backing paper. Says he has finished the enamel of the recipient's mother............100-150
Portrait of Henry Bone
344. [GOLF] 5 Celebrity Golf Score Cards SIGNED. Includes: (1) Bill Murray the actor who first gained national exposure on Saturday Night Live, and went on to star in a number of critically and commercially successful comedic films including Caddyshack (1980), Ghostbusters (1984), and Groundhog Day (1993). See scan below - Murray signed quickly on right side as Amatueur. Something was smeared all over this card, perhaps mustard. Also signed by Davey Johnson - former second baseman, designated hitter, and manager in Major Leaeue Baseball. (2) Neal Anderson - retired football player who played for the Florida Gators and Chicago Bears. (3) Don Majkowski "Majik Man'' - former quarterback for the Green Bay Packers, Indianapolis Colts and Detroit Lions. Also signed by Rob Schmidt - American film director and writer. His film credits include Wrong Turn, a 2003 horror film, Crime and Punishment in Suburbia and Saturn. (4) Bobby Anderson - former halfback for the Denver Broncos. the New England Patriots and the Washmgton Redskins. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2006 & Rick Meli (5) Billy Joe Tolliver - played football for the San Diego Chargers, Atlanta Falcons, Houston Oilers, Kansas City Chiefs and New Orleans Saints & John Turner................50-75
346. [FILM] Fayard Nicholas (1914-2006) American choreographer, dancer and actor. He, along with his brother Harold, made up The Nicholas Brothers tap-dance duo who starred in the MGM musicals. SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO.........30-40
347. [GERMANY] August Everding - 20th century theatre/opera director. SP, 4 x 5-3/4 in. Scarce!.......................40-60
348. Herb Shriner (1918-1970)
American humorist, radio personality and television host.
Shriner was known for his homespun monologues, usually about his
home state of Indiana. He was frequently compared to humorist
Will Rogers. Signed photo, 5x7. ANY FAULTS ARE VERY
MINOR.............25-35
National Poet of Cuba
349. Nicolás Cristóbal Guillén Batista (1902 -1989) Cuban poet, journalist, political activist, and writer; best remembered as the national poet of Cuba. He was awarded the Stalin Peace Prize in 1954, which in 1954, which was later renamed for Lenin under de-Stalinization and also the Laureate Of The International Botev Prize in 1976. Rare ALS, 1977, 1p, 6-1/2 x 8-1/4". Except for mail folds VG. Not translated.........150-200
350. PETER DRUCKER (1909- 2005) American Writer/Teacher. He is also a consultant specializing in strategy and policy for businesses and social sector organizations. He has consulted with many of the world's largest corporations as well as with nonprofit organizations, small and entrepreneurial companies, and with agencies of the U.S. government. He has also worked with free-world governments such as those of Canada, Japan, and Mexico. He is the author of thirty-one books which have been translated into more than twenty languages. Thirteen books deal with society, economics, and politics; fifteen deal with management. ANS on 3x5 card dtd 1985...............20-30
351. George Maharis - actor. TLS, 1979..........25-35
352. James R. Killiam [1904-1988] Pres. MIT. SP, 5x7..........25-35
353. Victoria Holt - British novelist. TLS, 1973, 1p..........25-35
354. [FILM] Olga Petrova (1884
- 1977) American actress, screenwriter and playwright. Born as
Muriel Harding in England, she moved to the United States and
became a star of vaudeville using the stage name Olga Petrova.
She starred in a number of films for Solax Studios and was Metro
Pictures first diva, usually given the role of a femme fatale .
During her seven years in film, Petrova appeared in more than
two dozen films and wrote the script for several others. Most of
her films are now lost. Petrova left the film industry in 1918
but continued to act in Broadway productions. During the 1920s,
she wrote three plays and toured the country with a theater
troop. In 1942, she published her autobiography, Butter With My
Bread. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. TLS, Sept.
12, 1977, 2pp. About Women's Rights, articles written about her,
etc. She died about two months after writing this letter.
VG.......75-100
355. Sir Frederick McCoy, KCMG, FRS [1817-1899] Irish palaeontologist and museum administrator, active in Australia. Last 4 pages of an ALS, no date. Ink has lightened on last name. Mounting trace along edge on last page. Very small punchhole............30-40
356. [FOOTBALL] Ara Parseghian (b. 1923) American collegiate football coach. He served as head coach for three teams, most notably the University of Notre Dame team from 1964-1974. During his 11 seasons as head coach of the Fighting Irish (known popularly as "the Era of Ara"), he compiled a 95-17-4 record, for a .836 winning percentage, making him the most successful Notre Dame coach of the modern era. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG..............25-35
357. [MEDICINE] Ernest Besnier (1831 - 1909) French dermatologist and medicinal
director of the Hôpital Saint-Louis in Paris. He introduced
histopathology and parasitology to the clinic, and originated
the term biopsy for tissue samples. He was the first to describe
the chronic skin changes of sarcoidosis, and gave it the name
lupus pernio. He founded the medical journal Annales de
dermatologie et de syphiligraphie with Pierre Adolphe Adrien
Doyon . He attempted to balance the differences between the
French and Viennese approaches to dermatological medicine, and
in 1881 with Doyon, translated Moritz Kaposi's famous book on
skin diseases (Pathologie und Therapie der Hautkrankheiten in
Vorlesungen für praktische Ärzte und Studirende) from German
into French (Leçons sur les maladies de la peau). The eponymous
Besnier's prurigo is named after a type of atopic dermatitis
that he described. ALS, 1902, 1p,
4-3/8 x 7". Not translated.
Fine...........75-100
358. [MEDICINE] Denton Arthur Cooley (b.1920) is a pioneering American heart surgeon.
SIGNED 1970 picture removed from magazine. PLUS Dr. Willem Johan
(Pim) Kolff (b.1911) is a pioneer of hemodialysis as well as in
the field of artificial organs. Signed & inscribed magazine
picture...............25-35
359. [MINN] Robert Selmer Bergland (born July 22, 1928 in Roseau, Minnesota) is a United States politician. He grew up on a farm (where he still lives) near Roseau, and studied agriculture at the University of Minnesota in a two year program. SEC. OF AGRICULTURE. ALS, 2004, 1p...........25-35
360. [MEDICINE] William Sharpey [1802-1880] British anatomist and physiologist. He was one of the founders of modern physiology in Great Britain and the first to occupy a chair of physiology in a British medical school. Joseph Lister was one of his pupils. SIGNED fragment removed from letter. No date...............50-75
361. [FILM] Edward Chodorov (1904-1988) Broadway playwright and he was the author or the producer of over 50 motion pictures. DOCUMENT SIGNED, July 11, 1935, 1p. To Samuel Goldwyn Inc., Hollywood, Cal., giving authorization to Vernopn D. Wood to accept delivery of any and all checks and/or sums of money payable to Chodorov. Lightly toned at right edge affecting nothing............50-75
362. Edward L. Tilton (1861-1933) American architect, with a practice in
New York City, where he was born. He specialized in the design
of libraries, such as the Olean Public Library and Mount
Pleasant Library (Washington, D.C.), two of about a hundred
libraries, many of them Carnegie libraries, that he designed in
the United States and Canada, and structures for educational
institutions. He and the partner that he met in Paris, William
A. Boring, won a competition in 1897 to design the first phase
of new buildings for the U.S. Immigration Station on Ellis
Island in New York Harbor : the Main Building (1897-1900),
Kitchen and Laundry Building (1900-01), Main Powerhouse
(1900-01), and the Main Hospital Building (1900-01) were all
constructed to their designs before the formal partnership was
amicably dissolved in 1904. The two architects continued to
share an office. A RARE DOCUMENT SIGNED, Dec. 27, 1923,
concerning construction supplies for the Knight Memorial Library
in Providence, Rhode Island, for $8,579.23. One page plus 2
additional pages of figures.......100-150
363. Waldegrave - 8th Earl [1788-1859] Brit. naval Vice-Adm. Clip signature.......25-35
364. Eliza (Buckminster) Lee (1792-1864) American author, the daughter of Joseph Buckminster. She was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire; was well educated by her father and brother, Joseph Stevens Buckminster; married a Thomas Lee of Boston; became a writer; and was unusually felicitous in her descriptions of New England life. She wrote, notably: Sketches of New England Life (1837); Naomi, or Boston Two Hundred Years Ago (1848); and memoirs of her father and brother (1849). She translated from the German, wrote a life of Richter (1842), and published an historical novel, Parthenia, the Last Days of Paganism (1858). ALS, 1843, 2pp. To Phillips Brooks, the famous American clergyman and author. Letter says she is sending the poem Brooks asked for [poem not present here[.............75-100
365. Thomas J. Dodd [1907-1971] US Sen. TLS, 1961 re: World Peace......25-35
366. BILL BLASS (1913-2002) Am. Fashion Designer. ISP, 8X10......25-35
367. [CABINET] HOWARD "Bo" CALLAWAY- American Politician - United States Representative, Georgia, and Secretary of the Army under Presidents Nixon and Ford. SIGNED/Inscribed 5x7 photograph............25-35
368. James Caleb "Cale" Boggs (1909-1993) a veteran of World War II, and a member of the Republican Party, who served three terms as U.S. Representative from Delaware, two terms as Governor of Delaware, and two terms as U.S. Senator from Delaware. He was known b y his middle name. SIGNED/INSCRIBED 8x10 photo, 1983.................20-30
369. [FILM & TV] Hazel Court (1926-2006) English actress best known for her
roles in horror films during the 1950s and early 1960s. SIGNED
& INSCRIBED 5x7 photo. VG....25-35
370. [FRANCE] Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant (1797-1886) French mechanician and mathematician who contributed to early stress analysis and also developed the one-dimensional unsteady open channel flow shallow water equations or Saint-Venant equations that are a fundamental set of equations used in modern hydraulic engineering . Although his surname was Barré de Saint-Venant in non-French mathematical literature he is known simply as Saint-Venant. His name is also associated with Saint-Venant's principle of statically equivalent systems of load, Saint-Venant's theorem and for Saint-Venant's compatibility condition, the integrability conditions for a symmetric tensor field to be a strain. In 1843 he published the correct derivation of the Navier-Stokes equations for a viscous flow and was the first to "properly identify the coefficient of viscosity and its role as a multiplying factor for the velocity gradients in the flow". Although he published before Stokes the equations do not bear his name. In 1868, at 71 years old, he was elected to succeed Poncelet in the mechanics section of the Académie des Sciences. In 1869 he was given the title 'Count' (comte) by Pope Pius IX. ALS, 1861, 2pp, approx. 5-1/4 x 8-1/4". There is a tear coming up from botton edge that touches the signature but no loss of paper. See scan.........100-150
371. Mystery Collection of 30 clip signatures affixed to single page, 9x11". These appear to be English. Certainly in need of some research...............50-75
