10. [FRANCE] BULLETIN DES LOIS DE LA REPUBLIQUE, dated Year IX [1801], 16 pages., approx. 5.5 x 8.5".  Many pages on how to split up captured ships [detailed]; also article on CORSAIRS [pirates]; etc. Signed Bonaparte in print. VG............100-150
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11. [ART] W.H.W. Bicknell  (1860-1947) American artist; exhibited at the St. Louis Exp. 1904. His work is in many collections including: Rochester Memorial Art Gallery; Boston Museum of Fine Arts; New York Public Library; Art Institute of Chicago. Original etching,  titled "HORACE."  Pencil signed by the artist, approx. 5-1/2 x 3-1/4 plus margins. c. 1902. VG.........100-150

12. [ART] James Fagan [b. 1864) American etcher. Original etching,  titled "THE MISER."  Pencil signed by the artist, approx. 6 x 3-3/4 plus margins. c. 1902. VG.........80-120

13. [ART] James Gillray (1756-1815) British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires. Original etching, not colored, PLATE 78 from the c. 1850 Bohn edition, it's title "ANTISACCHAEITES ; OR, JOHN BULL AND HIS FAMILY LEAVING OFF THE USE OF SUGAR.",  image size approx. 12-1/2 x 15-3/4" plus margins. Published  March 27, 1792 by H. Humphrey 27 St. James’s Street. Described as "QEORQE III. THE QUEEN. THE PRINCESSES.  The Royal Pair sotting an example of economy, which appears by no means agreeable to all the family. Peter Pindar is said to have composed a poem on this subject, which ho destroyed before it was printed." As usual there are other etchings on the verso............200-300

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14. [ART] James Gillray (1756-1815) British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires. Original etching, not colored, PLATES 392, 393, and 394 from the c. 1850 Bohn edition, #394  title "A VESTAL OP —93, TRYINQ ON THE CESTUS OF VENUS",  various sizes. Published  April 29, 1793  by H. Humphrey 27 St. James’s Street. Described as "Upon her fragrant breast tho tone was brac'd ; In it was every art, and every charm To win the wisest, and the coldest warm." LADY CECILIA JOHNSTON. Lady Henrietta Cecilia (whose maiden name was West), was the daughter of the Earl of Delawarr by his wife, the Lady Charlotte Macarty. She was bom January 25, 1727, and married May 4, 1762, to Lieut.-General James Johnston. "  As usual there are other etchings on the verso............200-300

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15. [ART] James Gillray (1756-1815) British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires. Original etching, not colored, PLATES 437 and 438 from the c. 1850 Bohn edition, it's title "STAGGERING BOBS, A TALE FOR SCOTCHMEN; OR, MUNCHAUSEN DRIVING HIS CALVES TO MARKET",  each  image size approx. 14.5 x 10" plus margins. Published  December 1, 1796  by H. Humphrey 27 St. James’s Street. Described as "GEOBGE HAKGEB. A caricature on Colonel Hanger, afterwards Lord Coleraine. The noble Scot alluded to is said to have been Lord Galloway.  " As usual there are other etchings on the verso............200-300

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16. [ART] James Gillray (1756-1815) British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires. Original etching, not colored, PLATES 185, 186, 187, 188 from the c. 1850 Bohn edition, plus 4 other etchings on the opther side. Each about 10 x 7-1/2"........200-300

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17. [ART] James Gillray (1756-1815) British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires. Original etching, not colored, PLATE 444 from the c. 1850 Bohn edition, it's title "GERMAN LUXURY; OR, REPOS A L'ALLEMAND.",  image size approx. 9.5 x 12" plus margins. Published  Jan. 22nd, 1800  by H. Humphrey 27 St. James’s Street. Described as "A satirical print, said to have been intended to tell upon the German Legion, at this time brought into England. " As usual there is another etching on the verso............100-150

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

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20. [FILM] Norma Zarky (1917-1977) was a prominent lawyer in Los Angeles, active in the fight for abortion rights and other civil rights. She then worked for a number of lawyers, including Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., a prominent civil rights lawyer, and for Arthur Goldberg. She co-authored a number of briefs with Rauh on civil rights cases during the 1950s. In 1954, during the McCarthy Era, the Department of Justice sought to fire Hilbert Zarky from his position with the Department, based primarily on Norma’s very brief involvement with Communism when she was an undergraduate in the mid-1930s, along with such “crimes” as their belonging to a liberal book club and being at meetings attended by “suspect” individuals. After she and her husband filed numerous declarations from friends and prominent individuals regarding their loyalty to the United States, he was reinstated to his position.   In 1961 joined the law firm of Mitchell, Silberberg and Knupp,  becoming the firm’s first woman partner in 1968. At Mitchell, Silberberg and Knupp, she practiced primarily in the field of entertainment law. Zarky was the first woman to serve as President of the Beverly Hills Bar Association and was a founding member of Women in Film.  She was influential in establishing Public Counsel,   which is now “the largest pro bono public interest law firm in the world.”   She also was active in the Constitutional Rights Foundation.  She was also a founder of California Women Lawyers. Zarky was particularly active in the fight for legalized abortion. She was “one of the two leading California attorneys” strategizing the legal battles. She authored the ACLU’s amicus brief in People v. Belous, in which the California Supreme Court upheld a woman’s right to abortion.  She then wrote an amicus brief on behalf of the American Association of University Women in Roe v. Wade, the case that established the right to abortion on a nationwide basis.  In 1979, Women in Film established The Norma Zarky Humanitarian Award, which “is presented to individuals who, like Ms. Zarky herself, have demonstrated enlightened support for the advancement of equal opportunity for all and devotion to the improvement of the human condition.” Lengthy TLS, 1965, 1p, to Milt Ebbins, Chrislaw productions, about Bill Asher, mentioning the film JOHNNY COOL and The Patty Duke Show.   Bill Asher (1921-2012)  was one of the most prolific early television directors, producing or directing over two dozen series. With television in its infancy, Asher introduced the sitcom Our Miss Brooks, which was adapted from a radio show. He began directing I Love Lucy by 1952. In 1964, he produced and directed Bewitched, which starred his then-wife Elizabeth Montgomery. As a result of his early success, Asher was considered an "early wunderkind of TV-land," and is  credited in one magazine article for 'inventing' the sitcom.  Included here is a carbon copy of another letter plus a copy of a contract with William Asher. VG..........75-100

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21. [FILM HISTORY] Bill Asher (1921-2012) American television and film producer, film director, and screenwriter. He was one of the most prolific early television directors, producing or directing over two dozen series.  With television in its infancy, Asher introduced the sitcom Our Miss Brooks, which was adapted from a radio show. He began directing I Love Lucy by 1952. In 1964, he produced and directed Bewitched, which starred his then-wife Elizabeth Montgomery. As a result of his early success, Asher was considered an "early wunderkind of TV-land," and is  credited in one magazine article for 'inventing' the sitcom. TLS, April 10, 1963, signed by Milton Ebbins, V.P. Chrislaw Productions and Bill Asher [he also signs]. Asher is granted a leave to direct a BEACH PARTY film. It is assumed that the film ended up being  Muscle Beach Party (1964), starring Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Don Rickles etc. PLUS TLS, 1963, signed by attorney Norma Zarky [see Lot 59 above].  Two signed items - very good condition...........125-175

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22. [ART] James Gillray (1756-1815) British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires. Original etching, not colored, PLATE 129 from the c. 1850 Bohn edition, it's title "A KEEN-SIGHTED POLITICIAN WARMING HIS IMAGINATION.",  image size approx. 13.5 x 9.5" plus margins. Published  June I5th, 1795  by H. Humphrey 27 St. James’s Street. Described as "LORD ORSNYILLE. This is a satirical picture of Lord Grenville, who at a later period joined in the celebrated Broad Bottom Ministry. The position with regard to the fire appears to have been a favourite one with his Lordship". As usual there is another etching on the verso............100-150

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23. [ART] Theodor Van Kessel (Dutch, c. 1620 - after 1660?, or possibly 1693) In an exhibition, David Teniers and the Theatre of Painting, at the Courtauld Institute of Art Gallery, 2006-2007, the author of one of the essays, Margret Klinge, on page 31, mentions van Kessel as one of the engravers of the Theatrum Pictorium. She gives his full name as Theodoor van Kessel and his life dates as ca. 1620-after 1660. Bénézit gives a different spelling to the name and a very much later death date: Théodorus van Kessel, a Dutch engraver, who was born about 1620 and who died in 1693, and who was established in Antwerp by 1652. Bénézit also states that in 1679, a Theodor Andreas van Kessel, engraver, was in the guild at Antwerp, and he was a guild inspector in 1688. Offered here is an original old master etching by van Kessel, image approx. 9 x 6-3/4" with thin margins laid to old sheet. This print is most likely a plate from one of the editions of the Theatrum Pictorium. The first edition being 1660, with later editions. This etching is most likely from TENIERS GALLERY, published in Amsterdam in 1755. Excellent for its age..........100-150

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24. (OLD MASTER) JAN VAN TROYEN - Brussels ( flourished 1650-1660) b. Antwerp. Etching pulled from the original plate, 8.25 x 12 in. plus margins. On old laid paper. Difficult to date but circa 200-300 years old. Etching most probably from D. Teniers' "Theatre des Peintures"-1660,  published in Amsterdam in 1755. Old mounting remains on back affect nothing.  Condition; edge tear at top close to image, also a white line where it didn't print at top of image. ........100-150

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25. [FRANCE] 1621 French Mystery document on vellum, signed, 1p, approx. 14-3/4 x 3-3/8". There is one long slice bottom right side that doesn't go into text. Speaks of Bourgbois Du Puy, Des Gris. Signed Derambert............100-150

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26. [FRANCE] 1758 French document on paper concerning the Marquise de Breteuil, identified as signed with initials [upper left corner]; whose initials? One page, 6-3/4 x 8-3/4". VG...........100-150

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27. Angela Morgan (1875-1957) American author, poet and journalist. Details of the early life of the Morgan family, which included three other sisters besides Angela and a brother Albert, are somewhat scanty. According to the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan, which has custody of Angela Morgan's earlier papers, she was most likely born circa. 1875 or thereabouts during the time when her family was residing in Yazoo County, Mississippi. Her given name at birth was "Nina Lillian" which she later changed to Angela. According to the Bentley sketch her father was Albert Talmon Morgan, a Quaker, who had left Oberlin College in 1861 to join the Union Army where he rose to the rank of Lt. Colonel. After the war he settled as a "carpetbagger" on a plantation in Mississippi where he met and married Carolyn Victoria Highgate (1860-1926), the daughter of a mulatto father and a white mother, and who was a teacher in the Freedmen's Bureau. His experiences in Mississippi during Reconstruction are described in his book Yazoo, Or On the Pickett Line of Freedom in the South (1884). From 1876 until 1885 the family resided in Washington, D.C. The Morgans then moved to Lawrence, Kansas where Col. Morgan engaged in business and in the practice of law. But he proved unsuccessful at both. In 1890 he left his family in Topeka to prospect for gold and silver in Colorado, returning to visit his family only occasionally. He died in Denver on April 15, 1922. After the departure of their father the Morgan sisters formed a quartet, and managed by their brother Albert who also sang baritone, earned their livelihood on the stage by giving musical performances as "The Morgan Sisters" and "The Angela Sisters". The group apparently performed until 1898 when the death of one of the sisters (Helen) and the marriage of the others ended the collaboration. Angela then became a journalist. A major break in her career which permitted her to escape from the drudgery of newspaper work and to devote herself entirely to creative writing occurred in 1915 when a prominent preacher (G. Campbell Morgan) whom she had been assigned to interview, read her poem "God's Man" from his pulpit in New York. This led to its publication in Collier's Weekly, and to the launching of her career as a free lance poet and author. Offered here is a nice 8x10 sepia photograph boldly signed on the front "Faithfully yours Angela Morgan." On the back she has and inscribed it to Rev. Cornelius Greenway, the legendary autograph collector. She adds "And sincere gratitude for your deep appreciation of my poems!". VG............75-100

28. Joseph Wambaugh (b.1937) bestselling American writer known for his fictional and non-fictional accounts of police work in the United States. Signed & inscribed 8x10 photo [1980s]. VG...........25-35

29. [NIXON] Special 1973 cover signed by 7 Republican governors who met with Richard Nixon to discuss plans for his second term & the advancement of his new federalism concept. Signed by Jack Williams [Ariz]; John A. Love [Colo]; Robert D. Ray [Iowa]; Francis Sargent [Mass]; Winfield Dunn [TN]; Linwood Holton, Jr.- the first Republican Governor of Virginia in the 20th century; plus another we can't make out............40-60

30. [MUSIC] Rod McKuen (b. 1933) is a bestselling American poet, composer, and singer, instrumental in the revitalization of popular poetry that took place in the 1960s and early 1970s. Signed & inscribed 10x8 photo. He's walking on the beach with his dogs..............40-60

31. [MUSIC] Roger Williams (1924-2011) American popular music pianist. As of 2004, he had released 116 albums. Signed 8x10 photo. VG...........25-35

32. [FRANCE] BULLETIN DES LOIS DE LA REPUBLIQUE, dated Year IX [1801], 16 pages., approx. 5.5 x 8.5".  On various subjects. Signed Bonaparte in print. VG............100-150

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

34. [ART] Launt Thompson (1833-1894), American sculptor, born in Abbeyleix, Ireland. Due to the potato famine occurring in Ireland at the time, he emigrated to the United States in 1847 with his widowed mother, and they settled in Albany, New York. There, he found work as a handyman.  After studying anatomy in the office of a physician, Dr. James H. Armsby, he spent nine years as the studio boy of the sculptor, E. D. Palmer. In 1858 he moved to New York where he opened a studio. There he shared an apartment with James Pinchot. In 1862 he was elected academician at the National Academy due to his work Rocky Mountain Trapper, a marble portrait of James "Grizzly" Adams. He visited Rome in 1868-1869, and married Maria Louisa Potter (1839–1916), daughter of Alonzo Potter, Episcopal Bishop of Pennsylvania. From 1875 to 1887 he was again in Italy, living for most of the time at Florence. He died at the State Mental Asylum at Middletown, New York. Brief ALS, 1874, 1p.  One mounting trace on verso and small piece missing bottom edge o/w VG..............50-75

36. John Dos Passos (1896-1970) was a radical American novelist and artist active in the first half of the twentieth century. Signature sending holiday greetings dated 1965. At some period in time this was laid against something else causing off-set on the card.......80-120

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37. [MUSIC] Anton Schott (1846-1913)  German dramatic tenor. He was an army officer before turning to a musical career.   In 1871 he began his studies with Agnes Schebest-Strauss, and by the end of the year had already appeared at the Munich Opera. The following year saw him engaged as leading lyric tenor of the Berlin Opera. In 1880 he made his London debut, in the title role of Rienzi; two years later he went to Italy with Angelo Neumann's company to appear in the works of Richard Wagner.  He made his American debut at the Metropolitan Opera on November 17, 1884, singing the title role of Wagner's Tannhäuser;  it marked the beginning of Leopold Damrosch's first season of German opera with the company. He remained with the company until 1887, and subsequently was heard in guest performances with European and South American companies. He also gave concerts. Schott died in 1913.  ALS, 1886, 2pp., identified as having great music and political content - although not translated...............150-200

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38.  [FRANCE] 17th century French Mystery document on paper,  3-pages, from Fouchanges, approx. 7-3/4 x 10-3/4".  VG............100-150

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39.  [FRANCE] 1641 French Mystery document on vellum, signed, 3-pages, approx. 6-3/4 x 10-1/2".  VG............100-150

40. [ART] Philip Calderon  (1833-1898)  English painter of French birth (mother) and Spanish (father) ancestry who initially worked in the Pre-Raphaelite style before moving towards historical genre. He was Keeper of the Royal Academy in London. Calderon became a leading member of the St John's Wood Clique, a group of artists interested in modern genre and historical subjects who were inspired, both artistically and socially by the Pre-Raphaelites. Historical, biblical, and literary themes were common in Calderon's later work. Many of his pieces show female forms wearing rich, silky clothing in gently colored landscapes. His Morning (1884) features a copper-haired maiden watching a sunrise. ALS, no date, 2pp.  Says his mother has called upon Mrs. Lincoln and that she isn't as well as she was the last time they saw her.  He has asked that the recipient of the letter  read to Mrs. Lincoln at a certain time, as he should have finished his sketch of her. (Could this be Mary Todd Lincoln who visited England  [1868-1871] after the assassination of her husband?).  Approx. 4-1/2 x 7-1/4".  Mounting remains along right edge on verso...........100-150

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41. [MUSIC] Patty Page (1927-2013) American singer and one of the best-known female artists in traditional pop music.  Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG........50-75

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42. [FILM]  Julie Christie  - British actress.   A pop icon of the "swinging London" era of the 1960s, she has won the Academy, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Screen Actors Guild Awards.  Signed 4x6 photo. VG............40-60

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43. [FILM]  Horst Buchholz  (1933-2003) German actor, remembered for The Magnificent Seven, in which he played the role of Chico,[1] and One, Two, Three and Nine Hours to Rama. He appeared in over sixty films during his acting career from 1952 to 2002.  Signed 4x6 postcard picture. VG............35-45

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44. [FILM]  Sam Waterston  (b. 1940)  American actor, producer and director. Among other roles, he is noted for his Academy Award-nominated portrayal of Sydney Schanberg in The Killing Fields (1984), and his Golden Globe-nominated and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning portrayal of Jack McCoy on the NBC television series Law & Order.  Signed 8x10 photo. VG..........30-40

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45. [TV]  Edd Byrnes  (b. 1933)  American actor known for his starring role in the television series 77 Sunset Strip. He also was featured in the 1978 film Grease as television teen-dance show host, Vince Fontaine, and a single-charted recording artist with "Kookie, Kookie -- Lend Me Your Comb" (with Connie Stevens).  Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.........25-35

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46. [FILM] Patricia Neal  (1926-2010) American actress of stage and screen. She was best known for her film roles as World War II widow Helen Benson in The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), wealthy matron Emily Eustace Failenson in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), and middle-aged housekeeper Alma Brown in Hud (1963), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She also played Olivia Walton in the 1971 made-for-television film The Homecoming: A Christmas Story, a role played in the regular series by actress Michael Learned.  Signed 8x10 photo. VG..........40-60

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47. [FILM]  Carroll Baker  (b. 1931)   American film, stage and television actress who has enjoyed popularity as both a serious dramatic actress and as a movie sex symbol. Signed 10x8 photo from "Sylvia."  The movie still photograph is vintage age. VG.......40-60

48. [MUSIC] Judy Collins (b. 1939)  American singer and songwriter known for her eclectic tastes in the material she records (which has included folk, show tunes, pop, rock and roll and standards) and for her social activism.  Signed 8x10 photo. VG............25-35

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49. [MUSIC]  Andy Williams (1927-2012)  American popular music singer.  Signed 8x10 photo. VG.........50-75

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50. [TV] Will Hutchins (b. 1930) American actor most noted for playing the lead role of the young lawyer from Oklahoma, Tom Brewster, in the Warner Brothers Western television series Sugarfoot, which aired on ABC from 1957 to 1961.  Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo as "Sugarfoot."  VG................25-35

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

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52. [FRANCE] group of French autographs:  [1] Édouard Alphonse Lefebvre Béhaine, Count Pigneaux (or Pigneau) is a diplomat, French (1829-1897). He was  Ambassador of France to the Holy See , Minister Plenipotentiary at The Hague and Secretary of Embassy ( Berlin and Rome ). He talked with his cousins ​​Edmond and Jules de Goncourt, a rich correspondence of nearly 300 letters in almost 40 years. ALS, 1888, 3-1/2 pp.  [2] Jean Charles Meissonier  (1848 - 1917) French painter, son of the Master. ALS, Paris, 1893, 2pp.  [3] Jean d'Esparbes  (1899-1968) Fr. artist. ANS written on both sides of his personal calling card. Fine.  [4] Louis Marsolleau  (1864-1935] writer of songs. ALS,  Paris, 1896, 2pp.  [5] Camille-André Lemoyne, born in Saint Jean d'Angely (1822-1907)  poet and novelist . ALS, 1p. plus envelope. [6] Emile Berr (1855-1923) Fr. journalist. ALS, nd., 1p.  [7] Charles Borel-Clerc, pen name of Charles Clerc, was a French composer.  My apple performer Maurice Chevalier (1936), Oh! If you knew my hen (1938) and Walk Ménilmontant (1941), three of his biggest hits. TLS, 1934, 2pp............150-250

54. [FRANCE] French Mystery Document, 1794 on paper, signed, 1p, approx. 7 x 8-1/4. Speaks about Assignats. Fresh condition............80-120

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55.  Charles Rollin Buckalew (1821-1899) American lawyer and Democratic party politician from Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. Buckalew was the most influential early advocate of proportional representation in the United States. His proposals for a type of voting system known as cumulative voting gained significant support in Congress, and he played a central role in the adoption of cumulative voting in several places, including Illinois for state legislative elections in 1870, a system that lasted in that state until 1980. Letter Signed, Washington, 1867, 3pp, approx. 7-3/4 x 9-3/4" To Col. N.E. Piollet. Good political content. Just starting at a couple of folds.......75-100

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56. [FRANCE] multiple lot of French autographs:  [1] Armand Carrel (1800-1836) French journalist and political writer. He had a deep admiration for the great generals of Napoleon , and his uncompromising spirit and independent views marked him as a leader. Entering the army as sub-lieutenant, he took a secret but active part in the unsuccessful Belfort Conspiracy. At the outbreak of war with Spain in 1823, Carrel, whose sympathies were with the liberal cause, resigned, and succeeded in escaping to Barcelona. He enrolled in the foreign legion and fought gallantly against his former comrades. The legion was compelled to surrender near Figueres , and Carrel was taken prisoner by his former general, Damas. There was considerable difficulty about the terms of his capitulation, and one council of war condemned Carrel to death. The sentence was not carried out, and he was soon acquitted and freed. ALS, no date, lengthy 1p., 6-3/4 x 9-1/4 in. VG.  [2] JACQUES NORMAND [b.1848] Fr. writer, poet & playwright. ALS, 1888, on both sides.  [3] REBE DE PONT-JEST [1830-1904] Fr. writer. ALS, 1878, 1p, 8vo. Fine  [4]  Henri Léon Emile Lavedan (1859-1940), French dramatist and man of letters. As a writer, Lavedan contributed to various Parisian papers a series of witty tales and dialogues of Parisian life, many of which were collected in volume form. In 1891 he produced at the Théâtre Français Une Famille, followed at the Vaudeville in 1894 by Le Prince d'Aurec, a satire on the nobility, afterward re-named Les Descendants. ANS, no date.  [5] Joseph-Marie JOUANNIN [1783-1847] Fr. writer. ALS, no date, not translated. 1-page.  [6] B. Noric - French painter. ALS, no date, written on card to M. Hubert, director of magazine Le Monde Illustre.  [7] Mlle Cécile Charlotte Furtado (1821-896) was chiefly known for her philanthropy in the areas of medicine, education, and religion. During the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71, she supported the Red Cross and the ambulance services; and in 1895 she bequeathed her villa in Nice as a hospital and sanatorium for wounded and convalescent soldiers. In 1884 she founded and endowed an orphanage in the 14th Arrondissement on the street which was renamed Rue Furtado-Heine in her honour after her death, as well as similar children’s establishments in Bayone and Montrouge. She was a generous donor to the Institut Pasteur, and her commemorative bust still adorns the halls of the Institute. Mme Furtado-Heine also generously contributed to numerous Jewish charities and benevolent organisations; and financially supported the building of new synagogues in France and Belgium. Her charitable and philanthropic endeavours were recognised by the Government of France, and in 1896 she became the Officer of the Legion d’Honneur, a distinction very rare for a woman in the nineteenth century. Letter Signed, nd, 2pp.  [8] Alfred Le Roux (1815-1880) Commerce Minister. ALS, 1867, 2pp.  [9] Arthur Levasseur   (1875-1955)  French politician. ALS, 1925, 1p.  [10] Henri-Leon Camusat de Riancey  [1816-1870]  politician and writer. ALS, nd, 1p.............200-300

