128. [MIXED LOT OF AUTOGRAPHS] Comprised of: [1] Edward Martin (1879-1967) Gov. Pennsylvania & US Senator. Signature. [2] Alexandra Danilova (1903-1997) Russian-born prima ballerina who became an American citizen. She had a long intimate relationship with George Balanchine although they never officially married. Signed, inscribed 3x5 card. Fine. [3] Hiram Walbridge (1821-1870) U.S. Rep. from NY. Signature. [4] Peter W. Strader (1818-1881) U.S. Rep. from Ohio. Signature. [5] Charles Stewart (1840-1907) English zoologist and comparative anatomist. Stewart was born in Plymouth and studied at St Bartholomew's Hospital, receiving his MRCS in 1862. He was Conservator of the Hunterian Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England from 1884 to 1900, in succession to William Henry Flower. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on 4 June 1896, and he was the president of the Linnean Society from 1890 to 1894. Brief ALS, 1901, 1p. "Dear Sir, I have arranged for the visit of your party on Oct. 5th. Yours truly C. Stewart. VG. [6] Sir Thomas Brooke-Pechell, 2nd Baronet (1753-1826) Major General. Signed address panel postmarked 1833. [7] Moses Norris, Jr. (1799-1855) United States Representative and Senator from New Hampshire. Clip Signature. Click to see signature [8] G. MONOD [Monod, Gabriel-Jean-Jacques. 1844-1912]. French historian. Founder and director of Revue historique (1875); lectured at École des Hautes Études, École Normale Supérieure; professor, Collège de France (1905). Author of Allemands et Français (1872), Études critiques sur les sources de l' histoire mérovingienne (1872-85), etc. ANS, in English. Clipped from a letter but complete in itself. Mounted. No year. [9] Jonathan Chace (1829-1917) US Representative and Senator from Rhode Island. He was also the nephew of famed 19th century abolitionist Elizabeth Buffum Chace and had himself been active in the Underground Railroad during his time in Philadelphia, where he operated a dry goods store. CLIP SIGNATURE. [10] Alan Dershowitz (b. 1938) American lawyer, and political commentator. He is the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. He is known for his career as an attorney in several high-profile law cases. SIGNED 3x5 card.............100-150

129. [MIXED LOT] [1] To Organize Gov. of Nebraska - Speech of Joseph R. Chandler, of Penn. on the Bill to organize Territorial Government in Nebraska. Delivered to the House of Rep., April 5, 1854. 7-pp. VG. See speech above [2] [BOER WAR] stereo-view photograph card issued 1900, Underwood & Underwood. When the Cannon's Roar is Still - men sleeping by their stacked arms. VG. [3] [SINGER SEWING] EDWIN DEAN - Singer Sewing machine agent from Missouri. ALS, St. Louis, 1866, 2 separate pages, 4to. To The Singer Manuf. Co. describing a trade fair "at which $20,000 will be distributed in premiums and which will be attended by 50,000 persons at least..." Says he will distribute Singer products to stimulate business. On Singer Co. letterhead. Light stain along edge from mounting trace on back. Page 1 Page 2 [4] Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber (1814 - 1890) American humorist. Clip signature. [5] S. Parkes Cadman (1864-1936) American clergyman, newspaper writer, and pioneer Christian radio broadcaster of the 1920s and 1930s. He was an early advocate of ecumenism and an outspoken opponent of anti-Semitism and racial intolerance. By the time of his death in 1936, he was called "the foremost minister of Congregational faith" by the New York Times. ANS on card. [6] Nat C. Goodwin (1857-1919) American actor and vaudevillian. Signature. [7] Senator Lloyd Bentsen - TLS, 1989, 1p. [autopen?] [8] Clyde Fitch (1865-1909) American dramatist. Clip signature. [9] Edward J. Phelps (1822-1900) lawyer and diplomat from Vermont. [10] Lee Iacocca - signed 8x10 photo.........75-100

130. [ART] Walt Kuhn at the Marie Harriman Gallery 1934 - Original exhibition catalog of work by Walt Kuhn at the Marie Harriman Gallery, 61-63 East 57 Street, New York, 8 pages, plus cover. There were 14 paintings in this show, all are illustrated in this catalog. Staples are rusted. Included is a signed 1965 bank check, signed by Brenda Kuhn, the daughter of the artist. Provenance: Directly out of the Kuhn Estate.............75-100

131.  [EARLY INDIA] Jaipur (Native Indian State) Pre-stamp cover with date of 1670 identified in pencil.  Cover has Indian and Persian black handstamp.  Approx. 5 x 7 in. VG........60-80

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132. [BOOK]   HISTORIC SILVER OF THE COLONIES AND ITS MAKERS  by Francis Hill Bigelow. MacMillan, New York, 1931. 3rd Edition. Abundantly illustrated with supplementary photo plate examples throughout. Good-VG cloth copy in a good, if somewhat edge nicked and dust dulled. Overall,  tight. No dust jacket. 476 pages including index, illustrations too numerous to counts. An extemely useful reference which is uncommon........Reserved at $40.

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133. WORLD WAR  II letters - a collection of letters from 2 different officers to their families in New Jersey, 1943-1945.  Mostly handwritten, a few typed. A great many are the famous V-MAIL, used by the War & Navy Depts. V-Mail Service. Mostly from England. Excellent picture of a soldier's life in Great Britain during the war. Approx. 110  letters pasted into a scrapbook..................300-400

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

135. MYSTERY LOT of about 93 pieces from 19th & 20th century. Includes: letters; documents; a few autographs; 5 bank checks signed by the noted artist, Douglas Volk, known for his portraits of Abraham Lincoln, one used on postage stamp, and various ephemera. Oldest item in this lot is 1838. There is also an 1842 document signed by R.G. Hazard [look him up].  Good lot for eBay sellers or those who like researching items.....125-225

136. [MYSTERY LOT] includes:  Warner Bros. pay check, 1985, signed on verso by Mildred Natwick (1905-1994)  Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated American stage, film and television actress. Also includes:  1826 Providence, RI, document signed by R.G. Hazard [cancel hole over signature. Roland G. hazard (1801-1888) was an American industrialist, politician, and social reformer. Also a signature of Samuel Griswold Goodrich (1793-1860) was an American author, better known under the pseudonym Peter Parley. Also: H.G. Neville - clip signature with cdv;  a 4-page handout on Socialism;  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;  1921 bank checks signed by the noted artist, Douglas Volk, known for his portraits of Abraham Lincoln.  9  Limerick National Bank checks [Maine];  antique engraved port of Philip Syng Physick;  TLS, 1946 signed by Commander F.T. Williamson, to congressman Phlip J. Philbin;  plus various other pieces. Approx. 85 pieces. Good lot for eBay sellers or those who like researching items............80-120

137. [ACTORS & ACTRESSES] multiple lot comprised of: [1] [THEATRE] Willis P. Sweatnam (1854-1930) Broadway actor. He was born in Zanesville, Ohio, died at the Lambs Club in NYC. The New York Times, November 26, 1930 said, " One of the Best End-Men Who Ever Cracked Jokes in a Minstrel Show. Organized Several Companies. Created a Score of Negro Characters in Comedies." Clip Signature mounted to blank page from autograph catalog. Has sentiment plus "St. James Hotel, New York." [2] [TV]Debbie Watson, (b. 1949) American movie and television actress. Born in Culver City, Los Angeles, she got her start on television, starring as the boy-struck teenage girl Karen Scott in the 1964 sitcom TV series Karen. She then went on to star in the 1965 rural themed sitcom TV series Tammy. Perhaps her best known film appearance was when she portrayed Marilyn Munster in Munster Go Home 1966. Signed [on lined side] 3x5 card. Fine. [3] [FILM] Virginia Madsen (b.1961) American actress. She came to fame during the 1980s, having appeared in several films aimed at a teenage audience. Several decades later, she once again became known after an Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominated role in the 2004 film Sideways. SIGNED, inscribed "To John" 8x10 photo. VG. [4] [THEATRE] Wilson Barrett (1846-1904) English manager, actor, and playwright. With his company, Barrett is credited with attracting the largest crowds of English theatregoers ever because of his success with melodrama, an instance being his production of The Silver King (1882) at the Princess's Theatre of London. The historical tragedy The Sign of the Cross (1895) was Barrett's most successful play, both in England and in the United States. He writes on 4-7/8 x 3" slip "I am very Virginius Wilson Barrett." [5] [THEATRE] Marshall P. Wilder - vaudeville performer. Signature. [6] [THEATRE] Daniel Frohman (1851-1940) American theatrical producer and manager and an early film producer. CLIP SIGNATURE. [7] [FILM] Nick Stuart[1904-1973] serial star of THE LOST PLANET, THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN KIDD, etc. Signature, inscribed. Scarce!. [8] [FILM] PATRICIA NEAL - actress. Her signature on imprinted 3 x 5 card. [9] [CINEMA] Leo Chalzel [1901-1953] actor. In Ida Lipino's film "Men In White." Small clipping about him signed in ink, 1938........80-120

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

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139. [ART] DOUGLAS VOLK [1856-1935] Noted American artist. Signed 1907 bank check to the artist William B. Faxon, with Faxon's endorsement signature is on the verso. Faxon 1849-1941] was an artist...........50-75

140. [LINCOLN] LEONARD W. VOLK (1828-1895) American sculptor. Most famous for making a life mask of American President Abraham Lincoln. In 1857, he settled in Chicago, where he helped to establish the Academy of Design and was for eight years its head. In 1860 he made a life mask of Lincoln, of whom only one other was ever made (by Clark Mills in 1865). In the early part of spring in 1860, during Abraham Lincoln's visit to Chicago, Volk asked him to sit for a bust. When Lincoln agreed, the artist decided to start by doing a life mask. Lincoln found the process of letting wet plaster dry on his face, followed by a skin-stretching removal process, "anything but agreeable." But he endured it with good humor, and when he saw the final bust, he was quite pleased, declaring it "the animal himself." Volk later used the life mask and bust of 1860 as the basis for other editions, including a full-length statue of Lincoln. Signed 1895 bank check. VG.................200-300

141. RAILROADING IN ILLINOIS - George W. Hired - General Agent.  Autograph letter Signed, St. Louis and Southern Railroad Co., Land Department, Landoral, Illinois.  Dated 1875, 4 pages, 8vo. To Henley C. Lybrook. With original envelope. Fine content regarding organizing a colony under railroad auspices. VG.............50-75

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142. ANTTIQUE Engraved portraits of noted men from Great Britain: Edward Wortley Montagu, Frederic Earl of Carlisle, Matthew Prior [1778], Robert Bloomfield, Duke of Suffolk, Thomas Chalmers, Willioam Melmoth [1810], Bampfylde Moore Carew, Wm. Henry IV, Andrew Fletcher, Exmouth, Henri Bernardin De St. Pierre, Erskine, Calben Heathcote, Pitt, Rev. William Thomas, Earl of Moiral, John Stanley, Charles Phillips, Robert Southey, Sir David Wilkie, etc.  Most need some cleaning - other faults.  23 antique portraits........50-75

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

145.  Gerald Massey (1828-1907)  English poet and self-educated Egyptologist.  During the later years of his life, (from about 1870 onwards) Massey became interested increasingly in Egyptology and the similarities that exist between ancient Egyptian mythology and the Gospel stories. He studied the extensive Egyptian records housed in the British Museum, eventually teaching himself to decipher the hieroglyphics." In regard to Egyptology, Massey first published The Book of the Beginnings, followed by The Natural Genesis. His most prolific work is Ancient Egypt: The Light of the World, published shortly before his death.[1] His work, which draws comparisons between the Judeo-Christian religion and the Egyptian religion, is not considered significant in the field of modern Egyptology and is not mentioned in the Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt or similar reference works of modern Egyptology. One of the more sensational aspects of Massey's writings were the parallels he drew between Jesus and the Egyptian god Horus. These comparisons are primarily contained in his book The Natural Genesis. Massey's writings on this subject have influenced various later authors such as Alvin Boyd Kuhn, Tom Harpur, and Acharya S.  ALS, nd, written on both sides, approx. 5x8". Content - about his poems.  Old Paul Richards price of $25 in 1977 written top corner in pencil..........40-60

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146. [MIXED LOT] [1] [BIG BEN CLOCK] Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe, Q.C. (1816-1905) British lawyer, amateur horologist, and architect. In 1851 he designed the mechanism for the clock of the Palace of Westminster, responsible for the chimes of Big Ben. He was also responsible for rebuilding the west front, roof, and transept windows of St Albans Cathedral at his own expense. Although the building had been in need of repair, popular opinion at the time held that he had changed the cathedral's character, even inspiring the creation and temporary popularity of the verb "to grimthorpe", meaning to carry out unsympathetic restorations of ancient buildings. ALS, 1898, 1p, to the Editor of the Herts Standard. "Sir, I send you this as you will probably wish to notice this important transaction in some way, and you may as well have an accurate account of it. If you like to send me a proof tomorrow you shall have it back on Wednesday." This probably relates to forwarding an article, most likely about the restoration of the Cathedral at St. Albans, which, aside from Big Ben, was his second most famous undertaking. Approx. 8-1/4 x 3-1/4". VG. [2][SINGER SEWING] WILLIAM E. COOPER - Singer Agent. ALS, New Orleans, 1875, 1p, 4to. on Singer Manufacturing Co. letterhead. "By the burning of the S.S. City of Waco at Galveston, our Invoice of the 28th ult. shipped to that office is an entire loss. Our loss at Aherman Texas has delayed remittances from that point, which were beginning to be good. We are however re-organizing there and will soon be in good shape again..." Mounting traces along left edge. [3] Margaret Prescott Montague [pseudonym Jane Steger] (1878-1955) Am. author. She wrote "The Sowing of Alderson Cree"; "Up Eel River"; "Closed Doors. " She was the first winner of the O. Henry Award (1919) for her "England to America" in The Atlantic Monthly, September 1918. ALS, 1920, 3pp., to the journalist Margaret Marshall. Accompanied by a photograph of her standing outside near house & garden. [4] George Mitchell(b. 1933) American Statesman. Presently serving as special envoy to the Middle East for the Obama administration. A Democrat, Mitchell was a United States Senator who served as the Senate Majority Leader from 1989 to 1995. He was chairman of The Walt Disney Company from March 2004 until January 2007, and was chairman of the international law firm DLA Piper at the time of his appointment as special envoy. For his involvement in the Northern Ireland peace negotiations, Mitchell was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1999), and was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. TLS, US Senate stationery, Nov. 13, 1980, 1p, 6-1/4 x 8-1/2 in. To Guy Gannett Publishing Co., Portland, Maine, sending thanks for sending him a copy of Harold Boyle's book "Best of Boyle." "I have also sent a note of thanks to Mr. Boyle personally..." In comparison with other Mitchell signatures this does not appear to be an autopen signature. [5] 1839 Bill of Lading - shipped by I.P. Hazard from Providence, Rhode Island to Savannah. Partly-printed, approx. 9 x 2 in. [6] Job R. Tyson (1803-1858) was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Signature. [7] William R. Sapp (1804-1875) U.S. Representative from Ohio. Signature. [8] William A. Gilbert ( 1815 - 1875) U.S. Representative from New York. Signature. [9] Document - Abstract of Expenditures for Jefferson Barracks, Missouri in 2nd Quarter of 1890, signed by a Capt. H. Norgud [?]. [10] James Currie (1756-1805), Scottish doctor and editor of Robert Burns. Antique engraved portrait. VG............100-150

148. [BLACK LISTED AUTHORS]  Offered here is a 1st ed. of Abraham Polonsky's book "THE WORLD ABOVE", 1951, in stained soiled dust jacket. Abraham Polonsky  (1910-1999) was an American film director, Academy-Award-nominated screenwriter, essayist and novelist, blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studios in the 1950s, in the midst of the McCarthy era.  This particular book was once owned by Donald Ogden Stewart, who has written his name and NYC address on the flyleaf.  Donald Ogden Stewart (1894-1980) American author and screenwriter, best known for his sophisticated golden era comedies and melodramas, such as The Philadelphia Story (based on the play by Philip Barry), Tarnished Lady and Love Affair. Stewart worked with a number of the great directors of his time, including George Cukor (a frequent collaborator), Michael Curtiz and Ernst Lubitsch. Stewart was also a member of the Algonquin Round Table, and the model for Bill Gorton in The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway.  During the Second Red Scare Stewart was blacklisted in 1950. The book itself is in fair-good condition.................75-100

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150. [FRANCE]  1611 French Mystery document on paper, 2 pages, from Maine [in France], various signatures, approx. 7 x 10-3/4 in..  See scan for condition............100-150

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

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

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162. [ART] Walt Kuhn (1877-1949) American painter and an organizer of the famous Armory Show of 1913, which was America's first large-scale introduction to European Modernism. Rare b/w print pulled directly from the original block. The block was made for a 1935  Kuhn family Christmas card. During the 1930s up until around 1940, the Kuhn family sent out cards printed from the blocks that were hand-colored by Walt Kuhn and Brenda [daughter]. It is unknown how much watercoloring that each did on all those cards. In later years, Brenda had photo-mechanical reproductions made, which she herself hand-colored and sent out. One of those hand-colored [by Brenda] reproductions of this 1932 print is in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institute. Over the years we've noticed that these Christmas cards have been sold as original watercolors. To be more specific - those Christmas cards could technically be described as watercolors although since it is known how much of the coloring was done by Walt himself it seems a little misleading to call those prints watercolors by Walt Kuhn. The black & white print offered here was pulled about 10 years ago by Merv from the original block which we own. To be sure Merv will be pulling more prints in the future. Image approx. 5-1/4 x 7-1/2 in.  plus margins. On pre-1800  paper. PICTURE of Kuhn is NOT included here..............75-100

