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1. [CONFEDERACY] Jefferson Davis. The [1938] reprint of his 2 vol. set THE RISE AND FALL OF THE CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT, Garrett and Masie, Richmond, Va., total 1279 pages. No dust jackets. VG..............200-300

2. [CONFEDERACY] Douglas Southall Freeman. 1st edition of his 4 vol. set R.E. LEE, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934, no dust jackets. Red cloth. VG...................350-450

3. [NAPOLEON - Book] William Forsyth. HISTORY OF THE CAPTIVITY OF NAPOLEON AT ST. HELENA; From the Letters and Journals of the late Lieut-Gen Sir Hudson Lowe. Publisher: John Murray, London; A superb three-volume set in cloth, complete with large fold-out map in Vol.1; 495pp.; 490pp.; 529pp, engraved frontispieces to all volumes. Sunned spines; rubbed corners; small suff-hole front cover vol. 1; vol. 2 cover loose; vol. 3 covers cracked...................250-350

4. (REV. WAR) SCHUYLER, George L. Correspondence and Remarks Upon Bancroft's History of the Northern Campaign of 1777, and the Character of Major-General Philip Schuyler. N.Y.,1867. 47pp., David G. Francis, publisher, 8vo. Finally rebound in half-medium brown Levant. Extra-illustrated by the insertion of 24 plates. With paper bookplate of Frank Cutter Deering as well as his leather bookplate. A few of the plates are foxed but text is clean. Overall in fine condition.............150-250

5. [ART] Léonard Tsugouharu Foujita (1886-1968) was a painter and printmaker born in Tokyo, Japan, who applied Japanese ink techniques to Western style paintings. In 1910 when he was twenty-four years old Foujita graduated from what is now the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. His paintings during the period before he moved to France were often signed "Fujita" rather than the gallicized "Foujita" he adopted later.  Three years later he went to Montparnasse in Paris, France. When he arrived there, knowing nobody, he met Amedeo Modigliani, Pascin, Chaim Soutine, and Fernand Léger and became friends with Juan Gris, Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse.  Foujita claimed in his memoir that he met Picasso less than a week after his arrival, but a recent biographer, relying on letters Foujita sent to his first wife in Japan, clearly shows that it was several months until he met Picasso. He also took dance lessons from the legendary Isadora Duncan.  Foujita had his first studio at no. 5 rue Delambre in Montparnasse where he became the envy of everyone when he eventually made enough money to install a bathtub with hot running water. Many models came over to Foujita's place to enjoy this luxury, among them Man Ray's very liberated lover, Kiki, who boldly posed for Foujita in the nude in the outdoor courtyard. Another portrait of Kiki titled "Reclining Nude with Toile de Jouy," shows her lying naked against an ivory-white background. It was the sensation of Paris at the Salon d'Automne in 1922, selling for more than 8,000 francs. Within a few years, particularly after his 1918 exposition, he achieved great fame as a painter of beautiful women and cats in a very original technique. He is one of the few Montparnasse artists who made a great deal of money in his early years. By 1925, Tsuguharu Foujita had received the Belgian Order of Leopold and the French government awarded him the Legion of Honor.  Offered here is a rare pencil signed lithograph, used as a  1960 Christmas card, greeting part inside. Original lithograph on the front.  Under high powered magnification the ink on the inside portion appears to be handwriting, HOWEVER, we believe that it is printed.  Provenance: from the personal collection of  Father William Dolan Fletcher, the print collector, and author of  the catalogue raisonne "John Taylor Arms: A Man for All Time,", published in 1982.  Father Fletcher purchased many Albert Sterner prints from our collection during the 1980s in preparation for a catalogue raisonneon Albert Sterner but he passed away in 1986 without its completion.  Father Fletcher also wrote the catalogue raisonne on the etchings of Gerald Brockhurst. DESCRIPTION: 7-3/8 x 5-1/8".  Very fine condition.  Signed in pencil.  There are a lot of fake Foujita drawings out there so be careful.  This lithograph is guaranteed authentic..........600-800

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6. [FRANCE] Marie-Louis Marcellus (1795-1865) French diplomat and writer.  He published many works on Greece, Palestine and Chateaubriand. Through his involvement the Venus de Milo statue ended up in the Louvre Museum in Paris. News of the discovery of the statue took longer than normal to get to the French ambassador. The peasant grew tired of waiting for payment and was pressured into selling it to Nicholas Mourousi, Grand Dragoman of the Fleet, working as a translator for Sultan Mahmud II in Constantinople (present day Istanbul, Turkey).  The French ambassador's representative, Vicomte de Marcellus, arrived just as the statue was being loaded aboard a ship bound for Constantinople and seized the statue and persuaded the island's chief citizens to annul the sale. Upon learning of the reversal of the sale, Nicholas Mourousi presumably had the chiefs whipped and fined.  In 1821, Mourousi was executed by order of Sultan Mahmud II in front of the arsenal in Constantinople. This was amidst massive executions of Phanariote Greeks and the beginning of the Greek War of Independence. ALS, n.d., 2pp, plus 2 other pages written by him. We believe that these pages are his retained handwritten copies. Fine...........100-150

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7. (AMERICAN ARTISTS - 20th Century) - DON BACHARDY (1934- ) celebrated Portrait Artist, SIGNED, inscribed 5x7 photograph print of artist Kent Twitchell's portrait of him which he painted on his house, with return address signed envelope.  CHARLES BANKS WILSON (1918-2013) SIGNED large postcard reprint of his portrait of "Jim Thorpe" signed on front.  CONRAD BUFF (1886-1979)  Artist and illustrator of children's books. ALS, 1975. ALPHAEUS PHILEMAN COLE (1876-1988) Painter, Engraver and etcher. When he died at age 112, he was recorded as the oldest living artist in history, ALS, 1975.  WARREN KIMBLE - Celebrated Folk Artist.  SIGNED 6x8 reprint one of his lighthouse, sailing ship scenes, signed on front.  BERNARD FRAZIER (1906-1996) American Sculptor,  TLS 1948.  HARRIET C. EDEN (1903-? ), known for her expressionist landscape painting.  SIGNED original  still life  drawing, dated 1935, on verso of postcard.  RALPH FASANELLA (1915-1997) Painter. Self taught whose large, detailed works depicted urban working life and post WWII in America  SIGNED postcard reproduction on verso from his "Mill Series."................100-150

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James Gillray (1756-1815), was a British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires, mainly published between 1792 and 1810. 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 etchingsoffered in this auction are from the c. 1850 Bohn edition. To see more about the Bohn edition click here.

8. [ART] James Gillray (1756-1815) British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires. Original etching, not colored, from the c. 1850 Bohn edition, it's title "A MAN OF IMPORTANCE",  image size approx. 14 x 10" plus margins.
Published May 16th 1799 by H. Humphrey 27 St. James’s Street. Described as "A stiff and impassive Lord Moira. The clouds in the background suggest a distant conflagration although there is no indication as to where this might be." As usual there are 2 other etchings on the verso............100-150

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9. [ART] James Gillray (1756-1815) British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires. Original etching, not colored, from the c. 1850 Bohn edition, it's title "Pity the Sorrows of a Poor old Man",  image size approx. 14 x 9.5" plus margins. As usual there is another etching on the verso............100-150

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10. [ART] James Gillray (1756-1815) British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires. Original etching, not colored, from the c. 1850 Bohn edition, it's title "The Proof of the Refined Feelings of an amiable character, lately a Candidate for a certain ancient City",  image size approx. 9.5 x 14" plus margins. This evidently alludes to some election squabble in a cathedral city. The lady was probably an active canvasser for the rival candidate.  As usual there is another etching on the verso............100-150

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11. [ART] James Gillray (1756-1815) British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires. Original etching, not colored, from the c. 1850 Bohn edition, it's title "The  Caneing in Condiur Street - Dedicated to the Flag Officers of the British Navy",  image size approx. 10 x 14" plus margins. On an attack made by Lord Camelford upon Captain Vancouver, under whom he had served in the Navy, and on whom, meeting him accidentally in Conduit Street he thus retaliated for the severity he had experienced from him when under his command. There are in the caricature various insinuations against the Captain's probity. As usual there is another etching on the verso............100-150

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12. [ART] James Gillray (1756-1815) British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires. Original etching, not colored, from the c. 1850 Bohn edition, it's title "The  DOG TAX",  image size approx. 14 x 10" plus margins. Pictures SHERIDAN. FOX. PITT. DUNDAS. The dog-tax was one of the novelties of the year 1796, and was the subject of much complaint and satire in and out of Parliament. It was proposed by Mr. Dent, the banker, and celebrated book collector, in a speech so replete with bitterness against the nuisance of dogs, that "Windham declared he could almost fancy ActaBon was revived, and revenging his injuries by a ban against the whole canine race. Dent ever after went by the sobriquet of Dog Dent. The distinction between the dogs which were to pay the tax, and those which were to be exempt, was especially a subject for jokes. Gillray has here given us his picture  of the dogs which were to bo paid for by the public, and those which were '' not paid for.'' The two Ministers were, in fact, expensive dogs. As usual there is another etching on the verso............100-150

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13. [ART] James Gillray (1756-1815) British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires. Original etching, not colored, from the c. 1850 Bohn edition, it's title "FIELD - MARSHAL COUNT SUWARROW-ROM NISKOY",  image size approx. 14 x 10" plus margins. Pictures SHERIDAN. FOX. PITT. DUNDAS. The great and sanguinary General of the Emperor Paul I. of Russia. In the middle of April, 1799, he assumed the command of the Austro-Russian armies in Italy, and gained repeated successes against the French in Italy during Buonaparte's absence in the East ; but his career was at length checked by Massena in Switzer-
land. His victories had made his name popular in England, and procured him the honour of this plate. He died in the year following (1800).  As usual there are other etchingson the verso............100-150

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14. [PHOTOGRAPHY] 19th century mounted cabinet photograph - Jacopo Della Quercia (c. 1375-1438) Central Portal, San Petronio, Bologna. Tympanum Group, Madonna and Child with Church Fathers, 1425-1438.  Provenance:  Art Collection of former Nasson College [Maine]. Actual photograph size is approx. 10-1/2 x 8". VG..........100-150

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15. [PHOTOGRAPHY] 19th century mounted cabinet photograph - Giotto and Workshop. (1266/7-1337) Vestibule and Portal, Lower Church of Saint Francis, Assisi."  Provenance:  Art Collection of former Nasson College [Maine]. Actual photograph size is approx. 39-1/4 x 7-1/2". VG..........100-150

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16. [ART] RARE van RUISDAEL ETCHING - Old Master            
This is an original old master etching by Jacob van Ruisdael (or Ruysdael). It has various titles but is usually called THE TRAVELER (also called Two farmers with their dog). Image size approx. 7-1/2 x 10-5/8 in. plus very slim margins. Laid at all corners to a larger sheet. In very good condition.  Jacob van Ruisdael (1628/9-1682) has rightly come to be regarded as the finest and most versatile landscapist of the "heroic age" of Dutch painting, namely the third quarter of the 17th century. Ruisdael was born in Haarlem to an artistic family. The son of Isaack van Ruisdael, a frame maker, dealer, and occasional painter, he was also the nephew of the distinguished landscapist Salomon van Ruisdael. Not only was Ruisdael a technically and iconographically masterful painter, he was also equally gifted in other artistic media such as drawing and etching. Though Ruisdael was most famous for his landscape paintings, he also produced a small, but impressive group of landscape etchings.  His etchings are not nearly as well-known as his paintings and drawings. Indeed, Ruisdael's creation of etchings was very small and impressions of most of them are exceedingly scarce. To this day, there is a total of only thirteen prints attributed to Ruisdael. It is appears that Ruisdael decided to try his hand at etching at the beeginning of his career. Apart from the visual evidence of his existing etchings, very little is known about  Ruisdael's activity as a printmaker. As Ruisdael scholar Seymour Slive has noted, it is not known who taught him the technique of etching or elements of the graphic vocabulary he was able to employ with impressive competence in his earliest prints of 1646. Given his facility in the etching technique, Ruisdael's decision never again to touch an etcher's needle after 1655 is puzzling. It is difficult to date this etching exactly but we think it is circa 1652. We found an auction record for this etching of $3485 at Christies in London; also $1900 at Swann Auction in NYC. Another example of this print is in the collection of the Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge.  As Ruisdael's etching are rather scarce they are difficult to research.  As there always exists the possibility of a later printing [edition] of old master prints, we are placing a rather modest estimate for this one..........800-1200

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17. [FRANCE - ART] Alphonse Adolphe-Gery-Bichard (sometimes called Adolphe Bichard) (1841 - 1914) French  painter and engraver. He was a student of Edmond Hédouin and especially Léon Gaucherel with whom he discovered the art of engraving.  Gery-Bichard specializes in the reproduction of works of great masters ( Giorgione , Houdon , Chardin , Rude ...) that sometimes signs Adolphe Bichard, or more rarely A. Alphonse Bichard. During the years 1880-1890, noticed by Octave Uzanne , he worked intensively with illustrated editions of romantic and contemporary authors, including some curiosa, with designers like Merson , Duez or Georges Cain. Offered here is a finely detailed etching, title is "THE HOLY FAMILY', image 5.5 x 4.5; plate mark is 8 x 6.5; paper size 17.5 x 12.5. VG...........100-150

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18. [FRANCE - ART] Gustave Mercier  (1858 Paris - 1898 died NY)  French born etcher and engraver, Mercier studied printmaking techniques under Gaucherel, in Paris. He moved to New York around 1880 and was regularly commissioned by Klackner and other major publishers of fine art engravings.  Original etching "Leve de Trouw! [Drink to Fidelity!],  after painting by Franz Hals, plate signed, image 9-1/8 x 7", paper size 17.5 x 12.5".  Fine..........100-150

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19. [ART] Roy Charles Fox  (Born, Hartwick, NY, 1908 - Died, Elmira, NY, 1993) American painter, etcher and engraver, Roy Fox studied under Ernfred Anderson at Elmira College and at Illinois Wesleyan. Fox began exhibiting his art in the early 1930's and during the following years his work was included in exhibitions of the Society of American Etchers, Audubon Artists, Philadelphia Print Club, Oakland Art Gallery, Laguna Beach Art Association and the Northwest Print Makers. Roy Fox was a full member of the Bloomington Art Association, Elmira Art Club and the Print Council of America. Fox's art concentrated mostly upon landscapes, figure studies and nudes. His paintings and original prints are included in the collections of Elmira College, Florida Southern College and elsewhere. Roy worked and lived in the apartment over the Arnot Art Gallery (Museum) in Elmira for many years. He was much loved by his friends. Offered here is a signed & dated 1947 ink drawing, image approx. 6-1/2 x 10-3/4 plus margins. VG...........100-150