372. [FILM] Fay Bainter (1893-1968) American film and stage actress. Bainter quickly achieved success, and in 1938 she became the first performer nominated for both the Academy Award for Best Actress, for White Banners (1937), and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Jezebel (1938), winning for the latter. Since then, only nine other actors have won dual nominations in a single year. She was again nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Children's Hour (1961). ALS, no date, 1p. To Franklyn Lenthall - actor, director, producer, curator of the Boothbay Theater Museum [Maine]. "My dear Mr. Lenthall - How can I thank you for your wonderful letter - It helps a lot - I shall keep on trying until I get something to please everyone - Good luck to you - Please don't give up - Sincerely Fay Bainter." Written on Hotel Astor, NYC, letterhead. VG...........80-120
373. [REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE] COREY ALLEN (1934-2010) American Actor/Director. He began acting while attending UCLA. A proponent of "The Method," Allen found himself in the company of several like-minded young actors in his first film of consequence, (1955) Allen played Buzz in the film REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE, the high-school ringleader who dies horribly during the "chickin run" with JAMES DEAN. Though Buzz became a comparatively sympathetic character before his screen demise, producers tended to think of Allen as a surly, punkish type, and cast him accordingly. Frustrated with being typecast, Allen turned director in 1962. Corey Allen's theatrical-film directorial efforts have hardly been Oscar calibre (have you seen The Erotic Adventures of Pinocchio?), but his TV work has proven quite impressive, enough so to earn him an Emmy award. SIGNED/Inscribed 8x10 photograph............30-40
374. [ART] Malvina
Hoffman (1887 - 1966) American
sculptor and author, well known for her life-size bronze
sculptures of people. Signed 3x5 card dated 1965........25-35
375. [FRANCE] Mlle Cécile
Charlotte Furtado (1821-1896) was a
daughter of Elie Furtado, the chief rabbi of Bayonne, and Rose
Fould, a daughter of Beer Léon Fould, banker and the mayor of
Rocquencourt. She married in 1838 Charles Heine (1810-1865), a
scion of a rich banking dynasty and first cousin of the poet
Heinrich (Henri) Heine (1797-1856). Mme Furtado-Heine was
chiefly known for her philanthropy in the areas of medicine,
education, and religion. During the Franco-Prussian war of
1870-1871, she supported the Red Cross and the ambulance
services; and in 1895 she bequeathed her villa in Nice as a
hospital and sanatorium for wounded and convalescent soldiers.
In 1884 she founded and endowed an orphanage in the 14th
Arrondissement on the street which was renamed Rue Furtado-Heine
in her honour after her death, as well as similar children’s
establishments in Bayone and Montrouge. She was a generous
donor to the Institut Pasteur, and her commemorative bust still
adorns the halls of the Institute. Mme Furtado-Heine also
generously contributed to numerous Jewish charities and
benevolent organisations; and financially supported the building
of new synagogues in France and Belgium. Her charitable
and philanthropic endeavours were recognised by the Government
of France, and in 1896 she became the Officer of the Legion
d’Honneur, a distinction very rare for a woman in the nineteenth
century. ALS, no date, 1p, approx. 4 x 6". Fine.............75-100
378. [FRANCE] Jean-François Constant Mocquard (
1791 - 1864 ) French lawyer , diplomat , sub-prefect and
French politician , Chief of Staff of Napoleon III ( 1848 - 1864
) and senator ( 1 863 - 1864 ). ALS, 1853, 1p.
Approx. 5-1/4 x 8-1/4". VG.........50-75
See
portrait of Mocquard
379. [MAINE] R.P.D. (Robert Pinckney Dunlap. 1794-1859) was the 11th Governor of Maine and a U.S. Representative from Maine. ALS, Washington, March 11, 1846, 1p. Signed with initials. Concerns papers of a case that had been found. The case "Greely & Dunn." VG.............40-60
380. [THEATRE] Channing Pollock (1880-1946) American playwright, critic and writer of film scenarios. TLS, 1936, 1p. Small foxing stains........25-35
381. [ROYALTY] Princess Stephanie of Monaco (born 1965) member of the royal family of Monaco. She is the youngest child of Grace Kelly and Rainier III of Monaco. SIGNED 1978 FDC honoring American Quits. Clean & attractive.............30-40
382. [NOBEL] Dr Edwin Gerhard Krebs (born 1918) American biochemist. He received the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research and the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize in 1989 together with Alfred Gilman winner of Nobel Prize in medicine in 1994 and, together with his collaborator Edmond H. Fischer, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1992 for describing how reversible phosphorylation works as a switch to activate proteins and regulate various cellular processes. SIGNED soft cover pamphlet about him. Not published with cover.............20-30
383. PEGGY STEWART (1923- ) American Actress. Her family moved to
California in the mid '30s, where she made the acquaintance of
character actor Henry O'Neill. Aware that Paramount Pictures was
looking for a new face to play the part of Joel McCrea's and
Frances Dee's daughter in Wells Fargo (1936), O'Neill
recommended Stewart. The assignment led to numerous other roles
for the teenaged actress, who by the end of 1940 was not only
established in Hollywood but the wife of actor Don "Red" Barry
(Stewart was also the sister-in-law of another actor, Wayne
Morris). At about the time her marriage was breaking up in 1944,
Stewart signed with Republic Studios, where, starting with
Tucson Raiders (1944), she became resident leading lady for many
of Republic's western stars. She also appeared in serials at
Republic but preferred westerns because the shooting schedules
were shorter and she was able to wear a more varied wardrobe.
Leaving Republic in 1948, she freelanced until 1953, when she
briefly gave up acting to become a casting director at NBC
television. SIGNED/inscribed 8x10 photograph with
sentiment...........25-35
384. [ART] Ruth Bernhard (1905-2006) American
photographer. TLS, 1993, 1p. VG.........50-75
385. [FRANCE] Maria Deraismes (1828-1894) French author and major pioneering force for women's rights. ALS, PARIS, 1891, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8-1/2". Includes envelope. She doesn't sign first name as Maria, and we are unable to ascertain what she wrote for first name. Perhaps nickname or something Masonic???? VG............75-100
386. [FILM] Helen Twelvetrees (1908-1958) American stage and screen performer, considered a top female star in the early days of sound films. RARE ANS, 1934, 1p. "Congratulations to the Twentieth Century Autograph Club! May your organization be a successful and happy one. Best wishes, Helen Twelvetrees." VG............50-75
387. [RELIGION] Benoit-Marie Card. Langénieux (1824-1905) French Archbishop of Reims and
Cardinal. Langénieux enjoyed the friendship of Pope Leo XIII ,
who consulted him on all matters concerning the Church in
France. The universal esteem in which he was held was abundantly
proved by the many decorations which European rulers bestowed on
him and by the vast concourse of bishops, priests, and people at
his two jubilees and at his funeral. ALS, 1897, 1p, 4-3/4 x
6-3/4 in. Fine.........100-150
388. [THEATRE] Jean Herve [1884-1966] French comedy actor, teacher and director. SIGNED, INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH, to the actress Tania Fedor, dated 1924. Photographer was Paul Mejat. Over all size 5-1/4 x 8-3/4". VG.............50-75
389. [POETRY] Mary E. Ireland - American Poet at turn of the century. Signed holograph poem "Home On Furlough", 1p, 32 lines. Fine.......25-35
390. [FRANCE] HENRY JOUIN [b.1841] Fr. writer. ALS, 1900, written on correspondence card. Bottom right corner trimmed. To Aimi Giron. Not translated.........................50-75
391. Jilly (Cooper) OBE (b. 1937) is an English author. She started her career as a journalist and wrote numerous works of non-fiction before writing several romance novels, the first of which appeared in 1975. She is most famous for writing the six blockbuster novels the Rutshire Chronicles. BRIEF TLS, 1979, 1p............25-35
392. [FILM] Harry Dean Stanton (b. 1926) American actor of film and television. SIGNED & INSCRIBED PHOTO, 4x6". VG...........25-35
393. [FILM] Dana Wynter (b. 1931) German-born United States actress, who was raised in England and southern Africa. She appeared in film and television for more than four decades beginning in the 1950s, most notably in the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers. SIGNED 8x10 vintage photo...........25-35
394. Louise Chandler Moulton (1835 - August 10, 1908), American poet, story-writer and critic. Signed card dated 1901........20-30
395. [FRANCE] Guillaume-René Meignan (1817-1896) French Catholic apologist and scriptural exegete, Archbishop of Tours and Cardinal. ALS, 1887, 1-1/5 pp, 8vo. Not translated. VG........100-150
396. [FRANCE] Eugène Mouton (1823-1902) French writer of comic, adventure, and fantastical literature, and is considered an early writer of science fiction. He wrote under the name Mérinos. The son of a military officer father and a Creole mother, he lived in Guadeloupe until the age of ten. In 1848 he became a magistrate; his career progressed upward for the next 20 years, and he rose to the rank of prosecutor. During his time in Rodez he helped to implement one of the first mobile libraries in France. He wrote for various newspapers, and his first story was published in 1857 when L'Invalide à la tête de bois (The Invalid with the Wooden Head) appeared in Le Figaro under the pen name of Mérinos. His subsequent success caused him to resign from the magistracy in 1868 in order to devote himself to writing. His principal works are Les lois pénales en France (1868), Nouvelles et fantaisies humoristisques (1873 and 1876), Voyages et aventures du Marius Cougourdan (1879), and Histoire de l'invalide à la tête de bois (1887). ALS, PARIS, 1889, 4pp, 4.5 x 7". VG. Speaks about his work and drawings............75-100
397. [NOBEL PRIZE] Robert C. Merton (b. 1944) American economist, university professor and Nobel laureate in economics. Signed & inscribed, 2001, softcover booklet "Applications of Option-Pricing Theory: Twenty-Five Years Later," 66 pp, publ. 1997. VG.............25-35
398. [Pakistan] Chaudhry Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, KCSI [1893-1985] Pakistani politician, diplomat, international jurist, and scholar of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, known for drafting the Pakistan Resolution, for his representation of Pakistan at the United Nations, and serving as a judge at the International Court of Justice in The Hague. SIGNED CARD, DATED NOV. 22, 1939.............20-30
399. [FRANCE] Jacques Tarride (1903-1994) French actor, director. He was the son of the actor Abel Tarride and the brother of the director Jean Tarride. Great friend of Sacha Guitry who was godfather to his son. ALS, 1992, written on both sides. Approx. 6x7. VG. Content about "les Nouveai L Riches".........50-75
400. [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
402. [FILM] Lois Moran (1909-1990) American film actress. Her career
began in 1921, and Moran appeared in a couple of silent movies
in the early 1920s. She is probably best known for her role,
as Laurel Dallas, daughter of the title role in the 1925 film
Stella Dallas. She appeared in early sound movies such as
Behind That Curtain (1929), and some musical movies, such as A
Song of Kentucky (1929), Words and Music (1929), and Mammy
(1930). Like many actors and actresses from the silent film
era, she did not make a successful transition to the talkies.
