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3. [VERMONT] An 1811 partly-printed concerning Paul Pitkin [1759-1823] "now a prisoner in the common Gaol in State of Vermont..." Pauk Pitkin has signed this document as has his father Thos. Pitkin. Also a witness signature of William Strong (1763-1840) US congressman and judge from Vermont. Strong was born in Lebanon, Connecticut in 1763, and moved with his parents to Hartford, Vermont, the following year. Strong was self-educated and was engaged extensively in land surveying. He was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1798, 1799, 1801, and 1802, and was the sheriff of Windsor County from 1802 to 1810. Strong was elected as a Democratic-Republican US Representative to the Twelfth and Thirteenth Congresses, from March 4, 1811 until March 3, 1815. Strong returned to Vermont politics to sit once more in the state House of Representatives from 1815 until 1818, and as a judge of the supreme court of Windsor County from 1819 until 1821. He was then elected to the Sixteenth Congress, from March 4, 1819 until March 3, 1821. Strong died in Hartford on January 28, 1840, and was interred in Quechee Cemetery. Also signed by the Sherif on the verso. He was A Founder Of Springfield, Illinois Pascal P. Enos Sr. (1770-1832) American pioneer. He is known chiefly as one of the four original proprietors of Springfield, Illinois. He was born at Windsor, Connecticut, in the year 1770, and in 1815 was married to Salome Paddock, of Woodstock, Vermont. He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1794, studied law, and after spending some years in Vermont, where he served as High Sheriff of Windsor County, Vermont. Soon after his marriage he went west to Cincinnati, Ohio, but did not remain there long. In the spring of 1817 he came to St. Louis, Missouri, then, in 1821, he moved to Madison county, Illinois. While residing there, upon the recommendation of the Vermont delegation in congress, Mr. Enos was appointed by President Monroe to be receiver of the land office at Springfield, Illinois. He reached this place with his family, in September, 1823, and opened office in a double log cabin at the corner of what is now Third and Jefferson streets. In November of that year he united with Major Hes, Thomas Cox, and John Taylor, in laying out a town site, since known as Springfield. Mr. Enos retained the office of receiver until General Jackson became president in 1829, when he resigned, and devoted his time to land transaction and mercantile pursuits. He died in 1832, leaving a large landed estate, and was survived by his wife and four children. VG...........125-175
Back side - Enos
5. [ART] Philip
Gilbert Hamerton (1834-1894)
English artist and art critic and author. Original etching,
"Cottages In A Valley", plate signed, image approx. 3 x 4-1/2"
plus margins. VG. Hamerton was born at Laneside, a
hamlet in Crompton, Lancashire, England. His mother died
giving birth to him, and his father died ten years later. When
he was about five, he was sent to live with his two aunties,
at an estate called the Hollins on the edge of Burnley, where
he attended Burnley Grammar School. His first literary
attempt, a volume of poems, was unsuccessful, leading him to
devote himself for a time entirely to landscape painting; he
camped out in the Scottish Highlands, where he eventually
rented the former island of Inistrynich in Loch Awe, upon
which he settled with his wife, a Frenchwoman, in 1858.
Discovering after a time that he was more suited to art
criticism than painting, he moved to the area his wife came
from, in France, where he produced his Painter's Camp in the
Highlands (1863), which was very successful and prepared the
way for his standard work on Etching and Etchers (1866). In
the following year he published Contemporary French Painters,
and in 1868 a continuation, Painting in France after the
Decline of Classicism. He had by now become art critic
to the Saturday Review, which necessitated frequent visits to
England, forcing him to give it up. He proceeded (1870) to
establish an art journal of his own, The Portfolio, a monthly
periodical, each number of which consisted of a monograph upon
some artist or group of artists, frequently written and always
edited by him. The discontinuation of his painting gave him
time for writing, and he successively produced The
Intellectual Life (1873), perhaps the best known and most
valuable of his writings; Round my House (1876), notes on
French society by a resident; and Modern Frenchmen (1879),
admirable short biographies. He also wrote two novels,
Wenderholme (1870) and Marmorne (1878). In 1884 Human
Intercourse, another volume of essays, was published, and
shortly afterwards Hamerton began his autobiography, which he
brought down to 1858. In 1882 he issued a finely illustrated
work on the technique of the great masters of various arts,
under the title of The Graphic Arts, and three years later
another splendidly illustrated volume, Landscape, which traces
the influence of landscape upon the mind of man. His last
books were: Portfolio Papers (1889) and French and English
(1889). In 1891 he removed to the neighbourhood of Paris,
where he died suddenly in Boulogne-sur-Mer, occupied to the
last with his labours on The Portfolio and other writings on
art. In 1896 was published Philip Gilbert Hamerton: an
Autobiography, 1834–1858; and a Memoir by his wife,
1858–1894...............50-75
6. Lucius
Eugene Chittenden (1824-1900) was a
Vermont author, banker, lawyer, politician and peace advocate
who served as Register of the Treasury during the Lincoln
administration. In March 1861, President Lincoln's new
Secretary of the Treasury, Salmon P. Chase, a former member of
the defunct Free Soil Party, offered Chittenden the position
of Register of the U.S. Treasury, which he accepted, serving
in that office for the remainder of Lincoln's first
administration, resigning in 1864 due to poor health. CLIP
SIGNATURE, approx. 2-3/4 x 1-1/2". VG...........25-35
See
signature
See
his portrait
7. [FILM] Steve Martin [b. 1945] American actor, comedian, writer. Signed 8x10 photo. with sentiment. VG..............35-45
8. (LAW) C.C. LANGDELL (1826-1906) American legal educator who originated the case-study method for teaching law. As dean of the Harvard Law School from 1870 to 1895, he transformed legal education by introducing required courses and examinations. His students became familiar with legal principles by studying important judicial decisions. Langdell wrote several books, among them the first case-study textbook. His method spread slowly at first but eventually became standard law-school procedure. ALS, 1874, 2pp. To Henry A. Clark. Sends facts about his educational background. Second sheet marked 3 but we think this letter is complete.............75-100
9. John T. Winterich (1891-1970) was one of the first writers for the Stars and Stripes during the First World War, managing editor, and eventually one of the most influential bibliophiles of the early twentieth century. He is credited with having penned over 275 articles in over nearly 150 publications as well as having written the introduction to the American classic Of Mice and Menby John Steinbeck. While serving in World War I, he became one of the first members of the editorial staff of Stars and Stripes, the newspaper for servicemen. At this time he met Abian A. ("Wally") Wallgren, who provided cartoons for all 71 issues of the World War I edition of Stars and Stripes (1918-1919). Together, Wallgren and Winterich published The A.E.F. [American Expeditionary Force] in Cartoon (1933). In 1919 Winterich succeeded Harold Ross as editor of the American Legion Magazine, a post he held until 1938. During the 1930s he became active in bibliophile activities as editor of The Colophon and as a member of the Grolier Club. After service in World War II as an officer assigned to the Pentagon to deal with censorship issues, Winterich became a contributing editor to the Saturday Review of Literature in 1946; he continued to write for the SRL until his death in 1970. Winterich provided many introductions to special and limited editions. Among his own books are A Primer of Book Collecting (1935) and The Grolier Club: An Informal History (1967). RARE TLS, Washington DC, Oct. 2, 1945, 1 full page, signed "Whit". To the famous cartoonist, Wally Wallgren. Pencil notation at top is in Wally's hand. See letter content in scan below. Also see Lots 1027 and 2058 in this auction, concerning Wally Wallgren..........100-150
See Winterich letter
10. [FRANCE] Alphonse-Marie Thomas Bérenger (1785-1866),
known as Thomas Bérenger or Berenger de la Drôme, was a French
lawyer and politician. He was the son of a deputy of the third
estate of Dauphiné to the Constituent Assembly, born in
Valence. He entered the magistracy and became procureur
general 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, 1844, 1p, approx. 8-1/2 x 10-3/4". Not translated.
VG...........100-150
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was Adolf Hitler's pilot during his political campaigns of the
1920s and 1930s. He later became Hitler's personal pilot and
leader of the Reichsregierung squadron. Captured by the
Soviets at the end of World War II in Europe, he endured ten
years of imprisonment in the USSR before being released on 10
October 1955 to the French, who then imprisoned him until 1957.
ALS, 1976, written on back of postcard. Not translated.
VG...........100-150
14. [FILM] Vincent Price (1911-1993) American actor, well known for his distinctive voice and serio-comic performances in a series of horror films made in the latter part of his career. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG............75-100
15.
[FRANCE] Roch-Ambroise Cucurron
Sicard (1742-1822) French abbé
and instructor of the deaf. Born at Le Fousseret, in the
ancient Province of Languedoc (now the Department of
Haute-Garonne), and educated as a priest, Sicard was made
principal of a school for the deaf at Bordeaux in 1786, and
in 1789, on the death of the Abbé de l'Épée, succeeded him
at a leading school for the deaf which Épée had founded in
Paris. He later met Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet while traveling
in England, and invited him to visit the school. Sicard's
chief works were his Eléments de grammaire générale (1799),
Cours d'instruction d'un sourd-muet de naissance (1800) and
Traité des signes pour l'instruction des sourds-muets
(1808). The Abbé Sicard managed to escape any serious harm
in the political troubles of 1792, and became a member of
the Institute in 1795, but the value of his educational work
was hardly recognized till shortly before his death at
Paris. In 1803 Sicard became a member of the Académie
française, occupying Seat 3 as the successor to the
François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, who was a diplomat. Offered
here is either a manuscript or a letter written by Sicard,
doesn't appear signed but his name appears on the text at
bottom of page 3. No date that we can see. Approx.
4-1/2 x 7-1/4". VG.............100-150
Page 1
Pages 2
& 3
See his
portrait
16. [FRANCE] Hyacinthe-Louis De Quelen (1778-1839)
was Archbishop of Paris. The favors of Louis XVIII and Charles
X did not make him subservient. As a peer of the realm
he opposed, on behalf of the middle classes, the conversion of
the national debt. While blessing the cornerstone of the
Chapelle Expiatoire he demanded, though in vain, an amnesty
for the exiled members of the Convention; and the ordinance of
1828, disbanding the Jesuits and limiting the recruiting of
the clergy, was issued against his advice. ALS, Paris,
1824, 1p, approx. 7-1/4 x 9-1/4". Accompanied by
antique engraved portrait of Quelen. VG...........100-150
18.
(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
See etching
19. [FILM] "Butterfly" McQueen (1911 –1995) American actress. Originally a dancer, McQueen first appeared as Prissy, Scarlett O'Hara's maid in the 1939 film Gone with the Wind. She continued as an actress in film in the 1940s, then moving to television acting in the 1950s. SIGNED 8X10 photograph from GWTW with Vivien Leigh on the famous stair scene. She writes a couple of lines on ver4so, mentions Clark Gable. Excellent.............80-120
See photo
21.
(GEORGE WASHINGTON BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION). JAMES HAY, JR.
(1881-1936) American writer; directed publicity nationwide for
the George Washington Bicentennial Comrnission. Document Signed,
The Riggs National Bank, Washington, D.C., 1915. Bank check
containing vignette of the bank. A wonderful addition to any
collection of George Washington Bicentennial items - this was
the man behind the entire nationwide publicity campaign for this
event which included the issuance of a series of United States
postage stamps honoring George Washington and numerous
philatelic covers for the event. A SCARCE AUTOGRAPH.
...............50-75
22. [MEDICINE] Levi
Bartlett (1763-1828) early American
doctor and son of Josiah Bartlett, who was the governor
of New Hampshire and signer of the Declaration of
Independence. Levi was born on September 3, 1763, and followed
his father into the medical profession, establishing a
practice in Kingston, New Hampshire, and becoming an eminent
citizen of the town. Among other appointments, he served as a
justice of the peace, Kingston postmaster, and lieutenant
colonel commandant in the 7th Regiment of the New Hampshire
militia. One page autograph manuscript written by
Dr. Bartlett, titled "Thoughts on the Vertigo,"
approx. 8 x 13". Slight paper burn right edge o/w in
very fresh condition. Provenance: Estate Sale of Josiah
Bartlett house in Kingston, NH, in 1989. For those
interested you can view video of this auction online. Google
for Martin Willis auction Josiah Bartlett.
Rare!............100-150
23. Small collection: includes: Ira Allen Haynes [1859-1955] American General who served in Hawaii in 1899. He commanded the 64th F.A. Brigade, Camp Beauregard, Alexandria, La. [1917]; served in France [1918-1919]; later commanded 9th Coast Artillery District, San Francisco. Signed Riggs Nationa Bank check dated 1920. ¥ Gordon G. Heiner [1869-1943] American General who commanded coast defenses Honolulu, Hawaii [1923-26]. Signed Rigs bank check, 1900. Plus 5 color lithographed stereocards showing life in Hawaii [c. 1905]...............50-75
24. [US
SENATORS] Lot of 7 signed photos & one TLS. US
Senators are: Daniel Inouye; Jeremiah Denton - inscribed to F.W.
Britton on his 100th birthday; Gary Hart; Henry M. "Scoop"
Jackson; with Jackson TLS; Hiram Fong - inscribed; PLUS Margaret
M. Heckler (inscribed) Ambassador & congresswoman from
Mass.; and James E. Allen Jr. [1911-1971] Commissioner of
Education under President Nixon. As with all contemporary
politicians, some could be autopen and there are no returns on
MULTIPLE LOT offerings............50-75
25. [FRANCE] Jean-François
de Hercé (1776-1849) was a dignitary
of the Catholic Church and French politician, mayor of Laval
then bishop of the diocese of Nantes. ALS, 2pp, approx.
8-1/2 x 13". VG. he played a role in the 1848
Revolution...........100-150
26. [ART] RALPH
BAKSHI - American animator/draftsman. In
the late 1950s & early 1960s he worked at CBS-Terrytoons on
such series as "Heckle and Jeckle" and "Mighty Mouse." From
there he went to Famous Studios-Paramount, where he directed
countless "Casper the Friendly Ghost" and "Little Audrey"
cartoons, among others. During the 1960s he also animated Peter
Max's commercials. When Famous Studios closed in 1967, Bakshi
went into partnership with Steve Krantz. Their first venture was
"Fritz the Cat", released in 1972. The success of "Fritz"
prompted "Heavy Traffic" [1973], a funny-sad chronicle of life
in New York's slums. Striking out on his own, Bakshi produced
the sometimes brilliant, often disappointing "Coonskin" [1974];
also "Wizards" [1977]; "Lord of the Rings" [1978]. Ralph Bakshi
occupies a somewhat ambiguous position in the animation world.
He is one of the more original artists at work in the animated
cartoon medium. He has become a cult figure. ORIGINAL pencil
drawing, unsigned on 6-3/4 x 8" in. sheet. Fine. As this was a
"working study" there was no reason for him to have signed
it................80-120
See Bakshi drawing
See
verso
27.
[FRANCE] c. 1840 Manuscript document - identified as
"To Delegate of Peace Society - speaks about two big nations
[France & Germany?", unsigned, 2pp, approx. 8 x 11-1/2".
VG..............100-150
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31. (SPORTS LOT) VIRGIL OLIVER TRUCKS (1917-2013) American Pitcher, ANS. ARA R. PARSEGHIAN (b.1923) Football Player and Coach. SIGNED, inscribed large 12x18 portrait sketch, inscribed (fold in middle). CHRISTINE D. WITTY (b. 1975) Olympic Speed Skater. SIGNED 5x7 print photo (fold in middle). WILBUR “Weeb” EWBANK (1907-1998) Football Coach, SIGNED address return on envelope, with 2 SIGNATURES, with words of encouragement. BILLY CASPER (1931) Golfer. SIGNED 8x11 photograph. GREG E. LOUGANIS (1960) Olympic Diver SIGNED printed letter. STEVE J. GROGAN (1953) Quarterback, ANS signed “Steve G”.........80-120
32. (AMERICAN MILITARY NOTABLES LOT) JOSEPH OSWALD MAUBORGNE
(1881-1971) Maj. General Army Officer, Cryptologist,
inventor. He co-invented the one-time pad with Gilbert Vernam of
Bell Labs. He published the first recorded solution of the
Playfair cipher. DS, a check (1918). RICHARD BLACKBURN BLACK
(1901-1992) Naval Officer, Rear Admiral and explorer. He
made 5 trips to Antarctica with Byrd. He monitored Amelia
Earhart’s last messages as she tried to circle the globe in 1937
and vanished. SIGNED commemorative typescript. GEORGE S. BROWN
(1918-1978) USAF General, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff. TLS 1977). RICHARD
B. MYERS (1942) General USAF, Chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff. TLS (2002). WILLIAM T. SAMPSON
(1840-1902) Rear Admiral USN known for his victory in the Battle
of Santago de Cuba during Spanish American War. Clipped
SIGNATURE. RONALD ROSSER
(1929) Army Soldier Korean War, Congressional Medal of Honor
Winner, ALS................75-100
33. [ART - OLDMASTER] Pierre-Etienne MOITTE (1722, Paris, 1780, Paris) French engraver, part of a family of artists. He studied in Paris with Jacques-Firmin Beauvarlet and Pierre-François Beaumont (1719-1769). He was accepted in 1771 by the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture and subsequently signed his prints 'Graveur du Roi'. Between c. 1747 and 1754 he was one of the principal engravers commissioned to work for the 'Cabinet de S.E.M. Le Comte de Brühl,' a collection published in Dresden in 1754 and consisting of 50 plates after selected paintings from the celebrated collection owned by Heinrich von Brühl. In addition to the Mystic Marriage of St Catherine after Correggio and three history subjects after Jean-Baptiste Corneille, Moitte contributed 11 masterly pieces after Dutch and Flemish paintings, including the Dutch Merchant and the Flemish Cook after Gerrit Dou; the Broken Egg, after Frans van Mieris the Elder; the Judgement of Paris after Rubens; four landscapes after Jacob van Ruisdael and Guillam Dubois (c. 1610-80); and Travellers' Rest and Horses at the Watering Trough after Philips Wouwerman. Moitte enjoyed a successful career in Paris by reproducing works after 18th-century French painters such as Nicolas Lancret, François Boucher and Pierre-Antoine Baudouin. Above all, he popularised sentimental genre paintings by Greuze, producing such prints as the Wrathful Mother, Repentance and the Idle Woman. Like most reproductive printmakers of the period, Moitte also engraved designs for book illustrations; thus he provided 17 plates after drawings by Jean-Baptiste Oudry for the four-volume folio edition of Jean de La Fontaine's Fables published between 1755 and 1759. Original engraving, from the 18th century, approx. 11-1/4 x 8-1/4". Wide margins. Old damp stains in bottom margin..............100-150
34. [ART - OLD MASTER] Frederick
Hendrik van Hove (circa 1628-1698),
Engraver. Artist associated with 78 portraits. Frederick
Hendrick Van Hove was born in The Hague. He studied under F.
Bouttats in Antwerp before moving back to work in his hometown
as a draughtsman and engraver. He came to London in around 1692,
where he worked for the last years of his life. Original
engraving, c. 1690s, image size approx. 12.5 x 7.5". There
is another engraving by van Hove on the backside.......150-200
35.
[ART - OLD MASTER] Remoldus
Eynhoudts (1605-13? - 1679)
Flemish painter and engraver. He engraved several plates after
Rubens. Original etching after Rubens, image about 11 x 1`3"
plus margins. Slightly toned, soiled, no tears. His work is in
the de Young - Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San
Francisco. Scarce!............250-350
36. [FRANCE] 1668
French Mystery Document on vellum, signed, 2+
pages, approx. 5-1/2 x 8". In very fresh
condition..........100-150 See front
Page 2
37. [FRANCE] 1672 French Mystery Document on vellum,
signed, 3+ pages, approx. 7-1/4 x 6-1/2". In very
fresh condition..........100-150
38. [FRANCE] Jules Basile Guesde
(1845-1922) French socialist journalist and politician.
Guesde was the inspiration for a famous quotation by Karl
Marx. Shortly before Marx died in 1883, he wrote a
letter to Guesde and Paul Lafargue, both of whom already
claimed to represent "Marxist" principles. Marx accused them
of "revolutionary phrase-mongering" and of denying the value
of reformist struggles. This exchange is the source of
Marx's remark, reported by Friedrich Engels: "ce qu'il y a de
certain c'est que moi, je ne suis pas Marxiste” (“what is
certain is that [if they are Marxists], [then] I myself am not
a Marxist”). ALS, no, 1p, 5-1/2 x 7".