57. [MULTIPLE LOT] MISC. autographs offered as one lot: [1] HOLMES, Sidney Tracy [ 1815-1890] Representative from New York. SIGNATURE, irregular sun toned. [2] Mary Cowden Clarke [1809-1898] Eng. author. Clip signature. [3] [ENGLAND] H.B. LEGGE [1708-1764] English statesman. He was private secretary to Sir Robert Walpole. Legge only shared temporarily in the downfall of Walpole, and became in quick succession Surveyor-General of Woods and Forests, a Lord of the Admiralty, and a Lord of the Treasury. In 1748 he was sent as envoy extraordinary to Frederick the Great, and although his conduct in Berlin was sharply censured by George II, he became Treasurer of the Navy soon after his return to England. In April 1754 he joined the ministry of the duke of Newcastle as chancellor of the Exchequer. CLIP SIGNATURE. Very good example. Click to see Legge [4] [FDR] William E. Leuchtenburg (b. 1922) is William Rand Kenan Jr. professor emeritus of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill at Chapel Hill and the leading scholar of the life of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He is the author of more than a dozen books on 20th century history. Signed 1p. typescript from THE PERILS OF PROSPERITY. Begins with "The vote was less a triumph for Roosevelt than a rejection of Hoover..." [5] Jeane Dixon (1904-1997) was one of the best-known American astrologers and psychics of the 20th century, due to her syndicated newspaper astrology column, some well-publicized predictions and a best-selling biography. SIGNED/INSCRIBED Prayer card, 2.5 x 4 in. VG. [6] Charles Seymour (1885-1963) American academic, historian and President of Yale University from 1937 to 1951. Seymour served as the chief of the Austro-Hungarian Division of the American Commission to Negotiate Peace in 1919. He was also the U.S. delegate on the Romanian, Yugoslavian, and Czechoslovakian Territorial Commissions in 1919. TLS, Yale Univ., Sept. 19, 1940, 1p. To Professor Louis W. McKeehan, Sloane Physics Laboratory [Yale]. Acknowledges sabbatical leave of absence. [7] [ENGLAND] Frederick Romilly (1810-1887) sat as Liberal MP for Canterbury between March 1850 and the general election of 1852. SIGNED ADDRESS PANAL postmarked 1839. [8] Bill Pogue (b. 1930) is a retired American astronaut. Sig/inscribed 3x5 card. [9] Edward J. Flynn (1891-1953) rose to become one of the most influential Irish American political figures from 1920s to the 1950s. He earned his law degree at Fordham in 1912 and won election, with Tammany Hall's backing, to the New York state assembly in 1917 and served through 1921. He later served as Bronx County Sheriff from 1922 to 1925 . From 1922 to the time of his death he served as chairman of the Bronx Democratic organization. Known for his honesty and reform principles, he served as secretary of state and a trusted advisor to Franklin Roosevelt during the latter's term as governor of New York State . He helped Roosevelt through all of his elections and was one of the driving forces behind Truman's 1948 election victory. In 1940 Roosevelt tapped him to be the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. SIGNATURE, [10] [ENGLAND] ROUNDELL PALMER - 1st Earl of Selborne [1812-1895]. English jurist. M.P. (1847-52, 1853-57, 1861-72); solicitor general (1861); attorney general (1863-65); opposed Gladstone' s Irish church policy; lord chancellor (1872-74, 1880-85); author of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act of 1873, which established a single hierarchy of courts; edited a hymnal, The Book of Praise (1863). Created earl (1882). CLIP SIGNATURE, mounted.......100-150

58. [FRANCE] Alphonse-Marie–Marcellin–Thomas Bérenger (1785-1866), known as Thomas Bérenger or Berenger de la Drôme, was a French lawyer and politician. He entered the magistracy and became procureur général at Grenoble, but resigned this office on the Bourbon Restoration. He then devoted himself mainly to the study of criminal law, and in 1818 published La justice criminelle en France, in which with great courage he attacked the special tribunals, provosts' courts or military commissions which were the main instruments of the Reaction, and advocated a return to the old common law and trial by jury. The book had a considerable effect in discrediting the reactionary policy of the government; but it was not until 1828, when Bérenger was elected to the chamber, that he had an opportunity of exercising a personal influence on affairs as a member of the group known as that of constitutional opposition. His courage, as well as his moderation, was again displayed during the revolution of 1830, when, as president of the parliamentary commission for the trial of the ministers of Charles X, he braved the fury of the mob and secured a sentence of imprisonment in place of the death penalty for which they clamoured. His position in the chamber became one of much influence, and he had a large share in the modelling of the new constitution, though his effort to secure a hereditary peerage failed. Above all he was instrumental in framing the new criminal code, based on more humanitarian principles, which was issued in 1835. It was due to him that, in 1832, the right, so important in actual French practice, was given to juries to find "extenuating circumstances" in cases when guilt involved the death penalty. In 1831 he had been made a member of the court of appeal (cour de cassation}, and the same year was nominated a member of the Academy of Political and Moral Sciences (Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques).  He was raised to the peerage in 1839. This status he lost owing to the revolution of 1848 which ended his career as a politician. As a judge, however, his activity continued. He was president of the high courts of Bourges and Versailles in 1849. Having been appointed president of one of the chambers of the court of appeal, he devoted himself entirely to judicial work until his retirement, under the age limit, on 31 May 1860.  He now withdrew to his native town, and occupied himself with his favorite work of reform of criminal law. In 1833, he had shared in the foundation of a society for the reclamation of young criminals, in which he continued to be actively interested to the end. In 1851 and 1852, on the commission of the academy of moral sciences, he had travelled in France and England for the purpose of examining and comparing the penal systems in the two countries. The result was published in 1855 under the title La Répression pénale, comparaison du système pénitentiaire en France et en Angleterre.  ALS, 1847, 1p, approx. 8-1/4 x 10-1/2".  VG........125-175

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59. [FRANCE] Émile-Jacques Gilbert (1795 - 1874)  French architect.  In 1838 Gilbert was commissioned to reconstruct the hospital for the insane at Charenton along modern more humane lines recommended by Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol; the new structure was completed in 1845. In 1843 Gilbert, as Architect of the City of Paris, was commissioned to erect the first of the model penitentiaries following designs of Guillaume-Abel Blouet, the Mazas Prison, in Paris.[1] In 1858 he was commissioned to build the new Hôtel Dieu opposite Notre Dame on the Île de la Cité, Paris. Lengthy 1p. ALS, 1855, approx. 8-1/4 x 10-3/4". Speaks of hygiene in architecture. VG...........100-150

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61. [FRANCE] Jacques Molinos (1743-1831)  French architect. Molinos was born in Lyon and studied in Paris at the Royal Academy of Architecture under Jacques-François Blondel. Molinos and Jacques-Guillaume Legrand collaborated on the design of the Théâtre Feydeau (1789–1790, destroyed 1829).  He was inspector of civil buildings of the department of Seine and architect of the city of Paris ( 1817 ). He completed the construction of pavilions for granting pregnant farmers general ( 1804 - 1830 ), including the granting of building door Charenton ( 1822 ) and the barrier Rochechouart ( 1826 ). He built the Valhubert fountain, Saint-Honoré market ( 1809 , destroyed) and Popincourt Market ( 1829 - 1831 ). He built the Old Hall machine, consisting of four pavilions around the Carreau du Temple.  In 1827 , he began the construction of the church of Saint John the Baptist in Neuilly-sur-Seine , which was completed by his son Isidore Auguste Molinos . He was elected member of the Academy of Fine Arts in 1829.  ALS, 1818, lengthy one page. Approx. 7-3/4 x 10". VG...........100-150

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65. [FRANCE] 1595 French Mystery document on vellum, signed, approx. 11-1/2 x 4-1/4".  Identified as "Fouchane." Fresh condition............150-200

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67. [ART] Sir Edward John Poynter, 1st Baronet PRA (1836-1919) English painter, designer, and draughtsman who served as President of the Royal Academy.  Signed card dated 1899. Approx. 3-3/4 x 2-7/8".  Fine example.........50-75

68. [ART] Willem Frederik de Haas (1830-1880)  Dutch-born American painter. He studied at the Art Academy of his native city, and at The Hague under Johannes Bosboom. He went in 1859 to New York City, where he became known as a painter of coast scenery.  Clip Signature,  4-1/4 x 1".  VG.........30-40

69. [ART] Eric Pape (1870-1938) Called “the Master of the Pageant,” Eric Pape was a painter of historical and archaeological subjects, a landscape painter, art teacher, and illustrator.  Fine ink signature dated 99, on 3-3/4 x 3-3/4" slip........30-40

70. [ART] Frank A. Bicknell  (1866-1943} American artist. Signed card, 3-1/2 x 2-1/4". VG.........30-40

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

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82. [FRANCE] Antoine-Louis-Marie de Gramont (1755-1836) [Duc de Guiche and 8th Duke of Gramont and Prince Bidache]   French military officer and politician. During the  French Revolution he was Captain in the bodyguards of the King; he commanded Versailles the cornet guards during the days of 5 and 6 October 1789.  Placed in 1791 at the head of the house of the king met at Coblentz , he, as a brigadier,  the campaign of 1796 , with the army of Conde.   After the dismissal of the king's house, he joined Louis XVIII , he never left. It was at this prince Dittingen when an attempt on his life by pulling him a gun to the head.  "" Ah, Sire! "Exclaimed the Duke of Gramont," if the monster had drawn a line down?  - Well, my friend, "said Louis XVIII with the greatest coolness," one line down, the King of France called Charles X ". "  He emigrated with his family to England , where he served in the 10th Hussars : he was known there under the simple name of Captain Gramont . The Duke of Gramont shared the exile of the king until 1814 . He returned to France with the Duke of Angoulême , where he was the first aide , and, on his return to France, he returned to the king as master of the guards he had performed under Louis XVI , and that it has continued under Charles X . He became successively a peer of France ( 4 June 1814 ), Lieutenant General ( 8 August 1814 ), Governor of the 11th military division ( 30 September 1814 ). The Hundred Days he retired to Spain after the affair of Pont-Saint-Esprit.  At the time of the coronation of George IV ( 1821 ), he was chosen to represent France acting as ambassador extraordinary .  After the revolution of July 1830 , he did not refuse the oath to the new government , and remained in the upper house until his death. [Note: translated from French].  Long ALS, 1809, 1-1/2 pages plus address leaf. VG. Rare!..............150-250

84. [CHAMPLAIN, NY] 2 manuscript letters, 1862, from E.W. Coit, Pascal Iron Works, Philadelphia, to a Mr. Hoyle, regarding a Ram for pumping water for cattle and horse use. He send some instructions for the ram he sent to Hoyle; intends to visit Champlain in the winter as he hasn't had a sleigh ride in 6 years:  "I long to behold your mighty snowbanks...", makes some caustic remarks on the War.  No envelopes.  Total 5 pages. Fine condition...........50-75

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85. [FRANCE] Nicolas-Luton Durival born in Commercy the November 13, 1713 and died in Heillecourt the 21 December 1795 - French hostorian. Nicolas Durival spent his entire career in the Lorraine administration. After a good education, he was placed in the offices of the Stewardship Lorraine , and applied himself fully to acquire the necessary knowledge to an administrator. Hit the imperfection of existing structures on the topography of Lorraine, he formed the project to write a which is also away from the drought classifications and prolixity particular stories contain accurate records on cities, towns and villages of this country. He published various tests, to better understand if the project would be tasted, and to request relief enlightened, and finally did appear, after twenty years of work and research, a description of Lorraine and Barrois, who was regarded, with good reason, as a model works like this. He was then clerk of the State Council of Stanislas Leszczynski , and finally police lieutenant in Nancy.  Durival was a member of the Academy of Nancy since 1760 , and communicated to the company a lot of memories on objects of public utility. Place police lieutenant who was eliminated in 1790 , he was appointed municipal administrator. Although he had served for most of his life gainful employment, he remained poor and he was included in the number of scholars that the Convention granted relief in 1795 . Durival collaborated on the Encyclopedia of Diderot . He is the author of several books on the history, customs, agriculture, geography and customs of Lorraine. Fragment of 1752 document signed by Durival, written on both sides, 8-1/4 x 6-1/4". VG.........100-150

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86. [FRANCE] 1589 French Mystery Document on vellum, signed, 1p, approx. 12-1/2 x 6-3/4".  In very fresh condition..........150-250
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87. [ART] Clifford Carleton (1867-1946) American artist. ALS, no date, 3pp, to  Mr. Cowles [Cowles Art School in Boston].  Nice content. VG.............50-75

88. [ART]  Sir HUBERT von  HERKOMER, (1849-1914, painter, R.A., R.W.S.) SELF-PORTRAIT, original etching, head and shoulders, with his children Siegfried and Elsa below half-length as a vignette, signed ('HH') and dated '79 on the plate, titled 'Published London April 1st 1880 by The British and Foreign Artists Association', 'Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1880 by Knoedler & Co in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington', extremely fine impression, 13-1/2 x 8 in.  Herkomer regarded this as his best etching. He described the circumstances of the production of it when on a camping trip to Wales in 1879. 'As I knew the painting of one landscape would not give me sufficient occupation for so many weeks, I took with me all the paraphernalia of the etcher - plates, grounds, dishes, acids, and a small printing press (an invention of Mr Hamerton's). This wretched little contrivance proved utterly inadequate for my work. In order to get a decent impression we tightened the rollers to their last gasp, and then we dragged the whole machine around the tent in the vain attempt to turn the toy handles. Still, it was under these circumstances that I did - what I consider my best etching - a portrait of (the handy model) myself, with my two children in the lower corner of the plate.'  Very good condition.   In an auction at Bonhams   [London] [2005] another example of this etching was estimated at £500 - 600  US$ 840 - 1,000.  It realized $730.........700-900

90.  WILLIAM W. CAMPBELL [1806-1881] American Party congressman from New York 1845-47; State Supreme Ct. Justice; author & historian. Document Signed, 1851, 5+pp., all handwritten, concerning the settlement of a law suit arising from an estate. 8x13 in. Philip R. Yonge of Darien, George, one of the Executors of the Last Will and Testament of John Fraser late of East Florida. The suit is against Thomas Napier of the City of New York. VG............40-60

91. LEVANDER, HAROLD. Gov. of Minnesota 1967-71. Letter as governor dated Nov. 28, 1987 sending photo and expressing warm sentiments concerning addressee's ill son. Vertical fold at right, not affecting the text...........20-30

92. BRODIE, ALEXANDER O. Gov of Arizona Territory 1902-05 (predating statehood). LS March 24, 1903 to the President endorsing the "good character, ability and moral qualities" of a job-seeker. Small marginal tears not affecting text. (This is probably a retained copy)............20-30

93. WILLIAMS, JACK. Governor of Arizona 1967-75. Dated Nov. 20, 1967, Williams expresses sympathy and encloses an autographed photo. Vertical fold at right, not affecting the text. Some off-print from ink signature when folded..........20-30

94. DOCKING, ROBERT S. Governor of Kansas 1967-75. Letter dated Nov. 20, 1967, sending autographed photo and expressing regret for addressee's son's illness.....20-30

96. [MARYLAND] Thomas G. Pratt (1804- 1869) was a lawyer and politician from Annapolis, Maryland. He was the 27th Governor of Maryland from 1845 to 1848 and a U.S. Senator from 1850 to 1857. SIGNED PARTLY-PRINTED DOCUMENT, 1845, appointing Justices from Frederick, Md., 5th Election Commission. 15-3/4 x 10 in. Edge tattering & folds but in generally good condition.........50-75

97. [MINN] S.J.R. McMillan (1826-1897) American politician. He was a Republican U.S. Senator from Minnesota. McMillan served in the U.S. Senate in the 44th, 45th, 46th, 47th, 48th, and 49th United States Congresses from March 4, 1875, to March 3, 1887. He had also been a member of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1864 to 1875 and served as Chief Justice from 1874-1875. He graduated from Western University of Pennsylvania in 1846, later studying the law on his own as was the custom of the day. DOCUMENT SIGNED, 1879, 5X8 in. Signed receipt for Vol. One of the Official Register of the United States for 1879...........30-40

100. [FRANCE] Maurice Lévy (1838-1910) French engineer and member of the Institut de France. During the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871), he was entrusted by the Government of National Defense with the control of part of the artillery. During the next decade he held several educational positions, becoming professor at the École Centrale in 1875, member of the commission of the geodetic survey of France in 1879, and professor at the Collège de France in 1885. In 1888 Lévy inaugurated a system of boat-traction by means of overhead cables. A trial system was installed between Joinville-le-Pont and Saint-Maurice ; it consisted of an endless cable which was kept in motion by powerful steam-engines and to which boats were attached and thus kept at a speed of four kilometers an hour. The system proved unsatisfactory, however. ALS, 1909, 1p. About writing a preface for Marchis's book on aviation. VG..........50-75

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Portrait of Levy

101.  Henry Bowen Anthony (1815-1884) American newspaperman and political figure. He served as the editor and later part owner of the Providence Journal and later was the 21st Governor of Rhode Island between 1849 and 1851, as a member of the Whig Party. CLIP SIGNATURE. VG...........20-30

102. [FILM] Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (1909-2000) American actor. Signed vintage album page.........25-35

103. [FILM] Fifi D'Orsay  (1904-1983) Canadian-born actress. Signed, inscribed vintage album page...........25-35

104. [FRANCE] Francisque Sarcey (1827-1899)  French journalist and dramatic critic.  ALS, no date, 1p. VG........50-75

105. [ART] Albert T. Reid (1873-1958) American artist, cartoonist and publisher born in Concordia, Kansas, on August 12, 1873. He was was educated locally, at the University of Kansas, and in New York at the New York School of Art and the Art Students League. His first cartooning job was with the Kansas City Star (1897-99), with successive one-year stints on the Chicago Record and the New York Herald. After the turn of the century Reid freelanced to Judge, McClure's, the Saturday Evening Post, the American and other magazines for about fifteen years; during that time and for years thereafter he operated his own syndicate, distributing Reid cartoons to many local and rural papers around America. In addition, he founded and published a newspaper (the Leavenworth Post, 1905-23) and a magazine (the Kansas Farmer, 1908-16), and he headed various press associations and an insurance company. Reid stayed active as an artist all his life, designing medals, painting murals and of course continuing his editorial cartoons. He died on November 26 1955, bequeathing the Albert T. Reid Cartoon Museum to the School of Journalism at the University of Kansas. His mastery of the pen was overwhelming, and he had an unerring sense of design and caricature. He knew the artists Frederic Remington and Charles Russell. He was a member of: Artists Guild of the Author's League of America; Society of Illustrators. He won a prize at 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition, San Francisco. His work hangs in: Ft. Hays Kansas State College; State House, Topeka; did WPA murals in Kans. & Okla.; designed/built the Kansas Semi-Centenn. Expo., Topeka [1911]; designed medal for Washington Bicentenn. Comm. Reid left Kansas for good in 1919 when he accepted a position to become director of pictorial publicity for the Republican campaign of 1920. Offered here are approx. 19 pieces from the Estate of Albert T. Reid. [1] Large color watercolor drawing of President Herbert Hoover. The ititle is "While Others Make Speeches". Interesting to note the image of Abraham Lincoln above. This was possibly done while Reid was director of pictorial publicity for the Republican campaign of 1920. The painted image area is approx. 18 x 17" plus slim margins Damaged area at margins; one just affecting image near top right edge. See scan 1 below. Main image area is in very good condition. [2] Reproduction print of his drawing done for his painting "First meeting of the two great emancipators. Overall 18 x 14.5". In the month of March, 1830, Abraham Lincoln, in company with his father, step-mother and other relatives, migrated from Spencer County, Indiana to Macon County, Illinois. The party traveled by oxen. The course of the journey was through Vincennes, and it was here, in the office of "The Western Sun and General Advertiser," that Lincoln first saw a printing press. [3] original drawing - study used in preparation for his work titled "First Meeting of the two great emancipators." Unsigned, as are the rest of the sketches offered here. [4] group of 4 pencil sketches mostly studies of Lincoln. [5] more sketches. [6] sketch & small photo of the painting all this was done for. [7] old photograph identified on back in Reid's handwriting: Governor James K. Duff of Penn. Mayor Samuels of Philadelphia. Albert T. Reid. Also in Reid's handwriting is a piece: "Wrong press - pointed out to me by author of 'Adam Ramage and his Presses.' This one not made until 15 years after the Vincennes incident. (Dr. Hamilton had designated this press). The whole collection is approx. 19 pieces comprised of: one large watercolor drawing; 13 original sketches [2 of which are damaged]; one large print; 3 photos; and the handwritten piece about the wrong press. The digital photo flash has slightly washed out some scans below...........1800-2200

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106. Anson Burlingame (1820-1870) American lawyer, legislator, and diplomat, born in New Berlin, Chenango County, New York. In 1823 his parents (Joel Burlingame and Freelove Angell) took him to Ohio, and about ten years afterwards to Michigan. Apart from his official duties as an elected official, Burlingame was also famous for disgracing Representative Preston Brooks after the Congressman physically assaulted Senator Charles Sumner on the floor of the US Senate. This was done by goading Brooks to publicly challenge him to a duel, and then proposing conditions so intimidating that Brooks backed down. CLIP SIGNATURE..............25-35

108. SPEECH Of MR. VINTON - On The EMIGRATION Of INDIANS. Delivered in the House of Representatives, Feb. 20, 1828. [pamphlet] Samuel Finley Vinton, [1792 - 1862]. In the speech Mr. Vinton states, "It so happens, that various tribes of the Indians inhabit greater of less portions of these States; which shut out the white population from thier Territory, and thus cut off from improvement so much of these States as the Indian country embraces. All the States feel a strong and very natural desire to increase thier population; and from this cause, more than from any other single circumstnace, the Indians are every where regarded as a burthen, which all are anxious to throw off as soon as possible." This speech was given two years before the Indian Removal Act of 1830, which was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson. 8 x 4-3/4". 1st printing (American Imprints 37025; ). 28 pp. Less foxing than you would experct. Quite nice for such an early pamphlet..............100-150

109. Speech of Hon. J.W. Wallace, of Pennsylvania: on the confiscation of property -  delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, May 22, 1862. Approx. 9.5 x 6", 16-pages. VG.............40-60

110. The Franklin Canal Company. : Message of Governor Bigler, in relation to the Franklin Canal Company. In Senate, February 11, 1854. Read, and ordered, that one thousand copies be printed for the use of the Senate. In the House of Representatives, February, February 16, 1854. Ordered, that five thousand copies in English, and three thousand German, be printed for the use of the House of Representatives. Approx. 9-1/4 x 5-3/4". Light foxing. 11-pages..........35-45

111. Stephen Wright Kellogg (1822-1904) Congressman from Ct. He was Colonel of the Second Regiment, Connecticut National Guard, from 1863 to 1866, and Brigadier-General from 1866 to 1870. He was the author and promoter of legislation organizing the active militia in an efficient body known as the Connecticut National Guard.  CLIP SIGNATURE.............20-30

112. [MUSIC] PIERRE BEAUDET - noted French Canadian composer. Signed & inscribed, Montreal 1989, edition of his book CHANSONS ET POEMES RETROUVES. Hard cover - pages not numbered. VG..................35-45

113. Frederick P. Stanton (1814-1894) was a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 10th congressional district and an interim governor of territorial Kansas. ALS, 1871, 2pp.............40-60

114. Morgan R. Wise (1825-1903) Democratic congressman from Pa. 1879-1883. Document Signed, Washington DC, 1880, 1p. Received from the Sec. of the Interior Vol. Two of the Official Register of the US. VG.............35-45

116. [FRANCE]  JEAN-ANTOINE-AIME GIRON [1838-1912] Fr. poet and author. A lawyer, he collaborated to different magazines and published many novels & short stories. ALS, n.d., 4 full pages...............75-100

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The following are Bird's-eye views of North American cities issued by Charles Magnus in New York City in the second half of the nineteenth century. All are uncolored and in very good condition, except where noted otherwise. Showing image sizes, not including margins.