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20. [ART] James C. McCormick (1936-)  original lithograph, "Comstock #2: Miners",  pencil signed, numbered XXI / XXV, image approx. 8 x 10" plus clean margins. Dated (19)75. Fine............80-120

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21. [ART] Willy Seiler (1926-1989) Original pencil signed & titled etching, OPIUM SMOKER, approx. 11.5 x 8.5" plus margins.  Shows a Chinese man clutching an opium water pipe in one hand and a opium knife/bowl scraper in the other.  While he inhales smoke wafts up from the bowl.  Signed and title in pencil "Chinese Smoke" W.Seiler. Willy Seiler was a German artist trained in Dresden, Munich and Paris. He settled in Japan just after WWII. He was reknowned for his skilled etchings depicting everyday life in Asia. Matted & shrink-wrapped; not examined out of mat; scanned through shrink-wrap. Appears to be very good condition...........200-300

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22. [OLD MASTER ART] Original 18th century mezzotint portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam, or simply Erasmus, the Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, social critic, teacher, and theologian.  The artist is Richard Houston (1721–1775) the Irish mezzotint engraver, whose career was mostly in London. Born in Dublin about 1721, he became a pupil of John Brooks, who was also the master of James McArdell and Charles Spooner. He came to London about 1747, and some of his early plates bear the address "near Drummond's at Charing Cross".  In debt to Robert Sayer the print-seller, he was arrested and confined to the Fleet prison; according to Sayer this in order that he might know where to find the dissipated Houston. He was released in 1760, on the accession of George III. As a free agent he was commissioned by Carington Bowles.  Houston died in Hetton Street, London, on 4 August 1775, aged 54. The cropped image is approx. 10 x 8" plus mounting sheet. VG; slight/light foxing right edge. Modest estimate given here based on dealer prices and auction records.  Another example of this particular portrait is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London............200-300

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23. [ART] Eugene Burnand (1850-1921)  Swiss painter. He was born in the municipality of Moudon in the Swiss canton Vaud. Before moving to Paris in 1872 he studied with Barthélemy Menn at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Geneva. In Paris he joined Jean-Léon Gérôme's studio, and was known primarily as a landscape painter.  Burnand was greatly influenced by the Realism of such artists as Jean-François Millet and Gustave Courbet. This is reflected in perhaps his best known work, The Disciples Peter and John Running to the Sepulchre on the Morning of the Resurrection c.1898, which hangs in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. Original etching, plate signed, 1879, image approx. 7-3/4 x 10-1/2" plus margins. VG...........100-150

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24. [FRANCE - PHOTOGRAPHY] Original cdv photograph taken by Disderi of Adolphe Thiers (1797–1877) who served as a prime minister of France in 1836, 1840 and 1848. He was a vocal opponent of Emperor Napoleon III. André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri (1819-1889)  French photographer who started his photographic career as a daguerreotypist but gained greater fame for patenting his version of the carte de visite  (cdv), a small photographic image which was mounted on a card. Disdéri, a brilliant showman, made this system of mass-production portraiture world famous. VG. Rare!...........80-120

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25. [MEDICINE] Levi Bartlett  (1763-1828) early American doctor and  son of Josiah Bartlett, who was the governor of New Hampshire and signer of the Declaration of Independence. Levi was born on September 3, 1763, and followed his father into the medical profession, establishing a practice in Kingston, New Hampshire, and becoming an eminent citizen of the town. Among other appointments, he served as a justice of the peace, Kingston postmaster, and lieutenant colonel commandant in the 7th Regiment of the New Hampshire militia.  One page autograph manuscript written by Dr. Bartlett, titled "Thoughts on the Vertigo,"  approx. 8 x 13".  Slight paper burn right edge o/w in very fresh condition. Provenance: Estate Sale of Josiah Bartlett house in Kingston, NH, in 1989.  For those interested you can view video of this auction online. Google for Martin Willis auction Josiah Bartlett.  Rare!............100-150

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26. Albert Forbes Sieveking (1857-1951) English author, known for his books on gardens.  ALS, 1930, 2pp, 5 x 6-3/4". VG...........50-75

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27. [COLONIAL] George Gray (1725-1800) served as a member of the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly and as its Speaker in 1783. Gray was a large landowner and the owner and operator of Gray's Ferry across the Schuylkill River near Philadelphia. While Speaker of the Assembly, Gray served, ex officio, as a trustee of the University of the State of Pennsylvania (now the University of Pennsylvania). He was the author of "Treason Resolution", ordering paper currency, for which he was turned out of the Quaker Meeting. He was on the Committee of Safety when appointed chairman of the Board of War. Gray was a signatory to ratification of the first United States Constitution by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1787. Clip Signature as Speaker. VG........40-60

28. [JUDAICA]  Manuel Joel (1826-1890)  German Jewish philosopher and preacher.  After teaching for several years at the Breslau rabbinical seminary, founded by Zecharias Frankel, he became the successor of Abraham Geiger in the rabbinate of Breslau. He made important contributions to the history of the school of Aqiba as well as to the history of Jewish philosophy, his essays on Ibn Gabirol and Maimonides being of permanent worth. But his most influential work was connected with the relations between Jewish philosophy and the medieval scholasticism. He showed how Albertus Magnus derived some of his ideas from Maimonides and how Spinoza was indebted to the same writer, as well as to Hasdai Crescas. These essays were collected in two volumes of Beiträge zur Geschichte der Philosophie (1876), while another two volumes of Blicke in die Religionsgeschichte (1880-1883) threw much light on the development of religious thought in the early centuries of the Christian era. Equally renowned were Joel's pulpit addresses. Though he was no orator, his appeal to the reason was effective, and in their published form his three volumes of Predigten (issued posthumously) found many readers.  ALS, Breslau, 1880, 1p, approx. 8-1/4 x 12-1/2. Tattered in outer edge areas. ................75-100

29. [MUSIC] Natalie Cole (b. 1950) American singer, songwriter and performer. The daughter of Nat King Cole.  Signed, inscribed color photo. 8x10. VG............25-35

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30.  (GOVERNORS OF MAINE) JOHN H. REED (1921-2013) - 67th Gov and US Ambassador,  5x7 photograph with attached sticker signed at bottom, plus signed, inscribed Ambassador Stationary,1983.  JAMES B. LONGLEY (1924-1980) - 69th Gov. SIGNED 8x10 color litho. photo. BOB HASKELL (1903-1987) - 65th Gov.  Two (2) SIGNED Gov of Maine calling cards. ISRAEL WASHBURN JR (1813-1883) - 29th Gov., US Congress, one of the founders of the Republican Party, 1st politician to ever use the word "Republican" in his rank.  During the Civil War he was instrumental in helping to secure Federal Troops for the War effort. SIGNATURE, with Orono, Maine written on it (on verso is Eben Newton, congressman from Ohio). VIRGIL PARRIS (1807-1804) Acting Gov., also US Representative to Congress, Signed document fragment, 1"x4", as President of Buckfield Railroad Co, dated 1849............75-100

31. (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

32. [MUSIC] Charlie Daniels (b. 1936) American musician known for his contributions to country and southern rock music. He is perhaps best known for his number one country hit "The Devil Went Down to Georgia", and multiple other songs he has written and performed. Daniels has been active as a singer since the early 1950s. He was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry on January 24, 2008,  and the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2009.  Signed 8x10 photo. VG.............35-45

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33. [MUSIC] Randy Travis (b. 1959) American country music singer, songwriter and actor. Signed, inscribed color 8x10 photo. VG......25-35

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34. [MUSIC] Peter  Duchin ( b. 1937)  American pianist and band leader. Signed 8x10 photo. VG..............25-35

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35. [MUSIC] Jose Feliciano (1945) Puerto Rican virtuoso guitarist, singer and composer known for many international hits, including his rendition of The Doors' "Light My Fire" and the best-selling Christmas single "Feliz Navidad".  Signed, inscribed 5x7 photo............25-35

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36. [MUSIC] Gerard Schwarz (b.1947)  American conductor. He was music director of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra from 1985 to 2011. His numerous awards include Musical America's Conductor of the Year in 1994 (the first American to win that award), 13 Grammy nominations, and 3 Emmy nominations (2 of which resulted in Emmy wins) for his performance of Mozart's Requiem on Live from Lincoln Center and performances with the Seattle Symphony on PBS. He received Seattle's City of Music Outstanding Achievement Award for 2010.   Signed 8x10 photo. VG......25-35

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37. [NOBEL PRIZE] Wislawa Szymborska (1923-2012)  Polish poet, essayist, translator and recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature.  Signature on 6x4" card, with envelope. VG............30-40

38. [FRANCE] Jean Chrysostome Louis Baron de Muller  (1774-1851) Mayor of Colmar from 1817-1830.  Document signed, 1826, written on both sides, approx. 8 x 12".  Very good for its age..........100-150

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39. Patent of Robert P. Parrott, assignor to General Electric Company, for Improvement in Airport Illumination, Granted April 9, 1935, total 5 pages,  8 x 12.5". VG...........80-120

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40. [FRANCE]  Pierre-Augustin-Bernardin de Rosset de Fleury  (1717-1780)  French prelate.  Bishop of Chartres from 1746-1780.  Born in Castle Pérignan ( Aude ), is the second son of John Hercules Rosset of Rocozels Fleury and Marie de Rey, and grand-son of Bernardin de Rosset of Rocozels and Marie Fleury (sister of Cardinal Fleury ). Was educated at the Collège de la Marche in Paris, and the Sorbonne , where he obtained the cap doctorate in theology in 1742. Appointed Bishop of Chartres by royal patent, and confirmed in this position by Pope Benedict XIV in 1746, he took the name of Peter VI. First chaplain Leszczyńska Marie (1743) and Grand Chaplain Marie-Antoinette (1774), he was made ​​Commander of the Order of the Holy Spirit in the royal chapel of the castle of Versailles (1777). During the harsh winter of 1751-1752, he gave his silver at the Mint for the relief of the destitute. At Chartres Bishop rebuilt the episcopal palace. He died on January 13, 1780 the palace of the Tuileries , where he had an apartment, and was buried in Saint-Louis-du-Louvre in the family tomb.  Manuscript Document Signed, 1767, written by him, approx. 5-1/4 x 3". VG...........100-150

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41. [FRANCE] 1735 French Mystery Document on vellum, signed, 1p, approx. 9-3/4 x 6".   A cover page identifies as duc d'Orleans - Thomas de Lescornay Dumont.  A few spots near top edge............100-150

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42. [FRANCE - PHOTOGRAPHY] Original cdv photograph taken by Disderi of Victoria Lafontaine, the noted French actress.  André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri (1819-1889)  French photographer who started his photographic career as a daguerreotypist but gained greater fame for patenting his version of the carte de visite  (cdv), a small photographic image which was mounted on a card. Disdéri, a brilliant showman, made this system of mass-production portraiture world famous. VG. Rare!...........50-75

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43. [FRANCE] François Simonet de Coulmier (1741-1818) was a French Catholic priest, originally a member of the Premonstratensian canons regular, and an active member of the French legislature at the start of the French Revolution and again during the First French Empire. Coulmier was born at Dijon in 1741. While serving as the pastor of Abbéville, he was elected as a representative of the First Estate in the Estates General, later serving in the National Constituent Assembly. It is not clear whether or not he was a part of the juring clergy, who swore to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy. He again served in the French legislature under Napoleon. After that period, Coulmier became the Director of the Charenton insane asylum, despite his lack of any professional degree in the field of medicine. He was often criticized by the medical establishment for his "overly liberal" methods of treatment, as he favored allowing patients the right to express themselves via art, and discouraged the widespread practices of physical restraint and punishment of asylum inmate in that day. He did not believe in many of the treatment practices which are nowadays termed brutal, including locking patients in a wicker cage, as well as the use of straitjackets and dunking. He also employed treatments that at the time were considered quite advanced, including diet, bleeding and purges. After Napoleon's fall and the restoration of the Bourbons, Coulmier was relieved of his duties, probably because of his revolutionary past.
Despite his significant contribution in the field of mental health, today de Coulmier is known primarily for his interactions with the Marquis de Sade, having been the asylum director when Sade was institutionalized. Coulmier provided Sade with writing supplies, permitted Sade's wife to live in the asylum, and allowed Sade to produce a play which featured other asylum residents as actors.
In the film Quills, Coulmier was portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix; this drew criticism on the part of historians and disabled activists, as the real Coulmier was extremely short, and has been described as a hunchback. Coulmier is also represented in Peter Weiss's famous play The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade.
Rare ALS, 1807, 1-1/4 pages, approx. 6.5 x 8.5".  In this letter he speaks about Charenton insane asylum. Fine & RARE!..........300-400

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44. [FRANCE] Large 1557 French Document on vellum, ornate signatures, fine blue oval ORDER OF MALTA handstamp.  Soiled & some creasing, old tape repairs along one fold line [on back] a few holes. We call this fair condition. Large  21 x 33".............200-300

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45. [FRANCE] Madame Pastoret (1765-1843) she was born Piscatory of Vaufreland. She married to Claude-Emmanuel Joseph Pierre, marquis de Pastoret (1755 – 1840) the French author and politician. n 1790 Claude-Emannuel Pastoret—then president of the Parisian electoral body to the National Assembly—was offered the offices of Minister of Interior and Minister of Justice by the desperate King Louis XVI. He declined the honours and was elected "procureur géneral syndic du département de la Seine". It was in this capacity that he was responsible for the transformation of the église Sainte-Génevieve into a temple where the remains of great citizens of the new state were to be honoured: the Panthéon, Paris. In the National Assembly (French Revolution) he pleaded for the abolition of slavery and the secularisation of the civil state, thought he was not a deputy.
Offered here is an ALS, no date, 1p, approx. 5 x 8-1/4". Fine condition. Not translated.  Scan 1 below pictures the letter. Scan 2 shows her painted portrait of the artist Jacques-Louis David. The Portrait of Madame Pastoret is a painting by Jacques-Louis David in 1791 . It represents Adelaide Pastoret born Piscatory of Vaufreland (1765-1843). The painting remained unfinished and was sold 400 francs for sale after the death of David's studio, she is since 1967 in the Art Institute of Chicago . The table is part of a series of four portraits, that of Madame d'Orvillier, Mr. Joubert, Trudaines Mrs. , and Ms. Pastoret, left unfinished as a result of circumstances related to the revolutionary events that the recipient has migrated portrait where was arrested. Family friend, David breaks with Pastoret in 1792 after the radicalization of political positions. The child in the cradle the head can be seen, is Amédée-David Pastoret future minister, chancellor and peer of France which Ingres portrait done in 1826..........100-150