VG...........100-150
39.
[FILM] Robert
Mitchum
(1917-1997) American film actor.
He is No. 23 on the American Film
Institute's list of the greatest male
American screen legends of all time.
Mitchum rose to prominence for his
starring roles in several major works
of the film noir style, and is
considered a forerunner of the
anti-heroes prevalent in film during
the 1950s and 1960s. Signed,
inscribed 8x10 photo. VG...........60-80
40. Earl Wilson (1907-1987)
American journalist, gossip columnist and author, perhaps best
known for his nationally syndicated newspaper column, It
Happened Last Night. Nice vintage 8x10 photo signed and
inscribed. One corner crack line o/w VG..............40-60
41. Percy MacKaye
(1875–1956) American dramatist and poet. Signed, inscribed
5x7 photo, 1935. Only minor faults. VG......$60-80
See photo
42. [CARDINAL] Charles
Erskine (b. at Rome, 13 February 1739; d.
at Paris, 20 March 1811) was an Italian-Scottish papal diplomat
and cardinal. In October 1793, Erskine was sent as papal
envoy to Great Britain. By his tact Erskine established
excellent relations with the Court of St. James and the
ministry, diminished the dissensions among Catholics, and
avoided stirring up any anti-Catholic demonstration against
himself. During his stay in London the pope named him a full
auditor, and in 1795 gave him additional powers as envoy
extraordinary. He left London in 1801 and returned to Rome,
where in 1803, he was installed as a Cardinal Deacon, it being
revealed that he had been elevated to this office in pectore in
the Consistory of February 1801. He was then assigned the Church
of Santa Maria in Campitelli as his titular church. As a member
of the Sacred Congregation of Propaganda Fide, he was still
useful to English Catholics, and was made Cardinal Protector of
Scotland. He was ordained a deacon the following
January. On the French invasion of Rome in 1808 Erskine
was made pro-Secretary of Briefs, and was confined in the
Quirinal with the pope. When Pope Pius VII was taken prisoner
Erskine was allowed to go free, but his property was now lost
and he would have been reduced to poverty if his Protestant
relations in Scotland had not granted him an allowance. In 1809
Napoleon ordered him to Paris and though ill he was forced from
Rome in January 1810. Shortly after his arrival in Paris,
Erskine fell into a gradual decline and soon died. He was buried
in the Church of Saint-Genevieve, now the Panthéon. Offered
here is a ALS, his signmature appearing in the first line,
dated 1801 [?], 1p, approx. 8-1/4 x 8-1/4". Accompanied
by a manuscript page identified as "Funeral
inscription of Erskine from ther handf of Carolo Colini......120-180
43. [FILM] Mickey
Rooney (1920-2014) American actor.
Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG............75-100
44. [ART] Itami
Jun (1937-2011) Internationally renowned
Korean-Japanese architect. Itami, whose Korean name is Yoo
Dong-ryul, was born in Tokyo in 1937 during the Japanese
colonial era (1910-45). He studied architecture at Musashi
University’s engineering school and led an active career for
over 40 years. In 2003, the architect’s oeuvre was
highlighted in a solo exhibition, “Itami Jun, Japan’s Korean
Architect,” at the Musee Guimet in Paris, France’s national
museum dedicated to Asian art. The exhibition introduced
him as “an architect that straddles contemporary art and
architecture, transcends national borders and possesses a truly
international architectural vision.” In 2005 he was
awarded the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, a top
cultural honor bestowed by the French government. The
following year he won various cultural and environmental awards
in Asia. He was known for incorporating Korean traditional
aesthetics into modern designs that harmonized with the natural
surroundings, and built recognizable buildings in Korea and
Japan. In 2009 Itami was named master architect of the
government-sponsored Jeju Gobal Education City project on the
tropical island off the southern coast of the country. The
Duson Museum and Three Art Museums on the island won Itami the
2006 Kim Swoo-kuen Culture Award and Japan’s 2010 Murano Togo
Award. Last year he was featured among 200 world-famous
architects and designers in the New York Guggenheim Museum’s
50th anniversary exhibition “Contemplating the Void:
Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum.” Offered here is a
signed original ink drawing, portrait of Henri Corbiere,
inscribed to Corbiere, dated 1973, approx. 9-1/4 x
12-3/4". VG........100-150
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drawing
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Jun
45. [PHOTOGRAPHY] Vintage 1920s photograph of the actress
Tania Fedor - the French actress of
Russian origin born in the principality of Monaco on 3 November
1905. She died in Montreal ( Canada ) on 1 December 1985. Taken
by the French photographer Sobol, approx.
9-1/4 x 11-1/2". Mounted. Photo itself is very good;
top right mount corner is bumped. Signed in ink by Sobol,
the phtographer. VG...........75-100
See photograph
46. [ART] Wilhelm Beuermann
(1937-2006) German painter, printmaker and poet. Beuermann
studied graphic design at the Art School Hannover, deepened his
studies at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in the studio of J.
Friedlander and at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin with Prof.
Bachmann and Prof. Gonda. After a scholarship from the French
Institute in 1962, he worked as a freelance painter. In 1970 he
became a member of the German Artists League. Original
signed ink drawing, dated 1959, approx. 12 x 8-1/4".
VG.........100-150
47. 18th century engraving of the Monument of King William Rufus, plate size 14-3/4 x 9" plus slim margins. Excellent condition, esp. for its age.........100-150
48. [FRANCE] 1630 French Mystery document on vellum, signed, 1p, approx. 12-1/4 x 5". There are
two sections in ink, one where ink is a little lighter.
Concerns Champlitte and Margilley.
VG............100-150
49. [MUSIC] Paul-Bernard
Barroilhet (1810-1871) French
operatic baritone. He began his career in Italy
during the early 1830s, performing under the name Paolo
Barroilhet and making a name for himself as an exceptional
singer, particularly in Naples. He returned to France in
1840 to join the roster of artists at the Opéra National de
Paris, where he performed under his birth name. However, he
left the Paris Opera in 1847 after differences with the
company's management. The by now wealthy Bairrolhet elected
to withdraw completely from the stage and he found a new
vocation as a painter and art collector. He came out of
retirement briefly for appearances in Madrid in 1851–1852,
performing Don Carlo in Ernani. Barroilhet is best
remembered today for originating roles in several operas by
Gaetano Donizetti and Fromental Halévy. For Donizetti he
created Eustachio de Saint-Pierre in L'assedio di Calais
(1836), the Lord Duke of Nottingham in Roberto Devereux
(1837), Alfonso XI of Castile in La favorite (1840), and
Camoëns in Dom Sebastien (1843). The Halevy roles he created
include King Lusignan in La reine de Chypre (1841), the
title role in the premiere of Charles VI (1843) and
Mirobolante in Le lazzarone, ou Le bien vient en dormant
(1844). Other world premières in which he sang include
Saverio Mercadante's La vestale (Publio) and Elena da Feltre
(Guido), Il Conte di Chalais by Giuseppe Lillo, Richard en
Palestine by Adolphe Adam and Marie Stuart by Louis
Niedermeyer. He also sang the title-role in the pasticcio
opera, Robert Bruce, in which Niedermeyer had adapted music
from various operas by Rossini. ALS, no date, 1p,
5-1/4 x 8-1/4"............100-150
50. [GREAT BRITAIN] Collection of 10 British signatures of prominent
men: [1] Henry Charles Howard, 13th Duke of Norfolk, KG, PC [1791-1856] styled Earl of Surrey between
1815 and 1842, was a British Whig politician. [2] Sir William
Edward Rouse Boughton (1788-1856) was a baronet and a member of the
British House of Commons representing Evesham. [3] John Arthur Roebuck [1802-1879]
British politician, was born at Madras, in India. [4] Douglas McGarel Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham PC [1872-1950] British
lawyer and Conservative politician. [5] John Francis Stanley
Russell, 2nd Earl Russell known as Frank Russell, [1865-1931] was the elder surviving son of
Viscount Amberley and his wife the Honourable Katharine (Kate)
Stanley, and was raised by his paternal grandparents after his
non-conventional parents both died young. He was the grandson of
former prime minister, John Russell, 1st Earl Russell and elder
brother of philosopher Bertrand Russell. He was married three
times, lastly to Elizabeth von Arnim, who is said to have
caricatured him in her novel Vera. Despite his landmark
achievements in other respects, this Earl Russell is most famous
for being tried for bigamy in 1901. Thenceforth, he was known to
Edwardian society as the "Wicked Earl". [6] William Henry Lyttleton, 3rd Baron Lyttleton (1782-1837) British
politician, Orator. [7] William Irby, 1st Baron Boston [1707-1775]
British peer and Member of Parliament. Irby was the son of Sir
Edward Irby, 1st Baronet and inherited his father's baronetcy in
1718. On 26 August 1746, he married Albinia Selwyn and they had
three children. Irby had been a Page of Honour to King George I
and King George II in the final and first few years of their
reigns, respectively. He was also an equerry to Frederick,
Prince of Wales from 1728 to 1736, Vice-Chamberlain to the
Prince's wife, Augusta from 1736 to 1751 and her Lord
Chamberlain from 1751 to 1772. Irby had also been MP for
Launceston from 1735 to 1747 and for Bodmin from 1747 to 1761.
In 1761 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Boston, of Boston
in the County of Lincoln, and became Lord of the Manor of Hedsor
in 1764. He died in 1775, aged 68 and was buried in Whiston,
Northamptonshire. [8] Lawrence Dundas, 1st
Earl of Zetland [1766-1839] British politician and nobleman. [9]
George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of George Nathaniel Curzon,
1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, KG, GCSI, GCIE, PC [1859-1925]
known as The Lord Curzon of Kedleston between 1898 and 1911 and
as The Earl Curzon of Kedleston between 1911 and 1921, was a
British Conservative statesman who was Viceroy of India and
Foreign Secretary. The Curzon Line, now the eastern boundary of
Poland, is named after him. [10] Christopher Wyvill (1740-1822)
was an English political reformer who inspired the formation of
the Yorkshire Association movement in 1779. Signatures are in various forms............100-150
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51. [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
52. [FRANCE] 1667 French Mystery document on vellum, signed, 3-pages, approx. 7-1/2 x
10-3/4". VG............100-150
53. [FRANCE] 1649 French
Mystery document on vellum,
signed, 6-pages, approx. 6-1/4 x 9-3/4".
VG............100-150
54. [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
55. [FRANCE] 1662 French
Mystery document on vellum,
signed, 5-pages, approx. 7 x 9-3/4".
VG............100-150
56. [FRANCE]
17th century French Mystery document
on paper, 3-pages,
from Fouchanges, approx. 7-3/4 x 10-3/4".
VG............100-150
57. [FRANCE] 1667
French Mystery document on vellum, signed, 3-pages, approx. 6-1/4 x
8-1/2". VG............100-150
58. [FRANCE] 1659
French Mystery document on vellum, signed, 3-pages, approx. 6-1/4 x
7-1/4". VG............100-150
59. [FRANCE] 1618 French
Mystery document on vellum,
signed, 2-pages, approx. 7-3/4 x 11".
VG............100-150
60. [FRANCE] 1641 French
Mystery document on vellum,
signed, 3-pages, approx. 6-3/4 x 10-1/2".
VG............100-150
61. [FRANCE] 1595
French Mystery document on vellum, signed,
approx. 11-1/2 x 4-1/4". Identified as "Fouchane." Fresh
condition............150-200
62. [FRANCE] 1595
French Mystery document on vellum, signed,
approx. 10-1/2 x 7". Identified as "Fouchane." Fresh
condition............150-200
63. [PORTRAIT] Antique engraved portrait of
Charles Sumner, 5-1/4 x 8-1/2". VG.......20-30
64. [PORTRAIT]
Antique engraved portrait of John C. Fremont, 5-1/2 x 7-1/2"
image. VG.......20-30
65. [BOXING] Ray Arcel (1899-1994) boxing trainer who was active from the 1920s through the 1980s. He trained eighteen world champions. The champions he trained were Benny Leonard, Ezzard Charles, Jim Braddock, Barney Ross, Bob Olin, Tony Zale, Billy Soose, Ceferino Garcia, Lou Brouillard, Teddy Yarosz, Freddie Steele, Jackie Kid Berg, Alfonso Frazier, Abe Goldstein, Frankie Genaro, Sixto Escobar, Charley Phil Rosenberg, Roberto Durán and Larry Holmes. Signed, inscribed program honoring Ray Arcel's 90th birthday. 5-3/4 x 9". Fine............40-60
66. [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.
Typed memo signed "B", June 21, 1963, To Peter Lawford
[the actor], about motion picture submissions.
Mentions 4 film including CATCH 22. Very good
condition...........125-175
See Memo
See
picture of Bill Asher pictured with his wife, Elizabeth
Montgomery
67. [ART] Larry
Rivers (1923-2002) American
artist, musician, filmmaker and occasional actor. During
the early 1960s Rivers lived in the Hotel Chelsea,
notable for its artistic residents such as Bob Dylan,
Janis Joplin, Leonard Cohen, Arthur C. Clarke, Dylan
Thomas, Sid Vicious and multiple people associated with
Andy Warhol's Factory. In 1965 Rivers had his first
comprehensive retrospective in five important American
museums. His final work for the exhibition was The
History of the Russian Revolution, which was later on
extended permanent display at the Hirshhorn Museum and
Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC. During 1967 he was
in London collaborating with the American painter Howard
Kanovitz. Established as one of America's most
important postwar artists, Rivers continued, until his
death on August 14, 2002, to exhibit regularly both in
the United States and abroad and to create work that
combined realistically rendered images within a loosely
brushed, quasi-abstract background. His primary gallery
being the Marlborough Gallery in New York City. In 2002
a major retrospective of Rivers' work was held at the
Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. ORIGINAL
color lithograph, "A hut Can Be A Hairdo", 1968. Printed by Atelier
Mourlot LTD, New York, 12 x 9". This was made for
inclusion [insert] in the art magazine ART IN AMERICA,
bound in the July-August 1968 issue. We have not removed
it from the magazine and it is as it was since 1968. No
fading or damage. One of the magazine's
earliest artist projects, this inserted work, A Hut Can
Be a Hairdo, presents a voluminous bright purple mound
that doubles as both a house and a hairstyle for a
female figure.
Another example of this lithograph is in
the collection of Brown Univer4sity Art
Museum..........200-300
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lithograph
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portrait of Larry Rivers
68. [INDIANS] Alden Bradford
(1765-1843) American politician, clergyman and author who
served as the 5th Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Born in Duxbury, MA, he graduated from Harvard in 1786 and
received a degree of LL.D. there. He was then ordained as a
Congregational church pastor, serving in Wicasset, Maine. After
moving to Boston he served from 1812 to 1824 as secretary of the
commonwealth. At times a bookseller and journalist, his works
included a History of Massachusetts and Memoir of the Life and
Writings of Rev. Jonathan Mayhew. Document Signed,
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1814, written on both sides
[probably all written by Bradford], signed on the verso as
Secretary of the Commonwealth. Concerns Edward Mictell
Jun. of Bridgewater, in the County of Plymouth, Guardian of the
Indians in said town......"stating that doubts have arisen
whether his power extends so far as to authorize, or require him
to take care of the land situated therein, but not owned by
Indians actually residing there..." This was read &
accepted in the state Senate by John Phillps, President, Timothy
Bigelow, Speaker of the House of Rep., Caleb Strong, actually
signed by Alden Bradford as "A true copy." 8 x 12-1/2. Any
faults are too minor to mention [expected]............200-300
69. [ART] Ignaz Michael Marcel
Gaugengigl (1853-1932)
German-American painter and engraver who worked primarily in the
United States. He specialized in portraits and historical
paintings. He was known as the "Meissonier of Boston", because
of his many portraits of the "Boston Brahmins" and their
families, and was one of the founders of the Guild of Boston
Artists. Most of his works are in private collections. Signature
on 3.5 x 2.5" slip. Fine example.........50-75
70. [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
71. [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
72. [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
73. [ART] Frank A. Bicknell
(1866-1943} American artist. Signed card, 3-1/2 x 2-1/4".
VG.........30-40
74. [ART] George Inness
(1825-1894) was an influential American landscape painter,
often called "the father of American landscape painting."
Signed, inmscribed 3 x 1-3/4" card. Mounting trace on
verso. VG........75-100
See signature
See
portrait of Inness
75. (BRITISH MILITARY NOTABLES LOT) FIELD MARSHALL GARNET J, WOLSELY,1st Viscount Wolseley (1833-1913 Esteemed British Soldier of the 19th Century. SIGNATURE clipped from ALS. HENRY PHIPPS,1ST Earl of Mulgrave (1755-1831) Military Figure, Politician, First Lord of the Admiralty He saw service in the Caribbean during the American Rev. War. Also at hand when British forces captured the French port of Toulon, and took command of forces there. SIGNED address panel (1818) as Marquess of Nomanby . GENERAL ROBERT EDWARD KING,1ST Viscount Lorton (1773-1854) Irish General, Politician. ALS (1828) 3pp. MAJOR GENERAL SIR HENRY WHEATLEY (1777-1852) Notable servant in the Military career and Keeper of the Purse for King William IV and Queen Victoria. ALS, 3rd person (1846). SIR ALBERT GERALD STERN (1878-1966) Lt in the Royal Navy Air Force, Armored Tank Divison, he was well known international banker. He joined the service during WW1 and was on the committee to develop the First British Tank ALS (1957). Plus a brief ALS signed W.H. Curzon [needs research]..............80-120
76. ( ROYALTY - FAMILY LOT)
THE PRINCE FREDERICK, DUKE OF YORK
AND ALBANY (1763-1827) a member of the
Hanoverian/British Royal Family, 2nd eldest of King George III.
SIGNED address panel (1807) with seal. Fine
example. ANNE WELLESLEY,
Lady BENTINCK (1788-1875) Anglo-Irish Aristocrat, who was the
Great Great Grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II. ALS, 2pp in 3rd
person. CHARLES EDWARD, Duke
of SAXE-COBURG and GOTHA (1884-1954) Last
reining Duke of Saxe-Coburg, grandson of Queen Victoria, cousin
to Queen Victoria, supporter of Germany during WW2, he was
stripped on his Royal status in England, died penniless.
SIGNED card(1930). RAINE
McCORQUODALE , COUNTESS SPENCER (de
Chambrun) (1929) British Socialite and step mother to Diana,
Princess of Wales. ALS (1996) sending thanks for
remembrance to her on the death of Diana HRH. GEORGE, DUKE
OF CAMBRIDGE (1819-1904)
grandson of King George III ,Commander in Chief of the
Army(1856-1895). SIGNATURE..............80-120
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@@@@@@@@@@@77. [PRIME MINISTERS OF ENGLAND] JOHN RUSSELL, 1st Earl Russell 1793-1878) Prime Minister 3 times. CLIP SIGNATURE. HENRY J. TEMPLE, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865) CLIP SIGNATURE. Both are mounted.........75-100
78. (MIXED NOTABLES LOT) NATHANIEL INGERSOLL BOWDICH (1805-1861) successful lawyer in Boston, local historian and genealogist, author. SIGNATURE (1857) “to the Hon. Charles Wm. Bradley”. EDWARD ATKINSON (1827-1905) American Activist, founder of the “Anti-Imperialist League” SIGNATURE(1897). MELVIN M. BELLI (1907-1996) celebrated American Laywer. SIGNED card. IRVING FISHER (1867-1947) American Economist, Inventor. He was one of the first “neoclassical economists”. He was the first celebrity economist. SIGNED inscribed 5x7 photograph. MOON LANDREIEU (1930) Cabinet member, Sec. of HUD. SIGNED inscribed 8x10 photograph. RICHARD A. POSNER (1939) American Jurist, author. TLS (1989). ROY E. A. INNIS (1934) Civil Rights Leader Chairman of CORE. SIGNED 4x6 photograph. ALFRED E. KAHN (1917-2010) American Economist. ALS (1989). WALTER de CURZON POULTNEY (1849-1929) American Social Figure, Art collector. He was the flamboyant Dandy” of Baltimore, called “Sir Walter”, his friends included English Notables. ALS (1898) 2pp...........100-150
79. [MUSIC] AMERICAN
SINGERS/ENTERTAINERS LOT - ARTHUR
TRACY (1899-1997) “The Street
Singer”. SIGNED inscribed album page (1934). GEORGIA GIBBS (1919-2006)
SIGNED inscribed 8x10 photograph. MEL
TORME (1925-1999) Singer, composer. SIGNED
inscribed postcard photograph. DELLA
RESSE (b.1931) SIGNED inscribed 8x10 color
photograph. PERRY COMO (1912-2001)
SIGNED inscribed 8x10 photograph. VG.............80-120
80. [ART] Joan
Miro (1893-1983) Catalan Spanish
painter, sculptor, and ceramicist born in Barcelona. A museum
dedicated to his work, the Fundació Joan Miró, was established
in his native city of Barcelona in 1975, and another, the
Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró, was established in his adoptive
city of Palma de Mallorca in 1981. Original color
lithograph, "Ronde de nuit" Nightwatch,
1970. Executed for Derrière le Miroir in 1970, and
published in Paris by the incomparable Maeght atelier. As can
be expected from Maeght and Derrière, the quality of this
original Miro lithograph is excellent. Sheet size: 15 x 22
inches; with center fold and text on verso, as published. A
richly inked impression. Not signed...........400-600
81. [ART] Andrea
SCACCIATI - Italian
designer and engraver, born at Florence about the year 1740. In
1766, he published a set of forty-one plates in aquatint, from
the drawings of the most distinguished masters, which are in the
collection of the Grand Duke of Tuscany. Original 18th century
aquatint etchings, image approx. 7 x 11" plus wide margins. Fold
lines as published. VG......100-150
82. [ART] Andrea SCACCIATI - Italian designer and engraver, born at Florence about the year 1740. In 1766, he published a set of forty-one plates in aquatint, from the drawings of the most distinguished masters, which are in the collection of the Grand Duke of Tuscany. Original 18th century aquatint etchings, image approx. 12 x 11-1/2" plus wide margins. Fold lines as published. VG......100-150
83. [ART] Original 18th
century copper-plate engraving. Image approx. 10 x 13-1/2" plus
margins. Soiled margins; edge tears; image area very
good..........80-120
See above
James Gillray (1756-1815), was
a British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched
political and social satires, mainly published between 1792
and 1810. Gillray is Generally accepted to be the greatest of
all English Caricaturists, and the recent exhibition at the
Tate Gallery in London, showed the range of his work.