117. Toledo - 7-1/2 x 4-1/2".............100-125

118. Cleveland - 7-5/8 x 4-1/2".........100-125

119. Cincinnati - 7-1/4 x 3-1/2".........100-125

121. [FRANCE] NAPOLEONIC DOCUMENT, 1807, signed, approx. 7 x 10". 1p.........80-120

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122. [FRANCE] multiple lot of French autographs: [1] Lucien Descaves (1861- 1949) French novelist. A disciple of Joris-Karl Huysmans and the Goncourt brothers his novels Le Calvaire d'Héloïse Pajadou (1883) and Une vieille rate (1883) followed strongly the naturalism movement. The anti-military novel, Sous-Offs (1889) provoked a scandal. Though acquitted of charges of offending the army and public morality, he was stripped of his military rank.ALS, 1905, on 4-1/2 x 3-1/2 in. card. To Gabriel Monod about Monod's book.  [2] GEORGES GAUDY - Fr. novelist. ALS, 1921, 1p. Speaks about his work.  [3] Charles Monselet (1825-1888) french poet, journalist, novelist, columnist. Moving ALS, nd, 1p. My poor father will be dead in a few minutes. I cannot write a single word to you. VG.  [4] LEON BAILBY [1867-1954] famous French newspaper man and philanthropist. ALS, 1916, on postcard. Fine.  [5] J(ules Charles) TRUFFIER [1856-1943] Fr. actor. ALS, no date, 1p. Not translated. Accompanied with picture postcard of Truffier.  [6] Benoit] Constant COQUELIN (1841-1909), French actor, born in Boulogne. He entered the Conservatoire National in Paris in 1859 and made his debut at the Comédie Française in 1860. For nearly 30 years (1860-86 and 1889-92) Coquelin played leading roles at the Comédie. In 1886-87 he delighted audiences in comedy roles, on tour in Europe and America. In 1897 he became director of the Porte Saint Martin Theater in Paris and scored his greatest success in creating the romantic title role of Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand. Coquelin wrote L'art et le comédien (Art and the Comedian, 1880). Nice signature on gray/tan color card dated Paris '94. VG.  [7] Charles-Hippolyte Castille [1820-1886] French romance writer and publisher. He founded the newspaper "Le Travail Intellectuel" with Molinari and "La Republique francaise". He had a talent as a pamphleteer in publishing studies under the reign of Louis Philippe. ALS, 1861, 1p., 5x8 in.  [8] EB (Bourdet, Édouard. 1887-1945). French dramatist. Author of satirical and psychological studies of contemporary society. HIS INITIALS PLUS 2 WORDS ON TLS, 1928, FROM MARCEL BALLOT.   [9] Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin (1807-1874) French politician. ALS, Paris, 1840, 1p., 6-3/4 x 8-1/4". VG   [10] Anatole le Braz, the "Bard of Brittany" (1859-1926) was a Breton folklore collector and translator. He was highly regarded amongst both European and American scholars, and known for his warmth and charm. A large statue of him with a peasant storyteller was created in Saint-Brieuc, and a memorial stele in Tréguier, both designed by Armel Beaufils. ALS, 1894, 1-1/2pp., 4-1/8 x 6-1/2". Speaks about his book La Chanson de la Bretagne ("The Songs of Brittany"), poetry, 1892. VG..............200-300

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

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125. [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

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126. [MUSIC] CHARLES STROUSE (b. 1928) American composer and lyricist. AMQS on colorful 1985 FDC honoring Jerome Kern - quote from "Bye Bye Birdie" - "Put On A Happy Face". Fine........50-75

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127.  [FRANCE] Guillaume Antoine Benoît, Baron Capelle is a prefect and French politician born in Salles-Curan ( Rouergue , auj. department of Aveyron ) on 9 September 1775 and died in Montpellier ( Hérault ) on 25 October 1843. From his youth, William Capelle, from a family of magistrates, showed an enthusiastic supporter of the Revolution and, at age 15, represented the district of Millau in the federation in 1790 . Appointed lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion Grenadier of the Pyrénées-Orientales, he served in that rank until 1794, was dismissed at the time as a federalist , returned to Millau, after a time traveling actor, married and became commander of the National Guard of the city. After the 18th Brumaire he was a delegate to Paris by his fellow citizens to congratulate the consular government, and with the protection of Chaptal, he managed to enter the offices of the Ministry of the Interior in the year IX . Secretary-General of the Department of Alpes-Maritimes at the end of the same year, and the department of the Stura in the eleventh year , he won the 25 February 1808 , in force approaches the position of prefect of the department of the Mediterranean (capital: Livorno ). According to the World Biography Michaud , "this new mission was not without difficulty: the prefecture bordering states with the Princess of Lucca and Piombino was extremely jealous of his authority. Capelle, endowed with large external benefits, found means to conciliate the favor of the Princess. The most perfect understanding existed between them; intimacy displeased the Emperor, who was about to dismiss the prefect happy. The Emperor merely naming prefect of Geneva in Geneva ( 30 November 1810 ). In this new position, Capelle encountered serious difficulties. The Geneva disliked and he had a lot of trouble to make their uses. At the end of 1813, Allied troops arrived before the city and forced to capitulate, even more easily than the place was left without garrison and helpless. Napoleon had him arrested and held in prison until the First Restoration , despite the advice of a commission of inquiry composed of councilors of state Lacuée , Réal and Faure . Irritated, Capelle agreed to Louis XVIII the position of prefect of the Ain ( 10 June 1814 ) and the Cross of Officer of the Legion of honor that gave him the Comte d'Artois. He went to Ghent during the Hundred Days. Returned to France in the second Restoration he became prefect of the Doubs and shortly afterwards was appointed councilor of state. In December 1815 , he brought into the trial of Marshal Ney, an extensive statement according to which the Ney told him to Lons-le-Saunier the return from Elba was a matter arranged between the generals, which would have originally been on the point of offering the crown to the Duke of Orleans, but had seen then driven by Hortense in favor of Napoleon. As State Councillor and Commissioner King Capelle was often responsible for supporting the platform the bills introduced by ministers and could, therefore, entitled to the highest jobs. Became, in 1822, Secretary General of the Ministry of the Interior, then prefect of Seine-et-Oise in 1828 , he entered the 19 May 1830 the Ministry Polignac, following the resignation of Chabrol Crouzol and Courvoisier. He was in charge of a Department of Public Works newly created with the mission to prepare new elections subsequent to the dissolution of the May 16, 1830. He signed the orders of Saint-Cloud on 25 July 1830 and, three days later, fled with his colleagues and managed to reach England. Arraigned before the Court of Peers, he was sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment, confiscation of property and the loss of all his titles. The through Royal 1836 allowed him to return to France where he lived in retirement since. Letter Signed, 1821, 1p, approx. 7 x 9". Stain top left corner o/w VG...........100-150

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128.  [FRANCE] Rare 1763 printed document - ARREST DE LA COUR - Du Parlement. On vaccination against small pox. Identified as "Looks like argument today aginst cloning etc. Small hole/tear on one page but not that bad.........100-150

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129. [FRANCE] Jean-Baptiste de Latil (1761-1839) French cardinal. As Archbishop of Reims he anointed King Charles X in 1825. Brief ADS, 1820, signed as Archbishop of Chartres. Approx. 7-3/4 x 6". VG...........80-120

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131.  [FRANCE] Germaine Acremant  (1889-1986) French novelist. It was during the war of 1914-1918 , during which her brother Pierre ( 1887 - 1914 ) will disappear, that the idea of writing comes to this young athletic woman with a nice talent for watercolor.  Her first attempt in literature earned her notoriety -  the Society of Men of Letters crown These ladies with green hats ( 1922 ) satire of provincial life , she draws with her ​​husband, Albert Acremant, a comedy success. Reprinted many times (more than 1.5 million copies, translated into 25 languages, brought to film by director Maurice Cloche in 1937 ), this novel is followed by many others (about thirty), most of which pass in northern France, Saint-Omer in Etaples , hills of Artois to the beaches of Le Touquet , via Boulogne-sur-Mer and mythical cities. Included among the top: Gay! Married us, which won the National Prize for Literature in 1927 , moving the road ( price Montyon 1940 ), Rear-season ( 1942 ), etc.. Several of them have also been adapted for the theater , always in collaboration with Albert Acremant, who also directed the illustrations of several novels of his wife. He also published in 1910 a book of poetry Towards Color, published by Grasset. Brief ALS, 1964, 1p. Not translated. VG..........50-75

132. John H. Chafee (1922-1999) was an American politician. He served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps, as the 66th Governor of Rhode Island, as the Secretary of the Navy, and as a United States Senator. Signed 8x10 photo, dated Aug. 21, 1967 on verso. VG...........50-75

133. [FILM] Lyle Bettger  (1915-2003)  was a character actor known most for his Hollywood roles from the 1950s, having typically portrayed villains. He is perhaps most recognisable as the wrathfully jealous elephant handler Klaus from the Oscar winning film The Greatest Show on Earth (1952). Brief ALS, 2001, removed from bottom of letter to him...............35-45

134. [MEDICINE] Adolphe Pinard (1844 - 1934) French obstetrician who was a native of Méry-sur-Seine. He practiced medicine in Paris, where he was an assistant to Étienne Stéphane Tarnier (1828-1897) and a professor of obstetrics. Pinard was a pioneer of modern perinatal care and the "puericulture movement" in French obstetrics. ALS, 1916, 1p, 7 x 10.5 ". VG...........40-60

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Portrait of Pinard

135. Frank R. Stockton (1834-1902) American writer and humorist, best known today for a series of innovative children's fairy tales that were widely popular during the last decades of the 19th century. Clip signature, mounted.........10-15

136. [NOBEL] Charles Hard Townes (b. 1915) American Nobel Nobel Prize-winning physicist and educator. Townes is known for his work on the theory and application of the maser, on which he got the fundamental patent, and other work in quantum electronics connected with both maser and laser devices. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1964 with Nikolay Basov and Alexander Prokhorov. The Japanese FM Towns computer and game console is named in his honour. SIGNED 1983 FDC honoring Science & Industry. Clean. VG.........25-35

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137. [ART] Jules Olitski [1922-2007] Russian born - American abstract painter, printmaker, and sculptor. In 1969 he was invited to exhibit large, aluminum, spray-painted sculptures at the Metropolitan Museum of Art becoming the first living American artist to be given a one-person exhibition there. Brief ALS, 1992, written on 3x5 card. Fine..........50-75

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138. 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

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139. [FRANCE] Mrs. Edgar Quinet (Hermione Asachi (or Asaky), the daughter of Gheorghe Asachi, a Romanian poet). Her husband was Edgar Quinet (1803- 1875) the French historian and intellectual.  ALS, 1894, 2pp, 4-1/4 x 7. Important letter discussing differences between James Darmestier and her husband, Edgar Quinet. Fine................80-120

140.  [BOXING] Gene Fullmer [b.1931] former American middleweight boxer and world champion. Signed collector's card, 3.5 x 2.5".........20-30  


141. [FILM] Fritz Feld (1900-1993) film character actor actor who appeared in over 140 films, both silent and sound. His trademark was to slap his mouth with the palm of his hand to create a "pop!" sound. TLS, 1966, 1p, mentioning several films. VG.............40-60  

142. Daniel Schorr (1916-2010) American journalist who covered world news for more than 60 years. He was most recently a Senior News Analyst for National Public Radio (NPR). Schorr won three Emmy Awards for his television journalism. ANS, written on his CNN memorandum page PLUS signed & inscribed 3x4 photo, dated 5/16/82. Both VG......30-40  

143. 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

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Portrait of Dane

144. [JFK] Pierre Salinger [1925-2004] TLS, May 23, 1962, on White House stationery, signed as Press Secretary to President John F. Kennedy. Brief thank you for views expressed...........40-60

145. [FILM] Jimmy Lydon  (b. 1923) American movie actor and television producer, whose career in the entertainment industry began as a teenage actor in the 1930s. One of his first starring roles was the title character in the 1940 movie Tom Brown's School Days, also starring Cedric Hardwicke and Freddie Bartholomew. Between 1941–1944, Lydon starred as the screechy-voiced, adolescent Henry Aldrich in the movie series of that title. ALS, 2001, 2pp. Very nice letter about his career. VG.............60-80

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146.  [FRANCE] The Marquis De Massa (1831-1910) Secretary to Napoleon III. He began his military career in Algeria, and later was an officer in the crack French regiment of "Guides." He took part in the Crimean War, was present at the battle of Solferino in 1859; aide de camp to Marshal Bazaine in the Mexican War; was with Napoleon III at Sedan, and after escaping he joined General Bourbaki, with whom he remained until the end of his disastrous campaign. He was very popular in Paris and was known as "Aramis" by his friends on account of his military bearing and resemblance to that character in Dumas's "Three Musketeers." ALS, 1888, 2pp, approx. 4.5 x &'. Fine..........75-100

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148. Jared Sparks (1789 - 1866) American historian, educator, and Unitarian minister. He served as President of Harvard University from 1849 to 1853. Manuscript document signed by him and his wife Mary E. Sparks, receiving property as executor of will, dated Cambridge, Dec. 15, 1850. Text of document is brief. VG............50-75

Portrait of Sparks

149. [FILM] Charles Farrell (1901-1990) notable American film actor of the 1920s silent era and into the 1930s, and later a television actor. Farrell is probably best recalled for his onscreen romances with actress Janet Gaynor in more than a dozen films, including Seventh Heaven, Street Angel, and Lucky Star. DOCUMENT SIGNED, 1952, 4pp. Contract with William Morris Agency. Signed on final page. VG...........75-100

150. Rufus Choate (1799-1859) American lawyer and orator, was born at Ipswich, Massachusetts, the descendant of an English family which settled in Massachusetts in 1643. His birthplace, Choate House, remains virtually unchanged to this day. In 1841, he succeeded fellow Dartmouth graduate Daniel Webster in the United States Senate. Very brief ALS, 1852, 1p. To the journalist William Conant Church forwarding his autograph. VG...........40-60

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Portrait of Choate

154. [FRENCH LITERARY] (Jean-Antoline-Aime Giron) [b.1838] Fr. poet and author. Offered here are 4 unsigned poems in his hand * plus 5-page ALS, 1872, by Louis de Veyrieres, to Giron; most of this letter is poetry. Fine lot............100-150

155. [FRANCE] ARCHIVE of approx. 27 letters and one sonnet all sent to the French poet Aime Giron. Many of family members. 6 or 7 envelopes included. Unread. Not translated. VG....100-150

156 [FRANCE] Jules Gervais-Courtellemont (1863 - 1931)  French photographer who was famous for taking color autochromes during World War I. He was born in the province of Seine-et-Marne, near Paris, but grew up in Algeria, where he developed a passion for the pre-colonial Orient and devoted most of his professional career in search of the exotic. In 1894 converted to Islam prior to making a pilgrimage to Mecca. Images collected in Turkey, Palestine, Egypt, Tunisia, Spain, India, Morocco and China formed the basis for his popular illustrated lectures, which he illustrated with lantern slides. With the outbreak of World War I, Courtellemont returned to his home province to record the war. After the war, Courtellemont began working for an American publication. He eventually became a photographer for National Geographic. In 1911, Courtellemont opened the "Palais de l'autochromie" in Paris, which comprised an exhibition hall, studio, laboratory, and lecture hall with a seating capacity of 250. It was in this hall that Courtellemont would project his autochromes both of the Orient and, after 1914, of the war, particularly the Marne battlefields. These lectures proved to be so popular that Courtellemont issued a twelve-part series later bound in book form called The Battle of Marne and later a four-part series entitled The Battle of Verdun. These are the first books ever published in color on war.  Between 1923 and 1925 he wrote a three-volume work entitled La Civilisation – Histoire sociale de l'humanité, illustrated with his photographs. He was a lifelong friend of the novelist, Orientalist and photographer Pierre Loti. While over 5,500 Gervais-Courtellemont autochromes survive in various institutional collections, his work in private hands is quite rare and sought after. Courtellemon died in 1931. His German counterpart is Hans Hildenbrand.  ALS, c. 1910, written on both sides of 7 x 9 sheet. To M. Brunet. Speaks of Islam in Bosnia. VG............100-150

157.  [BASEBALL] Raymond Radcliff - This is a Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo. Designated M113 or M114 by collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss heavy paper stock. You had to send away for the photos. The bottom center has the players name, the lower left reads "Published by the Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and the lower right reads "Enlarged from an original photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY".  From the beginning, the posters offered collectors a chance to obtain high-quality reproductions of photos taken by such legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for the sport of baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the century, through his retirement shortly before World War II. A substantial percentage of the posters issued during that span featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12.  Superb condition when compared to the usual found. Often these were trimmed down in size, this one is full size.............40-60

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158.  [BASEBALL] Ken Keltner - This is a Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo. Designated M113 or M114 by collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss heavy paper stock. You had to send away for the photos. The bottom center has the players name, the lower left reads "Published by the Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and the lower right reads "Enlarged from an original photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY".  From the beginning, the posters offered collectors a chance to obtain high-quality reproductions of photos taken by such legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for the sport of baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the century, through his retirement shortly before World War II. A substantial percentage of the posters issued during that span featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12.  Superb condition when compared to the usual found. Often these were trimmed down in size, this one is full size.............40-60

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159.  [BASEBALL] John "Buddy" Lewis - This is a Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo. Designated M113 or M114 by collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss heavy paper stock. You had to send away for the photos. The bottom center has the players name, the lower left reads "Published by the Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and the lower right reads "Enlarged from an original photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY".  From the beginning, the posters offered collectors a chance to obtain high-quality reproductions of photos taken by such legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for the sport of baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the century, through his retirement shortly before World War II. A substantial percentage of the posters issued during that span featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12.  Superb condition when compared to the usual found. Often these were trimmed down in size, this one is full size.............40-60

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160.  [BASEBALL] Frank Hayes - This is a Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo. Designated M113 or M114 by collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss heavy paper stock. You had to send away for the photos. The bottom center has the players name, the lower left reads "Published by the Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and the lower right reads "Enlarged from an original photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY".  From the beginning, the posters offered collectors a chance to obtain high-quality reproductions of photos taken by such legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for the sport of baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the century, through his retirement shortly before World War II. A substantial percentage of the posters issued during that span featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12.  Superb condition when compared to the usual found. Often these were trimmed down in size, this one is full size.............40-60

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161.  [BASEBALL] Edward Miller - This is a Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo. Designated M113 or M114 by collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss heavy paper stock. You had to send away for the photos. The bottom center has the players name, the lower left reads "Published by the Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and the lower right reads "Enlarged from an original photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY".  From the beginning, the posters offered collectors a chance to obtain high-quality reproductions of photos taken by such legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for the sport of baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the century, through his retirement shortly before World War II. A substantial percentage of the posters issued during that span featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12.  Superb condition when compared to the usual found. Often these were trimmed down in size, this one is full size.............40-60

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162.  [BASEBALL] August Galan - This is a Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo. Designated M113 or M114 by collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss heavy paper stock. You had to send away for the photos. The bottom center has the players name, the lower left reads "Published by the Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and the lower right reads "Enlarged from an original photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY".  From the beginning, the posters offered collectors a chance to obtain high-quality reproductions of photos taken by such legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for the sport of baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the century, through his retirement shortly before World War II. A substantial percentage of the posters issued during that span featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12.  Superb condition when compared to the usual found. Often these were trimmed down in size, this one is full size.............40-60

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ANTIQUE ENGRAVED PORTRAITS

167. James B. Longacre (1794-1869) American engraver, b. Delaware Co., Pa. Known for his work in The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans (4 vols., 1834-39); chief engraver, U.S. Mint (1844-69). Original portrait engraving of Josiah Stoddard Johnston (1784-1833) United States Representative and Senator from Louisiana. Image size 3-1/2 x 4-1/2 in. plus clean margins. VG.........25-35  

169. (HARVARD) Langdell, Christopher Columbus (1826-1906). American lawyer and educator, b. New Boston, N.H. Practiced law, New York City (1854-70). Professor of law, Harvard Law School (1870-1900) and dean (1870-95); introduced (1870) the case method of teaching law, now generally used in the U.S. Author of Selection of Cases on the Law of Contracts (1871), Selection of Cases on Sales of Personal Property (1872), Cases of Equity Pleading (1875). ORIGINAL etching, pencil signed by the artist OTTO J. SCHNEIDER (1875-1946) member Chicago Soc. of Etchers. His work is in many collections including: Art Institute of Chicago, Toledo Art Museum. 17-1/4 x 13-3/4 plus margins. VG..........100-150 

170. Wlodzimierz Zonn (1905-1975) Polish astronomer. He studied at the University of Stefan Batory at Wilno, where he later worked as a professor. From 1950, Zonn was director of Astronomical Observatory of the University of Warsaw. For many years (1952 - 1955 and (1963 - 1973), he was the director of Polish Astronomical Society (Polskie Towarzystwo Astronomiczne). Signed 1966 FDC honoring 1000 Years of Polish Culture. Typed addressed o/w VG.............30-40

171. Gerald Massey (1828-1907)  English poet and self-educated Egyptologist.  During the later years of his life, (from about 1870 onwards) Massey became interested increasingly in Egyptology and the similarities that exist between ancient Egyptian mythology and the Gospel stories. He studied the extensive Egyptian records housed in the British Museum, eventually teaching himself to decipher the hieroglyphics." In regard to Egyptology, Massey first published The Book of the Beginnings, followed by The Natural Genesis. His most prolific work is Ancient Egypt: The Light of the World, published shortly before his death.[1] His work, which draws comparisons between the Judeo-Christian religion and the Egyptian religion, is not considered significant in the field of modern Egyptology and is not mentioned in the Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt or similar reference works of modern Egyptology. One of the more sensational aspects of Massey's writings were the parallels he drew between Jesus and the Egyptian god Horus. These comparisons are primarily contained in his book The Natural Genesis. Massey's writings on this subject have influenced various later authors such as Alvin Boyd Kuhn, Tom Harpur, and Acharya S.  ALS, nd, written on both sides, approx. 5x8". Content - about his poems.  Old Paul Richards price of $25 in 1977 written top corner in pencil...........80-120

172. Anne Jeffreys (b. 1923 in Goldsboro, North Carolina) is an American actress and singer. Signed & inscribed 5x7 photo...............20-30

173. [ART] Alexander POPE [1849-1924] important American artist. One of his paintings realized $186,000 at a Maine auction, a record in Maine for a work of art that stood for many years. We purchased his drawings, both childhood and adult, and his scrapbook & some of his photographs of his paintings over a decade ago. The ORIGINAL pencil sketche[s] offered here is unsigned and guaranteed without a time limit to the original purchaser. Approx. 6 x 6-1/4 in. sheet irregular size. This is an early drawing circa 1865-70 although not dated. Very good condition. . The Maine Antique Digest [sometime in 1998] reported that the Pope painting that brought $186,000 in Maine was resold at Sothebys, Dec. 3, 1998, for $552,500. Virtually all Alexander Pope drawings that have appeared on the market in decades have come from our collection.........100-150

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174. [ART] EDWARD J. POYNTER [1836-1919] English historical painter. Director of National Gallery (1894-1904). Executed decorative designs in fresco, mosaic, stained glass, pottery; known for classic oil paintings, including Israel in Egypt (1867), Atalanta' s Race (1876), Lesbia and Her Sparrow (1907). ALS, 1896, 2pp, approx. 4x6 in.........75-100

175. [ART] Frank Dicksee (Sir Francis Bernard Dicksee. 1853-1928) English painter. Known for medieval subjects and portraits; president of Royal Academy (1924-28). ALS, 1923, 1p......50-75

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176. Howard Cosell (1918-1995) American sports journalist who was widely known for his blustery, cocksure personality. Cosell said of himself, "Arrogant, pompous, obnoxious, vain, cruel, verbose, a showoff. There's no question that I'm all of those things."  TLS, no date, 1p., to "Dear IDS People."  "Frank, Don, and I are delighted that you're joining our notable list of sponsors on ABC's NFL Monday Night Football...." VG.........50-75