162.  (KENTUCKY PIONEER)  ROBERT BLEAKLEY - about 1801 Bleakley and Wm. Montgomery, two very interesting young Irishmen, came to Elizabethtown and opened a dry goods store with a stock of goods, and soon became very popular. The store was opened in a log house at the corner of the Public Square.  Bleakley was engaged in the rebellion in Ireland in 1798. He evaded Government officers by concealing himself in a vessel and thus made his escape to the United States. Bleakley remained some years after Montgomery left town, and acted as sheriff for several years, and then settled on a farm and died about 1850, leaving a large family.  There is something romantic and interesting in the history of these two men. Born on the same island, engaged in the same rebellion, both compelled to leave to save their lives; emigrating to the same country, finding employment in the same establishment in Baltimore, partners in merchandising in Elizabethtown,  Kentucky, marrying sisters, and then living and dying on adjacent farms.  It was in their general store that Tom Lincoln [Abe Lincoln's father] purchased many items when he was courting Nancy Hanks [mother of the
future president].  Offered here is a 1811 manuscript document written and signed by BEN HELM (1767-1858)  known as "Kitchen Knife Whetted on a Brick." (See the Manuscript magazine, Winter, 1991, p. 24). He was a surveyor, state senator, clerk of Hardin Co. courts; major in War of 1812; purchased the farm owned by Christopher Bush, father of Mrs. Sallie [Bush] Johnston Lincoln, step-mother of Abraham Lincoln. He was a partner, in the general store business, with Duff Green [later statesman] in the early frontier days of Kentucky. It is likely that young Abe Lincoln visited his store often in his early youth. Bleakley's siganture appears twice on the verso as well as another signature of Ben Helm.  Approx. 7-1/2 x 6-1/4 in. VG...........200-300

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164. [KENTUCKY] BEN HELM (1767-1858)  known as "Kitchen Knife Whetted on a Brick." (See the Manuscript magazine, Winter, 1991, p. 24). He was a surveyor, state senator, clerk of Hardin Co. courts; major in War of 1812; purchased the farm owned by Christopher Bush, father of Mrs. Sallie [Bush] Johnston Lincoln, step-mother of Abraham Lincoln. He was a partner, in the general store business, with Duff Green [later statesman] in the early frontier days of Kentucky. It is likely that young Abe Lincoln visited his store often in his early youth. Document written and signed by Helm, dated 1812, approx. 7-1/2 x 6-1/4 in. Also signed [twice] on the verso by ROBERT BLEAKLEY - about 1801 Bleakley and Wm. Montgomery, two very interesting young Irishmen, came to Elizabethtown and opened a dry goods store with a stock of goods, and soon became very popular. The store was opened in a log house at the corner of the Public Square.  Bleakley was engaged in the rebellion in Ireland in 1798. He evaded Government officers by concealing himself in a vessel and thus made his escape to the United States. Bleakley remained some years after Montgomery left town, and acted as sheriff for several years, and then settled on a farm and died about 1850, leaving a large family.  There is something romantic and interesting in the history of these two men. Born on the same island, engaged in the same rebellion, both compelled to leave to save their lives; emigrating to the same country, finding employment in the same establishment in Baltimore, partners in merchandising in Elizabethtown,  Kentucky, marrying sisters, and then living and dying on adjacent farms.  It was in their general store that Tom Lincoln [Abe Lincoln's father] purchased many items when he was courting Nancy Hanks [mother of the future president].  A court summons for Edward Rawlings and Thomas Swan to answer a plea of debt owed to John Geoghegan - son of Amrose, he inherited Hynes Station, one of the original three forts from which Elizabethtown sprang up.  EDWARD RAWLINGS   (died 1830)  Kentucky pioneer,  married Sarah "Sallie" Vertrees (1776-) in Hardin County Kentucky.  He was born in Berkeley County Virginia and died in Washington County Indiana.  He was a Deputy Sheriff in Hardin County Kentucky in 1794-1795 and Hugh Sheriff in 1798.  He served as a Captain in the War of 1812.  His company was connected to the regiments commanded by Lieutenant Col Benjamin Wright and Lieutenant Col Nicholas Miller, Kentucky Militia.  It consisted of men from the Hardin County Kentucky area.  The company was sent out for a six month term in March of 1813.  Edward originally owned land that today contains the Old Rawlings Cemetery, also known as The Walton Cemetery in Posey Township {Indiana}. VG...............200-300 


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165. [ART] Johann Simon Negges (Germany, Augsbourg, 1726 - 1792) original mezzotint, portrait of Johannes OECOLAMPADIUS  (1482-1531), German scholar and preacher who led the Reformation in Basel, Switzerland. Originally named Johannes Hursgen, he was born at Weinsberg, in Bavaria. Trained in classical languages, he Grecized his last name and moved to Basel in 1515 to assist the Dutch humanist scholar Desiderius Erasmus in preparing his Greek New Testament. After two years (1518-20) as a preacher at Augsburg, Germany, Oecolampadius entered a Bridgettine monastery. His discovery of the work of Martin Luther and his increasing discontent with the Roman Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation prompted him to leave in 1522. Returning to Basel, he became a professor of theology and preached at Saint Martin's Church. Thereafter, he was an ardent supporter of the Reformation.  Image approx. 11-1/2 x 9 plus margins. VG...........150-250

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166. US Senate & House of Representative Government documents concerning CLAIMS, invalid and other types.  Collection of 22, most dated 1846.  A few dated later up to 1858.  Some of the last names: Cochran, Dygert, Buchanan, Allen, Beetley, Carpenter, Foreman, Hungerford, Scott, Frothingham, Harkness, Moors, Leavenworth, Broadwell, DeRussey, and of course Smith.  Most are single sheets, removed from the publications printed for the members of congress.  Light age toning as usual..............40-100

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167. [ART] Charles Z. Offin  (1999-1989) American  artist, publisher and art patron. A gallery at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is named for Mr. Offin in recognition of his gifts to the museum. He also gave grants to the Brooklyn, Guggenheim and Tel Aviv museums and endowed arts projects at universities. Original plate signed etching, image approx. 7-3/4 x 6-1/4 in. plus margins.  Dates to  circa 1932. VG..............100-150

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168. [PANAMA CANAL]  Original bond for the Compagnie Universelle Du Canal Interoceanique De Panama, Paris, 26 June 1888. Folio. With facsimilie signatures of Ferd de Lesseps and Ch. A. De Lesseps, the financier and his son who attempted to build the Panama Canal for France.  With official handstamps etc. Viscomte Ferdinand Marie de Lesseps (1805-1894) the French diplomat and promoter of the Suez Canal was president of the French company that worked on construction of the Panama Canal (1881-1888), but gave up the project because of financial and political difficulties; with his son Comte Charles Aimee Marie (1849-1923) sentenced to fine and imprisonment by the French government for misappropriation of funds, but sentence not carried out. VG...............150-200

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169. ONE OF THE FIRST TELEPHONE COMPANY STOCKS ISSUED - C.A. Brome - American financier; president of the Mexican Telephone Co. Document signed, NY, NY, 1899. Also signed by the company treasurer. 8-1/4 x 5-1/2 in. This company was incorporated in the state of New York. MexTel, as it came to be known, was eventually purchased by Southwestern Bell. VG................50-75

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170. [IRELAND] Lawrence Parsons, 2nd Earl of Rosse (1758-1841), known as Sir Lawrence Parsons, Bt, from 1791 to 1807, was an Irish peer.  Parsons was the son of Sir William Parsons, 4th Baronet and Mary Clere. Between 1782 and 1790, he represented Dublin University in the Irish House of Commons. Parsons sat then as Member of Parliament (MP) for King's County from 1791 until the Act of Union in 1801. In the following co-option, he chose to sit for King's County also in the British House of Commons, a seat he held until 1807. The latter year he succeeded his uncle as second Earl of Rosse. In 1809 he became one of the Postmasters General of Ireland with Charles O'Neill, 1st Earl O'Neill with whom he attended the laying of the foundation-stone for the new General Post Office in Dublin on 12 August 1814 by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Charles Whitworth, 1st Earl Whitworth.  He later sat in the House of Lords as an Irish Representative Peer from 1809 until 1841 and served as Custos Rotulorum of King's County from 1828 until his death.  He entered the Irish Parliament but later disclaimed party politics. Opposed the Union; joint postmaster-general for Ireland in 1809.  ALS, 1815, 3pp.  To Dr. Kelly saying that he is thinking of putting his children to Harrow School but before deciding asks if Dr. Butler would allow them to sleep at home and secondly, would he be able to get a house sufficiently near the school for this purpose. VG...............80-120

171. [ART] Chaim Gross (1904-1991) was an American sculptor.  In 1977, Gross had three retrospective exhibitions: at the Lowe Art Museum at the University of Miami, followed by the Montclair Art Museum; and the Jewish Museum (Manhattan). The Jewish Museum's exhibition catalog featured an important essay on Gross by art historian and modern American sculpture specialist Roberta K. Tarbell, Professor Emeritus at Rutgers University. Original plate signed lithograph, 1950s, from Improversations. Approx. 12 x 8-3/4 in. flush. Scan below shows print shrinkwrapped. VG..............100-150

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172.  FINE Pension Archive CIVIL WAR Vet PETER HANYAN Badly Burned MOH Winner J. BLACK - Offered here is a large lot of (18) documents/ ALS's/and TLS's [some 35pp. total] pertaining to the pension case of Civil War veteran Peter Hanyan, who served in Co "B" Battalion Engineers, United States Army. Hanyan enlisted Feb. 1864 and was discharged Feb. 1867. Prior to his discharge, Hanyan was severely injured when a lamp in the Post billiard room exploded , setting fire to his clothes, Nov. 1866. He inhaled the flames and was in poor health until he died in 1873.  The pension case instituted by his widow was handled by attorney Darwin W. Esmond of Newburgh, NY.  These documents range in date from 1882 to 1890, with sizes varying from 5 3/4" x 3" to 8" x 12 1/2", with many either from Esmond or directed to him.  Some highlights of this lot include:  (1) an 1882 LS on Department of the Interior Pension Office stationery from Commissioner Wm. W. Dudley, notifying Esmond "... medical evidence is required showing the physical condition of the soldier from his discharge until his death..."; (2) an 1882 Memorandum to Judge Avery (1821-1899) from Esmond, asking "... Can you not hurry up the affidavit which I sent you some time ago, in the 'Estella Hanyan' case..." [with Avery's reply written on the verso of the Memorandum:  "...I have tried hard to obtain what you want.  I think Doct. Monroe of this place attended to ( ? ) some but for the life of me I cant get him to look up his case..."]; (3) TWO letters from General John Charles Black, Civil War Medal of Honor winner, as Department of Interior Commissioner, one with an ink signature and dated 1886, sent to Lewis Beach [a member of the House of Representatives], informing Beach that "... I have caused the evidence in the claim No. 282,766, of the Guardian of the Minor child of Peter Hanyan, late of Co. 'B', U.S. Engr. Battn. to be carefully examined and have personally directed that the claim be disallowed on the ground that the soldier was not in the line of duty when he incurred the injuries alleged to have resulted in his death..." and another lengthy 8pp. review [after another appeal], dated Feb. 14, 1887, with a STAMPED signature of Black, sent to Esmond and ruling again against the appeal:  "... It appears that the soldier on whose account pension is claimed, enlisted on the 24th day of Feb. 1864, and was assigned to Co. B, Battalion United States Engineers, and discharged Feb. 24, 1867, an artificer... The rolls of the above named company show this soldier sick from Nov. 4, 1866, to date of his discharge, Feb. 24, 1867... The present company commander... reports as follows:  'enlisted men now present with the company and who knew Hanyan at the time he was a member, state that on the evening of Nov. 3, 1866, when he was in the Post billiard room, a lamp under which he was sitting exploded, setting fire to his clothing, from which he sustained injuries sufficient to disqualify him from performing duty... The claim was rejected Jany. 21, 1886, on the grounds that the soldier was not in line of duty when he received the injuries alleged to have resulted in his death..."; and (4) a 2pp.ALS, dated 1889, sent to Esmond by Estella Hanyan [Peter's wife], stating:  "... I have been waiting for the last two years and I have not heard anything from you yet about them [pension papers].  I would like to have my Papers.  I have a friend who is going to send Washington to a lawyer for me..." And in a typed, retained copy reply dated Aug. 25, 1890, Esmond wrote to Estella:  "... I am still using every means to get your claim granted and shall never give it up as long as I live..."  So sad, that 17 years after the soldier's death, the widow's lawyer was still trying to obtain a few dollars in pension claim-- being denied because the death was not the result from LINE OF DUTY.

JOHN CHARLES BLACK (January 27, 1839 – August 17, 1915) was a Democratic U.S. Congressman and received the Medal of Honor for his actions as a Union Army lieutenant colonel and regimental commander at the Battle of Prairie Grove during the American Civil War.  On April 14, 1861, Black (along with his brother, William P. Black) entered the Union Army as a private in the 11th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment on April 14, 1861.  He became sergeant major on April 25, 1861.

After three months of service, the brothers were mustered out of the volunteers and organized Company "K" of the 37th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment.  John Black became major of the regiment on September 5, 1861  He was wounded in the right arm at the Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas, on March 7, 1862.  In July 12, 1862, John Black was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel and became commander of the 37th Illinois Infantry.  Black led his regiment against a fortified Confederate position during the Battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas on December 7, 1862. The unit suffered heavy casualties and was eventually forced to retreat. Black himself was seriously wounded.  An 1896 review of numerous actions during the war resulted in John Black being awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at Prairie Grove.  Black's brother William also received the medal, making them the first of five pairs of brothers to both receive the Medal of Honor as of 2005.

On December 31, 1862, Black was promoted to colonel of the 37th Illinois Infantry Regiment.  He was given temporary command of Brigade 1, Division 2, XIII Corps, Department of the Gulf, between November 11, 1863 and February 11, 1864, of Brigade 3, Division 2, Reserve Corps of the Department of the Gulf between February 3, 1865 and February 18, 1865. and of Brigade 3 Division 2, XIII Corps, Department of the Gulf, between February 18, 1865 and March 5, 1865.

Black resigned his commission in the volunteer service on August 15, 1865. On January 13, 1866, President Andrew Johnson nominated Black for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers to rank from April 9, 1865, for gallant services in the assault on Fort Blakeley, Alabama on that date, and the U.S. Senate confirmed the appointment on March 12, 1866.

WILLIAM WADE DUDLEY (1842–1909), born in Weathersfield Bow, Vermont, started life as a soldier in the American Civil War, then became a lawyer, a government official and a Republican campaigner.  After studying at Phillips Academy, Danville in Vermont, and at Russell Military Academy in New Haven, Connecticut, he joined the army as captain of the Richmond City Greys in the 19th Indiana Volunteers of the famed Iron Brigade. After losing 79 percent of his men at the Battle of Gettysburg, and having his right leg amputated on the field, he served as an army inspector and judge advocate.

Following the end of the war he became a civilian lawyer in 1870, then the U.S. marshal for Indiana in 1879, commissioner of pensions under appointment of Presidents James Garfield and Chester A. Arthur in 1881. In 1888 he was appointed Treasurer of the Republican National Committee. He returned to practicing law in 1887.

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173. Cyrus Vance (1917-2002)  American lawyer and United States Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1980. Prior to that position he was the Secretary of the Army  and the Deputy Secretary of Defense. Signed & inscribed color 5x7 photo plus a brief TLS, 1977, as Sec. of State, 1 page  [signed by autopen. VG...........40-60

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174. JAMES HASELL (d. 1785) was the acting governor of North Carolina in the summer of 1771 (and again in 1774) after William Tryon departed for his new post in New York and while Josiah Martin was delayed due to illness. He served as president of the Council from 1760 to 1775, and in that capacity performed the duties of acting governor of North Carolina on several occasions. Son of merchant James Hasell, the younger Hasell was originally from Bristol, England. He immigrated to the American colonies where he lived briefly in Philadelphia before settling in New Hanover County, North Carolina prior to 1735. Hasell married twice, first to Susannah (or Sarah) Sampson and second to Ann Sophia Von Blade Durlace. He and his first wife had a son, James.   Acquiring over 2,000 acres and three Wilmington town lots by the 1740’s, James Hasell was one of the largest landowners in New Hanover County. Having served as a justice of the peace since 1739 and having risen to social prominence, Hasell caught the attention of Governor Gabriel Johnston. In 1747 Johnston nominated Hasell to the royal Council; he was seated October 2, 1749, upon the death of Edward Moseley.  Although he had no formal legal training, much of Hasell's career in the colony was tied to the higher courts—those above the county level. He served as chief justice of the General Court (and its later offshoots, both supreme and superior courts) from 1750 to 1755, 1758, to 1759, and 1766 to 1767. In September 1753 he was named chief baron of the Exchequer Court, a largely honorary function that paid a salary of £40 a year. He retained this office until the American Revolution, resigning it temporarily in 1758 and 1766 during his brief service as chief justice. Governor Arthur Dobbs, who criticized his lack of formal training in 1754, saw fit to appoint Hasell chief justice again in 1758 on the death of Peter Henly, while Governor William Tryon praised Hasell as chief justice in 1767.

Despite his distinguished service on the bench, it was as a royal councillor that Hasell performed his major services. His work in the Council was commended by governors Dobbs, Tryon, and Josiah Martin, all of whom frequently sought his counsel, and his loyalty to the Crown was steadfast. Hasell served on the Council until it was abolished in 1775 and was its most dominant member during its final fifteen years. Martin even tried to have him made lieutenant governor in 1771. Whereas some councillors vacillated during the Stamp Act agitation in 1765, Hasell openly supported Crown policy. During the critical years just before the Revolution, he remained the only councillor on whom Governor Martin felt he could rely consistently. Hasell was president of the Council from early 1760 to 1775, and as such sometimes acted as chief executive during the governor's absence from the colony, serving, for example, after Tryon departed in 1771 and before Martin arrived. When Martin was in New York on business in January 1775, Hasell prorogued the Assembly because of the revolutionary fervor building there. In April he urged the governor to disrupt the Provincial Congress when every other councillor advised caution. As a long-time member of the executive council, Hasell held the distinction of having been present at more meetings than any other member, attending 368 meetings, just over 80 percent of the meetings for which he was responsible. In addition to his dependability, Hasell had a distinguished career on the council, serving several governors who relied upon him and commended him for his advice and unwavering loyalty to the crown. Josiah Martin, in particular, found Hasell to be his most trusted confidant and tried to have him appointed lieutenant governor. Hasell was not timid in his leadership. As acting governor in January 1775, he terminated the Assembly due to its perceived revolutionary spirit.
  
James Hasell’s hobby was book collecting, and during his lifetime he accumulated one of the largest libraries in North Carolina. Many of his books are now in the North Carolina Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In his will, probated in 1785, Hasell left to his son James twenty pounds sterling with which to purchase mourning clothes, his own clothing, a gold watch, his riding horse, and the family “pictures.” He left his stepdaughter Ann the same amount of money designated for mourning clothes. To his wife, Sophia, he left the rest of his estate, including over 12,000 acres of land. The property was confiscated after his death, but returned to the heirs in 1802. 