Initially he worked for a number of different publishers, but
from the 1790's he worked exclusively for Humphreys. Record
prices [exceeding $20,000] have been recently made, many
selling for $1000 and up. Most of the Gillray images that you
see on the market today come from the mid 19th century
re-strikeprintings, from the original plates, and often have
recent hand-coloring, and are priced much lower than the
vintage etchings. These are called the Bohn edition
prints. Henry G. Bohn purchased the original copperplates and
began printing Gillray's between 1847 and 1851. Prices
had been climbing steadily since the 1970s, but the auction of
the Draper Hill Collection at Phillips auctioneers in London
in 2001 pushed prices to new highs: several key prints,
including Fashionable Contrasts, fetching more than US$10,000.
Since 2002, annual auctions of Caricatures at Bonhams in
London, each of which included large selections of Gillray
prints, have continued this trend. Escalating prices have also
meant that good examples of major works by Gillray can be very
hard to come by at any price. Unfortunately for the beginning
collector this means that starting a collection now is far
more difficult than thirty years ago, when a very good copy of
Light expelling Darkness could be had for as little as US$250.
A good impression of this print sold in 2006 for over
US$9,000, while Fashionable Contrasts also sold in the same
year for over US$20,000. This dramatic increase in
prices has also led to unscrupulous sellers attempting to pass
off prints from the Bohn Edition as first edition originals,
and it can be difficult for those unfamiliar with these
practices to tell the difference between a restrike (commonly
called "a Bohn") and an original. To be sure, all of the
Gillray etchings offered in this auction are from the c. 1850
Bohn edition. To see more about the Bohn edition click
here.
84. [ART] James Gillray (1756-1815) British caricaturist and
printmaker famous for his etched political and social
satires. Original etching, not colored, PLATE 140 from the
c. 1850 Bohn edition, it's title "THE DEATH
OF THE GREAT WOLF.", image size approx. 13-1/2 x 17"
plus margins. Published Dec.1795
by H. Humphrey 27 St. James’s Street. Described as "SIB C.
LONG AND BROTHER. LOUONBOROUGH. MARQUIS OP BUCKINGHAM.
WYNDHAM. BURKE. PITT. PEPPER ARDEN. LANSDOWNE. DUNDAS.
WILBERFORCE. D. OP RICHMOND. the political balance. On the
political rivalry between Shelburne and Fox during the
existence of the Coalition Ministry. A parody on West's
picture of the Death of Wolfe. On the attack upon Pitt, in the
House of Commons, in the December of 1795, on the occasion of
the Estimates. The dying hero (Pitt) is supported by Dundas,
who offers him a farewell glass ; and by Burke, whose
"Reflections" are now upon his pension. The Chancellor figures
as a Mohawk savage. Sir C. Long and his brother, as the two
runners: Lord Grenville, supported by Wyndham: old
Pepper Arden, known by his nose and wig ; and Wilberforce and
Richmond (the latter carrying his leathern ordnance on his
back), a weeping couple ; are all easily recognized. " As
usual there are other etchings on the verso............250-350
See front
See verso
85. [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
See front
See verso
86. [ART] Pierre Salvy Frederic Teyssonnioeres
(b. 1834) French etcher. Original etching, "Satyr at
Bay", image approx. 11-1/4 x 8-1/4", after Louis Pirou, c.
1894, plate signed. Light damp stain line in middle
margin running into image. When matted this shows very
little...........100-150
87. [ART] Gaston
Manchon (b. 1855) French etcher. Original
etching, "Daphnis and Chloe", c. 1895, approx. 8-3/4 x 13-1/2"
plus margins. Very light stain bottom margin touches image.
After a painting by Ricardo Lopez Cabrera. "This Spanish painter
has chosen for the personages with which to animate his well
painted woodland scene the characters in the pretty Greek
pastoral, told by Longos, a Byzantine, in the fourth century of
our era, - the shepherd and the shepherdess yet too young to
know that they are lovers, their spotted and horned flock and
the bearded stranger who visits them one day. Daphnis is telling
the story of his mysterious youth, the young girl listens in
suspense, her hand on her heart, and something of the old
unworldly, antique charm that settles down over the mimic scene.
The artist, who is of Seville, received a medal of the third
class, at the Exposicion Internacional de Bellas Artes at
Madrid, in 1892, and is represented by four pictures at Chicago,
of which this reproduced by the etching betrays the most
individuality."...........100-150
88. (ART) (Vermigli,
Pietro Martire) (1500-1562). Florentine
religious. Augustinian abbot of St. Peter ad Aram, Naples
(1533); met Juan de Valdes and read works of Reformers; fled
(1542) to Zürich after accepting Reformed faith; divinity
professor, Strasbourg (1542-47, 1553-56). Brought to London by
Cranmer; divinity professor, Oxford (1547-53); aided Cranmer in
1552 Book of Common Prayer; his Zwinglian doctrine of the
Eucharist began a controversy at Oxford (1549); Hebrew
professor, Zürich (1556). Old original mezzotint portrait,
cropped & mounted, 7-3/4 x 9. Engraved by R. Houston.
Probably early 18th century. VG..........150-200
See above
89. (OECOLAMPADIUS,
Johannes) (1482-1531), German
scholar and preacher who led the Reformation in Basel,
Switzerland. Originally named Johannes Hursgen, he was born at
Weinsberg, in Bavaria. Trained in classical languages, he
Grecized his last name and moved to Basel in 1515 to assist
the Dutch humanist scholar Desiderius Erasmus in preparing his
Greek New Testament. After two years (1518-20) as a preacher
at Augsburg, Germany, Oecolampadius entered a Bridgettine
monastery. His discovery of the work of Martin Luther and his
increasing discontent with the Roman Catholic doctrine of
transubstantiation prompted him to leave in 1522. Returning to
Basel, he became a professor of theology and preached at Saint
Martin's Church. Thereafter, he was an ardent supporter of the
Reformation. Old original mezzotint portrait, cropped &
mounted, 7-3/4 x 8-7/8. Engraved by R. Houston (1721-1775).
Excellent 18th century portrait. VG...............150-200
90.
[ART] Cosmus
Mogalli (1667-1730)
Old Master from Florence, Italy. Original
engraving early 18th century on thick laid paper,
image approx. 13-3/4 x 10-1/2; paper size 17-1/2 x
18"................200-300
91.
[ART] Camillo Tinti
(c.1738-1796) Italian painter. He was born in Rome, was
employed by Gavin Hamilton to engrave some of the plates for
his Schola Itálica; among these were the following: The
Marriage of St. Catherine after Parmigianino; Meleager and
Atalanta after Polidoro da Caravaggio; and Christ on the Mount
of Olives after Giovanni Lanfranco. Original
engraving [1772], plate mark 9-1/2 x 12-1/4; on
thick paper 16-1/2 x 24-3/4". Except for some minor
soiling [would clear up] in very good
condition.............300-400
See
above
92.
[ART] Jean Cortot
(b. 1925) French painter, poet and illustrator. A student of
Othon Friesz, Corton was part of the Scale group which, from
1943 onwards was established with Jacques Busse, Calmettes,
Patrix, Geneviève Asse and others. At that time Corton was
awarded the "Prix de la Jeune Peinture" followed, in 1954, by
the "Menton Union Prize for Mediterranean Modern Art".
Cortot is a distinguished graphic artist and has illustrated
numerous books, achieving a notable symbiosis between writing
and painting. Notable works by Cortot include his
variations of studies in the shipyard of La Ciotat
(1947-1950), the landscape of the Ardèche, Still Life
(1955-1956), variations on his Cities Series (1957-1958), his
Antiques (1962) and his Combat Series (1967, which follows
that of the Scriptures). From 1974 he produced his series of
poem-pictures. He has also produced several tapestries,
and has also made several frescoes. Cortot was elected
member of the French Academy of Fine Arts on 26 November
2001. Offered here is a aquatint-etching, pencil
signed, numbered 5/30, done in 1969, plate mark
approx. 10 x 12-1/2"; paper side 19-3/4 x 26". VG......400-600
See
print
See picture
of the artist
93.
[ART] Original 1917 lithograph portrait of the
sculptor Elie Nadelman [1882-1946], by Albert E. Sterner [1863-1946],
signed in the stone, paper size approx. 17.5 x 10.5".
VG. This particular lithograph is somewhat rare compared
to other Sterner prints. We found no other online for
sale, did find this print in the collection of The National
Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian. Rather scarce
image.............400-600
See
Nadelman portrait
94.
[ART] Johannes Volpato
(1733-1803) Old Master Italian engraver. Original Engraving
with very large margins. Plate approx. (9¾ x 12½").
Perseus flying to slay the dragon that threatens to kill
Andromeda. After the painting on the facade of the demolished
Ninfeo in the Palazzo Bufalo Cancellieri, taken down in 1885
and now in the Museo di Roma. From "Schola Italica Picturae
sive Selectae Quaedam Summorum e Schola Italica Pictorum
Tabulae Aere Incisae Cura et Impensis Gavini Hamilton
Pictoris", a series of forty plates. Circa 1772 on thick laid
paper. In very good copndition, esp. for its age
The slight color showing in scan is from light source - so
disregard..........300-400
See above
95. [ART] Willy
Seiler (1926-1989) Original pencil signed
& titled etching, OPIUM SMOKER, approx. 11.5 x 8.5" plus
margins. Shows a Chinese man clutching an opium water pipe
in one hand and a opium knife/bowl scraper in the other.
While he inhales smoke wafts up from the bowl. Signed and
title in pencil "Chinese Smoke" W.Seiler. Willy Seiler was a
German artist trained in Dresden, Munich and Paris. He settled
in Japan just after WWII. He was reknowned for his skilled
etchings depicting everyday life in Asia. Matted &
shrink-wrapped; not examined out of mat; scanned through
shrink-wrap. Appears to be very good condition...........200-300
See etching
96. [ART] Eugene
Burnand (1850-1921) Swiss painter.
He was born in the municipality of Moudon in the Swiss canton
Vaud. Before moving to Paris in 1872 he studied with
Barthélemy Menn at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Geneva. In
Paris he joined Jean-Léon Gérôme's studio, and was known
primarily as a landscape painter. Burnand was greatly
influenced by the Realism of such artists as Jean-François
Millet and Gustave Courbet. This is reflected in perhaps his
best known work, The Disciples Peter and John Running to the
Sepulchre on the Morning of the Resurrection c.1898, which
hangs in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. Original etching, plate signed, 1879, image
approx. 7-3/4 x 10-1/2" plus margins. VG...........100-150
97. [FRANCE - ART] Gustave Mercier
(1858 Paris - 1898 died NY) French born etcher and
engraver, Mercier studied printmaking techniques under
Gaucherel, in Paris. He moved to New York around 1880 and was
regularly commissioned by Klackner and other major publishers
of fine art engravings. Original etching "Leve de Trouw!
[Drink to Fidelity!], after painting by Franz Hals,
plate signed, image 9-1/8 x 7", paper size 17.5 x 12.5".
Fine..........100-150
98. [FRANCE - ART] Alphonse Adolphe-Gery-Bichard (sometimes called Adolphe Bichard) (1841 - 1914) French painter and engraver. He was a student of Edmond Hédouin and especially Léon Gaucherel with whom he discovered the art of engraving. Gery-Bichard specializes in the reproduction of works of great masters ( Giorgione , Houdon , Chardin , Rude ...) that sometimes signs Adolphe Bichard, or more rarely A. Alphonse Bichard. During the years 1880-1890, noticed by Octave Uzanne , he worked intensively with illustrated editions of romantic and contemporary authors, including some curiosa, with designers like Merson , Duez or Georges Cain. Offered here is a finely detailed etching, title is "THE HOLY FAMILY', image 5.5 x 4.5; plate mark is 8 x 6.5; paper size 17.5 x 12.5. VG...........100-150
99. [MUSIC] Walter Ross [b. 1936] American composer. His works have been performed in over 40 countries. He is perhaps best known for his compositions featuring brass and woodwinds. AMQS on 3x5 card. VG..............25-35
100. [MUSIC] Barbara Kolb (b. 1939) American composer. Her music uses sound masses and often creates vertical structures through simultaneous rhythmic or melodic units (motifs or figures). She was the first American woman composer to win the Prix de Rome. AMQS from her "APPELLO" written on 6x4" card. VG.........30-40
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@@@@@@@@@@@102. [FRANCE] R(oland) ALEXANDRE - important French actor. Signed 1923 photograph. Inscribed to the French actress Tania Fedor. Approx. 4 x 6-3/4 in. Photographer is Paul Mejat, of Paris. Very nice.........50-75
103. George Harding -
a patent lawyer who argued several cases before the U.S. Supreme
Court. He was the son of Jesper Harding (1799-1865) was an
influential U.S. publisher in Philadelphia. ALS, 1916, 2pp. The
last page has partial browning from tape where attached to
another sheet.............20-30
104. [GOLF] Ben Crenshaw (b.
1952) American professional golfer. In 1973, Crenshaw became the
second player in Tour history to win the first event of his
career. SIGNED & INSCRIBED 8x10 color photo.
Fine..........20-30
105.
[FILM] Walter Newman
(1916-1993) American radio writer and screenwriter active
from the late 1940s to the early 1990s. He was nominated three
times for Academy Awards (Ace in the Hole, Cat Ballou, and
Bloodbrothers), but he may be best known for a work that never
made it to the screen: his unproduced original script Harrow
Alley. Newman's radio writing included scripts for Escape,
Suspense, and The Halls of Ivy as well as the first broadcast
episode of Gunsmoke. He is not officially credited for his
screenplays for The Magnificent Seven and The Great Escape,
having renounced credit after sharp disagreements with the
director, John Sturges in both cases, over changes made during
shooting. Document Signed, his pay check from Warner Bros.,
1984, endorsed on verso by Newman. Fine.
Scarce!..............50-75
106. [MUSIC] Boris
Arapov (1905-1992) the
distinguished Russian composer and teacher having fostered
several generations of composers. Among his disciples are such
personalities as Gennady Banshchikov, Leonid Desyatnikov,
Alexander Knaifel, Sergei Slonimsky. Since 1930 his activity was
tightly welded with the Leningrad (Petersburg) Conservatoire
(given the professor title in 1940), where in 1974 he became the
head of the composition faculty working there selflessly up to
the last breath. Arapov’s heritage embraces three operas, the
ballet, seven symphonies, numerous symphony and
chamber-instrumental compositions, vocal and piano music. RARE
AMQS from his Sonata for Piano No. 2 (1976). Dated 10/89.
Approx. 6 x 4". VG..........100-150
108. [OPERA] Sherrill Milnes [b. 1935] Am. baritone. ISP, 8x10.......20-30
109. [THEATRE] Eileen Heckart (1919-2001) American actress of stage, screen, and television. SHE WON 1972 ACADEMY AWARD FOR "Butterflies Are Free." Signed [on cover] platbill program for the play "Eleanor Roosevelt" at the Studebaker Theatre, 1976...........25-35
111. [FILM] John Travolta (b. 1954) American actor. Signed, original artwork showing a Christmas Tree, dated 1996, approx. 7-1/2 x 9-1/2". VG............40-60
See Travolta sketch
112. [MUSIC] Richard Adler
(1921-2012) American lyricist, composer and producer of
several Broadway shows. Signed, 10 x 8 photo dated 1992.
VG...........50-75
See photo
113. [MARYLAND] Thomas
Swann (1809-1883) American politician.
Initially a Know-Nothing, and later a Democrat, he served as
mayor of Baltimore (1856–1860), as the 33rd Governor of
Maryland (1866–1869), and as U.S. Representative from
Maryland's 3rd congressional district and then 4th
congressional district (1869–1879). In eulogy, the
Baltimore Sun criticized his early political errors, but
nevertheless credited him as "a great mayor, conferring
inestimable benefits on the city he governed; not only was he
a wise and beneficient governor to the oppressed portion of
the citizens of the State, but he was one of the most useful
and influential Congressmen this State or city ever
had." Large Document Signed as Governor, 1868,
appointment of Jacob D. Wolfe to Office of Registration. Also
signed by the Sec. of State, John M. Carter [b. 1843].
Approx. 16 x 10.5". Three folds o/w superb
condition.............80-120
See document
Portrait
of Gov. Swann
114. [MARYLAND] Thomas
Ward Veazey (1774-1842) Maryland
politician that served in a variety of roles. The zenith of
his career was being the 24th Governor of the state from 1836
to 1839, when he was selected to serve three consecutive
one-year terms by the Maryland General Assembly. Veazey was
the last Maryland governor to be elected in this fashion and
also the last Whig Party member to serve as Maryland governor.
The governor vehemently and firmly believed in slavery,
advocated for a general system of education throughout the
State, and expressed a great deal of interest and concern over
the matter of internal improvements. DOCUMENT SIGNED as
Governor, 1837, appointment of Justices of the Levy Court of
Frederick County. Approx. 16 x 10. Also signed by Theodorick Bland
(1776-1846) American lawyer, statesman, and federal judge in
Maryland. Folds o/w excellent condition............100-150
See document
Portrait
of Gov. Veazey
115. [MARYLAND] Thomas
G. Pratt (1804-1869) He was the 27th
Governor of Maryland from 1845 to 1848 and a U.S. Senator from
1850 to 1857. When the American Civil War began, Pratt
was eyed suspiciously by Maryland authorities, as he was
staunchly pro-slavery, but mostly pro-South, and even gave a
son to the Confederate Army. In 1863, Pratt tried to vote in
the November election. He was not allowed to vote because he
would not take a loyalty oath. Pratt and his secretary Col.