177.  James Sullivan (1744-1808) in 1776, Sullivan was a judge in Massachusetts. Although he was elected to represent Massachusetts at the Continental Congress from 1782 to 1783 he did not attend. From 1790 to 1807, he was the Republican attorney general of Massachusetts and in 1801 prosecuted the Dedham murderer Jason Fairbanks. He also served as the seventh Governor of Massachusetts between 1807 and 1808. He was the brother John Sullivanof New Hampshire general and governor. ALS, Boston, 1806, written to Reverand Pearce, thanking him for caring for his grandson. 7x9. Edge tipped to a backing page...........150-200

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Portrait of Gov. Sullivan

178. Richard Watson Gilder (1844-1909) American poet and editor. ALS, 1891, 4pp. Along one edge shows removal from album mounting.........50-75

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Portrait of Gilder

180. [FRANCE] Fernand Divoire [1885-1951] French Poet; Dir. of L'Intransigeant. He wrote about Metchnikoff and Isadora Duncan. The Isadorables as named by him in 1909, was a group of six young girls who danced under the instruction of Isadora Duncan. ALS, 193?, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8-1/4 in. Sent to the actress Tania Fedor "Sultana of Sultanas." Speaks about his script and Citroen. VG............50-75

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181. [MUSIC] Gina Cigna  (1900-2001)  Italian French-born opera singer, one of the leading dramatic sopranos of the inter-war period. Signed postcard photograph, includes mailing envelope [1931]. VG..........50-75

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182. Brian Blessed (1936 - ) is an English actor, known for his sonorous voice and "hearty, king-sized portrayals".  Signed 3x5 photo. VG.........25-35

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183. [PORTRAIT] Lydia H. Sigourney (1791-1865) popular American poet during the early and mid 19th century. She was commonly known as the "Sweet Singer of Hartford". Most of her works were published with just her married name Mrs. Sigourney. Original antique engraved portrait of Sigourney, image approx. 3.5 x 4.5 plus wide margins. VG...........25-35

185. [MUSIC] Jack Hylton (1892-1965)  English band leader and impresario who rose to prominence during the British dance band era.  His productions dominated the London theatres with such productions as The Merry Widow, Kiss Me, Kate and Kismet. Signed vintage photo,  3.5 x 5.5". VG..............25-35

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186. (U.S. ATTY. GENERAL) signatures of: ALPHONSO TAFT - dated 1877 ¥ GEO. H. WILLIAMS ¥ WAYNE MAC VEAGH...................30-50

187. [SPACE] Robert Crippen (b. 1937) NASA astronaut. He flew on four Space Shuttle missions, including three as commander. Crippen is a recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. Signed, inscribed color litho. photo, 8x10. VG.........50-75

188. [MAINE] Margaret Chase Smith (1897-1995) Republican Senator from Maine, and one of the most successful politicians in Maine history. She was the first woman to be elected to both the U.S. House and the Senate, and the first woman from Maine to serve in either. She was also the first woman to have her name placed in nomination for the U.S. Presidency at a major party's convention (1964 Republican Convention, won by Barry Goldwater). Smith was an early opponent of Senator Joseph McCarthy. On June 1, 1950, she gave her Declaration of Conscience speech on the floor of the Senate, earning McCarthy's permanent ire and the epithet "Moscow Maggie" from his staff. In 1954, when McCarthy attempted to challenge her seat by sponsoring a primary challenger, the Maine voters rejected the effort. POSTCARD picturing her, signed on the verso. VG...........25-35

189. [MUSIC]  Theo Loevendier (1930 - ) Dutch composer and clarinet player. Loevendie studied composition and clarinet at the Conservatoire of Amsterdam. Initially he concentrated on jazz music. As off 1968 he also wrote concert music, among which operas, concertos and chamber music. Several of his compositions won prizes. Starting 1970 Loevendie taught composition at several Dutch conservatoires. Among his many students were Svitlana Azarova, Matthias Kadar, Vanessa Lann, Peter van Onna, Robin de Raaff, Victor Varela, Sinta Wullur and Evrim Demirel. As a performer, he participated in the ensembles Consort, Brevisand the Theo Loevendie Quintet. In 2004, he founded a new group: The "Ziggurat Ensemble" - as he puts it himself: his dream-ensemble. It consists of a mix of western and non-western instruments: Er-hu, Viola da Gamba, Qanun, Voice, Duduk, Bass, Pan Pipes and Percussion. Loevendie is writing practically all the music for this young and enthusiastic team and in the relatively short time of its existence has celebrated many successes with it. AMQS from his work "Gassir, the Hero", approx. 9-1/4 x 4-1/2".  Two folds o/w VG. Written on both sides............50-75

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190. [MUSIC] Hugh Wood  (1932 - ) British composer.  His first orchestral work, Scenes from Comus (with soloists and chorus), was commissioned by the BBC and composed between 1962 and 1965. Its premiere at the 1965 BBC Proms provided Wood with a public success. AMQS from his work "Variations for Viola and Piano". Approx. 10-1/2 x 4-1/4". Written on both sides.  Two folds o/w VG............50-75


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191. [TV] Johnny Roventini (also known as John Louis Roventini and popularly as Johnny Philip Morris) (1910-1998)  American dwarf actor of Italian-American heritage. He soon became famous as a product spokesman for Philip Morris brand cigarettes in radio, television and print advertising media. He was described by Philip Morris personnel as a "living trademark", and represented the company for over 40 years. Signed [pencil] vintage album page...........30-40

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192. [MUSIC] Gunnar Henrik Bucht (b.1927) is a Swedish composer and musicologist. AMQS on which he adds ANS, from his work "Beginning of Georgina." Approx. 9-1/4 x 3-3/4". two folds o/w VG...........40-60

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193. [FILM] Rudy Vallée (1901-1986)  American singer, actor, bandleader, and entertainer. He was one of the first modern pop stars of the teen idol type. Signed 1946 bank check made out to the Hollywood Studio Club. VG............50-75

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194. Henry Martyn Hoyt, Jr. (1856- 1910) served as Solicitor General of the United States from 1903 to 1909. His father, also named Henry Martyn Hoyt, served as governor of Pennsylvania from 1879 to 1883. Hoyt  Jr. was born in Wilkes-Barre and graduated from Yale University in 1878 and the law school of the University of Pennsylvania in 1881. After a career spent in private practice as a lawyer in Pennsylvania, starting in Pittsburgh and then in banking he became an assistant attorney general in 1897 and then, in 1903, was appointed Solicitor General by Theodore Roosevelt. After the end of Roosevelt's term in office he became a counselor to Secretary of State Philander C. Knox. Hoyt died in 1910.  Five [5] signed bank checks, Riggs National Bank, 1912. VG...........50-75

196. [MUSIC] DAVID NADIEN - composer. Signature of envelope [no post marks]......20-30

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197. Morgan Dix (1827-1908)  American Episcopal Church priest, theologian, and religious author. ALS, 1890, 1p. PLUS unsigned cabinet portrait photograph. VG..........50-75

198. [MUSIC] Joseph Edgar Howard (1878-1961)  Broadway composer, lyricist, and librettist. A famed member of Tin Pan Alley his credits, along with wife and composer Ida Emerson as part of the song writing team of Howard and Emerson whose hits include Hello Ma Baby, and Broadway tunes like The District Leader.  Clip Signature, 1944. Fair condition......40-60

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199. Leonard Andrew Scheele (1907-1993)  American physician and public servant. He was appointed the seventh Surgeon General of the United States from 1948 to 1956.  Signed photo dated 1949, 8x10 & TLS, 1948. Two pieces.............40-60


200. [THEATRE] David Burns (1901-1971)  American Broadway theatre and motion picture actor and singer. Signed & inscribed 8x10 photo pictured in a role. VG..............25-35

201. [REV. WAR] James Fairlie (1757 or 1759 - 1830) born in New York City of Scottish ancestry. His father was said to have been captain of a ship in the Havana trade. James was a Revolutionary war officer who settled in Albany after the war. Still in his teens, in 1776 Fairlie was commissioned and ensign an then second lieutenant in the First New York Regiment of the Continental Line. By 1778, he had been promoted to major and served as aide-de-camp to General Von Steuben until the end of the war. He was on active duty with the Revolutionary army and was noted as a recruiter. After the war, he sought to acquire and trade in military bounties and bounty rights. Offered here SIGNATURE with sentiment clipped from letter. Fairly prominent damp staining.............35-45

203. Marta Mitrovich  (1909-2002) American poet and actress. Born in Yugoslavia, Mitrovich lived in London during World War II and the Blitz, relocating in 1941 to the US, where her career as a stage and screen actress included the 1953 version of Titanic. In the mid-1970s (the actual date varies depending on whom you talk to) she founded the current incarnation of Laguna Poets, California’s longest running weekly poetry series, bringing major poets like Allen Ginsberg, Charles Bukowski, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and others to read in Orange County. Mitrovich’s passion for poetry was the spark that ignited Laguna Poets and the dozens of readings that imitated it (knowingly and unknowingly) around Orange County and LA, and was matched only by her passion for free speech. (In the 1950s, she told the House UnAmerican Activities Committee to “stuff it.”).  Mitrovich retired in to Garbo-like seclusion in 1990, disappearing near-entirely.  ALS on postal card, 1972, signed "Marta."  Poetry content.............50-75

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204. [MUSIC] Émile Louis Fortuné Pessard (1843-1917)  French composer. Pessard was born and died in Paris. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire where he won 1st prize in Harmony. In 1866 he won the Grand Prix de Rome with his cantata Dalila which was performed at the Paris Opera on February 21, 1867. From 1878 to 1880 he was inspector of singing at Paris Schools, in 1881 he became professor of Harmony at the Paris Conservatory.  After 1895 he was a critic and director.  He composed many comic operas and operettas, as well as masses. ALS, 1916, 2pp, approx. 5-1/4 x 8-1/4. VG............60-80

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206. [ENTERTAINMENT] Rip Taylor (b. 1934) American comedian and actor. Document Signed, Jan. 10, 1984, 1p. Ending management with the Milton B. Suchin Co. Signed twice as "Rip Taylor." VG..........50-75

207. [THEATRE] Archive of 11 letters about Balzac's "La Rabouilleuse" made into a play by Emile Fabre. These are about this play, and theatres that want it, also film adaptation [2 signed by Englishman Campbell]. None signed by Fabre. Besides the 2 by Campbel there are letters from Janvier Audier, Ferdinand Jean, H. Chretien, Georges Pellerin, Emmanuel Audisio, and Maeve Sage. None of the letters are in English. Emile Fabre (1869-1955) French dramatic author and general administrator of the Comédie-Française from December 2, 1915 to October 15, 1936.....80-120

208. Sir John Gielgud (1904-2000) English actor. Gielgud is a member of the short list of entertainers with the distinction of having won an Emmy, a Grammy, a Tony, and a Oscar award. ANS, April 20, no year.........25-35

209. [TV] Jane Wyatt (1910-2006) American actress. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG........25-35

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211. [FILM] Deanna Durbin (b. 1921) Canadian-born, Southern California-raised retired singer and actress, who appeared in a number of musical films in 1930s and 1940s. Brief TLS. VG.........25-35

212. Rufus Choate (1799-1859) American lawyer and orator. He was a US congressman from Mass. Clip Signature............25-35

213. Thornton W. Burgess (1874-1965) born in Sandwich, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, he was a conservationist and author of children's stories . Thornton Waldo Burgess loved the beauty of nature and its living creatures so much that he wrote about them for 50 years. By the time he retired, he had written more than 170 books and 15,000 stories for daily columns in newspapers. Signed 3x5 card to which a US posrage stamp has been affixed. Signature partly over the stamp. VG..........30-40

214. Celia Thaxter (1835-1894) American writer of poetry and stories. Fine SIGNATURE.....25-35

215. [FRANCE] Maurice Schumann (1911-1998) French politician, journalist, writer, and hero of the Second World War who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under Georges Pompidou in the 1960s and 1970s. Schumann was a member of the Christian democratic Popular Republican Movement.  The son of an Alsatian Jewish father and Roman Catholic mother, he studied at the Lycée Janson de Sailly and the Lycée Henri-IV. He converted to his mother's faith in 1937. He once said of France's fate when suffering the Allied bombing raids, ‘….and now we are reduced to the most atrocious fate: to be killed without killing back, to be killed by friends without being able to kill our enemies’.  TLS, 1976, 1p. Not translated. Approx. 8-1/4 x 11-1/2". VG..............50-75


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216. [FRANCE] Timothy Trimm, whose real name is Anthony Joseph Napoleon Lespes said Lespes Leo was born in Chine ( North ) 1815 and died in Paris 1875. He was a columnist, writer and publicist,  French scholar. Prior journalism Lespes began a military career like his father, and worked for a time alongside Vidocq as a private detective. Became editor and columnist key to any daily to the very rapid growth, Le Petit Journal , which he provided fantastic and popular articles chronic, he took the pseudonym Timothy Trimm, soon became very popular and very rich. He distinguished himself by his high standard of living and its eccentricities, which earned him extra prestige. But from the War of 1870, he experienced the insecurity and disease.  Timothy Trimm was not an original writer nor a deep thinker, but he had an undeniable talent for observation, he knew mingle pleasantly fantasy and serious, he had the gift to please his readers stroking their prejudices and interests in the direction of hair growth, and addressing a variety of subjects, using its intelligent sources, he managed to give the impression that he had an encyclopedic knowledge, which gave it for many years unchallenged aura.  ALS, 1875, 2pp, approx. 5-1/4 x 8-1/4".  Says he has been in bed for 6 weeks with a foot wound - a bad one. Asks for "10 Louis".  Touching letter.............80-120

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217. Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen [1848-1895] Norwegian born American author and college professor. He is best remembered for his novel Gunnar: A Tale of Norse Life, generally considered to have been the first novel by a Norwegian immigrant in America. TLS, 1902, 2pp. To Julian Ralph saying he will "take up with Mr. Walker payment for your articles on Hanna and Rockefeller..." .......35-45

218. Alfred L. Atherton Jr. [1921-2002] career United States Foreign Service officer. He served as United States Ambassador to Egypt in 1978-1979. Signed/inscribed photo, 1983, as Ambassador to Egypt...............25-35

219. LAURENCE A. TISCH - American Businessman/Investor. In 1986 he took control of CBS, as Chairman and CEO, often considered the crown jewel of American broadcasting. TNS dtd 8/25/89.........................25-35

220. THOMAS J. FOLEY - American Politician/Diplomat. He was a US Repesentative from Washington from 1965-1995. Speaker of the US House of Representatives and Ambassador to Japan - SIGNED/inscribed 7x9 photograph................................20-30

221. [ART] EDMOND AMATEIS (1897-1981) American Sculptor - Son of Sculptor Louis Amateis, Edmond was most celebrated during the first half of the 20th century. Member of the National Academy of Arts & Letters. He sculpted many works of art for the US Government during the 1930's and 1940's. ALS, 1976, 1-1/2 pp. Good content................25-35

222. [NOBEL PRIZE] GEORGE CHARPAK - French Physicist - Nobel Prize winner. During World War II he served in the resistance and was imprisoned by Vichy authorities in 1943. In 1944 he was deported to the Nazi concentration camp at Dachau, where he remained until the camp was liberated in 1945. He received a PHD in 1955. He was awarded the1992 NOBEL PRIZE for Physics for his numerous contributions to the instrumentation used in experiments at high-energy accelerators. Many of the new particles discovered in the past few decades have used detectors developed or greatly improved by Charpak. In particular, his development of the multiwire proportional chamber in the 1960's allowed the trajectories of particles issuing from high-energy collisions to be tracked with a spatial precision of less than 1 mm. The measured coordinates along the trajectory of a charge particle passing through a magnetic field can be used to compute the particle's momentum. SIGNED large folding card (5x8), with his color portrait on front......................25-35

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223. LORD ERIC ASHBY (1904-1992) BARON Ashby of Brandon. English Botanist - Deeply involved in experimental botany and environmental issues, he was one of the early leaders of the warnings of the destruction of the environment Published numerous books and papers on the subject. One of the most respected of scientists in his lifetime. President and Vice Chancellor of Queen's College. Created Baron in 1973, by Queen Elizabeth II. ALS with postmarked 6/26/89 envelope.........25-35

224. [MUSIC] Louis Kentner [1905-1987] Hungarian, later British, pianist who excelled in the works of Chopin and Liszt, as well as the Hungarian repertoire. SIGNATURE on album page, 1942............25-35

225. OTIS CHANDLER - American Publisher - He was the 4th in a family line, who was publisher of the Los Angles Times. He became head in 1960 and stepped down in 1980. His tenure brought the paper to its highest level and down to its being sold. SIGNED 5x7 portrait photograph...............20-30

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

227. FRED THOMPSON - pencil signed, mounted hand-tinted lake/shore scene. Titled "Quiet Waters." Overall size 5 x 12. Fine..............75-100

228. [MUSIC] Jan Kubelik (1880-1940) Czech-born Hungarian violinist and composer. Offered here is a rare AMQS, in pencil, dated Trieste 4/1929. Written on 4.5 x 7.5 in. album page. Accompanied by a vintage postcard photograph as a young man holding his violin. Slight photo defects............200-300

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229. [THEATRE] (John) Augustin DALY (1838-1899) American playwright and theatrical manager. CLIP SIGNATURE.

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230. [FILM] Ernest Borgnine (1917-2012) Signed 3x5 card..........20-30

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

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233. [GERMANY] Franz Josef Straub (1915-1988) German politician. He was the chairman of the Christian Social Union, member of the federal cabinet in different positions and long-time minister-president of the state of Bavaria. Signed philatelic item, 1985, overall 7 x 11". VG.........50-75

234. [ART] Raphael L. West [1769-1850] British artist. He was the son of the famous Benjamin West (1738-1820). He, like his father, was very popular in England. ALS, April 4th (1829), 1p. Edge tipped to mounting paper. Appears to have been closely cropped at some time causing slim margins, esp. along bottom and right sides..........75-100

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235. [SHOW BIZ] Mixed Lot: [1] Dame Edith Evans [1888-1976] Eng. actress. Signature. [2] Mary Healey - actress. Sig. 3x5 card. [3] Sylvia Sidney [1910-1999] actress. Sig 3x5 card w/note. [4] Olga San Juan - signed album page [1947]. [5] CRAIG STEVENS (1918-2000) American Actor - He was well showcased as a soft-hearted gangster in At the Stroke of Twelve, a 1941 two-reel adaptation of Damon Runyon's The Old Doll's House, but his feature film roles were merely adequate at best. By 1950, Stevens was reduced to playing a standard mustachioed villain in the Bowery Boys epic Blues Busters. His saving turnaround came about when Stevens was cast in the title role of the 1958 Blake Edwards-produced TV private eye series Peter Gunn. Though obviously imitating Cary Grant in the early episodes of this three-season hit, Stevens eventually developed a hard-edged acting style all his own. He later re-created his TV role in the 1967 theatrical feature Gunn. Subsequent TV-series assignments for Stevens included the British-filmed weekly Man of the World (1962) and CBS' Mr. Broadway (1964). SIGNED 3x5 card with sentiment. SLIGHT SMEAR TO 1st letter. [6] (Hortense) Rhea [1844-1899] Belgium actress. Sig. card, w/sentiment, 1894. [7] Stuart Robson [1836-1903] stage actor. Signature w/sentiment. [8] Henry Wilcoxon (1905-1984) was an actor born in Roseau, Dominica, British West Indies, and best known as a leading man in many of Cecil B. DeMille's films, also serving as DeMille's associate producer on his later films. VINTAGE SIGNATURE WITH SENTIMENT ON ALBUM PAPER. [9] Gladys Walton [1896-1993] Am. actress of the silent screen. Signature, inscribed. [10] Lillian Gish [1893-1993] Am. actress. Signed 3x5 card............100-150

236. [NOBEL] Roald Hoffmann (b. 1937) American theoretical chemist who won the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Signature, inscribed, 1990. He makes a drawing below. VG......50-75

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237. [MUSIC] Johnny Green (1908-1989) American songwriter, composer, musical arranger, and conductor. His most famous song was one of his earliest, Body and Soul. He won Academy Awards for Easter Parade, An American in Paris, West Side Story, Oliver. He was a chairman of the music branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, leading the orchestra through 17 of the Academy Award telecasts, and a producer of television specials. SIGNED, INSCRIBED 8X10 PHOTO, DATED 1981. VG............75-100

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238. [MUSIC] Eleanor Steber (1914-1990) American operatic soprano. Steber is noted as one of the first major opera stars to have achieved the highest success with training and a career based in the United States. TLS, 1953, 1p..........35-45

239. [MUSIC] Amanda McBroom (b. 1947) American singer, songwriter actress and cabaret performer. Notable among the songs she has written is "The Rose", which Bette Midler sang in the film of the same name , and which has been covered by many other recording artists. McBroom is also known for her collaborations as lyricist with songwriter Michele Brourman, including some of the songs in the The Land Before Time film series, Balto II: Wolf Quest, and the musical Dangerous Beauty based on the film of the same name, which was scheduled to have its world premiere at the Pasadena Playhouse in February 2011. Signed 8x10 photo. VG........25-35

240. [DANCE] Ruth St. Denis (1879-1968) was a modern dance pioneer, introducing eastern ideas into the art. She was co-founder of the American Denishawn School of Dance and the teacher of several notable performers. Signed collectors card, dated 1921. VG.........40-60

241. [MUSIC] Jarmila Novotna (1907-1994) was a celebrated Czech soprano and actress and, from 1940 to 1956, a star of the Metropolitan Opera. ALS, 1993, 1p............35-45

242. [MUSIC] Giorgio Tozzi (b. 1923) was for many years a leading bass with the Metropolitan Opera, and was seen playing lead roles in nearly every major opera house worldwide. SIGNED 5x7 photo, in role as Don Carlo.........30-40

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243. [NOBEL PRIZE] Sir Aaron Klug , OM, PRS (b.1926) British chemist and biophysicist, and winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his development of crystallographic electron microscopy and his structural elucidation of biologically important nucleic acid-protein complexes. His scientific biography is currently being written by former colleague Kenneth Holmes. SIGNED 6.5 x 8.5" photo. VG............25-35

245. [MUSIC] Keely Smith (b. 1928) American jazz and popular music singer who enjoyed popularity in the 1950s and 1960s. She collaborated with, among other, Louis Prima and Frank Sinatra. SIGNED, INSCRIBED 8 X 10 PHOTO. VG...........25-35

247. [OPERA] Giovanni Martinelli (1885-1969) celebrated Italian operatic tenor. He was particularly associated with the Italian lyric-dramatic repertory, although he performed French operatic roles to great acclaim as well. Martinelli was one of the most famous tenors of the 20th century, enjoying a long career at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City and appearing at other major international theatres. TLS, 1967, 1p, to George Stuart and Vivian Liff, noted collectors, thanking them for their hospitality on a recent visit and hopes to be able to return to London to see them. VG...........40-60

249. [ART] Sir Aston Webb, RA, FRIBA (1849-1930) English architect, active in the late 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century. He was President of the Royal Academy from 1919 to 1924. In London, Webb's best known works include the Queen Victoria Memorial and The Mall approach to, and the principal facade of, Buckingham Palace, which he re-designed in 1913. He also designed the Victoria and Albert Museum's main building (designed 1891, opened 1909), the Royal United Services Institute, Whitehall (1893-1895) and as part of The Mall scheme - Admiralty Arch (1908-1909). He also designed the Britannia Royal Naval College, Devon, where Royal Naval officers are still trained. ALS, 1924, 3pp, 4-1/2 x 5-3/4". Very fine condition.............100-150

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

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252. [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

253. [MUSIC] Pearl Mae Bailey (1918-1990)  American actress and singer.  Signed 8x10 photo. She signs "Love Pearl". Pin holes top corners..........30-40

254. [BRITISH] Henry Manners Cavendish, 3rd Baron Waterpark (1793-1863) British Whig politician. Waterpark was the son of Richard Cavendish, 2nd Baron Waterpark, and his wife Juliana (née Cooper). He succeeded his father in the barony in 1830 but as this was an Irish peerage it did not entitle him to an automatic seat in the House of Lords. The same year he was instead elected to the House of Commons as one of two representatives for Knaresborough, a seat he held until 1832, and then sat for Derbyshire South from 1832 to 1835. He remained out of the House of Commons for nearly twenty years but returned in 1854 when he was elected for Lichfield, and sat for this constituency until 1856. Apart from his political career he was also a Colonel in the Derbyshire Militia. SIGNED "WATERPARK" ADDRESS PANEL DATED JUNE 30, 1831....20-30