Offered here is a 1p. partly-printed DS, 7 3/4" x 12 1/2", dated May 31, 1758 (w/ two 7 1/4" x 6" sheets attached to it by string, one MD(unsigned) of Court costs and a 1p. partly-printed DS, signed Jas. Hasell), all documents being State of North Carolina legal documents to the Sheriff of Anson County, notifying him that Samuel McGiliviney(?) "... lately in our Supreme Court of Justice, Oyer and Terminer, and General Goal Delivery, to be held for our Counties of Orange Rowan and Anson recovered against James Armour of the County of Anson Planter the sum of thirty six pound money in a Certain Action on the Case...," signed Jas. Hasell.  Folds (small central breaks/ holes), some edge wear, toning-- overall very good.........500-750

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175. [NORTH CAROLINA]  MONTFORT STOKES (1762-1842) was a distinguished citizen from North Carolina.  At the age of 13, Stokes enlisted in the U.S. Merchant Marine, and during the Revolutionary War was captured by the British and confined on board the British prison ship "Jersey" for seven months.  After the War, Stokes would hold the rank of major general in the state militia (1804-1816).  In 1816, Stokes would become U.S Senator and serve until 1823.  Later, he would serve as Governor of North Carolina (1830-1832).  In 1832, President Andrew Jackson appointed Stokes to head the Federal Indian Commission where he oversaw the relocation and resettlement of tribes in the American southeast (Cherokee, Seneca, Shawnee, and Quapaw).  In order to perform his duties, Stokes moved to Fort Gibson in Oklahoma, serving until his death in 1842.  He is believed to be the only soldier of the American Revolutionary War to be buried in Oklahoma.   Offered here is a 1p. partly-printed DS, 8" x 7", dated September 28, 1799, A State of North Carolina Sheriff's summons commanding him"... that of the goods and chattels, lands and tenements of Alexander Fate heretofore Alexander Joyce if to be found in your bailiwick you cause to be made the sum of Sixteen pounds Eight Shillings & six pence Current money...[which] in Salisbury, Samuel French recovered against him...," signed M. Stokes, and on verso signed John Fields (Dept. Sheriff), Will Bushell (Clerk) and Jn. Matlock (Sheriff).  JOHN MATLOCK (c.1753-1838) served in the Revolutionary War, in Nelson's Company of the 1st Regiment (1776-1779).  He participated in a number of major battles, including:  Brandywine, Germantown, Sandy Hook, Stony Point, and Whitesell's Mills, being discharged in 1779 with the rank of sergeant.  Matlock was given 428 acres for his military service.  From 1798 to 1799 he served as High Sheriff.  VG...............150-250     

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176. [SCIENCE] Eric R. Laithwaite (1921-1997) British electrical engineer, known as the "Father of Maglev" for his development of the linear induction motor and maglev rail system. Signed, inscribed 5.5 x 8" photo. VG..........50-75

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177. [IRISH LITERATURE] Aubrey Thomas de Vere [1814-1902]. Irish poet and critic. Wrote The Waldenses and Other Poems (1842), English Misrule and Irish Misdeeds (1848), devotional verse and hymns; turned to Irish bardic lore and ecclesiastical medievalism in Inisfail (1862), Legends of St. Patrick (1872). ALS, 1870, 1p. Asks to have a copy of his book "The Infant Bridal" sent to Mrs. Burrows............75-100

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178. Vicente Aleixandre (1898-1984) Spanish poet who was born in Seville. Aleixandre received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1977 "for a creative poetic writing which illuminates man's condition in the cosmos and in present-day society, at the same time representing the great renewal of the traditions of Spanish poetry between the wars". He was part of the Generation of '27.  SIGNATURE with Nobel staris written on slip dated 1977. Approx. 4-1/4 x 3-1/4 in. VG.............60-80

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179. [ART] Alex Katz (b. 1927) famous American artist. Signed label that can be used as a bookmark. dated 2006. VG..............30-40

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180. [MUSIC] Joe Williams (1918-1999)  American jazz singer. Signed, inscribed 8x10 color photo. VG.......50-75

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181. Major General Charles W. Sandford (1796-1878) was an American militia and artillery officer, lawyer and businessman. He was a senior officer in the New York State Militia for over thirty years and commanded the First Division in every major civil disturbance in New York City up until the American Civil War, most notably, the New York Draft Riots in 1863.  Signed 1-page deposition, written & signed by Sandford, August 6, 1861, addressed to the New York Supreme Court in the case of Henry G. Kilmore vs The New York and Harlem Railroad Company, with a note on the bottom signed by Judge John Edmonds (1799-1874), who was a NY Supreme Court Justice, and also a Spiritualist, authoring 2 volumes of the subject. Sandford has written and signed the deposition. VG...............100-150


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182. [MUSIC] Jean Michel Jarre  (b. 1948) French composer, performer, and music producer. He is a pioneer in the electronic, ambient, and new-age genres, and known as an organizer of outdoor spectacles of his music featuring lights, laser displays, and fireworks. His first mainstream success was the 1976 album Oxygene. Recorded in a makeshift studio at his home, the album sold an estimated 12 million copies. Oxygène was followed in 1978 by Équinoxe, and in 1979 Jarre performed to a record-breaking audience of more than a million people at the Place de la Concorde, a record he has since broken three times. More albums were to follow, but his 1979 concert served as a blueprint for his future performances around the world. Several of his albums have been released to coincide with large-scale outdoor events, and he is now perhaps as well known as a performer as well as a musician.  As of 2004 Jarre had sold an estimated 80 million albums. He was the first Western musician officially invited to perform in the People's Republic of China, and holds the world record for the largest-ever audience at an outdoor event. Offered here is a signed & inscribed sheet, 6-3/4 x 8-1/4 in.  He mentions his famous song Oxygene.  on the verso is the autograph of Mick Jagger  [obtained in 1977].  In 1979, Jean Michel Jarre was chosen by Paris mayor to give a free outdoor concert on Place de La Concorde for the 14th of July, which is National Day in France. Instead of the hundred thousand people the authorities were excepting (there was no reference point), a million  Parisians came around their biggest square. Jarre made a superb light show, using buildings and fountains as backdrops. In the audience was Mick Jagger who immediately after the show, ran to see Jean Michel, and offered him to work with the Rolling Stones. It never happened as  Jarre had great advertising after the show, that was a bash to everything in the music world. He told the press eventually he needed a complete year to realize what he had done that day of July. Mick Jagger's autograph is one of the most sought after in rock and roll.  SUPERB!...............200-300

183. [FRANCE] multiple lot of French autographs: [1]  Pauline [ Ducruet ] Augustine [1781-1865] French painter of miniature paintings. She was the wife of the famous French artist of miniature paintings, Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin. He married his pupil and assistant Madeleine Pauline Ducruet, some of whose works are often not easy to distinguish from his own. Offered here is a rare ALS, 1835, 1p, approx. 8 x 9". She speaks about miniatures. VG.  [2] Virginie Demont-Breton [1859-1935] British artist. She was the daughter & student of Jules Breton; wife of painter Adrien Demont. She won a gold medal at the Universal Exposition of Amsterdam in 1883. She was President of the Union of Women Painters and Sculptresses; she was named Officer of the Legion of Honor. ALS, no date, 2pp, excellent condition. In French.  [3]  FERNAND VANDEREM [b. 1864] Fr. literary man. He was a novelist & reporter. ALS, 1906, 1p.  [4] Toussaint-Bernard Émeric-David (1755-1839) French archaeologist and writer on art. ALS, Paris, 1819, written on both sides. Edge-tipped to another sheet.  [5] BEATRICE BRETTY - famous French actress. ALS, [1932], 1p., to the actress Tania Fedor. [6] Pierre] ARTHUR PONROY [b. 1816] Fr. dramatist, poet, historian. Lengthy 4pp. ALS. Interesting content about literature.  [7] HENRI TISOT - Fr. actor. ALS, Paris, 1959, on both sides. To Director of La Comédie-Française asking to forgive him for missing a show. In the comedy movie The Fuhrer runs amok by Philippe Clair, Henri Tisot stars stars socceras Hitler who challenges other European countries in matches. VG.  [8] GEORGES DOUAY - Parisian man-about-town, theatre fan, and composer of songs and operettas. ALS, 1893, 1p.  [9] César Campinchi (1882-1941) French statesman in the beginning of the 20th century. Campinchi was president of the Association générale des étudiants de Paris student organisation, a member of the Radical Socialist Party and deputy for Corsica from 1932 to 1940. He carried out the functions of the Keeper of the seals and presented the Campinchi proposal concerning the protection of minors in 1937. ALS, no date, 1p, 5-1/4 x 7 in. Speaks about politics and Bernstein. Fine.  [10] Nicolas Levasseur (1791-1871) French bass, particularly associated with Rossini roles. Levasseur was considered without rivals in his time, possessing a voice of remarkable beauty and grandeur. ALS, 1854, 1p., 5-1/4 x 8-1/4". VG.........200-300

184. [France] Misc. group of items from France. Worthy of research, many are accompanied with biographical information in either English or French. [1] Maurice Donnay [1859-1945] dramatist. Signature. [2] Rene Cagnat [1852-1937] historian. ALS, 1896, 2pp. [3]Auguste Chavannes [1810-1879] Zoologist. ALS, 1867, 1p. [4] Jean-Marie Magnaud [1848-1926] jurist, feminist pioneer. ALS, 1906, 1p. [5] Amable Pierre Floquet [1797-1881] historian, ALS, 2pp. [6] Henri Leroy-Beaulieu [1842-1912] publicist and historian. His signature on page from book. [7] Emile Perrin [1814-1885] Director of Paris Opera. ALS, 1878, 2pp. [8] Pierre De La Gorce [1846-1934] historian. ALS, 1p. [9] Charles Laubry [1872-1960] physician. ALS, 1p. [10] Charles Louvet [1806-1882] Minister of Commerce. ALS, 1p. ...............200-300

185. [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

186. [TV] Dale  Robertson (1923- 2013)  American actor best known for his starring roles on television. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo.....35-45

187. [FRANCE] Gay, Jean-Baptiste-Sylvère. Vicomte de Martignac [1778-1832] French politician. Royalist in sympathy; appointed attorney general of Limoges (1819); member of Chamber of Deputies (1821-32); appointed councilor of state (1822); created vicomte (1824). As minister of interior and virtual head of the cabinet (1828-29), superintended final attempt to reconcile monarchy with the people; removed by kin 206. g for making concessions to the left. Author of Bordeaux au mois de Mars 1815 (1830) and Essai sur les révolutions d' Espagne et l' intervention française de 1823 (1832).  ALS, 1829, 1p. Re: conveying the President on behalf of the King? VG. Approx. 6 x 7-3/4".............100-150

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188. [FRANCE] Aime Giron  (1836-1907) French poet, writer, lawyer.  Aimé Giron began his literary career by publishing poems which appeared in the Revue de Paris, while continuing his legal career in his hometown, where he was secretary of the Academic society. In 1863 he published The Christmas Sabot (with illustrations by Léopold Flameng) who met a great success and was translated into several languages.  He then published the poetry collection The Strange Loves, and Three girls in 1864 and Mysterious new in 1866.  In 1870 he abandoned as a lawyer to defend the invaded territory. He moved to Bois-Colombes and becomes a contributor to Figaro, the Gauls and France Illustrated.  In 1873 he published a new collection of poems Les Cordes de Fer who obtained a warm welcome. He was one of the most prolific writers of his time, finding his inspiration in history and legends of the Velay. He described the most beautiful sites, he has told the captions so that gave rise to the desire to know the Haute-Loire, with warm enthusiasm that gives the love of native soil.  He was distinguished on numerous occasions and in particular by the Academy of Floral Games and the French Academy. It is decorated in July 1899 by the Spanish Queen Regent of the Order of Charles III on behalf of King Alfonso XIII, in return for pro-Spanish articles he published during the Spanish-American War in 1898.  Aimé Giron is the brother of the painter Léon Giron and the father of the Egyptologist Christmas Giron (Giron-loved Christmas).  A street in the Puy-en-Velay bears his name. Offered here are 4 lengthy handwritten pages, unsigned, c. 1880,  approx. 4-1/4 x 6 in.  sheet.  Identified as "about his library & the history of France.  VG................100-150

189. [MUSIC]  Celedonio Romero (1913-1996) was a guitarist, composer and poet, perhaps best known as the founder of The Romeros guitar quartet.  Signed concert program.  Also signed by  Celin Romero (b. 1936)  classical guitarist and member of the guitar quartet the Romeros. He is the eldest son of Celedonio Romero,  who in 1957 left Franco's Spain for the United States with his family.  Four pages; mounting residue on back page.............50-75

191. [MUSIC] Rod McKuen  (1933-2015) American singer-songwriter, musician and poet.  Signed and inscribed sketch, dated Paris 1977, approx. 8-1/2 x 6-3/4 in. Fine..................60-80

193. [NOBEL] K. ALEX MULLER - Swiss Physicist. Nobel Prize Winner 1987. The search for ceramic superconductors has begun in 1986. K. Alex Mueller and J. Georg Bednorz, researchers at IBM Zurich laboratory, discovered that ceramics from a class of materials called perovskite were superconductors at a temperature of about 35 Kelvin. This event sparked great excitement in the world of physics and the discovery of the first of the superconducting ceramics won the 2 men a Nobel Prize the following year. At the time Bednorz and Mueller began their work, the idea of a high-temperature ceramic superconductor was considered to be so crazy that they did their research quietly--not even telling their colleagues what they were doing. They tried more than two hundred combinations of ceramic oxides before achieving success. SIGNED 7x5 photograph.............35-45

195. [THEATRE]  William Henry Berry (23 March 1870 – 2 May 1951), always billed as W. H. Berry, was an English comic actor. Two signed vintage photographs, 3-1/2 x 5-1/4 in.  Both signed in darker area - fair contrast............50-75

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196. [BALLET] Julie Kent (born 1969)  is an American ballet dancer; she remained a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre from 1993 to June 2015. Her farewell role was Juliet (in Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet). Signed & inscribed 4x6 in. photo shown dancing on point, together with ALS with envelope, 2007. Both are fine. Beautiful..........50-75

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197. [RUSSIA]  Véra Korène (1901-1996), was a Russian-born French actress and singer.  Born Rébecca Véra Korestzky in Russia of Jewish heritage, she fled the Revolution and settled in Paris, France.  Using the Francized name Korène, she began her career in the theatre but also appeared in a number of films during the 1930s. A mainstay of the Parisian stage, in the 1950s she organized her own theatre production company, putting on performances at the Comedie Française. In 1956 she was named director of the Theatre de la Renaissance, a position she held until 1978.  Signed photo, 5-1/2 x 7-1/4 in. VG...............50-75

198. [BALLET] Darci Kistler (b. 1964)  is a noted American ballerina. She is often said to be the last muse for the choreographer,  George Balanchine.  Signed & inscribed color 8.5 x 11 photo shown dancing with Jock Soto at the NY City Ballet in THEM TWOS.  VG............50-75

199. [VERMONT]  An archive of approx. 330 pieces including deeds, documents, letters, receipts, ephemera.  These are from the papers of Dr. D.W. Blanchard of Coventry, Vermont. Looks like mostly 1870s-80s running into the early 1900s.  Mixed conditions.........150-200

200. [ART] DOUGLAS VOLK [1856-1935] AMERICAN ARTIST. Douglas was born to be an artist. His father was the famous sculptor Leonard Wells Volk and his mother Emily Barlow Volk was counsin to Senator Steven Douglas. At a young age Douglas showed an ability to draw and was taken seriously later studying with George Inness, and at age 14 took classes at the Accademia San Luca in Italy. In 1873 Volk went to Paris to study at Ecole des Beaux Arts with the Master Jean-Leon Gerome. When he returned to the U.S. he began teaching at The Cooper Institute in New York and in 1886 was founder of the Minneapolis School Of Fine Art. In 1893 Volk was chosen for the selection committee at the Columbian Expo where he exhibited three paintings and the the gold medal, his first major award. In 1899 the National Academy granted him membership. His paintings hang in many important collections including the Metropolitan Museum in NY. Douglas Volk first ventured into Lincoln portraiture in 1908, and that canvas, reworked in 1917, eventually found its way into the National Gallery of Art. It also achieved a kind of anonymous familiarity between 1954 and 1968, when it was featured on the regular four-cent U.S. postage stamp. When in 1860, Lincoln sat in Leonard Volk's studio, a liittle child was running in and out. The great man took him on his knee and asked his name. It was Douglas. It was this boy, long grown to manhood who was the paint one of the most famous portraits of Lincoln. One of his Lincoln portraits hangs in the Lincoln Bedroom in The White House. Collection of 15 signed bank checks, dating 1906-1921...........200-300

LOT 201.    (AMERICAN LITERATURE LOT)   Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)  American poet and literary translator. He was appointed the second Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1987, and twice received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, in 1957 and again in 1989.  SIGNATURE, inscribed 2000.   Theodore Russell Weiss (1916-2003) American poet, and literary magazine editor. He edited (with his wife, Renee Karol Weiss) Quarterly Review of Literature, which published William Carlos Williams, Wallace Stevens, E. E. Cummings, and Ezra Pound.In 1987, he was the subject of a documentary, Living Poetry: A Year in the Life of a Poem, made by Harvey Edwards.   ALS, 1973. Eleanor Clark Warren (1913 –1996) American writer. She was married to Robert Penn Warren. TLS,1990.  Paul Henry de Kruif 1890 -1971) American microbiologist and author. He is most noted for his 1926 book, Microbe Hunters. This book was not only a bestseller for a lengthy period after publication, it has remained high on lists of recommended reading for science and has been an inspiration for many aspiring physicians and scientists.   TLS, 1957.  George Herbert Palmer (1842 –1933) American scholar and author.  ALS, 1908, 2pp.    William Babcock Weeden (1834-1912) American Historian, author. ALS,1910, 2pp.   James Russell Wiggins (1903 –2000) managing editor of The Washington Post and United States Ambassador to the United Nations. After his tenure as ambassador, Wiggins moved to Brooklin, Maine where he became editor and publisher of the The Ellsworth American of Ellsworth, Maine.  SIGNED 8x10 photograph; signed in dark area [poor contrast]..............70-90

202. "Chuck" Jones (1912-2002)  American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films, most memorably of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio. He directed many classic animated cartoon shorts starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote, Pepé Le Pew, Porky Pig and a slew of other Warner characters. Signed , inscribed 6x8 in. color print of various cartoon characters he developed. Dated 1985. VG...............80-120

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

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204. [FILM]  Ruth Gordon  (1896-1985) American actress.   Signed and inscribed 10 x 8 photo. VG............50-75

