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1. Mary Johnston Pickett
(1805-1860) the mother of the future Confederate General,
George E. Pickett. A rare letter written to her son George,
who is studying law at Quincy, Illinois. The letter was sent
by Mary from Richmond, Virginia, Jan. 27th, 1841. George
Pickett was 16 years old at the time. Pickett was born in
Richmond, Virginia, the first of the eight children of Robert
and Mary Pickett, a prominent family of Old Virginia of
English origins, and one of the "first families" of Virginia.
He was the cousin of future Confederate general Henry Heth. He
went to Illinois, to study law, but at the age of 17 he was
appointed to the United States Military Academy. Legend has it
that Pickett's West Point appointment was secured for him by
Abraham Lincoln, but this is largely believed to be a story
circulated by his widow following his death. Lincoln, as an
Illinois state legislator, could not nominate candidates,
although he did give the young man advice after he was
accepted; Pickett was actually appointed by Illinois
Congressman John T. Stuart, a friend of Pickett's uncle and a
law partner of Abraham Lincoln. A year after young George
received this letter he was off to West Point. Pickett was
popular as a cadet at West Point. He was mischievous and a
player of pranks, "... a man of ability, but belonging to a
cadet set that appeared to have no ambition for class standing
and wanted to do only enough study to secure their
graduation." At a time when often a third of the class washed
out before graduation, Pickett persisted, working off his
demerits and doing enough in his studies to graduate, ranking
last out of the 59 surviving students in the Class of 1846. It
is a position held with some backhanded distinction, referred
to today as the "goat", both for its stubbornness and
tenacity. The position usually relegated its holder to a
posting commanding infantry in some far away outpost, which if
no conflict arose, would offer little opportunity to advance.
Two of the most famous "goats" were Pickett and George
Armstrong Custer (as was also Pickett's cousin, Harry Heth).
All of them had the good fortune to graduate shortly after a
war broke out, when the army had a sudden need for officers,
greatly improving their opportunities.In this letter [folded
stampless letter], 3 full pages, plus the address leaf WHICH IS DOCKETED BY GEORGE PICKETT
[himself], his mother Mary asked him
about his chances of getting an appointment to West Point, and
then goes on at great length to talk about concerns back home
about whether George will conduct [behave] himself. She
mentions energy and independence of character, etc. George
Pickett’s personality has already established itself,
apparently enough to cause great worry for his mother. The
picture of the painted portrait of Mary Pickett was borrowed
from the internet and is not included here. Starting to
separate at some of the fold lines; small hole [seal hole] on
page 3. Approx. 8 x 10 in............1000-1500
4. [ART]
WALT KUHN
[1877-1949]. American painter. An ORIGINAL COOPER etching plate. The title is "TOMS RIVER". Typical
Kuhn style. Plate size 8 x 10 in. This plate still
has some life in it and etchings could be pulled from it. Very
seldom does an original etching plate by an important artist
ever reach the open market, as they usually are in
institutional collections. Provenance: Kuhn Estate. It is
difficult to get a good scan of this and the picture below
isn't very good. He did not etch his initials or signatureinto
the plate. I don't think he ever etched his signature into any
of his plates although he sometimes would etch initials. This
is guaranteed to be an authentic Walt Kuhn plate without a
time limit to the original purchaser. We will send a letter of
guarantee and provenance to the buyer. The portrait photo of
Kuhn shown below is NOT for sale. Kennedy Galleries [NYC] held
an exhibition of Walt Kuhn prints during which it was
indicated that there were less than 50
impressions ever pulled from this plate. Original plates by
major artists seldom reach the open market and it is
remarkable to see a plate that had so few prints pulled from
it. A must for the SERIOUS Kuhn
collector...............2000-3000
See etching
plate
See
portrait of Kuhn
Two U.S. Navy ships have been named in honor
of Norman Von H. Farquhar: the destroyer Farquhar (DD-304), of
1920-1932; and the escort ship Farquhar (DE-139), of
1943-1974.
5. [NAVAL] N.H.
Farquhar (Rear Admiral Norman Von H.
Farquhar, USN, (1840-1907). Letter Signed, marked
"Copy", USS Trenton, Apia, Samoa, April 22, 1889, 2 pages,
7-3/4 x 10". The original was sent to the Secretary of
the Navy, Washington DC [Benjamin F. Tracy]. This "copy"
letter was sent to Henry
Lyon, who
became commander of the Nipsic. Dated about a month after
this famous naval incident (The Samoan Crisis ). This letter is of
high praise for Lieut. Commander Henry W. Lyon, saving
the Nipsic "...to his excellent service during the
Hurricane of March 16th and 17th, 1889, and since then
in saving valuable property from the wreck. During the
gale, he intelligently carried out my orders;
personally supervising the many plans to keep out
water, getting lines to the Vaudalia to prevent the
total destruction of the Trenton and many other duties
besides..." Norman Von Heidreich Farquhar (1840-1907) was
born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, attended the U.S.
Naval Academy during 1854-59. After graduation, he served with
the Africa Squadron until September 1861. Lieutenant Farquhar
spent most of the Civil War off the U.S. Atlantic coast and in
the West Indies, serving in the gunboats Mystic, Sonoma and
Mahaska and the cruisers Rhode Island and Santiago de Cuba. He
was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander in mid-1865,
a few months after the fighting ended, and was on duty at the
U.S. Naval Academy from then until September 1868. For the
rest of the 1860s and into the next decade, Farquhar served in
the warship Swatara, was Executive Officer of USS Severn and
USS Powhatan and Commanding Officer of USS Kansas. He also had
two tours at the Boston Navy Yard on ordnance duty and as
Executive Officer. Advanced in rank to Commander in December
1872, Farquhar spent nearly five years at the Naval Academy.
He commanded the training ship Portsmouth in 1877-78, and the
steam sloops Quinnebaug and Wyoming in European waters in
1878-1881. Five more years of Naval Academy duty were followed
by torpedo instruction at Newport, Rhode Island, in 1886. From
May 1887 until her loss in the March 1889 Samoan hurricane,
Captain Farquhar commanded the steam frigate Trenton. He then
served on several of the Navy's boards and, in March 1890
became the Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks. During
1894-97, he was Commandant of the Philadelphia Navy Yard,
Commanding Officer of the cruiser Newark, and President of the
Naval Examining Board. While holding the ranks of Commodore and Rear
Admiral, Farquhar was Commandant of the Norfolk Navy Yard in
1897-99, commanded the North Atlantic Station during 1899-1901
and was Chairman of the Lighthouse Board in 1901-02. He
retired from active duty in April 1902, upon reaching the
statutory service age limit of 62. Rear Admiral Farquhar died
at Jamestown, Rhode Island, on 3 July 1907. The
letter is in very fine condition. Provenance: Estate
of Admiral
Henry W. Lyon, who had a distinguished Naval career, was
honored for his service in the Spanish-American war where he
commanded the U. S. S. Dolphin. Lyon and his wife,
Liela, bought a house in Paris Hill, Maine in 1899 and
moved there full time when he retired from the Navy in 1907.
Picture of Farquhar is not included here...........300-400
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1
Page 2
Verso
Picture of
Farquhar
6. [NAVAL] Geo.
Brown - Rear Admiral, Commanding U.S.
Naval Force, Pacific Station. TLS, U.S. Flagship
Charleston, Feb. 5, 1890, 1p, to Lioeut. Commander Henry W.
Lyon, Commanding U.S.S. Nipsic, Honolulu, Hawaii. Says
Secretary of the Navy "...indicates that your request for
detachment from the command of the Nipsic has been favorably
considered...." Delayed, however, because Commander
Wingate "....having been condemned by survey and therefore
unable to execute his orders...." Damped stained.
Provenance:
Estate of Admiral
Henry W. Lyon, who had a distinguished Naval career, was
honored for his service in the Spanish-American war where he
commanded the U. S. S. Dolphin. Lyon and his wife,
Liela, bought a house in Paris Hill, Maine in 1899 and
moved there full time when he retired from the Navy in 1907.
Picture of Farquhar is not included here........100-150
7. [SCIENCE - WAR]
The following are from the papers of the American
physicist Louis W. McKeehan (1887-1975) Director of the
Physics Laboratories Yale. He took leave of his teaching
position to help out with the war effort. He was the
driving force behind the creation of the torpedo called
Fido. Capt. Louis McKeehan, head of the Mine Warfare
Branch of the Bureau of Ordnance. Scientists at the
Naval Torpedo Station at Newport, Rhode Island had been
considering acoustic homing torpedoes for fifteen years
but insisted that torpedoes made too much noise
themselves to be able to home on any external noise
source and until McKeehan came along to challenge them
they seemed to have a point. But McKeehan was not a
career naval officer. He was a reserve officer, on
active duty for the duration, whose peacetime job was
director of the physics laboratories at Yale University.
Unimpressed by the received wisdom of Navy engineers,
McKeehan turned to HUSL and BTL where his idea for an
acoustic homing torpedo quickly bore fruit. With support
and funding from the NDRC, HUSL and BTL proved Newport
wrong and only seventeen months after the beginning of
the project Fido had entered service and made his first
kill. After the war, the scientists at Bell Labs who had
worked on Fido returned to telephone work, Captain
McKeehan returned to Yale, and Harvard - like some other
universities - anxious to shed the military connection
as soon as possible took back its buildings and ended
its classified work. Louis McKeehan was, among other
things, author of Yale Science: The First Hundred Years,
1701-1801 (New York: H. Schuman, 1947). Offered here are
several pieces. Includes: 1940 letter to his wife Grace
[scan 1]; a 1932 Naval Reserve Fitness document signed
by McKeehan [scan 2]; an interesting 1940 document
pencil signed by McKeehan [scan 3]; plus 5 other pieces,
all showing below...........200-300
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8. Eleazar Lipa
Sukenik (1889-1953) Israeli archaeologist
and professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In Israel
his first name is popularly known as "Eliezer".
Having arrived in Palestine in 1911 he worked as a school
teacher and tour guide. He participated in the "War of the
Languages" that erupted among Zionist activists in Palestine
in 1913. He served in the British army in World War I in
the 40th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers which became known
as the Jewish Legion. In addition to his important
excavations in Jerusalem (including the "Third Wall" and
numerous ossuary tombs) he played a central role in the
establishment of the Department of Archaeology of the Hebrew
University. He recognized the importance of the Dead Sea
Scrolls to Israel and worked for the Israeli state to buy
them. In 1948, he published an article tentatively linking the
scrolls and their content to a community of Essenes, which
became the standard interpretation of the origin of the
scrolls, a theory that is still probably the consensus among
scholars, but has also been widely questioned. Offered
here is a TLS, 1939, 1p, 8.5 x 11 in. Here's a rough
translation. "on your
I'm very sorry to have to respond to you that I have
learned in the Secretariat of the university of their
senior receptive to as forschungs student could not be
accepted. the requirements of the immigration Office
According namely students are only aged up to 30 years
included. Yours faithfully." VG. Rare!.............100-150
See
letter
Picture
of him examining Dead Sea Scrolls [not included here]
10.
[CIVIL WAR] Edwin Franklin
Brown (1823-1903) Col. Brown,
Inspector General of National Homes for Disabled
Volunteer Soldiers. He was born near the village of Medina, in
Western New York, in 1823. His father was Jeremiah Brown, a
Captain in the War of 1812. At the begining of the civil war
he volunteered for service and he was commissioned Lieutenant
Colonel of the Twenty-eighth New York Infantry, which served
with the Army of the Potomac until 1863. At Cedar Mounttain in
1862 he lost an arm. When the National Home for Disabled
Volunteer Soldiers at Dayton, Ohio, was opened, he was
appointed acting Governor, later he was Governor of the
central branch, and when the number of such homes became
large, in 1880, he was made Inspector General. The
officers of the 28th NY Infantry regiment were nearly all
school teachers and the men were the finest young men of
Western New York. Shortly after the regiment was sent to the
front at Harper's Ferry, the Union troops were annoyed with
frequent raids of Confederate cavalry from across the river.
Colonel Brown volunteered to capture these raiders, and with
about fifty men selected by himself, he captured and brought
into camp the entire company of rebel cavalry with their
horses, without the loss of a man and with the loss of but two
or three of the enemy. For this he was praised in general
orders. The regiment has a glorious record of service. At the
battle of Cedar Mountain, August 9, 1862, where Colonel Brown
lost his left arm, his regiment was ordered to charge the
enemy across a wheat field. He asked the aide if the general
knew there was a masked battery across the road. The aide
replied; "There is no battery there." The colonel said; "Tell
the general I know there is," and then immediately ordered the
charge. The result showed that Colonel Brown was right. The
regiment routed the enemy and captured the battery, but the
casualties were over sixty per cent. in less than an hour.
This was almost a duplicate of the charge of the Light Brigade
at Balaklava. After the battle of Cedar Mountain, the
colonel was made prisoner while in the hospital at Culpeper,
was taken to Libby prison at Richmond, and then exchanged in
the fall of 1862. He again took command of his regiment in the
field and was in many engagements with the Army of the Potomac
during that important period when the capitol at Washington
was constantly in danger of being captured. He was mustered
out with his regiment in July, 1863, two months after the term
of enlistment. Upon his return to his native home, he was
unanimously elected by both political parties as county clerk
of Orleans County, but declined a second term because of his
selection by President Grant for the position of military
mayor of the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi. During this
reconstruction period, the handling of affairs in the south
and especially of a city of the importance of Vicksburg, which
only a short time previously had been the center of some of
the most important conflicts of the war, required much
diplomacy and tact. By his personal magnetism and policies he
soon won the hearts of the southern people and thereby made
them feel that the north and the south should be reunited. The
manner in which this was accomplished became a matter of
comment and record at Washington. Colonel Brown arranged
and managed the first reunion of the Blue and the Gray.
His appointment as governor of the Home at Dayton was a case
of the office seeking the man and not the man the
office. General Benjamin F. Butler, president of the
board of managers of the National Homes, learning of the
manner in which the affairs at Vicksburg had been handled by
Colonel Brown, offered him the appointment of governor at the
Home at Dayton. He accepted the appointment in the fall of
1868 when the central branch at Dayton had just been started.
The Home was located on a worn-out clay farm, almost barren,
and void of all natural beauties. He soon had order out of
chaos; a definite plan of improvements was inaugurated, and
with the confidence and co-operation of the board of managers
and of the soldiers, his plans and ideas began to develop, and
it was not long until this place showed promise of being what
it is today—one of the most beautiful parks in the
country. He believed in giving employment to the
soldiers and paying them for it. If any work was needed, he
made inquiry for soldiers to do it. He established workshops
of different kinds, and his early experience in the work of
building and construction commenced to show itself in the
manner in which this unattractive hill was changed to the
beautiful spot which it now is. Colonel Brown was a big man—mentally and
physically; a friend in need always, kind, just, sympathetic,
genial and generous: and his life and works are a model of
American citizenship, ability, integrity and patriotism. ALS, 1874, 1p, to the Editor of the Dauly
Tribune [Denver, Col.]. Sends a published copy
of a letter asking to have it published by the Daily
Tribune. VG..............100-150
11. [CIVIL WAR] James G.
Clark (1843-1911)
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He was a
Drummer in the Union Army. He was awarded the Medal of Honor
as a Private in Company F, 88th Pennsylvania Infantry for
action at Petersburg, Virginia, for distinguished bravery in
action; was severely wounded.. He was born in Germantown,
Pennsylvania. ALS, March 14, no year, 1p, 5-3/4 x 9-1/4 in, 11 in., asking
to have 50 to 75 extra copies of the Sunday issue containing
his interview. VG............75-100
12. James
Walker (1794-1874) president of Harvard
University. He graduated at Harvard in 1814, studied
theology at Cambridge, and was pastor of the Unitarian church
in Charlestown for twenty-one years. During this period he was
active in his parochial duties and in advocating the cause of
school and college education, lectured extensively and with
success, and was a close student of literature and philosophy.
In 1831-39 he was an editor of the "Christian Examiner." He
resigned his pastorate in July, 1839, the following September
became professor of moral and intellectual philosophy in
Harvard, was elected its president in 1853, and held office
till his resignation in 1860. He devoted the remainder of his
life to scholarly pursuits, and left his valuable library and
$15,000 to Harvard. Autograph Signature dated
Cambridge Dec. 1866, written in 5-1/4 x 6-1/4 in. alum
page. VG..............40-60
13. [THEATRE] Oliver
Doud Byron (1842—1920)
American actor. Born in Frederick, Maryland, he made his first
appearance at the Holliday Street Theatre in Baltimore in
1856, playing with Joseph Jefferson in Nicholas Nickleby,
using the name Oliver B. Doud. In 1856 he joined the Richmond
(Virginia) Theatre, playing alongside John Wilkes Booth,
then acted with companies in Washington, Pittsburgh, and New
Orleans, before becoming a member of Wallack's celebrated New
York ensemble. At one time Byron alternated with Edwin Booth
in the roles of Othello and Iago. Although he claimed to have
originated the part of Richard Harre in East Lynne, his
principal claim to fame was his Joe Ferris in Across the
Continent (1871), a role he played several thousand times over
thirty years. ALS, Colorado, 1878, 1p, plus unsigned
cdv photo. Two pieces..............75-100
See above
14. Count
Piper (Carl Edward Vilhelm Piper)
(1820 - 1891) was a Swedish nobleman and diplomat. In the
beginning of his career he worked in the Swedish Foreign
Office and had served as Swedish-Norwegian legation-secretary
in Copenhagen during the Crimean War. In the late 1850s he
served as envoyée to Italy. In 1861 he was appointed minister
to the United States and served to 1864, when he was replaced
by Baron de Wetterstedt. Initially, Piper was very critical of
Americans and the U.S. political system, Americans lacked love
of the nation and the constitution needed to be changed.
In 1864 he moderated his views, and believed that Americans
were basically alright. Piper was very close to Secretary of
State William H. Seward. Card
signed Count Piper, 3-1/4 x 2 in. VG.............25-35
15. [THEATRE] HELEN BLYTHE - American actress. Dramatic instinct was precociously developed. At the age of five she was introduced to the public in children's roles by Clara Morris at Norwalk, Ohio, and six years later made her appearance in Richard III. She was born at Fairfield, Ohio, 1861, and had made quite a reputation when she secured her first regular engagement at the Cincinnati Grand Opera House. Her real name is Blye, but an early mistake in the play bills to Blythe was never changed. She made steady headway, and became a great favorite in all the principal cities of the United States and Canada. Her dramatic methods are of the newer school, and her real strength lies in those more human impersonations which the genius of the modern playwright and the favor of the public have given a prominent position on our stage. Her husband is Joseph F. Brien. They were married in 1880. Unsigned cabinet photograph, 4-1/4 x 6-1/2 in. Pin hole at top & bottom edge............50-75
25. A short snorter is a banknote inscribed by people traveling together on an aircraft. The tradition was started by Alaskan Bush flyers in the 1920s and spread through the military and commercial aviation. During World War II short snorters were signed by flight crews and conveyed good luck to soldiers crossing the Atlantic. Friends would take the local currency and sign each others bills creating a "keepsake of your buddy's signatures". Offered here is a one dollar bill short snorter............50-75
26. [FILM] Marsha Mason (b. 1942) American actress. SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO........25-35
27. [WW II] A.A.