256. [FRANCE] Louis-Lucien Klotz (1868-1930)  French journalist and politician. He was the French Minister of Finance during World War I. Brief ALS, no date,, 1p, to Lucien Bauzin (1881-1971) French lawyer, newspaper man, politician, who was Klotz's chief of cabinet and was vice-president of the Radical-Socialist Party.  Includes, ALS, 1911, 2pp, by Bauzin to Klotz. VG...........100-150

257. [TV] Imogene  Coca (1908-2001) American comic actress best known for her role opposite Sid Caesar on Your Show of Shows. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.........50-75

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258. [CABINET] Hubert Work (1860-1942) was a U.S. administrator and physician. He served as the U.S. Postmaster General between from 1922 until 1923 during the presidency of Warren G. Harding. He served as the U.S. Secretary of the Interior from 1923 until 1928, during the administration of President Calvin Coolidge.  TLS, 1928, as Sec. of the Interior, 1928, 2pp., to the US senator from Texas, Earle B. Mayfield.  Good content about leasing Osage Indian oil lands.  One corner staple o/w VG.........80-120

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259. Richard Nixon - US President.  Signed 10 x 8 photo;  a Lewiston, Maine SUN-JOURNAL News Photo.  Nixon signed in top margin and writes the date 2-10-82. He also signed in bottom left area which is dark so he likely signed again in the margin area. Good condition with a few faults but they are not obtrusive......100-150

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260. [SIGNATURES OF WRITERS] Mixed lot: [1] EDWARD EGGLESTON [1837-1902] American author. Bible agent and Methodist pastor in Minnesota (1858-66); editor of Little Corporal (1866-67), National Sunday School Teacher (1867-73), Hearth and Home (1871-72); author of novels. SIGNATURE, 1891, with sentiment on card. [2] Horace Annesley Vachell (1861-1955) prolific English writer. SIGNATURE with sentiment. [3] Phyllis Bottome (1884-1963) British novelist and short story writer. Signed inscription in her handwriting removed from unidentified book reading: "July 30th 1949. To the Mark Twain Society from its devoted member and daughter Phyllis Bottome." [4] John Drinkwater [1882-1937] Eng. poet. Signature, 1925. [5] Frederik Pohl [b.1919] sci-fi writer. Signed/inscribed 3x5 card, 1987. [6] Augustus Thomas [1859-1934] Am. playwright. Sig./sentiment 1908. [7] Frank R. Stockton [1834-1902] Am. writer & humorist. Clip sig. [8] John Godfrey Saxe [1816-1887] Am. poet. Signature, Brooklyn, NY. Soiled. [9] Wm. H.C. Hosmer [1814-1877] Am. poet. Signature, 1874. [10] James Lane Allen [1849-1925] Am. novelist. Signature..........100-150

261. [CARTOON ART] George Wildman (b. 1927) American cartoonist most noted for his work in the comic books industry. From 1971 until 1985 he was a top editor at Charlton Comics, where he also became the long-time regular artist on Popeye comic books. SIGNED inscribed ORIGINAL SKETCH of “Popeye”(2001) 8x10. VG..............100-150

262. [FILM] Meinhardt Raabe (1915-2010) American actor. He was one of the last surviving Munchkin-actors in The Wizard of Oz , and was also the last surviving cast member with any dialogue in the film. He portrayed the coroner of Munchkinland who certified the death of the Wicked Witch of the East. Signed, inscribed 6x4" color photograph. Scene from The Wizard of Oz, pictured with Judy Garland. Fine...........40-60

263. [FILM] Lewis Croft (1919-2008) American actor with dwarfism, best known for his role as a Munchkin soldier in the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz". ALS, [1990], written on both sides of 6x9 sheet. Nice letter about OZ and the other Munchkins. VG.........35-45

264. [FILM] Lewis Croft (1919-2008) American actor with dwarfism, best known for his role as a Munchkin soldier in the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz". Signed, inscribed 5x7 photo. Shows him holding the vest he wore in the film...........30-40

265. 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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266. [ART]  Raphael Soyer  (1899 – 1987) Russian-born American painter, draftsman, and printmaker.   Soyer is referred to as an American scene painter. He is identified as a Social Realist because of his interest in men and women viewed in contemporary settings which included the streets, subways, salons and artists' studios of New York City. He also wrote several books on his life and art. ALS on Christmas card picturing one of his paintings (1982). Fine..........60-80

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267. [MUSIC]  GEORGE CRUMB (1928) American Composer, Pulitzer Prize  winning composer. AMQS “Echoes of Time”. On 3x5 card......100-150

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268. [MEDICINE] CHARLES H. BEST (1899-1978) Maine born medical scientist to Canadian parents. He was an assistant to Dr. Frederick Banting and played a role in the discovery of the pancreatic hormone insulin, one of the most significant advances in medicine in the 20th century TLS, 1977, 1p., about Boy scouts.  VG...........125-175

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269. [CABINET] Ramsey Clark (b. 1927)  American lawyer, activist and former public official. He worked for the U.S. Department of Justice, which included service as United States Attorney General from 1967 to 1969, under President Lyndon B. Johnson. He supervised the drafting and played an important role in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and Civil Rights Act of 1968. Since leaving public office Clark has led many progressive activism campaigns, including opposition to the War on Terror, and he has offered legal defense to controversial figures such as Charles Taylor, Slobodan Milošević, Saddam Hussein, and Lyndon LaRouche.  Signed 1991 Special Cover honoring the American flag. Fine condition........40-60

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270. [AVIATION] Air Vice Marshal James Edgar "Johnnie" Johnson CB, CBE, DSO & Two Bars, DFC & Bar (1915-2001) was a Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot and flying ace—defined as a pilot that has shot down five or more enemy aircraft in aerial combat—who flew and fought during the Second World War and Korean War.  Signed 1977 cover honoring Lindbergh. VG...........40-60

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271. SAMUEL LONGFELLOW (1819-1892) American Clergyman, author and hymn writer  - the brother of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. A Unitarian pastor and compiler of Hymns, among those of his own: Now on Land and Sea Descending, other works Hymns of the Spirit (1864).  ALS, no yr., 1p. VG...........60-80

272.  SPORTS SIGNED SHEET from the Michael Bolton Celebrity Softball Challenge (1997) SIGNED by 13:  KYLE ROTE (1928-2002) Football THOMAS W. BROWN (1940) Football RON WALLER (1933) Football MIKE MEADE (1960) Football MICHAEL SANDOR SOMMER (1934) Football CHET HANULAK (1928) Football DIONNA HARRIS (1968) Olympic Gold Champion others unidentified...........50-75

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273. [SPACE] ALEXEY A. LEONOV (b. 1934) Russian Cosmonaut and Air Force General.  First human to conduct a space walk in 1965.  SIGNED Large UN Space Treaty FDC, postmarked 1971 and 1975 (excellent item)..............100-150

274. YITZHAK RABIN (1922-1995) Israel General and Politician, Prime Minister of Israel, and 1994 Nobel Peace Prize.  SIGNED Israeli Envelope postmarked 1967. Signed in Hebrew ............100-150

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275. [MUSIC - FILM] GLADYS SWARTHOUT (1900-1969) American Mezzo-Soprano, Film Star. SIGNED inscribed 8x10, 1930’s photo. VG....75-100

276. [PHOTOGRAPHY] Yousuf Karsh (1908 – 2002)  Armenian-Canadian portrait photographer  - ONE OF THE most celebrated photographers of the 20th century.   SIGNED INSCRIBED 8X10 portrait photograph of himself (stamped on verso KARSH. Ottawa). VG..........125-175

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277. [MUSIC] STING (Gordon Sumner)(1951) English signer, musician and songwriter, composer.  SIGNED 8x10 photograph, signed in silver ink. VG............50-75

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278. ELLEN A. G. GLASGOW (1873-1945) American Novelist.  TLS, 1925, 1p. VG...........80-120

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279.  [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

280. [FRANCE] Louis Desprez  (1861-1885) French author who died so young.  Offered here are 2 ALSs, 1883 & 1884, total 5 lengthy pages, speaks of Mallarme, etc.  Emile Zola wrote a long and eloquent text about him.  One is repaired with archival paper..............100-150

281. [FRANCE] Adolphe Perraud (71828-1906)  French Cardinal and academician.  Three ALSs, 1878, 1894, and 1904, total 11 pages........150-200

282. (CIVIL WAR) Document SIGNED, with 21 SIGNATURES, including Colonel C. Burgess of the 2nd Regiment Calvary Michigan.  It mustered into Federal service for a three-year enlistment on May 25, 1861.  The following have not signed this document: a key early supporter and recruiter was future general Israel B. Richardson.The regiment included Sarah Emma Edmonds (aka "Franklin Thompson") who had enlisted in Company F disguised as a man. Anna Etheridge served as the regimental vivandiere.The regiment was mustered out on August 1, 1865, at Detroit.The regiment suffered 11 officers and 214 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 4 officers and 143 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 372 fatalities.  11”x17”..............75-100

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284. [FILM] Cesar Romero (1907-1994) American actor. Signed, inscribed 5x7 photo. VG......40-60

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286. [ART]  Paul Cadmus  (1904-1999) American artist.  Signed color reproduction, approx. 4-3/4 x 11". VG...........100-150

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287. [ART] Léonard Tsugouharu Foujita (1886-1968) was a painter and printmaker born in Tokyo, Japan, who applied Japanese ink techniques to Western style paintings. In 1910 when he was twenty-four years old Foujita graduated from what is now the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. His paintings during the period before he moved to France were often signed "Fujita" rather than the gallicized "Foujita" he adopted later.  Three years later he went to Montparnasse in Paris, France. When he arrived there, knowing nobody, he met Amedeo Modigliani, Pascin, Chaim Soutine, and Fernand Léger and became friends with Juan Gris, Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse.  Foujita claimed in his memoir that he met Picasso less than a week after his arrival, but a recent biographer, relying on letters Foujita sent to his first wife in Japan, clearly shows that it was several months until he met Picasso. He also took dance lessons from the legendary Isadora Duncan.  Foujita had his first studio at no. 5 rue Delambre in Montparnasse where he became the envy of everyone when he eventually made enough money to install a bathtub with hot running water. Many models came over to Foujita's place to enjoy this luxury, among them Man Ray's very liberated lover, Kiki, who boldly posed for Foujita in the nude in the outdoor courtyard. Another portrait of Kiki titled "Reclining Nude with Toile de Jouy," shows her lying naked against an ivory-white background. It was the sensation of Paris at the Salon d'Automne in 1922, selling for more than 8,000 francs. Within a few years, particularly after his 1918 exposition, he achieved great fame as a painter of beautiful women and cats in a very original technique. He is one of the few Montparnasse artists who made a great deal of money in his early years. By 1925, Tsuguharu Foujita had received the Belgian Order of Leopold and the French government awarded him the Legion of Honor.  Offered here is a rare pencil signed lithograph, used as a  1960 Christmas card, greeting part inside. Original lithograph on the front.  Under high powered magnification the ink on the inside portion appears to be handwriting, HOWEVER, we believe that it is printed.  Provenance: from the personal collection of  Father William Dolan Fletcher, the print collector, and author of  the catalogue raisonne "John Taylor Arms: A Man for All Time,", published in 1982.  Father Fletcher purchased many Albert Sterner prints from our collection during the 1980s in preparation for a catalogue raisonneon Albert Sterner but he passed away in 1986 without its completion.  Father Fletcher also wrote the catalogue raisonne on the etchings of Gerald Brockhurst. DESCRIPTION: 7-3/8 x 5-1/8".  Very fine condition.  Signed in pencil.  There are a lot of fake Foujita drawings out there so be careful.  This lithograph is guaranteed authentic..........600-800
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288. (AMERICAN ARTISTS - 20th Century) - DON BACHARDY (1934- ) celebrated Portrait Artist, SIGNED, inscribed 5x7 photograph print of artist Kent Twitchell's portrait of him which he painted on his house, with return address signed envelope.  CHARLES BANKS WILSON (1918-2013) SIGNED large postcard reprint of his portrait of "Jim Thorpe" signed on front.  CONRAD BUFF (1886-1979)  Artist and illustrator of children's books. ALS, 1975. ALPHAEUS PHILEMAN COLE (1876-1988) Painter, Engraver and etcher. When he died at age 112, he was recorded as the oldest living artist in history, ALS, 1975.  WARREN KIMBLE - Celebrated Folk Artist.  SIGNED 6x8 reprint one of his lighthouse, sailing ship scenes, signed on front.  BERNARD FRAZIER (1906-1996) American Sculptor,  TLS 1948.  HARRIET C. EDEN (1903-? ), known for her expressionist landscape painting.  SIGNED original  still life  drawing, dated 1935, on verso of postcard.  RALPH FASANELLA (1915-1997) Painter. Self taught whose large, detailed works depicted urban working life and post WWII in America  SIGNED postcard reproduction on verso from his "Mill Series."................100-150

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

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

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

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

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

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294. Patent of Robert P. Parrott, assignor to General Electric Company, for Improvement in Airport Illumination, Granted April 9, 1935, total 5 pages,  8 x 12.5". VG...........80-120
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295. [FRANCE] 1735 French Mystery Document on vellum, signed, 1p, approx. 9-3/4 x 6".   A cover page identifies as duc d'Orleans - Thomas de Lescornay Dumont.  A few spots near top edge............100-150

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

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

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

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

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300. [MUSIC] Marie Cabel (1827-1885)  Belgian coloratura soprano. She is probably best remembered for having created the role of Philine in Ambroise Thomas' opera Mignon.  She was the daughter of a former cavalry officer in Napoleon's army, who after his discharge had become an accountant for various theatres in Belgium. Pauline Viardot, who at that time lived in a chateau near Brussels, happened to hear Cabel sing as a child and predicted a great future for her.  ALS, no date, 2pp, approx. 5-1/2 x 8-1/4".  VG............75-100

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301. [MUSIC] Dave Brubeck  (1920-2012) American jazz pianist and composer, considered to be one of the foremost exponents of cool jazz. He wrote a number of jazz standards, including "In Your Own Sweet Way" and "The Duke". Brubeck's style ranged from refined to bombastic, reflecting his mother's attempts at classical training and his improvisational skills.  Signed 10x8 photo. VG..........75-100

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302.  Chet Huntley  (1911-1974) American television newscaster, best known for co-anchoring NBC's evening news program, The Huntley-Brinkley Report, for 14 years beginning in 1956.  Signed 1950 bank check.  See scan for condition..........40-60

303. [FRANCE] Louis Marie de la Haye, Vicomte de Cormenin (1788-1868) French jurist and political pamphleteer. At the age of twenty he was received advocate, and about the same time he gained some reputation as a writer of piquant and delicate poems. In 1810 he received from Napoleon I the appointment of auditor to the council of state; and after the restoration of the Bourbons he became master of requests. During the period of his connection with the council he devoted himself zealously to the study of administrative law. He was selected to prepare some of the most important reports of the council. Among his separate publications at this time are noted, Du conseil d'état envisagé comme conseil et comme juridiction dans notre monarchie constitutionnelle (1818), and De la responsabilité des agents du gouvernement . In the former he claimed, for the protection of the rights of private persons in the administration of justice, the institution of a special court whose members should be irremovable, the right of oral defence, and publicity of trial. In 1822 appeared his Questions de droit administratif, in which he for the first time brought together and gave scientific shape to the scattered elements of administrative law. These he arranged and stated clearly in the form of aphorisms, with logical deductions, establishing them by proofs drawn from the archives of the council of state. This is recognized as his most important work as a jurist. The fifth edition (1840) was thoroughly revised. In 1828 Cormenin entered the Chamber of Deputies as member for Orléans, took his seat in the Left Center, and began a vigorous opposition to the government of Charles X . As he was not gifted with the qualifications of the orator, he seldom appeared at the tribune; but in the various committees he defended all forms of popular liberties, and at the same time delivered, in a series of powerful pamphlets, under the pseudonym of Timon, the most formidable blows against tyranny and all political and administrative abuses. After the revolution of July 1830 , Cormenin was one of the 221 who signed the protest against the elevation of the Orléans dynasty to the throne; and he resigned both his office in the council of state and his seat in the chamber. He was, however, soon re-elected deputy, and now voted with the extreme Left. The discussions on the budget in 1831 gave rise to the publication of his famous series of Lettres sur la liste civile, which in ten years ran through twenty-five editions. In the following year he was elected deputy for Belley. In 1834 he was elected by two arrondissements, and sat for Joigny , which he represented until 1846. In this year he lost his seat in consequence of the popular prejudice aroused against him by his trenchant pamphlet Oui et non (1845) against attacks on religious liberty, and a second entitled Feul Feul (1845), written in reply to those who demanded a retractation of the former. Sixty thousand copies were rapidly sold. Cormenin was an earnest advocate of universal suffrage before the revolution of February 1848, and had remorselessly exposed the corrupt practices at elections in his pamphlet Ordre du jour sur la corruption électorale . After the revolution he was elected by four départments to the Constituent Assembly, and became one of its vice-presidents. He was also member and president of the constitutional commission, and for some time took a leading part in drawing up the republican constitution. But the disputes which broke out among the members led him to resign the presidency. He was soon after named member of the council of state and president of the comit du conlentieux. It was at this period that he published two pamphlets Sur l'indépendance de l'Italie ("On Italian Independence"). After the coup d'état of December 2, 1851, Cormenin, who had undertaken the defence of Prince Louis Napoleon after his attempt at Strasbourg , accepted a place in the new council of state of the empire. Four years later, by imperial ordinance, he was made a member of the Institute. One of the most characteristic works of Cormenin is the Livre des orateurs , a series of brilliant studies of the principal parliamentary orators of the restoration and the monarchy of July, the first edition of which appeared in 1838, and the eighteenth in 1860. In 1846 he published his Entretiens de village, which procured him the Montyon prize, and of which six editions were called for the same year. His last work was Le Droit de tonnage en Algérie (1860). He died at Paris, on 6 May 1868. Two volumes if his Reliquiae were printed in Paris in the same year. ALS, no date, 2pp. 4-3/4 x 7 in. VG.............100-150

304. [OPERA] Geraldine Farrar [1882-1967] opera singer and film actress whose stage presence earned her a fanatic following of Gerryflappers in the early 20th century. TLS, 1958, 1p, regarding a Bill in congress that she isn't interested in making a comment about.........60-80

305. [TV] Ed McMahon (1923 - 2009) most famous for his work on television as Johnny Carson's announcer and sidekick on The Tonight Show from 1962 to 1992. Signed, inscribed color picture portrait. VG.............25-35

306. Edgar Fawcett (1847-1904) American novelist and poet. ALS, Dec. 1, no yr, 2 separate pages. "Dear Dana, I have just come in, found your message, and afterward your gloves. You didn't leave them on the mantel, by the way, but on my magnificent marble-topped arrangement under the right mirror - right, that is, from the grand main staircase way, as one ascends from the street." VG............75-100

307. [ART] Frederick George Richard Roth [1872-1944] American sculptor and animalier, well known for portraying living animals. The statue of the sled dog Balto in New York City's Central Park is perhaps his most famous piece. Two sketches by Roth on a manuscript page signed by him and his wife. Our quess is, and this is merely a guess, that she wrote the page and he added the sketches and his signature. Dated 1914. Paper size 7 x 9.5. VG.........100-150

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308. Laura Spencer Porter - American short story writer. Very popular in Harper's Magazine and the New England Magazine at turn of century into 1920s. ALS, NY, 1901, 2pp. VG...........40-60

309. [OPERA] Emma Eames [1865-1952] soprano. Signature...........20-30

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310. [MUSIC] Ray Conniff (1916- 2002) American bandleader and arranger. AMQS - bar from "Somehere My Love" on 3x5 card. Fine..........50-75

311. [FRANCE] Clement Duvernois [1836-1879] noted French journalist. ALS, Paris, 1872, 1p, 5 x 8 in. VG.............50-75

312. [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

313. THE ODD COUPLE - Tony Randall (1920-2004) & Jack Klugman (1922-2012). Signed 3x5 cards. Fine.......25-35

314. [FILM-MUSIC] Gertrude Niesen [1911-1975] American singer and actress who achieved her greatest success during the Big Band Era. Signed, inscribed 5x7 photo. Very nice and in fine condition...........40-60

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315. [MUSIC] Randy Newman (b. 1943) American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is known for his distinctive voice, mordant (and often satirical) pop songs and for film scores.  Signed, inscribed [lengthy inscription] 8x10 photo. VG..........40-60

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316. [TV]  Bea Arthur (1922-2009) American actress. Signed, inscribed [lengthy inscription] 8x10 photo. VG..........40-60

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317. [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

318. [ENTERTAINMENT] Minnie Pearl  (1912-1996)  American country comedienne who appeared at the Grand Ole Opry for more than 50 years (from 1940 to 1991) and on the television show Hee Haw from 1969 to 1991.  Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG............40-60

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321. 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

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322. [FRANCE] MARY MARQUET [b. Russia 1895; died France 1979] actress who was encouraged by Sarah Bernhardt to become an actress. She made her stage debut in "La cathédrale" by the dramatist Eugène Morand. Her real triumph soon followed with "L'Aiglon" by Edmond Rostand . She joined the Comédie Française in 1923 and was one of its most revered actress for over twenty years before being fired. In 1944, she was arrested and sent to Fresne prison , near Paris: she was accused of collaborating with the Germans during the war as well as being instrumental to her son's arrest by the Gestapo. During her trial, she admitted contacting the Vichy police in 1943 and asking them to prevent her son François from joining the Resistance. Despite a severe warning by the police, he still managed to flee to Spain but was arrested and deported to Buchenwald where he died in January 1944. Mary Marquet was acquitted in January 1945 but was not allowed to return to the Comédie Française. She resumed her career on stage and appeared in light comédies, or 'comédies de boulevard' as they are called in French. She had to wait until 1949 to appear on screen again in the very mediocre 'Le 84 prend des vacances (1950). After the mid-sixties, she almost exclusively appeared in TV movies or series. Six handwritten lines signed, no date. Not translated........50-75

323. [FRANCE] MAURICE BAQUET [1911-2005] Fr. actor. Interesting lot. Includes: signed picture of him playing a musical instrument with NYC skyline in background; plus 4 signed sketch drawings. VG............75-100

324. [FRANCE - THEATRE] ARIANE MNOUCHKINE [b.1939] world-renowned French stage director. She founded the Parisian avant-garde stage ensemble Theatre du Soleil in 1964. Her movie "1789", which dealt with the French Revolution, brought her international fame in 1974. In 1978 she wrote and directed "Molière", a biography of the famous French playwright for which she received an [Oscar] nomination. Signed/inscribed postcard............50-75

325. [ART] Eugene Speicher [1883-1962] American portrait, landscape, and figurative painter. One of the foremost realists of his generation who closely upheld the mantle of his mentor, Robert Henri. Signature on 3.5 x 2" card.........25-35

326. [THEATRE] Frank Corsaro (b. 1924) is one of America's foremost stage directors of opera and theatre. His Broadway productions include The Night of the Iguana (with Bette Davis, 1961). SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 photo [Bill Swersey, photographer] PLUS ANS MENTIONING HIS BOOK "MAVERICK." Two pieces.........50-75

327. William Milligan [1821-1892] was a renowned Scottish theologian. He studied at the University of Halle in Germany, and eventually became a professor at the University of Aberdeen. He is best known for his commentary on the Revelation of St. John. He also wrote two other well known books that are classics: The Resurrection of our Lord and The Ascension of our Lord. ALS, 1868, 3pp, signed with his initials on page 4. Small loss affecting a word or two along edge.........50-75