She also had a brief affair with writer F. Scott Fitzgerald
while he was married to Zelda Fitzgeral. He once remarked that
she was "The most beautiful girl in Hollywood". She was also
an inspiration for the character of Rosemary Hoyt in
Fitzgerald's novel Tender is the Night (1934). In 1935, she
married Clarence M. Young, Secretary of Commerce, and retired
from Hollywood. Really nice letter talking about her career;
mentions Lillian Gish, Betty Davis, Henry King the director of
Stella, Colleen Moore, etc. ALS,
Arizona, 1988, filling both sides of 7-1/4 x 10-1/2
stationery. Fine.............50-75
See picture
of Moran
403. [CIVIL WAR] DREW,
GEORGE A., Detroit. Captain Sixth Cavalry,
Oct. 13, 1862. Major, July 17,1863. Lieutenant Colonel, June 6,
1864. Declined promotion. Brevet Lieutenant Colonel U. S.
Volunteers, March 13, 1865, '"for highly distinguished and
meritorious services in the Shenandoah Valley." Brevet Colonel
U. S. Volunteers, April 9, 1865. "for highly distinguished and
meritorious services in the campaign against Richmond, Va."
Mustered out on expiration of term of service, Oct. 11,1865.
Second Lieutenant Tenth U. S. Infantry, May 15,1866. First
Lieutenant, March 26.1868. Assigned to Third U. S. Cavalry,
January 1st, 1871. Captain, March 20, 1879. Signature with
rank "Capt. 3rd US Cav" on album page. VG...........25-35
404. David Selden was born in
Chatham, Connecticut, June 4, 1785, the son of the
Congregational minister of Middle Haddam Church, David Selden
(1761-1825), and his wife, Cynthia May (1761-1850). Selden
sailed to Liverpool, England, in 1811, in order to make his
fortune in the international mercantile trade. During the War of
1812, he was a prisoner on parole, and in 1818, he filed for
bankruptcy. Afterwards, he returned briefly to the United
States, where he married Gertrude Richards in 1820. The pair had
11 children. In 1822, he returned to England and with his
business partner, William Hynde, became an important cotton
importer. He also traded coffee, and in 1831, received a patent
for a coffee-grinding mill. He died February 23, 1861. ALS
[stampless folded letter - no postal markings], New York,
1820, 2 pages + address leaf addressed to his father Rev.
David Seldon. He talks about family members,
Methodists and the church. VG...............75-100
405. [PORTRAIT] Patrick Henry (1736-1799) American attorney, planter and politician who became known as an orator during the movement for independence in Virginia in the 1770s. A Founding Father, he served as the first and sixth post-colonial Governor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779 and from 1784 to 1786. Original antique engraved portrait, image approx. 4-1/2 x 3-7/8" plus margins. Very slight foxing........25-35
407. Bobby Bass (1936- 2001) American actor, stunt performer, and stunt coordinator. Bass made a career in movies and television in a variety of genres working with Burt Reynolds, Sylvester Stallone, and John Wayne. He taught martial arts and weapons handling to Geena Davis, Michael Douglas, Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Susan Sarandon, and Kathleen Turner. Bass appeared in TV commercials and TV series such as Fantasy Island, McGyver, Mission: Impossible, Star Trek: The Original Series, The A-Team, and The Twilight Zone. Warner Bros. 1985 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG.......20-30
408. Paul Monash (1917-2003) American producer and screenwriter. Monash won early acclaim for his writing for television, including his work on the pioneer anthology series Studio One, Suspense and Playhouse 90. Monash wrote and produced the pilot for the TV series The Untouchables (1959). After the success of The Untouchables, Monash was asked to create Peyton Place (1964–1969), an ABC-TV series that was the first prime-time serialized drama on American television. His film production credits include Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), Slaughterhouse-Five (1972), The Front Page (1974) and Carrie (1976). Monash produced the feature film The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973), a dark, critically acclaimed crime drama starring Robert Mitchum, and also adapted the George V. Higgins novel for the screen. Warner Bros. 1985 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG.......20-30
409. Dick
O'Neill (1928-1998) American stage, film and television
character actor best known for playing Irish cops, fathers,
judges and army generals. He began his acting career as an
original company member of Arena Stage in Washington, D.C.
Warner Bros. 1984 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG.......20-30
410. Joel Siegel (1943-2007)
American film critic for the ABC morning news show Good Morning
America for over twenty-five years. Warner Bros. 1984 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG.......20-30
412. Arthur A. Ross (1920-2008) American film and
television screenwriter, best known for co-writing The Creature
from the Black Lagoon. Warner
Bros. 1984 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG.......20-30
414. [ART] Pierre Filloeul (1696; died Paris after 1754) French printmaker. He was the son of the engraver Gilbert Filloeul (1644-1714). He was his father's pupil (and not, as is sometimes claimed, that of Jacques-Philippe Lebas). His oeuvre extends from 1731 to 1754 and numbers c. 150 prints. Original etching, Portrait of Louis Duc D'Orleans, image approx. 7-1/2 x 5-1/2" plus margin. This is an 18th century impression. VG. Mounting trace top edge on verso............100-150
415. [ART]
WALT KUHN
[1877-1949]. American painter. An ORIGINAL COOPER etching plate. The title is "MORNING". Typical Kuhn
style. Plate size 4 x 6 in. This plate still has some
life in it and etchings could be pulled from it. Very seldom does
an original etching plate by an important artist ever reach the
open market, as they usually are in institutional collections.