Vandegrift (1887-1973) General in the
United States Marine Corps. He commanded the 1st Marine Division
to victory in its first ground offensive of World War II, the
Battle of Guadalcanal. For his actions during the Solomon
Islands campaign, he received the Medal of Honor. Vandegrift
later served as the 18th Commandant of the Marine Corps, and was
the first U.S. Marine to hold the rank of four-star general
while on active duty. TLS (appears to be a STAMPED
signature), Headquarters US Marine Corps, Washington, Dec. 18,
1946, 1p. To Congressman Philip J. Philbin, of Mass.
regarding underpay of Jacques Eugene Guertin, a Marine. His pay
was short $176.82. Accompanied by TLS of Congressman
Philbin, signed Phil [his retained copy] on which Philbin writes
text of letter sent to Hon. Geo. W. Stanton. Also page
from Marine Corps to Guertin. Philip J. Philbin (1898-1972) was
a Democratic US Congressman from Massachusetts who served as
chairman of the Committee on Armed Services..............50-75
28.
Robert Culp (1930-2010) American actor who earned an
international reputation for his role as Kelly Robinson on "I
Spy" [1965-68], the espionage series in which he and co-star
Bill Cosby played a pair of secret agents. Signed, inscribed
8x10 photo. Attractive shot, 2002. VG.............30-40
29. [SCIENCE] Lee (Alvin DuBridge)
(1901-1994) American educator and physicist. He became the
founding director of the Radiation Laboratory at MIT in 1940,
and served until 1945. He also served as president of the
California Institute of Technology between 1946 and 1969, and
was the first presidential Science Advisor of two
administrations: under President Harry S. Truman from 1953 to
1955, and under President Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1970.
DuBridge developed the first vacuum tube. TLS, signed "Lee",
1965, 1p, as Pres. of Calif. Institute of Technology. To Dr.
Franklyn A, Johnson, about Johnson's resignation........75-100
30. (Nobel Prize Lot) Melvin Schwartz (1932-2009) Physics 1988 signed biographical sketch PLUS signature in return address on envelope, Paul Samuelson (1915-2009), Econonics 1970, signed 3x5 paper, Glenn Seaborg (1912-1999), Chemistry 1951signed card. VG..............60-80
31.
[MEDICINE] Willem Johan "Pim" Kolff
(1911-2009)
was a pioneer
of
hemodialysis
as well as in
the field of
artificial
organs. Willem
is a member of
the Kolff
family, an old
Dutch
patrician
family. He
made his major
discoveries in
the field of
dialysis for
kidney failure
during the
Second World
War. He
migrated in
1950 to the
United States,
where he
obtained US
citizenship in
1955, and
received a
number of
awards and
widespread
recognition
for his
work. He
invented
Kidney and
Heart
machines.
Signed 1993
FDC honoring
Percy Lavon
Julian.
Below
signature he
makes small
sketch.
VG..........60-80
32.
Charles Sprague (1791-1875)
early American poet. He worked for 45 years for the State and
Globe Banks and was often referred to as the "Banker Poet of
Boston". His odes and prologues won several competitive prizes
and were collected and published in 1841 as The Writings of
Charles Sprague. Clip Signature. VG............30-40
33. [ART] John Frederick Lewis
RA (1804-1876) important English painter. He specialized
in Oriental and Mediterranean scenes and often worked in
exquisitely detailed watercolour. Lewis lived in Spain
between 1832 and 1834. He lived in Cairo between 1841 and 1850,
where he made numerous sketches that he turned into paintings
even after his return to England in 1851. He lived in
Walton-on-Thames until his death. Lewis became an
Associate of the Royal Academy (ARA) in 1859 and a member (an
RA) in 1865. After being largely forgotten for
decades, he became extremely fashionable, and expensive, from
the 1970s and good works now fetch prices into the millions of
dollars or pounds at auction. ALS, Edinburgh, 1853, 4
pages, 4-1/2 x 7 in. Last page shows tape remains
along right edge o/w very fine. An excellent
content letter about an early painting that he did before the
age of 18; it was exhibited "at the British
Institution....". Says he saw it many years ago but
doesn't know what happened to it. He would be curious to
see it now and would like to purchase oit "...simply as a
memento of past days..." The title of the painting
is mentioned on page one, looks something like "Deers
........?". An interesting example of this noted
artist..........500-750
Pages 1 & 4
Page 2 & 3
See his
portrait
34. [ART] Charles
George Lewis (1808–1880) was an English
engraver. He was the brother of the artist John Frederick
Lewis. Lewis had a facility in etching, and in combining
line engraving, stipple, and mezzotint. Many of his
best-known plates were after the works of Sir Edwin Landseer.
The earliest of these was Hafed, published in 1837.
Besides these were smaller plates after works of Landseer, most
of which had previously been engraved by Thomas Landseer and
others. His etchings after Landseer began with To-ho! published
in 1830, and included the set of eight plates of The
Mothers. Lewis engraved also some plates after Rosa
Bonheur. ALS, 1843, written on both sides, 4-1/4 x 7
in. Ink stain back sides; old tape remains along edge on back
side..............80-120
ART
NOTE: Rosa Bonheur is widely considered to have been the most
famous female painter of the nineteenth century. History
recognizes few females from this period in the position of
artistic authority, but Rosa Bonheur established herself as the
foremost.
35. [ART] William Cave Thomas
(1820-1906) British artist. ALS, nd, 1p, 4.5 x 7 in.
VG............50-75
36. [THEATRE] Charlotte Cushman (1816-1876) important American stage actress. Nice signature example dated Boston, 1860. Soft middle crease. Accompanied by an unsigned cdv photograph of her, in excellent condition........75-100
37. [MUSIC] Johnny Cash (1932-2003) singer-songwriter, actor, and author, widely considered one of the most influential American musicians of the 20th century. Signed postcard photo, 6x4, one soft crease...........60-80
38. [BASEBALL] Vida Blue (b. 1949)
former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. Signed TOPPS
card, 4-3/4 x 7 in. The dark blue signature across his
face is the authentic one [signed in person].
VG.............40-60
See
above
39. [BASEBALL] Steve Garvey (b. 1948) nicknamed "Mr. Clean" because of the squeaky clean image he held throughout his career in baseball. Signed TOPPS card, 4-3/4 x 7 in. The dark blue signature is the authentic one [signed in person]. VG.............40-60
40. [BASEBALL] Jim Rice (b. 1953) Boston Red Sox left fielder who was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Signed TOPPS card, 4-3/4 x 7 in. The dark blue signature is the authentic one [signed in person]. VG.............40-60
41. [BASEBALL] Fred Lynn (b. 1952) Boston Red Sox center fielder. Signed TOPPS card, 4-3/4 x 7 in. The red ink signature is the authentic one [signed in person]. VG.............40-60
42. William K. Vanderbilt (1849-1920) member of the prominent American Vanderbilt family and a horse breeder. DOCUMENT SIGNED, 1907, approx. 22 pages, 8x13 in. Signed on last page by Vanderbilt and Franklin D. Locke as Trustees selling parcels of land located in Chautauqua County, New York, to Guaranty Trust Co.. The front page has old badly discolored tape repair.........200-300
43. Charles Rollin Buckalew (1821-1899) American lawyer and Democratic party politician from Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. Buckalew was the most influential early advocate of proportional representation in the United States. His proposals for a type of voting system known as cumulative voting gained significant support in Congress, and he played a central role in the adoption of cumulative voting in several places, including Illinois for state legislative elections in 1870, a system that lasted in that state until 1980. Autograph Letter Signed, Near Bloomsburg, Oct. 15, 1862, 2pp, approx. 7-3/4 x 9-3/4" To Col. N.E. Piollet. Good political content. VG.......75-100
44.
[MUSIC] Jack Beeson
(1921-2010) American composer. He was known particularly
for his operas, the best known of which are Lizzie Borden, Hello
Out There! and The Sweet Bye and Bye. ALS, 1974, written on
same sheet with AMQS. Approx. 13.5 x 4", with one
fold. Excellent example...........80-120
See above
45. [MUSIC] Natalie
Cole (b. 1950) American singer,
songwriter and performer. The daughter of Nat King Cole.
Signed, inscribed color photo. 8x10. VG............25-35
46. [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
47. [MUSIC] Randy Travis (b. 1959) American country music singer, songwriter and actor. Signed, inscribed color 8x10 photo. VG......25-35
48.
[MUSIC] Peter Duchin
( b. 1937) American pianist and band leader. Signed 8x10
photo. VG..............25-35
49.
[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
50.
[FRANCE] Henri Francois d'Aguesseau
(1668-1751) was Chancellor of France three times between 1717
and 1750 and pronounced by Voltaire to be "the most learned
magistrate France ever possessed". Document Signed,
Paris, 1717, 2pp, approx. 8-1/8 x 12-3/4 in. One large
piece missing which affects a couple of words on the 2nd page.
Not translated. d'Aguesseau was considered one of the
greatest legal minds of his time............150-250
Page 1
Page 2
See his
portrait
51. [ENTERTAINMENT] Edward "Eddie" Rubin (1912-1999) was a Los Angeles-based entertainment lawyer, who represented such clients as Steve McQueen, Goldie Hawn, Warren Beatty and Howard Hughes. As a partner at Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, Eddie chaired the firm's entertainment practice, during which time he represented several major film studios. During his career, he served as president of the California Bar Association, the largest state bar association in the United States, and as a trustee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. TLS, 1963, 1p, to Milton Ebbins, c/o Chrislaw Productions, about employing a composer. VG........25-35
52. [FILM] Cesar Romero (1907-1994) American actor. Signed, inscribed
5x7 photo. VG......40-60
See Romero
photo
53. [TV] Stacey
Keach (b. 1941) American actor. Signed
5x7 photo. VG..........25-35
54. [SCIENCE] Erwin F. Smith [1813-1938] Chief of Plant Pathology in the Bureau of Plant Industry, USDA, for almost four decades, from 1889 to 1927. Erwin F. Smith is recognized as the Father of Bacterial Plant Pathology. TLS, US Department of Agriculture, 1923, 1p, 4to. To Dr. R.S. Woodward. Says he has consulted four standard "Practices of Medicine" without finding "a very great deal of service to you." They all agree that a warm climate is best for someone who has chronic bronchitis. Recommends that Woodward have an independent medical examination. VG...............50-75
See Smith letter55. [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
56. [FILM] WOODY ALLEN [b. 1935] American screenwriter, director, actor. Signed 3x5 card, with typed inscription..........20-30
57. [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
58. [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....100-150
See photograph
60. [FILM] Rudy Vallee (1901-1986) American singer, actor, bandleader, and entertainer. Signed bank check dated 1935 plus sheet music........50-75
61. [FILM] Rudy Vallee (1901-1986) American singer, actor, bandleader, and entertainer. Signed bank check dated 1935 plus sheet music.. ......50-75
62. Group of 7 biographical proof sheets signed. These are for the 1946-47 edition of WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA. Includes: W. Morgenstierne, Paul V. McNutt [signed with initials], Clarence E. manion, Chesly Manly, L.C. Marshal, Wm. McChesney Martin Jr., and James Lewis Morrill......................40-60
63. [FILM] Kurt
Kreuger (1916-2006) was a Swiss-reared
German actor. Kreuger once was the third most requested
male actor at 20th Century Fox. He starred with, among others,
Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart. Kreuger was primarily
offered roles in World War II movies as a German officer,
prompting him to complain about being typecast as a Nazi.
TLS signed Kurt, no dated, sent to Jess who was a
syndicted columnist. Jess was likely Jessica Leigh who
wrote about dogs. Nice letter talking mostly about German
Shepard..........35-45
See letter
64. [THEATRE] Beatrice Cameron (1868-1940) actress who was married to Richard Mansfield. She earned an enviable reputation as leading lady in many of his most successful plays. ANS, no date, about 4-1/4 x 4-3/4". Says she has a fatigued throat. VG.........20-30
70. [FILM] James Cagney (1899-1986) American actor and dancer, both on stage and in film. Signed 3x5 card, 1982. VG............50-75
71. [FILM] Gloria Swanson (1899-1983) American actress. She starred in dozens of silent films and was nominated for the first Academy Award in the Best Actress category. Signed 3x5 card, 1982. VG............50-75
72. [FILM] Ruth Gordon (1896-1985) American actress. Signed and inscribed 10 x 8 photo. VG............50-75
74. [ART] Isao Mizutani (1922-2005)
Japanese artist. He was born in Nagoya. He was the recipient
of the Shell art prize in 1958; exhibited Museum of Art,
Tokyo, "History of Surrealism" 1960; Carnegie International,
Pittsburgh, Pa. 1961; Won the Maruzen Second Pan
Pacific....etc. Original
tempera paint on stretched canvas, approx. 13 x 9.5". Contained
in simple wood lattice frame. Signed. This was done c. 1967.
VG..............1400-1800
75. [FORT LEAVENWORTH] U.S. Military Prison, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas,
partly-printed document dated 1883, voucher to purchase 900
stamped envelopes, signed in ink by 2nd Lieut. W.P. Evans and Clara L. Nichols, postmistress.
Also appears the name of Capt. William Badger, 6th
Infantry, who signs in print. BADGER was the son of a New Hampshire Governor.
Wm. Badger fought in the Civil War. After that war, he was
commissioned a lieutenant, assigned to the 6th Regiment of U.S.
Infantry. Often stationed in Indian territory, he was later
brevetted a captain for "gallant and meritorious services during
the war." For a while he served under Gen. George A. Custer in
Dakota. 8 x 10-1/2 in. VG Scarce!.........100-150
76. [VERMONT] Ebenezer J. Ormsbee (1834-1924) was the 41st Governor of Vermont. During the civil war he enlisted in the Brandon "Allen Grays" in April 1861, which became Company G of the 1st Vermont Infantry. He was elected 2nd lieutenant on April 25, 1861, and served with the regiment for its full three month term. In September 1862, he joined Company G, 12th Vermont Infantry, serving as its captain, and was mustered out with his regiment in July 1863. After he returned home, Ormsbee started practicing law in Brandon, as a partner of Anson A. Nicholson, and later with Ebenezer N. Briggs. Document Signed, Brandan [VT], 1863, 1p, body of documentnin Ormsbee's hand, including his signature. Signed by Sarah D. Kinsman. 7-3/4 x 4-1/4 in. VG.................80-120
77. [NEWSPAPER] LINCOLN ASSASSINATION -
WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, Madison, Wis., May 9, 1865, VOL.
XIII, No. 34. 8 pages, FILLED with Civil War news and
bulletins. Includes: "Abraham Lincoln. Remarks at the
Funeral Services...By R.W. Emerson"; "The Man who Killed
Booth- Anecdotes of Sergeant Corbett"; "Indian Murders in
Minnesota"; "The Assassination Plot". Illustrated
advertisements. Fascinating reading.
Uncommon................75-100
78. [ACTORS] Signed photos: Bob Crosby [1913-1993] 4x5. Natalie Schafer [1900-1991] 3.5 x 4.5. Loni Anderson [b. 1945] 5x7. Patricia Neal [1926-2010) 3.5 x 7. All are inscribed except Loni Anderson..........75-100
See photos above
79. [ART] Donald S. Graham (1909-2003) American attorney, art collector. He
contributed greatly to the Denver Art Museum [Colorado]. He had
a particular interest in the artist Walt Kuhn and much of his
correspondence with Brenda Kuhn, daughter of the artist, is now
in the Archive of American Art Collection, Smithsonian,
Washington DC. He served for a considerable number of years as a
member of the Board of Trustees and as the secretary of the
Denver Art Museum. He also served many years as a member of the
Board of Directors of the Santa Fe Opera (New Mexico).
Significant TLS, Denver, 1983,
4-full pages, to Brenda Kuhn.
He talks about Fred Bartlett's health; MOMA show including
Picasso, Matisse, Leger, Feininger, Sheeler; the Denver Art
Museum's director Thomas Maytham suddenly resigned; $8 bond
issue for museum; new Curator of American Art has arrived;
museum's 19th century print collection [surprised how tiny it
was then]; mentions the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth; the
Taos School; quite a bit about the paintings of Georgia O'Keeffe
and that he didn't much care for her work; Stieglitz; "It is
indeed interesting to know that the Hirshhorn's bronze of the
Gallic Cock was purchased from you. What a treasure."; Denver
has introduced to grand opera at a rather high level; his annual
trip to Santa Fe; he loaned from his collection Walt Kuhn's
painting Brothel Scene to an exhibition which included works by Robert
Henri, Remington, Russell, etc.; lengthy section on his eye
surgury; he's agreed to continue as a member of the Collections
Committee at the museum. Excellent condition.......50-75
80. [FILM] Anne Revere
(1903-1990) American actress. TLS, 1979, 1p. regarding a funny
incident with her friend Betty Hutton in a film that she would
like to see placed in a book written. 5-3/4 x 7-3/4 in.,
includes envelope. VG.............50-75
See above
See
picture of Revere
81. [ART] Laslett John Pott (1837–1898)
British artist. ALS, 1877, 1p, 4-3/8 x 7 in. This letter
was once owned by Samuel Carter Hall
(1800-1889) Irish-born Victorian journalist who is
best known for his editorship of The Art Journal and for his
much-satirised personality. Fine.............75-100
See above
82. [ART] Andrew MacCallum
(1821–1902) was a British landscape painter.
MacCallum's reputation rested mainly on woodland subjects. He
sent 53 pictures to the Royal Academy (1850–1886) and others
to the British Institution, Society of British Artists, and
International Exhibitions (1870–1). Special exhibitions of his
paintings were held at the Dudley Gallery in 1866 and at
Nottingham in 1873; his Sultry Eve was shown at the Centennial
Exhibition at Philadelphia in 1876. The Tate Gallery
acquired MacCallum's Silvery Moments, Burnham Beeches (1885),
and The Monarch of the Glen; the Victoria and Albert Museum
his In Sherwood Forest—Winter Evening after Rain (1881), S.
Maria delle Grazie, Milan (1854), Rome from the Porta San
Pancrazio (1855–6), The Burning of Rome by Nero, and the
Massacre of the Christians (1878–9), and Head of Christ after
Daniele Crespi. The City of Nottingham Art Gallery bought The
Major Oak, Sherwood Forest (1882), measuring about 9 ft. by 12
ft., and The Opening Scene in Bailey's "Festus". ALS,
1877. 2pp, 4-1/2 x 7-1/4 in. This letter was once owned by Samuel
Carter Hall (1800-1889) Irish-born Victorian
journalist who is best known for his editorship of The
Art Journal and for his much-satirised personality.