Nicholson were arrested because of the refusal on November 21,
1863. He was imprisoned at Fort Monroe, but was later
released. He moved to Baltimore, Maryland in 1864, resuming
the practice of law. The same year, Pratt served as a delegate
to the Democratic National Convention. In 1866, he attended
the National Union Convention in Philadelphia. Pratt was one
of the attorneys for Jefferson Davis during his trial at
Fortress Monroe. DOCUMENT
SIGNED as Governor, 1844, appointment of District
Justices. Approx. 15-3/4 x 10-1/4. Also signed by Theodorick Bland
(1776-1846) American lawyer, statesman, and federal judge in
Maryland. Folds o/w excellent condition............80-120
116. [MARYLAND] Francis
Thomas (1799-1876) was a Maryland
politician who served as the 26th Governor of Maryland from
1842–1844. He also served as a United States Representative from
Maryland, representing at separate times the fourth, fifth,
sixth, and seventh districts. In 1841, Thomas was elected
Governor of Maryland, defeating challenger William Cost Johnson
by a margin of 600 votes. During his tenure as governor, he is
perhaps best known for his highly publicized and violent divorce
with his wife, Sally Campbell Preston McDowell. Until that
event, he had been a leading candidate for Democratic nomination
for President of the United States, but the divorce seriously
disrupted his chances in succeeding in the nomination, and thus
he did not pursue it. DOCUMENT
SIGNED as Governor, 1845, appointment of District
Justices. Approx. 15-3/4 x 10-1/4. Also signed by Theodorick Bland
(1776-1846) American lawyer, statesman, and federal judge in
Maryland. Folds o/w excellent condition............100-150
117. George
Palmer Putnam (1887-1950) American
publisher, author and explorer. Known for his marriage to (and
being the widower of) Amelia Earhart, he had also achieved
fame as one of the most successful promoters in the United
States during the 1930s. Signed, inscribed 10x8 photograph
pictured with March Margaret McBride. Signed "To Jesse
from one of the Georges." VG............50-75
See
photograph
118. [TV] John Larroquette (b.
1947)American film, television and stage actor. His roles
include Dan Fielding on the 1984-1992 sitcom Night Court
(winning a then-unprecedented four consecutive Emmy Awards for
his role); Mike McBride in the Hallmark Channel series McBride,
John Hemingway on The John Larroquette Show, and Carl Sack in
Boston Legal. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.........25-35
119. [BRITAIN] Sir Edward
Heath (1916-2005) Prime Minister of
the United Kingdom from 1970 to February 1974 and as Leader of
the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975. Signed 1965 FDC
honoring President Herbert Hoover. Fine &
attractive.......50-75
120. [FILM] Ben
Gazzara (1930-2012)
American film, stage, and Emmy Award winning
television actor and director. Signed, inscribed
8x10 photo. VG...........40-60
See
Gazzara photo
121. [SOUTHERN POLITICS] Robert Novak (1931-2009)
American syndicated columnist, journalist, television
personality, author, and conservative political commentator.
After working for two newspapers before serving for the U.S.
Army in the Korean War, he became a reporter for the Associated
Press and then for The Wall Street Journal. He teamed up with
Rowland Evans in 1963 to start Inside Report, which became the
longest running syndicated political column in U.S. history and
ran in hundreds of papers. They also started the Evans-Novak
Political Report, a notable biweekly newsletter, in 1967. Offered
here is a Autograph Manuscript, 4 full pages on a legal pad
paper constituting the draft of his column which ran Sept. 28,
1973. Fascinating account of that week's Southern Governors
Conference at which Gov. Jimmy Carter of Georgia proposed a
south-wide presidential primary, a plan that Gov. George
Wallace of Alabama endorsed. Included is a newspaper clipping
of the column and a note by Novak enclosing the manuscript,
along with the mailing envelope. VG.........150-200
See first page
See autograph
note & clipping
122.
[AVIATION] Giuseppe Mario Bellanca
(1886-1960) Italian-American airplane
designer and builder who created the first enclosed cabin
monoplane in the United States in 1922. This aircraft is now on
display at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F.
Udvar-Hazy Center. Closely cropped clip signature mounted to
card.........40-60
See signature
123.
[JFK] Janet Travell (1901-1997)
American physician and medical researcher remembered as
President John F. Kennedy's personal physician and a researcher
of the concept of trigger points as a cause of musculoskeletal
referred pain. Signed 10x8 photograph postmarked first Day of
Issue Kennedy postage stamp. VG...........50-75
124. [MUSIC] Nicola LeFanu [b. 1947] British composer. AMQS from her "DEVA" [1979], on 6x4" card. VG........30-40
125. Ely Culbertson
(J1891-1955) was an entrepreneurial American contract bridge
personality dominant during the Thirties. He played a major role
in the early popularization of the game, and was widely regarded
as "the man who made contract bridge". He was a great
showman who became rich, was highly extravagant, and lost and
gained fortunes several times over. ALS, 1939, 1p. VG.........40-60
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126. [MUSIC] Vladimir Ashkenazy [b. 1937] Russian-Icelandic conductor and pianist. Clip signature from envelope...........20-30
127. [MUSIC] DELLA REESE (1932- ) American Singer/Actress. SIGNED Document - A contract for her to appear on the Rosey Grier Show, for $57.00.........................40-60
128. [FILM - MUSIC] Nelson Eddy [1901-1967] American singer and actor who appeared in 19 musical films during the 1930s and 1940s, as well as in opera and on the concert stage, radio, television, and in nightclubs. Signature on 3 x 2-3/4" slip.............40-60
130. [EARLY FILM] Vivian
Prescott - American actress.
She appeared in 202 films between 1909 and 1917. Signed 8x10
photo. VG...........25-35
131. [MUSIC] Stephen Heller (1813-1888) Hungarian composer and pianist whose career spanned the period from Schumann to Bizet, and was an influence for later Romantic composers. At the age of 25, he travelled to Paris, where he became closely acquainted with Hector Berlioz, Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt and other renowned composers of his era. Here Heller eventually achieved distinction both as a concert performer and as a teacher. Offered here on separate slips is a CLIP SIGNATURE of Stephen Heller, also the signature of his wife Louisa Gray, a lyracist who worked with Arthur S. Sullivan of Gilbert and Sullivan. These are mounted to 4-3/4 x 1-1/2" slip. Also includes brief musical notes in the hand of Heller [unsigned]. Accompanied by the photo showing below........75-100
132. [MUSIC] Mel Torme [1925-1999] nicknamed The Velvet Fog, he was one of the great jazz singers. He composed the music for "The Christmas Song. Signed & inscribed King Center for the Performing Arts Program [1991-92]. Also signed by Maureen McGovern. Both on the cover. Fine.............35-45
133. [MUSIC] Jan Peerce [1904-1984] Opera star. ISP, 8x10, 1982.........25-35
134. [MUSIC] Xavier Cugat (1900-1990) Cuban-American bandleader. Signed 8x10 photo dated 1963. Fairly minor faults............50-75
135. [MUSIC] Leslie Bassett (b. 1923) American composer of classical music. He received the 1966 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his Variations for Orchestra. AMQS from his " Variations for Orchestra." On 8.5 x 5.5" sheet. Written in pencil. VG.........50-75
137. [MUSIC] Fritz Kreisler [1875-1962] Austrian-American violinist and composer. Bold signature dated 1936 on 5 x 3-3/4 in. slip. Center fold crease is not obtrusive............40-60
138. [MUSIC] Mark Isham [b. 1951] American trumpeter, synthesist, and film composer. He works in a variety of genres, including jazz, electronic, and film. AMQS from his composition "TIBET, PT II" 1989. 8-1/2 x 3-3/4. Needs a little ironing............30-40
139. [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
140. [FRANCE] Alexander
Raymond Devie (1767-1852 ) French
ecclesiastic. He was bishop of the diocese of Belley from 1823
to his death. He was the first bishop of the diocese
reconstituted after its removal by the Concordat of 1801.
He led a major action for the renewal of the Catholic Church in
his diocese. Many churches in the department of Ain were built
or rebuilt under his leadership: it is at the origin of the
Saint-Jean-Baptiste Belley Cathedral. ALS, 1844, 1-1/2
pages, approx. 5-3/4 x 7-3/4". VG...........100-150
141. [FRANCE] Charles Adrien Casimir Barbier de Meynard [1826-1908] nineteenth-century French historian and orientalist. His studies focused on the early history of Islam and the Caliphate. Among his other works, he completed Julius von Mohl's translation of Ferdowsi's Shahnama, with the French title Livre des Rois. This was the first European translation of the pivotal work made available to a wide audience. De Meynard also translated numerous works by al-Masudi, ibn Khordadbeh and other Caliphate-era historians. He studied the history of Zoroastrianism, editing the Dictionnaire Géographique de la Perse, and wrote about the then-nascent Bahá'í Faith. He was involved in the edition of the 19th Century edition of Crusader sources in Arabic with French translations, the Recueil des Historiens des Croisades. ALS, 1901, 4pp, 5-1/4 x 8-1/8". VG...........75-100
143. [ART]
RALPH BAKSHI -
American animator/draftsman. In the late 1950s & early
1960s he worked at CBS-Terrytoons on such series as "Heckle
and Jeckle" and "Mighty Mouse." From there he went to Famous
Studios-Paramount, where he directed countless "Casper the
Friendly Ghost" and "Little Audrey" cartoons, among others.
During the 1960s he also animated Peter Max's commercials.
When Famous Studios closed in 1967, Bakshi went into
partnership with Steve Krantz. Their first venture was "Fritz
the Cat", released in 1972. The success of "Fritz" prompted
"Heavy Traffic" [1973], a funny-sad chronicle of life in New
York's slums. Striking out on his own, Bakshi produced the
sometimes brilliant, often disappointing "Coonskin" [1974];
also "Wizards" [1977]; "Lord of the Rings" [1978]. Ralph
Bakshi occupies a somewhat ambiguous position in the animation
world. He is one of the more original artists at work in the
animated cartoon medium. He has become a cult figure. ORIGINAL
Ink drawing, unsigned on 6-1/4 x 7-1/2 in. sheet. As
this was a "working study" there was no reason for him to have
signed it................50-75
See Bakshi
drawing
144. [FRANCE] Baron de Lagarde - ALS, dated 1714, 1p, about 6-1/2 x 8-3/4. Identification with this letter says: "Toulon 1714. The Marquis of La Velette, Baron de Lagarde went to search for the remains of the famous explorer LA PÉROUSE". A quick attempt at researching Lagarde did not yield anything. La Perouse, however, was quite famous, having died c. 1788. His death, in comparison to the 1714 date of the letter offered here would seem to dispute that Lagarde could have written a letter in 1714 and would still be alive 74 years later. This needs A LOT more research..........100-150
See Lagarde letter
145. [CARDINAL] Thomas-Marie-Joseph Gousset (1792-1866) French cardinal and theologian. ALS, 1842, 1p. VG..........100-150
148. Mystery French Document from Napoleonic period dated 1806 on paper, signed [?], 1p, about 7-1/4 x 9-1/2". VG.........80-120
See document above
149. [MUSIC] Norman Dello Joio (1913- 2008) American composer. By the late forties, he was considered one of the foremost American composers. Signed, inscribed 3x5 card. VG......25-35
See Dello Joio152.
FRANCE] LOPPIN DE
GEMEAUX - 1817 MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT
from the hand of Gemeaux. He was the famous Mayor of
Gemeaux. Identified as initialed - list of villages. He
was the very close friend of Voltaire and Rousseau. Written on
both sides, approx. 7x9". During the Napoleonic Wars,
invasion of German troops at Wurtemberg, this document concerns
requisited horses, forage, food etc. for their troops.
VG..............100-150
See document
153. [LBJ Association - two pieces) [1] Russell Morton Brown
(1912-1987) noted attorney who was Johnson's close friend and
coworker in the office of Congressman Kleberg in the early
1930s. TLS, 1982, one full page. Brown iscusses LBJ's
early career. "There is no question that Lyndon was planning
to run for office, probably from the time he was old enough to
think about such things...." He also talks about
Huey Long. [2] Bobby
Baker - former political adviser to
Lyndon B. Johnson, and an organizer for the Democratic Party. TLS,
1960, 1p, as LBJs secretary, forced to resugn because of
scandal. Here Baker is congratulating a Senate employee on 50
years of service. Two pieces. Both VG............75-100
154. [MEXICAN INDEMNITY] Message from The President
of the United States [Millard Fillmore], printed government
document, House of Rep., Jan. 20, 1852, 3pp. Signed in type by
MILLARD FILLMORE & DANIEL WEBSTER. VG.........25-35
See above
Gov. Doc
155. [PORTRAIT of] John A. Quitman (1798-1858) American politician and soldier. He served as Governor of Mississippi from 1835 to 1836 as a Whig and again from 1850 to 1851 as a Democrat and one of the leading Fire-Eaters. On July 1, 1846, during the Mexican-American War, Quitman abandoned politics and enlisted in the military with the rank of Brigadier General of Volunteers. He commanded a brigade under Zachary Taylor in northern Mexico. After the Battle of Monterrey he was sent to join Winfield Scott's expedition. He led the 2nd Brigade in the Volunteer Division at the Siege of Veracruz and On April 14, 1847 he was promoted to the rank of Major General in the Regular Army, and fought at Cerro Gordo. Unsigned original antique engraved portrait, image approx. 5-1/2 x 4-1/4". VG. Fairly scarce in portraits...........25-35
See engraved portrait157. [PHOTOGRAPHY] Original photograph of young Arthur MacArthur [son of Gen. MacArthur]. Taken in 1951. International News Photos paper caption attached to back of photo. Approx. 9 x 7-1/8". VG..........50-75
See caption167. [ART] Sylvie Harachouse - signed ink drawing, 1972, approx. 9-1/4 x 12-1/4"......50-75
168. [ENTERTAINMENT] Don DeFore (1913-1993) American actor who played "the regular guy" and "the good, ol' boy next door" in many films in the 1940s and 1950s but probably best remembered for his television roles. SIGNED & inscribed 8x10 vintage photo. Signed in semi-dark area but contrast is OK...............25-35
169.
[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
170. [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
171. Benjamin Altman (1840–1913) American businessman who in 1865 founded B. Altman & Co., opening a store on Third Avenue and 10th Street in NYC. In 1906, he moved the business to Fifth Avenue and 34th Street. Benjamin Altman died without heirs. Shortly before the death, he founded the Altman Foundation. Until 1985, it owned B. Altman & Co., which latter closed the last store in 1990. Altman was an avid collector of Rembrandt paintings and china, much of which he acquired through art dealer Joseph Duveen. Upon his death, he donated the collection to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Signed Chemical National Bank check, 1906. VG................75-100
173. [WALT KUHN] Vera Spier Kuhn (1885–1961)
studied jewelry-making in Washington D.C. and Woodstock, NY,
and opened a studio on East 23rd Street in 1908. There, she
met Walt; they married the next year. During his involvement
with the Association of American Painters and Sculptors
(AAPS), Vera Kuhn stayed with her mother and Brenda, their
young daughter, at her mother’s home in Chevy Chase,
Maryland. Walt and Vera’s extensive correspondence
during this period contains rich details about the 1913 Armory
Show. He credited Vera with being the most important factor in
his success. These letters are in the collection of the
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. TLS,
August 1, 1955, 1p, from Vera Kuhn to Maynard Walker
(1896-1985). Walker, was the New York art dealer
representating the Estate of Walt Kuhn's art work during this
time. In 1933, while working at the Ferargil Gallery in
New York, Mr. Walker organized an exhibition for the Kansas
City Art Institute that for the first time brought together
the work of the regionalist painters Grant Wood, Thomas Hart
Benton and John Steuart Curry. After Mr. Walker opened
his own gallery, at 108 East 57th Street, in 1935, these
artists joined him and showed regularly there. The gallery was
also among the first to show the work of George Grosz, the
German painter and caricaturist, who moved to the United
States in 1932. The gallery moved to 117 East 57th Street
after the war. Vera's letter offered here is a
retained copy that was sent to Breanda, her gaughter.
This letter concerns one of the most important paintings
by Walt Kuhn, The White Clown, which is now in the collection
of the National gallery of Art, Washington DC, a gift of the
W. Averell Harriman Foundation in memory of Marie N.
Harriman. Vera has written a note at top which mentions
Mrs. Navas, who was Elizabeth Stubblefield Navas. She is
remembered for "assembling an American art collection for the
people of Wichita. From 1938 to 1962, Mrs. Navas purchased 167
outstanding American paintings and sculpture. Artists
represented included Dove, Marin, Ryder, Cassatt, Eakins,
Henri, Hopper, Sheeler, Prendergast, Homer, Harnett, De
Creeft, Lachaise, and Zorach. This strong collection
eventually attracted additional gifts to the museum,
particularly the L.S. and Ida L. Naftzger Collection of prints
and drawings (1943-1951), the Naftzger Collection of C.M.
Russell's Art, and the John W. and Mildred L. Graves
Collection of American Impressionism." The 2nd scan below
shows a photo of Vera Kuhn taken by her husband Walt Kuhn in
the summer of 1914. That photo is in the Walter Pach papers,
1857–1980. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian
Institution. Extremely Rare!.............400-600
See Vera's
letter
Photo of
Vera 1914
Scan of
The White Clown painting
174.
[WALT KUHN] Vera Spier Kuhn (1885–1961)
studied jewelry-making in Washington D.C. and Woodstock, NY,
and opened a studio on East 23rd Street in 1908. There, she
met Walt; they married the next year. Vera Spier Kuhn (1885–1961)
studied jewelry-making in Washington D.C. and Woodstock, NY,
and opened a studio on East 23rd Street in 1908. There, she
met Walt; they married the next year. Retained ink
signed TLS, July 30, 1949, 1p, to James H. Wall, M.D., asking
for the results of Walt's autopsy. She wants to know the
connection between Kuhn's ulcers and his emotional
disturbance. By the 1940s, Kuhn’s behavior began to take on
unsound characteristics. He became increasingly irascible and
distant from old friends. When the Ringling Brothers Circus
was in town, he attended night after night. (During a
hard-pressed period in the 1920s, Kuhn had worked as a
designer and director for revues and circus acts.) He also
became frustrated by the lack of attention his own work was
receiving and was particularly strident about the Museum of
Modern Art's support of abstraction and neglect of American
art in the postwar period. In 1948, he was institutionalized,
and on July 13, 1949, he died suddenly from a perforated
ulcer. Includes Dr. Wall's reply giving Vera an explanation
about uclers and how they were associated with "individuals of
Mr. Kuhn's temperament." The handwritten noter top
corner is by Vera for Brenda, her daughter. Envelope to Brenda
is present. Extremely
Rare!.............700-900
Vera's
letter
Doctor's
reply
Photo of
Vera 1914
See
portrait of Walt Kuhn
175. [FRANCE] Antoine Aubéry
(1616 - 1695) French historian. Son of an innkeeper of the rue
Saint-Denis in Paris, he became a lawyer in Parliament. Very
knowledgeable, he was one of the writers and apologists court
officials of France. Aubéry is the author of numerous historical
works, including: General History of Cardinals ( 1642 ); Memoirs
of the history of the Cardinal Duke of Richelieu ( 1660 ),
undertaken at the behest of the Duchess d'Aiguillon, niece of
Cardinal; History of Cardinal Mazarin ( 1688 ), which still
retains a great value thanks to extracts from registers of the
Parliament published later. Brief ADS, 1674, 1p, approx.
6-1/4 x 7". Fine..........100-150
176. [FRANCE] French DECRET from the CONVENTION NATIONALE, dated 22 October 1792, 3 months before the King would be guillotined. Concerns ORDER OF MALTA, 4-pp, 7-3/4 x 8". OLD DAMPSTAINS AT CORNER OTHERWISE Very fresh condition............80-120
177.
[FRANCE] 1589 French Mystery
Document on vellum, signed, 1p, approx. 12-1/2
x 6-3/4". In very fresh condition..........150-250
See front
See back
178.
[ART] Clifford Carleton (1867-1946)
American artist. ALS, no date, 3pp, to Mr. Cowles [Cowles
Art School in Boston]. Nice content. VG.............50-75
179.
[ART] RALPH BAKSHI -
American animator/draftsman. In the late 1950s & early 1960s
he worked at CBS-Terrytoons on such series as "Heckle and
Jeckle" and "Mighty Mouse." From there he went to Famous
Studios-Paramount, where he directed countless "Casper the
Friendly Ghost" and "Little Audrey" cartoons, among others.