328. WILLIAM DANIELS (1927- ) American Actor. He in the long-running Broadway play Life with Father in 1945, Daniels. His confidence eroded by several years of relative inactivity, Daniels nearly turned down an opportunity to play Brick in a road company production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, but the play's author Tennessee Williams insisted upon casting Daniels. In 1960, the actor was cast with George Maharis in the Edward Albee play The Zoo Story, which won him the Obie and Clarence Derwent Awards and led to such choice Broadway assignments as One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever and A Thousand Clowns. Much to his own amazement, Daniels found himself cast in a superhero-spoof sitcom, Captain Nice, in 1967, which fortunately wasn't on long enough to typecast him. The actor achieved recognition of a more positive nature for his role as Dustin Hoffman's obtuse father in The Graduate (1967) (he was all of ten years older than Hoffman). Daniels' role as John Adams in the 1969 Broadway musical 1776 resulted in another strong film showing when the play was transferred to celluloid in 1972. Reportedly as reserved and taciturn as his screen characters in real life, Daniels was perhaps ideally cast as the abrasive Dr. Mark Craig on the long-running (1982-88) TV drama St. Elsewhere. SIGNED/inscribed 8x10 photograph.............20-30

329. [FRANCE] Michel Masson [1800-1883] author who co-wrote plays with Scribe. Nice ALS, 1850, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8 in. Speaks about rehearsals and writing end of play. VG........75-100

330. [FRANCE] Albert Auguste Gabriel Hanotaux, known as Gabriel Hanotaux (1853-1944) French statesman and historian. ALS, 1940, 1p. PLUS 1-1/2 unsigned but in his hand [manuscript ??]. VG..............60-80

331. [DANCE] Eliot Feld (b. 1942) American modern ballet choreographer, performer and director. Signed 8x10 photo. VG.........25-35

332. [ARCHEOLOGIST] Pierre-Amable Floquet [b. 1797] French archeologist & historian who wrote extensively about Normandy. ALS, Paris, 1862, 2pp...........50-75

333. Charles Shaw-Lefevre, 1st Viscount Eversley GCB, PC [1794-1888] British Whig politician. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1839 to 1857. He is the second-longest serving Speaker of the House of Commons, behind Arthur Onslow. ALS, no date, requesting that ticket be sent to a relative for the Exhibition at the Royal Botanic Gardens. About 7 x 4.5". Slightly soiled; fold lines............40-60

334. Sir Owen Seaman, 1st Baronet [1861-1936] British writer, journalist and poet. He is best known as editor of Punch, from 1906 to 1932. ALS, 1933, 1p. VG..........50-75

335. Charles Diehl (1859-1944) French historian who was a native of Strasbourg. He was a leading authority on Byzantine art and history. He was member of the École française de Rome [1881-1883] and the École française d'Athènes. In 1910 he became a member of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres. Diehl was the author of several influential books on Byzantine art and history. His treatise Byzance. Grandeur et décadence was translated into English by Naomi Walford and published in 1957 as "Byzantium: Greatness and Decline". ALS, not dated, 1p, 4.5 x 6.5". VG............40-60

336. [FRANCE] Jean-François Barrière (1786-1868) French historian. He wrote about the French revolution, most notably an annotated biography of Madame Roland entitled Memoirs de Madame Roland, Avec une Notice sur sa Vie, des Notes et des Eclaircissemens historiques par MM. Saint-Albin Berville et Jean-François Barrière, edited and published in 1827 by Honoré de Balzac. Barrière served 18 years in the Préfecture of Paris, rising through the ranks to become division chief. He was removed from office and forced to retire following the Revolution of 1848. ALS, no year, 3pp, 5-1/4 8-1/4". Long letter about history and someone who said that Louis XVI was Louis XV's son. VG............60-80

337. [FRANCE] François Pierre Guillaume Guizot (1787-1874) French historian, orator, and statesman. Clip Signature on 4 x 2-1/4 slip..........35-45

See above

338. [FRANCE] Paul Ferrier (1843-1928) French dramatist. He had already produced several comedies when in 1873 he secured real success with two short pieces, Chez l'avocat and Les Incendies de Massoulard. Others of his numerous plays are Les Compensations (1876); L'Art de tramper les femmes (1890), with M. Najac. One of Ferrier's biggest successes was the production with Fabrice Carré of Josephine vendue par ses sÏurs (1886), an opera bouffée with music by Victor Roger. His opera libretti include La Marocaine (1879), music of Jacques Offenbach; Le Chevalier d'Harmental (1896) after the play of Alexandre Dumas, père, for the music of A Messager; La Fille de Tabarin (1901), with Victorien Sardou, music of Gabriel Pierné. ALS, no date, 1p., 3-3/4 x 4-3/4 in. Small smudge.........50-75

339. [FRANCE] Pierre Émile Levasseur (1828-1911) French economist. He was born and educated in Paris, France. He began teaching in the lycée at Alençon in 1852, and in 1857 became professor of rhetoric at Besançon . He returned to Paris to become professor at the lycée Saint Louis, and in 1868 he was chosen a member of the academy of moral and political sciences, in 1872 he was appointed professor of geography, history and statistics in the College de France, and subsequently became also professor at the Conservatoire des arts et métiers and at the École libre des sciences politiques (which later became known as the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris or its widely known nickname of Sciences Po). Levasseur was one of the founders of the study of commercial geography, and became a member of the Council of Public Instruction, president of the French society of political economy and honorary president of the French geographical society. Levasseur was elected member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1894. ALS, 1897, 2 full pages, 4-3/8 x 6-7/8 in. "R" in blue pencil on page 1. VG.........50-75

340. [FRANCE] Henri Léon Emile Lavedan (1859-1940) French dramatist and man of letters, was born at Orléans, the son of Hubert Léon Lavedan, a well-known Catholic and liberal journalist. Lavedan contributed to various Parisian papers a series of witty tales and dialogues of Parisian life, many of which were collected in volume form. In 1891 he produced at the Théâtre Français Une Famille, followed at the Vaudeville in 1894 by Le Prince d'Aurec, a satire on the nobility, afterward re-named Les Descendants. ALS, 1890, 2pp, to the poet Giron. Not translated. Fine..........80-120

341. [FRANCE] Arthur Chuquet (1853&endash;1925) French historian and biographer. He was born in Rocroi, Ardennes. He is now best known for his Jeunesse de Napoléon appearing in three volumes from 1897 to 1899. He became a member of the Institut de France in 1900. Brief ALS, 1904, approx. 4 x 5-1/4 in. Fine..........50-75

342. St. John Greer Ervine (1883 -1971) Irish author, writer, critic and dramatist. He wrote the plays Anthony and Anna in 1926 and The First Mrs. Fraser in 1929. He was born in Belfast, Ireland but moved to London while in his teens. His 1956 biography George Bernard Shaw was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. TLS, 1932, 1p.........25-35

343. [THEATRE] Katharine C. Herne [1857-1943] American popular stage actress. ALS, 1902, 2pp. Slight show-thru stain on back of 1st page; stain is more prominent on last page but well below text.............25-35

344. [BALLET] David Lichine (1910-1972) Russian/US ballet dancer. His wife was Tatiana Riabouchinska, whom he was partnered with in most of his ballets. In Walt Disney's Make Mine Music, Lichine and his wife performed a live action dance together in the segment "Two Sihouettes." ALS, not dated, 1p, 5.5 x 7.5. Late in sending picture because he has been dancing...........25-35

345. General Charles Richard Fox [1796-1873] British army general, and later a politician. Signed address panel postmarked May 25, 1837. Good example.........25-35

346. Duncan McArthur (1772-1839) Federalist and National Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the 11th Governor of Ohio. CLIP SIGNATURE.........25-35

SEE McArthur SIGNATURE

PORTRAIT OF McArthur

347. Mahlon Dickerson (1770-1853) American judge and politician. He was elected Governor of New Jersey as well as United States Senator from that state. He was twice appointed Secretary of the Navy - under Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin van Buren. CLIP SIGNATURE..........25-35

SEE Dickerson SIGNATURE

PORTRAIT OF Dickerson

348. John C. Spencer (1788-1855) American lawyer, politician, judge and United States Cabinet secretary in the administration of President John Tyler. He served as both Sec. of War and Sec. of the Treasury. CLIP SIGNATURE.........20-30

SEE Spencer signature

PORTRAIT of Spencer

349. Levi Woodbury (1789-1851) Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, a U.S. Senator, Governor of New Hampshire and cabinet member in three administrations. He was the first Justice to have attended law school. CLIP SIGNATURE...........40-60

SEE Woodbury signature

PORTRAIT of Woodbury

350. William J. Worth (1794-1849) United States general during the Mexican-American War, War of 1812, and Second Seminole War. CLIP SIGNATURE.........40-60

SEE Worth signature

351. SIR GERALD DURRELL (1925-1995) British Naturalist/Zoologist/Author. In 1947 he financed, organized, and led his first animal-collecting expedition to the Cameroons. This was followed by a expeditions in 1948 and 1949, this time to British Guiana. He has also made expeditions to Paraguay, Argentina, Sierra Leone, Mauritius, Assam, Mexico, and Madagascar. In 1962 he and his wife went to New Zealand, Australia and Malaya to film a TV series, Two in the Bush. In 1959 he founded the Jersey Zoological Park ,and in 1964 he founded the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust. Author of many books. 3x5 color photo SIGNED ON VERSO...........25-35

352. Sir Aston Webb (1849-1930) English architect, active in the late 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century. He was President of the Royal Academy 1919-1924. TLS, 1921, 1p. To W.A. Menzies re: Conradi's Mother's portrait.................40-60

353. Sir Nathaniel Wm Wraxall, 1st Baronet (1751-1831), English author. He entered the employment of the East India Company in 1769, and served as judge-advocate and paymaster during the expeditions against Gujarat and Baroche in 1771. He was knighted in 1813. ALS, 1801, 1p. Gives change of address for delivery of the Herald..................50-75

354. [OPERA] Ernestine Schumann-Heink (1861-1936) celebrated operatic contralto. SIGNATURE mounted to larger sheet..........25-35

355. [MUSIC] Gladys Swarthout [1900-1969] Am. opera star. Pencil signature.......20-30

356. Dame Beryl Margaret Bainbridge (b.1932) is an English novelist. A five-time nominee for the Booker Prize, Bainbridge has never won. She has nonetheless been described as "a national treasure". ALS, no date, envelope postmarked 2002, 1p..............40-60

357. Sydney Alexander Moseley [1888-1961] British journalist, author. ALS, 1917, 1p. Talks about American troops coming over for the war............25+35

358. [FILM] Forrest Orr (1899-1963) American actor who performed on stage from 1907-45. ALS, NY, no date, 2pp, Mentions "I played, with Katherine Hepburn in Philadelphia Story..." VG...........25-35

359. 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

See above

360. David E. Lilienthal (1899-1981) capable and controversial American public official. Appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as one of three directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority in 1933, Lilienthal served as the Authority's chairman from 1941 to 1946 and was known as "Mr. TVA." ALS, 1973, 1p......25-35

361. [MUSIC - FILM] Eddie Dean (1907-1999) American western singer and actor whom Roy Rogers and Gene Autry termed the best cowboy singer of all time. SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO. VG..........25-35

362. [SCIENCE] Steven A. Rosenberg (b. 1940) is a leading cancer researcher and surgeon. He is credited with developing the use of IL-2 and immune cells for the treatment of patients with melanoma . He has also shown that expanding immune cells (known as tumor infiltrating lymphocytes) in the lab can be used to treat patients with melanoma and has published two important studies describing their use. The first in 2002, demonstrated that some patients with advanced melanoma can be treated to complete remission with a combination of chemotherapy, immune cells and high doses of IL-2. The second, in 2006, demonstrated that the receptor of T cells can be transferred to immune cells and in combination with chemotherapy and high doses of IL-2 can be used to treat patients with melanoma. Although, this was the first time that the T cell receptor was used for gene therapy, it was not the first time that gene therapy was used in cancer. Tumor cells modified with a gene for immune growth factors such as GM-CSF, had been used many years previously and continue to be used as an effective form of gene therapy and immunotherapy for cancer. There has been some debate as to the role of the T cells in treating the cancer in these studies as high-dose IL-2 and chemotherapy have also been shown to have anti-cancer properties. Nevertheless, the combination of chemotherapy, T cells and high-dose IL-2 was shown to be effective even in patients who had previously failed high-dose IL-2 treatment. SIGNED 5x7 color photo........35-45

363. ELDON DEDINI (1921- ) American Cartoonist - Celebrated cartoonist of Playboy, The New Yorker, others. SIGNED/inscribed print of him as the devil..............25-35

364. [THEATRE] Henry Arthur Jones [1851-1929] English dramatist. AQS on 4-1/2 x 5-1/4" card.......30-40

365. [THEATRE] Emlyn Williams, CBE (1905 -1987) Welsh dramatist and actor.Signature on light green album page. VG..........25-35

366. Thomas Dundas, 2nd Earl of Zetland, KG (1795-1873) British nobleman and politician. ALS, 1866, 1p.................35-45

367. [FRANCE] Madame de Thebes - French palmist and prophet. She was born in 1845 and died in 1916. She carried on a business as a palmist at her salon in the Avenue de Wagram in Paris, and each year at Christmas published prophecies which enjoyed a wide circulation. She was said to have predicted the Boer War and the Russo-Japanese War. ALS, no date, 4pp., to the photographer Seschamps about photography...........50-75

368. [FRANCE] Jean-Baptiste Honoré Raymond Capefigue (1801-1872) French historian and biographer. He became editor of the Quotidienne, and was afterwards connected, either as editor or leading contributor, with the Temps, the Messager des Chambres, the Revolution de 1848 and other papers. ALS, no date, 1p..............35-45

369. [FRENCH FILM & THEATRE] Pierre Dux (1908-1990) one of the most important theatre & film French actors. He appeared in 50 films between 1932 and 1990. ANS, 4 lines with 1985 postmarked envelope addressed to Felix Bonagi, Paris. VG...........50-75

370. [THEATRE] CADET - Ernest Alexandre Honoré Coquelin (1848 -1909) French actor. Also called Coquelin cadet, to distinguish him from his brother. He graduated with the first prize in comedy and made his debut in 1867 at the Odéon. The next year he appeared with his brother at the Théâtre Français and became a sociétaire in 1879. He played a great many parts, in both the classic and the modern repertoire, and also had much success in reciting monologues of his own composition. He wrote Le Livre des convalescents (1880), Le Monologue moderne (1881), Fairiboles (1882), Le Rire (1887), Pirouettes (1888). He died within days of his famous older brother Constant. Brief ALS, no date, 1p, 4 x 4.5". VG. Not translated. Signed "Cadet."..........50-75

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371. [GEOLOGIST) Antoine François Passy (1792-1873) French politician, geologist, and botanist. ALS, 1836, 1p. 5-1/4 x 8. Not translated. VG.......75-100

372. [SIGNED BOOK] Albert L. Murray (b. 1916) African-American literary and jazz critic, novelist and biographer. SIGNED, INSCRIBED COPY OF HIS BOOK "CONJUGATIONS AND REITERATIONS - Poems", [1992] in VG dust jacket. Inscribed & dated 2002 on half-title page. VG.............40-60

373. [ART] Arthur Szyk (1894-1951) Polish-born American artist, famous for his anti-Axis political illustrations, caricatures, and cartoons during World War II. Signed bank check, 1948. Good clear signature..........50-75

374. Roger Ward Babson (1875-1967) remembered today largely for founding Babson College in Massachusetts, was an entrepreneur and business theorist in the first half of the 20th century. He also founded Webber College, now Webber International University, in Babson Park, Florida, and the defunct Utopia College, in Eureka, Kansas. TLS, 1957, 1p...........30-50

375. CHRISTINA CRAWFORD - American Actress/Author - The adopted daughter of Actress Joan Crawford, she appeared in TV and films. Her autobiography "Mommie Dearest" was turned into a successful movie. TLS dtd 10/1/84...........20-30

376. Albert-Auguste Cochon de Lapparent [1839-1908]. French geologist and mining engineer. Professor at Catholic Institute, Paris (from 1876); author of Traitéde géologie (1882), Leçons de géographie physique (1896), etc. ALS, Paris, 1891, written on both sides of 4-3/4 x 3-1/2 in. card. About an article in a scientific magazine written by a priest and which made him "Penaud" (crestfallen). VG.........50-75

377. [MUSIC] Annie Louise Cary (1842-1921) American singer. Signed card, 1899, with envelope.......30-40

378. [REAGAN] ROBERT "Bud" MCFARLAND - Presidential Advisor TO PRESIDENT REAGAN. He was head of the National Security Agency, who came under heavy fire during the Iran-Contra scandal. Within hours after the story broke of the investigation, he took an overdose at an attempt of suicide. He later went on to testify. SIGNED/inscribed 8x10 White House Photograph signed "Bud McFarland...............25-35

379. FREDERICK G. DUTTON - American Diplomat; executive secretary to Gov. Brown, 1959-60; secty. of cabinet, special asst. to Pres. Kennedy for intergovernmental and interdepartmental relations, 1961-62; Assistant U.S. Secretary of State for Congressional Relations, 1962-64; He was the Presidential Advisor to Pres. Diem of S.Vietnam. He was Executive Director of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial; Special Assistant to Robert F. Kennedy, Asst. Sec of State. TLS dtd 3/5/70 concerning the RFA Memorial........ 20-30

380. [FRANCE] Henri-Robert (1863-1936 French lawyer, historian, and member of the Académie française in 1923. In 1903 a Paris correspondent for the New York Times described him as "an exceptionally successful lawyer... the favorite advocate of the criminal classes (who) has already saved innumerable heads from the guillotine". Brief ALS, 1898, 1p. VG...........50-75

See Portrait of Henri-Robert

381. [ATOMIC] JERROLD R. ZACHARIAS (1905-1986) American Nuclear Physicist. He participated in the first molecular beam magnetic resonance experiments; he measured nuclear magnetic moments and electric quadrupole moments of various nuclei, including the proton and deuteron; he confirmed the anomalous hyperfine separation in atomic hydrogen; and he developed the first commercial atomic clocks. During World War II, he developed radar systems at MIT and nuclear weapons at Los Alamos. In the years following the war he initiated and led important national defense studies. Large Signature on bottom part of correspondents letter to him...........20-30

382. [SCIENCE] PHILLIP M. MORSE (1903-1985) American Physicist. Widely considered to be the father of operations research in the U.S., he organized the Anti-Submarine Warfare Operations Research Group (ASWORG), later ORG, for the U.S. Navy early in 1942. "That Morse's group was an important factor in winning the war is fairly obvious to everyone who knows anything about the inside of the war," wrote historian John Burchard. Dr. Morse co-authored Methods of Operations Research, the first OR textbook in the U.S., with George Kimball based on the Navy work. His continuing interest in military OR led him to propose the formation of the Weapons Systems Evaluation Group (WSEG) in 1949. The author of numerous books and articles some: Examples of his contributions in physics are the textbooks Quantum Mechanics (with Condon), Methods of Theoretical Physics (with Feshbach), Vibration and Sound. SIGNED/inscribed 3x5 card with sentiment......20-30

383. [FRANCE] DUCHESSE d'UZES [Marie Adrienne Anne Clementine de Rochechouart de Mortemart. 1847-1933] Great female figure in France. Feminist pioneer, she was the first woman to get a driver's license. She was a hunter and a talented sculptor whose work was shown in various salons. She was President of "Union des Femmes Peintres et Sculpteurs." Offered here is an ALS, 1899, 3pp, on mourning stationery. Not translated........75-100

384. Horace Annesley Vachell [1861-1955]. English writer. Author of novels, including Romance of Judge Ketchum (1894), John Charity (1900), The Hill (1905), Her Son (1907, dramatized 1907), Quinney' s (1914, dramatized 1915), Whitewash (1920), Vicar' s Walk (1933), Quinneys for Quality (1938); plays, including Jelf' s (1912), Fishpingle (1916), Count X (1921), Plus Fours (1923); essays as My Vagabondage (1936), Little Tyrannies (1940); autobiographical Methuselah' s Diary (1949), More from Methuselah (1951). SIGNED CARD, 1922. Toned around edges.......20-30

385. [NOBEL PRIZE] BARUJ BENACERRAF - American Pathologist. 1980 Nobel Prize for Medicine for his exploration of the genetic regulation of the body's immune response. It showed that so called H antigens (histocompatibility antigens) determine the interaction of the multitude of different cells responsible for the body's immunological reactions - including the combat of infections and rejection of foreign matter. SIGNED/inscribed stationary with sentiment.

386. Millicent Fawcett [1847-1929] Brit. suffragist. Signature, 1920......25-35

387. Cecil Brown [1907-1987] journalist author. Signature........15-20

388.  Sir Henry Newbolt [1862-1938] English poet. Clip signature from 1918 typed letter.....25-35

389. Leonard Alfred George Strong (1896 &endash; 1958) English writer, known as a novelist, journalist, poet and director of the publishers Methuen Ltd. ALS, no yr, 1p. VG........35-45

390. William John Locke [1863-1930] English novelist, playwright. ALS, 1909........25-35

391. Julian Pauncefote, 1st Baron Pauncefote GCB, GCMG, PC (1828 - 1902), known as Sir Julian Pauncefote between 1874 and 1899, was a British barrister, judge and diplomat. He was Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs between 1882 and 1889 when he was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States , an office that was upgraded to that of Ambassador to the United States in 1893. Elevated to the peerage as Baron Pauncefote in 1899, he died in office in 1902. ALS, dated Xmas 1901, 2-1/2pp, signed "P".........40-60

392. Marguerite Steen (1894-1975) British writer, most popular in the 1930s and 1940s. SIGNATURE..........20-30

393. [MUSIC] George Duffy [1908-1963] Am. band leader. SP 5x7..........25-35

394. [FRANCE] Paul Bastid [1892-1974] Minister of Commerce and important personality in the French liberature. Brief ALS, [1929?], 1p, 5-1/4 x 8-1/4 in. VG..........50-75

395. [MUSIC] Max Landow [1877-1960] German born American pianist. Signed picture removed from some publication. 2-1/2 x 3-5/8" plus card margins...........20-30

396. [FRANCE] Francois Debret [1777-1850] French architect. He designed the Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique. He was a controversial and overzealous restorer of historic buildings. ALS, 1827, 2pp., plus address leaf. VG.........80-120

397. Grace S. Richmond (died 1959) American writer. She wrote the "Red Pepper Burns" series of popular novels. ALS, 1904, 1p. VG....30-40

398. Zane Grey (1872 -1939) American author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that presented an idealized image of the Old West. Signed, 1920 bank check. VG..........75-100

399. [THEATRE] Leon Volterra - larger-than-life theatre impressario from Paris. Known also for his stable of race horses and the Chateau Volterra in Saint-Tropez. The origins of Chateau Volterra are marvelously shrouded in mystery and touched with romance. It is generally accepted that construction of the Chateau began in 1906, took six years to build. In 1926, the property passed into the hands of Monsieur Leon Volterra, a larger-than-life theatre impressario from Paris who, during a visit to Saint-Tropez (already a gathering place for the stars of the day) was swept off his feet by Simone, a fisherman's daughter. They were married within the year. Monsieur Volterra was manager of four theatres in Paris: the Casino de Paris, the Theatre de Paris, the Theatre Marigny and the Lido. He also orchestrated the careers of stars Mistinguett and Maurice Chevalier, directed the Folies Bergere, created the Luna Park at Porte-Maillot and owned a stable of race horses. In its heyday the 1930s and early 1940s Chateau Volterra saw a constant flow of well-known actors and artists, several of whom were semi-resident, and a stream of spectacular-looking chorus girls. Among the celebrity guests were Raimu, Josphine Baker, Colette and Jean Cocteau. The war years brought frequent visits from prominent figures of the Resistance. Offered here is a TLS, Paris, 1920, 1p, 8-1/4 x 10-1/2". Interesting letter about how the theatre tickets control was done by Societe des Auteurs, a French professional association collecting payments of artists' rights and distributing the rights to the to the original songwriters, composers, and music publishers. Not translated. VG. Very scarce!.......75-100