Fine.............100-150
Page 1
83. JIM BEAM SPIRAL
STAKES 1982 - menu signed on the back side by the
baseball great Stan Musial
(1920-2013) and comedian Marty Allen. 5 x
7 in. Fine............50-75
84. [CIVIL WAR] Fred. E. Edgar
(1842-?) Union soldier from Brooklyn, NY. He enlisted in the
83d N. Y. Volunteers and remained with that regiment two
years. He was transferred to the United States signal corps,
and served with distinction four years longer. Upon returning
home at the close of the war he joined the 7th Regiment, and
has served consecutively twenty years. His signature on album
page. VG.................25-35
85. [MARINE NAVIGATION] Group of 5 stock certificates: Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Co. 1950; International Mercantile Marine Co. 1938; two United States Lines Co. 1930 & 1948; and The Pioneer Steamship Co. 1913. All VG...........40-60
90. [NEWSPAPER] INDIANS - THE GLOBE, City
of Washington, March 29, 1832, 4pp. Cherokee Sovereignty / No
State or Nation Within The Bounds of This Union, Not Recognized
By Its Constitution........Inside article containing speech of
Justice Baldwin [US Supreme Ct] concerning the Cherokee issue.
VG............40-60
91. (ORIENTAL MAGIC) PROFESSOR SAMRI S. BALDWIN. Magician known as The White Mahatma. THE SECRETS OF MAHAIMA LAND EXPLAINED, T. J. Dyson and Son, Brooklyn, New York, 1895. 120 pages. Numerous illustrations of magic tricks. Features such magic tricks as 1. The Great Basket Trick. 2. The Shrine of Koot Hoomi. 3. Buried Alive. 4. Liquid Lightning. 5. Egyptian Sorcery. 6. Lessons in Mesmerism. 7. Clairvoyant Development. 8. Intuitive Intimations. 9. The Mango Tree's Growth. 10. The Burning Fakeers. ll. The Bewitched Stone. 12. Conventrated Hades. 13. A Madras Miracle. 14. Hypnotic Hallucinations. 15. How to be a Medium. 16. Somnomistic Telepathy. A magnificent magic book whose stated purpose, as given on the title page: "Teaching and Explaining the Performances of the Most Celebrated Oriental Mystery Makers and Magicians in all Parts of the World.". Scuffed covers; bumped corners; some white paint spots on front cover; contents very good condition.........400-600
92. [MIXED LOT] [1] [PHILADELPHIA] C. TOWER - noted trial lawyer. LS, Phila., 1885, 1-1/2 pages, 4to. To William Henry Rawle, praising Rawle's oration of the statue of Chief Justice Marshall [1884] at Washington. Continues with compliment of Rawle on his address : The Case of the Educated Unemployed," delivered before the Harvard College Phi Beta Kappa Society. Excellent letter. [2] IRA A. HAYNES [1859-1955] General, U.S. Army. He served in Hawaii [1899]. Signed 1920 Riggs National Bank check. [3] KEEPER OF THE PRIVY PURSE) - Sir Thos. (Myddleton) Biddulph [1809-1878] He entered the Army as a Cornet (1st Life Guards) in 1826. On his promotion to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1857 he went on half pay. He was later appointed Master of the Queen's Household, and then Receiver-General of the Duchy of Cornwall. In 1867 he was appointed Keeper of the Queen's Privy Purse. Sir Thomas had enjoyed the Queen's trust and confidence for 27 years, but there had been one occasion when he had threatened to resign, because of rows with John Brown, the Queen's personal gillie and favourite. It is on record that the Queen made gentle fun of Sir Thomas behind his back: with roars of laughter she told Sir Henry Ponsonby how shocked Sir Thomas had been by the design for a medal of the Ashanti campaign and she quoted his comment, "Roman soldiers with nothing - nothing at all - but helmets on." However, Sir Thomas was not without a sense of humour: in 1871, when the Queen was gravely ill with an abscess on her arm, Lady Churchill wanted to send for all her children. "Goodness", said Sir Thomas, "that would have killed her at once!" Two [2] ALSs, 1874 and 1876, each 1p. [4] [US CONGRESSMEN] album page signed on both sides by: RIDGELY, Edwin Reed, (1844 - 1927) Ks; SIMS, Thetus Willrette, (1852 - 1939) Tenn; CLARDY, John Daniel, (1828 - 1918) Ky. Signed on the other side by: BOTKIN, Jeremiah Dunham, (1849 - 1921) Kan; GREENE, William Laury, (1849 - 1899) Neb; SKINNER, Harry, (1855 - 1929). VG. [5] [STOCK CERTIFICATE] JOHN F. SHAFROTH (1887-1967) distinguished naval officer, comdr. battleship division that bombarded Japan in 1945. DS, 1928, North American Edison Co. [6] [SCIENCE] Alembert, Jean Le Rond [1717-1783]. French mathematician, scientist, and philosopher. Son of Mme. de Tencin and of the chevalier Destouches; member of Academy of Sciences (1741); wrote Traitéde dynamique (1743) containing "d' Alembert' s principle,"Traitéde l' équilibre et du mouvement des fluides (1744), Réflexions sur la cause générale des vents (1747) containing his discovery of partial differential equations; explained precession of equinoxes, rotation of Earth' s axis; associated with Diderot in editing the Encyclopédie (1746-54), writing Discours préliminaire for Vol. I (1751); member (1754) of French Academy; wrote six volumes of Histoire des membres de l' Académie (1785-87); author also of Éléments de musique (1752), Mélanges de littérature, d' histoire et de philosophie (1753); published collected Opuscules mathématiques (1761-80). ENGRAVED PORTRAIT, c. 1853. Clean. [7] LADD, George Washington, a Representative from Maine; born in Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, September 28, 1818; attended the common schools and Kents Hill Seminary; engaged in the drug business in Bangor, Maine; later engaged in the lumber, commission, and wholesale grocery business in Bangor; was also interested in railroad development; elected as a Greenback candidate to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1883); chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Forty-sixth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress; died in Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, January 30, 1892; interment in Mount Hope Cemetery. SIGNATURE. [8] LAMPORT, William Henry, a Representative from New York; born in Brunswick, N.Y., May 27, 1811; moved with his parents to Gorham, Ontario County, in 1826; attended the public schools; engaged in agricultural pursuits; supervisor of Gorham in 1848 and 1849; sheriff of Ontario County 1850-1853; member of the State assembly in 1854; moved to Canandaigua in 1864; president of the village of Canandaigua in 1866 and 1867; elected as a Republican to the Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1875); was not a candidate for renomination in 1874; retired to Canandaigua, N.Y., where he died July 21, 1891; interment in the West Avenue Cemetery. CLIP SIGNATURE, mounted. [9] [ASSAULT ON A POLICEMAN] H.D. Hawley - Singer Sewing Co. Agent. ALS, on illust. sewing machine letterhead, Savannah, Ga., Nov. 4, 1871, written on both sides of 8.5 x 11 in. sheet. To the Singer Manufacturing Company about a Lady La Velle who was unhappy with Singer for not exchanging her sewing machine, which she had used for a year, for a brand new model. Gives background on the woman's history. "She had a spite against a Policeman their" (in Brunswick) "and once upon a time as he was passing her window, She having prepared with a Mug of her dear Virgin water took the liberty of transfering it to the head of the Policeman. Cause of her being in New York, a choice was given her to go to the penitentiary or leave the State." As usual with almost all Singer letters there are mounting traces on verso along one edge. Small loss to one corner. Front side Back side [10] [OPERA] Jess Thomas [1927-1993] Am. lyric and Wagnerian tenor. In 1963, he joined the cast of the Metropolitan Opera appearing in 95 performances for 15 years. Amongst the highlights of his career with the Metropolitan Opera was appearing at the opening of the new Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center in the first performance of Samuel Barber's Antony and Cleopatra with Leontyne Price. Signed photo, 4 x 5-3/4". Also signed with initials with sentiment on verso. Edge crack. [11] 1814 Gov. Doc., 2pp, Report of the Committee of Ways and Means. [12] Six. bank checks dated 1923...........80-120
93. [OPERA] Tito Schipa
(1888-1965) Italian tenore. In 1919, Schipa traveled to
the United States, joining the Chicago Opera Company. He
remained with the Chicago company until 1932, whereupon he
appeared at the New York Metropolitan Opera from 1932 to 1935,
and again in 1941. He also sang at the San Francisco Opera,
beginning in 1924. From 1929 to 1949 he performed
regularly in Italy, including at La Scala, Milan and the Rome
Opera. He returned to Buenos Aires to sing in 1954. In 1957,
he toured the Soviet Union. Vintage signed album
page, dated 1926. On the verso is the signature of Anna Kaskas (1897-1988), Opera
Contralto, Met star from 1936-1950. Her signature is
dated 1935, the year she started at the Met.
VG...............60-80
95. [ART] RALPH BAKSHI - American
animator/draftsman. In the late 1950s & early 1960s he
worked at CBS-Terrytoons on such series as "Heckle and
Jeckle" and "Mighty Mouse." From there he went to Famous
Studios-Paramount, where he directed countless "Casper the
Friendly Ghost" and "Little Audrey" cartoons, among
others. During the 1960s he also animated Peter Max's
commercials. When Famous Studios closed in 1967, Bakshi
went into partnership with Steve Krantz. Their first
venture was "Fritz the Cat", released in 1972. The success
of "Fritz" prompted "Heavy Traffic" [1973], a funny-sad
chronicle of life in New York's slums. Striking out on his
own, Bakshi produced the sometimes brilliant, often
disappointing "Coonskin" [1974]; also "Wizards" [1977];
"Lord of the Rings" [1978]. Ralph Bakshi occupies a
somewhat ambiguous position in the animation world. He is
one of the more original artists at work in the animated
cartoon medium. He has become a cult figure. ORIGINAL Ink
drawing, unsigned on 8 x 5 in. sheet. As this was a
"working study" there was no reason for him to have signed
it...............100-150
See
Bakshi drawing
96. [ART] MARY HELEN POTTER (1862 - 1950) Listed artist from Rhode Island. OFFERED HERE: Original watercolor, unsigned, undated, approx. 12 x 8-1/2 in. Almost all of Potter's watercolors were unsigned. Very good condition........200-300
98. [FILM] Billy De Wolfe
(1907-1974) American character actor. He was active in
films from the mid-1940s until his death in 1974. He was a
good friend of Doris Day from the time of their meeting during
the filming of Tea for Two (1950) until his death. His
signed 1965 contract to play the part of Mayor Davis in the
film "BILLIE" starring Patty Duke. There are 2 signed
documents here. VG...........125-175
Uncle of
Abraham Lincoln
99. Kentucky Pioneer
document dated 1805, summons for Williamson Bruce to appear
before the Judges of Hardin County [Elizabethtown] Kentucky.
They are to answer William Bush plaintiff. William Bush,
brother of Sarah who was Abraham Lincoln's step-mother,
therefore William Bush was Abe's uncle by marriage. This
document was written and signed by the noted Kentucky pioneer,
Ben Helm. Also signed by William Bush on the verso. BEN HELM (b.
Fairfax county, Va., May 8, 1767; son of Capt. Thomas Helm,
apioneer settler of Kentucky, who moved from Virginia to the
Falls of Ohio, in the fall of 1779. In 1801-03 Ben Helm erected
the first brick house built there. He became a surveyor; was
state senator, 1796-1800; clerk of the Hardin county courts,
1800-17; an officer with the rank of major in the war of 1812;
filled various other offices of honor and trust in Kentucky:
purchased the farm owned by Christopher Bush, father of Mrs.
Sarah (Bush) Johnston Lincoln, step-mother of Abraham Lincoln,
and was a partner in a general store with Duff Green [later,
American statesman], conducting the business as Green &
Helm. He died in Elizabethtown, 1858, nearly 91 years
old.Apparently William Bush was somewhat of a troublemaker in
the E-town area. He was born in 1763, and in 1828 he acquired
the Knob Creek farm where the Lincolns had lived, before they
left for Indiana. His sister, Sarah, became the step-mother of
the future U.S. president, Abraham Lincoln. See the article THAT
ROGUE, WILLIAM BUSH, by Blaine V. Houmes, the Iowa physician and
collector of Lincolniana. This article appears in The
MANUSCRIPT, Summer 2002. William Bush acquired land like his
parents, and by 1817 had married and built an attractive brick
house [Elizabethtown area], a sign of sure success. He served on
jury duty with Thomas Lincoln, after of Abraham and acquired the
Knob Creek farm where the Lincolns had lived, before they left
for Indiana∞, and later Illinois. Although prosperous, he was
frequently entangled in lawsuits. His reputation was guarded and
he did not enjoy the respect of other members of the Bush
family. Little is known of Lincoln's relationship with the Bush
family. Lincoln claimed that his family's removal (to Indiana)
was partly on account of slavery, but chiefly on account of the
difficulty in land titles in Kentucky. Thomas Lincoln was known
to be anti-slavery, and as a young boy Abraham probably observed
slaves being taken in chains to Southern markets, on the road
beside his home. Carl Sandburg and other historians have not
dwelt on the cantankerous nature of the President's uncle by
marriage, let alone the fact that there was a slave-trader in
the family. We wish to give credit to Blaine Houmes for much of
what appears in this description. Approx. 6-1/8 x 7-1/2
in. Rare!............400-600
100. H.G.
(Helena Rubinstein. 1870-1965) Polish cosmetics industrialist,
founder and eponym of Helena Rubinstein, Incorporated, which
made her one of the world's richest women. ALS on postcard from
Paris to friends. She has signed "H.G." for Helena Gourielli,
which she often used for friends and business personnel. VG.
Postmarked Dec. 12, 1957...........80-120
101.
[SCIENCE] CLYDE W. TOMBAUGH (1906-1997)
American Astronomer, discovered the dwarf Pluto in 1930, now not
considered a planet. SIGNED print sheet “Model of the
Solar System” 1p..........40-60
102. [ART] RALPH BAKSHI - American
animator/draftsman. In the late 1950s & early 1960s
he worked at CBS-Terrytoons on such series as "Heckle
and Jeckle" and "Mighty Mouse." From there he went to
Famous Studios-Paramount, where he directed countless
"Casper the Friendly Ghost" and "Little Audrey"
cartoons, among others. During the 1960s he also
animated Peter Max's commercials. When Famous Studios
closed in 1967, Bakshi went into partnership with Steve
Krantz. Their first venture was "Fritz the Cat",
released in 1972. The success of "Fritz" prompted "Heavy
Traffic" [1973], a funny-sad chronicle of life in New
York's slums. Striking out on his own, Bakshi produced
the sometimes brilliant, often disappointing "Coonskin"
[1974]; also "Wizards" [1977]; "Lord of the Rings"
[1978]. Ralph Bakshi occupies a somewhat ambiguous
position in the animation world. He is one of the more
original artists at work in the animated cartoon medium.
He has become a cult figure. ORIGINAL pencil drawing,
unsigned on 8 x 5 in. sheet. As this was a "working
study" there was no reason for him to have signed
it...............100-150
See
Bakshi drawing
103. Francis Grover
Cleveland (1903-1995)
son of US President Grover
Cleveland. Brief TLS saying he has
nothing of his father's that could be
sent. VG............25-35
104. Richard
Folsom Cleveland
(1897-1974) son of US
President Grover
Cleveland.
ALS, 1968, 1p.,
regretting that he
has none of his
father's signatures
left.
VG...........25-35
105. [ART] RALPH BAKSHI - American
animator/draftsman. In the late 1950s & early 1960s he
worked at CBS-Terrytoons on such series as "Heckle and
Jeckle" and "Mighty Mouse." From there he went to Famous
Studios-Paramount, where he directed countless "Casper the
Friendly Ghost" and "Little Audrey" cartoons, among
others. During the 1960s he also animated Peter Max's
commercials. When Famous Studios closed in 1967, Bakshi
went into partnership with Steve Krantz. Their first
venture was "Fritz the Cat", released in 1972. The success
of "Fritz" prompted "Heavy Traffic" [1973], a funny-sad
chronicle of life in New York's slums. Striking out on his
own, Bakshi produced the sometimes brilliant, often
disappointing "Coonskin" [1974]; also "Wizards" [1977];
"Lord of the Rings" [1978]. Ralph Bakshi occupies a
somewhat ambiguous position in the animation world. He is
one of the more original artists at work in the animated
cartoon medium. He has become a cult figure. ORIGINAL ink
& pencil drawing, unsigned on 8 x 5 in. sheet. As this
was a "working study" there was no reason for him to have
signed it...............100-150
See
Bakshi drawing
106. [MUSIC] Prosper Philippe Catherine Sainton (1813-1890) French violinist. In 1844 he made his first appearance in England, at a Philharmonic concert directed by Mendelssohn. Settling in London, he was in 1845 appointed professor at the Royal Academy of Music. In the early organizations for chamber music which culminated in the establishment of the popular concerts, Sainton bore an important part; and when the Royal Italian Opera was started at Covent Garden, he led the orchestra under Michael Costa, with whom he migrated to Her Majesty's Theatre in 1871. From 1848 to 1855 he was leader of the Queen's Band, and in 1862 he conducted the music at the opening of the International Exhibition. In 1860, he married the famous contralto singer, Miss Charlotte Dolby. He was leader of the principal provincial festivals for many years, and gave a farewell concert at the Royal Albert Hall in 1883. He died in October 1890. His method was sound, his style artistic, and his educational work of great value, the majority of the most successful orchestral violinists having been his pupils. Brief ALS, 1863, 1p, 4.5 x 7". Some stains & off-setting caused by folding while ink was still wet.............50-75
107. [MISSISSIPPI] Lee M. Russell (1875-1943) the 40th Governor of Mississippi. He was born in Lafayette County, Mississippi and later attended the University of Mississippi. During his time as a student, he was the leader in a movement to abolish Greek fraternities. Russell was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1907 and to the Mississippi State Senate in 1909. n 1912, he successfully passed a bill prohibiting secret and exclusive societies at the public institutions of higher learning. The law stayed on the books for twelve years. Russell was elected to the office of lieutenant governor in 1915 and elected governor in 1919. His term was marked by crop failures due to the boll weevil. Russell also filed an antitrust suit against several fire insurance companies for their business practices. In 1923, he was sued for seduction and breach of promise by his former secretary Frances Birkhead.[1] Russell was acquitted and he blamed the lawsuit on the fire insurance industry. TLS, 1919, 1p, to WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA, stating he does not wish to provide a biographical sketch of himself and noting, "We all know 'who's who' down here and that suits us." Also, does not wish to be annoyed to death by a salesman trying to sell him a copy of the book. Includes carbon copies of several Who's Who letters to Russell...............60-80
See his letter108.
[ART] Bernard Karfiol (1886-1952)
Am. artist. Karfiol grew up in Brooklyn and Long Island, New
York, an American who was born in Budapest, Hungary. He attended
the National Academy of Design, New York City, when he was only
fourteen. He traveled by himself to Paris at the tender age of
fifteen to study at the Academie Julien with Jean-Paul Laurens,
and the Ecole de Beaux-Arts. He exhibited at the Grand Salon and
the Salon d'Automne. In Paris, Karfiol was influenced by the
work of Paul Cezanne and Pierre Auguste Renoir. Karfiol was also
attracted to the painting of Andre Derain. He returned to the
United States in 1906. In 1913, he participated in the famous
New York City Armory show, on Lexington Avenue, where European
modernism was introduced to the American public for the first
time en masse, along with American artists well-known at the
time. Karfiol painted nudes and still lifes in the manner of
Picasso's pink and blue periods. By the late 1920s, Karfiol's
style had moved toward Renoir. Karfiol, an author and teacher,
as well as a painter, spent his summers in Ogunquit, Maine from
1914 until his death at Irvington-on-Hudson, New York in 1952.