During the 1960s he also animated Peter Max's commercials. When
Famous Studios closed in 1967, Bakshi went into partnership with
Steve Krantz. Their first venture was "Fritz the Cat", released
in 1972. The success of "Fritz" prompted "Heavy Traffic" [1973],
a funny-sad chronicle of life in New York's slums. Striking out
on his own, Bakshi produced the sometimes brilliant, often
disappointing "Coonskin" [1974]; also "Wizards" [1977]; "Lord of
the Rings" [1978]. Ralph Bakshi occupies a somewhat ambiguous
position in the animation world. He is one of the more original
artists at work in the animated cartoon medium. He has become a
cult figure. ORIGINAL pencil drawing, unsigned on 6-3/4
x 8" in. sheet. Fine. As this was a "working study" there was no
reason for him to have signed it................80-120
See Bakshi drawing
180. [FRANCE] Jean-Baptiste Honoré Raymond Capefigue (1801-1872), French historian and biographer. The general catalogue of printed books for the Bibliothèque Nationale contains no fewer than seventy-seven works (145 volumes) published by Capefigue during forty years. ALS, no date, 1p. VG. Not translated...........50-75
181. [FRANCE] Pierre Louis Parisis - Roman Catholic bishop of the Bishopric of Langres from 1835 to 1851. He was one of the strongest right wing figures in the French Catholic Church of his era. In 1847 he formed the Archconfraternity of Reparation for blasphemy and the neglect of Sunday to promote Acts of Reparation to Jesus Christ. He is also noted for his efforts within the Assembly of 1848 for establishing the ecclesiastical college of St. Dizier and for his discussions concerning the educational reforms. He was a member of the commission which prepared the draft project for the Falloux Laws increasing the Catholic clergy's influence in French education. ALS, 1855, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8-1/4 in. Addressed to De Loisne. Not translated. VG............75-100
182. [THEATRE] Clement Scott (1841-1904) was an influential English theatre critic for the Daily Telegraph, and a playwright and travel writer, in the final decades of the 1800s. Small signed photograph, 1-1/2 x 3 in. G-VG......25-35
183. [FRANCE] E. Legouve
(Gabriel-Jean-Baptiste-Ernest-Wilfrid Legouve) (1807-1903)
writer; author of novel Édith de Falsen (1840) and plays Louise
de Lignerolles (1848), Adrienne Lecouvreur (with Scribe, 1849),
Bataille de dames (1851), Un Jeune Homme qui ne fait rien
(1861). ALS, no date, to the poet de Ratisbonne, 1p. Not
translated...........75-100
184. [CABINET] James Harlan (1820-1899) member of the United States Senate and a U.S. Cabinet Secretary. He was Secretary of the Interior under President Andrew Johnson, an appointment he held until 1866. Signature, with sentiment. Harlan was a close friend of President Abraham Lincoln and his family. In 1868 his daughter, Mary Eunice Harlan, married Lincoln's son, Robert Todd Lincoln. Harlan's home in Mount Pleasant, now known as the Harlan-Lincoln House, is a museum that houses memorabilia from both the Harlan and Lincoln families........25-35
185. Lot of 10 signed photos & printed portraits of 20th century governors. All are 10 x 8" unless otherwise indicated. [1] JOHNSON, PAUL B., governor of Mississippi 1964-68. 11 x 8 overall. Inscribed, "Best wishes to a fine young man." Glossy. [2] GUERRERO, MANUEL FLORES LEON. Governor of Guam 1963-69, apptd. by JFK. He has added "Governor of Guam". Matte finish. [3] WALLACE, LURLEEN B. Governor of Alabama 1967-68 until her death. Her husband George was the noted opponent of integration and a presidential candidate who was shot while campaigning. 5 x 3", matte finish. She added to her signature "Gov". [4] KNOWLES, WARREN P. Governor of Wisconsin 1965-71. Matte finish. Punch holes at left border barely touching the image. [5] CARGO, DAVID F. Governor of New Mexico 1967-71. Glossy. Cargo has added "Governor". [6] SMITH, HULETT C. Governor of West Virginia 1965-69. "With best wishes". Glossy. [7] BREWER, ALBERT P. Governor of Alabama 1968-78. Glossy. Inscribed "To George Berstler Sincere best wishes from his friend Albert P. Brewer, Gov." [8] HEARNES, WARREN E. Gov. of Missouri 1965-73. "Best regards". Glossy. Punch holes at right border barely touching the image. [9] WILLIAMS, JOHN BELL. Gov. of Mississippi 1968-72. "Best wishes". Glossy. Punch holes at left border not touching the image. [10] BRANIGAN, ROGER D. Gov. of Indiana 1965-69. Matte finish.........60-80
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@@@@@@@@@@@186. [DANCE] mixed lot: [1] Jacques d'Amboise [b. 1934] a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet, where ballets were especially created for him by famous choreographer George Balanchine. He has also choreographed ballets for the New York City Ballet. ALS, 1973, 2pp, concerning the pay of employee, her illness, etc. [2] Nora Kaye [1920-1987] American ballerina called the Duse of Dance after acclaimed actress Eleonora Duse. She also worked in films as a choreographer and producer. Signed 8-1/2 x 12" book page portrait. [3] Dame Alicia Markova [1910-2004] English ballerina and a choreographer, she was widely considered to be one of the greatest classical ballet dancers of the 20th century. She was the first British dancer to become the principal dancer of a ballet company and, with Dame Margot Fonteyn, is one of only two English dancers to be recognised as a prima ballerina assoluta. TLS, 1982, 1p. [4] Janet Collins [1917-2003] ballet dancer, choreographer, and teacher. She performed on Broadway, in films, and appeared frequently on television. Signature, inscribed. [5] Dame Marie Rambert [1888-1982] Polish-Jewish dancer and dance pedagogue who exerted a great influence on British ballet, both as a dancer and teacher. Signature dated 1975. [6] Donald Saddler [b. 1918] American choreographer, dancer, and theatre director. Signed 1977 cover honoring American music............100-150
187. [FILM] Eddie Foy Jr. (1905-1983) American character actor. Signed & inscribed 5x7 photo. VG..........25-35
188. [FILM] Jean Hersholt (1886-1956) was a Danish actor who lived in the United States where he was a leading film and radio talent, best known for his 17 years starring on radio in Dr. Christian and for playing Shirley Temple's grandfather in Heidi. He appeared in 140 films and directed four. In his honor the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award was named by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. TLS, 1943, 1p. Re: Motion Picture Country House. VG.............40-60
189. Zbigniew Brzezinski (b. 1928, Warsaw, Poland) Polish-American political scientist, geostrategist, and statesman who served as United States National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981. SIGNED/inscribed 10x8 color photo.............25-35
190. [THEATRE] Signed theatre program from "Milk and Honey", date unknown. Signed inside by their pictures by Mimi Benzell [1924-1970] and Molly Picon [1898-1992]. 19 pages, 9 x 12 in. VG.............40-60
191. [TV] Linda Evans (b.1942) American actress known primarily for her roles on television. She rose to fame playing Audra Barkley, the daughter of Barbara Stanwyck's Victoria Barkley, on the 1960s Western TV series, The Big Valley (1965 -1969). Evans' most prominent role was that of longsuffering heroine Krystle Carrington on the 1980s ABC prime time television soap opera Dynasty, a role she played from 1981 to 1989. SIGNED, INSCRIBED 5x7 photo. VG...........20-30
192. J. Glenn Beall (1894-1971) Republican member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1953-1965. He was also a United States Congressman, representing the sixth district of Maryland from 1943-1953. Group of 5 TLSs, 1957-1975, to Vernon Talberett [1] & 4 to another person. Only the letter to Talberett has the mounting residue on the verso...........25-35
193. US
Senators - 10 TLSs, 1960-1962,
all to Vernon Talbertt: Thruston B. Morton [KY]; Lee Metcalf
[MT]; Pat McNamara [MI]; Gale McGee [Wy]; John McClellan [Ark];
Warren G. Magnuson [Wash]; Russell Long [LA]; Oren E. Long
[Hawaii]; Frank Lausche [OH]; B. Everett Jordan
[NC].........50-75
194.
[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
195. [ART - OLD MASTER] Jacques-Philippe
Le Bas (1707-1783) French engraver.
Lebas was engraver to the Cabinet du roi and successfully
produced engravings after several paintings by different
artists. His oeuvre amounts to more than 500 works, including
many large portraits after Vernet, and several works after van
de Velde, Parrocel, Berchem, Ruysdaël, Watteau, Oudry and
Lancret. He trained the line engraver François-Anne David.
Original etching and/or engraving from
the Le Bon Mari series. Another example of this print is
in the British Museum and they identify it as etching?
engraving?, their date 1725-1760, "The good husband;
rustic interior with a peasant man sitting and wiping the bottom
of a baby lying on his knee, behind him stands an old toothless
woman shouting insults at him; lettered state; after Adriaen
Brouwer Etching and engraving". Approx. image 7-3/4 x 5-1/2 +
engraved identification below, slim margins, tipped at all
corners to old thick laid paper. VG. The following museums, and
many others, have examples of Le Bas prints: Metropolitan Museum
of Art [NY] has 8; Chicago Art Inmstitute [2]; Harvard Art
Museum [13]; Boston Art Museum; Fitzwilliam,
etc...........225-275
196. [MARYLAND] Charles McC. Mathias, Jr. (1922- 2010) Republican member of the United States Senate, representing Maryland. GROUP OF 5 TLSs, 1965-78, each 1p. All to the President of a financial corporation discussing minimum wage, Federal Trade Commission, etc. All very good condition..........50-75
197. Louisa Murray [1818-1894] British born, Canadian author & poet. ALS, 1863, 1p, regarding receiving money on account from having poems published. VG.........40-60
199. [BRITISH WRITERS] Misc. lot: [1] Horace Annesley Vachell (1861-1955) TLS, 1933, 1p. [2] John Gibson Lockart (1794-1854) Scottish writer best known for his "Life of Sir Walter Scott." Clip signature with engraved portrait. [3] Sir Henry John Newbolt (1862-1938) poet. Signature with sentiment 1934. [4] Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton (1809-1885) poet. Brief ALS, 1p. [5] Cecil Woodham-Smith (1896-1977] historian. Signed 1974 FDC. [6] William Davenport Adams (1828-1891) journalist & author. ALS, 1876, 1p. [soiled]. [7] Sir Owen Seaman (1861-1936) writer & poet. Signed card [foxing spots]. [8] Thomas Anstey Guthrie (1856-1934) novelist. Signed card 1910. Each accompanied by biographical sheet......100-150
200. [NOBEL] RICHARD E. TAYLOR (b.1929) American Physicist. Awarded the 1990 Nobel Prize in Physics with Jerome I. Friedman and Henry W. Kendall "for their pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons, which have been of essential importance for the development of the quark model in particle physics." SIGNED 4x5 photograph..............40-60
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@@@@@@@@@@@220. [FRANCE] offered here are 2 documents from France: one dated 1783, signed by Jean Francois Joly De Fleury [1718-1802] State councillor who was fired in 1783, the year of this letter which speaks of Countess of La Rochefoucault. 1-page, about 6-3/4 x 8-1/4". PLUS another document 1701, 4pp, about 8.5 x 12. Identified as being about the grandfather of de Fleury..........100-150
1701 page 2
226. [ART] David Jagger
(1891 – 1958) English portrait painter. A prolific
painter, he is renowned for his 1929 painting of Robert
Baden-Powell. Jagger produced portraits of illustrious
people, such Queen Mary, exhibited in the Royal Academy
exhibition of 1930, and Winston Churchill. ALS,
no yr., 3 pages. VG..........50-75
227. Felix Graf
von Luckner (1881-1966) German
nobleman, navy officer, author and noted sailor who earned the
epithet Der Seeteufel (the Sea-Devil) – and his crew that of Die
Piraten des Kaisers (the Emperor's Pirates) – for his exploits
in command of the sailing commerce raider SMS Seeadler (Sea
Eagle) in 1916–1917. It was his habit of successfully
waging war without any casualties that made him a hero and a
legend on both sides. Signed half-title page from
Lowell Thomas book "Count Luckner, The Sea Devil [1928]. Signed
and dated Jan. 17, '29. A few other pages from the book are
included. VG.............75-100
See autograph
229. [FRANCE] 1595
French Mystery document on vellum, signed,
approx. 11-1/2 x 7-1/4". One hole bottom left affects
nothing. Fresh condition............150-200
231. [FRANCE]
Nestor Roqueplan
(1805-1870) French writer, journalist, and theatre director.
Roqueplan was considered a dandy, and witty and caustic as a
writer. On 20 November 1857 Roqueplan succeeded Émile
Perrin as director of the Opéra-Comique, and held the position
until 19 June 1860, when he was replaced by Alfred
Beaumont. The first new work to be presented under
Roqueplan was Ambroise Thomas's 3-act Le carnaval de Venise on 9
December. At the beginning of 1859 Roqueplan brought suit
against Le Figaro for harassment regarding his directorship.
According to The Literary Gazette of London, the Figaro had
described Roqueplan as "a species of Pasha, lolling upon a
couch, smoking a cigar, and desirous only of escaping from all
the details of his administration." Not long thereafter came the
triumphant premiere of Meyerbeer's Le pardon de Ploërmel, but
despite its success, his financial difficulties increased.
Eventually the constant money problems caused him to retire from
opera management. ALS, not dated, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8-1/4".
VG.........50-75
232. [FRANCE] Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild
(1868-1949) French financier and a member of the prominent
Rothschild banking family of France. His personal calling
card on which he pens about 11 lines dated 1926 and
signed. 4.5 x 2.75". VG...........40-60
234. (Hollywood
Lot) Jack
Valenti
(1921-2007) longtime president of the Motion Picture
Association of America. During his 38-year tenure in the MPAA,
he created the MPAA film rating system, and he was generally
regarded as one of the most influential pro-copyright lobbyists
in the world. SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 photograph - Sylvia Sidney (
1910-1999) American character actress of stage, screen and
film, who rose to prominence in the 1930s appearing in numerous
crime dramas – SIGNED 8x10 portrait photograph signed in gold in
ink - Margaret Pellegrini (1923-2013)
American actress best known for playing one of the munchkins
from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. SIGNED Christmas
Card, with sentiment - Carl
Laemmle, Jr. (1908-1979) American
heir and businessman. He was in charge of production at
Universal Studios from 1928 to 1936. During Carl, Jr.'s tenure
as head of production, the studio had great success with films
such as All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), Dracula (1931),
Waterloo Bridge (1931), Frankenstein (1931), East of Borneo
(1931), A House Divided (1931), The Mummy (1932), The Old Dark
House (1932), The Invisible Man (1933), Imitation of Life
(1934), and Bride of Frankenstein (1935).However, Carl, Jr.
(often referred to as "Junior" Laemmle) had developed a
reputation for spending too much money on films that did not
earn back their cost. By the end of 1935, the studio had spent
so much money, and had so many flops, that J. Cheever Cowdin
offered to buy the Laemmles out. The notable success, both
financially and critically, of the 1936 film Show Boat, was not
enough to stem the downslide, and both men were forced out of
the company. Neither worked on another film again, despite the
fact that Carl, Jr. lived forty-three more years. Charles R.
Rogers became the new head of production at the
studio. TLS, dated July 6, 1935 on Universal
Pictures stationary. A letter of recommendation...........75-100
235. [FRANCE] LETTRES
PATENTES Du Roi, 1764, 12-pages,
approx. 7x9". From the old Royal regime on
Jesuits. Rare! Superb condition for any
age................100-150
See
above
236. Herbert H.
Lehman (1878-1963) Democratic Party
politician from New York. He was the 45th Governor of New York
from 1933 to 1942, and represented New York in the United States
Senate from 1950 to 1957. Signed photo, 9 x
7-3/4. VG..........50-75
237. [AMERICAN ART] Lot of 9
autographs: Koren
Der Harootian (1909-1991)
sculptor. Signed 3.5 x 5" photo showing him working
on sculpture. Thomas
Hoving (b. 1931) Dir. of The
Metropolitan Museum of Art for many years. TLS,
1969. PLUS signature in various forms of Jo
Mieiziner (1896-1975), Ellen Day Hale
(1855-1940), Charles Grafly (1862-1929)
sculptor, Bernie Fuchs (b. 1932), Charles Jorgensen
(1860-1935), Felix de Weldon (1907-2003) sculptor,
and Marie Danforth Page (1869-1940). Bio. sheets
with all except Jo Mieiziner. Varied conditions but mostly
G-VG...........100-150
238. [FRANCE] C. Droguelot - document
signed, 1784, 1p., 5-3/4 x 7-1/2". This document concerns
Charles-Robert Boutin in some manner. We do know that
Boutin was Paymaster of the Navy; General Receiver of
Finances of Touraine; King's Commissary of La Compagnie
Des Indes. Also, in 1762, Boutin, with Querdisien Tremais,
interferred with Canada's Francois Bigot's operations with
the Jewish merchant Abraham Gradis, and with Bigot's
dishonest fur trade in Canada. François Bigot is often
seen as a man of marked mercenary tendencies. Not
translated - content unknown. Very good
condition.....75-100
239. [MUSIC] Ignace Strasfogel (1909-1994) Polish-born composer and conductor. From 1912, Strasfogel resided in Berlin and studied composition under Franz Schreker. In 1926, his two piano sonatas won the Mendelssohn Prize. In 1934, Strasfogel was forced to emigrate from Nazi Germany to the United States. In America, he worked as a pianist and won fame as conductor of the New York Philharmonic and the Metropolitan Opera. In 1983, Strasfogel ended a 35 year break from composing, producing works for piano, orchestra, chamber music and songs. AMQS, 1973, approx. 6.5 x 3.5". Fine...........50-75
240. John Toland
(1912-2004) American writer and historian. He is best
known for a biography of Adolf Hitler and a Pulitzer
Prize-winning history of World War II-era Japan, The Rising
Sun. TLS, Japan, no year, 1p. to Rev. Greenway [legendary
autograph collector]. He says he is in Japan researching his
next book "The Rising Sun". Accompanied with a signed
snapshot photo of Toland interviewing Count Schwerin von
Krosigk for "Last 100 Days" book. VG............80-120
241. [RADIO] Amos
n' Andy - signed, inscribed photo, 8x10,
likely signed c. 1934. Amos n' Andy was Radio's most popular
series, 1926-1958. Photograph inscribed and signed:
"To/Mrs. F.B. Prentice/Sincerely/'Amos 'n' Andy.
Amos FREEMAN F. GOSDEN and "'Andy'" CHARLES J.
CORRELL. Amos n' Andy, originally titled Sam n' Henry,
debuted on Chicago's WGN on January 12, 1926. The show switched
over to WMAQ on March 19, 1928. Although the title characters
were played by white men, the storyline was about two Atlanta
Black men who came to Chicago to find their fortunes. They were
members of the Mystic Knights of the Sea Lodge instead of the
Jewels of the Crown. Everything else remained the same. Amos n'
Andy premiered on the NBC radio network on Thursday night,
August 19, 1929 at 11:00 P.M. EST. The show was broadcast an
unprecedented six days a week. It was so popular that it was
moved to 7:00 P.M. EST to reach a broader audience. There were
protests on the west coast because it would be aired there at 4
P.M. so, for the first time in radio history, NBC did a repeat
broadcast for its west coast affiliates. Amos n' Andy hit its
peak of popularity in the 1930s, but the show remained on radio
until 1958. Lightly soiled at margins. Mounting remnants and
copyright stamp on verso (no show through). Overall, very good
condition. We have done a great deal of research on this photo,
trying to determine who actually signed, one of both. We
can say that the handwriting on this photo matches those of the
same period, whether on photos or album pages. Since no
one ever said otherwise, it is assumed that Gosden signed Amos
and Charles signed Andy.........300-400
242. [AMERICAN SCIENCE] a special cover
from Japan postmarked 1959 signed by: John H. Northrop
(1891-1987) Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Selman
Waksman (1888-1973) Nobel Prize; coined
the antibiotics; promoted the discovery of
Streptomycin, and several other antibiotics. B.F. Skinner (1904-1990)
American psychologist, behaviorist, author, inventor, and social
philosopher. VG...........100-150
243. James
Dickey (1923-1997) American poet and
novelist. He was appointed the eighteenth Poet Laureate
Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1966.
He also received the Order of the South award. Signed, inscribed
8x10 photo. VG.........60-80
244. La Fayette Grover
(1823-1911) Democratic politician and lawyer from the US
state of Oregon. He was the fourth Governor of Oregon,
represented Oregon in the United States House of
Representatives, and served one term in the United States
Senate. Signature as Gov. of Oregon.........25-35
245. [FRANCE] Adolphe Perraud (1828-1906)
French Cardinal and academician. His calling card as Le Cardinal
Perraud on which he pens 13 lines on both sides. Accompanied by
original envelope addressed to Edmond de Morsier. About reunion;
mentions Leon XIII. Don't think he signed.
VG.........50-75
246. FILM] Michael York (b.
1942) British born American actor. Nice ALS, 1982,
1p.........25-35
248. [FILM] Ernest Borgnine [1917-2012] American actor. Academy Award winner. Signed, inscribed 5x7 color photo. VG............35-45
249.