205. Erskine Caldwell  (1903-1987) American author. Signed 1-page typescript on 8.5 x 11 in. page. There are two large white black labels affixed to the backside, one apparently to cover a smasll hole that affects one word in the 3rd line........50-75

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206.  [SPACE] Owen K. Garriott (b. 1930) former NASA astronaut who spent 60 days aboard the Skylab space station in 1973 during the Skylab 3 mission, and 10 days aboard Spacelab-1 on a space shuttle mission in 1983. Signed, inscribed color litho. photo, 8x10. VG.........50-75

207. [ART] Edward Hawke Locker (1777 -1849) English watercolourist (producing works now in the V&A and British Museum). He was named after his father's patron Admiral Edward Hawke. Entering the navy pay office as a clerk on 1 June 1795, he served in its India department (from 1799) and the board of naval enquiry before becoming a prize agent and Edward Pellew 's civil secretary during his East Indies, North Sea and Mediterranean commands from 1804 to 1814. He was in England in July 1802, when he accompanied the French balloonist André-Jacques Garnerin on his second English ascent during the Peace of Amiens. He also spent time in Spain in 1813 during the Peninsular War alongside Lord John Russell, bringing despatches to Wellington, as well as visiting Napoleon in May 1814 during his Elba exile. ALS, 1826, 1p, 4-5/8 x 7-1/4". To apparently a young collector of autographs giving advice -who to collect i.e. Southey, Basil Hall, Captain Parry [North Pole] Sir T. Laurence - Pres. of R. Academy etc. VG............60-80

208. (SPORTS LOT) MICHAEL SPINKS (1956- ) Boxer, Heavyweight Champion, SIGNED, 8x10 photograph, with sentiment.  DARRELL ROYAL (1924-2012) Football Player, coach - TLS, 1971.  TOM WEISKOPF (1942- ) American Golfer - SIGNED 8x10 color photograph, inscribed.  NANCY LOPEZ (1957-  ) American Golfer - SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 photograph.   HAZEL HOTCHKISS WRIGHTMAN (1886-1974) American Tennis Star - ANS, no date,  sending birthday greetings.   STANLEY DANCER (1927-2005) American harness racing driver and trainer. He was the only horsemen to drive and train three Triple Crowns in horse racing. In total, he drove 23 Triple Crown winners. TLS, ny, nd with SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 reprint of cover of Sports Illustrated with him on cover.  ROD LAVER, MBE (1938- )  Australian former professional tennis player who holds the record for most singles titles won in the history of tennis, with 200 career titles. SIGNED 6x8 print of him playing tennis, with titles............100-150

209. Clarence Thomas (b. 1948) Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.  Signed 3x5 card.......25-35

210.  [MUSIC] "Zino" Francescatti (1902-1991)  French virtuoso violinist.  Signed postcard of Tel-Aviv - Frederic R. Mann Auditorium. Music postage stamp affixed.  Signed in a dark area therefopre a poor contrast.  Dated 1962..........40-60

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212. BRITISH SHOW BIZ - Lot of approx. 34 autographs comprosed of 14 small size photos & picture portraits; 2 ALSs, and 18 signatures. Needs research............80-120

213.  [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

214. [NJ] CLIFF [Clifford P. Case] - US senator from New Jersey. 3 TLSs, 1973-75, 1p. 2 are autopen signed, one of which refers to House impeachment inquiry of President Nixon. PLUS ALS from congressman Peter Frelinguysen signed "Frel" & a TLS by him, 1974. All to the editor of Gannett Books publishing..........25-35

215. [EDGAR A. GUEST] Lot of 3 soft-cover books from his library, each signed & inscribed to Guest. Inludes: "Rainbow Ribbons" poems by Juanita Elliott; "Philosophic Phantasies" by William Wallace Ellis; "Recitations" by Zilla Vollmer Tietgen. 1946-1952. G-VG........50-75

217. [AMERICANA MIXED LOT] [1] an 1852 engraving of the Indiana Institute for the Education of the Blind. [2] R.C. Winthrop (1809-1894) Am. lawyer and philanthropist and one time Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. Clip signature. Mounting trace show thru. [3] Richard Salter Storrs (1821-1900)American Congregational clergyman of considerable note. He was pastor of the Harvard Congregational church of Brookline, Massachusetts, in 1845-1846, and of the Church of the Pilgrims in Brooklyn, New York, from 1846 until shortly before his death. He was a conservative in theology, and an historical writer of considerable ability. From 1848 to 1861, he was associate editor of the New York Independent , which he had helped to establish; from 1887 to 1897 he was president of the American board of commissioners for foreign missions, and he was prominent in the Long Island Historical Society. Brief ALS, Brookyn [NY], May 14, no yr. Re: Sunday School meeting. Letter appears to have been cropped along left edge, although no loss of text.. [4] Rose Eytinge (1838 - 1911) was an American actress and author, born in Philadelphia. From 1862 to 1869 she played in various theatres in New York City and then went abroad with her second husband, Col. George H. Butler, Consul General to Egypt. SIGNED CARD, 4 x 2-7/8". [5] [MICHIGAN] STRICKLAND, Randolph, a Representative from Michigan; born in Dansville, N.Y., February 4, 1823; attended the common schools; moved to Michigan in 1844 and taught school in Ingham County; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1849 and commenced practice in De Witt, Clinton County, Mich.; moved to St. Johns, Clinton County, and continued the practice of law; elected prosecuting attorney for Clinton County in 1852, 1854, 1856, 1858, and 1862; member of the State senate in 1861 and 1862; provost marshal of the Sixth Congressional District 1863-1865; delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1856 and 1868; elected as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1871); was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1870; resumed the practice of law; died in Battle Creek, Mich., May 5, 1880; interment in De Witt Cemetery, De Witt, Mich. SIGNED album page. Large signature, St. Johns, Mich. [6] [PENN] John Heinz [1938-1991] US Senator from Penn. He died in a tragic plane crash. TLS, 1986, 1p. Routine content [sending autograph]. [7] 1839 wood-engraving - View of Lowell, Mass. [8] John Sherman Cooper - US senator from Ky. Clip signature. [9] Alexander Wiley (1884-1967) was a member of the Republican Party who served four terms in the United States Senate for the state of Wisconsin from 1939 to 1963. Signed 1948 FDC honoring Wisc. Statehood............80-120

218. MYSTERY LOT of about 74 pieces from 19th & 20th century. Includes: letters; documents; and various ephemera. Oldest item in this lot is 1815. Good lot for eBay sellers or those who like researching items.....80-120

219. John Lithgow (b.1945)  American character actor. He appeared in the films The World According to Garp (1982) and Terms of Endearment (1983), receiving an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for each. Warner Bros. 1985 check made out to Lithgow, not signed by him. VG.......20-30

221. [POLITICS] Misc. lot of politicians: [1] FERRISS, Orange [1814-1894] a Representative from New York. SIGNATURE. [2] BREWER, Francis Beattie [1820-1892] a Representative from New York CLIP SIGNATURE. [3] Howard H. Baker - US senator. TLS, 1982. [4] SWOPE, John Augustus [1827-1910] Representative from Pennsylvania. SIGNATURE. [5] MILLER, Samuel Henry [1840-1918] Representative from Pennsylvania. SIGNATURE. [6] CESSNA, John 1821-1893] Representative from Pennsylvania. SIGNATURE. [7] CHANDLER, Joseph Ripley [1792-1880] Representative from Pennsylvania. SIGNATURE. [8] GILFILLAN, Calvin Willard [1832-1901] Representative from Pennsylvania. SIGNATURE. [9] MOSGROVE, James [1821-1900] Representative from Pennsylvania. CLIP SIGNATURE. [10] FISHER, Horatio Gates [1838-1890] Representative from Pennsylvania. CLIP SIGNATURE........75-100

222. [POLITICS] mixed lot of poltical autographs: [1] Isaac Hill - Gov. NH. Clip signature. [2] JONES, James Kimbrough [1839-1908] Representative and a Senator from Arkansas; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. CLIP SIGNATURE [3] DORSEY, Stephen Wallace, a Senator from Arkansas; born in Benson, Rutland County, Vt., February 28, 1842; during the Civil War served in the Union Army. CLIP SIGNATURE [4] DAVIS, Cushman Kellogg, a Senator from Minnesota; born in Henderson, Jefferson County, N.Y., June 16, 1838; moved with his parents to Waukesha, Wis.; attended the public schools, Carroll College in Waukesha; graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1857; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced practice in Waukesha; during the Civil War served as first lieutenant in the Twenty-eighth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, in 1861 and 1862; assistant adjutant general 1862-1864; moved to St. Paul, Minn., in 1865; member, State house of representatives 1867; United States district attorney 1868-1873; Governor of Minnesota 1874-1875; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1886; reelected in 1892 and again in 1898, and served from March 4, 1887, until his death on November 27, 1900; chairman, Committee on Pensions (Fiftieth through Fifty-second Congresses), Committee on Territories (Fifty-fourth Congress), Committee on Foreign Relations (Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses); member of the commission which met in Paris, France, in September 1898 to arrange terms of peace after the war between the United States and Spain; died in St. Paul, Minn.; interment in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. Mounted CLIP SIGNATURE. [5] George Truitt [1756-1818] American farmer and politician from Murderkill Hundred, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as Governor of Delaware. He began his political career as a delegate to the convention which ratified the United States Constitution of 1787. He then served five years in the State House from the 1788/89 session through the 1791/92 session and again in the 1794 session. He then served most of two terms in the State Senate, from the 1803 session through the 1807 session. In 1807 he was elected Governor of Delaware, beating Joseph Haslet the Democratic-Republican Party candidate. Truitt took office January 19, 1808 and served until January 15, 1811. Like other Governors, Truitt was concerned about issues like slavery , penal reform, and public education. A new issue arose during his term, however. Due to increasing tensions with Great Britain, the U.S. government had directed Delaware to create and equip a militia of 1300 men. The General Assembly, in turn requested Federal fortification of Wilmington, New Castle, Port Penn, Reedy Island, and Lewes. CLIP SIGNATURE mounted. [6] Henry E. Burnham (1844-1917) US States Senator from New Hampshire. SIGNATURE. [7]Samuel James Renwick McMillan (1826-1897) Republican U.S. Senator from Minnesota. He served in the U.S. Senate in the 44th, 45th, 46th, 47th, 48th, and 49th United States Congresses from March 4, 1875, to March 3, 1887. He had also been a member of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1864 to 1875 and served as Chief Justice from 1874-1875. Clip Signature........40-60

223. [FILM] Leonid Kinskey (1903-1998) Russian -born actor who enjoyed a long career. Kinskey is best known for his role as Sascha in the film Casablanca (1942). Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, he fled the Russian Revolution and acted on stage in Europe and South America before arriving in New York City in 1921. He joined the road production of Al Jolson's musical Wonder Bar, before making his first film appearance, in the 1932 Trouble in Paradise. His looks and accent helped him land supporting roles in numerous movies, including Duck Soup and Nothing Sacred, and on television, well into the 1960s. It is said that he got perhaps his best-known role, Sascha in Casablanca, because he was a drinking buddy of star Humphrey Bogart. Kinskey was in the pilot episode for Hogan's Heroes, but turned down a regular role in the series because he thought the subject matter was being taken too lightly. TLS, 1989, on 3x5 card, talks about visit to Russia in 1970. Signed with intials; full signature with inscription on verso. VG.........30-40

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224. [WISC.] Oscar Rennebohm (1889-1968) Governor of Wisconsin. He was born near Leeds, Wisconsin, in Columbia County. Rennebohm served in the United States Navy during World War I. Oscar Rennebohm was a druggist. In 1945, he was elected lieutenant governor of Wisconsin. In 1947, on the death of Governor Walter Samuel Goodland, he became acting governor; and in 1948, he was elected governor. In 1949, Governor Rennebohm founded the Rennebohm Foundation to support education in the Madison area as well as the school of pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison that is named after him. SIGNED MOUNTED PHOTO. VG..................................25-35

225. [WISC.] Albert George Schmedeman (1864-1946) American politician who served as the 28th governor of Wisconsin. Schmedeman was born in Madison, Wisconsin, the son of Heinrich Schmedeman, a "Forty-Eighter" from Germany. Albert Schmedeman was elected to the city council in 1904 and served for four years. A Democrat, he ran for a seat in the United States House of Representatives in 1910 but lost to John M. Nelson. In 1913 he was appointed the U.S. Minister to Norway and held this position until 1921. He then planned to retire from politics, but instead Schmedeman was elected Madison's mayor, serving from 1926 to 1932. In 1932 he was elected governor of Wisconsin and served only one term from 1933 to 1935. His term was both preceded and succeeded by Philip La Follette, son of former governor Robert M. La Follette, Sr. SIGNED PHOTO, 7-1/2 x 9-1/4 in. Fine........................35-45

226. [WISC.] Walter Samuel Goodland (1862-1947) American politician and governor of Wisconsin. He was a Republican. He was born in Sharon, Wisconsin, and went to Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. Walter Goodland was a lawyer and newspaper owner; he had owned a newspaper in Michigan in Iron Mountain. Goodland served in the Wisconsin State Senate. From 1911 to 1915, he was mayor of Racine, Wisconsin. From 1939 to 1943, Walter Goodland was lieutenant governor. In 1942, he was reelected lieutenant governor. On December 7, 1942, Governor-elect Orland Steen Loomis died before his inaugural. The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that Lieutenant Governor Goodland would serve Orland Loomis's term as acting governor, overriding the view of Governor Julius Heil that he should continue as Governor of Wisconsin. In 1944, Walter Goodland was elected Governor of Wisconsin, and in 1946 he was reelected. Walter Goodland died in office in Madison, Wisconsin, at age 84. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Walter Goodland was the oldest individual to date to serve as Governor of any state in the union. SIGNED PHOTO, 8 X 9-3/4 IN. FINE...............35-45

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227. [WISC.] Walter Jodok Kohler, Sr. (1875-1940) American businessman and politician. Kohler was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. The Kohler Company was founded by his father, John Michael Kohler. Walter Kohler served as the company's president 1905 to 1937. Kohler was elected governor of Wisconsin as a Republican, serving one term from 1929 to 1931. His son, Walter J. Kohler, Jr., also served as governor, from 1951 to 1957. SIGNED PHOTO, 7-3/4 X 9-3/4 IN. Contained in Stein [the photographer] folder. Fine.............35-45

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228. [MASSACHUSETTS] WM. GASTON - Gov. 1875-1876. Short ALS. 1878. Written at bottom in pencil is note signed Calvin. Piece along left edge missing does not affect text.............................20-30

229. [MUSIC] SAXIE DOWELL - BIG BAND ERA band leader. Signed vintage 5x7 photo. Fine..........40-60

230. [ENGLAND] Henry Brook Parnell, 1st Baron Congleton (1776-1842), was the second son of Sir John Parnell, Bt (1744-1801), chancellor of the Irish exchequer, and was educated at Eton and Cambridge. In 1801 he succeeded to the family estates in Queen's County, and married a daughter of the earl of Portarlington; and in 1802, by his father-in-law's interest, he was returned for Portarlington to parliament , but he speedily resigned the seat. In 1806 he was returned for Queens county, for which he sat until 1832, when he withdrew from the representation. In 1833, however, he was returned for Dundee; and after being twice re-elected for the same city (1835 and 1837), he was raised to the peerage in 1841 with the title of Baron Congleton of Congleton. He was a Liberal Whig, and took a prominent part in the struggle of his party. In 1806 he was a commissioner of the treasury for Ireland; it was on his motion on the civil list that the Duke of Wellington was defeated in 1830; in that year and in 1831 he was secretary at war; and from 1835 until 1841 he was paymaster of the forces and treasurer of the ordnance and navy. He was the author of several volumes and pamphlets on matters connected with financial and penal questions, the most important being that On Financial Reform, 1830. In 1842, having suffered for some time from ill-health and melancholy, he committed suicide. He was succeeded as 2nd baron by his eldest son John Vesey (1805-1883), who in 1829 joined the Plymouth Brethren , and spent his life in enthusiastic religious work. He left no son, and his brother Henry William (d. 1896) became 3rd baron, being succeeded by his second son Henry (1839-1906), a soldier who rose to be major-general. ALS, 1841, 1p. Tipped to another sheet. VG............................50-75

231. [MIT] Julius Adams Stratton (1901 - 1994) was a U.S. educator. He served as the president of MIT between 1959 and 1966. He also served as the chairman of the Ford Foundation between 1964 and 1971. TLS, MIT, 1958, 1p. ...................25-35

232. Evan Hunter (1926-2005) American author and screenwriter. Born Salvatore Albert Lombino, he legally adopted the name Evan Hunter in 1952. While successful and well known as Evan Hunter, he was even better known as Ed McBain, a name he used for most of his crime fiction, beginning in 1956. Brief Typed note signed; sends autograph, 1975...........25-35

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

235. [MUSIC] George Crumb (b. 1929)  American composer of contemporary classical music.  Autograph Note Signed [signed in text], not dated but envelope dated 2000. Content about the best book published about him. VG............50-75

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

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

239. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

256. JUSTIN W. DART Jr. (1930-2002) American Activist and advocate for the disabled. Close associate of Pres. and Mrs. Reagan,  part of Reagan’s “Kitchen Cabinet”.  TLS (1970), brief 1p. Fine......35-45

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

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258.  H.G. (Helena Rubinstein. 1870-1965) Polish cosmetics industrialist, founder and eponym of Helena Rubinstein, Incorporated, which made her one of the world's richest women. ALS on postcard from Germany to her secretary. She has signed "H.G." for Helena Gourielli, which she often used for friends and business personnel. VG. Postmark difficult to read but possibly June 22, 1959.............100-150