He was a member of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Academy of Art. His work is in the Addison Gallery, Andover,
Massachusetts; Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh; Corcoran Gallery
of Art, Washington, D.C.; Detroit Institute of Art; Los Angeles
County Museum of Art; Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of
Modern Art and Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City;
Newark Museum, New Jersey; the Phillips Collection and National
Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington,
D.C. Offered here is an original ink drawing signed B. Karfiol.
Provenance: Estate of Chris and Jane Ritter, Ogunquit, Maine.
Approx. 18 x 12 in. paper size..................350-450
109. (BRITISH SCIENCE/MEDICINE
NOTABLES) SIR OLIVER
JOSEPH LODGE (1851-1940) Physicist,
writer who was noted for his work on the “Wireless Telegraph”
also his work on the improvement of motor cars when he
invented the “electric spark ignition. ” SIGNATURE with
sentiment. LYON PLAFAIR,
1st Baron Playfair (1818-1898) Scottish scientist, politician
Gentleman Usher to Prince Albert and Sec. to the Dept of
Science. SIGNED address panel (1873). SIR GEORGE HOWARD DAWIN (1845-1912)
Astronomer and geophysicist, he was the 2nd son of Charles
Darwin. His most significant work is of the evolution of the
Earth-Moon System. SIGNATURE.
NICHOLAS CARLISLE (1771-1821) Antiquary,
topographer. Most noted for his work of topographical records
of Ireland. RARE ALS (1823) he died young. On inside on 2nd
page is a letter written pencil by Thomas
Thomson, a scathing letter written in
pencil, which is apparently the well known
Antiquarian/Archivist (1768-1852) about a personal family
history. Thomson worked at the General Register House in
Edinburgh where this letter was addressed by
Carlisle. ALEXANDER GORDON,
4th Duke of Gordon (1743-1827) Scottish Nobleman who achieved
great success in creating the “Gordon Setter” having
popularized the 200 year old breed and formulized the breed in
1820. Clipped SIGNATURE mounted to card..............75-100
110. [MUSIC] Ronnie Milsap (b.
1943) one of country music's most popular and
influential performers of the 1970s and 1980s. Signed
color picture portrait. VG.............25-35
111. [NAPOLEONIC
WARS] Warren
Marmaduke Peacocke
(17?? - 1849) British Military Officer. Ensign 88th Foot*
1780, Lieutenant 88th Foot* 1782, Captain-Lieutenant 88th Foot*
1783, Half-pay 1783, Captain 17th Foot 1786, Captain 59th Foot
1792, Captain Independent Company 1793, Lieutenant & Captain
2nd Foot Guards 1793, Brevet Major 1794, Brevet Lieutenant
Colonel 1798, Captain-Lieutenant & Lieutenant-Colonel
2nd Foot Guards 1800, Captain & Lieutenant-Colonel 2nd
Foot Guards 1800, Brevet Colonel 1808, Brigadier General on the
Staff 1811, Major General 1811, Lieutenant General 1821, General
1838. Early Service: Flanders 1793, Aide de Camp Ireland
1796-1799, Helder 1799, Egypt 1800-1801, Hanover 1805,
Copenhagen 1807. Peninsular War: Commanded brigade June
1809. Commanded brigade 4th Division June 1809. Commandant of
Lisbon June 1809- April 1814. Knighted 1815. KCH 1832.
Colonel of the 19th Foot 1843-1849. ALS, Lisbon, 8 Jan.
1812, 1p, approx. 7-1/4 x 12-3/4". To Charles Stuart.
VG............100-150
112. [MUSIC] Celedonio Romero (1913-1996) was a guitarist, composer and poet, perhaps best known as the founder of The Romeros guitar quartet. Signed concert program. Also signed by Celin Romero (b. 1936) classical guitarist and member of the guitar quartet the Romeros. He is the eldest son of Celedonio Romero, who in 1957 left Franco's Spain for the United States with his family. Four pages; mounting residue on back page.............50-75
113. [FILM] Binnie Barnes (1903-1998) English-American actress. She began her acting career in films in 1923, appearing in a short film made by Lee De Forest in his Phonofilm sound-on-film process. Her film career continued in Great Britain, most notably in The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) as Katherine Howard, Henry's misfortunate fifth wife. Later her career continued in Hollywood, until 1973, when she appeared in the comedy 40 Carats, her last acting role. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG..........25-35
114.
[TV] Polly Holliday
(b. 1937) is an American actress. She has appeared on
stage, television and in film. She is best known for her
portrayal of sassy waitress "Flo" on the hit 1970s
sitcom Alice, and her starring role in its short-lived
spinoff, Flo. Flo's signature line was "Kiss my
grits!". Warner Bors. paycheck, 1985, endorsed by
her on verso. VG...........20-30
115. Sir Max
Pemberton [1863-1950] was
a popular British novelist, working mainly in the adventure and
mystery genres. Brief ALS, no date, 1p. Multiple small foxing
spots.......25-35
123. [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
124. Rene Auberjonois (b. 1940) American film, television, and
theater actor. He is well known for portraying Father
Mulcahy in the film version of M*A*S*H. Signed, inscribed
5x7 photo. VG.......25-35
See
above
125.
[FILM] Richard Farnsworth (1920-2000) American actor and
stuntman. His film career began in 1937; however, he achieved
his greatest success for his performances in The Grey Fox
(1982) and The Straight Story (1999), for which he received a
nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actor. Signed 10x8
photo. VG...........30-40
See
Farnsworth
126. [THEATRE] Julia Marlowe (1866-1950) English born American actress. AQS dated 1927, approx. 6 x 7-3/4".......50-75
127. [ART] Raymond Ellis George
(b. 1933) American printmaker. Color lithograph
with etching and aquatint, signed with white conte crayon,
lower right 1972, titled "Window", titled and editioned in
white conte crayon, lower left; publisher chop, lower right,
25/50, approx. 21 7/8 x 18 1/2" image and paper size, on cream
wove paper, published by Lakeside Studio, Michigan.
Picture showing below is of the same print but barrowed from the
internet. priced at $300 on the
internet............200-300
128. John Reed,
Jr. (1781-1860) Representative from
Massachusetts. He was elected as a Federalist to the
Thirteenth and Fourteenth Congresses (March 4, 1813-March 3,
1817); elected to the Seventeenth through Twenty-third
Congresses; elected as an Anti-Masonic candidate to the
Twenty-fourth Congress, and elected as a Whig to the
Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1821-March 3,
1841). He was chairman of the Committee on Revisal and
Unfinished Business (Twenty-second Congress). He declined to be
candidate for reelection in 1840. He was the 17th
Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (1845–1851). ALS,
Yarmouth Port, Mass., 1844, 1p., plus address leaf. He
writes to Franklin Dexter, a District Attorney for Mass., about
the character of two men he knows. Concerns a trial
concerning a schooner called the Scituate.
VG............50-75
See letter
See address
leaf
129. [WEST VIRGINIA] John D. "Jay" Rockefeller IV (b.1937) is a Democratic U.S. Senator from West Virginia since 1985. He was the 29th Governor of West Virginia from 1977 to 1985. As a great-grandson of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, he is the only current politician of the prominent six-generation Rockefeller family and the only Democrat in what has been a traditionally progressive Republican dynasty. Document signed, 1969, 2pp, 8.5 x 13 in. He signs as the Sec. of State for West Virginia, a Certificate, a finance company...............50-75
130. (MIXED NOTABLES LOT) NATHANIEL INGERSOLL BOWDICH (1805-1861) successful lawyer in Boston, local historian and genealogist, author. SIGNATURE (1857) “to the Hon. Charles Wm. Bradley”. EDWARD ATKINSON (1827-1905) American Activist, founder of the “Anti-Imperialist League” SIGNATURE(1897). MELVIN M. BELLI (1907-1996) celebrated American Laywer. SIGNED card. IRVING FISHER (1867-1947) American Economist, Inventor. He was one of the first “neoclassical economists”. He was the first celebrity economist. SIGNED inscribed 5x7 photograph. MOON LANDREIEU (1930) Cabinet member, Sec. of HUD. SIGNED inscribed 8x10 photograph. RICHARD A. POSNER (1939) American Jurist, author. TLS (1989). ROY E. A. INNIS (1934) Civil Rights Leader Chairman of CORE. SIGNED 4x6 photograph. ALFRED E. KAHN (1917-2010) American Economist. ALS (1989). WALTER de CURZON POULTNEY (1849-1929) American Social Figure, Art collector. He was the flamboyant Dandy” of Baltimore, called “Sir Walter”, his friends included English Notables. ALS (1898) 2pp...........100-150
132.
[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
133.
[ART] Jacques Villon
(1875 - 1963) A painter and printmaker, Villon was known for his
Cubist-style works, and is especially noted by art historians
for "his creation of a purely graphic language for Cubism. He
first came to the attention of the American public when his work
was included in the 1913 New York Armory Show, which introduced
modernism to the United Sates. All of his work sold at this
exhibition. He was from a cultured family in the Normandy region
of France, and was much influenced by his maternal grandfather,
Emile Nicolle, who gave him early artistic training. Villon was
born with the name of Gaston Emile Duchamp, and was the older
brother of artists Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Marcel Duchamp and
Suzanne Duchamp-Crotti. Honoring the French medieval poet,
François Villon, and so as not to be confused artistically with
his siblings, he changed his name to Jacques Villon. Jacques
Villon died in his studio on June 9, 1963, and three years
later, Marcel Duchamp, his last surviving brother, organized an
exhibition of his work, which was held at the Musée National
d'Art Moderne in Paris. In 1922 Villon was commissioned by the
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune to produce a series of color aquatints
after 38 major 19th and 20th century paintings. These included
works after Braque, Matisse, Renoir, Manet, Picasso, Cezanne,
Dufy, Modigliani, Bonnard and numerous others. Villon
collaborated with these master artists and signed these prints
so that they provided the public with access to works which
otherwise would not be available. Color aquatint, signed in the
plate (not pencil signed), 1923, title "NATURE MORTE", after
Georges Braque, mat opening size 25-1/2 x 9 in. Framed. Not
examined out of frame but appears to be without
faults...............1000-1500
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134. [AMERICANA MIXED LOT] [1] [HARVARD] Thomas Hill (1818-1891) American Unitarian
clergyman, mathematician, scientist, philosopher and
educator. Taught to read at an early age, Hill read
voraciously and was well regarded for his capacious
and accurate memory. He was taught botany by his
father, took a delight in nature and devised
scientific instruments, one of which was designed to
calculate eclipses and was subsequently awarded the
Scott Medal by the Franklin Institute. Though not
formally educated in his youth, Hill briefly attended
the Lower Dublin Academy in Holmesburg, Pennsylvania
and the Leicester Academy in Massachusetts, now the
Leicester campus of Becker College, leaving in 1837.
He earned his A.B. and D.Div. from Harvard University
in 1843 and 1845 respectively. Hill was president of
Antioch College from 1860 to 1862 until the Civil War
forced the college to shut down; he then held the
presidency of Harvard University from 1862 to 1868. Ink signed form letter, Harvard College, Nov. 1,
1865, 1p, 5x8", filled in by Hill. Sent to Paul
Willard, concerning meeting of the Law School. VG. [2] Asbury Dickins [1780-1861] Secretary of the U S.
senate. He lived his early life in Philadelphia, and
afterward spent several years in Europe. In 1801 he
was associated with Joseph Dennie in founding the
"Port Folio" at Philadelphia. He was a clerk in the
treasury department under Secretary Crawford from 1816
till 1833, and while there composed and read Secretary
Crawford's successful vindication of himself against
the charges preferred by Ninian Edwards, then minister
to Mexico. He was chief clerk of the state department
in 1833'6, and became secretary of the United States
senate in 1836, an office that he retained until 1861.
He published an oration on Washington (Philadelphia.
1800; New York. 1825). Heavily browned CLIP "Free"
SIGNATURE as Secretary of the Senate. Accompanied by
1853 government document, Report of The Secretary of
the Senate. Amount paid for documents, books, and maps
or purchased for distribution by order of the Senate
since the 1st May, 1832. Signed in type Asbury
Dickins. 17 pages. [3]
[OHIO] Album page signed by 3 Ohio Congressmen [all on
same side]: CAMPBELL, Lewis Davis, (1811 - 1882) served in
the Union Army as colonel of the Sixty-ninth Regiment,
Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in 1861 and 1862; appointed
by President Andrew Johnson as Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary to Mexico on May 4, 1866; WADE, Edward, (1802 - 1866); LEITER, Benjamin Franklin, (1813 - 1866). VG.
[4] Album page signed on both sides by: THORNBURGH, Jacob Montgomery, a Representative
from Tennessee; during the Civil War entered the Union
Army as a private and was promoted to lieutenant
colonel of the Fourth Regiment, Tennessee Volunteer
Cavalry, July 11, 1863 / BAGLEY, George Augustus, a Representative from
New York. On the other side: WRIGHT, Hendrick Bradley, a Representative
from Pennsylvania / NEAL,
Henry Safford, a Representative from Ohio. VG. [5] EUGENE ERNST PRUSSING (1855-?). American author and lawyer;
author of GEORGE WASHINGTON, IN LOVE AND OTHERWISE
(1925) and THE ESTATE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, DECEASED
(1927). Document Signed, The Riggs National Bank,
Washington, D.C., Bank check with vignette of bank.
1921. Clear signature. [6] Jefferson Davis as
Secretary of War - printed government document, Mis.
Doc. No. 66, Estimate - Experiments On Gun Metal.
Signed IN TYPE Jeff'n Davis. Feb. 24, 1857, printed on
both sides. 34th Congress, 3d Session, House of
Representatives. [7] Benjamin F. Rice (1828-1905) Republican politician from
Arkansas who represented the state in the U.S. Senate
from 1868 to 1873. Rice was born in East Otto, New
York, on May 26, 1828; his schooling was private. He
studied law, and upon his admission to the bar began
practice in Irvine, Kentucky , in which state's house
of representatives he served from 1855 to 1856. In
1856 he served as a presidential elector for the
Republican ticket; in 1860 he moved to Minnesota,
where he began service as a Union captain during the
Civil War. Eventually he gained promotion to the rank
of major in position of judge advocate with the 3rd
Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment. In 1864 Rice
settled in Little Rock, Arkansas and resumed his law
practice. He was active in organizing the Republican
Party in the state, and was appointed the chair of a
committee which in 1868 prepared the state's code of
practice. Upon readmission of Arkansas to the Union,
Rice was elected to the Senate, serving from 1868 to
1873 and holding at one point the chairmanship of the
Committee on Mines and Mining. Clip Signature as USS, mounted. Rice
signature [8] SAM FREEMAN (1743-1831) American jurist from Maine.
He was an active patriot during the Revolutionary
struggle; was secretary of the Cumberland County
convention in 1774, secretary of the provincial
congress [John Hancock was president] in 1775, member
of the Massachusetts house of representatives in 1776
and 1778. From 1776 - 1805 he was also postmaster of
Portland. The historian William Willis described
Freeman: "We believe no other man ever held so many
responsible trusts at one time, and none was ever more
faithful in the discharge of his duties." Signed court
document, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Portland
[then Maine], 1807, 8 x 9 in. Stephen Longfellow [so
stated in text] witnessed Freeman's signature. He was
the father of the famous poet Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow. Nice signature of Freeman as Clerk. [9] [MISSOURI] Edwin Dean - Agent for the Singer
Manufacturing Co. ALS, St. Louis, on wonderful Singer
letterhead, July 27, 1867, 1p, 8x10 in. Sewing machine
business. Mounting traces on verso along one edge.
[10] [CIVIL WAR] JOHN MANNING JR. [1830-1899] Representative from North
Carolina; enlisted in the Chatham Rifles in 1861; was
made first lieutenant, later becoming adjutant of the
Fifteenth Regiment, North Carolina Volunteers, and
served throughout the Civil War. CLIP SIGNATURE. Click
to see Manning......100-150
135. John (Gibbs) Gilbert (1810 -
1889) American comedian. AQS, NY, 1888......30-40
137. [CINEMA] Melanie Griffith (b. 1957) Golden Globe-award winning and Oscar-nominated American film actress. DOCUMENT SIGNED, Oct. 6, 1980, 1p. Contract with International Creative Management. ..............50-75
See above138. Ken Murray (1903-1988) American entertainer and author. ISP, 5 x 7......20-30
See above141. [ENGALND] Reginald Baliol Brett, 2nd
Viscount Esher, GCVO, KCB, PC, DL (1852-1930) historian and
Liberal politician in the United Kingdom. In 1901, Lord Esher
was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Berkshire and became Deputy
Constable and Lieutenant-Governor of Windsor Castle, and
remained close to the royal family until his death. During this
period, he helped edit Queen Victoria's papers, publishing a
work called Correspondence of Queen Victoria (1907). Behind the
scenes, he influenced many of the pre-World War I reforms
carried out by the Liberal governments of Henry
Campbell-Bannerman and Herbert Henry Asquith. He was a member of
Lord Elgin's South African War Commission, which investigated
Britain's near-failure in the Boer War, and chaired the War
Office Reconstitution Committee, which recommended radical
reform of the British Army. He was offered many public offices,
including the Viceroyalty of India and the Secretaryship for
War, but declined, accepting instead an appointment to the Privy
Council in 1922. In 1928 he became Constable and Governor of
Windsor Castle, an office he held until his death in 1930. HE SUPERINTENDED QUEEN VICTORIA'S FUNERAL
[1901], AND THE CORONATION OF EDWARD VII [1902]. ALS, Hotel Metropole, Brighton, Oct. 1890,
1p, 4.5 x 7 in. To the secretary. "Fine out for me when you can
whether the Queen's Bench Masters have any rules drawn up as to
the Taxation of costs tho' not published. VG.......75-100
142. [SCIENCE] George
Ferdinand Becker (1847-1919)
American geologist. His most important work was in
connection with the origin and mode of occurrence of ore
deposits, especially those of the western United States.