(BASEBALL LOT) MILT
PAPPAS "Gimpy" (1939- ) Pitcher -
SIGNED inscribed note paper - JIM
PERRY (1935-) Pitcher - SIGNED 8x10
photograph with sentiment - JAMES
KAAT "Kitty" (1938- ) Pitcher -
ANS on 3x5 card that he is writing a book - KEN KELTNER
(1916-1991) 3rd baseman, responsible for ending DiMaggio's
Hitting Streak - SIGNED 5x7 print photograph - MAX LANIER
(1915-2007) Pitcher, SIGNED 3X5 card............50-75
250. [SCIENCE] James
Van Allen (1914-2006) American space
scientist at the University of Iowa. He was instrumental in
establishing the field of magnetospheric research in space.
The Van Allen radiation belts were named after him. Signed 17
page article. Signed on the first page. VG............75-100
See above
251. [FILM & TV] Telly Savalas (1922-1994) Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning film and television actor. Undoubtedly Savalas' most famous role was as the tough detective Kojak on the TV series. SIGNED 1p. CONTRACT, 1964, with General Artists Corp. agreeing that all checks/sums of money 1st goes to GAC. Folds & long soft crease..........50-75
252.
The Amazing Kreskin
(b. 1935), born George Joseph Kresge, is a
mentalist who became popular on North
American television in the 1970s. Signed
& inscribed 4 x 5-1/4" photo.
VG...............25-35
254. [FRANCE] Hugues Le Roux (1860-1925) French journalist, writer, Senator in the Third Republic. ALS, 1909, 2 full pages. VG..........50-75
255. [FILM & TV] Ben Blue (1901-1975) Canadian-American actor and comedian. Born in Montreal, Quebec, at the age of nine, Blue emigrated to Baltimore, Maryland, where he won a contest for the best impersonation of Charlie Chaplin. Blue established himself as a solo comedian, portraying a bald-headed dumb-bell with a goofy expression. Producer Hal Roach featured him in his "Taxi Boys" comedy shorts, but Blue's dopey character was an acquired taste and he was soon replaced by other comedians. Later in the 1930s he worked at Paramount Pictures, notably in The Big Broadcast of 1938, and later at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, in films such as Easy to Wed. In 1950, he had his own short-lived TV series, The Ben Blue Show, and was also a regular on The Frank Sinatra Show. Signed vintage 1930s photo, 4-1/4 x 6-1/2". VG.......50-75
256. [FILM] Glenda Jackson,
CBE (b.1936) British Labour Party politician and former
actress. She won two Academy Awards for Best Actress: for Women in Love (1969) and A Touch of Class (1973).
BRIEF TLS, 1991, on her stationery, sends autographs.
Fine..........25-35
See Jackson
letter
257. [MUSIC] Kenny Ascher [b. 1944] American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger who is active in jazz, rock, classical, and musical theater genres; in live venues, recording studios, and cinema production. He is widely known for co-writing, with Paul Williams, The Rainbow Connection; music from The Muppet Movie. AMQS, inscribed, from "Rainbow Connection. Approx. 10-1/4 x 4-1/4". VG.............35-45
258. [MUSIC] Baroness Jacqueline Fontyn [b. 1930] contemporary Belgian composer, pianist and music educator. She was born in Antwerp, and has received the title of baroness from the King of Belgium in recognition of her many artistic contributions. AMQS on 6x4 card. VG.......35-45
259. [FILM] Ann Miller (1923-2004)
American dancer, singer and actress. She is remembered for her
work in Hollywood musical films of the 1940s and '50s. Signed,
inscribed 8x10 dated 2001. VG..........40-60
See Ann
Miller
260. [FILM] Virginia Gilmore (1919-1986) American film, stage, and television actress. Gilmore began her stage career in San Francisco at the age of 15, but moved to Los Angeles in 1939 to pursue work in films. When her movie career was not progressing, Gilmore mustered the nerve to approach Samuel Goldwyn at his home. As a result of their meeting, he promised her a screen test. When her movie role options began to dwindle, Gilmore left Los Angeles for New York City and started working on Broadway. In 1944 she married Yul Brynner. TLS, Feb. 8, 1945, 1p. Concerns employment agreement with Samuel Goldwyn. VG..........50-75
261. [THEATRE] Rosemary Harris (b. 1927) Tony Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated English actress and a member of the American Theatre Hall of Fame. SIGNED & inscribed 3.5 x 5.5 in. photo.............20-30
262. (BRITISH
LITERATURE NOTABLES) SAMUEL
SMILES (1812-1904) Scottish author,
Journalist, reformer, politician. ALS (1881). WEEDON GROSSMITH (1854-1919)
Playwright, author. SIGNATURE with sentiment. EDMUND C. BLUNDEN
(1896-1974) Poet, Author, Critic. SIGNED presentation page
from his 1929 book “Near & Far”. LAWRENCE PEARSALL JACKS
(1860-1955) Philosopher, educator, author. ALS (1920)
2pp. HUMBERT WOLFE
(1885-1940) Italian born English Poet, man of letters.
SIGNATURE. OLIVER SHEWELL
FRANKS, Baron Franks (1905-1992)
Philosopher, writer, Public Servant. TLS (1971). EUPHEMIA MARGARET TAIT (1866-?)
She used the pseud. of John Ironside. ALS, 1909, 2pp.
MAEVE BINCHY (1940)
Irish Novelist. SIGNED, inscribed postcard...........80-120
263. (BRITISH SCIENCE/MEDICINE NOTABLES LOT)
DANIEL LYSONS
(1762-1834) Notable topographer and antiquary who published the
4 volume “The Environs of London”. SIGNATURE with
sentiment. LYON PLAFAIR,
1st Baron Playfair (1818-18898) Scottish scientist, politician,
Gentleman Usher to Prince Albert and Sec. to the Dept of
Science. ADS, 1872 to admit to the House of Commons. SIR WILLIAM MILLER ORD (1834-1902)
Physician, author. Clipped SIGNATURE. ANDREW C. de la CHERIOS CROMMELIN (1865-1939)
Astronomer, expert on comets and a crater on the moon named
after him. SIGNATURE (1921) on large page. JOHN HENRY CLARKE (1853-1931)
Prominent Classical homeopath. He was the most important
anti-Semite in Britain, author of many books. ALS (1912)
2pp............75-100
264. (BRITISH SCIENCE/MEDICINE NOTABLES LOT) DR. JOHN ABERNETHY 1764-1831) Surgeon. He is associated with the treatment of aneurysm by ligature, he is also author of one of the great medical books of his time . UNSIGNED prescription in his handwriting (12 lines). ANDREW CLARK (1826-1893) Physician. He was one of the first to believe that maladies were due to poor diet and lifestyle . Clipped SIGNATURE. WILLIAM PLANE PYCRAFT (l1868-1942) Osteologist, author of many books on the subject and natural history. ALS (1910) 3pp. DR. HARRY LEACH (1836-1879) Physician, noted for his Survy Irradication. ANS (1875). JOHN FLETCHER MOULTON, Baron Moulton (1844-1921) Mathematician, Judge. Considered at the time one of the 12 most intelligent men in England. ALS (1892) 3pp. JOSEPH HUME (1777-1855) Scottish Doctor/Politician who knowledge of chemistry provided a means to recover damp gunpowder for use again. He also later in life worked to improve the fortunes of the working class. SIGNED address panel (1822).........75-100
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@@@@@@@@@@@265. [MUSIC] Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (b.1934) English composer and conductor and is Master of the Queen's Music. Davies is a prolific composer who has written music in a variety of styles and idioms over his career, often combining disparate styles in one piece. ALS, 1986, 1p.........50-75
266. [MUSIC] Bobby
Helms (1933-1997) American country music
singer who enjoyed his peak success in 1957 with the seasonal
hit "Jingle Bell Rock". His other hits include "Fraulein" and
"My Special Angel". SIGNED 8x10 portrait
photograph........60-80
267. [FILM - TV] Betty Garrett (1919
– 2011) was an American actress, comedienne, singer and dancer
who originally performed on Broadway before being signed to a
film contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. While there, she
appeared in several musical films before returning to Broadway
and making guest appearances on several television series.
SIGNED inscribed 8x10 photograph. VG............25-35
268. Pierre Cardin
(b. 1922) Italian-born French fashion designer He is known for
his avant-garde style and his Space Age designs. He prefers
geometric shapes and motifs, often ignoring the female form.
He advanced into unisex fashions, sometimes experimental, and
not always practical. He introduced the "bubble dress" in
1954. SIGNED 3x6 photograph (1994). VG.............25-35
269. [FILM] MAX VON SYDOW (b.1919) Swedish, Actor, stage and film. ALS, no date, brief 1p. VG..........25-35
270. [PORTRAIT] Edward Shippen (1703-1781) was a
wealthy merchant and government official in colonial
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Original antique engraved
portrait, image approx. 4-1/2 x 3-3/4" plus margins.
VG........25-35
271.
[BASEBALL] Louis "Buck" Newsom -
This is a Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo.
Designated M113 or M114 by collectors, Baseball Magazine
began issuing these photos around 1920 through 1950.
Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are blank-backed sepia tone
photos printed on semi-gloss heavy paper stock. You had to
send away for the photos. The bottom center has the players
name, the lower left reads "Published by the Baseball
Magazine Company, New York" and the lower right reads
"Enlarged from an original photograph by C.M. Conlon,
NY". From the beginning, the posters offered
collectors a chance to obtain high-quality reproductions of
photos taken by such legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was
the alpha photographer for the sport of baseball, beginning
a little after the turn of the century, through his
retirement shortly before World War II. A substantial
percentage of the posters issued during that span featured
his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12. Superb condition when
compared to the usual found. Often these were trimmed down
in size, this one is full size.............40-60
See above
281. HUBERT H. HUMPHREY - VP under LBJ; Democratic candidate for president 1968. Nice collection of 3 pieces. (A) ISP with sentiment, 8 x 10" candid portrait behind microphone signed in black felt tip; (B) TLS (likely secretarial) as Senator dated Dec. 1, 1961; warm letter to retiring Senate employee. In small part "ÉI shall cherish your friendship as long as IliveÉMay the good Lord bless you in these days of your retirement and my you be given the precious gift of continuing good health, vitality, and joyful spirit." THIS HAS MOUNTING TRACES ON VERSO. (C) TLS (likely secretarial) as Vice President Jan. 11, 1968, to Mr. Jerome Guss discussing "the qualities and principles I consider important for attaining success. I believe that honesty with one's self and one's neighbors is one of the most important qualities for anyone to have." Boldly signed in full..........75-100
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282.
[FRANCE] Jean Henri Dupin
[1787-1887] Fr. dramatist, author. He often collaborated with
Eugene Scribe. ALS, 1838, 1p............50-75
283. [MUSIC] Sir George Henschel (I1850-1934)
English baritone, pianist, conductor, and composer. Fine
signature, dated Jan. 1930. Approx. 3.5 x 2.5 in..........40-60
284. Frances M. Frost
(1905-1959) American poet, novelist and mother of poet
Paul Blackburn. Her work appeared in the New York Herald
Tribune, The New Yorker, Harper's, and
Saturday Review. Her papers are held at University of
California, San Diego, and Yale University. Signed 4
x 5 vintage photo, dated 1943. Scarce!.............50-75
285
[THEATRE] Kyrle
Bellew (1850-1911) British stage and
silent film actor in the late 19th and early 20th century.
Bellew notably toured with Cora Brown-Potter in the 1880s and
1890s and was cast as the leading man in many stage productions
alongside Brown-Potter. He was also a signwriter, gold
prospector and rancher mainly in Australia Signed photo 3.5
x 5.5. Also signed 3.5 x 5.5 photo of Miss
Kyrle Bellew. ALSO William
Faversham (1868-1940) legendary film
and stage actor. Signed cabinet photo, 4-1/4 x
6-1/2"............80-120
287. Charles Gratiot, Jr.
(1786-1855) as General William Henry Harrison's Chief Engineer
in the War of 1812, he distinguished himself by planning and
building Fort Meigs in 1813. He also rebuilt Fort St. Joseph,
later renamed Fort Gratiot in his honor. In 1814 he took part in
the attack of the Battle of Mackinac Island. He received the
Thanks of Congress for his efforts during the war. CLIP
SIGNATURE.............40-60
288. William Hull (1753-1825) American soldier and politician. He fought in the American Revolution, was Governor of Michigan Territory, and was a general in the War of 1812, for which he is best remembered for surrendering Fort Detroit to the British. CLIP SIGNATURE...........40-60
PORTRAIT OF HULL289. [POET] Paul Hamilton Hayne [1830-1886]. American poet, b. Charleston, S.C. ANS, 1881, on 4 x 3-1/4 slip............100-150
290. PITTSBURGH, PA. - Sinking Fund Commission of the City of Pittsburgh. File folder containing over 60 documents & letters, 1940s - 50s. Over 70 pages. Many signatures, mostly city officials. Who knows what this is?..........50-75
292. [ARTISTS] Mystery Lot of 11 signed items by American and European artists [20th century]. Includes: Buckminster Fuller signed card ¥ Christian Boltanski (b.1944]) French photographer, sculptor, painter, and installation artist ¥ Jean Balladur ALS ¥ JACQUES DUMOND ALS ¥ plus 7 others. Except for Fuller the rest appear to be European..............100-150
293. [MUSIC] Noel Paul Stookey (b. 1937) singer-songwriter best known as "Paul" in the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary. ANS, no date, accompanied by unsigned music sheet "PUFF"..........40-60
294. [CIVIL WAR] Henry Watterson (1840-1921) American journalist who founded the Louisville Courier-Journal. He also served part of one term in the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat. He fought for the Confederate States of America under General Nathan B. Forrest during the American Civil War, and edited a pro-Confederate newspaper, the Chattanooga Rebel. Signature on mounted card......25-35
295. [MEDICINE] George Crile [1864-1943]. American surgeon; a founder and first director (1921-40) of Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Conducted pioneering research into shock, surgical trauma, resuscitation, etc. SIGNED/INSCRIBED card with sentiment..........25-35
296. John Trowbridge [1827-1916] American author. Signature, 1887......25-35
297. [FILM] Tom Tully (1908-1982) American film actor. He received an Academy Award nomination for the role of the first commander of the "Caine" in 1954's The Caine Mutiny, with Humphrey Bogart. Signature..........20-30
298. GUY DAVENPORT - American Short
Story Writer/Illustrator/Poet. His published work includes
short-fiction, such as 12 Stories (1997) and The Cardiff Team
(1966); poetry, collected in his Flowers and Leaves (1966) and
Thasos and Ohio (1985); and collections of essays, including The
Geography of the Imagination (1981) and Every Force Evolves a
Form (1987). Davenport's work as an illustrator has appeared in
Arion and Paideuma. He also created the cover art and
illustrations for his collection of stories, Apples and Pears
and Other Stories (1984). In 1996 a collection of Davenport's
artwork, 50 Drawings, was published. TLS dtd 10/28/02
................25-35
300. [FRANCE] FRENCH REVOLUTION DECRET De La Convention Nationale, No. 194, 25 Nov. 1792, dated 2 months after abolition of Royalty, signed in type Monge & Garot. 3-pages, approx. 7-3/4 x 9-1/4". Excellent condition............80-120
301. [CIVIL WAR] Small
archive concerning pension of Jno. H. Garner, who served in
the 9th Ohio Cavalry. Includes Document from Treasury
Dept., 1901, 2 TLSs from Garner's attorney; Claim
Affidavit which was started to be filled out but not finished;
plus 5 envelopes.........30-40
302. [FILM] Jo Van Fleet -
actress. Signed 3x5 card & unsigned 8x10 photo.........25-35
303. [THEATRE] OTIS SKINNER (1858-1942) American Actor - His first stage appearance was at the Philadelphia Museum in 1877 in Woodleigh.and made his New York City debut in 1879. During the next five years he developed a classical repertory and a successful acting style, first with Edwin Booth, at Booth's Theatre, and then, for three years, with Lawrence Barrett. In 1884 he joined Augustin Daly's company at Daly's Theatre, remaining with it for four years. He made his London debut in 1886 with Daly's company. After two years with the Booth-Modjeska company, he became, in 1892, leading man opposite Helena Modjeska. In 1903 he starred with Ada Rehan. By his own estimation he appeared in 16 plays of Shakespeare, "acting therein, at various times, 38 parts." In addition to his Shakespearean roles, Skinner's chief successes were in Kismet, which he played between 1911 and 1914, and Blood and Sand (1921), in which he played the matador, Juan Gallardo. Skinner was active in the theatre until his death. He was the author of Footlights and Spotlights (1924) and Mad Folk of the Theatre (1928). SIGNATURE with sentiment dtd 1922.....20-30
304. [SPY] Marion
Miller - The frightening single-mindedness
of Communist Party workers really comes across in this true
account of a Los Angeles suburban housewife and mother who spent
five years within the Party as a double-agent for the F.B.I.