Provenance: Kuhn Estate. It is difficult to get a good scan of
this and the picture below isn't very good. He did not etch his
initials or signatureinto the plate. I don't think he ever etched
his signature into any of his plates although he sometimes would
etch initials. This is guaranteed to be an authentic Walt Kuhn
plate without a time limit to the original purchaser. We will send
a letter of guarantee and provenance to the buyer. The portrait
photo of Kuhn shown below IS NOT for sale. Kennedy Galleries [NYC]
held an exhibition of Walt Kuhn prints during which it was
indicated that there was only from 1 to
6 impressions ever pulled from this plate. Original plates by major artists seldom reach the
open market and it is remarkable to see a plate that had so few
prints pulled from it. A must for the SERIOUS Kuhn
collector...............2000-3000
See etching
plate
416. [POLITICS] Mixed Lot: [1] BARNUM, William Henry, a Representative and a Senator from Connecticut; born in Boston Corner, Columbia County, N.Y., September 17, 1818; attended the common schools; apprenticed to the trade of iron founder and subsequently admitted to partnership by his father, who was engaged in the iron business at Lime Rock, Conn.; member, State house of representatives 1851-1852; elected as a Democrat to the Fortieth and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1867, until May 18, 1876, when he resigned to become Senator; elected to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Orris S. Ferry and served from May 18, 1876, to March 3, 1879; chair, Democratic National Committee 1876-1889; resumed his former manufacturing pursuits; died at Lime Rock, Litchfield County, Conn., April 30, 1889; interment in the Lime Rock Cemetery in Salisbury, Conn. CLIP SIGNATURE. [2] WHEELER, John, a Representative from New York; born in Humphreysville (now Seymour), New Haven County, Conn., February 11, 1823; attended the common schools at Cheshire, Conn.; moved to New York City in 1843 and was engaged in the hotel business with his father; became a dry-goods clerk; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1857); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1856 to the Thirty-fifth Congress; commissioner and president of the Department of Taxes and Assessments of New York City 1872-1880; member of the Board of Estimates and Apportionments and commissioner of accounts of New York City; was a lawyer, but did not practice; died in New York City April 1, 1906; interment in Woodlawn Cemetery. CLIP SIGNATURE. [3] WOLF, William Penn, a Representative from Iowa; born in Harrisburg, Stark County, Ohio, December 1, 1833; attended the public schools and Holbrook Seminary; moved to Cedar County, Iowa, in 1856; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced practice in Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa; superintendent of public schools; member of the State house of representatives in 1863 and 1864; served in the Union Army as captain of Company I, Forty-sixth Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry; appointed assistant assessor of internal revenue in 1865; member of the State senate 1867-1869; elected as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William Smyth and served from December 6, 1870, to March 3, 1871; resumed the practice of law in Tipton, Iowa; again a member of the State house of representatives 1881-1885, and was chosen speaker in 1884; elected judge of the eighteenth judicial district in the fall of 1894 and continued in this capacity until his death in Tipton, Iowa, on September 19, 1896; interment in the Masonic Cemetery. CLIP SIGNATURE. Click to see Wolf [4] BOLES, Thomas, a Representative from Arkansas; born near Clarksville, Johnson County, Ark., July 16, 1837; attended the common schools; taught school for several years; sheriff of Yell County in 1858; deputy clerk of the circuit court of Yell County in 1859 and 1860; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1860 and commenced practice in Danville, Ark.; during the Civil War served as captain of Company E, Third Regiment, Arkansas Volunteer Cavalry; judge of the fourth judicial circuit from 1865 to April 20, 1868, when he resigned; upon the readmission of Arkansas to representation was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress; reelected to the Forty-first Congress and served from June 22, 1868, until March 3, 1871; successfully contested the election of John Edwards to the Forty-second Congress and served from February 9, 1872, until March 3, 1873; was not a candidate for renomination in 1872; resumed the practice of law at Dardanelle, Ark.; served many years as school director and alderman; appointed receiver of the land office at Dardanelle by President Hayes in February 1878; United States marshal for the western district of Arkansas 1881-1889; delegate to every Republican State convention from the organization of the party until his death; clerk of the United States Circuit Court for the Eighth Judicial Circuit from September 1897 until his death in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Ark., March 13, 1905; interment in Brealey Cemetery, Dardanelle, Ark. CLIP SIGNATURE. See Boles signature [5] LEWIS, John Francis, a Senator from Virginia; born in Lynnwood, Rockingham County, Va., March 1, 1818; attended an old field school; engaged in agricultural pursuits; delegate to the State secession convention in 1861 and refused to sign the ordinance of secession; elected lieutenant governor in 1869; upon the readmission of the State of Virginia to representation was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from January 26, 1870, to March 3, 1875; was not a candidate for reelection; chairman, Committee on the District of Columbia (Forty-third Congress); appointed by Presidents Ulysses Grant and Rutherford Hayes United States marshal for the western district of Virginia 1875-1882, when he resigned; again elected lieutenant governor in 1881; resumed agricultural pursuits; died at "Lynnwood," Rockingham County, Va., September 2, 1895; interment in the family burial ground. NICE SIGNATURE ON ALBUM SHEET. He was a delegate to the Virginia secession convention in 1861, but refused to sign the ordinance of secession. He was the only member from east of the Allegheny Mountains that refused to endorse the document. [6] James K. Moorhead (1806-1884) U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. He established the first passenger packet line on the Pennsylvania Canal in 1835. He constructed the Monongahela Navigation Canal and was president of the company for 21 years. He was president of the Atlantic & Ohio Telegraph Co., which later became the Western Union Telegraph Company. CLIP SIGNATURE. [7]Moses Norris, Jr. (1799-1855) United States Representative and Senator from New Hampshire. Norris was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1847). He was again a member of the State house of representatives in 1847-1848, and served as speaker . He was then elected to the U.S. Senate and served from March 4, 1849, until his death. While in the Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on Claims (Thirty-first Congress) and a member of the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office (Thirty-second Congress) and the Committee on the District of Columbia (Thirty-third Congress). He died in Washington, D.C. in 1855; interment was in Floral Park Cemetery, Pittsfield. Signature.............60-80
420. [VIEW] An 1848 wood-engraved view of Plymouth, Mass., approx. 4-3/4 x 8" plus margins. VG...........25-35
See Plymouth print
421. [VIEW] An 1847 wood-engraved view of the Ohio Penitentiary, Columbus, approx. 3-1/4 x 6-1/4" plus margins. Very light spotting. VG...........25-35
428. [MAINE] Calais, Maine area
- Archive of approx. 40 documents, from Dyer family papers. Earliest dated 1790;
mostly are early 1800s; latest is check 1896. Varied
conditions.........100-150
438. MYSTERY LOT of about 81 pieces from 19th & 20th century. Includes: letters; documents; a few autographs; 5 bank checks signed by the noted artist, Douglas Volk, known for his portraits of Abraham Lincoln, one used on postage stamp, and various ephemera. Oldest item in this lot is 1828. There is also an 1828 bank check signed by R.G. Hazard [look him up]. Good lot for eBay sellers or those who like researching items.....125-175
444. [AMERICANA] mixed lot: [1] Floyd Gibbons (1887-1939) was the war correspondent for the Chicago Tribune during World War I. One of radio's first news reporter and commentators he was famous for a fast talking delivery style. Floyd Gibbons lived a life of danger of which he often wrote and spoke. Signed 3x5 card. VG. [2] 1839 Bill of Lading - shipped by I.P. Hazard from Providence, Rhode Island to Charleston. Partly-printed, approx. 8-1/8 x 2-3/8 in. [3] HENRY B.F. MacFARLAND [1861-1921] President Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia [1900-1910]. Signed Riggs National Bank check, 1920. [4] Charles Grenfill Washburn (1857-1928) U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1906-11. ALS, n.d., 3pp. To Judge Dewey. [5] Montville, Ohio, John V. Whitney's Farmer's Records account book, 1843-1851. Some notes regarding town activities. Mostly financial matters. 70+ pages, 6 c 7-1/2. [6] Jackson Orr (1832-1926) Civil War officer, businessman, and two-term Republican U.S. Representative from western Iowa. Continuing westward, he spent the last five decades of his life in Colorado. From 1861 to 1863, he served in the Union Army as captain of Company H, 10th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment. CLIP SIGNATURE mounted to large slip. [7] BENJAMIN ALTMAN (1840-1913) American merchant, art collector, and philanthropist, born in New York City. After a public school education, he worked in the small store established by his father on the Lower East Side. Altman worked in small stores after the death of his father, but in 1865 he opened a dry goods store of his own in New York City. His business steadily increased in scale and became one of the largest department store enterprises in the world; in 1913 it was incorporated under the name of B. Altman & Co. Altman's art collection, valued by experts at $15 million at the time of his death, was bequeathed to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Signed 1905 Chemical National Bank check. Nice clear signature. [8] Henry Clay Hansbrough (1848-1933) politician who served as the first United States Representative from North Dakota, as well as a Senator from North Dakota. CLIP SIGNATURE mounted to slip. [9] Jefferson Davis as Secretary of War - printed government document, EX. Doc. No. 15, REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR - A statement of the expenditures at the national armories. Signed IN TYPE Jefferson Davis. Jan. 6, 1854, 3pp. 33d Congress, 1st Session, US Senate. [10] Gerry Spence (b. 1929) is a trial lawyer in the United States. He has had more multi-million dollar verdicts without an intervening loss than any other lawyer in the US. In 2008, he announced he would retire, at age 79, at the end of the Geoffrey Fieger trial in Detroit, MI. Spence did not lose a criminal case in the over 50 years he practiced law. Signed, inscribed 10x8 photo. Spence first gained national attention and is most well known for the Karen Silkwood case. Fine. [11] Charles Benjamin Farwell (1823-1903) U.S. Representative and Senator from Illinois. Nice SIGNATURE. [12] James Kerr Kelly (1819-1903) American politician born in Pennsylvania. He was a United States Senator for Oregon from 1871 to 1877, and later Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court. Prior to his election to the Senate he had been elected to both houses of the local legislature, serving in the Territorial House and State Senate, and was a member of the Oregon Constitutional Convention in 1857. Clip Signature. [13] John Bach McMaster (1852-1932) American historian. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from the college of the City of New York in 1872, worked as a civil engineer in 1873-1877, was instructor in civil engineering at Princeton University in 1877-1883, and in 1883 became professor of American history in the university of Pennsylvania. He is best known for his History of the People of the United States from the Revolution to the Civil War (1883 sqq.), a valuable supplement to the more purely political writings of Schouler, Von Hoist and Henry Adams. His A School History of the United States (1897) was an extremely popular textbook for many years. MOUNTED SIGNATURE. BOLD.............100-150
447. 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
448. CALIFORNIA - group of 6 views including: San Francisco shore, Cliff House Sacramento Valley, Coast Scene at Marin County, etc. Various sizes.........60-80
449. [ART] John Joseph Enneking (1841 - 1916)
American Impressionist born of German ancestry in Minster,
Ohio. He was educated at Mount St. Mary's College,
Cincinnati, served in the American Civil War in 1861-1862,
studied art in New York and Boston, and gave it up because
his eyes were weak, only to return to it after failing in
the manufacture of tinware. From 1873 to 1876 he studied
in Münich under Schleich and Leier, and in Paris under
Daubigny and Bonnat; and in 1878-1879 he studied in Paris
again and sketched in the Netherlands. Enneking was a
plein air painter, and his favorite subject was the
November twilight of New England, and more generally the
half lights of early spring, late autumn, and winter dawn
and evening. The Enneking Parkway in Hyde Park,
Massachusetts is named after him. Offered here is a
wonderful original little pencil drawing, signed with
initials, image about 2.5 x 3" plus margins. Identified
below "Drawn by Enneking - J.J." Proenance: removed from
a sketchbook kept by the friend and fellow artist,
Horace R. Burdick. It was not uncommon to find
sketches by other artists in a Burdick sketchbook. We believe that the
identification written below drawing is in the hand of
Enneking, based on comparison with a known example. After
a lengthy examination of the tiny initials on the drawing
we come to the conclusion, and I'm pretty certain a
correct conclusion, that the initials read: "JJE". The
problem we were having was the appearance of the first two
initials. The first looked more like an "N" and the middle
looked more like an "I". The front line of the first is
somewhat weaker and I saw it - that wasn't an N but but
looked more like a "V". which is really a "J". Then the
middle also is a "J" but with a weak left side. In other
words he wrote very tiny "JJE" but the Js were made like
"Vs" because they are written so small. Difficult to
explain in words - easier to see in real life. Also, the
identification on the page is important. To the
purchaseser: if you paid attention to what is said here,
you should not have a problem when drawing is received,
and upon examination of the initials. Put this all
together and it just makes sense. WOW, I'm not sure I've
ever gone to this length to explain authenticity.