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46. [FRANCE] Pierre Giraud (1791-1850)  He was elected bishop of Rodez in 1830 and Archbishop of Cambrai in 1842. He was created cardinal by Pope Pius IX in the consistory of 11 June 1847.  Document signed 1847 [or 1848?], 1p, approx. 8-3/4 x 13". VG............100-150

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47. [INDIANS] Sidney Lawrence (1801-1892)  U.S. Representative from New York.  ALS, Albany [NY], 1844, 1p. plus postmarked address leaf. This was written while he was a member of the New York State Senate (4th D.) in 1843 and 1844. Lawrence complains that "The appointment of Mr. Atwater to the IOndian Agency was in my judgement an unwise injudicious selection in every point of view & I have heretofore called on the comptroller & so advised him. But could get no encouragement for a change at present ... I have met with unexpected obstacles in the application for authority to lease the Indian Lands & probably shall not succeed. The State will buy if the Indians can be induced to sell."  With red Albany/NY postmark, mss. 18-1/2 postal rate.  Approx. 8x10".............50-75

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48. [ART] Franz Geritz  (1895-1945)  painter, printmaker, illustrator, writer and educator, was born in Budapest, Hungary. Immigrating to the U.S. in 1909, his education continued in the public schools of Philadelphia and Chicago. Geritz worked for the Pullman Company in Chicago before moving to Northern California. In 1921, he graduated from the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland where he was a student of Perham Nahl, Xavier Martinez, and Frank Van Sloun. Between 1920 and 1923, Geritz supported himself by freelancing for the San Francisco Chronicle, the Los Angeles Times, and the Los Angeles Examiner. Relocating to Southern California, he taught block printing at the University of California Extension, Los Angeles for ten years, beginning in 1922. Geritz explored the western states and rendered the splendor of Yosemite, Shasta, Mono Lake, and Zion in his block prints. A member of the California Society of Etchers and California Printmakers, Geritz exhibited in group shows but had a solo exhibition in the print rooms of the Los Angeles County Museum in 1926. He won a bronze medal for his color prints at the San Diego Pacific Southwest Exposition and his color block print Mono Lake was selected in 1927 for the 100 Prints of the Year exhibition. In 1934, Geritz created a handful of block prints through the PWA. His work is represented in the collections of the Library of Congress, Brooklyn Museum, and numerous county and city libraries within California.

49. William E. Bridges (1933-2013) American author, speaker, and organizational consultant  whose pioneering work on transition transformed the way people think about change.  He emphasized the importance of understanding transitions as a key for organizations to succeed in making changes. He says that transition the psychological process of adapting to change. Transition consists of three phases; letting go of the past, the "neutral zone" where the past is gone but the new isn't fully present, and making the new beginning. Document Signed, 1961 bank check made out by his mother to William who signed on the back. VG.............40-60

50.  [FILM] Peter Lawford (1923-1984) English-born American actor. He was a member of the "Rat Pack" and brother-in-law to President John F. Kennedy, and more noted in later years for his off-screen activities as a celebrity than for his acting. In the 1940s to the 1960s he had a strong presence in popular culture and starred in a number of highly acclaimed films. Offered here is signed Agreement with Billy  Asher [employment].   Dated 1963, 2-pages, signed also by Billy Asher. Bill Asher (1921-2012)  was one of the most prolific early television directors, producing or directing over two dozen series. With television in its infancy, Asher introduced the sitcom Our Miss Brooks, which was adapted from a radio show. He began directing I Love Lucy by 1952. In 1964, he produced and directed Bewitched, which starred his then-wife Elizabeth Montgomery. As a result of his early success, Asher was considered an "early wunderkind of TV-land," and is  credited in one magazine article for 'inventing' the sitcom.  Lawford signs as PRESIDENT of Chrislaw Productions.  They are hiring Asher for a television series, likely the Patty Duke Show which aired in 1963.  Peter Lawford's autograph is surprisingly uncommon and always expensive when offered..........500-750

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51. [FILM] Robert "Bobby" Diamond  (b. 1943)  child star and young-adult actor in the 1950s through the early 1970s. He is best remembered after more than a half-century for his role as Joey Clark Newton in the television series Fury, a western which ran on NBC from October 15, 1955 through March 19, 1960.  Signed contract to play the role of Eddie Davis in the movie BILLIE, starring Patty Duke. Three pages, signed twice. Folio..........100-150

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53. [FILM] RANDOLPH SCOTT (1898-1987) American film actor whose career spanned from 1928 to 1962. As a leading man for all but the first three years of his cinematic career. Signed 3x5 card [yellow]. Fine..............30-40

55. [ART] André Berne-Joffroy (1915-2007) Former Director of the Museum of Modern Art in Paris, Iimportant art critic in France. He was responsible for many of the important Paris exhibitions of modern art during the 1950-1980 era. He is also credited with the rediscovery of the Italian artist Michelangelo Caravaggio [1571-1610], who had a formative influence on the Baroque school of painting. Infamous while he lived, Caravaggio was forgotten almost immediately after his death, and it was only in the 20th century that his importance to the development of Western art was rediscovered. Despite this, his influence on the new Baroque style that eventually emerged from the ruins of Mannerism, was profound. It can be seen directly or indirectly in the work of Rubens, Jusepe de Ribera, Bernini, and Rembrandt , and artists in the following generation heavily under his influence were called the "Caravaggisti" or "Caravagesques", as well as Tenebrists or "Tenebrosi" ("shadowists"). Andre Berne-Joffroy, said of him: "What begins in the work of Caravaggio is, quite simply, modern painting." Offered here are approx. 50 manuscript & typed pages written by Berne-Joffroy [UNSIGNED]. He has written on the front "Peinture Byzantine." Written in French. Very rare! Excellent condition...........200-300

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56. [ART] André Berne-Joffroy (1915-2007) Former Director of the Museum of Modern Art in Paris, Iimportant art critic in France. He was responsible for many of the important Paris exhibitions of modern art during the 1950-1980 era. He is also credited with the rediscovery of the Italian artist Michelangelo Caravaggio [1571-1610], who had a formative influence on the Baroque school of painting. Infamous while he lived, Caravaggio was forgotten almost immediately after his death, and it was only in the 20th century that his importance to the development of Western art was rediscovered. Despite this, his influence on the new Baroque style that eventually emerged from the ruins of Mannerism, was profound. It can be seen directly or indirectly in the work of Rubens, Jusepe de Ribera, Bernini, and Rembrandt , and artists in the following generation heavily under his influence were called the "Caravaggisti" or "Caravagesques", as well as Tenebrists or "Tenebrosi" ("shadowists"). Andre Berne-Joffroy, said of him: "What begins in the work of Caravaggio is, quite simply, modern painting." Offered here are 5 identification cards, each with his photo attached. One is Carte De Press [press pass]. In used condition..........80-120

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57. [FRENCH THEATRE] Charles Vildrac (1882-1971) French playwright and poet. Born in Paris, Vildrac's first poems were written when he was a teenager in the 1890s. In 1901 he published Le Verlibrisme, a defense of traditional verse. In 1912 he published a collection of prose poems. He was a member of the l'Abbaye de Créteil which he founded with Georges Duhamel. The Prix de poésie Charles Vildrac is named for him. Document Signed, 1956, 4pp, for his play "Le Paquebot Tenacity." ALSO SIGNED TWICE, and initialed 3 times by Georges Herbert. VG..........80-120

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

59. Adrien Brody - AMERICAN ACTOR. He received widespread recognition and acclaim after starring in Roman Polanski's The Pianist (2002), for which he became the youngest actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor at age 29. Signature........20-30

60. [BASEBALL] Buck Leonard (1907-1997)  American first baseman in Negro league baseball. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972 along with his long-time teammate Josh Gibson.  Signed 1988 bank check. Excellent!........50-75

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61. William T.  Hamilton (1820-1888)  the 38th Governor of Maryland  from 1880 to 1884. He also served in the United States Senate, representing Maryland, from 1868–1874, and in the House of Representatives, representing the second district (1849–1853) and fourth district (1853–1855) of Maryland. Signed card, 3-3/4 x 2-1/4".  VG...........20-30

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62.  [FILM] JANE POWELL  (b. 1929) American singer, dancer and actress. Signed 8x10 photo............30-40

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63. [FILM] George Peppard   (1928-1994)  American film and television actor. Peppard secured a major role when he starred alongside Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), portrayed a character based on Howard Hughes in The Carpetbaggers (1964), and played the title role of the millionaire sleuth Thomas Banacek in the early-1970s television series Banacek. He is probably best known for his role as Col. John "Hannibal" Smith, the cigar-chomping leader of a renegade commando squad, in the 1980s television show The A-Team.  Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.............30-40

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64. [TV] Andy Griffith (1926-2012) American actor.  He was a Tony Award nominee for two roles, and gained prominence in the starring role in director Elia Kazan's film A Face in the Crowd (1957) before he became better known for his television roles, playing the lead characters in the 1960–1968 situation comedy The Andy Griffith Show and in the 1986–1995 legal drama Matlock. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG..........40-60

65. [FILM]  Gene Autry (1907-1998)  American performer who gained fame as a singing cowboy on the radio, in movies, and on television for more than three decades beginning in the early 1930s. Autry was also owner of a television station, several radio stations in Southern California, and the Los Angeles/California/Anaheim Angels Major League Baseball team from 1961 to 1997.  Nice signed & inscribed 8x10 photo, dated 4-30-85. VG.........150-200

66. [ART] William Ordway Partridge (1861-1930)  American sculptor whose public commissions can be found in New York City and other locations. His life-size statue of the Native American princess, Pocahontas, was unveiled in Jamestown, Virginia in 1922. Queen Elizabeth II viewed this statue in 1957 and again on May 4, 2007, while visiting Jamestown on the 400th anniversary of the founding of the first successful English colonial settlement in America. On October 5, 1958, a replica of the Pocahontas statue by Partridge was dedicated as a memorial to the princess at the location of her burial in 1617 at St. George's Church in Gravesend, England. The Governor of Virginia presented the replica statue as a gift to the British people.   ANS on 4-1/2 x 3-1/4" card, dated 1906 or 1916? VG.........50-75

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67. [FILM] Joan Fontaine (1917-2013) Anglo-American Academy Award winning actress.  Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo..........40-60

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68. [FILM] James Coburn (1928-2002) American actor. Signed 8x10 photo. VG............40-60

69. [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

70. [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

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

72. [FILM] Mickey Rooney  (b. 1920) American actor. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG............40-60

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73. [FRANCE] Circa 1800 document titled "Bailli", 3-1/2-pages, approx. 8x10. Identified as "Very interesting text about being a Bailli in France." A bailli (French pronunciation: [baji], bailiff) was the king's administrative representative during the ancien régime in northern France, where the bailli was responsible for the application of justice and control of the administration and local finances in his baillage. VG..............100-150

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74. [SCIENCE] John J. Grebe (1900-1984)  Physical Chemist. Made important contributions to the plastics industry, including the development of polystyrene, Styrofoam, and Saran plastics. Grebe personally held 64 patents at Dow Chemical Co. in electro-chemistry, power generation, synthesis of organic compounds, and air conditioning. He was honored with the Hyatt Award for his work on the production of pure styrene and its polymerization. For the federal government, Grebe designed atomic reactors for submarines.  Grebe joined Dow in 1921 -- immediately after receiving his BS degree in physics from the Case School of Applied Science -- and remained with the company for 41 years. In addition to his work as the founder and director of the Dow Physical Research Laboratory, he was a pioneer scientist in the field of nuclear and chemical research. He also made major contributions in the simplification of plastics processing and automatic control equipment.  Signed 1951 FDC honoring 250th Anniversary of Detroit. Clean with cachet..........50-75

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76. [ART] Sir Francis Seymour Haden ( 1818-1910 )  English surgeon, best known as an etcher. Haden's printmaking was invigorated by his much younger brother-in-law, James Whistler, at the Haden home in Sloane Street in 1855. A press was installed there and for a while Haden and Whistler collaborated on a series of etchings of the Thames. The relationship and project did not last. Haden followed the art of original etching with such vigor that he became not only the foremost British exponent of that art but brought about its revival in England. His strenuous efforts and perseverance, aided by the secretarial ability of Sir WR Drake, resulted in the foundation of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers. As president he ruled the society with a strong hand from its first beginnings in 1880. ORIGINAL ETCHING, title: "Battersea Reach" done in 1863, etching and drypoint. [Schneiderman 48].  A view of the Thames at Battersea with Battersea Railway Bridge in the distance. Signed, dated and annotated 'Old Chelsea Out of Whistler's window' in the plate. Another example of this print is in the Tate Museum collection. Image approx. 6 x 9" plus margins. Old prominent mat burn [see scan below] o/w very good........300-400

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78. [FRANCE] Jean Soanen (1647–1740)  French Oratorian and bishop of Senez. He was a convinced Jansenist.  In opposition to the papal bull Unigenitus, he with Charles-Joachim Colbert, bishop of Montpellier, Pierre de la Broue who was bishop of Mirepoix, and Pierre de Langle who was bishop of Boulogne, appealed against it in 1717 to a general council.  This group and their followers were known as Appellants; the council was though entirely hypothetical as an idea.  Later, he sent out a pastoral letter to his congregation, urging the reading of Pasquier Quesnel. Pierre Guérin de Tencin, the archbishop of Embrun, then in 1727 had him exiled from his diocese. But Jean Soanen of Senez, a small mountain diocese in Provence, issued in 1726 a Pastoral instruction to his diocese, in which, at the age of 80, he reviewed his whole position in the controversy. He regretted that he had ever signed the Formulary of 1665, withdrew his adhesion to the Bull "Vineam Domini Sabaoth", blamed himself for prohibiting, against his real convictions, the moral Reflexions, and promised never to accept the Unigenitus. Soanen was deprived of his see by the Provincial Synoid of Embrun, which on carious canonical grounds he refused to recognize, and was banished to the abbey of Chaise Dieu in Auvergne, where he remained imprisoned till his death in 1740, at the age of 95.  Autograph Document Signed, unsure if dated, different later handwriting below, approx. 6-1/4 x 4-1/4".  Accompanied by 3 small pages of handwritten notes from  circa 1880. VG.............150-250