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

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

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

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

263.  [GREAT BRITAIN] Collection of 10 British signatures of prominent men: [1] Henry Charles Howard, 13th Duke of Norfolk, KG, PC [1791-1856] styled Earl of Surrey between 1815 and 1842, was a British Whig politician. [2] Sir William Edward Rouse Boughton (1788-1856) was a baronet and a member of the British House of Commons representing Evesham. [3] John Arthur Roebuck [1802-1879] British politician, was born at Madras, in India. [4] Douglas McGarel Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham PC [1872-1950] British lawyer and Conservative politician. [5] John Francis Stanley Russell, 2nd Earl Russell known as Frank Russell, [1865-1931] was the elder surviving son of Viscount Amberley and his wife the Honourable Katharine (Kate) Stanley, and was raised by his paternal grandparents after his non-conventional parents both died young. He was the grandson of former prime minister, John Russell, 1st Earl Russell and elder brother of philosopher Bertrand Russell. He was married three times, lastly to Elizabeth von Arnim, who is said to have caricatured him in her novel Vera. Despite his landmark achievements in other respects, this Earl Russell is most famous for being tried for bigamy in 1901. Thenceforth, he was known to Edwardian society as the "Wicked Earl". [6] William Henry Lyttleton, 3rd Baron Lyttleton (1782-1837) British politician, Orator. [7] William Irby, 1st Baron Boston [1707-1775] British peer and Member of Parliament. Irby was the son of Sir Edward Irby, 1st Baronet and inherited his father's baronetcy in 1718. On 26 August 1746, he married Albinia Selwyn and they had three children. Irby had been a Page of Honour to King George I and King George II in the final and first few years of their reigns, respectively. He was also an equerry to Frederick, Prince of Wales from 1728 to 1736, Vice-Chamberlain to the Prince's wife, Augusta from 1736 to 1751 and her Lord Chamberlain from 1751 to 1772. Irby had also been MP for Launceston from 1735 to 1747 and for Bodmin from 1747 to 1761. In 1761 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Boston, of Boston in the County of Lincoln, and became Lord of the Manor of Hedsor in 1764. He died in 1775, aged 68 and was buried in Whiston, Northamptonshire. [8] Lawrence Dundas, 1st Earl of Zetland [1766-1839] British politician and nobleman. [9] George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, KG, GCSI, GCIE, PC [1859-1925] known as The Lord Curzon of Kedleston between 1898 and 1911 and as The Earl Curzon of Kedleston between 1911 and 1921, was a British Conservative statesman who was Viceroy of India and Foreign Secretary. The Curzon Line, now the eastern boundary of Poland, is named after him. [10] Christopher Wyvill (1740-1822) was an English political reformer who inspired the formation of the Yorkshire Association movement in 1779. Signatures are in various forms............100-150

266. George Abbott  (1887-1995) American theater producer and director, playwright, screenwriter, and film director and producer whose career spanned more than nine decades Signed 1977 FDC honoring Centennial of Sound Recording. Clean.........40-60

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

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

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

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270. [ENTERTAINERS]  signed 3x5 cards: Bobby Vee - signed 1986 Kentucky Municipal League Banquet card [signed in person], Bob Hope (1903-2003),  Jimmy Buffett [light feltpen], Johnny Mathis, Bobby Goldsboro, Arlo Guthrie, Tony Dow...........50-75

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

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272. [GERMANY]  Walter Scheel (b. 1919)  He served as Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development from 1961 to 1966, as Foreign Minister, as Vice Chancellor from 1969 to 1974, acting Chancellor of West Germany from 7 to 16 May 1974 (following the resignation of Willy Brandt after the Guillaume Affair), and finally as President of West Germany from 1974 to 1979.  He is the oldest former German president alive and the longest-lived German head of state.  Signed special cover honoring leaders of the Federal Republic of Germany, with his stamp. 8 x 5-3/4. Fine..................50-75

273. [FRANCE] Francois-Joseph Belanger (1744 – 1818)  French architect and decorator working in the Neoclassic style. Bélanger designed and constructed numerous hôtels particuliers for Parisian aristocrats and bankers. He designed the Château de Méréville for Jean-Joseph de Laborde, 1784–86.  He designed interiors for the Hôtel Baudart de Saint-James, 12 Place Vendôme, and influenced garden designs of the epoch.  Rare document signed, 1816, 1 page., 7-1/4 x 9-3/4". Very fine condition.............100-150

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274. [FRANCE] DECRET De La Convention Nationale, 28 June 1791, 3-pages, signed inprint Duport for the King, 7-1/2 x 9-1/2". Very fresh condition.....

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275. [FRANCE] LETTRES PATENTES DU ROI [of the king], signed Louis in print, dated 1790, 2pp, approx. 7-3/4 x 9-3/4". VG..........100-150

276. [CHESS - MUSIC]  François-André Danican Philidor (1726-1795), often referred to as André Danican Philidor during his lifetime, was a French composer and chess player. He contributed to the early development of the opera comique. He was also regarded as the best chess player of his age; his book Analyse du jeu des Echecs was considered a standard chess manual for at least a century, and a well-known chess opening and a checkmate method are both named after him.  ALS, dated [?], 4pp, 6-1/2 x 8-1/4 in. VG.  RARE indeed ! .............250-350

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277. [FRANCE] Adolphe Desbarrolles (1801-1886)  French artist. He is considered the father of modern chiromancy, aka palmistry or palm reading, a form of divination. He was a friend of Alexandre Dumas. he accompanied Dumas on many of his trips abroad.  ALS, 1856, 4pp, 5-1/4 x 8-1/4 in.  Identified content is about chiromancy. VG...............100-150

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278. [MUSIC] Herman D. Koppel (1908-1998) composer and pianist of Jewish origin. Born in Copenhagen, he fled the Nazis with his family in 1943. He wrote 13 symphonies, numerous concertos, and 20 string quartets. AMQS from his composition "Concerto For Oboe and Orchestra" Op 82 (1970). On 6x4 card. One cannot consider the history of twentieth century Danish music without coming in contact with Koppel. VG...........50-75

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279. [FRANCE] LOI De La REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE, No, 1546, Year VI  (1798), 24 pages, 7-1/2 x 10".  Concerns the creation of Income Tax during the French Revolution.  Edges toned on last page..........100-150

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280. [MUSIC] Isaac Stern (1920 – 2001) American violinist and conductor.  Signed 1961 Israel cover, dated 1980. 7 x 4 in.  Fine...............60-80

281. [THEATRE]  Alice Kauser  (1872-1945)  theatrical agent.  Born in Budapest, where her father was the American consul, she received most of her schooling on the Continent. Her mother was the celebrated opera singer Berta Gester, who introduced her to many theatrical figures. These connections served her handsomely when she became a play broker in the late 1890s. Klauser helped get several Sardou plays produced here and was one of the first to take up cudgels for Ibsen. She also fought to achieve recognition for such American clients as Edward Sheldon and Langdon Mitchell, proving instrumental in the production of such plays as Salvation Nell and The New York Idea. Among her other clients were Channing Pollock and Edward Childs Carpenter.  Three TLSs, all 1925, 1p. each, to Marcel Ballot, French  Society of Authors, Composers and Dramatists, Paris, France.  In English about the play PALS FIRST..............60-80

282. [THEATRE]  Elisabeth "Bessy" Marbury (1856-1933) was a pioneering American theatrical and literary agent and producer who represented prominent theatrical performers and writers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and helped shape business methods of the modern commercial theater. She was the longtime companion of Elsie de Wolfe (later known as Lady Mendl), a prominent socialite and famous interior decorator.  Marbury's clients ranged from the French Academy of Letters to playwrights Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw; to the dance team of Vernon and Irene Castle. She was an early promoter of African American writers of the Harlem Renaissance. She also played an instrumental role in developing the modern "Book Musical" that audiences came to know as defining "Broadway" in the 20th century, notably of Cole Porter's first musical, See America First,[5] and Jerome Kern (Nobody Home (1915), Very Good, Eddie (1915), and Love O' Mike (1917))through her American Play company.  ALS, 1894, 1p, about 8 x 10 in. In French - not translated..........50-75

283. (CINEMA) FRANCIS LEDERER (1899-2000) film and stage actor with a successful career, first in Europe, then in the United States. TLS, nd......25-35

284. Louise Chandler Moulton (1835 - August 10, 1908), American poet, story-writer and critic. Signed card dated 1901........20-30

285. Belva Plain (1915-2010)  was a best-selling American author of mainstream fiction.  ALS, 2000, plus TLS, 2001.  Two letters..........50-75

286. Pauline Frederick [1883-1938] AQS "All the world's a stage And all the men and women merely players - Sincerely yours, Pauline Frederick. Fine..........35-45

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287. GILBERT H. GROSVENOR (1875-1966) Father of Photojournalism, full time editor of National Geographic Magazine (1899-1954) Married the daughter of Alexander Graham Bell . SIGNED collector’s card (1921).........50-75

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288. [FILM - TV]  Art Carney  (1918-2003)   American actor in film, stage, television and radio. He is best known for playing Ed Norton, opposite Jackie Gleason's Ralph Kramden in the situation comedy The Honeymooners, and for winning the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Harry and Tonto.  Signed 8x10 photo. VG..............30-40

290. [CARTOON] Bil Keane (1922-2011)  American cartoonist most notable for his work on the long-running newspaper comic The Family Circus. It began in 1960 and continues in syndication. Signed drawing, dated 5-17-01, approx. 8.5 x 11 in.  The title and name at top appears to be printed as well as the circle line. The drawing inside the circle, dated and signature below are original. Fine...............75-100

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291. [FRANCE] Joachim-François-Mamert de Conzié  (1738-1795) Archbishop of Tours, France. During the French Revolution he was appointed deputy of the clergy of Tours General of 1789 , it signed the first protests of the right side; but he soon left France and emigrated to Aachen.  He adhered to the principles Exposition, a statement of 13 February 1791 the directors of the Tours district . He protested against the election of the Abbe Gregoire as constitutional bishop of the department newly created the Loir-et-Cher ( 1791 ) and that of Pierre Suzor in Tours for one of Indre-et-Loire.   Before the advance of French troops near Aachen, he retired to Holland and became ill in Amsterdam . He died May 8, 1795. He was the last Archbishop of Tours of the Old Regime. ALS, 1781, 2pp,  6.5 x 8.5 in. Superb condition........100-150

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292. [EARLY FILM PHOTOGRAPHY]  Tania Fedor (1905-1985) was a Monaco-born French film actress who played a number of leading roles during the 1930s and early 1940s in films such as Fantomas (1932). She later settled in Canada and worked on French language productions there.  Offered here are 2 vintage photographs from the 1931 film THE LITTLE CAFE, starring Maurice Chevalier, Tania Fedor, Yvonne Vallee and Andre Berley. Film synopsis: Albert Loriflan, a waiter in a Paris cafe, unexpectedly inherits a large sum of money from a wealthy relative. His unscrupulous boss, Philibert, refuses to release him from his long-term contract in the hope that Albert will buy him off with a large payment. But Albert refuses, and continues to work at the cafe even though he is now very rich. Before long he falls in love with Philibert's daughter Yvonne.  One of the photos offered here show Tania Fedor with Chevalier.  Both are in very good condition......50-75

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293. [EARLY FILM PHOTOGRAPHY]  Tania Fedor (1905-1985) was a Monaco-born French film actress who played a number of leading roles during the 1930s and early 1940s in films such as Fantomas (1932). She later settled in Canada and worked on French language productions there.  Offered here is a circa 1920 original vintage photograph of Fedor, signed in ink by the Paris photographer, G.L. Manuel.  VG.  Scarce!..............50-75

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294. [ART] LeRoy Neiman (1921-2012)  American artist known for his brilliantly colored, expressionist paintings and screen prints of athletes, musicians, and sporting events.  Signed 8x10 photo, dated 1989. VG........80-120

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295. [FILM] Joanne  Woodward (b. 1930)  American actress, producer, activist, and philanthropist. She is perhaps best known for her Academy Award-winning role in The Three Faces of Eve (1957).  Signed bank check, dated 1969. VG..............50-75

296. [MUSIC] Dave Brubeck (1920-2012)  American jazz pianist and composer, considered to be one of the foremost exponents of cool jazz. He wrote a number of jazz standards, including "In Your Own Sweet Way" and "The Duke".  Signed color photocard picture. Fine.............60-80

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297. [NAVAL]  John Grimes Walker (1835-1907) was an admiral in the United States Navy who served during the Civil War. After the war, he served as Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, head of the Lighthouse Board, and commander-in-chief of the Squadron of Evolution and of the North Atlantic Squadron. In retirement, he led commissions to investigate the construction of a Central American canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.  SIGNED BANK CHECK DATED 1875. Very fine...........80-120

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298. [FRANCE]  MYSTERY DOCUMENT DATED 1699 from France, signed 1page on paper. Comes with pages in French that describes this document. Neither are translated. VG..............100-150

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

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

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

302. Van Wyck Brooks (1886-1963)  American literary critic, biographer, and historian. ALS, 1949, written on back of a photo postcard to Katherine Bakeless, author and wife of author John Bakeless.  VG............50-75

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303. [MUSIC] Robert Ward (b.1917) American composer. Signed brochure about him.....20-30

305. [MUSIC] Franz Kullak (1844-1913) German composer and pianist. ALS, Berlin, 1875, 1p, 4.5 x 7". VG..........50-75

306. [MUSIC] Emanuele Bucalo (1864-1941) Italian opera star - considered one of the greatest baritones of his time. ALS, Milan, 1904, 1p. Not translated. VG........50-75

307. [MUSIC] Radie Britain (1899-1994) American pianist and composer. ALS, 1989, 1p......40-60

308. J.C. Wise [b.1881] Am. historian. TLS, no date.........20-30

309. Dinah Maria Craik (born Dinah Maria Mulock, also , also often credited as Miss Mulock or Mrs. Craik) (1826-1887) English novelist and poet. Clip signature, with sentiment from ALS........25-35

 

310. [FRANCE] Emmanuel Roblès (1914-1995) Algerian-French author. He was elected a member of the Académie Goncourt in 1973. SIGNED/INSCRIBED [on the back] 5x7 photograph which he dates [19]91. Fine...............35-45

311. Enid, Lady Jones (1889-1981) known by her maiden name as Enid Bagnold, was a British author and playwright, best known for the 1935 story National Velvet which was filmed in 1944 with Elizabeth Taylor. CLIP SIGNATURE..............25-35

312. Carlos P. Romulo [1899-1985] Filipino diplomat. He had served with General Douglas MacArthur in the Pacific, was Ambassador to the United States, and became the first Asian to win the Pulitzer Prize in Correspondence in 1942. Signature mounted with Philippines stamp......25-35

314. [SOUTH AFRICA] Alan Paton (1903-1988) South African writer and social reformer. As a teacher he developed a keen interest in the social and racial problems of South Africa. Paton received great critical and popular acclaim for his first novel, Cry, the Beloved Country (1948), which is distinguished for its compassionate treatment of those caught up in the racial conflicts of South Africa. SIGNATURE accompanied by dust jacket for his book "Cry, the Beloved Country.".............50-75

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

317. John Gunther (1901-1970) American journalist and author whose success came primarily in the 1940s and 1950s with a series of popular sociopolitical works known as the "Inside" books. He is best known today for the memoir "Death Be Not Proud" about the death of his teenage son, Johnny Gunther, from a brain tumor. Signed 1966 First Day Cover honoring Bill of Rights. Signed and inscribed. Clean with cachet.........30-40

318. [THEATRE] 4 SIGNED vintage photos [postcard size] of British actresses: [1] Jose Collins [1887-1958] celebrated for her performances in musical comedies and early silent screen movies. [2] Evelyn Laye [1900-1996] theatre & film actress. [3] Cicely Alice Debenham [1891-1955] 1920s musical comedies. [4] Violet Vanbrugh [1867-1942] her career lasted more than 50 years. Signed in dark area so poor contrast.........80-120

319. [TV] ART LINKLETTER (1912-2010) Entertainer, author.  TLS, 1983, lengthy 1p., about "success.". VG............40-60

320. [MUSIC] William Schuman (1910-1992) American composer and music administrator. Brief TLS, 1988. Fine.........25-35

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321. Russell Arms [1920-2012] American actor, singer. Signed 5x7 photo........20-30

322. Katherine Biddle [1890-1977] Am. poet. ALS, n.d., 1p........20-30

324. [NIXON] Edward F. Cox (b.1946), is the chairman of the New York Republican State Committee and the son-in-law of the late President Richard M. Nixon. Cox is a lawyer in the Manhattan law firm of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP where he has served as the Chairman of the Corporate Department and a member of the Management Committee. In 2008, Cox was named in Super Lawyers in the area of Securities & Corporate Finance and his firm was ranked third on The American Lawyer's 2008 "A-List" of leading law firms in the United States. ALS, 1983, 1p, a thank you letter. VG......25-35

325. Leon Errol (1881-1951) Australian-born American comedian and actor, popular in the first half of the 20th century. He managed a traveling vaudeville troupe and gave a young comedian named Roscoe Arbuckle his first professional opportunity. In America, Errol became a well-known vaudevillian who appeared in the Ziegfeld Follies on Broadway, and played skits with such notables as Bert Williams and W. C. Fields. Errol's sister, Leda Errol (née Sims), appeared with him in the Follies. Errol made a successful transition to films in a variety of comedy roles (over 150 films from 1923). His comic trademark was a wobbly, unsteady walk, moving as though his legs were made of rubber; this bit served him well in drunk routines such as the drunken valet in Morgy and Shoo's "Mama's Little Babies" as well as numerous RKO two-reelers. Document Signed, 1930, 1p, from Samuel Goldwyn Inc. for his services in the film "Lilli." Signed in pencil. Old paperclip mark top edge well away from anything.........50-75

327. [WW II] A.A. Vandegrift  (1887-1973) General in the United States Marine Corps. He commanded the 1st Marine Division to victory in its first ground offensive of World War II, the Battle of Guadalcanal. For his actions during the Solomon Islands campaign, he received the Medal of Honor. Vandegrift later served as the 18th Commandant of the Marine Corps, and was the first U.S. Marine to hold the rank of four-star general while on active duty. TLS (appears to be a STAMPED signature), Headquarters US Marine Corps, Washington, Dec. 18, 1946, 1p.  To Congressman Philip J. Philbin, of Mass. regarding underpay of Jacques Eugene Guertin, a Marine. His pay was short $176.82.  Accompanied by TLS of Congressman Philbin, signed Phil [his retained copy] on which Philbin writes text of letter sent to Hon. Geo. W. Stanton.  Also page from Marine Corps to Guertin. Philip J. Philbin (1898-1972) was a Democratic US Congressman from Massachusetts who served as chairman of the Committee on Armed Services..............50-75

328. [FILM] WALTER M. MIRISCH (1921) Film Producer, Academy Award winner. Producer of  some of the finest and most memorable films.  SIGNED 8x10 photograph. VG.............40-60

329. [LAW] John Augustus (1785 -1859) Boston boot maker who is called the "Father of Probation" in the United States because of his pioneering efforts to campaign for more lenient sentences for convicted criminals based on their backgrounds. Brief ADS, Boston, 1821. "Mr. Wm. Barry Sir please deliver the bearer one Hat & charge the same to your acc." 8 x 2-3/4 in. VG...........75-100

332.  [BASEBALL]  Vida Blue  (b. 1949) former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. Signed TOPPS card, 4-3/4 x 7 in.  The dark blue signature across his face is the authentic one [signed in person]. VG.............40-60