He was a leader in mining geology and geophysics, and
for many years was the chief of the Division of Chemical
and Physical Research in the United States Geological
Survey. The investigations under his direction led to
the establishment of the Geophysical Laboratory of the
Carnegie Institution of Washington. In 1896 he
examined the gold mines of South Africa and at the time
of the Spanish-American War was detailed to serve as
geologist on the staff of General Bell with the army in
the Philippine Islands. He died on 20 April 1919 in
Washington, D.C. ALS, 1908, written in the 3rd
person, accepting invitation. Not mentioned
but this was sent to Robert S. Woodward in regards to invitation to meet members of the
National Academy of Sciences. Fine..........100-150
145. [ART] DOUGLAS VOLK [1856-1935] AMERICAN ARTIST. Douglas was born to be an artist. His father was the famous sculptor Leonard Wells Volk and his mother Emily Barlow Volk was counsin to Senator Steven Douglas. At a young age Douglas showed an ability to draw and was taken seriously later studying with George Inness, and at age 14 took classes at the Accademia San Luca in Italy. In 1873 Volk went to Paris to study at Ecole des Beaux Arts with the Master Jean-Leon Gerome. When he returned to the U.S. he began teaching at The Cooper Institute in New York and in 1886 was founder of the Minneapolis School Of Fine Art. In 1893 Volk was chosen for the selection committee at the Columbian Expo where he exhibited three paintings and the the gold medal, his first major award. In 1899 the National Academy granted him membership. His paintings hang in many important collections including the Metropolitan Museum in NY. Douglas Volk first ventured into Lincoln portraiture in 1908, and that canvas, reworked in 1917, eventually found its way into the National Gallery of Art. It also achieved a kind of anonymous familiarity between 1954 and 1968, when it was featured on the regular four-cent U.S. postage stamp. When in 1860, Lincoln sat in Leonard Volk's studio, a liittle child was running in and out. The great man took him on his knee and asked his name. It was Douglas. It was this boy, long grown to manhood who was the paint one of the most famous portraits of Lincoln. One of his Lincoln portraits hangs in the Lincoln Bedroom in The White House. Collection of 15 signed bank checks, dating 1906-1921...........200-300
See above146. [MILITARY] Joseph "Lightning Joe" Lawton Collins (1896 –1987) Army Chief of Staff during the Korean War. During World War II, he was an Army general, serving in both the Pacific and European Theaters of Operations. Signed COMMEMORATIVE STAMP SHEET, honoring US Bicentenniel (1975) 8x11. Also signed by Gen. Mark W. Clark (1896-1984) general during World War II and the Korean War and was the youngest lieutenant general (three-star general) in the U.S. Army. Approx. 8-1/2 x 11". VG.............80-120
148. [ART] Edmund Henry Garrett
(1853 - 1929) American painter, etcher. He was an
illustrator, bookplate-maker, and author—as well as a highly
respected painter—renowned for his illustrations of the
legends of King Arthur. Garrett was born in Albany, New
York. While little is known of his initial art
education, Garrett rose through the ranks to become a
distinguished member of the Boston Art Club and the Copley
Society of Art, and was an acquaintance and colleague of
renowned impressionist artist Childe Hassam. He studied at the
Académie Julian in Paris under Gustave Boulanger, Jules
Lefebvre, John Paul Laurens, and Hector Leroux. After residing
in Paris for approximately five years, he returned to America
to establish a successful studio in Boston. Garrett
provided the chief influence for Childe Hassam's first study
trip to Europe in July 1883. On June 30, 1883, Garrett and
Hassam sailed to Europe aboard the SS Anchoria, then travelled
for several months throughout Great Britain, The Netherlands,
France, Italy, Switzerland and Spain studying paintings from
the old masters and creating watercolors of the European
countryside. In late August 1883, both Garrett and Hassam
sailed aboard the SS Alsatia to several Spanish ports before
crossing the Atlantic back home. After they both
returned to Boston, Garrett resumed his illustration work for
various publishers, which was very much in demand, keeping him
from spending energy on his watercolors. During this time,
Garrett worked at a studio located at 12 West Street in
Boston, which he shared with Hassam and fellow-artist Charles
Henry Turner. In 1884, Garrett exhibited two watercolors
at the Pennsylvania Academy ("A Street in Granada" and "El
Mirador de la Reina, Alhambra") in 1884. He also exhibited "A
Street in Granada" at the "Third Annual Exhibition of the
Paint and Clay Club," which was held at the Gallery of the
Boston Art Club in March 1884. During the last two
decades of the nineteenth century, Edmund Garrett's paintings
and etchings were widely exhibited throughout the United
States and in France at the Paris Salon. Offered
here is an original pencil signed etching, title is "THE
TRAGIC MUSE", the image is approx. 5.5 x 3.5 in.
plus clean margins. Copyright 1904 by the Bibliophile
Society. Fine condition.................100-150
See etching
149. [ART] Harmon
Neill (1893-1980) American artist.
ALS, 1972, 2pp, 8.5 x 11 in. To the artist Frederick
Solomon. VG........75-100
Page 1
Page 2
150. Bound For New Orleans 1837
- Early Shipping Bill of Lading from the Rowland G. Hazard
papers, dated 1837. For domestic goods [known as
Hazard's Goods] being shipped from Port of New York to New
Orleans. 10 x 5-1/2 in. Roland Gibson Hazard
(1801-1888) was a financier from Rhode Island who was early
identified with the Free Soil and Anti-Slavery parties and was
one of the founders of the Republican Party. His early
connection with this party was so prominent that southern
newspapers warned southern people not to buy "Hazard's goods."
While in New Orleans in 1841-'2, though threatened with
lynching, he obtained with great effort the release of large
numbers of free negroes, who belonged to ships from the north,
and who had been placed in the chain-gang.
Fine..............80-120
See above
See
biography
151. Bound For New
Orleans 1840 - Early Shipping Bill of
Lading from the Rowland G. Hazard papers, dated 1840.
For domestic goods [known as Hazard's Goods] being
shipped from Port of Boston to New Orleans. 10-1/2 x
5-1/4 in. Roland Gibson Hazard (1801-1888) was a
financier from Rhode Island who was early identified with the
Free Soil and Anti-Slavery parties and was one of the founders
of the Republican Party. His early connection with this party
was so prominent that southern newspapers warned southern
people not to buy "Hazard's goods." While in New Orleans in
1841-'2, though threatened with lynching, he obtained with
great effort the release of large numbers of free negroes, who
belonged to ships from the north, and who had been placed in
the chain-gang. Very fine..............80-120
See
above
See
biography
152. Dorothy Shakespear Pound (1886-1973),
daughter of novelist Olivia Shakespear, was an artist who
married American poet Ezra Pound. One of small number of women
vorticist painters, she had art work published in the
short-lived but influential literary magazine BLAST.
Dorothy and Pound first met in 1909 and after a long courtship
the two married in 1914. They lived in Paris from 1920 until
1924, and in 1925 settled in Rapallo, Italy. In spite of her
husband's 50 year affair with Olga Rudge, whom he met in Paris
in the early 1920s, Dorothy stayed married to Pound. In 1926
she gave birth to a son Omar Pound, who was raised in England
by her mother. By the 1930s she received a number of family
bequests making her financially independent, but lost much of
her money following Pound's advice to invest in Benito
Mussolini's fascist regime. Toward the end of World War
II, Dorothy and Pound were evacuated from their home in
Rapallo and for a period she lived with Pound in Rudge's home.
After the war, when Pound had been arrested for treason and
incarcerated on grounds of insanity in Washington, D.C., she
moved there, visiting daily, taking control of his estate, and
staying with him until his release. They returned to Italy in
1958; in 1961 she moved to London, leaving her husband to live
out the last decade of his life with Olga Rudge. TLS,
Washington DC, no date, 1p., requesting books to be sent to
various people. Also asking if T.S. Eliot is on their
mailing list. VG..............80-120
See letter
See
picture of her
153. [MEXICO] Don Agustín
Jerónimo de Iturbide y Huarte, Prince
Imperial of Mexico (1807-1866) was the son of the first
Mexican Emperor Agustín I of Mexico, the heir apparent to the
First Mexican Empire and a member of the Imperial House of
Iturbide; later in his life he served as a military officer in
South America and also worked as a diplomat for the United
Mexican States at the Mexican embassy in the United States and
in London after his military career had ended in South
America. ALS, 1838, 3 pages, 7-3/4 x 9-3/4 in.
Beginning to separate at middle fold. Not translated.
Obviously the picture showing here is not
included.............200-300
Page 1
Page 2
Page 3
The only
known image of the Prince Imperial
154.
Major-General Charles W. Sandford (1796-1878)
American militia and artillery officer, lawyer and businessman.
He was a senior officer in the New York State Militia for over
thirty years and commanded the First Division in every major
civil disturbance in New York City up until the American Civil
War, most notably, the New York Draft Riots in 1863. His command
seriously weakened due to manpower shortages during the American
Civil War, Sandford seved on active duty with the Union Army
from April 19 to July 25, 1861. In May 1861, he was ordered by
Brigadier General Joseph K. Mansfield to oversee the capture of
Alexandria, Virginia as the vast majority the Union troops were
from New York. He also served under Major General Robert
Patterson for three months and took part in the Battle of
Harper's Ferry. ALS, 1847, written on back of document,
addressed to Nehemial Reynolds dealing with a law suit in the
New York Supreme Court, in the matter of the New York &
Harlem Rail Road Co. vs Nehemiah Reynolds. Signed as attorney
for the Petitioner. Approx. 8-1/4 x 13-3/4". Accompanied
by small picture shown in scan.......80-120
155. [MIXED LOT] contains: [1] Elisha Phelps (1779-1847)
US Representative from Connecticut. ALS, 1885, 1p. Laid to
another sheet. [2] John A. Rockwell (1803- 1861) was a U.S. Representative from
Connecticut. CLIP SIGNATURE. [3] Chauncey F. Cleveland (1799-1887)
US Representative and the 31st Governor of Connecticut. CLIP
SIGNATURE [2 mounting stains]. [4] Philip Philbin -
US congressman from Mass. ALS, 1949, 1p. [5] 1856 printed Gov.
Doc. from Sec. of Treas., James Guthrie. [6] 1914 SONS OF
VETERANS application card to Camp George A. Custer. [7] 1838
Bill of Lading document - NY bound for Charleston, SC. [8] R. H. Duell (1824
- 1891) US congressman from NY. Clip signature. [9] Moses G. Leonard (1809-1899)
US congressman from NY. Clip Free Frank signature. [10] C.H. Calkin (1828-1913)
US congressman from NY. Clip signature [half toned]. [11]
Unidentified signature of congressman or senator from Hartford,
Ct. [11] Royal Cleaves Johnson (1882-1939)
Republican member of the United States House of Representatives
from South Dakota and a highly decorated veteran of World War I.
Signature. [12] Frederick Haskell Dominick (1877-1960)
U.S. congressman from South Carolina. He served for eight terms
from 1917 to 1933. Signed card........50-75
156. [MARYLAND] Augustus Williamson Bradford (1806-1881) he was the 32nd Governor of Maryland from 1862 to 1866. He served as governor during the Civil War and paid a heavy price for his devotion to the Union. In February 1861, Governor Thomas H. Hicks appointed Bradford one of Maryland’s delegates to the Washington Peace Conference, where he made a speech supporting the Union. Following the conference, the Union Party named Bradford as its candidate for governor, opposing the Democratic candidate General Benjamin C. Howard. Bradford defeated Howard by approximately 30,000 votes and took office on January 8, 1862. During his term, he violently opposed the Federal government’s interference in Maryland’s elections, upheld the dignity of the State government and defied the harsh and arbitrary military occupation, and went to great lengths to keep the State in the Union. At the same time he upheld the Federal government's authority although he differed with its methods. In September 1862, he was one of the many northern governors to attend the Loyal War Governors' Conference in Altoona, Pennsylvania. During the Civil War, the Confederates invaded Maryland three times. During the last of these, Bradley T. Johnson’s raiders visited Bradford’s home in July 1864, and during his absence, burned it to the ground together with all his furniture, library, and papers. This action was partially in retaliation for Union General David Hunter’s burning of the home of Governor John Letcher of Virginia, and partially because of Bradford’s "uncompromising spirit and strong leanings." During his four years in office, Augustus Bradford released Samuel Green (freedman) from jail on the condition he leave the state. Green was an African-American slave and minister, who was jailed in 1857 for possessing a copy of the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. DOCUMENT SIGNED, 1865, Mechanics Bank, approx. 7-1/2 x 2-3/4. Has the usual "slice cancel". VG example.............50-75
Portrait of Gov. Bradford
158. [FRANCE] Camille
Guillaume Bigourdan (1851-1932)
French astronomer. In 1877 he was appointed by Félix
Tisserand as assistant astronomer at the Toulouse Observatory,
and in 1879 followed Tisserand to the Paris Observatory when the
latter became director there. He spent many years
verifying the positions of 6380 nebulas. He hoped to set a basis
for future studies of the proper motion of nebulas; this turned
out to be more or less in vain, since distant nebulas will not
show any proper motion. However, he did discover approximately
500 new objects. In 1902 he participated in an effort to
redetermine with greater precision the longitude difference
between London and Paris. He became a member of the Bureau des
Longitudes in 1903, and a member of the French Academy of
Sciences in 1904. He described a method for adjusting
equatorial mount telescopes, which was known as "Bigourdan's
method". Bigourdan won the Lalande Prize of the French
Academy of Sciences in 1883 and in 1891, and the Gold Medal of
the Royal Astronomical Society in 1919. He was director of the
Bureau International de l'Heure from 1919 to 1928. He
married a daughter of Amédée Mouchez. ALS, 1889, 2pp,
content about astronomy [not translated], approx. 5-1/4 x
8-1/4 in. Addressed to Louis Olivier, who was the Director of La
Revue Scientifique. Blue pencil notatipons written at top
of page 1; small holes along left edge [used for
mounting]. VG...........100-150
159. [FRANCE] Louis (Adrien) Huart [1813-1865] very important French
journalist, writer and theater director. Editor in Chief of Le
Charivari, the illustrated newspaper published in Paris, France
from 1832 to 1937. Le Charivari published caricatures, political
cartoons and reviews. In 1835 the government banned political
caricature, thus Le Charivari began publishing satires of
everyday life. Ownership of the paper changed often due to
censorship, and related taxes and fines. ALS, 1860,
1p, 5-1/4 x 8 in. Speaks about Le Charivar.
VG............100-150
160. David Selden
was born in Chatham, Connecticut, June 4, 1785, the son of the
Congregational minister of Middle Haddam Church, David Selden
(1761-1825), and his wife, Cynthia May (1761-1850). Selden
sailed to Liverpool, England, in 1811, in order to make his
fortune in the international mercantile trade. During the War of
1812, he was a prisoner on parole, and in 1818, he filed for
bankruptcy. Afterwards, he returned briefly to the United
States, where he married Gertrude Richards in 1820. The pair had
11 children. In 1822, he returned to England and with his
business partner, William Hynde, became an important cotton
importer. He also traded coffee, and in 1831, received a patent
for a coffee-grinding mill. He died February 23, 1861. ALS
[stampless folded letter - no postal markings], New York,
1820, 2 pages + address leaf addressed to his father Rev.
David Seldon. He talks about family members,
Methodists and the church. VG...............75-100
Scan 1
Scan 2
Scan 3
161.
[FRANCE] 1796 document signed by Archbishop
Andreas Mansi, 1p, approx. 12 x
8-1/4. VG.............100-150
Old Regime (Royal) Decrees Are Rare
163. [ART] Charles Wynne
Nicholls (1831-1903) Irish painter of
genre and historical subjects. He was a representative
of the Victorian painting genre of portraits and city
landscapes. Nicholls studied art at the Royal Dublin
Society's Schools and the Royal Hibernian Academy. He began
to exhibit in 1859 as a Member of the Royal Hibernian
Academy. He exhibited regularely at the Royal Academy as
well. He left Ireland for London in 1864, but continued to
exhibit in Dublin for the rest of his life. He lived at 44
Halsey Street in London. ALS, dated ?, 1p, 4.5
x 7 in. VG........50-75
See
letter
165. William Backhouse Astor (1792-1875) often called "the Landlord of New York", he was the grandson of John Jacob Astor. He is best known as the "augmentor of the Astor millions". He became a man of great wealth. Clip Signature mounted to sheet. Some foxing of discoloring from mounting. Approx. 3.5 x 1 in.............80-120
166. John Bigelow
(1817-1911) American lawyer and statesman. From 1849 to 1861, he
was one of the editors and co-owners of the New York Evening
Post. Bigelow began his political career as a reform
Democrat, working with William Cullen Bryant in New York. In
1848, his antislavery convictions led him to leave the party,
and he joined the Free Soil Party, supporting the candidacy of
John C. Fremont for President in that year. In 1856, he led
other former Democrats into the new Republican party. After the
party's nominee, Abraham Lincoln, was elected President in 1860,
Lincoln appointed him American Consul in Paris in 1861,
progressing to Chargé d'Affaires, Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Napoleon III. In this
capacity, working together with Charles Francis Adams, the
American Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Bigelow helped to
block the attempts to have France and the United Kingdom
intervene in the American Civil War in favor of the Confederacy,
and thereby played a material role in the Union victory. On
August 8, 2001, New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani signed a
bill adding the name "John Bigelow Plaza" to the intersection of
41st Street and Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, directly in front of
the famous main branch of the New York Public Library. ALS
(1884), 4 pages, approx. 5-1/4 x 8-1/4 in. Left edge of
front page has dark toning........80-120
Scan 1
Scan 2
See
picture of Bigelow
167.
Edgar A.
Guest (1881-1959) was a prolific
English-born American poet who was popular in the first half of
the 20th century and became known as the People's Poet.
TLS, 1958, 1p, sending appreciation for a Christmas greeting he
had received. Fine............50-75
168. Roger N. Baldwin
(1884-1981) was one of the founders of the American Civil
Liberties Union (ACLU). He served as executive director of the
ACLU until 1950. Many of the ACLU's original landmark
cases took place under his direction, including the Scopes
Trial, the Sacco and Vanzetti murder trial, and its challenge to
the ban on James Joyce's Ulysses.[1][2] Baldwin was a well known
pacifist and author. TLS, 1965, 1p, approx. 8.5
x 11 in. VERY light stains at bottom margin..........40-60
170.
[MUSIC] Irving Caesar
(1895-1996) American lyricist and theater composer who wrote
lyrics for numerous song standards including "Swanee,"
"Sometimes I'm Happy," "Crazy Rhythm," and "Tea for Two," one of
the most frequently recorded tunes ever written. He was born and
died in New York. In 1972 he was inducted into the Songwriters
Hall of Fame. ANS on his memo paper, 4 x 5.5 in.
Fine...........75-100
173. [MUSIC] Jan Bach
(b. 1937) American composer. AMQS from his "Laudes" written in
1971. Dated 1983. 6x4 in. Fine........50-75
174. [MUSIC] John Anthony Lennon
(b. 1950) American composer. AMQS dated 1999, from his
"ECHOLALIA." Fine......50-75
175.
[MUSIC] Peter Paul Fuchs
(1916-2007) Austrian born conductor and composer.