Condition is very good+..............300-400
450. [ART] Albert Robida (1848-1926) French painter, etcher, lithographer and writer, Albert Robida became famous both for his whimsical scenes of Paris life and for his highly regarded satirical art. Robida began his artistic career in 1866 when he began contributing his designs to French periodicals. This aspect of his art continued through his life and he established himself as one of the more popular artists of La Vie Parisienne, Le Rire and Fantasio. During the First World War, Albert Robida's suites of lithographs and commentaries, such as Villes Martyres proved to be of prime influence within the arts community. Original etching, "Les Graveurs du XIX Siecle" (Engravers of the 19th Century) as published in Paris by Henri Beraldi and printed Chardon & Sormamin 1891. The etching depicts a full portrait of a woman in full fashionable regalia. For the setting, Robida selects the seaside, as we can see in the background where some sailors are greatly admiring the legs of a bather. "Les Graveurs du XIX Siecle" is a fine example of the etched art by the French artist, Albert Robida. Image approx. 8-3/8 x 5-3/8 plus margins. There are some spots in the margins; slightly toned top edge. All faults will not show when matted properly...........200-300
See Robida etching
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457.
[ART] Sir Charles John Holmes
(1868-1936) British painter, art historian and museum
director. His writing on art combined theory with
practice, and he was an expert on the painting techniques of
the Old Masters, from whose example he had learned to draw
and paint. Upon the retirement of Lionel Cust, Holmes
was appointed director of the National Portrait Gallery in
1909. He resigned this post in 1916 to take up his
appointment as director of the National Gallery.
Holmes was a draughtsman, painter in watercolours and oils,
and etcher, mostly of landscapes. Self taught, he developed
a highly personal style from studying European as well as
Japanese sources like Hiroshige and Hokusai. Later, he came
under the artistic influence of Ricketts, and he learned
etching from William Strang. He is also known for his
industrial landscapes in which industrial buildings and
activities play a major part. Examples for this can be found
at Samlesbury Hall for which he painted a series of views
around Blackburn und Preston (exhibited at Colnaghi's,
London, in 1928). His stature as an artist was
acknowledged when, in 1904 or 1905, he was admitted as a
member into the New English Art Club with whom he had
already exhibited from 1900. He was also six times
participant at the Venice Biennale between 1912 and
1930, and became a member of the Royal Society of
Painters in Watercolours in 1929 (associate from 1924;
vice-president in 1935). He held one-man shows at the Carfax
Gallery, Piccadilly, in 1909, 1911 and 1913. A memorial
exhibition was held in London by the Fine Art Society in
1937. Holmes received a knighthood in 1921, and was
made a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in
1928, the year of his retirement. He also held honorary
doctorates from the universities of Cambridge and Leeds und
was made an Honorary Fellow of Brasenose College in
1931. Offered here is a modest original etching,
the title is "Scalloway Castle", unsigned, image approx.
5-3/4 x 3-3/4" plis margins. Late 19th century.
VG..............40-60
See etching
458.
[ART] Jacques Villon
(1875 - 1963) A painter and printmaker, Villon was known for his
Cubist-style works, and is especially noted by art historians
for "his creation of a purely graphic language for Cubism. He
first came to the attention of the American public when his work
was included in the 1913 New York Armory Show, which introduced
modernism to the United Sates. All of his work sold at this
exhibition. He was from a cultured family in the Normandy region
of France, and was much influenced by his maternal grandfather,
Emile Nicolle, who gave him early artistic training. Villon was
born with the name of Gaston Emile Duchamp, and was the older
brother of artists Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Marcel Duchamp and
Suzanne Duchamp-Crotti. Honoring the French medieval poet,
François Villon, and so as not to be confused artistically with
his siblings, he changed his name to Jacques Villon. Jacques
Villon died in his studio on June 9, 1963, and three years
later, Marcel Duchamp, his last surviving brother, organized an
exhibition of his work, which was held at the Musée National
d'Art Moderne in Paris. In 1922 Villon was commissioned by the
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune to produce a series of color aquatints
after 38 major 19th and 20th century paintings. These included
works after Braque, Matisse, Renoir, Manet, Picasso, Cezanne,
Dufy, Modigliani, Bonnard and numerous others. Villon
collaborated with these master artists and signed these prints
so that they provided the public with access to works which
otherwise would not be available. Color aquatint, signed in the
plate (not pencil signed), 1923, title "NATURE MORTE", after
Georges Braque, mat opening size 25-1/2 x 9 in. Framed. Not
examined out of frame but appears to be without
faults...............1000-1500
Click links below to see
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459. [ART] Charles
Henry White (1878-1918) was
born at Hamilton, Ontario, and was educated partly in
Europe and partly in the United States. He studied for a
time at the Art Student League in New York City, working
at illustrations and especially pen drawing. It was Joseph
Pennell, the prominent American etcher, whom Mr. White met
in Venice, Italy, in 1901, who induced him to take up
etching. Original etching, plate signed, [1903],
tissue guard still attached, image approx. 3-1/4 x
4-7/8" plus margins. VG.........75-100
See
etching
461.
[ART] Ross Turner (1847-1915)
American artist. Ross Sterling Turner was born in
Westport, New York, and after a brief career as a draftsman
traveled to Europe where he studied painting under Frank
Duveneck and William Merritt Chase in Germany and Venice
Italy. Turner returned to America after seven years abroad
and settled in Salem, Mass. shortly after his marriage to
Louise Blaney in 1885. He taught in the architecture
department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for 30
years and also in the Massachusetts Normal Art School. Turner
also offered private instruction in his Boston studio and during
the summers in Gloucester or Salem. He wrote a number of
books and frequently exhibited with the American
Watercolor Society. An article about the artist in the Boston
Transcript in 1888 claimed that "probably there is no one in the
locality that knows more about the manipulation of watercolors,
their scope, properties, and legitimate place." The
Peabody Essex Museum owns a wonderful watercolor of a Salem
garden by Turner and also many of his sketch books and personal
papers. Original etching, plate signed, plate mark approx.
2-3/4 x 3" plus margins. VG...........40-60
463. [ART] William Grainger - British engraver who was active 1784-1793. Original engraving, c, 1790s, plate size 3 x 3-7/8" plus margins. Image area is clean; light foxing in outer margins.......40-60
See engraving
465. [ART] William W.H. W.
(William Harry Warren) Bicknell (1860-1947)
American artist. Exhibited: St. Louis Expo 1904. Collections:
Rochester Memorial Art Gallery; Boston Museum of Fine Arts;
New York Public Library; Art Institute of Chicago;
Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown Town Art
Collection. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian
Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560. William Harry Warren
Bicknell papers [ca. 1880-1940]. 84 items. Drawings, etchings,
drawing studies with final etchings, and photographs of
Bicknell, his wife, and Edward H. Barnard. Lent for
microfilming 1974 by the Provincetown Art Association.
Signed charcoal drawing, image approx. 7.5 x 11.5" Estate
stamp on verso. The scan showing below is darker than the
original which is in very good condition...........80-120
See Bicknell
drawing
466. [ART]
Boris Artzybasheff
(1899-1965) American artist, illustrator, notable for
his strongly worked and often surreal designs. Born in Russia
he is said to have fought as a White Russian. During 1919 he
arrived in New York City, where he worked in an engraving
shop. Over the course of his career, he illustrated some 50
books, several of which he wrote, most notably As I See.
During his lifetime, however, Artzybasheff was probably known
best for his magazine art. He illustrated the major American
magazines Life, Fortune, and Time (including more than 200
Time Magazine covers over a 24-year span between 1941 and
1965.[1]) During World War II, he also served an expert
advisor to the U.S. Department of State, Psychological Warfare
Branch. Original wood-engraving, not signed, c. 1930, image
approx. 7.5 x 5 plus margins. VG.............50-75
See engraving
His portrait
467.
[ART] Walter Shirlaw
(1838-1909) Scottish-American artist. Shirlaw was born in
Paisley, Scotland, and moved to the United States with his
parents in 1840. He worked as a bank-note engraver, and his work
was first exhibited at the National Academy in 1861. He was
elected an academician of the Chicago Academy of Design in 1868.
Among his pupils there was Frederick Stuart Church. From 1870 to
1877 he studied in Munich, under J. L. Raab, Alexander von
Wagner, Arthur George von Ramberg, and Wilhelm Lindenschmidt.
His first work of importance was the Toning of the Bell
(1874), which was followed by Sheep-shearing in the Bavarian
Highlands (1876) which received honorable mention at the
Paris exposition in 1878. Other notable works from his easel are
Good Morning (1878), in the Buffalo Academy; Indian Girl
and Very Old (1880); Gossip (1884); and Jealousy (1886), owned
by the Academy of Design, New York. His largest work is the
frieze for the dining-room in the house of Darius O. Mills in
New York. Shirlaw has also earned an excellent reputation as an
illustrator. He was one of the founders of the Society of
American Artists, and was its first president. On his return
from Europe he took charge of the Art Students League of New
York, and for several years taught in the composition class. He
became an associate of the National Academy in 1887, and an
academician the following year. Today his art will be found in
the collections of such major institutions as the Boston Museum
of Fine Arts, Yale University Art Gallery, Los Angeles County
Museum of Art, Smithsonian American Art Institution, the
National Gallery of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, National
Academy of Design Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the
New York Historical Society. Original etching, plate signed
[monogram lower right of image], approx. 5-1/4 x 3-1/8"
plus margins. The title: Miriam and Donatello. This depicts the
two main characters from Hawthorne's last great work of romantic
fiction, The Marble Fawn. This original etching created by
Walter Shirlaw is signed in the plate with the artist's 'W.S.'
monogram and titled along the lower margin. Limited edition of
125 impressions for The Hawthorne Portfolio in 1884.