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81. [ART] William Skelton (1763-1848) English engraver, born London. His chief work consists of a series of portraits embracing member of the Royal Family from Geo. III to the accession of Victoria in 1837. The engraving offered here is called THE OWL, THE SWAN, THE COCK, THE SPIDER, THE ASS AND THE FARMER, signed in the plate, 3 x 3-5/8 plus margins. Circa 1797. There is some spotting in margin areas well away from image............40-60

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82. [FILM] John Carroll [1906-1979] American actor. SIGNED, inscribed printed portrait picture, 5 x 7. VG......25-35

84. [TEDDY ROOSEVELT] DAN T. MOORE - Lt. Col., aide to Theodore Roosevelt during his first term of office. Died in Texas. It was not until October, 1917, when he was World War I commander of the 310th Field Artillery at Camp Meade, Md., that Colonel Moore learned that a blow struck by him in a friendly sparring bout with President Theodore Roosevelt in 1905 had caused blindness in one of his opponent's eyes. Distressed at the news, he said, in part: "But could you ask for any better proof of the man's sportsmanship than the fact that he never told me what I had done to him, never told anybody else that I know of - at least, it never got around to me till I saw in the papers the other day that he had said that he lost the sight of his eye while boxing with a captain of artillery who was his aide. He didn't name anybody then, but I knew that he must have meant me, for I happen to have been the only boxing aide he had who was in the artillery." Signed 1916 bank check. Clear signature........75-100

86. [ART] William Holl the Younger (1807-1871) English portrait and figure engraver, noted for his book illustrations. The eldest of four sons of William Holl the Elder (c1771-1838), he was taught engraving by his father - at first stipple and later line on steel. The first portrait engraving produced on his own was that of Thomas Cranmer in May 1829 for inclusion in Edmund Lodge's Portraits of Illustrious Personages. He contributed further work to this publication between 1829 and 1835 after artists such as van Loo, Holbein, Van Dyck, Lely, Godfrey Kneller and Daniel Mytens. He was a founder member of the Chalcographic Society started by several notable engravers in 1830. Original antique engraving, image approx. 6-1/4 x 4-1/2" plus margins. VG..........25-35

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87. John William De Forest (1826-1906) American soldier and writer of realistic fiction, best known for his Civil War novel Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty. With the advent of the American Civil War, De Forest returned to the United States. As a captain in the Union Army, he organized a company from New Haven, the 12th Connecticut Volunteers. He served constantly in the field until January 1865, taking an active part under Maj. Gen. Godfrey Weitzel's command in the southwestern states, and under Philip Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley. Graphic descriptions of battle scenes in Louisiana, and of Sheridan's battles in the valley of the Shenandoah, were published in Harper's Monthly during the war by Major De Forest, who was present on all the occasions thus mentioned, and though experiencing forty-six days under fire, received but one trifling wound. De Forest mustered out from the volunteer army in 1865 with the brevet rank of major. SIGNED CARD, approx. 3.5 x 2.5". Very lightly age-toned. Includes sentiment........35-45

89. [ART] Winslow Homer (1836-1910) American landscape painter and printmaker. He is considered one of the foremost painters in 19th-century America and a preeminent figure in American art. Original wood-engraving titled "WATERMELON-EATERS",  published in The American Art Journal in 1879.  Image size is approx. 5-1/8 x 7" plus large margins. The image area is very clean; some small light spots in margins not close to image [will not show when matted].  Printed text on verso as usual. Often Homer's wood-engravings are described as "after Homer", as are most of the wood-engraved illustations during those times. The difference between Winslow Homer, however, the those other artists is that Homer actually draw on the blocks, which were then cut by craftsmen and printed.  Almost all other artists, except Homer, never drew on the blocks themselves but  would make the drawing, then someone else would copy the drawing on the wood block and then someone else would cut the block. This is why Winslow Homer woodengravings are usually described as being "By" Homer, not after Homer. You will see them described both ways today.   Winslow Homer was not only the 19th Century's most popular artist and illustrator, but he is also considered one of the most important American artists of all time. The warmth and charm with which he interpreted the American experience has enchanted generation after generation. His best known works have been his water colors and oil paintings; reproductions of these are commonplace. As popular as Homer has remained, it was not until the early 1950's that his work as an illustrator was "rediscovered" on a large scale. Renewed interest in his illustrations has led to many Homer exhibitions at such places as Smith and Bowdoin Colleges and at the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. Institutions have increasingly tried to acquire these rapidly decreasing treasures. The Metropolitan Museum in New York has a large collection, as do the fine art museums at Duke University and Dartmouth as well as the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. It is not surprising that private collectors are attempting to increase their holdings of this dwindling supply. The amusing, fascinating and profitable thing about collecting Winslow Homer illustrations is that no one knows exactly what remains. What could be a more interesting challenge for antique print collectors, historians, art lovers and investors!.............200-300 See Watermelon-Eaters

90. [ART] Winslow Homer (1836-1910) American landscape painter and printmaker. He is considered one of the foremost painters in 19th-century America and a preeminent figure in American art. Original wood-engraving titled "IN THE FIELDS",  published in The American Art Journal in 1879.  Image size is approx. 6-3/4 x 5-1/8" plus large margins. The image area is very clean; nothing bad in marins.  Printed text on verso as usual. ............200-300

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91. [ART] RUSSELL SMITH (1812-1896) American artist born in Scotland. Came to U.S. in 1819 and later studied with James R. Lambdin. He became noted as a scientific draughtsman, being employed by Sir Charles Lyell & others, and also in the geological surveys of Pennsylvania and Virginia. In 1850 he went abroad, and after his return to Philadelphia he painted many landscapes until 1856. At that time he painted the scenery at the Academy of Music [Phila.]. The handsome landscape drop-curtain he painted brought him many commissions. He also painted the curtain for the Grand Opera House in Phila. He was a member of the Penn. Academy & contributed regularly to their exhibitions for over 50 years. The noted painter, Xanthus Smith, was his son. Clipped signature. Very scarce artist autograph...................40-60

92. [FILM] Rudy Vallee (1901-1986) American singer, actor, bandleader, and entertainer. He writes 5 lines about his miserable handwriting.......50-75

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93. [MUSIC-FILM] Borrah Minevitch (1902-1955) notable harmonica player, actor, and leader of his group The Harmonica Rascals. Minnevitch hired Richard Hayman as an arranger for the Rascals-Hayman later worked as an arranger for MGM and the Boston Pops Orchestra. BRIEF TLS, 1935, on this personal stationery. VG............35-45

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94. [MUSIC] Jesse L. Gaynor (1863-1921) American composer of children's music. She wrote the music for the well-known children's lullaby, "The Slumber Boat", in collaboration with the children's author, Alice C.D. Riley, who wrote the lyrics. AMQS, on 6-1/4 x 3-1/2 in. slip. One fold crease isn't obtrusive. VG............50-75

95. [SIGNATURE LOT] mostly signed vintage album pages [either glued yo the page on signed on the page]. All are signed on both sides. Janet Beecher/? Errol ¥ Cornelia Otis Skinner/Monte Blue ¥ Bobby Clark [probably 1888-1960]/Gertaldine Stroock [1925-1977] ¥ Ruth Warrick/Haila Stoddard ¥ Edward Chodorov [d. 1988, playwright]/Grace Mills ¥ Lillian Bronson/ Lenore Ulric (1892 1970) ¥ Tamara Geva (1907-1997) Russian actress, ballet dancer and choreographer. She was the first wife of dancer/choreographer George Balanchine. Other side signed by Dick Foran ¥ Carl Brisson (1893-958) Danish film actor - n the 1934 film Murder at the Vanities he introduced the popular song 'Cocktails for Two.' / Other side signed by Phil Spitalny [1890-1970] composer, bandleader ¥ Roi Ottley/ Dave Rose (1910-1990) British-born American songwriter, composer, arranger, pianist, and orchestra leader. ¥ Leonard Etienne De Paur (1914-1998)African American composer, choral director, and arts administrator. Signature on verso not identified ¥ Sonia Sorel (1921-2004)/ Ronald Graham ¥ Connie Haines [1921-2008] singer / Clarence Stroud ¥ many are inscribed to a collector. Mostly VG.............80-120

96. [MASS] Frederic T. Greenhalge (1842-1896) 38th Gov. of Mass. Signed cabinet photograph, 4-1/4 x 6-1/2 in. VG. Nice example............50-75

97.   [FILM]  William Claxton (1927-2008) American photographer and author.  Claxton's works included a book of photographs of Steve McQueen, and Jazz Life, a book of photographs depicting jazz artists in the 1960s. Offered here is a rare CONTACT SHEET showing about 17 shots from he movie The Cincinnati Kid.  Multiple shots of Steve McQueen, Edward G. Robinson, and Joan Blondell. Since Claxton's death prices for his photographs has risen dramatically. Google William Claxton. VG.........150-200

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99. [FRANCE] DECLARATION DU ROY -  dated November 1704, approx. 7 x 9", 8-pages. Very fresh condition..........100-150

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100. Mystery French Document c. 1600 on paper, doesn't appear signed, 2-pages, about 6-1/2 x 9-3/4". VG.....80-120

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101.  Harold Giles Hoffman (1896-1954) was an American politician, a Republican who served as the 41st Governor of New Jersey, from 1935 to 1938.  He also served two terms representing New Jersey's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives, from 1927 to 1931. He is probably best known for being one of the most provably corrupt governors of that state. As governor, Hoffman secretly visited convicted Lindbergh kidnapper Bruno Hauptmann in his death row cell on the evening of October 16, 1935 with Anna Bading, a stenographer and fluent speaker of German. Hoffman urged the other members of the New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals , then the state's highest court, to visit Hauptmann. Despite Governor Hoffman's doubt regarding Hauptmann's guilt, Hoffman was unable to convince the other members of the court to re-examine the case, and Hauptmann was executed on April 3, 1936. Signed photograph, approx. 6.5 x 8.5". VG........40-60

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102. [TV] [Peter Lawford] - actor.  Handwritten note [not in Lawford's hand], signed P.F., to Patty Duke, Beverly Hills Hotel. "Dear Patty.  Am delighted at the prospect of our forthcoming venture. I know it will be great fun and most rewarding. Looking forward to meeting you - P.L."  Probably written in the hand of Lawford's secretary Bonnie Williams.  The project he is talking about was the Patty Duke Show on television. Dated 5/9/62..............50-75

103. [MUSIC - JFK]  Marvin Maazel (1899-1989) noted American pianist. ALS, [1964], 1p, to Peter Lawford offering concerts to raise money for the Kennedy Memorial Library. He sends a  reel to reel recording of "Fantasy Variations on a Paganini theme".  Plus another letter to Lawford's secretary. VG...........125-175

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104. [FILM] Lew Ayres  (1908-1996)  American actor, best known for starring as Paul in All Quiet on the Western Front and for playing Dr. Kildare in nine movies.  Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG...........40-60

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105. [FRANCE] Paul Barillon d'Amoncourt, the marquis de Branges (1630–1691) was the French ambassador to England from 1677 to 1688. His dispatches from England to Louis XIV have been useful to historians of the period, though an expected bias may be present. With the conquest of England by William of Orange, Louis XIV's most implacable enemy, Barillon was expelled from England and war soon commenced between the two kingdoms. Both Charles II and James II treated him with great courtesy: one historian refers to his " rather pampered existence at Whitehall".  Both appeared to confide in him, although it is not always clear whether they were sincere.  Charles II, at the outbreak of the Popish Plot, did tell Barillon frankly that Titus Oates, the inventor of the Plot, was a villain, but that it would be unwise to say so publicly. Barillon was often a conduit for pleas for clemency, but these were not always well received; the King simply brushed aside his plea for the life of William, Lord Russell, and explained that while Oliver Plunkett was an innocent man it was not expedient to spare him. Charles's remark to Barillon that his brother James' s public conversion to Roman Catholicism had weakened him is important evidence that Charles postponed his own conversion until he was dying. The marriage of the future Queen Anne to George of Denmark, brother of France's ally, was a triumph for French diplomacy, and it was probably Barillon who originally proposed the marriage, although he did not play a major role in subsequent negotiations, which were mainly conducted by Lord Sunderland; like most people, Barilllon found the groom entirely unimpressive.  As a counterweight, he intrigued with the Whig leaders, notably Algernon Sidney, whose posthumous reputation was greatly damaged by the discovery that Barillon had paid him regular bribes. The Popish Plot, with the wave of anti-Catholic and anti-French hysteria it produced, was in itself unwelcome to Barillon, but he used it for short term advantage in helping to bring down the Earl of Danby, the main exponent of a Protestant, pro-Dutch, anti-Catholic policy, by assisting in the publication of letters, which taken out of context, suggested secret intrigues between Danby and the French Court. After the failure of the Exclusion Bill, Barillon records the King telling him in strict confidence that he had been tempted to let it pass. Even Barillon, an astute diplomat, admitted to finding Charles unfathomable: "his conduct so secret and impenetrable that even the most skillful observers are misled".  Only once does he seem to have been guilty of a serious diplomatic blunder: late in 1679 an indiscreet letter of his, reporting a conversation where Charles II claimed to have personally blocked a Franco-Dutch treaty, was leaked in the Netherlands. It caused an uproar, and Charles was so angry with Barillon that he forbade him the Court. Sunderland, who had probably leaked the letter, remarked complacently that "I do not question M. Barillon finds himself embarrassed, but when anybody will play such tricks, it is but just that it should come home to him at last."  His disgrace was temporary, but afterwards he was far more careful what he committed to paper. At other times his relations with Sunderland were amicable enough, although Sunderland sometimes treated him to his famous outbursts of rudeness, and on one occasion Barillon told him that he would not report his remarks if he could not control himself. When it was rumoured in 1685 that the French had given tacit support to Monmouth's Rebellion, Sunderland told Barillon pointedly that he hoped this was a misunderstanding, or else the English would wonder if Louis had 'other plans they could not discern'.  Later he mocked Louis' vaunted desire for European peace, saying brutally that the peace would last until it was in someone's interest to break it. His privileged position was confirmed in the last days of Charles II's reign, when, alone among the diplomatic corps, he was allowed to send a secret message to Louis XIV that the King was dying.  In the events leading to Charles' deathbed reception into the Roman Catholic Church, he played a role of some importance. While the King's brother James was already convinced of his brother's wish to convert, it was Barillon, prompted by Louise de Kéroualle, who urged James to act at once. Together they visited the dying King, and Barillon witnessed Charles' statement that he wished to be received " with all his heart."  James II's biographer describes him as an astute diplomat, with an ability to convey information through subtle hints, but personally unattractive: heavy, gross and boorish. Approx. 23 handwritten pages about Barillon dispatch in 1688.   Discribed as written circa 1750-1800, in unknown hand. Very Fresh condition. Approx. 7-3/4 x 12".  Showing only firswt page below..........200-300