Signed 3x4 in. photo. Fine.......40-60
177. [ART] JEAN
LEON GEROME FERRIS (1863-1930) American
painter best known for his series of 78 scenes from American
history, entitled The Pageant of a Nation, the largest series of
American historical paintings by a single artist. He was born in
Philadelphia, the son of Stephen James Ferris, a portrait
painter and a devotee of Jean-Léon Gérôme (after whom he was
named) and Mariano Fortuny. He grew up around art, having
been trained by his father and having two acclaimed painters,
Edward Moran and Thomas Moran, as uncles. ORIGINAL ETCHING,
plate signed, image approx. 10 x 6-1/4 plus margins. One stain
in left margin which will mat out when framed. Title:
"ORIENTALIST WOMAN SITTING". In 2010 another example of
this etching sold at auction for $250 + buyer's
premium........200-300
178. [ART] CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886-1978) Maine artist known as "THE DOWN EAST PRINTMAKER. Six charcoal drawings on one sheet, each approx. 2.25 x 3 in. Image areas very good. Smudging in margins. Unsigned...............100-150
179. [FRANCE] Albert Caquot (1881-1976) considered as the "best living French
engineer" during half a century. He received the "Croix de
guerre 1914-1918 (France)" (military honor) and was Grand-croix
of the Légion d'Honneur (1951). He was a member of the French
Academy of Sciences from 1934 to 1976. His accomplishments are
so numerous that it is difficult to write a brief description.
Since the item offered here ia a signed photograph of an
aeronautical dirigible, we will concentrate on him as an
aeronautical engineer during the First and Second World Wars.
Albert Caquot's contributions to aeronautics are priceless, from
the design of the "Caquot dirigible" to the launching of
technical innovations at the new French Aviation Ministry, where
he created several Fluid Mechanics Institutes that still exist
today. Marcel Dassault , who was charged by Albert Caquot to
develop several major aeronautical projects at the beginning of
his career, wrote about him: "He was one of the best engineers
than aeronautics ever had. He was visionary and ahead of his
time. He led aeronautical innovations for forty years". As early
as 1901, already visionary, he performed his military service in
an airship unit of the French army. At the beginning of First
World War, he was mobilised with the 40e Compagnie d'Aérostiers
equipped with Drachen type airships as first lieutenant. In
1914, he designed a new sausage-shaped dirigible equipped with
three air-filled lobes spaced evenly around the tail as
stablizers, and moved the inner air balloonette from the rear to
the underside of the nose, separate from the main gas envelope.
The Caquot was able to hold in 90 km/h winds and remain
horizontal. During three years, France manufactured "Caquot
dirigibles" for all the allied forces, including English and
United States armies. The United States also manufactured nearly
a thousand "Caquot R balloons" in 1918-1919. This balloon gave
to France and its allies an advantage in military observation
which significantly contributed to the allies' supremacy in
aviation and eventually to the final victory. In January 1918,
Georges Clémenceau named him technical director of the entire
military aviation. In 1919, Albert Caquot proposed the creation
of the French aeronautical museum (today called Musée de l'Air
et de l'Espace, in Le Bourget). This museum is the oldest
aeronautical museum in the world. Signed
photograph [reprint of World
War I photo], signed top right by Albert Caquot WITH HIS
INITIALS. Approx. 9 x 12". Soft crease at top right corner
o/w VG.........80-120
180. [FILM] Warren
William (1894-1948) Broadway and
Hollywood actor, popular during the early 1930s, who was later
nicknamed the "King of Pre-Code". Signed card with picture
attacked, approx. 3-1/2 x 2-1/4 in. Ink smudge top right corner.
Not common..............25-35
181. [FRANCE] Bishop Paul-Augustin Le Coeur
(1848-1942) Bishop of Saint-Flour, France. ALS, 1912,
2pp, approx. 5-1/4 x 8 in. Not translated.
VG.............80-120
182. [FRANCE] Bernard Potier, duc
de Gesvres, Military governor of Paris
1739-1757. Some sort of letter or document signed,
1749, 1p, approx. 6-5/8 x 8-1/4 in. VG............100-150
183. [FRANCE] Émile Hilaire Amagat
(1841-1915) French physicist. His doctoral
thesis, published in 1872, expanded on the work of Thomas
Andrews, and included plots of the isotherms of carbon dioxide
at high pressures. Amagat published a paper in 1877 that
contradicted the current understanding at the time, concluding
that the coefficient of compressibility of fluids decreased
with increasing pressure. He continued to publish data
on isotherms for a number of different gases between 1879 and
1882, and invented the hydraulic manometer, which was
able to withstand up to 3200 atmospheres, as opposed to 400
atmospheres using a glass apparatus. In 1880 he
published his Law of Partial Volumes. Amagat was
elected a member of the French Academy of Sciences on 9 June
1902. A unit of number density, amagat, was named after
him. The French Academy of Sciences gave him the
posthumous award of the Prix Jean Reynaud for
1915. ALS, Paris, no date, 2pp, 4.5 x 7
in. Very fine...........100-150
184. [FRANCE] Antoine Alfred
Agénor, 10th Duc de Gramont,
Prince de Bidache, etc (1819-1880) was a French diplomat and
statesman. He was born in Paris of one of the most illustrious
families of the old noblesse, a cadet branch of the viscounts
of Aure, which took its name from the Seignory of Gramont in
Navarre. Educated at the École Polytechnique, Gramont early
gave up the army for diplomacy. It was not, however, till
after the coup d'état of 2 December 1851, which made Louis
Napoleon supreme in France, that he became conspicuous as a
diplomat. He was successively minister plenipotentiary at
Cassel and Stuttgart (1852), at Turin (1853), ambassador at
Washington DC (1854), Rome (1857) and at Vienna (1861).
In 1854 he was involved in the disasterous sinking of the SS
Arctic, while enroute to Washington DC. De Gramont was
observed leaping from the ship into the last lifeboat; he was
one of the 85 survivors (61 crewmembers and 24 male
passengers). More than 300 lives were lost, including all the
women and children on board. On 15 May 1870, he was
appointed minister of foreign affairs in the Ollivier cabinet,
and was thus largely, though not entirely, responsible for the
bungling of the negotiations between France and Prussia
arising out of the candidature of Prince Leopold of
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen for the throne of Spain, which led to
the disastrous war of 1870-71. The exact share of Gramont in
this responsibility has been the subject of much
controversy. Much more could be said about Gramont but
we will stop here. ALS, 1874, 2-1/2 pages, 5-1/4 x 8
in. Very fine..................100-150
185. [FRANCE] Auguste Nelaton (1807-1873) French physician and surgeon. He became the personal surgeon of Napoleon III. In 1867, Nelaton was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. In 1868, Nélaton was appointed Imperial Senator. He invented the porcelain-knobbed probe for locating bullets known as Nélaton's probe. The probe was used to locate a bullet in the ankle of Giuseppe Garibaldi in 1862. He also made noted contributions to pelvic and abdominal surgery. Nelaton is also credited with the invention of the Nélaton catheter. A rubber catheter which was a great improvement and relieved patients of the distress of tour de maître (catherisation with stiff implements). He is also associated with improvements in lithotomy. Offered here is an AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED to which a picture of him has been added. 5 x 5-1/2 in. Appears to have been clipped away from something larger.........100-150
186. [FRANCE-THEATRE] Jean
Baptiste Prosper Bressant (1815–1886)
was a French actor. In 1838 he went to the French
theatre at St. Petersburg, where for eight years he played
important parts with ever-increasing reputation. His
success was confirmed at the Gymnase when he returned to
Paris in 1846, and he made his debut at the Comédie
Française as a full-fledged sociétaire in 1854. From
playing the ardent young lover, he turned to leading roles
both in modern plays and in the classical repertoire.
During his professorship at the Conservatoire, Jean
Mounet-Sully was one of his pupils. He introduced a
new hairstyle with a crew cut at the front and longer hair
at the back, possibly an early example of the
mullet. Offered here is an ALS, 1-1/2 pp, by
Bressant plus another letter by Madame Bressant (1818-1869).
Includes some biographical information on
both...........100-150
187. [FRANCE] 2
French Revolutionary Military documents - Year 2 [1794]
of the Revolution, speaks of military hospitals, infantry
officers, soldiers - false illness to fake leave of absence,
etc. The ink handwritten parts are of the period.
Total 7 pages; largest document is 8.5 x 12 in.
VG.............200-300
188. [FRANCE] Louis-François Chamillart, Marquis de la Suze ( 1751
- 1833 ) was a French politician. He was allowed to sit at the
Chamber of Peers in 1815. ALS, 1791, written from Chateau
des Tuileries, to certified services of La Plasse "Marechal
des Logis des Rois." 1p, 7-3/4 x 12-1/4 in. VG...............100-150
189. [FRANCE] Firmin-Léon-Joseph
Renouard (1831-1913) Bishop of
Limoges. ALS, 1912, 2 full pages, 5-1/4 x 8-1/4 in.
Fine........60-80
190. [FRANCE] 1784 Manuscript Document signed Pierre Fabri, from Geneva. About Isaac Vernet and Boutin [had to do with Abraham Gradis, Jewish merchant]. Approx. 6-1/4 x 8". VG......75-100
See document191. [ITALY-FRANCE] Hyacinthe Serroni
(born in Rome 1617- died 1687 in Paris) Italian
ecclesiastical rights, and Intendant of the Navy for the
kingdom of France. It is bestowed in 1625 the abbey of
Saint-Nicolas de Rome by Pope Urban VIII , but
eventually will return to the Order of St. Dominic. He
arrived in France in 1645 , then a doctorate in
theology. From 1646 he became bishop 's Orange but must
return to the church of Minerva in Rome. He returned to
France in 1648 and became Vicar Apostolic of the
ecclesiastical province of Tarragona . After five years
of service to the diocese, the King appointed him
superintendent of the Navy and of the province of
Provence . It will then intendant of the army and
general visitors in Catalonia until the truce between
France and Spain . In 1660, he was appointed along with
Pierre de Marca , archbishop of Toulouse , to
participate in the Conference Ceret which should fix the
boundary between France and Spain, but has no separate
conclusion. On 12 November 1660 , he signed the Treaty
of Llívia as representative of Louis XIV , which are
discussed in detail the thirty-three villages of
Cerdanya , which should belong to France under the
Treaty of the Pyrenees . In 1661 he was appointed
bishop of Mende by the King. So he left his office in
Orange. Then, in 1676 , he obtained the bishopric 'of
Albi . In 1676 , the diocese was erected by Archbishop
Hyacinthe Serroni and is the first Archbishop of Albi,
until his death in 1687 . It is used in particular to
implement the decisions of the Council of Trent. From
1679, he convened a synod that brings together all the
clergy of his diocese. Synodal Orders are published in
the same year. To ensure the "holy reformation" and the
quality of its clergy, Serroni installs a seminar in
1679 in a house in the Bout-du-Pont in Albi. The
management is entrusted to the Jesuits. Manuscript
letter of document, 1660, mostly written on front
side, signed on verso. Approx. 9 x 12". VG.............150-250
Front
side
Back
side
His
portrait
192. James R. Osgood (1836-1892)
American publisher probably best known for his
partnership with Mark Twain and his involvement with
the publishing company that would become Houghton
Mifflin. Osgood published an edition of Walt
Whitman's Leaves of Grass in 1881 that was attacked
by the Boston district attorney as "obscene
literature". Osgood gave in and refused to
bring out another edition, forcing Whitman to find
another publisher. By this time Osgood had
befriended Samuel L. Clemens, whose pen name was
"Mark Twain." In 1882 the company published Twain's
The Prince and the Pauper and The Stolen White
Elephant. That same year, Osgood accompanied Clemens
on a riverboat trip collecting material for Life on
the Mississippi, which was published by Osgood in
1883. ALS, 1869, 2pp. VG...........75-100
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2
193. [FRANCE] Gustave
François Xavier Delacroix de Ravignan
(1795-1858) French Jesuit preacher and author.
Educated in Paris, he resigned his army commission
to study law. Auditor of the royal court. Deputy
attorney-general by 1821. Entering a Sulpician
monastery, and later joining the Society of Jesus,
he was ordained in 1828, and after several years as
professor and retreat preacher at Montrouge, he went
to Notre Dame, where his logic, serenity, and zeal
won souls by the hundreds. Superior of his brethren
at Bordeaux from 1837 to 1842, and at Paris from
1848 to 1851. He preached throughout France and in
Rome, Belgium, and London. His calm, eloquent De
l'Existence et de l'Institut des Jesuites of 1844,
vindicating the Society, sold 25,000 copies in one
year. However, the Jesuits' strife continued until
they were forced to disband for a time in
France. Despite painful controversy with his
superiors and imputations from other quarters, he
remained loyal to his order. In 1854 he brought out
Clement XIII et Clement XIV, a dispassionate
treatise, of no great literary merit, on the
defender and the suppressor of the Jesuits. He
steadfastly refused preferment, even the
archbishopric of Paris, devoting himself to other
works. He died a saintly death, and thousands
followed the remains of the "Apostle of Paris" to
his grave. ALS, 1854, 2-1/2 pp, 5-1/4
x 8 in. VG.............100-150
194. [FILM] Greer Garson (1904-1996) British-born actress who was very
popular during World War II, being listed by the Motion Picture
Herald as one of America's top ten box office draws in 1942,
1943, 1944, 1945, and 1946. As one of MGM's major stars of the
1940s, Garson received seven Academy Award nominations, winning
the Best Actress award for Mrs. Miniver (1942). ANS, 1972, sends autograph.........40-60
195. (CINEMA) FRANCIS LEDERER (1899-2000) film and stage actor with a
successful career, first in Europe, then in the United
States. TLS, nd......25-35
196. (CINEMA) LOIS WILSON (1894-1988) American actress in silent movies. Signed questionaire [2 questions answered]. Lengthy response...............30-40
197. John Patrick
(1905-1995) American playwright and screenwriter.
Pulizer Prize winning dramatist. Signed 1p. typescript
from THE TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST NOON. VG............50-75
See above
198. Theodore
"Ted" Roosevelt III (generally known as
Theodore, Jr.) (1887-1944) American political and business
leader, a veteran of both the 20th century's world wars, who was
awarded the Medal of Honor. He was the eldest son of President
Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Roosevelt. Roosevelt was
instrumental in the forming of the American Legion in 1919. He
later served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Governor of
Puerto Rico (1929–32), Governor-General of the Philippines
(1932–33), Chairman of the Board of American Express Company,
and Vice-President at Doubleday Books, and as a Brigadier
General in the United States Army. Mounted SIGNATURE.........50-75
200. [ART] William
Roxby Beverly (1811-1889) noted
English artist. ALS on his embossed stationery. He agrees to
attending a meeting. Fine.........60-80
201. ARMY
ARCHERD [1922-2009]
columnist for Variety for over fifty years before retiring his
"Just for Variety" column in September 2005. Signed &
inscribed 3x5 card..........15-20
202. [FILM] Irene Rich
(1891-1988) Am. actress who worked in both silent pictures
and talkies. Signed 2-1/4 x 3-1/4 picture......20-30
203. [ANGLING] FRANCIS FRANCIS [1822-1886] Writer of books on fishing. ALS, Alnwick [1861], 2pp, 2-7/8 x 4-1/2 in. About fishing in the Aln and the Duke's waters. With postmarked envelope.........40-60
204. Large original etching, portrait of Abraham Lincoln, unsigned, artist is James S. King [1852-1925] who specialized in portraits, image approx. 18 x 14 in. plus margins. The image and the area surrounding the image, the portion that would show after being matted & framed, is very good. There are numerous faults along edges that will not show. Striking image. James S. King was born in New York City in 1852 and studied at the Art Student's League, National Academy of Design, Ecole Des Beaux-Arts, Paris with Gerome and Bonnat. He belonged to the Salmagundi Club and the Allied Artists of America. King was active in exhibiting at the Parrish Art Museum; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art; Boston Art Club; National Academy of Design; Art Institute of Chicago; the Corcoran Gallery; and the Society of Independent Artists.............300-400
Lincoln - full view
205. 1876 Centennial Reprint of the classic July 8, 1776 issue of DUNLAP'S PENNSYLVANIA PACKET OR THE GENERAL ADVERTISER containing the Declaration of Independence 16.5" x 11," as expected small tears, partial separation at one fold, all iwell away from the Declaration printing. Published by J.V. Vondersmith and printed in Philadelphia in 1876 by the Saturday Evening Mirror. A fun and historic souvenir piece.............150-200
206. [ART] David Jagger (1891 – 1958) English portrait painter. A prolific painter, he is renowned for his 1929 painting of Robert Baden-Powell. Jagger produced portraits of illustrious people, such Queen Mary, exhibited in the Royal Academy exhibition of 1930, and Winston Churchill. ALS, no yr., 3 pages. VG..........50-75
209. [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
210. [ART] James Brooks [1906-1992] American muralist, abstract painter and winner of the Logan Medal of the Arts. Brooks was a friend of Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner. Considered a first generation abstract expressionist painter, Brooks was amongst the first abstract expressionists to use staining as an important technique. The Courtauld Institute of Art (London), the Dallas Museum of Art (Dallas, Texas), the Harvard University Art Museums, the Honolulu Academy of Arts, the Indianapolis Museum of Art (Indianapolis, Indiana), the Sheldon Art Gallery (Lincoln, Nebraska), the Smithsonian American Art Museum (Washington D.C.), the Tate Gallery (London) and the Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, Minnesota) are among the public collections holding work by James Brooks. Signed Portland Museum of Art [Maine] membership brochure. This is also signed by Charles Whitney Payson [d. 1985] husband of Joan Whitney Payson the American heiress, businesswoman, philanthropist, patron of the arts and art collector. She was also co-founder and majority owner of Major League Baseball's New York Mets baseball franchise, and was the first woman to own a major-league team in North America without inheriting it. Also signed by Joe Brennan, the Gov. of Maine. VG..........50-75
212. [FILM] Bill Lundigan [1914-1975] American movie and TV actor. His films include "Dodge City" (1939),"The Fighting 69th" (1940), The Sea Hawk (1940), Santa Fe Trail (1940), Dishonored Lady (1947), Pinky (1949), Love Nest (1951) with Marilyn Monroe, The House on Telegraph Hill (1951), and Inferno (1953). From September 30, 1959, to September 7, 1960, Lundigan portrayed Col. Edward McCauley in the CBS television series, Men Into Space. Signed, inscribed vintage 5x7 photo. VG..............40-60
216. Nathan Dane (1752-1835) American lawyer and statesman who
represented Massachusetts in the Continental Congress from 1785
through 1788. Dane helped formulate the Northwest Ordinance
while in Congress, and introduced an amendment to the ordinance
prohibiting slavery in the Northwest Territory. ALS, Beverly
[Mass], Feb. 9, 1832, 1p, 8-1/2 x 5-1/4". Concerns rental
property and the removal of a tenant. Addressed to Captain Henry
Larcom...........100-150
217. [MUSIC] Robert Ward (b.1917) American composer. Signed brochure about him.....20-30
218. [MUSIC] Phillip Lambro - American composer. Sig. brochure...........20-30
219.
[PRIME MINISTERS OF ENGLAND] JOHN RUSSELL, 1st Earl
Russell 1793-1878) Prime Minister 3 times. CLIP SIGNATURE.