Fine.........75-100
See etching
Portrait
of the artist
468. [ART] Walter Shirlaw (1838-1909)
Scottish-American artist. Shirlaw was born in Paisley, Scotland,
and moved to the United States with his parents in 1840. He
worked as a bank-note engraver, and his work was first exhibited
at the National Academy in 1861. He was elected an academician
of the Chicago Academy of Design in 1868. Among his pupils there
was Frederick Stuart Church. From 1870 to 1877 he studied in
Munich, under J. L. Raab, Alexander von Wagner, Arthur George
von Ramberg, and Wilhelm Lindenschmidt. His first work of
importance was the Toning of the Bell (1874), which was
followed by Sheep-shearing in the Bavarian Highlands
(1876) which received honorable mention at the Paris exposition
in 1878. Other notable works from his easel are Good Morning
(1878), in the Buffalo Academy; Indian Girl and Very Old (1880);
Gossip (1884); and Jealousy (1886), owned by the Academy of
Design, New York. His largest work is the frieze for the
dining-room in the house of Darius O. Mills in New York. Shirlaw
has also earned an excellent reputation as an illustrator. He
was one of the founders of the Society of American Artists, and
was its first president. On his return from Europe he took
charge of the Art Students League of New York, and for several
years taught in the composition class. He became an associate of
the National Academy in 1887, and an academician the following
year. Today his art will be found in the collections of such
major institutions as the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Yale
University Art Gallery, Los Angeles County Museum of Art,
Smithsonian American Art Institution, the National Gallery of
Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, National Academy of Design
Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the New York
Historical Society. Original etching, plate signed [monogram
lower right of image], approx. 5 x 3-1/4" plus margins.
The title: unknown. Fine.........75-100
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469. [ART] Lovegrove
- 18th century British engraver. Original copperplate
engraving c. 1793, image size approx. 3 x 3.5" plus margins.
Clean image area and surrounding; spots and stain in outer
margins. VG......50-75
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471. [ART] Isao Mizutani
(1922-2005) Japanese artist. He was born in Nagoya. He was the
recipient of the Shell art prize in 1958; exhibited Museum of
Art, Tokyo, "History of Surrealism" 1960; Carnegie
International, Pittsburgh, Pa. 1961; Won the Maruzen Second
Pan Pacific....etc. Original tempera paint on
stretched canvas, approx. 13 x 9.5". Contained in
simple wood lattice frame. Signed. This was done c. 1967.
VG..............1400-1800
473. [ART] Ricardo de los Ríos (1846-1929)
this artist was born in Spain. He did a lot of work while he
lived in Paris, France. Original etching, title: The Secret
Tribunal, image approx. 5.5 x 3.5" plus margins. Original tissue
guard still attached. VG..............40-60
474.
[ART] Robert Walker Macbeth (1848-1910)
Scottish painter, etcher and watercolourist, specialising in
pastoral landscape and the rustic genre. His The Cast Shoewas bought by the Chantrey Bequest
in 1890, and is now at Tate Britain. From 1871 Macbeth exhibited
at the Royal Academy, Royal Society of Portrait Painters,
Grosvenor Gallery, New Gallery and the Fine Art Society in
London. There were also exhibitions in the regions at the Royal
Birmingham Society of Artists in Birmingham, the Royal Scottish
Academy in Edinburgh, the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine
Arts, the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool and Manchester City
Art Gallery. In the same year (1871) Macbeth was made an
associate of the Royal Watercolour Society (RWS) becoming a full
member in 1901. He became a member of the Royal Society of
Painter-Etchers and Engravers (RE) in 1880, and an honorary
member in 1909. In 1882 he was elected a member of the Royal
Institute of Painters in Water Colours (RI) and in 1883 was
elected to be a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters
(ROI). In 1883 he was elected an associate of the Royal Academy
(RA), becoming a full member in 1903. Original etching, signed in the
plate [lower right], approx. 3-1/2 x 5-5/8" plus clean
margins. Still has tissue guard showing title "Die Vernon at Judge
Inglewood's." Of Macbeth's own design and etched
by him. Fine.............50-75
475. [ART] George Cruikshank (1792-1878) British caricaturist and book illustrator, praised as the "modern Hogarth" during his life. His book illustrations for his friend Charles Dickens, and many other authors, reached an international audience. Original Etching - title "MEG DODS AND CAPTAIN MAC TURK". Image is approx. 3-1/8 x 5" plus clean margins. Tissue guard still attached. Fine condition......50-75
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476. Large original etching, portrait of Abraham Lincoln, unsigned, artist is James S. King [1852-1925] who specialized in portraits, image approx. 18 x 14 in. plus margins. The image and the area surrounding the image, the portion that would show after being matted & framed, is very good. There are numerous faults along edges that will not show. Striking image. James S. King was born in New York City in 1852 and studied at the Art Student's League, National Academy of Design, Ecole Des Beaux-Arts, Paris with Gerome and Bonnat. He belonged to the Salmagundi Club and the Allied Artists of America. King was active in exhibiting at the Parrish Art Museum; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art; Boston Art Club; National Academy of Design; Art Institute of Chicago; the Corcoran Gallery; and the Society of Independent Artists.............300-400
Lincoln - full view479. [ART] George Cruikshank (1792-1878) British caricaturist and book illustrator, praised as the "modern Hogarth" during his life. His book illustrations for his friend Charles Dickens, and many other authors, reached an international audience. Original Etching - title "Knowest thou, then, this token". Image is approx. 3-1/8 x 5" plus clean margins. Tissue guard still attached. Fine condition.............50-75
See etching481. [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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482. [ART] Henry William (H.W.) Burgess was a landscape painter based in London. He came from the Burgess family of British artists, the son of portraitist William (d. 1812) and grandson of Thomas (fl. 1766-1786), and his own son John-Bagnold (1830-1897) also became a painter. Between 1809 and 1844, Burgess exhibited a large number of works at the Royal Academy, the British Institution, Suffolk Street and the New Water-Colour Society in London. He also served as landscape painter to William IV beginning in 1826. Offered here is an original lithograph titled "Thorn Trees, in Bushy Park, Middlesex", image approx. 15.5 x 11" plus margins. This lithograph was published by the firm of Charles Joseph Hullmandel (1789-1850), the famous English draftsman, lithographer and printer. He worked mainly in London, although he had trained in Paris as a painter and travelled extensively in Europe making topographical drawings. In 1817, on a visit to Munich, he was introduced to lithography by the pioneering lithographer Alois Senefelder. The following year he produced Twenty-four Views of Italy, a set of images he had drawn and lithographed. Dissatisfied with the way his work had been printed, Hullmandel set up his own lithographic press. The quality of work he published by himself and other artists such as Giovanni Belzoni helped popularize the topographical lithograph among British artists. This is contained in old blue mat & shrink-wrapped. Not examined out of shrink-wrap.............300-600
483. Art Box #2, produced at ECBART, 2004. Contains 11 objects: original drawings, photo-lithographs, autographs & ephemera. Contents: ¥ H.C. Westermann [1922-1981] photo-lithographed drawing sent to the artist Bill Copley. From SMS published 1968 ¥ Bruce Conner [1933-] American painter, collagist, and draughtsman. Legal Tender. A photo-lithographed 'dollar bill' printed recto and verso with Conner's intricate abstract pattern drawings of the time on each side. From SMS published 1968 ¥ Merv Slotnick [1941-] American conceptualist & abstract artist. Sketchbook containing 20 original signed drawings ¥ Walt Kuhn [1877-1949] American painter. Autograph Letter Signed "W", 1943, written on postcard addressed to his wife, Vera. ¥ Invitation to Walt Kuhn Exhibition, 1987, at the Whitney Museum of American Art ¥ 1948 Walt Kuhn Exhibition brochure, Durand-Ruel Gallery, NYC ¥ Tom Wesselman autograph ¥Invitation from Elizabeth Taylor [actress] to attend Roddy McDowall Party for his photographic book DOUBLE EXPOSURE ¥ Ralph Bakshi original drawing ¥ 1965 Chess Magazine once owned by chess player Bobby Fischer [part of his own personal library] ¥ Richard Hamilton(1922-) British Pop Artist. A Postal Card For Mother. A sepia picture postcard depicting a crowded British beach, the middle of which opens out to reveal eight accordion- folded black and white photographs of the same scene as it gets progressively blown up from a long shot to a close-up blur of a beach ball. From SMS published 1968 ¥ All items contained in distressed looking hand-painted box by Slotnick. The box was made to purposely look distressed. This is the second in series of Art Boxes which will contain related, as well as unrelated objects and original art............1200-1800
Slotnick, Conner and Wesselmann
484. (ART) (JASPER JOHNS) original multiple. New York. Museum of Modern Art. Text by Riva Castleman Technics and Creativity Gemini GEL, 1971, 10.5 x 8.5 in. stiff wrappers in plastic clamshell box. 108 pp. 364 mostly thumbnail illustrations (20 full size in color), bibliography, index of artists. A Catalogue raisonne (to early 1971), published in a boxed edition of 22,500, with its problematic Jasper Johns "Target," an offset lithograph with applique paintbrush and three watercolor disks, in addition to the print , which is glued to the inside front cover of the box). Box also contains the catalog, a sheet of protective foam. The foam sheet is normally discolored and usually has three circular offprints from the watercolor disks. According to Richard S. Field ("Jasper Johns Prints 1970-1977"), the image was derived from a pencil drawing and collage of 1960 in the Sonnabend collection. A hand-pulled edition of 50 copies and six artists proofs was printed by Kenneth Tyler at Gemini in 1971. The offset edition was produced by Graphic Press, Los Angeles. Johns's participation in this enterprise was, at best, limited to the Gemini printing, which was hand-signed and numbered. The signature on the MoMA target was mechanically reproduced [the one offered here]. If it appears to have been signed in ink or pencil, forgery is indicated. The white clamshell box is spotted but intact. The other main factor involving this multiple is the condition of the offset target lithograph. As is often the case a former owner has wetted the watercolor blocks and started to paint the target but has only painted a small part in yellow. The brush is often missing as is missing here. VG condition.............300-400