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106. [PHOTOGRAPHY]  Two small vintage photographs of Ernest and Mary Hemingway. The photo of Ernest is 3-1/4 x 4-1/2 and has a white paper stuck to it at bottom left. Mary's [photo is 2-3/4 x 2-3/4". Provenance: Roberto Herrera, Hemingway's friend, handyman, and photographer. .............100-150

107. [ART] Marc CHAGALL - Derriere le Miroir 182. Soft cover: Paris: Maeght, 1969, first edition, folio, 32 pages, text in French, contains 2 original color lithographs by Chagall, the cover and an excellent double page ("Le Peintre Devant le Village" and "Reverie", Mourlot 603a and 605; Cramer 81); many b&w and color reproductions; an excellent copy in publisher's wrappers. Excellent condition.............400-600

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108. [ART] WALT KUHN (1877-1949), American painter. After studying in many European countries, he helped organize the famous Armory Show (International Exhibition of Modern Art, New York City, 1913). He is noted chiefly for his vigorous studies of circus performers, chorines, and trapeze athletes. His Blue Clown (1931, Whitney Museum, New York City) is the most popular example of his work. He also did a number of brilliant still lifes, as well as designs for musical reviews. Kuhn helped introduce the techniques and theories of modern art to the American public and to many American artists. Offered here are twenty-seven handwritten letters-   twenty-five [25] letters are from 1943,  one is 1940 & the last is 1948, the year before Walt died. Most are two pages on 8 x 11 in. sheets. The majority of the letters were written from  Ogunquit, Maine where the Kuhn's owned a home with a studio. At the end of 1948 he had a nervous breakdown. In some of his letters he starts to wonder about his mental abilities. Walts' letters run the gamut  of  town gossip to art gossip mentioning names of artists who summered in Ogunquit, war activity near Ogunquit off Boone Island, descriptions of the areas where he paints, his feelings about tourists, how his painting is going, his art patrons and dealers. A Colliers article about Walts' paintings is mentioned in a few letters and a copy of the article goes with the group. One letter is answering a question from a Chicago woman about a version of the 1913 Armory Show held there. The only archive of Kuhn's letters still in private hands......12,000-18,000

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110. [FRANCE] François-Joseph de Grammont  - French clergyman of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, born May 14, 1644 in Châtillon-Guyotte (now in the Doubs ) and died August 20, 1717 the castle of Vieilley (Doubs). He was Archbishop of Besançon from 1698 to 1717. Son of Lawrence Theodule de Grammont and Jeanne Françoise de Poitiers, nephew 's Antoine-Pierre de Grammont , he is an adjunct Archbishop of Besançon in 1686 with the title of Bishop of Philadelphia. He succeeded his uncle as archbishop of Besançon August 17, 1698. Associated with the episcopal administration of his uncle, he continued pastoral work. Documemnt signed May 18, 1711, 2pp., approx. 9x13". VG.........150-200

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111. [FRANCE] ANTOINE-ALEXANDRE  BARBIER (1765-1825) Prior to the Revolution, Barbier was a maths and physics teacher, and in 1789, he was the vicar at Dammartin. He accepted the "constitution civile du clergé" and became priest at La Ferté-sous-Jouarre. In 1794 he was given the job of itemising and safeguarding the huge number of books and papers that had been confiscated by the revolutionaries on behalf of the Nation. These books, many of which were falling apart due to insects and poor conservation conditions, were also taking up offices that were required by the local authorities. Having constructed proper shelving for the books and introduced air-flow systems to allow ventilation between the shelves, the monumental task of cataloguing the confiscated works remained. This task required the assistance of specialists: archivists, curators, bibliophiles and librarians were called in to sort through the books, destroy any considered "seditious", sell any that were no longer needed and replace any considered important enough in the public libraries. A large of number of public libraries benefitted from this process, in particular the Bibliothèque Nationale. In 1795, Barbier was seconded to Gaspard Michel Leblond with the task of reducing the huge book depots in Paris and in Versailles, sorting, cataloguing and selling the books stored on these sites. Barbier was also heavily involved in the creation of provincial public libraries and the cataloguing of the books stored therein.  In 1798, Barbier created the bibliothèque du ministère de l'Intérieur, which was designed to hold the collections that formerly belonged to the Académie Française and the Académie  des Inscriptions et Belle-Lettres, as well as any works considered worthwhile that had been seized from libraries belonging to émigrés or those condemned to death. This library became the Conseil D'Etat's library in 1799, shortly after 18 Brumaire, and Barbier became its librarian. Putting together a catalogue for the library, he abandoned the traditional alphabetical classification, instead opting for classification by subject-matter.  In 1807, Barbier replaced Louis-Madeleine Ripault and was put in charge of Napoleon's personal libraries at Compiègne, Rambouillet and Trianon as well as the travel libraries that Napoleon took with him whilst on campaign. The first travel library, conceived in July 1808, included texts on a variety of different subjects: novels, history, poetry, and theatre. Barbier was also asked to write numerous reports regarding the history, geography and religious issues of various regions and countries which Napoleon used in his political and military planning.  Barbier was also expected to keep the French Emperor constantly supplied with reading material, along with reports, analyses and commentaries regarding each publication. Napoleon, known to be a voracious reader, complained on a number of occasions about the lack of reading material at his disposal, which led to letters being dispatched to Barbier, reminding him of his duties regarding this matter. In his role as "conseiller littéraire", he was also expected to brief Napoleon when the Emperor was back in Paris. He also served the Empress Josephine in a similar manner, and managed her libraries at the Tuileries, Compiègne, Saint-Cloud, Fontainebleau, Trianon, Rambouillet and at her other residences. Between 1808 and 1810, he published his Nouvelle bibliothèque d'un homme de goût, which was based on Louis-Mayeul Chaudon's Bibliothèque d'un homme de goût. This catalogue gathered together various critical and analytical extracts from works and periodicals dedicated to literary criticism, adding to and correcting the original work of Chaudon. The goal of this catalogue was to examine both modern and classical literature and separate the "wheat from the chaff", rewrite any critiques that were unmerited, and ensure that books which did not deserve to be forgotten were not, whilst books that were unworthy of remembrance were removed. The catalogue included entries for both French and foreign literature, as well as offering notes on the best editions and most accurate translations, where necessary.  Despite his work for Napoleon, Barbier remained principled and incurred the wrath of the Emperor on a number of occasions: as well as being reluctant to forward any works that he considered mediocre (despite the Emperor's continuous desire for new reading material), he also refused to catalogue a number of books dedicated to or concerning Napoleon and his numerous successes. Works that were omitted from the libraries that Barbier curated included Relation de la bataille de Marengo, Vies de Bonaparte, and Histoires de l'Empereur Napoléon, which he argued were written by "second-rate writers", driven by greed and a desire to flatter the Emperor. Napoleon nevertheless insisted that Relation... be inserted into all of his libraries, despite his librarian's reluctance. During the Restoration, Barbier was put in charge of the royal libraries, but was dismissed from the King's service in 1822, for reasons not listed in his biographies (although Muriel Brot hypothesises that this may have been simply due to his prolonged service for Napoleon). Barbier was severely affected by the dismissal and fell ill shortly afterwards, dying in 1825. Offered here is a Autograph Letter Signed, 1807, one page, approx. 6-1/2 x 9-1/4".  Appears to be about Certificate of Pension.  We are unable to find any prices for documents signed by Barbier however some of the books he authored have sold at auction for as high as $11,400.  Very good condition........200-300

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112. [MUSIC] Gloria Coates (B. 1938 in Wausau, Wisconsin) is an American composer who has lived in Munich, Germany since 1969. In Kyle Gann's article "A Symphonist Stakes Her Claim",[3] Gloria Coates was crowned, "the greatest woman symphonist", for her passionate pursuit and persistence in a domain that is dominated by men.  ALS, Germany, 2012, 1p. VG..............50-75

113. [FRANCE] Auguste Nicolas Caristie also called Caristie Augustin (1783- 1862 )  French architect. Also some public projects, he remained as a precursor to the restoration of historical monuments.  Born into a family of Italian origin architects, he is the son of Jacques-Nicolas Caristie, architect Avallon and grand-son of Michelangelo Caristie. He studied with his father and in Parisian workshops' s Vaudoyer Antoine and Charles Percier  Winner of the Grand Prix de Rome in 1813 (for a project of "city hall for a capital"), he stayed in Italy for a period of 7 years. He studied including the restoration of the Temple of Serapis at Pozzuoli . Back in France, he is charged by the government of the Restoration to restore the Arc of Orange in 1823. It will subsequently the early restoration of the ancient theater of Orange. Always demand the same government, he directed the mausoleum of victims of landing Quiberon 1795. He was appointed inspector general of civil buildings in 1829 and later member and Vice-President of the Commission of Historical Monuments. He was elected in 1840 to the Academy of Fine Arts chair No. 4.  He is the brother of Philip Caristie called Jean-Marie Caristie chief engineer of bridges and causeways who participated in the expedition to Egypt with Napoleon Bonaparte.  ALS, 1829, lengthy 1p., 7-3/4 x 10".  Only minor faults - VG.......100-150

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114. [FRANCE] Antoine Aubéry   (1616 - 1695) French historian. Son of an innkeeper of the rue Saint-Denis in Paris, he became a lawyer in Parliament. Very knowledgeable, he was one of the writers and apologists court officials of France. Aubéry is the author of numerous historical works, including: General History of Cardinals ( 1642 ); Memoirs of the history of the Cardinal Duke of Richelieu ( 1660 ), undertaken at the behest of the Duchess d'Aiguillon, niece of Cardinal; History of Cardinal Mazarin ( 1688 ), which still retains a great value thanks to extracts from registers of the Parliament published later. Brief ADS, 1674, 1p, approx. 6-1/4 x 7". Fine..........100-150

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115. [FRANCE] Nadar was the pseudonym of Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (1820-1910) French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist, and balloonist.  Examples of Nadar's photographic portraits are held by many of the great national collections of photographs. During the Franco-Prussian War, in 1870–71, Nadar organized the construction of balloons (ultimately 67 in number) to reconnect the besieged Parisians with the rest of the world, thus the world's first airmail service.  Offered here is an original cabinet photograph, the subject is Henri Perry (Biagioli) the French composer and author of La Croix De L'Alcade.  Condition: lightened with age; one pin hole near top..........80-120

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116. Mary Geary [Mrs. John White Geary] - she was the 2nd wife of John White Geary (1819-1873) was an American lawyer, politician, Freemason, and a Union general in the American Civil War. He was the final alcalde and first mayor of San Francisco, a governor of the Kansas Territory, and the 16th governor of Pennsylvania. ALS, not dated, written on both sides of correspondence card, 3-3/8 x 5".  Rusted paperclip marks.........20-30

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117. [RELIGION] Marie-Dominique-Auguste Sibour (1792-1857) French Catholic Archbishop of Paris. Sibour was assassinated at the church of St. Etienne du Mont by an interdicted priest named Jean-Louis Verger, who openly admitted to the crime.  Archbishop Sibour may be the only cleric murdered in modern times due to his assassin's views on papal doctrine. Verger was an opponent of the newly created doctrine of immaculate conception as well as celibacy for the clergy. However he was a continuous troublemaker, frequently complaining of the jobs he was assigned to (most of which his temper made it impossible to succeed at). The trial became (in his mind) a sounding board for his notions. He was found guilty the day of the trial (17 January 1857) and sentenced to death. To the end Verger had convinced himself that the Emperor Napoleon III would pardon him. When he was executed at La Roquette Prisons on 30 January 1857 he was in a state of panic and fear at the failure of the pardon to come.  ALS, Paris, 1854, 2-1/2pp., 5-1/4 x 8-1/4". VG..........100-150

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118. [SPACE PHOTOGRAPHY] WILLENE WHISENHANT - early NASA photographer. Offered here is an original b/w vintage photograph of astronaut Gordon Cooper strapped in centrifuge at Naval Air Development Center, Johnsville, Pa. NASA S-63-3978. The photographer writes "Gordo Cooper in Centrifuse" below image. Provenance: from the personal files of Willene Whisenhant, the photographer. Fine.........100-150

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119. [SPACE PHOTOGRAPHY] WILLENE WHISENHANT - early NASA photographer. Offered here is an original color vintage photograph of astronaut Gordon Cooper standing near plane. Whisenhant writes in ink below image "Cooper's Private Plane." NASA S-63-1757. Provenance: from the personal files of Willene Whisenhant, the photographer. Fine....100-200

120. [PORTRAIT] Andrew Hull Foote (1806-1863) American naval officer who was noted for his service in the American Civil War and also for his contributions to several naval reforms in the years prior to the war. When the war came, he was appointed to command of the Western Gunboat Flotilla, predecessor of the Mississippi River Squadron. In that position, he led the gunboats in the Battle of Fort Henry. For his services with the Western Gunboat Flotilla, Foote was among the first naval officers to be promoted to the then-new rank of rear admiral. Original antique engraved portrait, image approx. 7 x 5" plus margins. VG........25-35

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123. [FRANCE] BULLETIN DES LOIS DE LA REPUBLIQUE, dated Year XI [1803], 16 pages., approx. 5.5 x 8.5".  Identified as being about Colonies. Signed Bonaparte in print. VG............100-150
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124. [FILM] Ginger Rogers (1911-1995) American actress, dancer. During her long career, she made a total of 73 films, collaborating with Fred Astaire as a romantic lead actress and dancing partner in a series of ten Hollywood musical films that revolutionised the genre. She achieved great success on her own in a variety of film roles and won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Kitty Foyle (1940). She ranks #14 on the AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars list of actress screen legends. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG...............50-75

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125. (ANIMATION) RALPH BAKSHI - American animator/draftsman. In the late 1950s & early 1960s he worked at CBS-Terrytoons on such series as Heckle and Jeckle and Mighty Mouse. From there he went to Famous Studios-Paramount, where he directed countless Casper the Friendly Ghost and Little Audrey cartoons, among others. During the 1960s he also animated Peter Max's commercials. When Famous Studios closed in 1967, Bakshi went into partnership with Steve Krantz. Their first venture was Fritz the Cat, released in 1972. The success of Fritz prompted Heavy Traffic [1973], a funny-sad chronicle of life in New York's slums. Striking out on his own, Bakshi produced the sometimes brilliant, often disappointing Coonskin [1974]; also Wizards [1977]; Lord of the Rings [1978]. Ralph Bakshi occupies a somewhat ambiguous position in the animation world. He is one of the more original artists at work in the animated cartoon medium. He has become a cult figure. Offered here are original drawings by Ralph Bakshi, all unsigned but guaranteed authentic. As these are "working studies" there was no reason for him to have signed them. We checked eBay on 2/27/10 to see if there were any Bakshi drawings offered and found but one unsigned priced at $499. This seems high as his signed drawings [doodles as he calls them] like these are priced at $295 each. Our estimates for each is 100-150. View each below and bid on individual drawings.