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333.  Frank Coghlan, Jr. (1916 –2009) American child star actor who started out in silents and moved on to sound films,  who later became a career officer in the United States Navy and a Naval Aviator. He appeared in approximately 129 films and television programs between 1920 and 1974.  SIGNED 8x10 photograph as “Billy Batson”.  VG...........40-60

334.  Dennis Weaver (1924 –2006) American actor, best known for his work in television, including his role as Matt Dillon's trusty helper Chester Goode on the long-running western series Gunsmoke. He later played Marshal Sam McCloud on the NBC police drama McCloud, and appeared in the 1971 TV movie Duel, the first film of director Steven Spielberg. SIGNED inscribed 8x10 photograph. 402.  Dennis Weaver (1924 –2006) American actor, best known for his work in television, including his role as Matt Dillon's trusty helper Chester Goode on the long-running western series Gunsmoke. He later played Marshal Sam McCloud on the NBC police drama McCloud, and appeared in the 1971 TV movie Duel, the first film of director Steven Spielberg. SIGNED inscribed 8x10 photograph. VG.............35-45

335. KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN (1856-1923) NORA ARCHIBALD SMITH (1859-1934) Authors and sisters They co-authored a series of children’s books – SIGNATURES  of both on small sheet (1902).................40-60

336. ALLEN GINSBERG (1926-1997) American Poet, one of the leading figures in the Beat Generation.  SIGNED envelope TWICE, which he wrote to himself  and  Steven Taylor musician and his collaborator for over 20 years. The envelope is postmarked (1987). He has also signed it on the address return section................40-60

337. HENRY van DYKE (1852-1933) American Author, educator and clergyman, lyricist.  TLS (1907) 1p.............35-45

338.  LOUIS ADAMIC (1899-1951) American Author, translator.  TLS (1938) 1p. Signature is dark but letter's typed text has lightened...........25-35

339. BENJAMIN PENHALLOW SHILLABER (1814-1890) American Humorist , editor. ALS (1868) 1p. VG...........50-75

340. [THEATRE]  SIR ARTHUR WING PINERO (1855-1934) English actor and later important dramatist Pinero began writing plays in the late 1870s while at the Lyceum, including Daisy's Escape in 1879 and Bygones in 1880. He became a prolific and successful playwright, authoring fifty-nine plays. These include serious social dramas, some dealing with social hypocrisy surrounding attitudes to women in second marriages.  ALS,1898, 1p. VG..........50-75

341. (John) BEVERLY NICHOLS (1898-1982) English writer, playwright, novelist and composer. He was a member of the “Bloomsbury Group” Author of many plays, novels, but now most remembered for his garden books, which were illustrated by Rex Whistler.  ALS, no date, 1p. VG................80-120

342.  Lady Nancy Astor  (1879-1964) American-born English politician and socialite. She was the first woman to sit as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the English House of Commons. She was the wife of Viscount Waldorf Astor. TLS, 1925, 1p. VG.............100-150

343. Dame Joan  Sutherland (1926 –2010)  Australian dramatic coloratura soprano noted for her contribution to the renaissance of the bel canto repertoire from the late 1950s through to the 1980s.  SIGNED, inscribed 5x7 photograph. VG.............40-60

344. [MUSIC]  Glen Campbell (1936) is an American country music singer, guitarist, television host and occasional actor. He is best known for a series of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as for hosting a variety show called The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS television.  During his 50 years in show business, Campbell has released more than 70 albums. He has sold 45 million records.  SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 color photograph with unsigned music sheet “By The Time I Get To Phoenix”.

345. [MUSIC]  The Pointer Sisters are an American R&B recording girl group from Oakland, California that achieved mainstream success during the 1970s and 1980s. Spanning over three decades, their repertoire has included such diverse genres as pop, disco, jazz, electronic music, bebop, blues, soul, funk, dance, country and rock. The Pointer Sisters were inducted onto the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Anita (1948) Ruth (1946) June (1953-2006).   SIGNED 10x8 photograph. VG.......60-80

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346.  [FILM]   Fay Bainter (1893 –1968) was an American film and stage actress Academy Award (1938).  SIGNATURE. FINE............40-60

347.  Soupy Sales (1926 –2009) American comedian, actor, radio-TV personality and host, and jazz aficionado. He was best known for his local and network children's television show, Lunch with Soupy Sales; a series of comedy sketches frequently ending with Sales receiving a pie in the face, which became his trademark. SIGNED inscribed 10x8 color photo. VG..........35-45

348. [FILM]   Dorothy McGuire (1916 –2001) American actress. Oscar nominee SIGNED, inscribed 5x7 photograph. VG............40-60

349. Lee Grant (B. 1926) American stage, film and television actress, and film director. She was blacklisted for 12 years from film work beginning in the mid-1950s, but worked in the theatre, and would eventually win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Felicia Karpf in Shampoo (1975).  SIGNED 8x10 photograph.  VG............35-45

350. Ken Berry (1933) American sitcom actor. Berry has had success in multiple television shows, one being with his friend and mentor, Andy Griffith. Berry starred in the successful comedies F Troop, The Andy Griffith Show spin-off Mayberry R.F.D., and The Carol Burnett Show spin-off Mama's Family. He also appeared on Broadway in The Billy Barnes Revue, has headlined as George M. Cohan in the musical George M! and provided comic relief for the medical drama Dr. Kildare, with Richard Chamberlain in the 1960s. SIGNED 8X10 photograph. VG...............25-35

351. Billy Barty (1924-2000) was an American film actor and televison star. In adult life he stood three feet, nine inches, and because of his short stature he was often cast in movies opposite taller performers for comic effect. He specialized in outspoken or wisecracking characters. During the 1950s he became a TV star, appearing regularly in the Spike Jones ensemble. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.............40-60

352.  Diahann Carroll (b.1935) American television and stage actress and singer. She has had a long, successful career that has spanned nearly six decades .  SIGNED inscribed 8x10 photograph. VG..............40-60

353.  JAMES JOHN ROOSEVELT (1795-1875) American Politician, jurist, businessman. He was the great uncle of Pres. Teddy Roosevelt and great great uncle of Eleanor Roosevelt. He was a Justice in the NY State Supreme Court DS (1849), a Receipt of payment of $4,500.00. VG.........60-80

354. Otto Hermann Kahn (1867–1934) was an investment banker, collector, philanthropist, and patron of the arts.  SIGNED collectors card, (1920), approx. 3-1/2 x 2-1/4 in. VG.........40-60

355. Cordell Hull (1871–1955) the longest serving Secretary of State, holding the position for 11 years (1933–1944) in the administration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt during much of World War II. Hull received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1945 for his role in establishing the United Nations, and was referred to by President Roosevelt as the "Father of the United Nations.  SIGNED CARD, 3-1/2 x 2-1/4 in.................40-60

356.  [BASEBALL] Fred Lynn (b. 1952)  Boston Red Sox center fielder. Signed TOPPS card, 4-3/4 x 7 in. The red ink signature is the authentic one [signed in person]. VG.............40-60

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357. William K. Vanderbilt (1849-1920) member of the prominent American Vanderbilt family and a horse breeder. DOCUMENT SIGNED, 1907, approx. 22 pages, 8x13 in. Signed on last page by Vanderbilt and Franklin D. Locke as Trustees selling parcels of land located in Chautauqua County, New York, to Guaranty Trust Co.. The front page has old badly discolored tape repair.........200-300

358. [FILM] Charlie Ruggles (F1886-1970) comic American actor. In a career spanning six decades, Ruggles appeared in close to 100 feature films. Ruggles is best remembered today as the big-game hunter in "Bringing Up Baby". SIGNED, inscribed 5x7 photo, in very good condition except for defective top right outer corner..........50-75

359. [SILENT FILM] Betty Blythe (1893-1972) American actress best known for her dramatic roles in exotic silent films such as The Queen of Sheba (1921). ALS, NO DATE, WRITTEN ON BOTH SIDES OF 6 x 7-1/4 in. sheet. To Mr. Jess Hoaglin. "Thank you for your letters. Sat we are all attending the funeral of one of our clan here but Sunday afternoon of this week will be convenient for me. I shall wait for you in our drawing room at the 2nd large steel gate opening on Mulholand Dr. The first large gate enters hospital friends [following is on verso] only. It will be pleasant to meet you indeed. Betty Blythe." She is agreeing to meet a fan at the Motion Picture Home, where she lives. VG...........50-75

360. (ART)  WILSON LOWRY  (1762-1824) Celebrated English Engraver and Inventor who’s creative genius revolutionized printed art. Also a founding member of the “Geological Society”, elected fellow of the “Royal Society” in 1812.  ALS, 1818, 2pp. VG............100-150

361. [OPERA] ANNIE LOUISE CARY (1842-1921) American Operatic Soprano. Born in Wayne, Maine After studying abroad, she made her debut in New York in 1870, singing with Nilsson, Brignoli, and Vieuxtenips. Her success with the public was instantaneous, and for years she was a favorite singer in the United States. In 1873, she created, in New York, the part of Amneris in Aida, and her tours in Russia in 1875-1877 were a series of continuous triumphs. In 1882 she married Chas. M. Raymond, of Brooklyn, and retired from public life, only occasionally singing for charity. SIGNATURE dtd March 7, 1879.............20-30

362. [BRITISH] Sir George Anson GCB KTS (1769-1849) General, commanded a British cavalry brigade under the Duke of Wellington during the Peninsular War and sat for many years as a Member of Parliament. Signed address panel, dated Sept. 4, 1830. VG..........30-40

363. [MUSIC] FRANCES ALDA [1883-1952]. New Zealand operatic soprano. Made debut at Opéra-Comique (1904); at Metropolitan Opera, New York (1908-29); m. (1910; div. 1928) Giulio Gatti-Casazza. Author of Men, Women, and Tenors (1937). SIGNATURE on card dated 1932............40-60

365. RICHARD OLNEY (1835-1917) American Statesman. He became a national figure in 1893 when President Grover Cleveland, appointed him the U.S. attorney general. During the Pullman Strike in 1894 sought an injunction under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act against the American Railway Union. Controversially, Olney sent federal troops to Chicago and shots were fired at the strikers. As a result, of Olney's action, Eugene Debs, president of the union was arrested and despite being defended by Clarence Darrow, was imprisoned President Grover Cleveland appointed Olney as his SECRETARY OF STATE in June, 1895. Soon afterwards Olney had to deal with a dispute with Britain over the Venezuela-British Guiana boundary. SIGNATURE on Card......20-30

366. Vasco Ronchi (1897-1988) was an Italian physicist known for his work in optics. Along with Enrico Fermi, he was a student of Luigi Puccianti. He studied from at the Faculty of Physics of the University of Pisa 1915-1919. In 1922 he published work describing testing methods for optics using simple equipment. The Ronchi Test is widely used in amateur telescope making. TLS, 1984, 1p.................40-60

367. [MUSIC] Leonard Slatkin [b. 1944] American conductor. TLS, 1989.......25-35

369. [THEATRE] Lillah McCarthy (1875-1960) English actress and theatrical manager. SIGNED EARLY POSTCARD PHOTOGRAPH [REAL PHOTO], DATED 1904. Superb condition......25-35

372. Dame Barbara Cartland [1901-2000] one of the most prolific authors of the 20th century. Barbara Cartland is the sixth most translated writer Worldwide , and the third best selling, only William Shakespeare, and Agatha Christie have outsold her. TLS, 1985, 1p......35-45

373. [FILM] WOODY ALLEN [b. 1935] American screenwriter, director, actor. Signed 3x5 card, with typed inscription..........20-30

374. STELLA ADLER (1902-1989) Actress, Director, Teacher. She opened the Stella Adler Conservatory of Acting. Among those to study at the conservatory were Marlon BRANDO Robert De NERO, Warren BEATTY, and Candice BERGEN, Adler is viewed as one of the foremost influences on contemporary acting. TLS dtd 5/12/89 signed "Stella"................40-60

375. [FRANCE] Nestor Roqueplan (1805-1870) French writer, journalist, and theatre director. Roqueplan was considered a dandy, and witty and caustic as a writer.  On 20 November 1857 Roqueplan succeeded Émile Perrin as director of the Opéra-Comique, and held the position until 19 June 1860, when he was replaced by Alfred Beaumont.  The first new work to be presented under Roqueplan was Ambroise Thomas's 3-act Le carnaval de Venise on 9 December.  At the beginning of 1859 Roqueplan brought suit against Le Figaro for harassment regarding his directorship. According to The Literary Gazette of London, the Figaro had described Roqueplan as "a species of Pasha, lolling upon a couch, smoking a cigar, and desirous only of escaping from all the details of his administration." Not long thereafter came the triumphant premiere of Meyerbeer's Le pardon de Ploërmel, but despite its success, his financial difficulties increased. Eventually the constant money problems caused him to retire from opera management.  ALS, not dated, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8-1/4". VG.........50-75

377. [FRANCE] Leon Levy said Brunswick (1805-1859) French playwright.   He started as a journalist before turning to the theater. He is the author of many comedies with Jean-François Bayard , Emile Vanderburch , Dumersan or Arthur Beauplan . But with Adolphe de Leuven know it, for twenty years, his greatest successes, notably through booklets comic operas of Adolphe Adam (Brewer Preston, The Postilion of Longjumeau , King of yvetot). He has also published under the pseudonym Leo Lhérie.  Brief ALS, no date, 1p.............50-75

378. [FRANCE] Auguste Armand Ghislain Marie Joseph Nompar de Caumont de LLa Force (1878-1961), 12th Duke of La Force, was a French duke and historian. Specialising in the 17th century (he was himself a descendent of the 1000-year-old Caumont de la Force family), his work allowed him to reconstruct events in which his ancestors had taken part. He was elected a member of the Académie française on 19 November 1925.  ALS, [1899?], 1-1/2 pages. VG.............50-75

379. [FRANCE] Yves Guyot (1843-1928)  French politician and economist. He was born at Dinan. Educated al Rennes, he took up the profession of journalism, coming to Paris in 1867. He was for a short period editor-in-chief of L'Independent du midi of Nîmes, but joined the staff of Le Rappel on its foundation, and worked subsequently on other journals.  He took an active part in municipal life, and waged a keen campaign against the prefecture of police, for which he suffered six months' imprisonment. He entered the chamber of deputies in 1885 as representative of the Ier arrondissement of Paris and was rapporleur general of the budget of 1888. He became minister of public works under the premiership of PE Tirard in 1889, retaining his portfolio in the cabinet of Charles de Freycinet until 1892.  Although of strong liberal views, he lost his seat in the election of 1893 owing to his militant attitude against socialism. ALS, Paris, 1907, 1p, approx. 5.5 x 8.5". VG........50-75

380. [FRANCE] Henri-René Lenormand (1882-1951) was a French playwright. His plays, steeped in symbolism, were recognized for their explorations of subconscious motivation, deeply reflecting the influence of the theories of Sigmund Freud.  ALS, nd, 2pp., to the critic Robert Kemp about an article. VG.............50-75



381.  [FRANCE]  Jacques de Lacretelle (1888-1985)  French novelist. He was elected to the Académie française on November 12, 1936.  ALS, nd, 1p. plus unsigned 5x7 photo. VG.............75-100

383. [BRITISH] William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne KG, GCMG, PC (1859-1942) British politician and colonial administrator. Like his father, he became a Liberal Unionist in 1886 when William Ewart Gladstone proposed Irish Home Rule. He retained his seat till 1892, when he was elected for Edinburgh West. In 1895 he was appointed Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies by his father-in-law Lord Salisbury, where he became junior to the Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamberlain. During the difficult period before the outbreak of the Second Boer War he progressed rapidly. In November 1900 Selborne was sworn of the Privy Council and made First Lord of the Admiralty under Salisbury, with a seat in the cabinet, an office he retained when Arthur Balfour became Prime Minister in 1902. In 1905 he succeeded Lord Milner as High Commissioner for South Africa and governor of the Transvaal and Orange River colonies. He assumed office at Pretoria in May of that year. He had gone out with the intention of guiding the destinies of South Africa during a period when the ex-Boer republics would be in a transitional state between crown colony government and self-government, and letters patent were issued granting the Transvaal representative institutions. But the Liberal Party came into office in Britain the following December, before the new constitution had been established, and, the decision was now taken to give both the Transvaal and Orange River colonies self-government without delay. Lord Selborne accepted the changed situation, and the experiment proved successful. He ceased to be governor of the Orange River Colony on its assumption of self-government in June 1907, but retained his other posts until May 1910, retiring on the eve of the establishment of the Union of South Africa. The despatch, dated 7 January 1907 and known as the Selborne Memorandum, in which he reviewed the situation in its economic and political aspects, was a comprehensive statement of the dangers inherent in the existing system and of the advantages likely to attend union. The document had in fact been compiled by Lionel Curtis and other members of Milner's Kindergarten. The force of its appeal had a marked influence on the course of events, while the loyalty with which Lord Selborne co-operated with the Botha administration was an additional factor in reconciling the Dutch and British communities. He returned to England with his reputation, according to the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, "as a statesman enhanced by the respect of all parties, and with a practical experience, second only to that of Lord Milner, of British imperialism in successful operation." His experience made him a valuable ally in the movement among the Unionist party at home for Tariff Reform and Colonial Preference, to which he could now give his full support. In 1915 Selborne returned to government during the First World War when he became President of the Board of Agriculture in the war time coalition of Liberal prime minister H. H. Asquith . He resigned the following year and did not hold high political office again. The Selborne Committee on Church and State from 1914 to 1916 was chaired by Lord Selborne. Letter SWigned, Downing Street, 1896, 2pp. To E. Bruce Low regarding an appointment. Stationery has the embossed Colonial Office seal. VG........50-75

385. [FRANCE] Jacques Raillon (1762-1835) Bishop of  Dijon and Archbishop of  Aix (-Arles-Embrun) , France.  He made a famous funeral speech at Notre Dame for Marshall Lannes. ALS, [1807], 1p, 4-1/4 x 3-1/8". VG..........75-100

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387. John Patrick (1905-1995)  American playwright and screenwriter. Pulizer Prize winning dramatist.  Signed 1p. typescript from THE TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST NOON. VG............50-75

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388. [MUSIC] Leopold Dancla (1822-1895), Violinist and composer of chamber music. ALS, no date, on both sides of 4 x 5-1/4" page...........40-60



389. [MUSIC] Mel Tillis (b. 1932) American country music singer. Although he recorded songs since the late 1950s, his biggest success occurred in the 1970s, with a long list of Top 10 hits.  Signed 8x10 photo. Signed in dark area. VG........25-35