485. [ART] James McGarrell [b. 1930] is one of the most influential figural painters of the 1980's and 90's postmodern movement. His work is in many museum collections, including: the Centre Georges Pompidou, France; Hamburg Museum of Art, Germany; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City; and the Museum of Modern Art, also in New York City. McGarrell has won countless honors for his intricately detailed figurative paintings, based upon a myriad of fictive and literary sources. He is an elected member of both the National Academy of Design in New York and the Academie des Beaux-Art de l'Institute de France. In 1995, he was awarded the prestigious Jimmy Ernst Award in Art from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He has received grants and fellowships from the Fulbright Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, and has been featured in five Whitney annuals and biennials as well as in the 1968 Venice Biennale. His work is included in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Centre Georges Pompidou, the Hamburg Museum of Art in Germany, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Hirshhorn Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Original b/w lithograph, pencil signed & titled "Elephant Bathers II", 22-1/2 x 30" flush, Printer's proof. VG.......400-600
See McGarrell lithograph486. [ART] Doris Reynolds (1912-1978) Doris Reynolds did many illustrations for books published by Doubleday & Co. She was also an exhibiting artist, having work shown at the Krausharr Gallery in New York in 1949. Other exhibitions include: Wilmington Museum, Delaware 1940-45; Maracaibo 1936-39; Barbizon Plaza, NYC 1940; Lake Placid Club, NY 1940, etc. She studied at the Art Students League with Jules Gotlieb, Bridgman & Brackman. During World War II, she was one of Jackie Cochran's Girls, ferrying airplanes throughout the United States. Oil painting on unstretched canvas, approx. 10-3/4 x 15", unsigned. Provenance: Artist's Estate. VG............100-150
494. [ART] STEFAN HIRSCH [1899-1964] "Modern" artist closely aligned with the Precisionists, born in Nurnberg, Germany, to American parents. Growing up in Europe, he frequently visited museums and galleries, where he was introduced to the Old Masters and also became familiar with the innovations of contemporary painters. After studying law and art at the University of Zurich in Switzerland, Hirsch settled in New York in 1919. During the 1920s, he painted images of industrial subjects that show an attention to detail, clean, dry outlines, and harmonious colors. While his highly structured early works reveal his debt to Cezanne, Hirsch favored the urban rather than the natural landscape. Like Demuth and Sheeler, Hirsch was attracted to the man made world, the American machine aesthetic, and his works typically depict the skyline of Lower Manhattan in a Precisionist-influenced, hard-edged geometric style. When Duncan Phillips's included works by Hirsch in his 1926 exhibition, the collector stated: "The steady progress of young Stefan Hirsch may be followed here through influences to invention. The Farmyard is quaintly seen in its tempera colors "a la Fra Angelico." The Mill Town is as infallibly decorative as a Japanese print and yet oh how American! The canvas entitled New York is a symbolical decoration&emdash;a concept of the great city rearing its fabulous towers and its walls without windows above the menace of a black river under the purity of a pellucid sky. The grim battlements of Industry are all beautiful in a strange harmony of subtly orchestrated tones." Throughout the 1920s Hirsch's works won wide acclaim, and he continued to paint while experimenting with printmaking, various subjects, and styles. His works were exhibited frequently and collected by many prestigious American museums. In 1929, he traveled to Mexico, where he was befriended by muralists David Siqueiros and Diego Rivera. Their influence can be seen in Hirsch's Social Realist paintings of the 1930s, works that increasingly became more painterly and luminous. He executed a series of murals in this vein for Federal buildings. During the 1930s and 1940s he focused his energies on teaching, notably at Bennington College in Vermont [1934-1940] and the Art Students League [1940-1946]. In 1942 he joined the faculty at Bard College, where he was chairman of the Art Department for seventeen years before he retired in 1961. Hirsch&emdash;painter, printmaker, and educator&emdash;died in New York in 1964. [credit: from The Phillips Collection, founded by Duncan Phillips]. Offered here is a colored chalk, or pastel, of a wild turkey. It is signed "S.H." in the lower right corner although you can hardly make it out. It is identified on the verso. Proenance: Collection of the noted sculptor, Robert Laurent [1890-1970], Ogunquit, Maine. Stefan Hirsch was a close friend of Laurent. Laurent was born in Concarneau, Brittany France. There, at the age of 12 his artistic talents were recognized by art connoisseur Hamilton Easter Field who then brought him to the United States. Field opened an art school in Ogunquit, Maine. In 1908 he travelled to Rome with Field and there studied with Maurice Sterne as well as with wood carver Giuseppe Doratori at the British Academy. Condition: very good with small tear at top left corner. Contained in old mat [needs to be re-matted] and simply wood frame. Mat opening is 9-1/8 x 12". An oil painting of factory buildings in Portsmouth, NH, sold at auction [Christies] in 2005, 17 x 27". for $100,000 on an estimate of 25-35,000. In 2001 Swann Galleries auctioned a 1921 Hirsch lithograph for $1500. Work available by Hirsch is not that common...........600-800
495. [ART] Gustave Fraipont (1849-1923, Paris) was a painter, sculptor, illustrator and poster-designer. Born in Belgium, he later became a naturalised French citizen. Original etching, plate signed, c.1885, image approx. 6 x 3-7/8" plus margins. VG...........80-120
498. [WALLY WALLGREN] Abian A. Wallgren [1891-1948] better known as "Wally" Wallgren, worked as a cartoonist for the Philadelphia Public Ledger and Washington Post before World War I, creating strips like 'Inbad the Sailor' and 'Tired Timothy'. So who was he? A Marine, for starters. An American soldier in the AEF during WW1, Abian "Wally" Wallgren drew comics for "Stars and Stripes." The Stars and Stripes, published exclusively in France during its seventeen-month run, used a layout typical of American newspapers of the day, with wide columns, "all-cap" headlines, and lots of illustrations. The editorial staff assigned to the newspaper was composed mostly of enlisted men, including several career journalists. Second Lieutenant Guy T. Viskniskki from the Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate, New York Times drama critic Alexander Woollcott, bibliophile John Winterich, and cartoonist Abian "Wally" Wallgren of the Washington Post were among those who contributed their experience and skill. Besides expressing editorial opinion, cartoons entertained the troops, offering them humorous stories and images that satirized everyday life in the military. Many of these spoofs, written in 1918 and 1919, remain relevant today. The most popular among the soldiers were Private Abian A."Wally" Wallgren's cartoons and irreverent "Helpful Hints," which poked fun at army conventions from food to uniforms to rank. When a new issue of The Stars and Stripes arrived, the soldiers scanned it first for the cartoons by "Wally" Wallgren. OFFERED HERE are 57 letters (1943-47) from Harold E. Homrig to Wally Wallgren, plus one bank check signed by Wallgren. Most of the letters are from 1946 and all are about Homrig working on a project concerning the exhibition of Wally's cartoons at military sites. Many of the letters have brief handwriting by Wally. VG.............300-400
499. [SPACE] James H.J. Tate (1910-1983) American politician. He served as the Mayor of Philadelphia between 1962 and 1972. Signed 1970 cover honoring Apollo 12. Dated 1970........25-35
500. MYSTERY LOT - 12 misc. autographs, unidentified and not researched. There will be several of these Mystery Lots offered elsewhere in this auction. For those who prefer to do the research..............50-75
502. [FILM] Martha Raye (1916-1993) American comic actress and standards singer who performed in movies, and later on television. Signed, inscribed page from publication, 8.5 x 11".........25-35
See Raye
508. [ART] George Cruikshank (1792-1878) British caricaturist and book illustrator, praised as the "modern Hogarth" during his life. His book illustrations for his friend Charles Dickens, and many other authors, reached an international audience. Original Etching - title "The MIDDLEMAS WIVES AND GIDEON GRAY". Image is approx. 3-1/8 x 5" plus clean margins. Tissue guard still attached. Fine condition......50-75
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509. James Steranko (b.1938) American graphic artist, comic book writer-artist-historian, publisher and film production illustrator. His most famous comic-book work was with the 1960s superspy feature "Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D." in Marvel Comics' Strange Tales and in the subsequent eponymous series. Steranko earned lasting acclaim for his innovations in sequential art during the Silver Age of comic books, particularly his infusion of surrealism, op art, and graphic design into the medium. His work has been published in many countries and his influence on the field has remained strong since his comics heyday. He was inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2006. For the movie industry, Steranko has produced a number of posters for various films, and was a conceptual artist on Steven Spielberg's Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), doing production designs for the film and designing the character of Indiana Jones. He also served in a similar capacity as project conceptualist on Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) and wrote the episode "The Ties That Bind" of the DC Comics animated TV series Justice League Unlimited. He has "amassed an enormous portfolio of more than sixty projects (which he called the "Theater of Concepts") designed to be seen in multimedia form, drew the comic-book adaptation of the 1981 film Outland, which was serialized in Heavy Metal magazine. The lighthearted spy movie If Looks Could Kill (1991) features Roger Rees as the villain, Augustus Steranko, and director Brad Bird has stated that Steranko's work was his main comic-book influence on Pixar's The Incredibles. ALS, or ANS, SIGNED "JS". He sends a check for 2 items and says he'll pass on Tarkington letter; "...Keep me posted on your new acquisitions.Till next time, stay well." Steranko's autograph is quite scarce! VG..............75-100
512. [ART] SCENE ON THE WABASH - and
Potawattamie Indians. Original 1850 engraving, image approx.
4-3/4 x 6-1/4" plus clean margins. VG......30-40
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513.
Leonard Andrew
Scheele (1907-1993) American physician
and public servant. He was appointed the seventh
Surgeon General of the United States from 1948 to
1956. TLS, Federal Security Agency,
1949, 1p, as Surgeon General, to Philip J.
Philbin, US congressman from Mass. Accompanied by TLS by Vlado A.