HENRY J. TEMPLE, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
(1784-1865) CLIP SIGNATURE. Both are
mounted.........75-100
220. [MUSIC] Gilbert Ross [1903-1975] Professor of music at the University of Michigan, and founder and first violinist with the Stanley Quartet. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photograph on which he has penned a musical quote. Excellent condition.........75-100
221. [MUSIC] Barbara Kolb (b. 1939) American composer. Her music uses sound masses and often creates vertical structures through simultaneous rhythmic or melodic units (motifs or figures). She was the first American woman composer to win the Prix de Rome. AMQS from her "APPELLO" written on 6x4" card. VG.........30-40
222. [GOLF] Ben Crenshaw (b. 1952) American professional golfer. In 1973, Crenshaw became the second player in Tour history to win the first event of his career. SIGNED & INSCRIBED 8x10 color photo. Fine..........20-30
223. [MUSIC] Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (b.1923) classical conductor best known for his work with the Minnesota Orchestra. AMQS from his composition "Symphony for Strings." 7-3/4 x 7". Very nice.......75-100
See above224. James Doohan
(1920-2005) Canadian character and voice actor best known for
his role as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in the television and film
series Star Trek. Signed 8x10 color photo as "Scotty" from Star
Trek. VG...............40-60
225. [MUSIC] David Lee Shire (b. 1937) American songwriter and the composer of stage musicals, film and television scores. The soundtrack to the movie The Taking of Pelham 123 and parts of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack such as Night on Disco Mountain, an adaptation of Modest Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain, are some of his best known works. His other work includes the score of the 1985 film, Return to Oz, the "sequel-in-part" of The Wizard of Oz (1939 film). AMQS, inscribed from his celebrated song "It Goes Like It Goes." Approx. 10-1/2 x 4-3/4". Two mail fold lines o/w VG..........75-100
226. [MUSIC] Gloria Coates (b. 1938) American composer who has moved to, and has subsequently been living in Munich, Germany since 1969. She studied with Alexander Tcherepnin, Otto Luening, and Jack Beeson. In 1964 she wrote Interlude for Organ. AMQS, inscribed, dated 2000, on 6x4 white card. Fine.........40-60
227. [FILM] Elizabeth
McGovern (b. 1961) American actress.
Signed, inscribed 8x10 movie still from "Ragtime", with ANS on
verso describing the scene. One ling soft crease which shows
when held at an angle o/w VG. Unusual...........35-45
See above
See verso
228. [US NAVAL] Ellsworth Davis [1892-1946] American naval officer. He served on the U.S.S. Florida as a signal officer, official uniform inspector and flag lieutenant. During the U.S. occupation of Vera Cruz, Mexico on April 1914, Davis led a company onshore and overtook the town's postal service building. In addition to his service on the U.S.S. Florida, Davis served in the Mediterranean and off of the U.S. Atlantic Coast on the Brooklyn and the Fairfax. He was commanding officer of the USS Fairfax from 1934 to 1936. The Fairfax was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during the World War I, later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Richmond (G88), as a Town class destroyer. The Fairfax took part in the Presidential Review taken by Franklin D. Roosevelt in San Diego in March 1933, and then sailed for the East coast, where she continued her reserve training duty. She also patrolled in Cuban waters, and in the summers of 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, and 1940 sailed out of Annapolis training midshipmen of the Naval Academy. Between October 1935 and March 1937, she served with the Special Service Squadron out of Coco Solo and Balboa, Canal Zone, operating primarily on the Atlantic side of the Canal Zone. Offered here is a signed 1934 bank check, The Annapolis Banking & Trust Co. He signs "E. Davis USN." VG........30-40
231. [PHOTOGRAPHY] Frederic
Eugene Ives (1856–1937) was a U.S.
inventor, born at Litchfield, Connecticut. In 1874–78 he had
charge of the photographic laboratory at Cornell University. He
moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where in 1885 he was one of
the founding members of the Photographic Society of
Philadelphia. He was awarded The Franklin Institute's
Elliott Cresson Medal in 1893, the Edward Longstreth Medal in
1903, and the John Scott Medal in 1887, 1890, 1904 and
1906. His son Herbert E. Ives was a pioneer of television and
telephotography, including color facsimile. Ives was a pioneer
in the field of color photography. He first demonstrated a
system of natural color photography at the 1885 Novelties
Exposition of the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.[3] His
fully developed Kromskop (long-vowel marks over both "o"s and
pronounced "chrome-scope") color photography system was
commercially available in England by late 1897 and in the US
about a year later. In 1903 Ives patented the parallax
stereogram, the first "no glasses" autostereoscopic 3-D display
technology. As early as 1900, Ives was tinkering with
stereoscopic motion pictures. By 1922, he and fellow inventor
Jacob Leventhal were producing a popular series of anaglyph 3-D
novelty shorts called Plastigrams. Ives is sometimes
referred to as "the" inventor of "the" halftone process, but
this is incorrect and Ives never made such a claim for
himself. Offered here is an undated biography sheet on
which he pens biographical information, signed. 8.5 x 11".
VG............100-150
233. Bill
Proxmire (1915-2005) US senator
from Wis. Signed on lined side........15-20
237. [GERMANY] RICHARD VON WEIZSACKER - a former mayor of West Berlin, he was President of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1984 to 1994. TLS, Bonn, 1987, 1p, 4to. Letter of congratulations for platinum wedding anniversary.....50-75
238. [ENGLAND] JOHN MORLEY, Viscount Morley of Blackburn (1838-1923), British statesman and author. Morley began his career as a journalist in London in 1860, and in 1867 he was appointed editor of the Fortnightly Review. An ardent radical and idealist, he was receptive to the ideas of liberalism, and during the 15 years he was its editor, the review was an organ of liberal opinion. Morley was elected to Parliament in 1883, and in 1886 the Liberal party leader and prime minister William Ewart Gladstone appointed him chief secretary of Ireland. He held this position again from 1892 to 1895, when the Liberal government was defeated. ALS, 1889, 1p. Declines invitation...............50-75
239. Vincent Godfrey Burns (1893-1979) Poet Laureate of Maryland, from 1962 until 1979. Photo mounted, signed & inscribed to Cornelius Greenway on the mount. Overall 7x9". The Rev. Greenway was a famous collector of autographs........25-35
240. [MUSIC] Artur Rodzinski (1892-1958) Polish conductor of opera and symphonic music. He is especially noted for his tenures as music director of the Cleveland Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic in the 1930s and 1940s. Signed & inscribed portrait removed from publication. Signed 1942. Approx. 6 x 5"............25-35
241. James
Parton (1822-1891) Am. biographer.
Sig. card, 1885.......20-30
242. [FILM] Liv Ullmann [b. 1938] 2-time Academy Award winning actress; the favorite of Ingmar Bergman. ALS, 1994, 1p. "Dear Bill and Carolyn Smith: I have been out of the country for most of the last two years, writing and directing my film Sotie; now my second full length film....." .............50-75
243. [MUSIC] Rosa Olitzka (1873-1949) Polish/German Soprano. Clip signature......20-30
244. GALLUP,
GEORGE, Jr., chairman and son of the
founder of "The Gallup Poll". LS, dated Dec. 23, 1975,
enclosing "a copy of my recent talk and a copy our 1975 religion
index. I hope these are helpful to you." Comes with 8 x 11
magazine photo...........25-35
250. Leonard Alfred Strong (1896-1958) English writer, known as a novelist, journalist, poet and director of the publishers Methuen Ltd. He was a versatile writer of more than 20 novels, as well as plays, children's books, poems, biography, criticism, and film scripts. Some of his poems were set to music by Arthur Bliss. His novel The Brothers was filmed in 1947 by the Scottish director David MacDonald. Selected Poems appeared in 1931, and The Body's Imperfections: Collected Poems in 1957. He also collaborated with Cecil Day-Lewis in compiling anthologies. ALS, 1949, written on both sides of 5x8" sheet. Signed L.A. Strong. VG.........50-75
251. [FILM] KATHY BATES (b. 1948) American actress. TLS, 1991, on Misery stationery that is shaped like a pig. Boldly signed, she is glad recipient liked "Misery". "Annie Wilkes was a pleasure to play and I am grateful that I got the opportunity to bring her to the screen. It was a great thrill to win the Oscar for my performance..." VG.......40-60
252. Susan Ertz (1894 - 1985) British fiction writer and novelist. ALS on notecard, no date, 5-1/4 x 3-1/4. VG.........40-60
253. [THEATRE] Early Stage Actors - signatures of: James Powers, Sydney Parradough, Eric Hope, Richard Golden, Max Freeman, Stephen Grattan, Harold Blake......50-75
254. [THEATRE] Edward Terry (1844-1912) English actor, who became one of the most influential actors and comedians of the Victorian era. ALS, 1878, 2pp, declining a group to have a copy of a certain letter. This is a retained copy of Terry's letter written in his hand.........40-60
255. [THEATRE] Sir Chas. Wyndham (1837-1919) English actor. Early in 1862 he made his first professional appearance in London, performing with Ellen Terry. Further stage work was not forthcoming, and he returned to medicine. There was a shortage of surgeons in the United States, which was in the throes of the Civil War, and he volunteered to became brigade surgeon in the Union army. He served at the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg . On 17 November 1864 he resigned his contract with the Army to return to the stage. In later years he was to appear in America: between 1870-1872 in his own Wyndham Comedy Company; and in later tours between 1882 and 1909. On one occasion he appeared in New York with John Wilkes Booth. TLS, 1891, 1p, to J.H. McVicker............50-75
256. ART BIMROSE (1912-1999) American Editorial Cartoonist - for 35 years Bimrose created daily cartoons for the Oregonian. Many times his cartoons were carried throughout the US in newspapers - and his originals are sought after by many collectors ALS, 1991, 1p. about his career.........25-35
257. Julius A. Stratton (1901 - 1994) was a U.S. educator. He served as the president of MIT between 1959 and 1966. He also served as the chairman of the Ford Foundation between 1964 and 1971. Signed 5x7 photo........25-35
258. HENRY DENKER - American Playwright/Novelist/Screenwriter. His plays are: A Case Of Libel, A Far Country, Horowitz and Mrs. Washington, The Second Time Around, Time Limit, Venus At Large, What Did We Do Wrong, many books and screenplays. SIGNED 8x10 photograph. Nice photo but signed in dark area.....................20-30
259. William Hepworth Thompson (1810-1886) English
classical scholar and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. ALS,
1873, 4pp.........50-75
260. (British
Literature Lot) Leonard
Alfred George Strong (1896 –1958) highly
popular novelist, critic, historian and poet, ANS, 1944.
Ishbel Ross
(1895-1975) Journalist. Her book “Ladies of the Press” in
1936, did great service to historians. She became a
leading writer for the NY Hearld Tribune. She also wrote several
books of fiction. TLS, 1949. Lady
Margaret Sackville (1881 –
1963) English poet and children’s author .When the Poetry
Society was formed in 1912, Lady Margaret was made its first
president. She had also been the first president of its
predecessor, the Poetry Recital Society, formed in 1909.
She had a passionate 15-year love affair with Ramsay
MacDonald. Lady Margaret never married. ALS,
2pp 1944. Henry Major Tomlinson (1873-1958)
British writer and journalist. He was known for anti-war and
travel writing, novels and short stories, especially of life at
sea. SIGNED presentation title page from his book “Gallions
Reach” (1927). Edwin Herbert
Samuel, 2nd Viscount Samuel CMG (1898
–1978) writer and Lecturer . He served in the Jewish Legion. He
also served as the last Mandate-era Director of the Palestine
Broadcasting Service. ALS (1973). Lord Francis
Scott (1879-1952) Writer, diarist – He was
the son of the 7th Duke of Buccleuch. He was one of the first
British elite to travel and live in Kenya. He was the uncle to
HRH Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (18901-1904) ANS 1936. Edward Abbott Parry
(1863-1943) judge and dramatist.. He wrote several plays and
books for children, ALS, 1903,
4pp..............100-150
268. [OPERA] Sherrill Milnes [b. 1935] Am. baritone. ISP, 8x10.......20-30
269. [THEATRE] Eileen Heckart (1919-2001) American actress of stage, screen, and television. SHE WON 1972 ACADEMY AWARD FOR "Butterflies Are Free." Signed [on cover] platbill program for the play "Eleanor Roosevelt" at the Studebaker Theatre, 1976...........25-35
270. Benjamin Perley Poore (1820-1887) was a prominent American newspaper correspondent, editor, and author in the mid-19th century. One of the most popular and prolific journalists of his era, he was an active partisan for the Whig and Republican parties. ALS, Boston, 1840, 1p, ragged right edge. Military content concerns 1st Regt. Infantry, 1st Brigade...........60-80
271. Larry McMurtry (b.1936) American novelist, essayist, bookseller, and Academy Award winning screenwriter whose work is predominantly set in either the old West or in contemporary Texas. He is known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning 1985 novel Lonesome Dove. Brief ALS, 2000, on 6-1/4 x 5-1/2 in. card. Signed with intials.............40-60
275. [MUSIC] Stephen Heller (1813-1888) Hungarian composer and pianist whose career spanned the period from Schumann to Bizet, and was an influence for later Romantic composers. At the age of 25, he travelled to Paris, where he became closely acquainted with Hector Berlioz, Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt and other renowned composers of his era. Here Heller eventually achieved distinction both as a concert performer and as a teacher. Offered here on separate slips is a CLIP SIGNATURE of Stephen Heller, also the signature of his wife Louisa Gray, a lyracist who worked with Arthur S. Sullivan of Gilbert and Sullivan. These are mounted to 4-3/4 x 1-1/2" slip. Also includes brief musical notes in the hand of Heller [unsigned]. Accompanied by the photo showing below........75-100
276. [MUSIC] Mel Torme [1925-1999] nicknamed The Velvet Fog, he was one of the great jazz singers. He composed the music for "The Christmas Song. Signed & inscribed King Center for the Performing Arts Program [1991-92]. Also signed by Maureen McGovern. Both on the cover. Fine.............35-45
277. [MUSIC] Jan Peerce [1904-1984] Opera star. ISP, 8x10, 1982.........25-35
278. [MUSIC] Xavier Cugat (1900-1990) Cuban-American bandleader. Signed 8x10 photo dated 1963. Fairly minor faults............50-75
279. [MUSIC] Leslie Bassett (b. 1923) American composer of classical music. He received the 1966 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his Variations for Orchestra. AMQS from his " Variations for Orchestra." On 8.5 x 5.5" sheet. Written in pencil. VG.........50-75
280. [MUSIC] Fritz Kreisler [1875-1962] Austrian-American violinist and composer. Bold signature dated 1936 on 5 x 3-3/4 in. slip. Center fold crease is not obtrusive............40-60
281. [MUSIC] Mark Isham [b. 1951] American trumpeter, synthesist, and film composer. He works in a variety of genres, including jazz, electronic, and film. AMQS from his composition "TIBET, PT II" 1989. 8-1/2 x 3-3/4. Needs a little ironing............30-40
282. [MUSIC] Andy Williams (1927-2012) American popular music singer. Signed 8x10 photo. VG.........50-75
See above
283.
[SPACE] Joseph P. Allen (b.
1937) former NASA astronaut. He logged more than 3,000 hours
flying time in jet aircraft. Allen logged a total of
314 hours in space. Signed, inscribed color litho. photo.
VG.............50-75
See Allen
photo
284. [FILM] Ralph Bellamy (1904-1991)
American actor whose career spanned sixty-two years. Two
signed pieces [see scan]..........35-45
285. [FILM]
Sally Field (b. 1946) American Academy Award
winning actress. Signed, inscribed 5x7 photo. VG...........25-35
286. Alan Bates (1934-2003) English actor who came to prominence in the 1960s. Signature. Very nice example.......20-30
287. Adrien Brody - AMERICAN ACTOR. He received widespread recognition and acclaim after starring in Roman Polanski's The Pianist (2002), for which he became the youngest actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor at age 29. Signature........20-30
See above288. [ART] Sylvie Harachouse - signed ink drawing, 1972, approx. 9-1/4 x 12-1/4"......50-75
290. Hjalmar H. Boyesen [1848-1895] Norwegian-American author and college professor. ALS, 1891, 1p, regarding lectures scheduled & unable to attend invitation. On Columbia College letterhead. VG.......50-75
291. Benjamin Altman (1840–1913) American businessman who in 1865 founded B. Altman & Co., opening a store on Third Avenue and 10th Street in NYC. In 1906, he moved the business to Fifth Avenue and 34th Street. Benjamin Altman died without heirs. Shortly before the death, he founded the Altman Foundation. Until 1985, it owned B. Altman & Co., which latter closed the last store in 1990. Altman was an avid collector of Rembrandt paintings and china, much of which he acquired through art dealer Joseph Duveen. Upon his death, he donated the collection to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Signed Chemical National Bank check, 1906. VG................75-100
292. [ENGLAND] Sir Robert Howard (1626-1698) English playwright and politician, born to Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire and his wife Elizabeth. As the 18-year-old son of a royalist family, he fought at the battle of Cropredy Bridge and was knighted for the bravery he showed there. In the years after the English Civil War his royalist sympathies led to his imprisonment at Windsor Castle in 1658. After the Restoration , he quickly rose to prominence in political life, with several appointments to posts which brought him influence and money. He was Member of Parliament for Stockbridge, and believed in a balance of parliament and monarchy. All his life he continued in a series of powerful positions; in 1671 he became secretary to the Treasury, and in 1673 auditor of the Exchequer. He helped bring William of Orange to the throne and was made a privy councillor in 1689. His interest in financial matters continued, and in later life he subscribed to the newly founded Bank of England while continuing his work on currency reform. He was thought of as arrogant and was caricatured in a play by Shadwell as Sir Positive-At-All, a boastful knight. Howard died on 3 September 1698 and is buried in Westminster Abbey. His signature on a document fragment dated 1691, approx. 3.5 x 5". Also signed by Thomas Howard (1619-1706) English peer, styled Hon. Thomas Howard until 1679. He was the second son of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire. Howard represented Wallingford in Parliament from 1640 to 1646. He was colonel of a regiment of Royalist horse in 1643, and subsequently a brigadier. In 1661, after the English Restoration, he was rewarded with the sinecure office of Clerk of the Markets of the Household. Thomas inherited the earldom after the death of his childless brother, Charles in 1679. He was succeeded by his great-nephew Henry Howard, who then united the earldoms of Suffolk and Berkshire. He was reputed to have fathered at least one illegitimate child, Moll Davies, who became an actress and mistress to Charles II, bearing him a daughter, Lady Mary Tudor who married the Earl of Derwentwater. Moll Davis was born around 1648 in Westminster and was said by Samuel Pepys , the famous diarist, to be "a bastard of Collonell Howard, my Lord Barkeshire" - probably meaning Thomas Howard, third Earl of Berkshire...........80-120
See Portrait of Sir Robert Howard296.
[GOODYEAR COMPANY] Charles
Goodyear (1800-1860) American inventor who
developed a process to vulcanize rubber in 1839 — a method that
he perfected while living and working in Springfield,
Massachusetts in 1844, and for which he received patent number
3633 from the United States Patent Office on June 15, 1844.
Offered here is a "copy" of 1849 letter from Charles Goodyear
requesting a patent for Goodyear Transparent Cement. Two
pages, contained in an elaborate mat with wooden inserts.