400. [US NAVAL] Ellsworth Davis [1892-1946] American naval officer. He served on the U.S.S. Florida as a signal officer, official uniform inspector and flag lieutenant. During the U.S. occupation of Vera Cruz, Mexico on April 1914, Davis led a company onshore and overtook the town's postal service building. In addition to his service on the U.S.S. Florida, Davis served in the Mediterranean and off of the U.S. Atlantic Coast on the Brooklyn and the Fairfax. He was commanding officer of the USS Fairfax from 1934 to 1936. The Fairfax was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during the World War I, later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Richmond (G88), as a Town class destroyer. The Fairfax took part in the Presidential Review taken by Franklin D. Roosevelt in San Diego in March 1933, and then sailed for the East coast, where she continued her reserve training duty. She also patrolled in Cuban waters, and in the summers of 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, and 1940 sailed out of Annapolis training midshipmen of the Naval Academy. Between October 1935 and March 1937, she served with the Special Service Squadron out of Coco Solo and Balboa, Canal Zone, operating primarily on the Atlantic side of the Canal Zone. Offered here is a signed 1934 bank check, The Annapolis Banking & Trust Co. He signs "E. Davis USN." VG........30-40

402. [FILM] Lois Moran (1909-1990) American film actress. Her career began in 1921, and Moran appeared in a couple of silent movies in the early 1920s. She is probably best known for her role, as Laurel Dallas, daughter of the title role in the 1925 film Stella Dallas. She appeared in early sound movies such as Behind That Curtain (1929), and some musical movies, such as A Song of Kentucky (1929), Words and Music (1929), and Mammy (1930). Like many actors and actresses from the silent film era, she did not make a successful transition to the talkies. She also had a brief affair with writer F. Scott Fitzgerald while he was married to Zelda Fitzgeral. He once remarked that she was "The most beautiful girl in Hollywood". She was also an inspiration for the character of Rosemary Hoyt in Fitzgerald's novel Tender is the Night (1934). In 1935, she married Clarence M. Young, Secretary of Commerce, and retired from Hollywood. Really nice letter talking about her career; mentions Lillian Gish, Betty Davis, Henry King the director of Stella, Colleen Moore, etc. ALS, Arizona, 1988, filling both sides of 7-1/4 x 10-1/2 stationery. Fine.............50-75

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403. [CIVIL WAR] DREW, GEORGE A., Detroit. Captain Sixth Cavalry, Oct. 13, 1862. Major, July 17,1863. Lieutenant Colonel, June 6, 1864. Declined promotion. Brevet Lieutenant Colonel U. S. Volunteers, March 13, 1865, '"for highly distinguished and meritorious services in the Shenandoah Valley." Brevet Colonel U. S. Volunteers, April 9, 1865. "for highly distinguished and meritorious services in the campaign against Richmond, Va." Mustered out on expiration of term of service, Oct. 11,1865. Second Lieutenant Tenth U. S. Infantry, May 15,1866. First Lieutenant, March 26.1868. Assigned to Third U. S. Cavalry, January 1st, 1871. Captain, March 20, 1879.  Signature with rank "Capt. 3rd US Cav" on album page. VG...........25-35

404. David Selden was born in Chatham, Connecticut, June 4, 1785, the son of the Congregational minister of Middle Haddam Church, David Selden (1761-1825), and his wife, Cynthia May (1761-1850). Selden sailed to Liverpool, England, in 1811, in order to make his fortune in the international mercantile trade. During the War of 1812, he was a prisoner on parole, and in 1818, he filed for bankruptcy. Afterwards, he returned briefly to the United States, where he married Gertrude Richards in 1820. The pair had 11 children. In 1822, he returned to England and with his business partner, William Hynde, became an important cotton importer. He also traded coffee, and in 1831, received a patent for a coffee-grinding mill. He died February 23, 1861. ALS [stampless folded letter - no postal markings], New York, 1820, 2 pages + address leaf addressed to his father Rev. David Seldon.  He talks about family members, Methodists and the church. VG...............75-100

405. [PORTRAIT] Patrick Henry (1736-1799) American attorney, planter and politician who became known as an orator during the movement for independence in Virginia in the 1770s. A Founding Father, he served as the first and sixth post-colonial Governor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779 and from 1784 to 1786. Original antique engraved portrait, image approx. 4-1/2 x 3-7/8" plus margins. Very slight foxing........25-35

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406. [ART] GLADYS EMERSON COOK (1899-1976) American artist. Studied with Anthony Thieme, Yarnall Abbott. Member Society of American Etchers. Exhibited at National Academy 1943, 1944, 1945; Library of Congress 1943, 1944, 1945; New York Public Library 1942; National Arts Club in NYC; Society of Illustrators 1945 [one-person show]. Collections: Cincinnati Art Museum; N.Y. Public Library; Metropolitan Museum of Art. She illustrated the book HIRAM AND OTHER CATS, 1941, and AMERICAN CHAMPIONS, 1945. Original pencil drawing, unsigned but guaranteed without time limit. Approx. 8 x 5.5 in. irregular shape............50-75

407. Bobby Bass  (1936- 2001)  American actor, stunt performer, and stunt coordinator. Bass made a career in movies and television in a variety of genres working with Burt Reynolds, Sylvester Stallone, and John Wayne. He taught martial arts and weapons handling to Geena Davis, Michael Douglas, Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Susan Sarandon, and Kathleen Turner. Bass appeared in TV commercials and TV series such as Fantasy Island, McGyver, Mission: Impossible, Star Trek: The Original Series, The A-Team, and The Twilight Zone. Warner Bros. 1985 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG.......20-30

408. Paul Monash (1917-2003) American producer and screenwriter. Monash won early acclaim for his writing for television, including his work on the pioneer anthology series Studio One, Suspense and Playhouse 90. Monash wrote and produced the pilot for the TV series The Untouchables (1959). After the success of The Untouchables, Monash was asked to create Peyton Place (1964–1969), an ABC-TV series that was the first prime-time serialized drama on American television. His film production credits include Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), Slaughterhouse-Five (1972), The Front Page (1974) and Carrie (1976). Monash produced the feature film The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973), a dark, critically acclaimed crime drama starring Robert Mitchum, and also adapted the George V. Higgins novel for the screen.  Warner Bros. 1985 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG.......20-30

409. Dick O'Neill (1928-1998) American stage, film and television character actor best known for playing Irish cops, fathers, judges and army generals. He began his acting career as an original company member of Arena Stage in Washington, D.C.
Warner Bros. 1984 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG.......20-30

410. Joel Siegel (1943-2007)  American film critic for the ABC morning news show Good Morning America for over twenty-five years.  Warner Bros. 1984 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG.......20-30

411. Terrence  Malick (b. 1943)  American film director, screenwriter, and producer. In a career spanning over four decades he has directed six feature films. He made his directorial debut with the drama Badlands in 1973. Malick released his second film, Days of Heaven, in 1978, after which he took a long hiatus from directing films. His third film, the World War 2 drama The Thin Red Line, was released in 1998.  Warner Bros. 1984 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG.......20-30

412. Arthur A. Ross (1920-2008)  American film and television screenwriter, best known for co-writing The Creature from the Black Lagoon. Warner Bros. 1984 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG.......20-30

413. Alvin Sargent (b.1927)  American screenwriter. He has won two Academy Awards(R) in 1978 and 1981 for his screenplays of Julia and Ordinary People. He has been involved in the writing of all the movies to date in the Spider-Man film series.  Warner Bros. 1984 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG.......20-30

414. [ART] Pierre Filloeul  (1696; died Paris after 1754) French printmaker. He was the son of the engraver Gilbert Filloeul (1644-1714). He was his father's pupil (and not, as is sometimes claimed, that of Jacques-Philippe Lebas). His oeuvre extends from 1731 to 1754 and numbers c. 150 prints.  Original etching, Portrait of Louis Duc D'Orleans, image approx. 7-1/2 x 5-1/2" plus margin. This is an 18th century impression. VG. Mounting trace top edge on verso............100-150

415.  [ART]  WALT KUHN [1877-1949]. American painter. An ORIGINAL COOPER etching plate. The title is "MORNING". Typical Kuhn style. Plate size 4 x 6 in. This plate still has some life in it and etchings could be pulled from it. Very seldom does an original etching plate by an important artist ever reach the open market, as they usually are in institutional collections. Provenance: Kuhn Estate. It is difficult to get a good scan of this and the picture below isn't very good. He did not etch his initials or signatureinto the plate. I don't think he ever etched his signature into any of his plates although he sometimes would etch initials. This is guaranteed to be an authentic Walt Kuhn plate without a time limit to the original purchaser. We will send a letter of guarantee and provenance to the buyer. The portrait photo of Kuhn shown below IS NOT for sale. Kennedy Galleries [NYC] held an exhibition of Walt Kuhn prints during which it was indicated  that there was only from 1 to 6 impressions ever pulled from this plate. Original plates by major artists seldom reach the open market and it is remarkable to see a plate that had so few prints pulled from it. A must for the SERIOUS Kuhn collector...............2000-3000

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416. [POLITICS] Mixed Lot: [1] BARNUM, William Henry, a Representative and a Senator from Connecticut; born in Boston Corner, Columbia County, N.Y., September 17, 1818; attended the common schools; apprenticed to the trade of iron founder and subsequently admitted to partnership by his father, who was engaged in the iron business at Lime Rock, Conn.; member, State house of representatives 1851-1852; elected as a Democrat to the Fortieth and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1867, until May 18, 1876, when he resigned to become Senator; elected to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Orris S. Ferry and served from May 18, 1876, to March 3, 1879; chair, Democratic National Committee 1876-1889; resumed his former manufacturing pursuits; died at Lime Rock, Litchfield County, Conn., April 30, 1889; interment in the Lime Rock Cemetery in Salisbury, Conn. CLIP SIGNATURE. [2] WHEELER, John, a Representative from New York; born in Humphreysville (now Seymour), New Haven County, Conn., February 11, 1823; attended the common schools at Cheshire, Conn.; moved to New York City in 1843 and was engaged in the hotel business with his father; became a dry-goods clerk; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1857); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1856 to the Thirty-fifth Congress; commissioner and president of the Department of Taxes and Assessments of New York City 1872-1880; member of the Board of Estimates and Apportionments and commissioner of accounts of New York City; was a lawyer, but did not practice; died in New York City April 1, 1906; interment in Woodlawn Cemetery. CLIP SIGNATURE. [3] WOLF, William Penn, a Representative from Iowa; born in Harrisburg, Stark County, Ohio, December 1, 1833; attended the public schools and Holbrook Seminary; moved to Cedar County, Iowa, in 1856; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced practice in Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa; superintendent of public schools; member of the State house of representatives in 1863 and 1864; served in the Union Army as captain of Company I, Forty-sixth Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry; appointed assistant assessor of internal revenue in 1865; member of the State senate 1867-1869; elected as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William Smyth and served from December 6, 1870, to March 3, 1871; resumed the practice of law in Tipton, Iowa; again a member of the State house of representatives 1881-1885, and was chosen speaker in 1884; elected judge of the eighteenth judicial district in the fall of 1894 and continued in this capacity until his death in Tipton, Iowa, on September 19, 1896; interment in the Masonic Cemetery. CLIP SIGNATURE. Click to see Wolf [4] BOLES, Thomas, a Representative from Arkansas; born near Clarksville, Johnson County, Ark., July 16, 1837; attended the common schools; taught school for several years; sheriff of Yell County in 1858; deputy clerk of the circuit court of Yell County in 1859 and 1860; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1860 and commenced practice in Danville, Ark.; during the Civil War served as captain of Company E, Third Regiment, Arkansas Volunteer Cavalry; judge of the fourth judicial circuit from 1865 to April 20, 1868, when he resigned; upon the readmission of Arkansas to representation was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress; reelected to the Forty-first Congress and served from June 22, 1868, until March 3, 1871; successfully contested the election of John Edwards to the Forty-second Congress and served from February 9, 1872, until March 3, 1873; was not a candidate for renomination in 1872; resumed the practice of law at Dardanelle, Ark.; served many years as school director and alderman; appointed receiver of the land office at Dardanelle by President Hayes in February 1878; United States marshal for the western district of Arkansas 1881-1889; delegate to every Republican State convention from the organization of the party until his death; clerk of the United States Circuit Court for the Eighth Judicial Circuit from September 1897 until his death in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Ark., March 13, 1905; interment in Brealey Cemetery, Dardanelle, Ark. CLIP SIGNATURE. See Boles signature [5] LEWIS, John Francis, a Senator from Virginia; born in Lynnwood, Rockingham County, Va., March 1, 1818; attended an old field school; engaged in agricultural pursuits; delegate to the State secession convention in 1861 and refused to sign the ordinance of secession; elected lieutenant governor in 1869; upon the readmission of the State of Virginia to representation was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from January 26, 1870, to March 3, 1875; was not a candidate for reelection; chairman, Committee on the District of Columbia (Forty-third Congress); appointed by Presidents Ulysses Grant and Rutherford Hayes United States marshal for the western district of Virginia 1875-1882, when he resigned; again elected lieutenant governor in 1881; resumed agricultural pursuits; died at "Lynnwood," Rockingham County, Va., September 2, 1895; interment in the family burial ground. NICE SIGNATURE ON ALBUM SHEET. He was a delegate to the Virginia secession convention in 1861, but refused to sign the ordinance of secession. He was the only member from east of the Allegheny Mountains that refused to endorse the document. [6] James K. Moorhead (1806-1884) U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. He established the first passenger packet line on the Pennsylvania Canal in 1835. He constructed the Monongahela Navigation Canal and was president of the company for 21 years. He was president of the Atlantic & Ohio Telegraph Co., which later became the Western Union Telegraph Company. CLIP SIGNATURE. [7]Moses Norris, Jr. (1799-1855) United States Representative and Senator from New Hampshire. Norris was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1847). He was again a member of the State house of representatives in 1847-1848, and served as speaker . He was then elected to the U.S. Senate and served from March 4, 1849, until his death. While in the Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on Claims (Thirty-first Congress) and a member of the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office (Thirty-second Congress) and the Committee on the District of Columbia (Thirty-third Congress). He died in Washington, D.C. in 1855; interment was in Floral Park Cemetery, Pittsfield. Signature.............60-80

417.  [OLD SHEET MUSIC] Stephen Foster's song "Old Dog Tray", dates to mid-19th century, 5-pages, approx. 9.5 x 12.5"...........40-60

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418 .  [ART] Elmer Ellsworth Garnsey  (1862 - 1946) American muralist who painted on the East Coast from a studio in New York City. He was born in Holmdel, New Jersey and took art training at the Art Students League and Cooper Union. Affiliations included the National Society of Mural Painters, and the American Federation of the Arts. His work is in the Library of Congress, Boston Public Library, Memorial Hall at Yale University, City Art Museum of St. Louis, U.S. Custom House in New York City. Fine autograph signature on 3-1/2 x 1-3/4" card..........25-35

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420. [VIEW] An 1848 wood-engraved view of Plymouth, Mass., approx. 4-3/4 x 8" plus margins. VG...........25-35

421. [VIEW] An 1847 wood-engraved view of the Ohio Penitentiary, Columbus, approx. 3-1/4 x 6-1/4" plus margins. Very light spotting. VG...........25-35

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

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423. [FILM]  William Caskey Swaim is an American television and film actor, best known for having played Staff Sergeant Harry Fitz in the 1978-1979 television series, Project U.F.O.  Signed Warner bros. check made out to Swaim in 1985, endorsed by him on the verso. VG.........25-35

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424. [VIEW] An 1847 wood-engraved view of Dayton, Ohio, approx. 3-1/4 x 6-1/4" plus margins. VG...........25-35

425.  [FILM - TV] Bonnie Bartlett (1929 - ) is an American television and film actress. Her career spans over 50 years, with her first major role being on a 1950s daytime drama, Love of Life. She is best known for her role as Ellen Craig on the medical drama series St. Elsewhere. She and her husband, actor William Daniels, who played her fictional husband Dr. Mark Craig, won 1986 Emmy Awards on the same night, becoming the first married couple to accomplish the feat since Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne in 1965. Warners Bros. paycheck, 1984, endorsed by her on verso. VG.............20-30

426. [ART] F.B.B. - original ink drawing signed with intials, YOUR PROFITS - Now   -  In Six Months, image approx. 7x4", plus margins.  Appears to be from 1930s or 40s. Artist unknown. VG.........50-75

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428. [MAINE] Calais, Maine area - Archive of approx. 40 documents, from Dyer family papers. Earliest dated 1790; mostly are early 1800s; latest is check 1896. Varied conditions.........100-150

429.  [MUSIC] Joan Baez [b. 1941] American folk folk singer, songwriter, musician, and a prominent activist in the fields of human rights, peace, and environmental justice. Signed 8x10 photo. Accompanied by an ALS. 1997, 1p, from Joan Baez Sr., her mother. Both VG..........75-100

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432. [RAILROADING-OHIO] George B. Ely (1817-1877) Secretary of the Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula RailRoad. Offered here is a stock certificate for this railroad company, dated 1854. Some ink burnthrough in virtical writing. Ely signs once on front and twice on vero. In 1851, the railroad between Columbus and Cleveland was completed, and the course of trade was almost entirely diverted from its old channels. The business of Milan fell away rapidly, and the forwarding trade at that point was completely at an end, Mr. Ely closed up his connection with the place in the Spring of 1852, and removed to Cleveland, where he had engaged a warehouse with the intention of continuing in the forwarding business, but was induced to take the secretaryship of the Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad, many of his old business and personal friends having become interested in that undertaking and desiring the benefit of his business tact and experience. About a year after his accession to the company, the offices of secretary and treasurer were combined, and Mr. Ely assumed charge of the joint offices. Three years later he was elected a director of the company. At various times he has been chosen vice-president of the company. In 1868, he was elected president of the Cleveland and Toledo Railroad Company, retaining that position until the consolidation of the company with the Cleveland and Erie Railroad Company, and the formation of the Lake Shore Railroad Company............50-75

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433. SUBJECT: Douglas MacArthur - 1951 vintage International News Photo [Heart] of "General Douglas MacArthur is shown being greeted by Maj. Gen. Pat Hurley, former Ambassador to China, shortly after disembarking from his plane 'Bataan' at Washington's National Airport......followed by his son, Arthur..." Behind is Senator Joe Martin of Mass. Also in this shot are Gen. J. Lawton Collins & Sen. Olin D. Johnson of South Carolina. Photographer unknown. 7x9 in., INP caption still attached. VG...............100-150

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438. MYSTERY LOT of about 81 pieces from 19th & 20th century. Includes: letters; documents; a few autographs; 5 bank checks signed by the noted artist, Douglas Volk, known for his portraits of Abraham Lincoln, one used on postage stamp, and various ephemera. Oldest item in this lot is 1828. There is also an 1828 bank check signed by R.G. Hazard [look him up]. Good lot for eBay sellers or those who like researching items.....125-175

440. SUBJECT: Douglas MacArthur - 1951 vintage International News Photo [Heart] of "General of the Army Douglas MacArthur pauses in his speech before the joint meeting of congress to take a sip from a glass of water. Soon after came his solem warning: "There are some who would appease Red China. They are blind. History teaches with unmistakable emphasis that appeasement but begets new and bloodier wars." Seated on the rostrum behind MacArthur is Vice President Alben Barkley. Photo was taken by Frank Jurkoski. 7x9 in., INP caption still attached. Jurkoski was a noted photojournalist. VG...............100-150

441. SUBJECT: Jean MacArthur - 1951 vintage International News Photo [Heart]. "In the visitors gallery as MacArthur spoke.....seated unobtrusively in the visitors gallery as General of the Army Douglas MacArthur spoke to the congress today is his attractive wife, Jean (second from right, front row). At the moment she wears an anxious look. But there was no need for anxiety. The General was once more the Supreme Commander, in supreme control of the situation, as he laid the Asiatic picture before congress." Photo was taken by Frank Jurkoski. 7x9 in., INP caption still attached. Jurkoski was a noted photojournalist. VG...............100-150

442. SUBJECT: Douglas MacArthur, wife and son - 1951 vintage International News Photo [Heart]. "General and Mrs. Douglas MacArthur and their son Arthur are pictured at the National Airport as they took off again, this time to New York, where they arrived tonight [4/19/51]. Mrs. MacArthur and Arthur are seen waving. Standing behind young MacArthur is Army Secretary Frank Pace, Jr. and Mrs. Pace. Photo was taken by Maurice Johnson. 7x9 in., INP caption still attached. Johnson was a noted photojournalist. VG. About this noted photographer: Maurice Johnson [1919-2007] he was superintendent of the US Senate Press Photographers Gallery for nearly 30 years. He joined International News Photos in 1942, and covered sports early in his career. He eventually worked his way up to become INP's Washington bureau chief before joining UPI as a staff photographer in 1958. From the late 40s through the late 60s, Johnson mostly covered presidential politics, including political conventions and the administrations of Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon. Appointed superintendent of the Senate Press Photographers Gallery in 1969, Johnson managed arrangements for coverage of Capitol Hill events including the Watergate hearings, and the Iran-Contra hearings, and presidential inaugurations...............100-150

444. [AMERICANA] mixed lot: [1] Floyd Gibbons (1887-1939) was the war correspondent for the Chicago Tribune during World War I. One of radio's first news reporter and commentators he was famous for a fast talking delivery style. Floyd Gibbons lived a life of danger of which he often wrote and spoke. Signed 3x5 card. VG. [2] 1839 Bill of Lading - shipped by I.P. Hazard from Providence, Rhode Island to Charleston. Partly-printed, approx. 8-1/8 x 2-3/8 in. [3] HENRY B.F. MacFARLAND [1861-1921] President Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia [1900-1910]. Signed Riggs National Bank check, 1920. [4] Charles Grenfill Washburn (1857-1928) U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1906-11. ALS, n.d., 3pp. To Judge Dewey. [5] Montville, Ohio, John V. Whitney's Farmer's Records account book, 1843-1851. Some notes regarding town activities. Mostly financial matters. 70+ pages, 6 c 7-1/2. [6] Jackson Orr (1832-1926) Civil War officer, businessman, and two-term Republican U.S. Representative from western Iowa. Continuing westward, he spent the last five decades of his life in Colorado. From 1861 to 1863, he served in the Union Army as captain of Company H, 10th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment. CLIP SIGNATURE mounted to large slip. [7] BENJAMIN ALTMAN (1840-1913) American merchant, art collector, and philanthropist, born in New York City. After a public school education, he worked in the small store established by his father on the Lower East Side. Altman worked in small stores after the death of his father, but in 1865 he opened a dry goods store of his own in New York City. His business steadily increased in scale and became one of the largest department store enterprises in the world; in 1913 it was incorporated under the name of B. Altman & Co. Altman's art collection, valued by experts at $15 million at the time of his death, was bequeathed to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Signed 1905 Chemical National Bank check. Nice clear signature. [8] Henry Clay Hansbrough (1848-1933) politician who served as the first United States Representative from North Dakota, as well as a Senator from North Dakota. CLIP SIGNATURE mounted to slip. [9] Jefferson Davis as Secretary of War - printed government document, EX. Doc. No. 15, REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR - A statement of the expenditures at the national armories. Signed IN TYPE Jefferson Davis. Jan. 6, 1854, 3pp. 33d Congress, 1st Session, US Senate. [10] Gerry Spence (b. 1929) is a trial lawyer in the United States. He has had more multi-million dollar verdicts without an intervening loss than any other lawyer in the US. In 2008, he announced he would retire, at age 79, at the end of the Geoffrey Fieger trial in Detroit, MI. Spence did not lose a criminal case in the over 50 years he practiced law. Signed, inscribed 10x8 photo. Spence first gained national attention and is most well known for the Karen Silkwood case. Fine. [11] Charles Benjamin Farwell (1823-1903) U.S. Representative and Senator from Illinois. Nice SIGNATURE. [12] James Kerr Kelly (1819-1903) American politician born in Pennsylvania. He was a United States Senator for Oregon from 1871 to 1877, and later Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court. Prior to his election to the Senate he had been elected to both houses of the local legislature, serving in the Territorial House and State Senate, and was a member of the Oregon Constitutional Convention in 1857. Clip Signature. [13] John Bach McMaster (1852-1932) American historian. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from the college of the City of New York in 1872, worked as a civil engineer in 1873-1877, was instructor in civil engineering at Princeton University in 1877-1883, and in 1883 became professor of American history in the university of Pennsylvania. He is best known for his History of the People of the United States from the Revolution to the Civil War (1883 sqq.), a valuable supplement to the more purely political writings of Schouler, Von Hoist and Henry Adams. His A School History of the United States (1897) was an extremely popular textbook for many years. MOUNTED SIGNATURE. BOLD.............100-150