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390. [MUSIC] Roy Clark (b. 1933) American country music musician and performer. He is best known for hosting Hee Haw Show. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.............25-35

391.  [John Lennon] Mark McGann (b.1961)  English actor, director and musician.  McGann first appeared on stage in 1981 in the production Lennon at the Everyman Theatre and the London Astoria where he portrayed John Lennon, the role which won him the first of his two Olivier Award nominations for best actor in a West End show. He was later to reprise this role in two other productions, Imagine and the film John and Yoko: A Love Story for NBC television in the United States.  His first television appearance was as 'Mad Dog' in Scully by Alan Bleasdale in 1983 with Cathy Tyson and Elvis Costello. A long career in TV followed seeing him play a wide variety of characters including 'Marcus Bannerman' in the World War I era drama series by Russell T. Davies The Grand in 1999; 'Joseph Bazalgette' the great Victorian industrial engineer in the award winning factual drama/doc Seven Great Industrial Wonders of the World in 2002; and 'Tom Crean' the Irish companion of Ernest Shackleton in Shackleton opposite Kenneth Branagh; and 'Niven Craig' in Peter Medak's Let Him Have It. Document Signed, Warner Bros. 1984 check made out to McGann and endorsed by him. VG........25-35





392. [MUSIC] Ronnie McDowell (b. 1950) is an American country music artist. He is best known for his 1977 song "The King Is Gone", a tribute to Elvis Presley, who had recently died. From that single onward, McDowell charted more than thirty Top 40 hits on the Billboard country music charts. Two of his singles – "Older Women" and "You're Gonna Ruin My Bad Reputation" — reached Number One on the country charts, while eleven more reached Top Ten.  Signed Bush/Quayle '92 card PLUS signed picture removed from some publication.  Each about 5 x 3 in. VG..............25-35

393. [FILM] Shirley Booth (1898-1992)  American stage, film, radio and television actress.  Signed 8x10 photo. VG......25-35


394. [FILM]  Martha Raye (1916-1994) American comic actress and standards singer who performed in movies, and later on television.  Signed  5x7 in. photo. VG..............25-35

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395. [COUNTRY MUSIC]  group of signed cards: Tennessee Ernie Ford,  Billy Joe Royal, Loretta Lynn, Roger Whittaker, Crystal Gayle, Kenny Rogers, John Hartford,  and a signed 8x10 photo of Patty Loveless. All very good condition...........80-120

396. [FILM] Hume Cronyn (1911-2003) Canadian-born actor who was married to Jessica Tandy. TLS, 1957, 1p. Mentions the play "The Man In The Dog Suit" not yet finished. To M. Abbott Van Nostrand, the publisher of plays. VG...........40-60

398. [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

400.  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

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

401. IRVIN S. COBB - writer. Clip signature. [stains]............15-20

402. [FILM] Jack Alberton (1907-1981) American character actor who began in vaudeville. A comedian, dancer, singer, and musician, Albertson is perhaps best known for his roles as Manny Rosen in The Poseidon Adventure (1972), Grandpa Joe in the 1971 version of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Amos Slade in the 1981 animated film "The Fox and the Hound" (1981), and as Ed Brown in the 1974-1978 television sitcom Chico and the Man. For contributions to the television industry, Jack Albertson was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Signed lobbycard from the film "Changes." 14 x 11".............35-45

403. [FILM] Sandy Dennis (1937-1992) American theater and film actress. In 1966, she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Set of 8 signed lobbycards from the film "Up The Stair Case", 2 are also inscribed. 14 x 11. VG. A signed set like this is rare!............500-700

Sandy Dennis 1

Sandy Dennis 2

404. [FILM] Gene Raymond (1908-1998) American film, television, and stage actor of the 1930s and 1940s. In addition to acting, Raymond was also a composer, writer, director, producer, and decorated military pilot.  SIGNED sheet music, WILL YOU?. Approx. 9x12 in. Vintage item with expected wear faults..........60-80

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405. [FILM] Martin Landau - American film and television actor. Landau began his career in the 1950s. His early films include a supporting role in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959). He played continuing roles in the television series Mission: Impossible (for which he received several Emmy Award nominations) and Space:1999. He received a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture and his first nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in Tucker: The Man and His Dream, and was nominated for an Oscar for his role in Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989). His performance in the supporting role of Bela Lugosi in Ed Wood (1994) earned him the Academy Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe. He continues to perform in film and television and heads the Hollywood branch of the Actors Studio. Signature matted with portrait. Overall 12x16. Mat has bumped corners...........35-45

406. [FRANCE]  Abbe Balanda - who was Librarian of the King.  He made the funeral sermon at the death of Louis XV.  Offered here is a lengthy ALS, 1780, written on vellum, approx. 8 x 12 in.  Identified as "Asks Autum's Bishop for money in a long letter." Ink has lightened some with age. Not translated..............100-150

408. [STOCK CERTIFICATES] group of 10 stock certificates for COMPAGNIE FERMIERE DE LUCHON, all 1925, approx. 7-1/2 x 12-1/4". VG.

409. [CARDINAL] Francis Cardinal Spellman (1889-1967) American prelate of the Roman 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. Signed print that has postage stamp affixed. Also signed by James Francis Aloysius McIntyre (1886-1979) American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Los Angeles from 1948 to 1970, and was created a cardinal in 1953. Print size approx. 8 x 10"...........100-150

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410. [CARDINAL] Francis Cardinal Spellman (1889-1967) American prelate of the Roman 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. Signed print that has postage stamp affixed. Also signed by James Francis Aloysius McIntyre (1886-1979) American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Los Angeles from 1948 to 1970, and was created a cardinal in 1953. Print size approx. 8 x 10"...........100-150

411. [ART] Original antique wood-engraving - SCENES IN ST. LOUIS, from Picturesque America, image approx. 10 x 7 plus margins. printed text on verso as usual. VG.........40-60

414. AMERICAN EXPRESS - 3 stock certificates, 1960-63. VG...........40-60

415. [PORTRAIT] Philip H. Sheridan (1831-1888) was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War. His career was noted for his rapid rise to major general and his close association with Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. Antique original wood-engraved portrait by T. Johnson. Approx. 6 x 5-1/4" plus wide margins. C. 1892 for The Century Magazine. VG..........25-35

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416. [PORTRAIT] Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st (1792- 1871) English mathematician, astronomer, chemist, and experimental photographer/inventor. Antique original wood-engraved portrait by T. Johnson. Approx. 6-1/2 x 5-1/4" plus wide margins. C. 1892 for The Century Magazine. VG..........25-35

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419. [FRANCE] offered here are 2 documents from France: one dated 1783, signed by Jean Francois Joly De Fleury [1718-1802] State councillor who was fired in 1783, the year of this letter which speaks of Countess of La Rochefoucault. 1-page, about 6-3/4 x 8-1/4". PLUS another document 1701, 4pp, about 8.5 x 12. Identified as being about the grandfather of de Fleury..........100-150

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1701 page 1

425. [GOODYEAR COMPANY]  Charles Goodyear (1800-1860) American inventor who developed a process to vulcanize rubber in 1839 — a method that he perfected while living and working in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1844, and for which he received patent number 3633 from the United States Patent Office on June 15, 1844. Offered here is a "copy" of 1849 letter from Charles Goodyear requesting a patent for Goodyear Transparent Cement.  Two pages, contained in an elaborate mat with wooden inserts. Provenance: Goodyear Family. Overall size approx. 25-1/2 x 19".  Obviously a latter copy of the letter, probably circa 1900, possibly earlier. VG.........100-150

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426. [MYSTERY LOT] includes:  Warner Bros. pay check, 1984, signed on verso by Lawrence Roman (1921-2008) known for writing the hit Broadway play "Under the Yum-Yum Tree" and for adapting the farce into the 1963 movie version. Also includes CLIP SIGNATURE of  Henry Martyn Scudder (1822-1895)  missionary under American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions and Board of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Church in America to Japan and South India—to American Madura Mission and American Madras Mission. He established American Arcot Mission, North Arcot of South India—then under Madras Presidency. Also includes Edward Fuller Witsell (1891- 1969) was an officer in the United States Army who served as Adjutant General from 1946 to 1951. General Witsell was a 1911 graduate of The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina and a World War I veteran. TLS, 1946, to congressman [Mas] Philip J. Philbin re: request for relief of active duty for Chaplain (1stn Lieut.) Donald B. Weymouth.  Also 1881 Gov. doc from Sec. of War Alex. ramsey about Des Moines Rapids Canal; 1828 Norwich, Ct. document;  1839 document signed by I.P. hazard, Providence, RI;  4 checks signed by Brenda Kuhn;  some  items from the papers of congressman Philip J. Philbin;  a calling card signed Mrs.  Wainwright;  card signed by Richardson K. Dilworth (1898-1974) American Democratic Party politician, born in the Pittsburgh area, who served as the 118th Mayor of Philadelphia from 1956 to 1962.  Also  card signed George W. Williams (naval officer);  1811 document from Kittery, Maine area [Spinney];  various bank checks, some small old prints, unidentified autograph signatures; documents, ephemera, etc.  Approx. 82 pieces. Good lot for eBay sellers or those who like researching items............80-120

427. [FILM] Bill Williams (1915-1992) American television and film actor. He is best known for his starring role in the early 1950 television show The Adventures of Kit Carson. Signature matted with vintage photo. Overall 9x13"...........40-60

428. [FRANCE] Louis-François Chamillart, Marquis de la Suze ( 1751 - 1833 ) was a French politician. He was allowed to sit at the Chamber of Peers in 1815. ALS, 1791, written from Chateau des Tuileries, to certified services of La Plasse "Marechal des Logis des Rois."  1p, 7-3/4 x 12-1/4 in.  VG...............100-150

430. [RELIGION]  Pierre Simon de Dreux-Breze  (1811-1893) Priest since 1825 , Vicar General and Canon Emeritus of Paris,  he distinguished himself as a preacher,  and was appointed Bishop of Moulins  October 28, 1849, by the President of the Republic   Called to Rome by Pope Pius IX on 7 January 1850,  it was dedicated to Our Lady of Paris on 14 April and took possession of his see on 1 May.  Near Dom Prosper Gueranger, he established the Roman rite in his diocese a pastoral letter by the 21 November 1853 and was a promoter of the Gregorian chant.  [internet translation].   ALS, not dated, 3 full pages, 5-1/4 x 8-1/4".  On the verso of page 3 is an ALS by Xavier de Ravignan  (1795-1858) French Jesuit preacher and author. Educated in Paris, he resigned his army commission to study law. Auditor of the royal court. Deputy attorney-general by 1821. Entering a Sulpician monastery, and later joining the Society of Jesus, he was ordained in 1828, and after several years as professor and retreat preacher at Montrouge, he went to Notre Dame, where his logic, serenity, and zeal won souls by the hundreds. Superior of his brethren at Bordeaux from 1837 to 1842, and at Paris from 1848 to 1851. He preached throughout France and in Rome, Belgium, and London. His calm, eloquent De l'Existence et de l'Institut des Jesuites of 1844, vindicating the Society, sold 25,000 copies in one year. However, the Jesuits' strife continued until they were forced to disband for a time in France.  Despite painful controversy with his superiors and imputations from other quarters, he remained loyal to his order. In 1854 he brought out Clement XIII et Clement XIV, a dispassionate treatise, of no great literary merit, on the defender and the suppressor of the Jesuits. He steadfastly refused preferment, even the archbishopric of Paris, devoting himself to other works. He died a saintly death, and thousands followed the remains of the "Apostle of Paris" to his grave. VG..........200-300

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From the private collection of HENRI CORBIERE, the noted French art critic. The following are original drawings sent to Corbiere from friends. Approx. paper sizes. All are in very good condition.

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434. DANIEL FERRARA (Algerian, born 1906) signed ink drawing, approx. 12 x 9 in.............75-100

435. ANDRE BOUEY (1898-1976) signed ink drawing, 1966, 12 x 8 in............75-100

437. STEFAN WALLMARK (born 1912) signed pencil drawing dated 1972, 12 x 8.5 in..........75-100

438. ERIKA BUENTELLO (American) signed pencil drawing dated 1978, 8 x 10.5 in..............75-100

439. [FILM & THEATRE] Colleen Dewhurst (1924-1991) actress. Brief Document Signed, 1961, 1p. Authorization "I HEREBY AUTHORIZE YOU TO MAKE PAYMENT (IN MY NAME) FOR MY EMPLOYMENT ON THE PLAY OF THE WEEK IN 'NO EXIT' TO MY AGENT JANE BRODER."...........40-60

440. [PORTRAIT] Benoît-Constant Coquelin (1841-1909) French actor, "one of the greatest theatrical figures of the age." Antique original wood-engraved portrait by R.G. Tietze. Approx. 7 x 5" plus wide margins. C. 1892 for The Century Magazine. VG..........25-35

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

444. [MIXED LOT OF AUTOGRAPHS] Comprised of: [1] Norman Zollinger - author. Sig. & inscribed page, 1981. [2] Henry William Herbert (pen name Frank Forester) (1807-1858) English novelist and writer on sport. CLIP SIGNATURE. [3] Ben Davies (1858-1943) was a popular tenor from Swansea, Wales. He performed in the first production of the Royal English Opera (now the Palace Theater), playing in the première of the opera Ivanhoe. Davies was noted for frequently singing with his eyes closed. SIGNED CARD, 1922. [4] Howard Crosby (1826-1891) American preacher and teacher. From 1870 to 1881 Crosby was chancellor of New York University. He was one of the American revisers of the English version of the New Testament. Crosby took a prominent part in politics. He urged to excise reform and opposed total abstinence. He was one of the founders and the first president of the New York Society for the Prevention of Crime, and pleaded for better management of Indian affairs and international copyright. CLIP SIGNATURE. Fine. [5] William H. Armstrong (1914-1999) Am. author, most noted for his Newbery Medal-winning novel, Sounder. Signed, inscribed 3x5 card. [6] Margaret Fitzhugh Browne [1884-1972] Am. artist. Signed card. [7] SirFrederic G. Kenyon (1863-1952) British paleographer, biblical and classical scholar. He was the director of the British Museum. He was also the president of the British Academy from 1917 to 1921 SIGNED CARD, 1922. Toned around edges. [8] Cyrus H.K. Curtis (1850-1933) was a significant American publisher. Curtis was born in Portland, Maine, and entered the publishing business there with a weekly newspaper. He founded the Philadelphia-based Curtis Publishing Company, which published the Ladies' Home Journal and the Saturday Evening Post, as well as several other magazines and newspapers. For a time he own the Public Ledger, the Philadelphia Inquirer and the New York Evening Post. He was also known for his philanthropy to hospitals, museums, and schools. He obtained a pipe organ manufactured by the Austin Organ Company which had been displayed at the Philadelphia Sesquicentennial Exposition of 1926 and donated it to the University of Pennsylvania. It was built into Irvine Auditorium when the building was constructed and is known to this day as the Curtis Organ. It is one of the largest pipe organs in the world. SIGNATURE on card. VG. [9] Benay Venuta (1911-1995) American actress, singer and dancer. CLIP SIGNATURE. [10] J. SCOPE [1662-1752] English Justice; Sec. of the Treasury [1724-1752]. Small mounted irregular slip of paper signed..........80-120

445. [TV] Sharon Gless (b. 1943) is an American character actress of stage, film and television, who is best known for her roles as Maggie Philbin on Switch (1975–1978), as Sgt. Christine Cagney in the police procedural drama series Cagney & Lacey (1982–1988), as Debbie Novotny in the Showtime cable television series Queer as Folk (2000–2005), and as Madeline Westen on Burn Notice (2007–2013). Gless has won two Emmy Awards and has received 10 Emmy nominations, has been nominated seven times for the Golden Globe (winning two in 1986 and 1991) and has received her own Star on the Walk of Fame in 1995.   Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.............25-35

448. 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

See Dunlap's

449. [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

451. [ART] Portrait of George Washington - original engraving/etching/aquatint by T. Johnson, plate signed & dated 1903 in the plate. This, of course, was done after Gilbert Stuart's famous portrait. Image 11-1/2 x 9-3/4" plus wide margins.  VG...........100-150

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452. [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

453.  [ART] Claude Franqois FORTIER - French engraver, was born in Paris in 1775, and died in the same city in 1835. Original engraving by Fortier, title: "La Matin", image size approx. 10 x 13-1/2" plus wide margins. Circa 1820-1828. Condition: minor foxing spots on verso; minor stains & marks in margin areas; the main flaw, although less visible from front is an offset blue number that must have rested against this print years ago. At first we didn't notice this but its there. We have adjusted the estimate because of this..........75-100

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454.   New London, Connecticut document dated 1826, concerning General William North. This is signed by Jeremiah G. Brainard, Mayor of New London.  The document states that General North has appeared before him, that he is known and respected. William North (1755-1836) was an American soldier and politician, born at Pemaquid, Maine. He entered the Continental Army in 1775, and served under Benedict Arnold in the unfortunate expedition to Canada in that year. He was appointed in May 1777 as captain in Henry Jackson's 16th Massachusetts Regiment, with which he participated in the Battle of Monmouth. In 1779 he became aide-de-camp to Baron Steuben, whom he greatly aided in introducing his system of discipline in the Continental Army. Later he accompanied Steuben to Virginia, and was present at the surrender of Cornwallis.  North was appointed as a Federalist to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Sloss Hobart and served from May 5, 1798, to August 17, 1798. This document only concern Gen. North and is not signedc by him.  Approx. 8 x 12 in.  There are newspaper clippings glued to back.  Some edge ware..............200-300

455. [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

456. James Gillray (1756-1815), was a British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires, mainly published between 1792 and 1810. Offered here are 6 sheets with a total of 29 complete etchings.  All sheets show etchings on bothsides.  Condition varies, with scattered foxing spots.   Gillray is Generally accepted to be the greatest of all English Caricaturists, and the recent exhibition at the Tate Gallery in London, showed the range of his work. Initially he worked for a number of different publishers, but from the 1790's he worked exclusively for Humphreys. Record prices [exceeding $20,000] have been recently made, many selling for $1000 and up. Most of the Gillray images that you see on the market today come from the mid 19th century re-strikeprintings, from the original plates, and often have recent hand-coloring, and are priced much lower than the vintage etchings.  These are called the Bohn edition prints. Henry G. Bohn purchased the original copperplates and began printing Gillray's between 1847 and 1851.  Prices had been climbing steadily since the 1970s, but the auction of the Draper Hill Collection at Phillips auctioneers in London in 2001 pushed prices to new highs: several key prints, including Fashionable Contrasts, fetching more than US$10,000. Since 2002, annual auctions of Caricatures at Bonhams in London, each of which included large selections of Gillray prints, have continued this trend. Escalating prices have also meant that good examples of major works by Gillray can be very hard to come by at any price. Unfortunately for the beginning collector this means that starting a collection now is far more difficult than thirty years ago, when a very good copy of Light expelling Darkness could be had for as little as US$250. A good impression of this print sold in 2006 for over US$9,000, while Fashionable Contrasts also sold in the same year for over US$20,000.  This dramatic increase in prices has also led to unscrupulous sellers attempting to pass off prints from the Bohn Edition as first edition originals, and it can be difficult for those unfamiliar with these practices to tell the difference between a restrike (commonly called "a Bohn") and an original.  To be sure, all of the Gillray etchings offered in this auction are from the c. 1850 Bohn edition. To see more about the Bohn edition click here.