Provenance: Goodyear Family. Overall size approx. 25-1/2 x
19". Obviously a latter copy of the letter, probably circa
1900, possibly earlier. VG.........150-250
302. WLS "The National Barn Dance" was the nation's most popular country music radio show during the 1930s and 1940s, essentially defining country and western entertainment until it was supplanted by the "Grand Ole Opry" and rock 'n' roll in the 1 950s. Broadcast for more than three decades from Chicago on WLS's powerful 50,000-watt signai, the show reached listeners throughout the Midwest, the East Coast, and large regions of the South, delivering popular entertainment to rural and urban areas and celebrating the folk traditions that were fading in an increasingly urbanized America.Drawing on the colourful commentary of performers and fommer listeners, these essays analyze the "National Bam Dance" and its audience, trace the history of barn dance radio, explore the paradox of country music in a major urban centre, investigate notions of authenticity in the presentation of country music and entertainment, and delve into other provocative issues raised by the barn dance phenomenon. VERY RARE SIGNED 10x8 photograph of 1944 show SIGNED by 30 members including PAT BUTTRAM, Al Boyd, Pat Patterson, Eddie Marks, Eli Haney, Slu Sloan, Buddy Haitz, Betty Jane, Red Faire, Alan R. Rice, Frank O'Connor, Pete Haflinger, Skip Furrell, Karl Sihulte, Richard Henninger, Hal O'Halloran, Larry Gordon, Tom Moore, Lavell Carter, Joe Kelly, Dean Reed, Virginia Crane, John Brown, Herman Feller, Grace McCarthy, Virginia Speaker, Ray Knapp, Walter Lewis, Salty Holmes, and Lou Keatt. The photo is in very good condition although it has been laid to a backing sheet............200-300
303. [MUSIC] Marie Osmond (b. 1959) American actress, singer, and a member of the show business family The Osmonds. SIGNED, INSCRIBED 8X10 PHOTO. VG.
305. [MUSIC] Mel Torme (1925-1999) nicknamed The Velvet Fog, was an American musician, known as one of the great jazz singers. He co-wrote the classic holiday song "The Christmas Song" (also known as "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire") with Bob Wells. Signed 1989 bank check made out to Ali Torme $1,759.50. VG.........50-75
306. [MUSIC] Karlheinz
Stockhausen (1928- 2007) German
composer, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most
important but also controversial composers of the 20th and early
21st centuries. SIGNED 4X6 CARD, DATED 1982..........30-40
307. [MUSIC] Emma Mampe-Babnigg [1823-1904] German Soprano, composer. She was popular in Europe; taught later in Vienna. ALS, nd, 1p. Not translated............40-60
308.
[OPERA] Lauritz Melchior (1890-1973) Danish and later American opera
singer. He was the pre-eminent Wagnerian tenor of the late
1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, and is considered the quintessence of
his voice type. Signed 3-1/2 x 5-1/2 paperstock portrait.
VG..........60-80
309. [MUSIC]
David Rubinoff (1897-1986) Russian-born violinist who was heard
during the 1930s and 1940s on various radio programs playing his
Stradivarius violin. He also performed in theaters, clubs and
schools, and he gave several concerts at the White House during
the 1940s. TLS, 1933, 1p. Probably an ink signed form letter
sending his autograph. Minor faults........35-45
310. [MUSIC- FILM] CHARLIE BARNET [1913-1991] Jazz saxophonist & bandleader. Signed contract, 1947, to appear in movie "That's Life", $2000. Signed at conclusion, with rider also initialed.............60-80
312. [Music] Jeanne Granier - Fr. opera singer. Painted by Toulouse-Lautrec. Signature.
313. [OPERA] Marie Stone [1847-?] American opera star who appeared in the 1880s with the Bostonians. Signed card, with sentiment.
314. [MUSIC] Paul Williams (b.1940)) American musician, composer, songwriter and actor. Signed bank check, 1977. VG............35-45
315. [POP MUSIC] Captain & Tennille are U.S. pop music recording artists who achieved
recording chart success from 1975-80 with a repertoire of
romance and novelty hit songs. The duo consists of "Captain"
Daryl Dragon (born August 27, 1942), and Toni Tennille (born May
8, 1940). They are probably best known for their single, "Love
Will Keep Us Together." SIGNED, INSCRIBED 8x10 photo. Signed by
both. VG...........25-35
316. Lanny Ross [1906-1988] Am. singer. SP, 5x7. Nice.........25-35
317. [OPERA] JARMILLA NOVOTNA (1907-1994) Czech Opera. SIGNED/inscribed 3x5 photo with sentiment dtd 4/15/81...........35-45
318. [MUSIC] Fats Domino [b. 1928] American R&B and rock and roll pianist and singer-songwriter. Signed postcard picture showing him singing at the piano. 6x4 in. VG.......25-35
319. [MUSIC] Sigmund Romberg (1887 - 1951) Hungarian-born American composer, best-known for his operettas. He wrote his best-known operettas, The Student Prince (1924), The Desert Song (1926) and The New Moon (1928), which are in a style similar to the Viennese operettas of Franz Lehár. He also wrote Rosalie (1928) together with George Gershwin. SIGNATURE on ASCAP card, with cover letter from secretary, Aug. 20, 1945. VG.........75-100
320. [MUSIC] Bobby Short (1924-2005) American cabaret singer and pianist. Signed & inscribed 8x10 photo. Very nice. VG...........40-60
321. [MUSIC] Nancy Wilson (b. 1937) American singer with more than 70 albums, and three Grammy Awards. She sings blues, jazz, cabaret and pop; a "consummate actress"; and "the complete entertainer." Signed 8x10 color photo. Very attractive. VG............25-35
322. [MUSIC] Marvin
Hamlisch (b. 1944)
American composer. He is one of only two people to have been
awarded Emmys, Grammys, Oscars, and a Tony (known as an EGOT)
plus a Pulitzer Prize (the other is Richard Rodgers). Hamlisch
has also won two Golden Globes. Signed 8x10 photo.
VG.............25-35
323. [MUSIC] Vic Damone (b. 1928) American singer and entertainer.
SIGNED, INSCRIBED 8X10 PHOTO. VG...........25-35
324. [MUSIC] Dave Brubeck [b. 1920] American jazz pianist who has written a number of jazz standards , including "In Your Own Sweet Way" and "The Duke". Signed 8x10 photo............25-35
325. [OPERA] Jarmila Novotna (1907-1994) celebrated Czech soprano, from 1940 to 1956, a star of the Metropolitan Opera. She appeared in several films, including Max Ophüls's 1932 version of The Bartered Bride. In 1948, she won acclaim for playing the non-singing role of a young mother looking for her son after being a prisoner at Auschwitz, in The Search, starring Montgomery Clift. SIGNED, inscribed 4x6 photo, she dates 1993. Superb shot of her holding a rose to her chin as a young woman. VG............50-75
326. [OPERA] Jarmila Novotna (1907-1994) Czech Opera . ALS, 1981...........35-45
327. [OPERA] Frederica von Stade (b.1945), American mezzo-soprano. She made her debut with the Metropolitan Opera in 1970 and in 1971 appeared as Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro at the Santa Fe Opera. "It was two of the newcomers who left the audience dazzled: Frederica von Stade as Cherubino and Kiri Te Kanawa as the Countess. Everyone knew at once that these were brilliant finds. History has confirmed that first impression. SIGNED & INSCRIBED 10 x 8 photo. VG............25-35
328. [OPERA] DAME JOSEJPHINE
BARSTOW (1940- ) British
Soprano. A most powerful and intense singing actress. She
created the role of Denise in The Knot Garden, Gayle in The Ice
Break and many other roles. She is a great interpreter of
contemporary roles, appeared in films. SIGNED 3x5
photograph..............25-35
329. Jan Peerce [1904-1984] Opera star. ISP, 8x10, 1982........25-35
330. [OPERA] Dame EDITH COATES (1908-1983) British Mezzo Soprano - A most successful career at the Old Vic, Sadler Wells, covent Garden. She was fortunate to have a long caeer. She was an impressive singing-actress. She created the role Auntie in Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes, Bardeau, in Sir Arthur Bliss' The Olympians, and other great roles in Gloriana and The Parlour. TLS dtd 1/12/81 ...................35-45
341. [MUSIC- THEATRE] Gertrude "Gertie" Millar (later Countess of Dudley) (1879-1952) English actress and singer of the early 20th century, known for her performances in Edwardian musical comedies. Beginning her career at age 13, Millar was a prominent star of musical comedies for two decades. She married composer Lionel Monckton, who composed many of her shows and songs that she made famous. After Monckton died in 1924, Millar married the 2nd Earl of Dudley. As a child, Millar performed in London pantomimes, beginning with Babes in the Wood at the St. James Theatre in Manchester, at the age of 13. She started out as a singer and dancer in the music halls of Yorkshire. Later, she moved to London where she was soon earning good notices and better pay appearing in variety show bills. By 1897, she was playing the role of Phyllis Crosby in A Game of Cards at Shodfriars Hall, Boston, England. Next she toured in The New Barmaid in the role of Dora; in The Silver Lining; and as Sadie Pinkhose, the "other woman", in The Lady Detective. In 1899, she played Dandini in Cinderella at the Grand Theatre, Fulham. In the new century, she starred in a series of hit musical comedies produced by George Edwardes. In 1900, she played Isabel Blythe in the touring production of The Messenger Boy. Edwardes's next show was The Toreador in 1901 at the Gaiety Theatre in London. Lionel Monckton, one of the show's composers, had seen Millar in The Messenger Boy and requested that she be given the role of the bridesmaid Cora in the new musical, singing "Keep Off the Grass". She made the song popular and earned a second song, "Captivating Cora", and a third, "I'm not a simple little girl". These hits, and her featured role in A Country Girl (1902), established Millar in London. The Gaiety Theatre closed for renovations in 1902, and the last show at the old theatre was The Linkman; or, Gaiety Memories. Millar starred as Morgiana. She married Monckton in 1902, and he continued to write hit songs for her in subsequent shows. Millar became one of the most photographed women of the Edwardian period. She had top billing as the Hon. Violet Anstruther in The Orchid, the show that opened the new Gaiety (1903; introducing the songs "Little Mary", "Liza Ann", and "Come with me to the zoo"). She starred as Rosalie in The Spring Chicken (1905; singing "Alice sit by the fire" and "The Delights of London") and as Lally in The New Aladdin (1906). She next starred as Mitzi in The Girls of Gottenberg (1907; singing the duet "Two Little Sausages", with Edmund Payne, and the Wagnerian parody "Rhinegold"). Soon afterwards, Edwardes cast her as Franzi at the Hicks Theatre in the English-language production of Ein Walzertraum (A Waltz Dream, 1908) by Oscar Straus. Although Millar was able to sell the light musical comedy songs composed for her at the Gaiety, Oscar Straus's music was too demanding for her small voice, and she was sent to New York to star in the Broadway production of The Girls of Gottenberg. After she returned to London, some of Millar's biggest successes were still in front of her. They included the title role of the hit Gaiety musical, Our Miss Gibbs (1909), with Millar introducing the songs "Moonstruck", "Yorkshire", and "Our farm", all written for her by Monckton. Monckton and Millar then moved to Edwardes' newest theatre, the Adelphi, where she played the title role, Prudence Pym, in another international hit, The Quaker Girl (1910). In this, she popularised the songs "The Quaker Girl", "The Little Grey Bonnet", and "Tony from America". After this, she returned to continental operetta, playing Lady Babby in Edwardes's English language version of Franz Lehár's Zigeunerliebe (Gipsy Love, 1912) at Daly's Theatre . In this role, the musical demands were light and the show was a moderate success. She returned to the Adelphi to play Nancy Joyce in The Dancing Mistress (1912), and back at Daly's she played Kitty Kent in The Marriage Market (1913). This was followed by the role of Nan in a major revival of A Country Girl (1914). She also played Sallie Denbigh in The House of Bondage, a 1914 film. SIGNED postcard size photograph from the play "The Girls of Gottenberg", dated 1908. Approx. 3-1/8 x 5-1/4". VG.........50-75
342. Luigi, Count Cibrario (1802-1870) Italian statesman and historian. He won a scholarship at the age of sixteen, and was teaching literature at eighteen. His verses to King Charles Albert, then prince of Savoy-Carignano, on the birth of his son Victor Emmanuel, attracted the prince's attention and proved the beginning of a long intimacy. As a writer and historian, his most important work during his lifetime was his Economia politica del medio evo (Turin, 1839), which enjoyed great popularity at the time, but is now of little value. His Della schiavitù e del servaggio (Milan, 1868 -1869) gave an account of the development and abolition of slavery and serfdom. Among his historical writings the following deserve mention: ALS, 1865, 1p. NOT TRANSLATED. 5 x 5.5"....................75-100
344. [ART]
Portrait of
George Washington -
original engraving/etching/aquatint by
T. Johnson, plate signed & dated
1903 in the plate. This, of course,
was done after Gilbert Stuart's famous
portrait. Image 11-1/2 x 9-3/4" plus
wide margins. VG. Too large for
scanner's window but you can see most
of it in scan below............100-150
347. [FRANCE] Baron de Lagarde - ALS, dated 1714, 1p, about 6-1/2 x 8-3/4. Identification with this letter says: "Toulon 1714. The Marquis of La Velette, Baron de Lagarde went to search for the remains of the famous explorer LA PÉROUSE". A quick attempt at researching Lagarde did not yield anything. La Perouse, however, was quite famous, having died c. 1788. His death, in comparison to the 1714 date of the letter offered here would seem to dispute that Lagarde could have written a letter in 1714 and would still be alive 74 years later. This needs more research..........100-150
See Lagarde letterLOT 349. [ACTORS & ACTRESSES] multiple lot comprised of: [1] [THEATRE] Willis P. Sweatnam (1854-1930) Broadway actor. He was born in Zanesville, Ohio, died at the Lambs Club in NYC. The New York Times, November 26, 1930 said, " One of the Best End-Men Who Ever Cracked Jokes in a Minstrel Show. Organized Several Companies. Created a Score of Negro Characters in Comedies." Clip Signature mounted to blank page from autograph catalog. Has sentiment plus "St. James Hotel, New York." [2] [TV]Debbie Watson, (b. 1949) American movie and television actress. Born in Culver City, Los Angeles, she got her start on television, starring as the boy-struck teenage girl Karen Scott in the 1964 sitcom TV series Karen. She then went on to star in the 1965 rural themed sitcom TV series Tammy. Perhaps her best known film appearance was when she portrayed Marilyn Munster in Munster Go Home 1966. Signed [on lined side] 3x5 card. Fine. [3] [FILM] Virginia Madsen (b.1961) American actress. She came to fame during the 1980s, having appeared in several films aimed at a teenage audience. Several decades later, she once again became known after an Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominated role in the 2004 film Sideways. SIGNED, inscribed "To John" 8x10 photo. VG. [4] [THEATRE] Wilson Barrett (1846-1904) English manager, actor, and playwright. With his company, Barrett is credited with attracting the largest crowds of English theatregoers ever because of his success with melodrama, an instance being his production of The Silver King (1882) at the Princess's Theatre of London. The historical tragedy The Sign of the Cross (1895) was Barrett's most successful play, both in England and in the United States. He writes on 4-7/8 x 3" slip "I am very Virginius Wilson Barrett." [5] [THEATRE] Marshall P. Wilder - vaudeville performer. Signature. [6] [THEATRE] Daniel Frohman (1851-1940) American theatrical producer and manager and an early film producer. CLIP SIGNATURE. [7] [FILM] Nick Stuart[1904-1973] serial star of THE LOST PLANET, THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN KIDD, etc. Signature, inscribed. Scarce!. [8] [FILM] PATRICIA NEAL - actress. Her signature on imprinted 3 x 5 card. [9] [CINEMA] Leo Chalzel [1901-1953] actor. In Ida Lipino's film "Men In White." Small clipping about him signed in ink, 1938........80-120
350. Isaac Seligman [1834-1928] German-American merchant banker and philanthropist. He was the youngest of eight brothers, all of whom emigrated to America and became involved in running various branch offices of the merchant banking house J. & W. Seligman & Co., co-founded in Manhattan, New York City in 1846 by Isaac's elder brothers, James and Joseph Seligman. TLS, 1904, 1p, to Lt. Gov. of NY, William F. Sheehan [1859-1917] who was an influential lawyer and politician. VG..........60-80
See Seligman352. [PHOTOGRAPHY - NASA] WILLENE WHISENHANT - one of the important photographers at NASA at the beginning. ORIGINAL vintage color 10x8 photo showing Alan Shepard lying down in space suit with technicians around him. Whisenhant has written caption in ink below "MA-9 - Backup - Shepard." NASA S-63-3888. VG. Provenance: Ex-collection of the photographer.........100-200
See above354. MYSTERY LOT of about 93 pieces from 19th & 20th century. Includes: letters; documents; a few autographs; 5 bank checks signed by the noted artist, Douglas Volk, known for his portraits of Abraham Lincoln, one used on postage stamp, and various ephemera. Oldest item in this lot is 1838. There is also an 1842 document signed by R.G. Hazard [look him up], and a 1945 TLS by Commodore Badt. Good lot for eBay sellers or those who like researching items.....125-225
355. MYSTERY LOT of about 93 pieces from 19th & 20th century. Includes: letters; documents; a few autographs; 5 bank checks signed by the noted artist, Douglas Volk, known for his portraits of Abraham Lincoln, one used on postage stamp, and various ephemera. Oldest item in this lot is 1800. There is also an 1825 bank check signed by R.G. Hazard [look him up], and a 1815 New York Supreme Court document. Good lot for eBay sellers or those who like researching items.....125-175
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![147. Annie A.F. [Annie Adams Field. 1834-1915] Am. writer. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, she was the second wife of the publisher and author James Thomas Fields, whom she married in 1854, and with whom she encouraged up and coming writers such as Sarah Orne Jewett, Mary Freeman, and Emma Lazarus. She was equally at home with great and established figures including Ralph Waldo Emerson and Harriet Beecher Stowe, whose biography she fearlessly compiled. Her closest friend was Sarah Orne Jewett, a novelist and story writer whom her husband had published in The Atlantic. Fields and Jewett were together for the rest of Jewett's life. Some modern scholars have speculated that the two were lovers. ALS, Jan. 12, no yr., 1p. To Mrs. Tuttle. "Your lovely bit was most welcome. __? finds its very best things - I wish you would ask me to do something for you? You are doing for all of us steadily - & at a great sacrifice often I know!". One fold....75-100](https://merv2.tripod.com/fields-128.jpeg){kind=link}
![304. [MUSIC] Jay Livingston (1915-2001) partner with Ray Evans in a composing and songwriter duo best known for songs composed for films. Livingston wrote the music and Evans the lyrics. Livingston and Evans won the Academy Award for Best Original Song three times. AMQS, BAR OF MUSIC FROM "MONA LISA" for which he won the Academy Award in 1950. Signed/inscribed on 3x5 card................40-60](https://merv2.tripod.com/livingston-512.jpeg){kind=link}