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126. JOHN SHERMAN (1823-1900) American Republican representative and senator from Ohio during the Civil War and into the late nineteenth century. He also served as both Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of State and was the principal author of the Sherman Antitrust Act. Sherman ran for the Republican presidential nomination three times, coming closest in 1888, but never winning. His brothers included General William Tecumseh Sherman of Civil War fame.  Signature, mounting traces.......20-30

127. Nathan Webb, an early American Congregational Church minister, was born on April 9, 1705, at Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. He died on March 17, 1772 at Uxbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Nathan Webb pastored the first new Congregational Church in Massachusetts started during the Great Awakening period for over 41 years. His parishioners made a mark on America and its early freedoms. CLIP SIGNATURE. Very good example.............50-75

128. Italy - appears to be circa early 20th century [1910-1930] collections of real photographs, postcard pictures, and handwritten descriptions of places in various places in Italy. All pages on loose. Most of the images art glued down but front the fronts there are approx. 97 "real" photos, many in the form of postcards; also approx. 98 postcard images [many of these might actually be real photos], plus a few pictures and many handwritten pages describing the images. Kind of difficult to describe..........200-300

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129. [MUSIC]  Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould (1834-1924) novelist and eclectic scholar. His bibliography consists of more than 1240 publications, though this list continues to grow. He is remembered particularly as a writer of hymns, the best-known being "Onward, Christian Soldiers" and "Now the Day Is Over". He also translated the carol "Gabriel's Message" from the Basque language to the English. Clip signature, dated July 23/ 95.........40-60

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130. Group Captain Alfred Kitchener "Ken" Gatward  (1914-1998)  British Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot of the Second World War.  At the outbreak of war in 1939, Gatward was a sergeant pilot and was commissioned on 27 July 1940,  and flew Bristol Blenheims with No 53 Squadron on low level raids. Converting to Bristol Beaufighters in 1941 he flew with No 236 Squadron.  Intelligence gathered by Major Ben Cowburn of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) in the early Spring of 1942 showed that the Germans paraded down the Champs-Elysees every day between 12.15 and 12.45. With this information, Air Chief Marshal Sir Philip Joubert de la Ferté, the Commander-in-Chief of Coastal Command, devised a propaganda idea to boost the morale of the French by draping the Arc de Triomphe with the French Tricolour.  He called in Flt Lt Gatward to see if he would volunteer for the "unsafe" mission. Gatward had already undertaken numerous low-level day light attacks, so he, along with his navigator, Sgt Gilbert 'George' Fern, both agreed. The plan was to fly low level down the Champs-Elysees, strafe the German soldiers on parade, and as a back up target, attack the Kriegsmarine headquarters in the Ministre de la Marine (the former home of the French Naval Ministry).  On the 5 May 1942 Gatward and Fern began to practice for the daring raid by attacking a shipwreck in the English Channel. They also pored over maps of Paris and the best routes to both get in and out of the city.  Prior to the raid Gatward and Fern obtained a Tricolour from Portsmouth Harbour and had it cut into two. Each section was weighted with iron and they tested dropping them from a hangar roof to see how they unfurled. The flags were then installed on their Bristol Beaufighter (code ND-C, serial T4800). One section was to be draped over the Arc de Triomphe, the other over the ministry. They first attempted the raid on May 13, but encountered poor weather after crossing the French coast. They were under orders to return if this happened.  On 12 June 1942, Gatward and Fern took off again at 1129 hours from Thorney Island in heavy rain. Initial weather conditions of ten tenths cloud at 2,000 feet with heavy precipitation were encountered and the aircraft set course for the target at 1131 hours. Crossing the French coast a few miles eastward of Fecamp at 1158 hours, the cloud cover thinned out and by they reached Rouen there was bright sunshine. With excellent visibility the aircraft passed over the suburbs of Paris at a very low altitude and some light flak was encountered for the first time. They circled the Eiffel Tower at 1227 hours. During this low level flying he suffered a bird strike in his starboard engine radiator but managed to fly on. At approximately 1228 hours he banked to port and headed towards the Champs-Elysees. The intelligence information about the time of the parade was incorrect so there were no German soldiers to strafe, but Fern released the first Tricolour down the flare shute over the Arc de Triomphe. Gatward then attacked the Ministre de la Marine in the Place de la Concorde, and strafed the building with 20mm cannon shells, scattering German sentries. Fern, then dropped the second part of the Tricolour.  Gatward then turned for home at 1230 hours and landed at RAF Northolt at 1353 hours. Later intelligence confirmed that the parade had been assembling at the time of the attack but had to be abandoned due to the confusion following Gatward’s raid. Gatward was awarded an immediate DFC for his actions that day and Fern received the DFM.  If you are still awake offered here is a 1981 special cover, signed by Gatward.  This cover was flown on the 70th Anniversary of the first flight between London and Paris. See scan. 7.5 x 4.5". Fine..............50-75

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131. [CIVIL WAR] Samuel L. Buck  (1820-1892) Civil War Union Army Officer. He served as an officer in the pre-War New Jersey Militia, a position that helped him secure a commission of Major, 2nd New Jersey Volunteer Infantry on May 22, 1861. He helped over see his regiments training, and was present with them during the 1st Bull Run Campaign, where the 2nd New Jersey and its division were held in reserve. In January 1862, he was advanced to Lieutenant Colonel, replacing Isaac Tucker, who had been promoted to Colonel of the regiment. He then fought in the Spring 1862 Peninsular Campaign, and was promoted to Colonel and commander of the unit in July 1, 1862, replacing Colonel Tucker, who was killed at the Battle of Gaines Mill.  He commanded the 2nd New Jersey through the subsequent battles of 2nd Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. On May 3, 1863 at Chancellorsville he led the regiment in the VI Corps attack on Salem Church near the town of Fredericksburg. He assumed command of his brigade after the repulse of their attack when its commander, Colonel Henry Brown of the 3rd New Jersey, was wounded. The next day, after being in brigade command for only a few hours, he was thrown from his horse and severely injured when it was startled by an exploding artillery shell while crossing Banks Ford. He spent the much of the next few months convalescing first in Washington DC, then in Newark, and missing the Battle of Gettsyburg. He returned to lead the regiment in the Fall 1863 Mine Run Campaign, and in the Spring 1864 Overland Campaign. He was mustered out in July 1864 when his term of service expired, having served a full three years in the Union Army.  Clip signature, while Ass't. Adjutant General............40-60

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132. [VERMONT] Frederick Holbrook (1813-1909) was an agriculturist, politician, and the 27th Governor of Vermont. Governor Holbrook served as governor during what many consider the darkest days of the American Civil War. His administration saw the recruitment of 10 infantry regiments, 2 light artillery batteries, and 3 sharpshooter companies. Under his administration, as well, Vermont built three military hospitals in the state which were "soon credited by the United States medical inspector with perfecting a larger percentage of cures than any United States military hospital record elsewhere could show."  Closely clipped signature, approx. 3-3/4 x 1/2"............20-30

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133. Derek Patmore (1908 - 1972) British Author, journalist and authority on Interior Decoration. SIGNED proof sheet of his article titled "A Literary Duel." Signed on front page. Also included is newspaper clipping of article he wrote on Norman Douglas/on other side is another signed article he wrote on J.L. Campbell. All signatures in ink..............50-75

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134. [MILITARY] Scott  O'Grady (b. 1965) former United States Air Force fighter pilot who gained prominence after he ejected over Bosnia after his F-16C was hit by a missile fired from a Bosnian Serb SA-6 mobile rocket launcher on June 2, 1995, while he was patrolling a no-fly zone. He also participated in the Banja Luka incident where he fired upon six enemy aircraft. The 2001 film Behind Enemy Lines, is loosely based upon his experiences.  TLS, 1997, 1p, mentioning Bosnia - sends photop [not present]. VG............25-35

135. [ART] Albert E. Sterner  (1863-1946) American illustrator and painter.  Sterner was born in London, and attended King Edward's School, Birmingham. After a brief period in Germany, he eventually moved to the United States in 1879 to join his family who had previously moved to Chicago. He soon began doing lithography, painting, and illustrations. He opened a studio in New York in 1885 and began doing illustrations for magazines including Harper's Magazine, Scribner's Magazine, The Century Magazine, and Collier's. In 1888 he became a student at Académie Julian in Paris. He returned to the United States in 1918. In 1918 he returned to America and began teaching at the Art Students League in New York.  Institutions that have exhibited his work include the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Carnegie Museum, and the Art Institute of Chicago.  Sterner's awards include the Carnegie Prize at the National Academy of Design in 1941.  His New York Times obituary stated that he was perhaps best known for his portraits, but "he was also noted for his nudes, religious subjects, landscapes, still-life work and, in his earlier days, his book and magazine illustrations."   Signature on 3-1/8 x 1-1/4" card..............25-35

136. [ART] Seong Moy (1921 - 2013)  Chinese-born American painter and printmaker. Moy was born in a small town outside of Canton, China; he emigrated to the United States at the age of 10 in 1931, and moved to St. Paul, Minnesota. During this time, Moy attended school during the day, and trained in his uncle's restaurant as an assistant chef when not in school. In 1934, Moy was introduced to art classes at the Federal Art Project School through a friend. For the next few years, Moy studied art first at the Federal Art Project, and later at the St. Paul School of Art and the WPA Graphic Workshop at the Walker Art Center.  In 1941 he moved to New York City to study at the Art Students League and the Hoffman School of Art. This lasted until the fall of 1942, when he enlisted with the U.S. Army Air Force, serving in the China-India-Burma Theater as an aerial reconnaissance photographer.  In 1955 Moy won a Guggenheim Fellowship. His woodcuts from this time are notable in their use of subject matter from Chinese classics, combined with the formal techniques of Abstract Expressionism. For example, his woodcut Inscription of T'Chao Pae #II (1952) explores the potential of archaic Chinese calligraphy, illustrating the artist's aim, in his own words, to "recreate in the abstract idiom of contemporary time some of the ideas of ancient Chinese art forms."  His work can be found in the permanent collections of a number of museums in the United States, including the Brooklyn Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Smithsonian. Offered here is an 1957  plate signed original lithograph from IMPROVISATIONS. Noted artists drew directly on the lithographic plates. Each was used as an ad for various businesses. The proceeds went to Artists Equity. Sheet size is approx. 12 x 8-1/2. VG............50-75

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140. (BOOK) B.R. Jerman. THE YOUNG DISRAELI [Benjamin Disraeli], 1960, Princeton Univ. Press, 327 pp. includes. index, 8vo. No dj, ex-lib. Unsigned............25-35

141. [BOOK] Jewett, Sarah Orne [1849-1909]. American writer, b. South Berwick, Me. Author of sketches and tales of New England important in the "local color"school, including Deephaven (1877), A Country Doctor (1884), A Marsh Island (1885), A White Heron (1886), Tales of New England (1890), The Country of the Pointed Firs (1896), etc. Her book A Native of Winby and Other Tales. Sarah Orne Jewett. Boston and New York. Houghton, Mifflin and Company. 1893. First Edition. Sarah Wyman Whitman binding. Nice tight copy. No dust jacket. Minor color loss on spine. 7.25 x 5........150-200

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142. [BOOK] THEOPHILUS PARSONS - Memoir of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts; with notices of some of his contemporaries. By his son. Frontispiece portrait [foxed]. Maroon embossed cloth with gilt lettering on spine. 1st edition, 1859, Boston, Ticknor & Fields, 476 pp, 8vo. Bottom right corners of all pages slightly damp stained. Good tight copy.............40-60

144. [BOOK] W.D. Howells. MY MARK TWAIN, 1910, first ed., illus., Harper & Bros., 187pp, 8vo. Green cloth with gilt cover & spine. Wasn't issued with dust jacket. VG+. Provenance: rank Cutter Deering Library..................100-150

145. [JAPAN] Masao Maruyama. THOUGHT AND BEHAVIOUR IN MODERN JAPANESE POLITICS, 1966, Oxford Univ. Press, 344 pp., 8vo., no dust jacket. EX-LIBRARY. VG..........25-35

146. (POETRY) Edwin Arnold. THE SECRET OF DEATH - With Some Collected Poems, 1885, Roberts Brothers, Boston, 252pp, plus 10pp. from The Light of Asia. Green cloth, with former owner's bookplate [defective] and tears to front free endpaper. Good....................25-35

148.  [SIGNED BOOK] Christopher Benfey, The Double Life of Stephen Crane, New York: Knopf, 1992. Cloth. Very Good with VG dj. First Edition. Benfey's critical biography of Crane is the first reassessment of the author in more than a quarter of a century; in the book Benfey shows that Crane tried to live the stories that he had written. An engrossing book about one of America's most innovative writers; with photographs and index. Signed/inscribed on flyleaf; signed again on title page.........50-75

149. [SIGNED BOOK] William F. Buckley Jr. - American author, journalist and conservative commentator. He founded the influential conservative political magazine National Review in 1955 and the award-winning television show Firing Line in 1966. His tiny typical red signature on blank flyleaf of his book "THE STORY OF HENRI TOD", The Franklin Mint, 1984. Fancy binding but covers stained...............50-75

151. [BOOK] Margaret L. Coit. JOHN C. CALHOUN - American Portrait, 1950, Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 593pp, 8vo. No dj. Cloth. VG. Deering Collection...........20-30

152. [BOOK] Thornton Wilder. THE EIGHTH DAY, 1967, 1st ed., Harper & Row, 435 pp, 8vo. VG. No dust jacket....................20-30