Estimate for all of these etchings.........900-1200

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459. [MIXED LOT] [1] [PHILADELPHIA] C. TOWER - noted trial lawyer. LS, Phila., 1885, 1-1/2 pages, 4to. To William Henry Rawle, praising Rawle's oration of the statue of Chief Justice Marshall [1884] at Washington. Continues with compliment of Rawle on his address : The Case of the Educated Unemployed," delivered before the Harvard College Phi Beta Kappa Society. Excellent letter. [2] IRA A. HAYNES [1859-1955] General, U.S. Army. He served in Hawaii [1899]. Signed 1920 Riggs National Bank check. [3] KEEPER OF THE PRIVY PURSE) - Sir Thos. (Myddleton) Biddulph [1809-1878] He entered the Army as a Cornet (1st Life Guards) in 1826. On his promotion to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1857 he went on half pay. He was later appointed Master of the Queen's Household, and then Receiver-General of the Duchy of Cornwall. In 1867 he was appointed Keeper of the Queen's Privy Purse. Sir Thomas had enjoyed the Queen's trust and confidence for 27 years, but there had been one occasion when he had threatened to resign, because of rows with John Brown, the Queen's personal gillie and favourite. It is on record that the Queen made gentle fun of Sir Thomas behind his back: with roars of laughter she told Sir Henry Ponsonby how shocked Sir Thomas had been by the design for a medal of the Ashanti campaign and she quoted his comment, "Roman soldiers with nothing - nothing at all - but helmets on." However, Sir Thomas was not without a sense of humour: in 1871, when the Queen was gravely ill with an abscess on her arm, Lady Churchill wanted to send for all her children. "Goodness", said Sir Thomas, "that would have killed her at once!" Two [2] ALSs, 1874 and 1876, each 1p. [4] [US CONGRESSMEN] album page signed on both sides by: RIDGELY, Edwin Reed, (1844 - 1927) Ks; SIMS, Thetus Willrette, (1852 - 1939) Tenn; CLARDY, John Daniel, (1828 - 1918) Ky. Signed on the other side by: BOTKIN, Jeremiah Dunham, (1849 - 1921) Kan; GREENE, William Laury, (1849 - 1899) Neb; SKINNER, Harry, (1855 - 1929). VG. [5] [STOCK CERTIFICATE] JOHN F. SHAFROTH (1887-1967) distinguished naval officer, comdr. battleship division that bombarded Japan in 1945. DS, 1928, North American Edison Co. [6] [SCIENCE] Alembert, Jean Le Rond [1717-1783]. French mathematician, scientist, and philosopher. Son of Mme. de Tencin and of the chevalier Destouches; member of Academy of Sciences (1741); wrote Traitéde dynamique (1743) containing "d' Alembert' s principle,"Traitéde l' équilibre et du mouvement des fluides (1744), Réflexions sur la cause générale des vents (1747) containing his discovery of partial differential equations; explained precession of equinoxes, rotation of Earth' s axis; associated with Diderot in editing the Encyclopédie (1746-54), writing Discours préliminaire for Vol. I (1751); member (1754) of French Academy; wrote six volumes of Histoire des membres de l' Académie (1785-87); author also of Éléments de musique (1752), Mélanges de littérature, d' histoire et de philosophie (1753); published collected Opuscules mathématiques (1761-80). ENGRAVED PORTRAIT, c. 1853. Clean. [7] LADD, George Washington, a Representative from Maine; born in Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, September 28, 1818; attended the common schools and Kents Hill Seminary; engaged in the drug business in Bangor, Maine; later engaged in the lumber, commission, and wholesale grocery business in Bangor; was also interested in railroad development; elected as a Greenback candidate to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1883); chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Forty-sixth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress; died in Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, January 30, 1892; interment in Mount Hope Cemetery. SIGNATURE. [8] LAMPORT, William Henry, a Representative from New York; born in Brunswick, N.Y., May 27, 1811; moved with his parents to Gorham, Ontario County, in 1826; attended the public schools; engaged in agricultural pursuits; supervisor of Gorham in 1848 and 1849; sheriff of Ontario County 1850-1853; member of the State assembly in 1854; moved to Canandaigua in 1864; president of the village of Canandaigua in 1866 and 1867; elected as a Republican to the Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1875); was not a candidate for renomination in 1874; retired to Canandaigua, N.Y., where he died July 21, 1891; interment in the West Avenue Cemetery. CLIP SIGNATURE, mounted. [9] [ASSAULT ON A POLICEMAN] H.D. Hawley - Singer Sewing Co. Agent. ALS, on illust. sewing machine letterhead, Savannah, Ga., Nov. 4, 1871, written on both sides of 8.5 x 11 in. sheet. To the Singer Manufacturing Company about a Lady La Velle who was unhappy with Singer for not exchanging her sewing machine, which she had used for a year, for a brand new model. Gives background on the woman's history. "She had a spite against a Policeman their" (in Brunswick) "and once upon a time as he was passing her window, She having prepared with a Mug of her dear Virgin water took the liberty of transfering it to the head of the Policeman. Cause of her being in New York, a choice was given her to go to the penitentiary or leave the State." As usual with almost all Singer letters there are mounting traces on verso along one edge. Small loss to one corner. Front side Back side [10] [OPERA] Jess Thomas [1927-1993] Am. lyric and Wagnerian tenor. In 1963, he joined the cast of the Metropolitan Opera appearing in 95 performances for 15 years. Amongst the highlights of his career with the Metropolitan Opera was appearing at the opening of the new Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center in the first performance of Samuel Barber's Antony and Cleopatra with Leontyne Price. Signed photo, 4 x 5-3/4". Also signed with initials with sentiment on verso. Edge crack. [11] 1814 Gov. Doc., 2pp, Report of the Committee of Ways and Means. [12] Six. bank checks dated 1923...........80-120

LOT 461.   BIG BAND/JAZZ MUSICAN LOT   - Horace Heidt (1901–1986) pianist, big band leader, and radio and television personality. His band, Horace Heidt and his Musical Knights, toured vaudeville and performed on radio and television through the 1930s and 1940s. SIGNED, inscribed 5x7 photograph - Mark Warnow (1900 -1949) noted violinist and orchestra conductor, who performed widely on radio in the 1930s and 1940s. Warnow's superb, smoothly-flowing arrangements made him quite popular during his career. SIGNED CARD, in pencil, also with Andre Baruch (1908-1991), popular broadcaster on radio, film narrator, disc jockey -- Harry James (1916 –1983) actor and musician best known as a trumpeter who led a swing band during the Big Band Swing Era of the 1930s and 1940s. He was especially known among musicians for his astonishing technical proficiency as well as his superior tone.  SIGNED card plus music sheet of “I had the Craziest Dram”.  TED WEEMS ( 1901 -1963) bandleader and musician. Weems' work in music was recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.  SIGNED, inscribed 10x8 photograph (signed only by him) with Elmor Tanner and Red Ingle, who are pictured (outer edge tape stains on white margin).   Philip Wells Woods (1931- ) jazz bebop alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader and composer.  ALS, 2001, with SIGNED 8x10, inscribed photograph.   Charles Melvin "Cootie" Williams (1911 – 1985) jazz, jump blues and rhythm and blues trumpeter. SIGNED paper, (with tape outlined all sides), also signed with members of his band: Darrell James, Jess Payne, Danny Logan.................100-150

471. [MIXED LOT] [1] Ben Spock (1903-1998) American pediatrician whose book Baby and Child Care, published in 1946, is one of the biggest best-sellers of all time. Signed card. [2]Bainbridge Wadleigh (1831-1891) US Senator from New Hampshire. SIGNED CARD, DATED 1874. [3] [CABINET] William DeWitt Mitchell [1874-1955] U.S. Attorney General for the entirety of Herbert Hoover's Presidency. Born in Winona, Minnesota, he received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Minnesota. After he was admitted to the Minnesota bar he began practicing law in St. Paul. Mitchell served as an infantry officer during the Spanish-American War and World War I. On June 4, 1925, he was appointed Solicitor General of the United States. President Hoover appointed him Attorney General of the United States on March 4, 1929, and he held that office until March 4, 1933. Mitchell then settled in New York City where he practiced law. He was named chairman of the Committee on Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and chief counsel of the joint congressional committee investigating the attack on Pearl Harbor. He died in 1955, in Syosset, New York. signed 3-3/4 X 2-1/4 IN. card. [4] Samuel John "Lamorna" Birch, RA, RWS (1869 - 1955) was an artist in oils and watercolours. At the suggestion of fellow artist Stanhope Forbes, Birch adopted the soubriquet "Lamorna" to distinguish himself from Lionel Birch, an artist who was also working in the area at that time. Lamorna Birch was born in Egremont in Cheshire, England. He was self-taught as an artist, other than for a brief period of study at the Académie Colarossi in Paris during 1895. He is thought of as a painter of northern England, but his most important period was when he settled in Lamorna, Cornwall in 1902, and many of his most famous pictures date from this time and the beautiful Lamorna Cove is usually their subject matter. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1892. He held his first one man exhibition at the Fine Art Society in 1906. He is said to have produced more than 20,000 pictures. The exhibition Shades of British Impressionism Lamorna Birch and his Circle was shown at Warrington Museum & Art Gallery in the Mezzanine in October 2004. This details his links with Henry Scott Tuke and Thomas Cooper Gotch and many others who settled in the artists' colony in the 1880s and 1890s. "These painters helped to change the face of British art. Their emphasis on colour and light, truth and social realism brought about a revolution in British art." says the catalogue for the show. SIGNED CARD dated 1935. VG. [5] MYSTERY LOT - 9 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. See signatures [6] Douglas Volk - American artist famous for his portrait of Lincoln used for postage stamp. His Lincoln portrait hangs in the Lincoln Bedroom in The White House. Signed 1922 bank check. [7] H.S. Bundy - Congressman from Ohio. Signature. [8] TAYLOR, Joseph Danner [1830-1899] Representative from Ohio; during the Civil War entered the Union Army as a captain in the Eighty-eighth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; was judge advocate of the Department of Indiana in 1863 and 1864 SIGNATURE. [9] HATCH, Herschel Harrison [1837-1920] Representative from Michigan. SIGNATURE. [10] etching by A. Lalauze, portrait of Alain Rene Lesage........100-150

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

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474. [FRANCE] Pierre Barillet [b.1923] dramatist. ALS, 1967, on both sides, 8-1/4 x 10-1/2. Speaks about translation of Black Comedy and Peter Shaffer. VG.............60-80

475. Herb Shriner (1918-1970) American humorist, radio personality and television host. Herb Shriner was best known for his homespun monologues, usually with roots in his adopted home state of Indiana. He was often compared to fellow humorist Will Rogers. Signed, inscribed 6.5 x 8.5 photo. Condition: photo has been cropped; faults at top & bottom areas............20-30

476. [ART] CHRISTO (1935 - ) artist who with his wife, Jeanne-Claude, created environmental works of art around the world. Signed 11 x 14-1/4" color print of their  "Valley Curtain, Grand Hogback, Rifle, Colorado", 1970-72.  Signed by Christo.  He also signs the name of his late wife Jeanne-Claude.  VG...........100-150 See Christo print

480. Sir Lewis Casson [1875-1969] Eng. actor. ANS, nd...........20-30

481. [MUSIC] Joseph Schuster [1903-1969] Russian Cellist. Sig. card............20-30

485. Reginald De Koven [1859-1920] Am. music critic, composer. Sig. 1907...........20-30

486. John Kendrick Bangs (1862-1922) American author and satirist, and the creator of modern Bangsian fantasy, the school of fantasy writing that sets the plot wholly or partially in the afterlife. Signed card with sentiment, dated Nov. 27, 1896. Very fine example..............20-30

487. [NOBEL PRIZE] Jean-Marie Lehn (born 1939) ) French chemist. He received the Nobel Prize together with Donald Cram and Charles Pedersen in 1987 for his work in Chemistry, particularly his synthesis of the cryptands. Professor Lehn was an early innovator in the field of supramolecular chemistry. SIGNED & INSCRIBED CARD, 1990............20-30

488. [NOBEL] PHILLIP A. SHARP (1944 -) American Biologist. Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine IN 1993. Signed 9x11 photo with biosketch below image.................25-35

489. Elisabeth Beresford (also known as Liza) is an author of children's books, best known for creating the Wombles.ALS, 1993, 1p.............25-35

491. Charles Astor Bristed (1820-1874) American scholar and author, sometimes writing under the nom de plume Carl Benson. He was the first American to write a full-length defense of Americanisms. ALS, NEW YORK CLUB, Sept. 27, 1865, 1p. A few light foxing spots...........50-75

492. MARTIN DIBNER (1911-1991) American Novelist - His first novel, The Bachelor Seals, was published in 1948. The next novel, The Deep Six (1953), was his most popular one and was released as a film in 1958. Showcase, his third novel, was also published in 1958. His novels published in the 1960s are Sleeping Giant (1960); A God For Tomorrow (1961); and The Admiral: A Novel (1967). Others. Signed 4 x 5 photo dtd 1976. Signed on dark area [poor contrast]. Also signed & inscribed on back........25-35

493. BRITISH THEATRE - 7x8 in. sheet SIGNED by many British Theater Stars, among them MARIE LOHR (1890-1975), Clive Currie (1877-1935), Marjorie Playfair, Basil Foster (1882-1959), Elizabeth Allan (1908-1990), Michael Shepley (1907-1961), Alice O' Day (d. 1937), plus others. Signed on both sides...........40-60

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

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495. [MASS] DAVID I. WALSH (1872-1947) American Politician - He was a member of the State house of representatives 1900-1901; lieutenant governor of Massachusetts 1913 and GOVERNOR 1914-1915.He was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1919, to March 3, 1925. He re-elected to the United States Senate in 1926 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of HENRY CABOT LODGE and took his seat December 6, 1926; reelected in 1928, 1934, and again in 1940 for the term ending January 3, 1947 -TLS dtd 12/20/1936 as US Senator............20-30

496. [BALLET] LEON DANIELIAN (1920-1997) American Ballet Dancer/Choreographer. He was one of the 20th century's premier dancers. As premier danseur with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo from 1943 to 1958, Mr. Danielian secured his place in dance history as the first American-born ballet dancer in the twentieth century to gain international fame. His Ballet Russe career and firsthand knowledge of the works of Michel Fokine, Leonide Massine, Anton Dolin, Eugene Loring, George Balanchine, and other great choreographers made him an invaluable company member, ballet master, and teacher. SIGNED/inscribed 8x10 photograph..............30-40

497. SIR GEORGE EDWARDS (1908-2003 ) British Aviation Engineer. In 1939, he was appointed Experimental Works Manager and in 1941 was seconded to the government to advise on expedited aircraft production. In1945, he was Chief Designer of the team that produced the Viking, Valetta, Varsity, Viscount and Valiant. In this period, he was associated with development of the Vanguard, VC 10 and TSR 2. In May 1961, as Executive Director - Aircraft, British Aircraft Corporation, initiated the BAC One Eleven jet airliner. Then came a series of major international ventures that would include Concorde, Jaguar and the Panavia Tornado, Multi Role Combat Aircraft'In large measure, the survival and ultimate successes of the British aviation industry in the post-World War II era are directly attributable to the technical skills, managerial acumen and foresight of Sir George Edwards. ALS postmarked 11/7/91........35-45

498. JOHN TRACY ELLIS (1905-1992 ) American Educator/Author/Historian. He is the celebrated author of numerous books such as American Catholicism, The Life of James Cardinal Gibbons, Essays in Seminary Education, A guide to American Catholic History, John Lancaster Spalding, First Bishop of Peoria, many others. TLS dtd 4/30/90...............25-35

499. JOHN D. deBUTTS (1910-?) American Businessman/CEO. He became CEO of AT&T in 1972. He was one of the first executives to offer GAY employees benefits to its employees. Also was in charge when the US Government broke up AT&T. SIGNED 8x10 photograph dtd Dec 1982...............25-35

500. [ART] Sir William Coldstream (1908-1987) British realist painter and a long standing art teacher. ANS, 1959, 3x5 card.............30-40

501. [EARLY FILM] Beulah Marie Dix [1876-1970] American screenwriter of the silent era and an author of children's books. She wrote for over 55 films between 1917 and 1942. ANS, 1932, written on half-title page removed from her book "Pity of God."..........25-35

503. JEAN DIEUDONNE (1906-1992) French Mathematician. He was one of the two main contributors to the Bourbaki series of texts. He began his mathematical career working on the analysis of polynomials. He worked in a wide variety of mathematical areas including general topology, topological vector spaces, algebraic geometry, invariant theory and the classical groups. His best known books are La Géométrie des groupes classiques (1955), Foundations of Modern Analysis (1960), and Algèbre linéaire et géométrie élémentaire (1964). SIGNED/inscribed booklet titled Remise a Jean Dieudonne - signed on front cover 5x7............25-35

504. 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

505. [MUSIC] Attila Molnar [b. 1970] Hungarian composer and jazz musician. AMQS from his "Hugarian Fantasy for Violin and Piano." Approx. 3x5. VG.........50-75

506. [THEATRE] Neil Burgess [1846-1910] Vaudevillian comedian who specialized in female impersonations. Signature.........20-30

507. [SCIENCE] Paul D. Boyer (b. 1918) U.S. biochemist. He is one of the laureates for the 1997 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research on the "enzymatic mechanism underlying the synthesis of Adenosine triphosphate (ATP)". SIGNED 4x6" photo................35-45

508. Harry F. Byrd, Jr. (b. 1914) American politician. He represented Virginia in the United States Senate from 1965 to 1983. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo, 2001. Very slight creasing at one corner [not bad]..........20-30