Marion Miller's husband Paul had himself been a double-agent
when he was in the Merchant Marine from 1939 to 1943, and so
when she received an invitation in 1950 to join what Paul
spotted as a ""front"" organization, it was he that suggested
that she contact the F.B.I. From, that time until she collapsed
with ulcers in 1955, Mrs. Miller's life was a nightmare of
surreptitious note-taking at meetings, copying and photographing
correspondence entrusted to her, attending meetings and parties
for the Communist cause, and narrow escapes from discovery. At
the end of all this, Marion Miller testified in public for the
Government, and was rewarded by a series of Communist smears
that prevented her life from returning to normal. This is not a
closely reasoned, theoretical attack on Communism. Its value
lies in the immediacy of the picture it presents of a woman of
conventional background who found the strength to take action
against a group of people whose actions and ideals she found
intolerable. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG..........30-40
305. [SCIENCE] Alfred Newton
[1829-1907]. English zoologist. First professor of zoology and
comparative anatomy, Cambridge (from 1866); edited journals Ibis
(1865-70), Zoological Record (1870-72); author of Dictionary of
Birds (1893-96), etc. ALS, 1902, 2pp.............50-75
306. Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915) American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. Signature clipped from typed letter. Bold example.VG.........40-60
307. [FILM] Whoopi Goldberg (b. 1955) American comedienne, actress. SIGNED STAR TREK BOOKPLATE. VG...........20-30
308. [THEATRE] Johnstone Bennett [1870-1906] American stage actress. Signature on 6.5 x 4.5" slip...........20-30
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@@@@@@@@@@@309. [ITALY] Giuseppe Bianchini (1704-1764) Italian Oratorian, biblical, historical, and liturgical scholar. Clement XII and Benedict XIV , who highly appreciated his learning, entrusted him with several scientific labors. Bianchini had contemplated a large work on the texts of the Bible, Vindiciae Canonicarum Scripturarum Vulgatae latinae editionis, which was to comprise several volumes, but only the first, in which, among other things, are to be found fragments of the Hexapla (cod. Chisianus), was published (Rome, 1740). Much more important is his Evangeliarium quadruplex latinae versionis antiquae , etc., 2 vols. (Rome, 1749). Among his historical works may be mentioned the fourth volume which Bianchini added to the publication of his uncle, Francesco Bianchini, Anastasii bibliothecarii Vitae Rom. Pontif. (Rome, 1735); he also published the Demonstratio historiae ecclesiasticae quadripartitae (Rome, 1752&endash;54). The chief liturgical work of Bianchini is Liturgia antiqua hispanica, gothica, isidoriana, mozarabica, toletana mixta (Rome, 1746). He also undertook the edition of the works of B. Thomasius (Tomasi), but only one volume was issued (Rome, 1741). Offered here are 3 separate pages containing his handwriting but not signed. Contents unknown. VG...........75-100
310. Clarence Francis Forestier-Walker (1857-1907) British playwright and novelist and translator. who died at age 49. His most famous play was "Romance of a Harem." He was married to the actress Blanche Clark. Offered here is a small dinner menu card from the Hotel De La Place, signed and he makes a pencil self-portrait sketch, 1894. Approx. 3.5 x 5.5". VG..........50-75
311. [FILM] Marsha Mason (b. 1942) American actress. SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO........25-35
312. Brent Scowcroft (b. 1925) US National Security Advisor under Presidents Gerald Ford and George H. W. Bush and a Lieutenant General in the United States Air Force. He also served as Military Assistant to President Richard Nixon and as Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs in the Nixon and Ford administrations. He also served as Chairman of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005. SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 photograph with sentiment. VG...........25-35
313. [FRANCE] Robert d'Harcourt (1881-1965) French Catholic intellectual, scholar of German culture and anti-Nazi polemicist. During World War I d'Harcourt served in the artillery with the rank of sergeant. He was severely wounded twice during the conflict. Eventually taken prisoner, he recounted his experiences in his memoir Souvenirs de captivité et d'évasion d'un camp de Bavière. After the war he obtained the chair of German language and literature at the Catholic Institute of Paris. His knowledge of German culture and his anti-Nazi views led him to publish numerous detailed articles attacking the new Nazi regime after Hitler achieved power in 1933. In 1936 he published l'Evangile de la force (The Gospel of Force), his best-known work. It was a harsh attack on Nazism, and particularly drew attention to the indoctrination of young Germans in Nazi ideology. Harcourt stressed the incompatibility between the radical racist nature of Nazi ideology and Christianity. ALS, 1955, written on both sides...............60-80
d'Harcourt - page 2315. [FILM] "Dino" DE LAURENTIIS [1919-2010] Italian film producer. SIGNED 3X5 CARD........25-35
320. Amalia
Fleming
(1912-1986) Greek doctor,
activist and politician. Fleming was
born in Constantinople (Istanbul) in
1912. She moved to Greece and, during
the Axis occupation, took part in the
National Resistance, for which she was
jailed by the Italians. She married
Sir Alexander Fleming in 1953, but
with his death in March 1955 she was
widowed less than two years
later. Signed 3-1/2 x 4-1/8"
photo. VG..........40-60
321. John Beverley Nichols (1898-1983) English author, playwright, journalist, composer, and public speaker. ALS, 1973, 1p.............40-60
324. [MUSIC] Lyell Cresswell (born 1944, Wellington, New Zealand) composer of contemporary classical music. He studied in Wellington, Toronto, Aberdeen and Utrecht. He moved to Scotland in the 1970s and has lived and worked in Edinburgh since 1985. He received the APRA Silver Scroll for his contribution to New Zealand music in 1979 and he won the Ian Whyte Award for the orchestral work Salm in 1978. In 1979, 1981 and 1988 he received a recommendation by the UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers. In 2002, Victoria University of Wellington awarded him an honorary D. Mus degree and the inaugural Elgar Bursary. AMQS from his "Cello Concerto", dated 1993. On 6x4" card. Fine........40-60
325. [THEATRE] David Belasco (1853-1931) American theatrical producer,
impresario, director and playwright. Signed card, 3-1/8
x 2-1/4". Fine..........30-40
326. [MUSIC] Anthony Hedges [b. 1931] English composer. AMQS, inscribed from his Four Breton Sketches, "Promedate a Dinard." 10-1/2 x 4-1/4". Two mail fold lines o/w VG.....50-75
327. [MIXED LOT OF AUTOGRAPHS] Comprised of: [1] BARBOUR, John Merrett [1807-1881] jurist, born in Cambridge, Washington County, New York. He studied law in New York and went to Michigan when a very young man; was first elected a justice of the peace, then was made commissioner of internal improvements, and after the expiration of his term was elected county judge, in which capacity he served eight years. He subsequently moved to Saratoga Springs, New York, and then to Washington, District of Columbia, where he was clerk in the office of the solicitor of the treasury. In 1850 he removed to New York, where he advanced slowly to the front rank of his profession. In 1861 he was elected judge of the superior court, and in 1867 was reelected by a heavy majority. On the death of Chief Justice Robertson, Judge Barbour was unanimously chosen to preside in his place. He was an able and well-read lawyer, oftener excelling in the more quiet branches of the law than in the active contests that come before a jury. CLIP SIGNATURE. [2] James T. Pratt (1802-1887) U.S. Representative from Connecticut. Pratt was elected major of the First Regiment of Cavalry in 1834. He served as colonel in 1836. Brigadier general 1837-1839. Major general 1839-1846. He served as adjutant general in 1846. He retired from mercantile pursuits and settled in Rocky Hill, Connecticut. Pratt was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1855). He served as member of the peace convention of 1861 held in Washington, D.C. , in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending war. Signed addressed cover [Franking signature as member of congress]. No postmark. VG [3] W.C. WHITNEY (1841-1904) Sec. of Navy. Clipped signature. [4] E. Phillips Oppenheim (1866-1946) English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers. Signed 3-1/2 x 2-3/8" card. VG. [5] John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell PC, KC (1779-1861) British Liberal politician, lawyer, and man of letters. Campbell was the main sponsor of the Obscene Publications Act 1857 which made the sale of obscene material a statutory offence, for the first time, giving the courts power to seize and destroy offending material. Franking signature on postmarked cover, 1853. [6] Roger Tory Peterson (1908-1996) American naturalist, ornithologist, artist, and educator, and held to be one of the founding inspirations for the 20th century environmental movement. Signature. [7]J. VESEY FITZGERALD (b. 1848) English writer. ALS, 1878. [8] Thomas John Capel [1836-1911] English Roman Catholic priest. He established Roman Catholic University at Kensington [1874-78]; figured as Monsignor Catesby in Disraeli's "Lothair" [1870. He went to California in 1883; prelate in charge of northern California. ALS, 1875, with closing & signature on back of page. To Mr. Walford regarding ceremonies attending the opening of the Catholic University College. One very unobtrusive punch hole. [9] JOHNSON, William Cost [1806-1860] Representative from Maryland. CLIP SIGNATURE. [10] Pearson Menoher [1892-1958] American general and Aide to General Patton. He was a classmate at West Point of President Eisenhower in 1915. He served with the Fifteenth Corps, which became part of General George Patton's Third Army in its drive through Europe in World War II. Signed 1921 Riggs National Bank check. VG. See Gen. Menoher check.............100-150
328. ORIGINAL COLOR DRAWING - on 5 X 3 card. Sent to fulfill THE SECRET PAL ("Peanut Pal") tradition practiced in some women's organizations. We believe, Gertrude Marcia May [Warren] White, always known as Trude was the artist. The recipient was Phyllis Beals. Possibly from the Warwick, RI area. Apparently, this was sort of a game played by women in which they drew names and then in secret would do little things, or send items such as this, to another woman. In the beginning the receiver would not know who was doing the favors. Little by little the doer would begin to leave hints and eventually the receiver would know who the doer was. It was not uncommon for this to take place over a year's time or so. CIRCA 1938. Fine condition..........40-60
329. [PORTRAIT] King William 4th (1765-1837) King of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Antique original engraved portrait. Approx. 2-3/4 x 2-1/4" plus wide margins. VG..........25-35
See William IV portrait330. (ART) Asher B. Durand (1796-1886). American engraver and painter, b. Jefferson Village, N.J. Established reputation with The Signing of the Declaration of Independence, after Trumbull (1823); engraved portraits, gift book illustrations, banknotes. A founder of National Academy of Design (1826); president (1845-61). In 1836 he turned to painting, at first chiefly of portraits and figure pieces; later, turned to landscape painting, drawing inspiration from scenery of Hudson River Valley and New England; regarded as a founder (with Thomas Cole) of Hudson River school of landscape. Original circa 1834 engraving by A.B. Durand of the famed American jurist James Kent, b. near Brewster, N.Y., July 31, 1763, d. Dec. 12, 1847, was a U.S. jurist whose Commentaries on American Law (4 vols., 1826-30) made him known as "the American Blackstone." After graduating from Yale University, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1785. He practiced law in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and then taught law at Columbia College, New York City, from 1794 to 1798. In 1798 he was appointed to the New York Supreme Court, becoming chief judge in 1804. In 1814 he was made chancellor of the New York Court of Chancery, where his opinions contributed to development of the law of equity in the United States. His Commentaries were published in five editions during his lifetime. Image approx. 4.5 x 3.5 plus margins. Image & surrounding area is in very clean condition...............75-100
See this engraving
333. [ACTORS]
mixed lot. [1] Ruth Gordon [1896-1985]
actress. Signed [in haste] 3x5 card. [2] Jonathan Silverman - Am. actor. Sig. 3x5 card. [3] Constance Booth [b.1944] Am. writer, actress; wife of John
Cleese. Signature. [4] Cyril Ritchard (1897-1977) actor. Signature on lined paper. [5]
Dorothy Malone [b.1925] OSCAR winning actress.
Sig. 3x5 card. [6] Eileen Heckart [1919-2001] OSCAR winning actress.
Sig. card [lined side]. [7] Josh Hartnett - actor. Signed 3x5 card..........60-80
334. Sir Alexander Cunningham KCIE CSI (1814-1893) British archaeologist and army engineer, known as the father of the Archaeological Survey of India. Both his brothers, Francis Cunningham and Joseph Cunningham became well-known for their work in British India. ALS, 1841 from India, regarding coins he has been receiving, and making impressions of, and excited about receiving coins from the Rajar of Kashmir; also describing the coins, etc. Three pages, 5-1/4 x 8-1/4". Unattractive in appearance [see scans below], but very good content.........100-150
335. RELIGION] Marie-Dominique-Auguste Sibour (1792-1857) French Catholic Archbishop of Paris. He held in 1849 a provincial council in Paris, and in 1850 a diocesan synod. In 1853 he officiated at the marriage of Napoleon III, who had named him senator the previous year. He also aimed at introducing the Roman Rite in Paris and was progressing favorably in this direction, when he was assassinated by an interdicted priest named Jean-Louis Verger, who openly admitted to the crime. Archbishop Sibour may be the only cleric murdered in modern times due to his assassin's views on papal doctrine. Brief ALS, Paris, 185?, 1p, 5 x 8 in. Content not known..........50-75
337. [FRANCE] Jacques
Raillon (1762-1835) Bishop of Orleans; also
of Dijon; also Archbishop of Aix. Letter Signed,
Paris, 1813, 1p, approx. 8x10". To Monseigneur.
This churchman lived through the troubling history of France's
Catholicism Revolution; Napoleon's problems with Pius VII;
return of the monarchy, etc. He made a famous funeral
speech at Notre-Dame for Marshall Lannes. VG...........100-150
338. [MUSIC] George
Crumb (b. 1929) American composer of
contemporary classical music. Autograph Note Signed
[signed in text], not dated but envelope dated 2000. Content
about the best book published about him. VG............80-120
339.
[US SENATORS] TLSs by US senators: Wm. Spong, Harry F.
Byrd Sr., Clifford Case, Charlie Goodell, John Sherman
Cooper, Thomas Dood, Russell Long, 2 by John Sparkman, and
Charles Percy. These date 1969-1972..............100-150
341. [FRANCE] Charles Lucas (1803-1889)
French jurist and administrator, author of many
books and articles on the abolition of the death
penalty, the theory of preventive detention, law
enforcement and imprisonment, and finally the
civilization of war. ALS, 1828, 2pp.
Speaks of Keratry and justice. Below signature of
Lucas there are about 10 lines and sifnature of
Auguste Hilarion, comte de Kératry [1769-1859] French
poet, novelist, short story writer, literary critic,
historian, and politician. He was the father of
Emile de Kératry. VG.........60-80
344. SIR JOHN MORTIMER [1923-2009] British Barrister, Author, Playwright. Mortimer's most famous creation is a character named Horace Rumpole. SIGNED/inscribed 7x5 photograph............40-60
345. Joseph Hopkinson [1770-1842] American politician, b. Philadelphia. Son of Francis Hopkinson. Member, U.S. House of Representatives (1815-19). Judge, U.S. district court, eastern district of Pennsylvania (1828-42). Author of the patriotic song "Hail Columbia" (1798), first sung by Gilbert Fox in Philadelphia. ADS, 1828, receiving payment of services from Peter A. Burns who also signs. Approx. 8x4". VG............100-150
346. [FRANCE- THEATRE] Victorien Sardou (1831-1908) French dramatist. He is best remembered today for his development, along with Eugène Scribe, of the well-made play. He also wrote several plays that were made into popular 19th century operas such as La Tosca (1887) on which Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca (1900) is based, and Fedora by Umberto Giordano, a work that popularized the fedora hat as well. OFFERED HIS IS SARDOU'S PERSONAL ENGRAVED CALLING CARD ON WHICH HE PENS A FEW WORDS. This is accompanied by two ORIGINAL UNSIGNED DRAWINGS, portraits of Victorien Sardou. The artist was Daniel de Losques Thouroude (1880-1915) French humorist, graphic designer, caricaturist and cartoonist, as well as a painter. He was a contributor to the Figaro, and with other political newspapers. He was one of the great poster artists in Paris around 1900. One is pen & ink, image area approx. 3-3/4 x 4-1/2". The othert is a 7-1/2 x 5-1/4" sheet containing pencil sketches..............200-300
349. [AMERICANA] John Gatling - Attorney at Law. ALS, Forrest City, Ark., 1896, 26 full pages, 8-1/4 x 10-3/4". To his sister Mrs. P.G. Hollowell, at Elizabeth City, NC. Extremely detailed and touching letter about the death of their mother. John was with his mother and he describes the conversations leading up to her passing. Bottom edge sunned 1st page. Yes - 26 pages............75-100
350. [MUSIC] Robert Ward (b.1917) American composer. Signed brochure about him.....20-30
351. [MUSIC] Phillip Lambro - American composer. Sig. brochure...........20-30
352. [ART] Alfred Boilot (Paris, active 1880 - 1900) French etcher and engraver upon both wood and copper, he studied printmaking techniques under Butin and Damman in Paris. He participated in many expositions including the Paris Blanc et Noir Exhibition of 1886. Alfred Boilot gained recognition for his fine and detailed style and was frequently commissioned by French, English and American publishers of prints. Original etching, drawn by Wal. Paget, etched by Boilot, plate signed, image 5-1/2 x 3-3/4 in. plus margins. Still has tissue guard attached with title "Eveline Seized by the Welsh". VG............30-40
Click here to see Boilot etching353. [AUTOGRAPH COLLECTING] ORIGINAL auction catalogue for sale No. 3976, May 10 & 11, 1932, the American Art Association Anderson Galleries, Inc. { believe Sotheby's now], NY. Offered in this auction are First Editions, Literary and Historical Autograph Letters and Manuscripts / A Portrait From Life of Abraham Lincoln, etc. 86 pages. octavo, plus paper covers. Cover & spine soiled and chipped. Lot 273 is the portrait of Abraham Lincoln with a fullpage illustration. Years ago, when we first got involved in autographs, catalogs and books about autographs were highlt collectible. Interest seems to have waned in recent years, probably due to the internet...........40-60
354. Belva Plain
(1915-2010) was a best-selling American author of
mainstream fiction. ALS, 2000, plus TLS, 2001. Two
letters..........50-75
355. [STOCK
CERTIFICATE] Northern Liberties Gas Company
1854, approx. 5 x
7.5". Signed by company president, Joseph Reakirt.
Cut cancellations not visible in image. VG.............60-80
357. [MUSIC] EUBIE BLAKE [1887-1983] American composer, lyricist, and pianist of ragtime, jazz, and popular music. SIGNED 3X5 CARD..........40-60
358. [MUSIC] Frank H. Damrosch (1859-1937) German-born American music conductor and educator. SIGNED CARD, 4-1/4 x 2-1/4 in.......20-30
359. [MUSIC] Melissa Manchester (b. 1951) American singer-songwriter. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photograph. VG..........25-35
360. [MUSIC] John Mellencamp (b. 1951) American rock singer-songwriter, musician, painter and occasional actor. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG...........25-35
See Mellencamp photo362.
[CUBA] Richard M. Madam -
ALS, 1816, 2 full pages, approx. 6-1/4 x
8". To Dr. William
Frost, sixth son of Brigadier General Frost,
practiced at Demarara, Cuba and was a naval Surgeon;
he died in Cuba in 1823. Written in English.
Fine condition..............75-100
363.
[FRANCE] Pierre-Antoine Lebrun
(1785-1873) French poet. Lebrun was born in
Paris. An Ode à la grande armée, mistaken at the time for the
work of Écouchard Lebrun, attracted Napoleon's attention, and
secured for the author a pension of 1200 francs. Lebrun's
plays, once famous, are now forgotten. They are: Ulysse
(1814), Marie Stuart (1820), which obtained a great success,
and Le Cid d'Andalousie (1825). Lebrun visited Greece in
1820, and on his return to Paris he published in 1822 an ode
on the death of Napoleon, which cost him his pension. In 1825
he was the guest of Sir Walter Scott at Abbotsford. The
coronation of Charles X in that year inspired the verses
entitled La Vallée de Champrosay, which have, perhaps, done
more to secure his fame than his more ambitious
attempts. In 1828 appeared his most important poem, Le
Voyage en Grèce, and in the same year he was elected to the
Academy. The revolution of 1830 opened up for him a public
career; in 1831 he was made director of the Imprimerie Royale,
and subsequently filled with distinction other public offices,
becoming senator in 1853. ALS, Paris, 1832, 2pp,
approx. 5 x 7.5". Fine..............75-100
Page 1
Page 2
See his
portrait
364.
[FRANCE] Jules
Lemaitre (1853-1914) French
critic and dramatist. Lemaître was born in Vennecy,
Loiret. He became a professor at the University of Grenoble in
1883, but was already well known for his literary criticism,
and in 1884 he resigned his position to devote his time to
literature. He succeeded Jean-Jacques Weiss as drama critic of
the Journal des Débats, and subsequently filled the same
office on the Revue des Deux Mondes. His literary studies were
collected under the title of Les Contemporains (7 series,
1886-1899), and his dramatic feuilletons as impressions de
théàtre (10 series, 1888-1898). His sketches of modern
authors show great insight and unexpected judgment as well as
gaiety and originality of expression. He published two volumes
of poetry: Les Médaillons (1880) and Petites orientales
(1883); also some volumes of contes, among them En marge des
vieux livres (1905). Three brief ALSs, written on
4.5 x 3.5" cards...............75-100
365. [FRANCE] LETTRES
PATENTES DU ROI [of the king], signed Louis in print, dated
1790, 2pp, approx. 7-3/4 x 9-3/4". VG..........80-120
367. [MUSIC] Alcides Emigdio
Lanza (1929
- ) Canadian composer, conductor, pianist, and music
educator of Argentinian birth. He became a naturalized Canadian
citizen in 1976. As both a composer and performer he is known as
an exponent of contemporary classical music and avant-garde
music. His works often utilize a combination of traditional and
unusual instruments, and incorporate electronic sounds and
extensions. He is also known for using special lighting effects
when presenting his music. He is an associate of the Canadian
Music Centre and a member of the Canadian League of
Composers. AMQS dated
2013 from his "Arghanum V". Approx. 9 x 4". VG..........60-80
See AMQS
Old Regime (Royal) Decrees Are Rare
371.
[CARTOON] Vic Herman
(1919-1999) His Illustrations and cartoon art appeared in
newspapers throughout the USA and in top level slicks: The
Saturday Evening Post, Colliers, Liberty, Life, Look, Redbook,
and Argosy. He received multiple entries in the "Best of
Cartoons of the Year" in the 1940's and 50's. In his later
life, he became interested in "serious" art and fell in love
with the people south of the border. He was known as the "Norman
Rockwell of Mexico" and "Ambassador With A Brush." TLS,
1947, 1p. Top corners tipped to another page. .............50-75
373. [NOBEL PRIZE] Sydney Brenner, CH FRS (b. 1927) is a South African biologist and a 2002 Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate, shared with H. Robert Horvitz and John Sulston. HIS SIGNATURE ON KING'S COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE CARD, 20 MAY 2002........20-30
374. [MUSIC] Maryan Rawicz (1898-1970) Polish Pianist. Sig. inscribed.........20-30
375. [NY] David B. Hill [1843-1910] Governor of New York from 1885 to 1891. During his tenure as Governor, William Kemmler was executed in the electric chair, the first inmate in the country ever to be put to death in this manner. He served as a U.S. Senator from New York from 1892 to 1897. He was also a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President in 1892, but lost to Grover Cleveland. Document Signed, 1902 National Commercial Bank check [Albany]. VG.........25-35
376. Glyn Warren Philpot (1884-1937) English artist, best known for his portraits of contemporary figures such as Siegfried Sassoon, and Vladimir Rosing. Signed postcard reproduction of his work "The Adoration of the Three Kings." .............35-45
377. FRANCES M. FROST (1905-1959) American Poet. ANS on card 1929......25-35
378. Sir Francis Grant RA [1803-1878] notable Scottish artist of the 19th century. He also served as President of the Royal Academy. ALS, no date, written on both sides. 4.5 x 7 in.............40-60
379. [ART] Harrison William Weir [1824-1906], known as "The Father of the Cat Fancy", was an English gentleman and artist. He organized the first cat show in England, at The Crystal Palace, London, in July 1871. He and his brother, John Jenner Weir , both served as judges in the show. In 1887 Harrison Weir founded the National Cat Club and was its first President and Show Manager until his resignation in 1890. ALS, no yr., 1p................40-60
380. Sir George Rostrevor Hamilton (1888 - 1967) was an English poet and critic. He worked as a civil servant: his experience as an inspector of taxes meaning he could help out his friend Walter de la Mare. He was knighted in 1951. He had a classical education at the University of Oxford, and later compiled anthologies of Latin and Greek verse for Nonesuch Press. He was a published war poet of World War I, known for the rather conventional and sentimental A Cross in Flanders. His book The Tell-Tale Article on the Auden Group made an impact by the expedient of counting the proportion of definite articles in Auden 's verse, remarking that it was much higher than in older styles. In general he was a steady conservative in matters of literature. He was a director of the Poetry Book Society, and well connected as a correspondent of many literary figures; including E. R. Eddison and Owen Barfield. AQS, "A Judge Reflects" from The Carved Stone 1952. On 5-1/2 x 3-1/4 white card. VG...........30-40
381. Havelock Ellis [1859-1939] British physician and psychologist, writer, and social reformer who studied human sexuality. Clip signature..........35-45
382. Lowell Thomas [1892-1981] Am. writer/broadcaster. Clip signature.........20-30
383. Peter Benchley [1940-2006] author "JAWS". ANS ON 3X5 CARD.....25-35
385. Frank R. Stockton [1834-1902] Am. writer, humorist. Signature..........20-30
386. Denison Olmsted [1791-1859] Am.
astronomer. Signature......25-35
387. MYSTERY LOT of
about 85 pieces from 19th & 20th century. Includes:
letters; documents; a few autographs; and various ephemera.