Getting MD, and 4 telegrams. VG............50-75
514. MYSTERY LOT of about 83
pieces from 19th & 20th century. Includes: letters;
documents; a few autographs; and various ephemera. Oldest item
in this lot is 1811. There is also an 1838 document signed by
R.G. Hazard [look him up]. Also, a, 1811 NY Supreme Court
document. Good lot for eBay sellers or those who like
researching items.....80-120
515. [LINCOLN] LEONARD W. VOLK (1828-1895) American sculptor. Most famous for making a life mask of American President Abraham Lincoln. Signed 1893 bank check. VG.........100-200
522. Paul Zindel Jr. (1936-2003) American playwright, novelist. Warner Bros. 1985 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG.......20-30
525. Dee
Barton (1937-2001) American jazz trombonist, big
band drummer, and prolific composer for big band and motion
pictures. Barton is known for his horror-esque style of
composing in action thriller films. He created the soundtrack to
the Clint Eastwood films Play Misty for Me, and the eerie
soundtrack to the 1973 film High Plains Drifter. Warner Bros. 1985 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG.......20-30
531. [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
532. [ENGLAND] Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey (1802-1894), known as Viscount Howick from 1807 until 1845, was an English statesman. He was the eldest son of Prime Minister Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey. ALS, Whitehall, 1855, 1p, folio. To Lord Fortescue. "My Lord. I have the honor to lay before the Queen your Lordships letter of 23rd inst. and I am to inform you that Her Majesty does not disapprove of the undenucutioned [?] promotion & appointment in the 1st ___? Devon ____? Cavalry....." Fine.........50-75
533. [MAINE] Henry S. Burrage (1837-1926) he was the First State Historian [Maine 1907-1926]. Henry Sweetser Burrage was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, the son of Jonathan Burrage and Mary Upton Burrage. He prepared for college at Pierce Academy and graduated from Brown University in 1861. After a year at Newton Theological Seminary, he enlisted as a private in the 36th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry and rose to the rank of major. Wounded in the shoulder at Cold Harbor, he was captured at Petersburg and spent time in Libby Prison. At the end of the Civil War, Henry Burrage resumed his studies at Newton, graduating in 1867. His first and only pastorate was at the First Baptist Church in Waterville, Maine from 1869 to 1873. For the next thirty-two years, he was the editor of Zion's Advocate, a statewide weekly Baptist newspaper which was based in Portland. Highly respected in education circles, he was a trustee of Colby College from 1881 to 1906, Newton Theological Seminary from 1881 to 1906, and Brown University from 1889 to 1901. Active in veterans organizations, he served as chaplain of the National Soldiers Home at Togus from 1905 to 1912. Burrage excelled in the research and writing of Maine's Colonial history, as is reflected in his publications. He was a member of the Standing Committee as well as vice-president and president of the Maine Historical Society. In 1907 Governor William T. Cobb appointed him as State Historian, which he held until his death on March 9, 1926, at the age of 89. Offered here is a partly-printed Document Signed, Military Order, Loyal Legion, United States - Commandery of the State of Maine, Portland, 1900, 1p, 8-1/2 x 6 in. Dues receipt for Edward W. Heath. VG............50-75
See above
535. [FILM] Peter Lawford
(1923-1984) American actor. Carbon receipt copy for
$75 - his dues for 1966 SCREEN ACTORS GUILD. Approx.
6 x 3.5". VG. Not signed.............20-30
536. 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
538. [ART] FREDERICK "Fritz" SOLOMON (1899-1980) German Expressionist artist. Original pencil DRAWING, signed with initials "FS", dated 1952 approx. 9.75 x 12 in. paper. Unframed. Comes with biographical information. This is, without doubt, by Solomon and guaranteed to be so without a time limit. Solomon won the Mowbray Prize [1944] in London; was listed in WHO'S WHO IN ART [1954 London edition]. He studied art with such famous German artist's as: Max Liebermann, Martin Brandenburg, Eugene Spiro & Willy Jaeckel [Masterclass]. Exhibitions: Berlin, Cologne, Capetown, Haifa, London [Royal Academy], U.S., and in 1958 had one-man show at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Havana, Cuba. In 1956 several of his paintings were exhibited at the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio. He died in the U.S. We purchased his personal papers and most of his drawings at his estate sale. His work is fairly scarce. The photos shown below DO NOT accompany this drawing and are not for sale. Also, showing below is a copy of Royal Academy of Arts notification that Samuel Courtauld has selected a painting by Solomon for purchase in 1945. Courtauld, who would died two tears later, was the founder of the Courtauld Art Institute in England. Courtauld had formed an important art collection including multiple works by Manet, Cezanne, Renoir etc., which he gave to the Courtauld and the Tate. He had purchased at least 5 paintings by Frederick Solomon and when he saw the painting JACOB at Solomon's exhibition at the JABE Gallery he ordered that the painting be sent to the TATE Gallery but he died a few days later and the purchase never took place. We will include a copy of the Royal Academy/Courtauld purchase document to the winning bidder.........100-150
Click to see Solomon545. [ART] Gustave Marie Greux [1838-1919] French etcher. Original etching, classic Barbizon scene, signed in the plate, image about 3-3/4 x 6-3/4" plus margins. Printed text on verso. VG............50-75
546. [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
547. [LINCOLN] LEONARD W. VOLK [1828-1895] American sculptor; founder & president [1867] of Chicago Academy of Design. Among his works are the Douglas monument in Chicago and a Douglas & Lincoln statue at the capitol in Springfield. He made the famous life mask of Lincoln and cast of his hands as well as a bust of the president from life. ADS, Chicago, 1876. A promissory note filled out by Volk, and since he wrote his name in the body we are calling this signed. The man owed the money has signed at bottom. Nautical vignette. Looks like a bank check...............100-150
550. (ART) Alexander POPE [1849-1924] Notable American sporting artist, hailing from Dorchester, Massachusetts and studying under William Copley. One of America's popular gaming artists. As a youth, Alexander Pope carved and sketched animals around his home in Massachusetts. In the 1860s, he worked for his family's lumber business. Pope studied carving, painting, perspective, and anatomy with William Rimmer, an important romantic-baroque sculptor, painter, and influential teacher of many Boston artists. From 1879 to 1883, Pope created many well-received carvings of game. Czar Alexander III of Russia acquired two of the carvings. In 1893, Pope began painting animal portraits and, later, pursued a career as a portrait painter. Eventually, he was considered one of the best Bostonian trompe l'oeil painters of the 19th century Pope's work is recognized in many private collections and museums, including the M.H. De Young Memorial Museum and the National Museum of Wildlife Art. Offered here is one of his childhood sketches. Approx. 8 x 5" sheet, unsigned. An opportunity to purchase a minor piece by a major artist...........80-120
555. [ART] John Kay (1742-
1826) Scottish caricaturist and engraver. He was born near
Dalkeith, where his father was a mason. At thirteen he was
apprenticed to a barber, whom he served for six years. He
then went to Edinburgh , where in 1771 he obtained the
freedom of the city by joining the corporation of
barber-surgeons. In 1785, induced by the favour which
greeted certain attempts of his to etch in aquafortis, he
took down his barber's pole and opened a small print shop
in Parliament Square. There he continued to flourish,
painting miniatures, and publishing at short intervals his
sketches and caricatures of local celebrities and
oddities, who abounded at that period in Edinburgh
society. Kay's portraits were collected by Hugh Paton and
published under the title A series of original portraits
and caricature etchings by the late John Kay, with
biographical sketches and illustrative anecdotes
(Edinburgh, 2 vols. 4to, 1838; 8vo ed., 4 vols., 1842; new
4to ed., with additional plates, 2 vols., 1877), forming a
unique record of the social life and popular habits of
Edinburgh at its most interesting epoch. Original etching, image size approx. 4-1/4
x 4-1/4" plus margins. Image area VG...........50-75
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556. (ART) Alexander POPE [1849-1924] Notable American sporting artist, hailing from Dorchester, Massachusetts and studying under William Copley. One of America's popular gaming artists. As a youth, Alexander Pope carved and sketched animals around his home in Massachusetts. In the 1860s, he worked for his family's lumber business. Pope studied carving, painting, perspective, and anatomy with William Rimmer, an important romantic-baroque sculptor, painter, and influential teacher of many Boston artists. From 1879 to 1883, Pope created many well-received carvings of game. Czar Alexander III of Russia acquired two of the carvings. In 1893, Pope began painting animal portraits and, later, pursued a career as a portrait painter. Eventually, he was considered one of the best Bostonian trompe l'oeil painters of the 19th century Pope's work is recognized in many private collections and museums, including the M.H. De Young Memorial Museum and the National Museum of Wildlife Art. Offered here is one of his childhood sketches. Approx. 3-1/4 3-7/8" sheet, unsigned. An opportunity to purchase a minor piece by a major artist...........80-120
557. [PHOTOGRAPHY - NASA] WILLENE WHISENHANT - one of the important photographers at NASA at the beginning. ORIGINAL vintage color 10x8 photo showing Alan Shepard lying down in space suit with technicians around him. Whisenhant has written caption in ink below "MA-9 - Backup - Shepard." NASA S-63-3888. VG. Provenance: Ex-collection of the photographer.........100-200
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![489. [ART] Stephen J. Ferris [1835-1915] influential Philadelphia painter and etcher of portraits and figure studies, he studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy and in Paris, under Jean Leon Gerome. He achieved a considerable reputation for his art in both America and Europe and received the prestigious Fortuny Prize for the best portrait, Rome, 1876. Ferris also served for twenty six years as the Instructor of Art at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women. Offered here is an original etching by Ferris, a portrait of the daughter of Chief Justice Benjamin Chew. Its title "MRS. NICKLIN", done in 1879, after a painting by Gilbert Stuart. This etching, and others by New York Etching Club members, appeared bound into The American Art Review. Image approx. 5-1/2 x 7-1/4" plus margins. Light foxing in margins o/w VG...........100-150](https://merv2.tripod.com/ferris-151.jpeg){kind=link}