153. [CONFEDERATE VIRGINIA] GREEN MOUNT - A Virginia Plantation Family During The Civil War, edited by Betsy Fleet & John D.P. Fuller, 1962, U. of Ky. Press, 374 pages including index. With good+ dust jacket. About the Fleet family of Tidewater, Va., near Richmond. Central to Green Mount is the journal of Benjamin Fleet, which begins at age 13 in 1860. He was shot and killed during the war by Union soliders. A must for those who purchased Benny Fleet & family letters from us years ago. Many of those same letters are included in this text. VG overall.............40-60

157. (BOOK) Clara Endicott Sears, Days Of Delusion, A Strange Bit of History, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1924, 1st Ed., 264pp., 8vo. Sl. faded spine, no dj. This book is about MILLER, William (1782-1849), American religious leader, who founded the Protestant Adventist denomination ( see Adventists), also known as the Millerites. Miller, a Baptist, closely studied the Bible, especially the Book of Daniel, and concluded that the world would end and Christ would appear in the year 1843. He began preaching these ideas in 1831. By 1840 some of his many followers had disposed of their belongings in anticipation of the judgment day. When 1843 passed uneventfully, Miller set a new date in 1844 for the end of the world. In 1845, although the movement had collapsed in disillusionment, Miller and a few loyal followers met in Albany, N.Y., and founded the Adventist church. Former owner's signature. Scarce........150-200

158. [CIVIL WAR] Louis A. Sigaud. His book BELLE BOYD, Richmond ,Virginia: The Dietz Press, 1945, Richmond, Virginia, 1945. Grey Cloth. Book Condition: Very Good. 254 PP. NO DJ.............................60-80

159. [BOOK] C.W. Barron. THE FEDERAL RESERVE ACT - a discussion of the principles and operations of the new Banking Act as originally published in The Wall Street Journal and the Boston News Bureau, 1914, Boston News Bureau Co, 223pp, 8vo. Cloth. VG. With Frank Cutter Deering bookplate..................40-60

160. [CIVIL WAR] WM. MORRISON ROBINSON JR. 1st ed. of his book THE CONFEDERATE PRIVATEERS. 1928, 372pp. New Haven: Yale Univ. Press,1928., 1928. 8vo, 372 pp. Original cloth.VG - no dust jacket. Very scarce in dust jacket. A specialized study of great merit and impeccable authority. A clear, well-documented and interesting account that includes sections on submarines and sea-going partisans. With 7 illust. plates..............100-200

161. [SIGNED BOOK] JOHN HAYS HAMMOND [1855-1936] American mining engineer, b. San Francisco. On staff, U.S. Geological Survey, in California gold fields (1880); associated with Cecil Rhodes in development of South African resources; a leader in Transvaal reform movement (1895-96); arrested after Jameson Raid and sentenced to death; sentence commuted to imprisonment; freed finally on payment of fine. Consulting engineer, esp. to Guggenheim Exploration Co. (1900-07). A signed book from his library titled INTRODUCTION TO FRESH-WATER ALGAE, by M.C. Cooke, 1890, London, 339 pages with 13 illus. plates. Book from the International Scientific Series. Hammond writes by his signature "Johannesburg, South Africa, 1895. Signed the year of the Jameson Raid for which Hammond was to be sentenced to death. NO dj o/w VG. Quite uncommon.........................200-300

162. (KENTUCKY) JlLLSON, Willard Rouse. THE BOONE NARRATIVE - The Story of the Origin and Discovery Coupled With the Reproduction in Facsimile of a Rare Item of Early Kentuckiana to Which Is Appended a Sketch of Boone and a Bibliography of 238 Titles. 1st edition, 1932, 1000 copies printed, 63 pp, 8vo. Hard paper covers. Publ. by The Standard Printing Co., Louisville, Ky. Illus. Spine sl. sunned o/w VG+. Provenance: Frank C. Deering collection.................100-150

163. [SIGNED BOOK] JOHN HAYS HAMMOND [1855-1936] American mining engineer, b. San Francisco. On staff, U.S. Geological Survey, in California gold fields (1880); associated with Cecil Rhodes in development of South African resources; a leader in Transvaal reform movement (1895-96); arrested after Jameson Raid and sentenced to death; sentence commuted to imprisonment; freed finally on payment of fine. Consulting engineer, esp. to Guggenheim Exploration Co. (1900-07). A signed book from his library titled "THE FORMS OF WATER IN CLOUDS & RIVERS, ICE & GLACIERS,"by John Tyndall, London, 1889. Hammond writes by his signature "Johannesburg 1895". Signed the year of the Jameson Raid for which Hammond was to be sentenced to death. NO dj o/w VG. Quite uncommon.........................200-300

165. [SIGNED BOOK] Samuel Hazo - American poet, essayist, and novelist. He is the founder and director of the International Poetry Forum. Hazo is McAnulty Distinguished Professor of English Emeritus at Duquesne University, where he taught for 43 years. He was chosen to be the first State Poet of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by Governor Robert Casey in 1993 and served in that role until 2003. Offered here is his book "Once for the Last Bandit", signed & inscribed, 1973, U. of Pittsburgh Press, [1972], 206pp. Book of his poems. In VG dust jacket. Samuel Hazo was a National Book Award finalist for his collection "Once for the Last Bandit." ...........25-35

166. [MAINE - Book] Kingsbury, Benjamin, Jr. "The Maine Townsman, or Laws for the Regulation of Towns, Forms and Judicial Decisions etc.", 8th edition, publ. Portland, 1860, 396 pp, leather bound. VG................125-175

167. BRENDA KUHN ARCHIVE - approx. 11 letters by Brenda Kuhn. These are mostly typed ink signed letters, copy replies. She had the habit of signing retained replies for her own records. PLUS approx. 38 letters sent to her from various persons. Also includes about 24 other items plus clippings & envelopes. BRENDA KUHN (1911-1993) the only child of the famous American artist, Walt Kuhn. She spent her whole life overseeing the Kuhn Estate, was a philanthropist, Kuhn scholar, amateur photographer. The artist, his wife Vera, and their daughter Brenda were very private people. The Archive of American Art at the Smithsonian, Washington DC, has a notebook containing notes written by Brenda Kuhn about her father Walt Kuhn. Included are notes regarding a meeting with Garnett McCoy, Deputy Director of the Archives of American Art, in October, 1974. These items remained in storage for years.............100-150

168. Corwin H. Spencer - capitalist. The Laclede Gas Light Co. Signed stock certificate, 1895...........30-40

169. George Shiras III  (1859-1942)  biologist & congressman from Penn. After his time in Congress, he was engaged in biological research and wildlife photography.  In 1935, Shiras published Hunting Wild Life with Camera and Flashlight : a Record of Sixty Five years' Visits to the Woods and Waters of North America a two volume set of over 960 of his wildlife photographs including some of the earliest 'flash' photography. Signed The North American Co. stock certificate, 1894...........30-40

170. [MUSIC]  Jean-Baptiste-Edouard Montaubry (1824–1883) French violinist, conductor and composer.  ALS, Paris, 1858, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8-1/4". VG............75-100

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171. [ENGLAND] Major-General Sir John Hanbury-Williams GCVO, KCB, CMG. (1859-1946 ).   He served in South Africa between 1899 and 1900.  He was Military Secretary to Sir A Milner from 1897 to 1900 and Military Secretary to Secretary of State for War 1900 to 1903. He was Governor-General's Secretary and Military Secretary in Canada from 1904 to 1909. He was Brigadier-General in charge of Administration Scotland between 1909-1914. In 1911 he was elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee to represent Canada and served on the IOC until 1921. He was employed on General Staff in 1914. During the First World War he was head of the British military mission at Russian Stavka and was mentioned in despatches. He was in charge British Prisoners of War Department at the Hague from August 1917 to March 1918 and at Berne from April 1918 to December 1918. He retired from the Army in 1919. He was Her Majesty's Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of England from 1920 to 1934. Hanbury-Williams was Colonel Commandant of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry from 1918. He was Extra Equerry to the King from 1934.  Signed 3.5 x 2.5" card, he adds 1922 and Major General.  Lightly sun toned edges...............25-35

172. [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.  Signed 1896 bank check made out to "Self" so his signature is also on the verso......40-60

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173. [ART] Vincent Ferraud (1800-1872) French painter.  Letter to Minister saying he had 20 Expos in The Louve, etc. Count de Portalis writes 1848 note at top saying Feraud is a good citizen and painter and that he has seen his painting "Christ".  VG............125-175

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174. John Parker Boyd (1764-1830) officer in the United States Army, from various periods from 1786 to the end of the War of 1812. He commanded the troops defeated at the Battle of Crysler's Farm in late 1813. CLIP SIGNATURE.........40-60 SEE Boyd signature  


175. Jacob Jennings Brown (1775-1828) American army officer in the War of 1812. His successes on the northern border during that war made him a hero. In 1821, he was appointed commanding general of the U.S. Army and held that post until his death. CLIP SIGNATURE.........50-75

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176. Clement C. Clay (1789-1866) was the eighth Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama from 1835 to 1837. CLIP SIGNATURE.........25-35

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177. John McLean (1785-1861) American jurist and politician who served in the United States Congress, as U.S. Postmaster General, and as a justice on the Ohio and U.S. Supreme Courts, and was often discussed for the Whig and Republican nominations for President. CLIP SIGNATURE........60-80

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178. [NAVAL] John Rodgers (1772-1838). Commodore Rodgers helped capture French frigate L'INSURGENTE February 9, 1799, and took command of her as prize master. He was promoted to Captain 5 March 1799, and 3 months later took command of MARYLAND. In March 1801, he transported the ratified French-American Peace Treaty to France. Placed in command of JOHN ADAMS the following year, he sailed for the Mediterranean to attack Barbary forts and gunboats at Tripoli. His brilliant record fighting the corsairs won him appointment as Commodore of the Mediterranean Squadron in May 1805. A year later he returned to the United States to take command of the New York Flotilla. After the Embargo Act was passed at the close of 1807, Rodgers commanded operations along the Atlantic Coast, enforcing its provisions. In the spring of 1811, upon word that a British ship was impressing American seaman off Sandy Hook, NJ, Commodore Rodgers, in PRESIDENT, was ordered to investigate. On 16 May, he defeated British corvette LITTLE BELT in a spirited engagement, which foreshadowed his brilliant success in the forthcoming war with England. On the sixth day of the War of 1812, still in PRESIDENT, Rodgers drove off British frigate BELVIDERA, and chased her for 8 hours before she escaped. CLIP SIGNATURE. Rodgers signature has always puzzled - he simmply signed in a strange way. Condition = a little light......60-80

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 179. John J. Crittenden (1787-1863) politician from Kentucky. He represented the state in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate and twice served as United States Attorney General in the administrations of William Henry Harrison and Millard Fillmore. He was also the 17th governor of Kentucky and served in the state legislature. Although frequently mentioned as a potential candidate for the U.S. presidency, he never consented to run for the office. CLIP SIGNATURE, somewhat lightened...........30-40

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180. [MINING] Antoine T. Grande - ALS, Deadwood City, Feb. 1, 1877, 1p. Sent to A.M. Holter & Bro., Helena, Mt. Asks that the interest on his money be sent to him. Says winter has been dull......recently a number of Quartz lodes have been sold...one 4 days ago for $50,000. VG. Certainly worthy of research. The settlement of Deadwood began in the 1870s and has been described as illegal, since it lay within the territory granted to Native Americans in the 1868 Treaty of Laramie. The treaty had guaranteed ownership of the Black Hills to the Lakota people, and disputes over the Hills are ongoing, having reached the United States Supreme Court on several occasions. However, in 1874, Colonel George Armstrong Custer led an expedition into the Hills and announced the discovery of gold on French Creek near present-day Custer, South Dakota. Custer's announcement triggered the Black Hills Gold Rush and gave rise to the lawless town of Deadwood, which quickly reached a population of around 5,000. In early 1876, frontiersman Charlie Utter and his brother Steve led a wagon train to Deadwood containing what were deemed to be needed commodities to bolster business. The wagon train brought gamblers and prostitutes, resulting in the establishment of profitable ventures. Demand for women was high, and the business of prostitution proved to have a good market. Madam Dora DuFran would eventually become the most profitable brothel owner in Deadwood, closely followed by Madam Mollie Johnson. Businessman Tom Miller opened the Bella Union Saloon in September of that year. Another saloon was the Gem Variety Theater, opened April 7, 1877 by Al Swearengen who also controlled the opium trade in the town. The saloon was destroyed by a fire and rebuilt in 1879. It burned down again in 1899, causing Swearengen to leave the town. The town attained notoriety for the murder of Wild Bill Hickok [1876], and Mount Moriah Cemetery remains the final resting place of Hickok and Calamity Jane, as well as slightly less notable figures such as Seth Bullock. Deadwood became known for its wild and almost lawless reputation, during which time murder was common, and punishment for murders not always fair and impartial. Hickok's murderer, Jack McCall, was prosecuted twice, despite the U.S. Constitution's prohibition against double jeopardy , because of a ruling that Deadwood was an illegal town in Indian Territory and thus lacked the jurisdiction to prosecute or acquit McCall. This decision moved McCall's trial to a Dakota Territory court ("Indian Court"), where he was found guilty of murder and hanged. Rare letter written during these times.........100-150

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181. [FRANCE] 1815 French military document about food stuff requisition and threatening of military execution if not done. A Napoleon Wars document related to Invasion of German troops. Signed Loppin de Gemeaux, 1815, 1p, 7 x 4-3/4". Between Austerlitz and Waterloo, Wurtemberg's troops occupied France and requisitioned horses, food and supplies for their troops. This document concerns the requisition of hay, bread, beef, etc. Loppin de Gemeaux was the Mayor of Gemeaux and good friend of Voltaire and Rousseau.......100-150

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182. [FRANCE] DECRET De La Convention Nationale, 18 September 1793, with two ink signatures on 2nd page. 2-pages, approx. 8-1/4 x 10". VG............100-150

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183. [FRANCE] Dumoutier (Pierre) General. Born at Riom (Puy-de-dome) May 8, 1750; died at Saint-Pierre de la Martinique October 10, 1819. His military career continued from 1789 to the May 10, 1810, when he retired. He was admitted to the Invalides with the grade and the treatments as a chief of the brigade of the army of the Rhin, June 24, 1795. LEAVED THE Invalides the 17 September 1796. Major of the place of Lille (i3 December 1796) he was dismissed by the executive Director, 23 September 1799. Major of arms at the Guadeloupe under Richepance, 9 December 1801. Returned to France for reasons of health, April 1, 1803. [translation from French]. Document Signed Signed, 7th Year [1795?], 1p, approx. 7-1/2 x 11-1/2"...........80-120