446. MYSTERY LOT - 10 misc. autographs, unidentified and not researched. There will be several of these Mystery Lots offered elsewhere in this auction. For those who prefer to do the research..............25-35

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447. LONG'S PEAK, FROM ESTE'S PARK - after Thomas Moran. Nice full page scene. Image approx. 6-1/8 x 9-1/4" plus margins.........40-60

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448. CALIFORNIA - group of 6 views including: San Francisco shore, Cliff House Sacramento Valley, Coast Scene at Marin County, etc. Various sizes.........60-80

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449. [ART] John Joseph Enneking (1841 - 1916) American Impressionist born of German ancestry in Minster, Ohio. He was educated at Mount St. Mary's College, Cincinnati, served in the American Civil War in 1861-1862, studied art in New York and Boston, and gave it up because his eyes were weak, only to return to it after failing in the manufacture of tinware. From 1873 to 1876 he studied in Münich under Schleich and Leier, and in Paris under Daubigny and Bonnat; and in 1878-1879 he studied in Paris again and sketched in the Netherlands. Enneking was a plein air painter, and his favorite subject was the November twilight of New England, and more generally the half lights of early spring, late autumn, and winter dawn and evening. The Enneking Parkway in Hyde Park, Massachusetts is named after him. Offered here is a wonderful original little pencil drawing, signed with initials, image about 2.5 x 3" plus margins. Identified below "Drawn by Enneking - J.J." Proenance: removed from a sketchbook kept by the friend and fellow artist, Horace R. Burdick. It was not uncommon to find sketches by other artists in a Burdick sketchbook. We believe that the identification written below drawing is in the hand of Enneking, based on comparison with a known example. After a lengthy examination of the tiny initials on the drawing we come to the conclusion, and I'm pretty certain a correct conclusion, that the initials read: "JJE". The problem we were having was the appearance of the first two initials. The first looked more like an "N" and the middle looked more like an "I". The front line of the first is somewhat weaker and I saw it - that wasn't an N but but looked more like a "V". which is really a "J". Then the middle also is a "J" but with a weak left side. In other words he wrote very tiny "JJE" but the Js were made like "Vs" because they are written so small. Difficult to explain in words - easier to see in real life. Also, the identification on the page is important. To the purchaseser: if you paid attention to what is said here, you should not have a problem when drawing is received, and upon examination of the initials. Put this all together and it just makes sense. WOW, I'm not sure I've ever gone to this length to explain authenticity. Condition is very good+..............300-400

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Portrait of Enneking

450. [ART] Albert Robida (1848-1926) French painter, etcher, lithographer and writer, Albert Robida became famous both for his whimsical scenes of Paris life and for his highly regarded satirical art. Robida began his artistic career in 1866 when he began contributing his designs to French periodicals. This aspect of his art continued through his life and he established himself as one of the more popular artists of La Vie Parisienne, Le Rire and Fantasio. During the First World War, Albert Robida's suites of lithographs and commentaries, such as Villes Martyres proved to be of prime influence within the arts community. Original etching, "Les Graveurs du XIX Siecle" (Engravers of the 19th Century) as published in Paris by Henri Beraldi and printed Chardon & Sormamin 1891. The etching depicts a full portrait of a woman in full fashionable regalia. For the setting, Robida selects the seaside, as we can see in the background where some sailors are greatly admiring the legs of a bather. "Les Graveurs du XIX Siecle" is a fine example of the etched art by the French artist, Albert Robida. Image approx. 8-3/8 x 5-3/8 plus margins. There are some spots in the margins; slightly toned top edge. All faults will not show when matted properly...........200-300

451. [ART] Stephen James Ferris [1835-1915] influential Philadelphia painter and etcher. Original etching, "AN EASTERN PRINCESS", from a painting by J.G. Jacquet. Image 8-1/8 x 4-3/4" plus margins which are fairly clean with only the slightest signs of age.............100-150

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457.  [ART] Sir Charles John Holmes  (1868-1936) British painter, art historian and museum director.  His writing on art combined theory with practice, and he was an expert on the painting techniques of the Old Masters, from whose example he had learned to draw and paint.  Upon the retirement of Lionel Cust, Holmes was appointed director of the National Portrait Gallery in 1909. He resigned this post in 1916 to take up his appointment as director of the National Gallery.  Holmes was a draughtsman, painter in watercolours and oils, and etcher, mostly of landscapes. Self taught, he developed a highly personal style from studying European as well as Japanese sources like Hiroshige and Hokusai. Later, he came under the artistic influence of Ricketts, and he learned etching from William Strang. He is also known for his industrial landscapes in which industrial buildings and activities play a major part. Examples for this can be found at Samlesbury Hall for which he painted a series of views around Blackburn und Preston (exhibited at Colnaghi's, London, in 1928).  His stature as an artist was acknowledged when, in 1904 or 1905, he was admitted as a member into the New English Art Club with whom he had already exhibited from 1900. He was also six times participant at the Venice Biennale between 1912 and 1930,  and became a member of the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours in 1929 (associate from 1924; vice-president in 1935). He held one-man shows at the Carfax Gallery, Piccadilly, in 1909, 1911 and 1913. A memorial exhibition was held in London by the Fine Art Society in 1937.  Holmes received a knighthood in 1921, and was made a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1928, the year of his retirement. He also held honorary doctorates from the universities of Cambridge and Leeds und was made an Honorary Fellow of Brasenose College in 1931.  Offered here is a modest original etching, the title is "Scalloway Castle", unsigned, image approx. 5-3/4 x 3-3/4" plis margins.  Late 19th century. VG..............40-60

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458.  [ART] Jacques Villon (1875 - 1963) A painter and printmaker, Villon was known for his Cubist-style works, and is especially noted by art historians for "his creation of a purely graphic language for Cubism. He first came to the attention of the American public when his work was included in the 1913 New York Armory Show, which introduced modernism to the United Sates. All of his work sold at this exhibition. He was from a cultured family in the Normandy region of France, and was much influenced by his maternal grandfather, Emile Nicolle, who gave him early artistic training. Villon was born with the name of Gaston Emile Duchamp, and was the older brother of artists Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Marcel Duchamp and Suzanne Duchamp-Crotti. Honoring the French medieval poet, François Villon, and so as not to be confused artistically with his siblings, he changed his name to Jacques Villon. Jacques Villon died in his studio on June 9, 1963, and three years later, Marcel Duchamp, his last surviving brother, organized an exhibition of his work, which was held at the Musée National d'Art Moderne in Paris. In 1922 Villon was commissioned by the Galerie Bernheim-Jeune to produce a series of color aquatints after 38 major 19th and 20th century paintings. These included works after Braque, Matisse, Renoir, Manet, Picasso, Cezanne, Dufy, Modigliani, Bonnard and numerous others. Villon collaborated with these master artists and signed these prints so that they provided the public with access to works which otherwise would not be available. Color aquatint, signed in the plate (not pencil signed), 1923, title "NATURE MORTE", after Georges Braque, mat opening size 25-1/2 x 9 in. Framed. Not examined out of frame but appears to be without faults...............1000-1500

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459. [ART] Charles Henry White  (1878-1918) was born at Hamilton, Ontario, and was educated partly in Europe and partly in the United States. He studied for a time at the Art Student League in New York City, working at illustrations and especially pen drawing. It was Joseph Pennell, the prominent American etcher, whom Mr. White met in Venice, Italy, in 1901, who induced him to take up etching. Original etching, plate signed,  [1903], tissue guard still attached, image approx. 3-1/4 x 4-7/8" plus margins. VG.........75-100

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461. [ART] Ross Turner (1847-1915) American artist.  Ross Sterling Turner was born in Westport, New York, and after a brief career as a draftsman traveled to Europe where he studied painting under Frank Duveneck and William Merritt Chase in Germany and Venice Italy.  Turner returned to America after seven years abroad and settled in Salem, Mass.  shortly after his marriage to Louise Blaney in 1885.  He taught in the architecture department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for 30 years and also in the Massachusetts Normal Art School. Turner also offered private instruction in his Boston studio and during the summers in Gloucester or Salem.  He wrote a number of books  and frequently exhibited with the American Watercolor Society. An article about the artist in the Boston Transcript in 1888 claimed that "probably there is no one in the locality that knows more about the manipulation of watercolors, their scope, properties, and legitimate place."  The Peabody Essex Museum owns a wonderful watercolor of a Salem garden by Turner and also many of his sketch books and personal papers. Original etching, plate signed, plate mark approx. 2-3/4 x 3" plus margins. VG...........40-60

463. [ART] William Grainger - British engraver who was active 1784-1793. Original engraving, c, 1790s, plate size 3 x 3-7/8" plus margins. Image area is clean; light foxing in outer margins.......40-60

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465. [ART] William W.H. W. (William Harry Warren) Bicknell (1860-1947) American artist. Exhibited: St. Louis Expo 1904. Collections: Rochester Memorial Art Gallery; Boston Museum of Fine Arts; New York Public Library; Art Institute of Chicago; Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown Town Art Collection.  Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560. William Harry Warren Bicknell papers [ca. 1880-1940]. 84 items. Drawings, etchings, drawing studies with final etchings, and photographs of Bicknell, his wife, and Edward H. Barnard. Lent for microfilming 1974 by the Provincetown Art Association.  Signed charcoal drawing, image approx. 7.5 x 11.5" Estate stamp on verso. The scan showing below is darker than the original which is in very good condition...........80-120
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466. [ART] Boris Artzybasheff (1899-1965)  American artist, illustrator, notable for his strongly worked and often surreal designs. Born in Russia he is said to have fought as a White Russian. During 1919 he arrived in New York City, where he worked in an engraving shop. Over the course of his career, he illustrated some 50 books, several of which he wrote, most notably As I See.  During his lifetime, however, Artzybasheff was probably known best for his magazine art. He illustrated the major American magazines Life, Fortune, and Time (including more than 200 Time Magazine covers over a 24-year span between 1941 and 1965.[1]) During World War II, he also served an expert advisor to the U.S. Department of State, Psychological Warfare Branch. Original wood-engraving, not signed, c. 1930, image approx. 7.5 x 5 plus margins. VG.............50-75

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467. [ART] Walter Shirlaw (1838-1909) Scottish-American artist. Shirlaw was born in Paisley, Scotland, and moved to the United States with his parents in 1840. He worked as a bank-note engraver, and his work was first exhibited at the National Academy in 1861. He was elected an academician of the Chicago Academy of Design in 1868. Among his pupils there was Frederick Stuart Church. From 1870 to 1877 he studied in Munich, under J. L. Raab, Alexander von Wagner, Arthur George von Ramberg, and Wilhelm Lindenschmidt. His first work of importance was the Toning of the Bell (1874), which was followed by Sheep-shearing in the Bavarian Highlands (1876) which received honorable mention at the Paris exposition in 1878. Other notable works from his easel are Good Morning (1878), in the Buffalo Academy; Indian Girl and Very Old (1880); Gossip (1884); and Jealousy (1886), owned by the Academy of Design, New York. His largest work is the frieze for the dining-room in the house of Darius O. Mills in New York. Shirlaw has also earned an excellent reputation as an illustrator. He was one of the founders of the Society of American Artists, and was its first president. On his return from Europe he took charge of the Art Students League of New York, and for several years taught in the composition class. He became an associate of the National Academy in 1887, and an academician the following year. Today his art will be found in the collections of such major institutions as the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Yale University Art Gallery, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Smithsonian American Art Institution, the National Gallery of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, National Academy of Design Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the New York Historical Society. Original etching, plate signed [monogram lower right of image], approx. 5-1/4 x 3-1/8" plus margins. The title: Miriam and Donatello. This depicts the two main characters from Hawthorne's last great work of romantic fiction, The Marble Fawn. This original etching created by Walter Shirlaw is signed in the plate with the artist's 'W.S.' monogram and titled along the lower margin. Limited edition of 125 impressions for The Hawthorne Portfolio in 1884. Fine.........75-100

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468. [ART] Walter Shirlaw (1838-1909) Scottish-American artist. Shirlaw was born in Paisley, Scotland, and moved to the United States with his parents in 1840. He worked as a bank-note engraver, and his work was first exhibited at the National Academy in 1861. He was elected an academician of the Chicago Academy of Design in 1868. Among his pupils there was Frederick Stuart Church. From 1870 to 1877 he studied in Munich, under J. L. Raab, Alexander von Wagner, Arthur George von Ramberg, and Wilhelm Lindenschmidt. His first work of importance was the Toning of the Bell (1874), which was followed by Sheep-shearing in the Bavarian Highlands (1876) which received honorable mention at the Paris exposition in 1878. Other notable works from his easel are Good Morning (1878), in the Buffalo Academy; Indian Girl and Very Old (1880); Gossip (1884); and Jealousy (1886), owned by the Academy of Design, New York. His largest work is the frieze for the dining-room in the house of Darius O. Mills in New York. Shirlaw has also earned an excellent reputation as an illustrator. He was one of the founders of the Society of American Artists, and was its first president. On his return from Europe he took charge of the Art Students League of New York, and for several years taught in the composition class. He became an associate of the National Academy in 1887, and an academician the following year. Today his art will be found in the collections of such major institutions as the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Yale University Art Gallery, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Smithsonian American Art Institution, the National Gallery of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, National Academy of Design Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the New York Historical Society. Original etching, plate signed [monogram lower right of image], approx. 5 x 3-1/4" plus margins. The title: unknown. Fine.........75-100

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469. [ART] Lovegrove - 18th century British engraver.  Original copperplate engraving c. 1793, image size approx. 3 x 3.5" plus margins. Clean image area and surrounding; spots and stain in outer margins. VG......50-75

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471. [ART] Isao Mizutani (1922-2005) Japanese artist. He was born in Nagoya. He was the recipient of the Shell art prize in 1958; exhibited Museum of Art, Tokyo, "History of Surrealism" 1960; Carnegie International, Pittsburgh, Pa. 1961; Won the Maruzen Second Pan Pacific....etc.  Original tempera paint on stretched canvas, approx. 13 x 9.5". Contained in simple wood lattice frame. Signed. This was done c. 1967. VG..............1400-1800

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473. [ART] Ricardo de los Ríos (1846-1929) this artist was born in Spain. He did a lot of work while he lived in Paris, France. Original etching, title: The Secret Tribunal, image approx. 5.5 x 3.5" plus margins. Original tissue guard still attached. VG..............40-60

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474.  [ART] Robert Walker Macbeth (1848-1910) Scottish painter, etcher and watercolourist, specialising in pastoral landscape and the rustic genre. His The Cast Shoewas bought by the Chantrey Bequest in 1890, and is now at Tate Britain. From 1871 Macbeth exhibited at the Royal Academy, Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Grosvenor Gallery, New Gallery and the Fine Art Society in London. There were also exhibitions in the regions at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists in Birmingham, the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh, the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool and Manchester City Art Gallery. In the same year (1871) Macbeth was made an associate of the Royal Watercolour Society (RWS) becoming a full member in 1901. He became a member of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers (RE) in 1880, and an honorary member in 1909. In 1882 he was elected a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours (RI) and in 1883 was elected to be a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters (ROI). In 1883 he was elected an associate of the Royal Academy (RA), becoming a full member in 1903. Original etching, signed in the plate [lower right], approx. 3-1/2 x 5-5/8" plus clean margins. Still has tissue guard showing title "Die Vernon at Judge Inglewood's." Of Macbeth's own design and etched by him. Fine.............50-75

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475. [ART] George Cruikshank (1792-1878) British caricaturist and book illustrator, praised as the "modern Hogarth" during his life. His book illustrations for his friend Charles Dickens, and many other authors, reached an international audience. Original Etching - title "MEG DODS AND CAPTAIN MAC TURK". Image is approx. 3-1/8 x 5" plus clean margins. Tissue guard still attached. Fine condition......50-75

476. Large original etching, portrait of Abraham Lincoln, unsigned, artist is James S. King [1852-1925] who specialized in portraits, image approx. 18 x 14 in. plus margins. The image and the area surrounding the image, the portion that would show after being matted & framed, is very good. There are numerous faults along edges that will not show. Striking image. James S. King was born in New York City in 1852 and studied at the Art Student's League, National Academy of Design, Ecole Des Beaux-Arts, Paris with Gerome and Bonnat. He belonged to the Salmagundi Club and the Allied Artists of America. King was active in exhibiting at the Parrish Art Museum; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art; Boston Art Club; National Academy of Design; Art Institute of Chicago; the Corcoran Gallery; and the Society of Independent Artists.............300-400

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477. [ART] Gustave Marie Greux [1838-1919] French etcher. Original etching, "A Poacher Cleaning His Gun", signed in the plate, image about 3 x 3-3/4" plus margins. VG............50-75

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478. [ART] Stuyvesant Van Veen (1910-1977) American  painter who created allegorical and other social realist-style murals in courthouses and other public buildings around the United States.  He studied at the National Academy of Design and the Art Students League, where he worked with the muralist Thomas Hart Benton. Mr. Van Veen emerged on the art scene in 1929, at the age of 19, when he became the youngest contributor to an international exhibition of modern paintings at the Carnegie Institute, in Pittsburgh.  Among Mr. Van Veen's best-known works is a series of seven murals in celebration of the Brooklyn Dodgers, a series that still exists in the lobbies of the Ebbets Field apartment complex in Brooklyn. He also painted works at the New York World's Fair in 1938, and at the Wright-Patterson air base in Fairborn, Ohio, in 1945. From 1949 to 1975, Mr. Van Veen also taught painting and drawing at City College of New York. In 1972, he was elected to the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.   Offered here is an 1957  plate signed original lithograph from IMPROVISATIONS. Noted artists drew directly on the lithographic plates. Each was used as an ad for various businesses. The proceeds went to Artists Equity. Sheet size is approx. 12 x 8-1/2. VG............50-75

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479. [ART] George Cruikshank (1792-1878) British caricaturist and book illustrator, praised as the "modern Hogarth" during his life. His book illustrations for his friend Charles Dickens, and many other authors, reached an international audience. Original Etching - title "Knowest thou, then, this token". Image is approx. 3-1/8 x 5" plus clean margins. Tissue guard still attached. Fine condition.............50-75

480.  [ART] CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886-1978) Maine artist known as "THE DOWN EAST PRINTMAKER. Five charcoal drawings on one sheet, each approx. 2 x 2.55 in. Some stains. Unsigned............75-100

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481. [ART] Peggy Bacon, one of America's most famous women artists. An ORIGINAL painting by the famous American artist, Peggy Bacon. Done in mixed media, she used ink and what appears to be a combination of watercolor and thinned oil paint. She has signed and dated this work 1971, and titled it THE BABES IN THE WOODS. The mat opening is 14 x 22.5 in. Executed on paper and in fine condition. Prints by Peggy Bacon are fairly common in the market, although expensive, and her paintings are quite scarce as the small number of auction records would indicate. This is a superb example of Bacon's work and should be considered important. Obviously its dark because the bear cubs are in the woods. This is guaranteed authentic and to have been painted and signed by Peggy Bacon, and we will send along a letter stating this. PEGGY BACON [1895-1987] A printmaker, illustrator, and author of children's books, Peggy Bacon later turned exclusively to fine art painting in watercolor, pastel, and oil. Her 1934 book of caricatures, "Off With Their Heads," established her as a leading satirist. Much of her work is satirical and lighthearted and frequently a commentary on the New York art world. She also chose many ordinary events in the lives of city people, giving these pieces a wry twist. She was born in Ridgefield, Connecticut to artist parents and studied at the Art Student's League. There in her drypoints, first completed in 1919, she was especially influenced by the realistic prints of John Sloan and George Bellows, but her style, with flattened forms and hardened contours, was more modern and abstract. In 1920, she married artist Alexander Brook, and during the next decade they were prominent figures in the Woodstock art colony. During the 1920s, she had two one-woman shows in New York and also illustrated and wrote numerous children's books. A satirical work on thirty-nine well known fellow artists, written in 1934 and called "Off With Their Heads," was funded by the Guggenheim Foundation. The book was greatly successful and stirred a demand for her caricatures, but she shied away from those subjects because they were hurtful to the subjects. In the late 1920s, she had began to explore lithographs, etchings, and pastel, but drypoint remained her favorite medium until the 1950s when she concentrated on oil painting. She was financially successful, selling her work well in New York, and she and her husband were part of the group of artists promoted by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. In 1940, she and her husband were divorced, and she continued to paint and also wrote novels. Her 1953 mystery, "The Inward Eye," earned the Edgar Allen Poe Mystery Award for best novel of the year. She lived to age ninety-two, spending the later years of her life at Cape Porpoise, Maine..............5000-7000

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482. [ART] Henry William (H.W.) Burgess was a landscape painter based in London. He came from the Burgess family of British artists, the son of portraitist William (d. 1812) and grandson of Thomas (fl. 1766-1786), and his own son John-Bagnold (1830-1897) also became a painter. Between 1809 and 1844, Burgess exhibited a large number of works at the Royal Academy, the British Institution, Suffolk Street and the New Water-Colour Society in London. He also served as landscape painter to William IV beginning in 1826. Offered here is an original lithograph titled "Thorn Trees, in Bushy Park, Middlesex", image approx. 15.5 x 11" plus margins. This lithograph was published by the firm of Charles Joseph Hullmandel (1789-1850), the famous English draftsman, lithographer and printer. He worked mainly in London, although he had trained in Paris as a painter and travelled extensively in Europe making topographical drawings. In 1817, on a visit to Munich, he was introduced to lithography by the pioneering lithographer Alois Senefelder. The following year he produced Twenty-four Views of Italy, a set of images he had drawn and lithographed. Dissatisfied with the way his work had been printed, Hullmandel set up his own lithographic press. The quality of work he published by himself and other artists such as Giovanni Belzoni helped popularize the topographical lithograph among British artists. This is contained in old blue mat & shrink-wrapped. Not examined out of shrink-wrap.............300-600

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483. Art Box #2, produced at ECBART, 2004. Contains 11 objects: original drawings, photo-lithographs, autographs & ephemera. Contents: ¥ H.C. Westermann [1922-1981] photo-lithographed drawing sent to the artist Bill Copley. From SMS published 1968 ¥ Bruce Conner [1933-] American painter, collagist, and draughtsman. Legal Tender. A photo-lithographed 'dollar bill' printed recto and verso with Conner's intricate abstract pattern drawings of the time on each side. From SMS published 1968 ¥ Merv Slotnick [1941-] American conceptualist & abstract artist. Sketchbook containing 20 original signed drawings ¥ Walt Kuhn [1877-1949] American painter. Autograph Letter Signed "W", 1943, written on postcard addressed to his wife, Vera. ¥ Invitation to Walt Kuhn Exhibition, 1987, at the Whitney Museum of American Art ¥ 1948 Walt Kuhn Exhibition brochure, Durand-Ruel Gallery, NYC ¥ Tom Wesselman autograph ¥Invitation from Elizabeth Taylor [actress] to attend Roddy McDowall Party for his photographic book DOUBLE EXPOSURE ¥ Ralph Bakshi original drawing ¥ 1965 Chess Magazine once owned by chess player Bobby Fischer [part of his own personal library] ¥ Richard Hamilton(1922-) British Pop Artist. A Postal Card For Mother. A sepia picture postcard depicting a crowded British beach, the middle of which opens out to reveal eight accordion- folded black and white photographs of the same scene as it gets progressively blown up from a long shot to a close-up blur of a beach ball. From SMS published 1968 ¥ All items contained in distressed looking hand-painted box by Slotnick. The box was made to purposely look distressed. This is the second in series of Art Boxes which will contain related, as well as unrelated objects and original art............1200-1800

Westermann

Hamilton

Slotnick, Conner and Wesselmann

Liz Taylor and Bakshi

Walt Kuhn

Chess [Bobby Fischer] & Kuhn

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