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

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193. [MUSIC] David Shire (b. 1937)  American songwriter and composer of stage musicals, film and television scores. The soundtrack to the 1974 movie The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, the soundtrack for Francis Coppola's The Conversation, and parts of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack such as "Manhattan Skyline", are some of his best-known works. His other work includes the score of the 1985 film Return to Oz, the "sequel-in-part" of The Wizard of Oz, and the stage musical scores of Baby, Big, Closer Than Ever, and Starting Here, Starting Now. Shire is married to actress Didi Conn. AMQS from his "As It Goes", on 3x5 card. VG.........50-75

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194. [FILM] Ned Beatty  (b. 1937) American actor who has appeared in more than 100 films and has been nominated for an Academy Award. Signed color photo from the film "Deliverance", 10x8". VG. Signed in silver ink...........25-35

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195. [BRITAIN] Harold Wilson (1916-1995)  twice Prime Minister. ANS, as member of the House of Lords. VG.......40-60

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196. [FILM] Raul Julia (1940 - 1994) Puerto Rican actor. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG........40-60

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197. [RUSSIA] Konstantin A. Umansky (1902-1945) Soviet diplomat. In 1936, Umansky was posted to Washington, D.C. where he was an Adviser at the Soviet Embassy. When the diplomatic mission of Alexander Troyanovsky was completed, Umansky acted as chargé d'affaires of the embassy, when on 11 May 1939, Umansky was appointed by Joseph Stalin as Ambassador of the Soviet Union to the United States and he presented his Letters of Credence to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 6 June 1939, becoming, at the time, the youngest Ambassador in Washington, D.C. TLS, 1943, as newly appointed Ambassador to Mexico. On 25 January 1945, Umansky was to have travelled to San José in Costa Rica to present his Letters of Credence to Costa Rican President Teodoro Picado Michalski, however the Mexican Air Force plane which he was aboard crashed on take-off in Mexico City, killing the Ambassador, his wife (Raisa Umanskaya) and three embassy officials...........75-100

198. [FRANCE] Jean-Baptiste Lynch [1749-1835] Peer of France. Traitor to Napoleon as Mayor of Bordeaux, he gave the open city to Louis XVIII in 1814. Impressive in appearance, a manuscript document, 2-1/2 pages, dated 1819. Approx. 8-1/4 x 11-1/2 in. Certainly worthy of research. Fine condition............100-150

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199. [FRANCE] Leon Xanrof (1867-1953) French playwright and songwriter, noted for writing the play The Prince Consort, which was used to create the 1929 film Parade d'amour (The Love Parade). Brief ALS, [1930s], 1p, 8-1/4 x 5 in. Accompanied by 4 small portraits, 2 of which are original photos. VG..........50-75

200. [FRANCE] Jacques-Marie-Adrien-Césaire Mathieu (1796–1875)  Bishop of Langres , Archbishop of Besançon and cardinal. Very active and distinguished prelate, His episcopate is especially marked by activism builder - 320 churches built, rebuilt or restored in the diocese. His international influence was not negligible.  ALS, 1834, 1p, approx. 7.5 x 9.5". Left edge mounted to stiff paper. VG...........100-150

205. Archive of approx. 61 letters written by Henriette Baumes-Thion and Antoine describing life in France during the American civil war. Most, if not all dated 1863 and written in French. Not translated. Most are multi-page in length. VG.........150-250

216. Ichabod Bartlett (1786-1853) United States Representative from New Hampshire. ALS, 1827, 2pp, approx. 7-3/4 x 10". Included typescript of text. Mentioned House has adjourned - members have a challenge in their pockets - may travel to Richmond...........50-75

217. [SCIENCE] Simon Ramo (b.1913) American physicist, engineer, and business leader. He led development of microwave and missile technology and is sometimes known as the father of the Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). He has been partly responsible for the creation of two Fortune 500 companies of the 1970s; Ramo-Wooldridge (TRW after 1958) and Bunker-Ramo (now part of Honeywell). SIGNED & INSCRIBED 8X10 photo. VG.........50-75

219. [ART] Edward H. Potthast (1857-1927)  American Impressionist painter. He is known for his paintings of people at leisure in Central Park, and on the beaches of New York and New England. His work is included in many major museums in the United States. Clip Signature, top corner missing. About 4-3/4 x 2-1/4".........50-75

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220. [ART] William Holbrook Beard  (1825-1900)  American painter. Beard was born in Painesville, Ohio. He studied abroad, is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting, and in 1861 moved to New York City, where, in 1862, he became a member of the National Academy of Design. Beard was a prolific artist. His humorous treatment of bears, cats, dogs, horses and monkeys, generally with some human occupation and expression, usually satirical, gave him a great vogue at one time, and his pictures were largely reproduced.  Clip Signature, about 3-3/4 x 3/4"...........25-35

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221. [ART] Samuel Colman  (1832-1920) American painter, interior designer, and writer, probably best remembered for his paintings of the Hudson River. Clip Signature, about 3-3/4 x 3/4"...........25-35

222. [GOODYEAR COMPANY]  Charles Goodyear (1800-1860) American inventor who developed a process to vulcanize rubber in 1839 — a method that he perfected while living and working in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1844, and for which he received patent number 3633 from the United States Patent Office on June 15, 1844. Offered here is a "copy" of 1849 letter from Charles Goodyear requesting a patent for Goodyear Transparent Cement.  Two pages, contained in an elaborate mat with wooden inserts. Provenance: Goodyear Family. Overall size approx. 25-1/2 x 19".  Obviously a latter copy of the letter, probably circa 1900, possibly earlier. VG.........150-250

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223. [ART]  Carleton Wiggins  [1848-1932]   American landscape and cattle painter. He was born in Orange County, New York, and studied in New York at the National Academy of Design and with George Inness, and in Paris, and settled in New York. His landscape were executed in broad flowing lines, with a rich low-toned color scheme, and often contain cattle, solidly and realistically portrayed. Signed card, approx. 3-1/2 x 1-3/4". ...........30-40
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224. [ART] Heinrich Hofmann  (1824-1911)  German painter of the late 19th to early 20th century. He was born in Darmstadt and died in Dresden. He is best known for his many paintings depicting the life of Jesus Christ. Four of the most famous works of Hofmann are in the possession of the Riverside Church in New York: Christ and the Rich Young Ruler, Christ in Gethsemane, Christ in the Temple and Christ's Image. According to information of the Riverside Church, the painting Christ in Gethsemane is without much doubt one of the most copied paintings in the world.  Signed card, approx. 3-1/2 x 1-3/4". ...........40-60

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225. [FRANCE] DECRET De La Convention Nationale, 14 September 1793, with two ink signatures on 2nd page. 3-pages, approx. 8-1/4 x 10". Very light damp stain o/w VG............100-150

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227. [FRANCE] Medieval Document from 1366 on vellum, 1 page, approx. 8 x 6.5". Quite fresh condition. See small slip [scan 2] identifies as being from Montils...........300-400

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229.  [ART] Le Chevalier Langlois [Jean-Charles Langlois. 1789-1870] French soldier and painter. Langlois was born in Beaumont-en-Auge. He graduated from the École Polytechnique in 1806 and fought, as an infantry officer at the battles of Wagram, Gerona and Waterloo with a bravery that had him seriously injured and appointed colonel at the young age of twenty-six. After he retired on half-pay, Langlois devoted himself to painting. Studying with Girodet-Trioson, he specialized in landscapes, painting battles only, for he considered these to embody the most intense experiences life could offer. His paintings include the Fire of Moscow, the Battle of Eylau, the Battle of the Nile, the Battle of Montereau, the Battle of Borodino, the Battle of Wagram. He also used photography to document the Crimean War where he traveled with photographer Léon-Eugène Méhédin. He specialized in panoramic painting after having seen the Panorama of Athens by the first French panorama painter Pierre Prévost. Many of his panoramas were destroyed during the Siege of Paris of 1870. In 1873, Langlois' family bequeathed 256 paintings representing battles and military panoramas to the musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen. These paintings were transferred in 1888 to the Pavillon des sociétés savantes, an 18th-century building spruced up at his niece's expense to house the Langlois museum. Half of the works exhibited there were destroyed in 1944 during the Battle for Caen. François-Émile de Lansac was his pupil. Offered here is a rare ALS, 1817, 1p, 8-1/4 x 12-3/4. Content unknown. VG+.............175-275

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See picture of battle scene painting

231. [FRANCE] Joseph-Philippe Simon, called Lockroy (1803-1891)  French actor and playwright. Joseph-Philippe Simon began as an actor under the pseudonym Lockroy at the Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe and the Comédie-Française in Paris before devoting himself entirely to writing. For a few months in 1848 he served as provisional administrator of the Comédie-Française.  Brief ALS, no date, 1p. "How is our dear Dumas?" VG.............50-75


232. [FRANCE] Rene Navarre (1883-1968)   French actor of the silent era. He appeared in 109 films between 1910 and 1946. TLS, Paris, 1922, 1p. VG...............50-75

234. [FILM] Robert R. Parrish (1916 - 1995) American actor, film editor, film director, and writer. He received an Academy Award for Film Editing for the 1947 film, Body and Soul. Brief TLS, no date...........25-35

235. [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

236. [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

237. [THEATRE] Gertrude Elliott (1874-1950)  American actress. ALS, 1917, 1p.  Her husband was the actor  Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson.  VG...........40-60

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238. [THEATRE - FILM] Sir John Gielgud (1904- 2000) English actor, director, and producer.  Gielgud is one of the few performers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award.  Vintage Signature on album page dated 1932, with a program from his 1939 play "The Importance of Being Ernest", Globe Theatre. VG............50-75

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239. [MUSIC] Ludwig Karpath (1866-1936)  Austrian writer on music.  Karpath was with numerous composers such as Johannes Brahms , Pietro Mascagni , Giacomo Puccini , Gustav Mahler and his wife Alma , Max Reger and Siegfried and Cosima Wagner , as well as musicians such as Arthur Nikisch , Hans Richter and Felix Mottl friends. Strauss dedicated to him in 1924 to be Ballet whipped cream. In several publications, he devoted himself to these people as gourmet , he also published a cookbook.  ALS,  1920, written on verso of portrait postcard of him, also signed on front. Pretty good condition for its age.........60-80

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240. [FILM] Luis Trenker (1892-1990) German-language South Tyrolean (Austrian-Italian) film director, architect, and actor. The style he had developed in the thirties was not limited to nationalistic, folkloristic and heroic clichès, however; his impersonation of a hungry, downtrodden immigrant in depression era New York was regarded as one of the seminal scenes for future Italian neorealism by the likes of Roberto Rossellini.  Signed vintage postcard photo. VG...............40-60

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241. [FILM]  Gabriel Weigel  (1882-1929) The Miniature Comedian best known as the star of the original Broadway productions of "Buster Brown" and "Little Nemo" in 1908. Signed postcard photo. Quite RARE!  Excellent condition...........75-100

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242. John Sergeant (1779-1852)  American politician who represented Pennsylvania in the House of Representatives. Sergeant was Henry Clay's running mate on the National Republican ticket in 1832 but lost to Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren in a landslide and again retreated from public life. Signature mounted to larger sheet with portrait............40-60

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243. [ART] Thomas Oldham Barlow (1824-1889)  English mezzotint engraver. His engravings helped to popularise the works of painters like John Phillip and Sir John Everett Millais. He was made a Royal Academician.  ALS, June 11, no year, 1p., about setting up a time for a meeting. VG...........50-75

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See his portrait

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

249. [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

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261. [FRANCE] Joseph Dubosc, count of Pesquidoux (1869-1946), known as Joseph de Pesquidoux, was a French writer. In 1927 he won the Grand prix de littérature de l'Académie française, of which he was elected a member in 1936. He was also elected mainteneur of the Académie des Jeux floraux in 1938. Lengthy ALS, 1938, on postal card. VG.............60-80

 
262. [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

265. [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

267. [THEATRE] Aline MacMahon  (1899-191)  American actress. Her career began on stage in 1921. She worked extensively in film and television until her retirement in 1975. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Dragon Seed (1944). Document Signed, The Theatre Guild Inc., NYC, 1945, 1p. Signed contract to act in radio performance of "Storm Over Patsy", for run of an hour, and she will be paid $750. VG.............75-100

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269. [MEDICINE] Ferdinand-Jean Darier (1856 -1938) French physician, pathologist and dermatologist called the "father of modern dermatology in France". Darier discovered several diseases, most notably Darier's disease. ALS, 1924, 3pp, 5 x 6.5". Pin holes upper corner o/w VG. Not translated..........80-120

270. [MUSIC] (NEIL SEDAKA) Contract signed by his wife and manager Leha Sedaka, 16pp for performance on November 18, 1992, with many notes and statements written in. Signed fully by Mrs. Sedaka 4 times and numerous initials. Very indepth contract!. VG...........50-75

271. Augustus Trowbridge [1870-1934] Am. physicist, inventor. Signature......20-30

272. John Morley [1838-1923] British statesman. Signed address panel addressed to Prime Minister Earl of Rosebury........25-35

273. John Morley [1838-1923] British statesman. Signed envelope addressed to William Gladstone, Prime Minister. No postmark..........25-35

274. Henry M. Baird (1832-1906), American historian and educationalist. He is best known as a historian of the Huguenots. SIGNATURE with sentiment on card 1885.......20-30

275. G. Paul Chalmers [1836-1878] Scottish painter. Clip. signature..........20-30

277. Clarence Cook (1828-1900) American author and art critic. Between 1863 and 1869, Cook wrote a series of articles about American art for The New York Tribune. In 1869, he moved to France and was the Parisian correspondent for The New York Tribune until the onset of the Franco-Prussian War. Cook was known for his expertise in archeology and antiquities and was instrumental in the criticism of the collection of General di Cesnola. In the mid-1850s Cook began to read works by John Ruskin and associated with a group of American artists, writers, and architects who followed Ruskin's thinking. Through this group he became aware of the British Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. In 1863, with Clarence King and John William Hill he helped to found the Society for the Advancement of Truth in Art, an American group, similar to the Pre-Raphaelites, who published a journal called The New Path. In 1869 Cook wrote A Description of the New York Central Park. In 1877, articles on home furnishings that Cook had written for Scribner's Monthly were published as a book entitled The House Beautiful. In 1879, Cook served as editor for Wilhelm Lübke's History of Art. ALS, 1896, 1p, 4.5 x 7". Declines invitation. Fine...........50-75