Oldest item in this lot is 1810 document. Good lot for eBay
sellers or those who like researching items.....80-120
388. [ FRANCE] Decret, 1793, 3pp. Concerns "Emigres" [those to fled the Revolution], stating they should not be judged by jurymen. Approx. 8x10. Excellent condition..........80-120
See Decret
389. [CINEMA] BIRAN AHERNE (1902-1986) British Actor - Oscar Nominee for Juarez - Leading man in Hollywood in the 30's and 40's, played opposite, Helen Hayes, Katharine Hepburn, Ann Harding, Merle Oberon, Carol Lombard, Claudette Colbert, Bette Davis - 1st husband of Joan Fontaine. SIGNED 3x5 card [green]........20-30
390. Herbert H. Lehman (1878-1963)
Democratic Party politician from New York. He was Governor of
New York from 1933 to 1942, and represented New York in the
United States Senate from 1950 to 1957. Signed NY Governors
card. Mounting stains in 3 corners..........20-30
391. STEVE FORBES - Presidential Candidate. Signed & inscribed color 8x10 photo................20-30
392. JOSEPH W. MARTIN, Jr. (1884-1968) US Speaker of the House, elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth and to the twenty succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1925-January 3, 1967); minority leader in the Seventy-sixth, Seventy-seventh, Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, Eighty-first, Eighty-second, Eighty-fourth, and Eighty-fifth Congresses; Speaker of the House of Representatives (Eightieth and Eighty-third Congresses). SIGNATURE clipped from letter...........20-30
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393. [ENGLAND] Lord Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill (1849-
1895) British statesman. He was the father of the future wartime
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Sir Winston Churchill. ANS,
4 x 4-1/2 in., signed "Randolph S.C."
He writes "Of course if the affirmation Bill is brought on
it is understood that we shall oppose it tooth and nail as
heretofore." A little soiled. No date...........100-150
394. [CLOWNS] Duane "Uncle Soapy" Thorpe [1925-1995] American clown inducted into the Clown Hall of Fame in 2000. Wonderful 4 pages ALS, written in 1994 from Spain. Written to friends back in Florida he talks about the famous clow, Lou Jacobs, and his fear of ending up in a nursing home. He begins by saying he is disappointed from not being elected into the Clown Hall of Fame. He would be elected after his death. Mentions letter he got from John Ringling North II about a plaque for his father. Besides the envelope he includes 6 color photos of Spain with his descriptions on their backs. VG...............60-80
395. [POETRY] Robert C. Waterston [1812-1893] Unitarian Clergyman, poet, born Kennebunk, Maine. Pastor at various Boston churches, he had charge of a sailor's Sunday-school. Signed holograph poem, "Familiar Things", 3pp, 4to. VG............50-75
396.
FRANCE] Antoinette Henriette Clémence Robert (1797-1872)
French writer of historical fiction, poetry, non-fiction,
stage plays, and short stories. She published much of her work
as Clémence Robert. ALS, no date, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8". To Paul Foucher.
VG............50-75
See Robert
letter
397. Robert
Culp (1930-2010) American
actor who earned an international reputation for his role as
Kelly Robinson on "I Spy" [1965-68], the espionage series in
which he and co-star Bill Cosby played a pair of secret agents.
Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. Attractive shot, 2002.
VG.............30-40
398. JOHN SHELDON DOUD EISENHOWER- American Army General/Diplomat/Author. Son of President Dwight D. Eisenhower - A graduate of West Point and retired Brigadier General in the Army Reserve, John S.D. Eisenhower has served on the U.S. Army General Staff, on the White House Staff, and as U.S. Ambassador to Belgium. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Bitter Woods, an account of the Battle of the Bulge, Agent of Destiny: The Life and Times of General Winfield Scott, and, most recently, Yanks: The Epic Story of the American Army in World War I. SIGNED Bookplate "Strictly Personal" May 17, 1974........25-35
399. [ITALY] Cesare Mori [1871-1942] was a
prefect (prefetto) before and during the Fascist period in
Italy. He is known in Italy as the Iron Prefect (Prefetto di
Ferro) because of his iron-fisted campaigns against the Mafia on
Sicily in the second half of the 1920s. SIGNED CARD, Rone,
dated June 21, 1932. Approx. 4.5 x 3.5".........25-35
400. Calvin
Ellis Stowe (1802 -1886) American
Biblical scholar who helped spread public education in the
United States, and the husband and literary agent of Harriet
Beecher Stowe. CLIP SIGNATURE, approx. 3-1/2 x
1/2"..........50-75
401. [ENGLAND] Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey (1802-1894) known as Viscount Howick from 1807 until 1845, was an English statesman. SIGNED address panel postmarked 1828. Mounted..........25-35
402. [POLITICIANS] Mixed lot: [1] Jonathan KNIGHT [1787-1858] Representative from Pennsylvania. SIGNATURE. [2] Leonor Kretzer SULLIVAN [1902-1988] Representative from Missouri TLS, 1975, 1p. [3] Chauncey L. Knapp [1809-1898] Representative from Massachusetts. Signature. [4] Karl E. Mundt [1900-1974] US senator from S.D. TLS, 1954, 1p. [5] MAURICE J. TOBIN - Short 1939 TLS as mayor of Boston. [6] Daniel Knabb HOCH [1866-1960] Representative from Pennsylvania. Signed card [toned]. [7] Mordecai OLIVER [1819-1898] Representative from Missouri. Signature [8] Guy Ray Pelton [1824-1890] Representative from New York; died while on a tour in an attempt to climb Mary's Mountain in the Yellowstone National Park, Wyo., July 24, 1890. SIGNATURE [9] Samuel A. Purviance [1809-1882] Representative from Pennsylvania. CLIP SIGNATURE [10] William H. Upson [1823-1910] Representative from Ohio. SIGNATURE...........50-75
403. [MIXED LOT] [1] George John Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll KG, KT, PC, FRS, FRSE (1823-1900), styled Marquess of Lorne until 1847, was a Scottish peer, Liberal politician as well as a writer on science, religion, and the politics of the 19th century. Signed card 1885. [2] Treasury Department letter 1856 to Customs Collector at Portsmouth, NH. [3] Edward S. Osgood - ALS, Springfield, 1878, 3pp. [4] Rowland G. Hazard [1801-88] was a wealthy woolen manufacturer and author from Peacedale, RI; he was also an active proponent of women's suffrage. The RI Historical Soc. holds many of R.G. Hazard's papers. Brief 1843 document signed. [5] Nicholas Spinney - 1811 document signed [Kittery, Maine]. [6] six 1925 bank checks - Limerick Maine [7] 1981 FDC honoring the US Supreme Court. [8] printed Gov. Doc. 1849 concerning Norwich University in Vermont, 1p........60-80
404. [MIXED LOT] various autographs: [1] William E. Leuchtenburg - a leading scholar of the life and career of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He is the author of more than a dozen books on 20th century history, including the Bancroft Prize-winning Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932-1940 (1963). Signed 1p. typescript from THE PERILS OF PROSPERITY, 1914-32. [2] PRINTED GO.V DOC. re: railroad company through Walker River Reservation in Nevada, signed in type Chester A. Arthur, 1883, 7pp. [3] [NEW HAMPSHIRE] a 1823 document, 7.5 x 12 in. Concerns the Great Falls Manufacturing Co. in Somersworth, New Hampshire. An account for work/services by Andrew Rollins. Excellent condition. From the papers of Andrew Rollins, noted figure from Somersworth, NH. [4] Robert F. Kennedy - signed Attorney General card [believed an autopen signature]. Fine condition. [5] Simeon Baldwin Chittenden (1814-1889) US Representative from New York. CLIP SIGNATURE. [6] Henry A. Uterhart [1875-1946] American lawyer involved in many high profile cases. Signed bank check, 1918. [7] Poultney Bigelow [1855-1954] journalist & author. ANS, 1927. [8] William P. Frye (1830-1911) Free Frank signature on envelope. [9] The Limerick National Bank [Maine] eight bank checks dated 1923. [10] Josiah William Bailey (1873-1946) Democratic U.S. senator from North Carolina between 1931 and 1946. Signed 1925 bank check............80-120
405. [MIXED LOT OF POLITICS] [1] Archibald McIntyre (1773 -1858) American merchant and politician. He was a member from Montgomery County of the New York State Assembly from 1798 to 1802, in 1804, 1812 and 1820-21. He was Deputy Secretary of State from 1801 to 1806. He was New York State Comptroller from 1806 to 1821. He was a presidential elector in 1828 and 1840. In partnership with his son-in-law David Henderson, he ran iron ore mines in and around North Elba, New York , like the North Elba Ironworks, the McIntyre Mine and the Adirondack Iron Company. He was also involved in the early development of Jersey City, New Jersey. From 1821 to 1834, he and his partner Henry Yates (brother of Governor Joseph C. Yates) operated the lotteries in New York and other states. Among others, they sold tickets for the Union College lottery, which led to a controversy that was settled only in 1854. On May 20, 1842, the Ithaca and Owego Railroad was sold at a public sale of the Comptroller in Albany to Henry Yates and Archibald McIntyre for the sum of $4,500, an additional sum of $13,500 being paid for the equipment. Yates and McIntyre then reorganized the road on April 13, 1843, under the name of Cayuga and Susquehanna Railroad Co. In 1849, they sold it to the Leggett's Gap Railroad, and it became later part of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. CLIP SIGNATURE 1809. Good example. [2] La Fayette Grover (1823 - 1911) Democratic politician and lawyer from Oregon. He was the fourth Governor of Oregon, serving from 1870 to 1877. A native of Maine, he previously was a member of the Oregon Territorial Legislature, represented Oregon in the United States House of Representatives, and was a member of the Oregon Constitutional Convention in 1857. Grover later served one term in the United States Senate. Clip Signature. Click to see signature [3] Philetus Sawyer (1816-1900) US Senator from Wisconsin. Sawyer County, Wisconsin, is named for him. Nice SIGNATURE. Click to see signature [4] JAMES H. PLATT JR. [1837-1894] Representative from Virginia; during the Civil War entered the Union Army as first sergeant of the Third Regiment, Vermont Volunteer Infantry; served as captain and lieutenant colonel; declined assignment to duty as chief quartermaster of the Sixth Corps; settled in Petersburg, Va., April 6, 1865. CLIP SIGNATURE. Click to see Platt [5] [CABINET] John A. Creswell (1828- 1891) American politician from Maryland. He served as Postmaster General of the United States during the Grant administration. Clip Signature. Click to see signature [6] ALEX. H. JONES [1822-1901] Representative from North Carolina; enlisted in the Union Army in 1863; was captured in east Tennessee while raising a regiment of Union Volunteers and imprisoned; made his escape November 14, 1864; again joined the Union forces in Cumberland, Md.; after the war returned to North Carolina. SIGNATURE. [7] John Roach (1815-1887) American industrialist who rose from humble origins as an Irish immigrant laborer to found the largest and most productive shipbuilding empire in the postbellum United States, John Roach & Sons. After twenty years in the employment of Allaire, Roach at the age of 37 together with three partners purchased a small New York ironworks which had fallen into receivership, the Etna Iron Works, in 1852. Roach soon became sole proprietor, and during the American Civil War transformed the Etna Works into a major manufacturer of marine engines. From 1871 until 1885, John Roach & Sons was easily the largest and most productive shipbuilding firm in the United States, building more tonnage of ships than its next two chief competitors combined. In the mid-1880s the firm ran into trouble with a series of U.S. Navy contracts which became the subject of political controversy. His ink signature on 3 x 1-3/4 in. card. VG. [8] Joseph Gurney Cannon (1836-1926) US politician from Illinois and leader of the Republican Party. Cannon served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1911, and historians generally consider him to be the most dominant Speaker in United States history, with such control over the House that he could often control debate. Cannon is the second-longest continuously serving Republican Speaker in history. Signature. Click to see signature [9] Wm. Pinkney Whyte (1824-1908) a member of the Democratic Party, was a politician who served the State of Maryland as a United States Senator, the 35th Governor, the Mayor of Baltimore, Maryland, and the State Attorney General. Clip Signature. Click to see signature [10] WELLER, John B., a Representative from Ohio and a Senator from California; born in Hamilton County, Ohio, February 22, 1812; attended the public schools and Miami University, Oxford, Ohio; studied law; admitted to the bar and practiced in Butler County, Ohio; prosecuting attorney of Butler County 1833-1836; elected as a Democrat from Ohio to the Twenty-sixth, Twenty-seventh, and Twenty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1845); was not a candidate for renomination in 1844; served in the Mexican War 1846-1847; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for governor of Ohio in 1848; member of the commission to establish the boundary line between California and Mexico in 1849 and 1850; moved to California and engaged in the practice of law; elected as a Democrat from California to the United States Senate for the term commencing March 4, 1851, and served from January 30, 1852, to March 3, 1857; unsuccessful candidate for reelection; chairman, Committee on Military Affairs (Thirty-fourth Congress); Governor of California 1858-1860; appointed Minister to Mexico in 1860 and was recalled in 1861; moved to New Orleans, La., in 1867 and continued the practice of law; died in New Orleans, La., August 17, 1875; interment in Girod Street Cemetery; cemetery destroyed in 1959 and unclaimed remains commingled with 15,000 others and deposited beneath Hope Mausoleum, St. John's Cemetery, New Orleans, La. SIGNATURE. See Weller signature.......60-80
406. [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
407. (JOURNALISM). Max Gebhard
SECKENDORFF (1852-1911). American journalist; chief,
Washington bureau of the "New York Tribune" (1883-1911); a very
influential journalist between the time of President Chester
Arthur and President William Howard Taft. Signed Riggs National
Bank check, 1910......25-35
408. [MAINE] Henry S. Burrage (1837-1926) he was the First State Historian [Maine 1907-1926]. Henry Sweetser Burrage was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, the son of Jonathan Burrage and Mary Upton Burrage. He prepared for college at Pierce Academy and graduated from Brown University in 1861. After a year at Newton Theological Seminary, he enlisted as a private in the 36th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry and rose to the rank of major. Wounded in the shoulder at Cold Harbor, he was captured at Petersburg and spent time in Libby Prison. At the end of the Civil War, Henry Burrage resumed his studies at Newton, graduating in 1867. His first and only pastorate was at the First Baptist Church in Waterville, Maine from 1869 to 1873. For the next thirty-two years, he was the editor of Zion's Advocate, a statewide weekly Baptist newspaper which was based in Portland. Highly respected in education circles, he was a trustee of Colby College from 1881 to 1906, Newton Theological Seminary from 1881 to 1906, and Brown University from 1889 to 1901. Active in veterans organizations, he served as chaplain of the National Soldiers Home at Togus from 1905 to 1912. Burrage excelled in the research and writing of Maine's Colonial history, as is reflected in his publications. He was a member of the Standing Committee as well as vice-president and president of the Maine Historical Society. In 1907 Governor William T. Cobb appointed him as State Historian, which he held until his death on March 9, 1926, at the age of 89. Offered here is a partly-printed Document Signed, Military Order, Loyal Legion, United States - Commandery of the State of Maine, Portland, 1903, 1p, 8-1/2 x 6 in. Dues receipt for Edward W. Heath. VG............50-75
409. Rene
Auberjonois (b. 1940)
American film, television, and theater actor. He is well known
for portraying Father Mulcahy in the film version of M*A*S*H.
Signed, inscribed 5x7 photo. VG.......25-35
410. [FILM] Eddie Quillan
(1907-1990) American film actor whose career began as a child on
the vaudeville stages and silent film and continued through the
age of television in the 1980s. Signed & inscribed 5x7 photo
from western film. VG...........25-35
411. [MUSIC] Johnny Green
[1908-1989] American songwriter, composer, musical arranger, and
conductor. His most famous song was one of his earliest, "Body
and Soul". Green was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame
in 1972. Signed questionaire, filled out by his wife, MGM
"Glamazon" Bunny Waters, who has also signed. 1-page, 8.5
x 11". VG.........35-45
412. [FILM] Lois Moran (1909-1990) American film actress. Her career
began in 1921, and Moran appeared in a couple of silent movies
in the early 1920s. She is probably best known for her role,
as Laurel Dallas, daughter of the title role in the 1925 film
Stella Dallas. She appeared in early sound movies such as
Behind That Curtain (1929), and some musical movies, such as A
Song of Kentucky (1929), Words and Music (1929), and Mammy
(1930). Like many actors and actresses from the silent film
era, she did not make a successful transition to the talkies.
She also had a brief affair with writer F. Scott Fitzgerald
while he was married to Zelda Fitzgeral. He once remarked that
she was "The most beautiful girl in Hollywood". She was also
an inspiration for the character of Rosemary Hoyt in
Fitzgerald's novel Tender is the Night (1934). In 1935, she
married Clarence M. Young, Secretary of Commerce, and retired
from Hollywood. Really nice letter talking about her career;
mentions Lillian Gish, Betty Davis, Henry King the director of
Stella, Colleen Moore, etc. ALS,
Arizona, 1988, filling both sides of 7-1/4 x 10-1/2
stationery. Fine.............50-75
See picture
of Moran
413.
[U.S. GRANT] Message from the
President of the United States, April 4, 1876, government
document, House of Rep. Ex. Doc. No. 154, 12 pages, signed in
type by Grant. Regarding Pawnee Indians. VG....30-40
414. Mortimer J. Adler (1902-2001) American philosopher, educator, and popular author. Signed 8x10 photo. VG..........25-35
415. [CIVIL WAR] Fred. E. Edgar
(1842-?) Union soldier from Brooklyn, NY. He enlisted in the
83d N. Y. Volunteers and remained with that regiment two
years. He was transferred to the United States signal corps,
and served with distinction four years longer. Upon returning
home at the close of the war he joined the 7th Regiment, and
has served consecutively twenty years. His signature on album
page. VG.................25-35
416. [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
417. 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
418. [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
419. Tom Skerritt [b. 1933] American
actor who has appeared in over 40 films and more than 200
television episodes since 1962. He is best known for his roles
in MASH, Alien, Top Gun, A River Runs Through It, and the TV
series Picket Fences. Signed pencil drawing, approx. 8 x5-1/4".
VG.......40-60
420. Silas Wright, Jr. (1795-1847) American Democratic politician. Wright was appointed brigadier general of the state militia in 1827. He served in the US senate and house from New York. Wright was offered the Democratic vice presidential nomination in 1844, as a token to followers of Van Buren, who had been disappointed in his hopes for renomination, but declined instead running for the position of Governor of New York. He served as Governor from 1845 to 1846. CLIP SIGNATURE........25-35
421. [MARINE NAVIGATION] Group of 5 stock certificates: Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Co. 1950; International Mercantile Marine Co. 1938; two United States Lines Co. 1930 & 1948; and The Pioneer Steamship Co. 1913. All VG...........40-60
422. [MAGIC] Max Maven (born Philip Goldstein 1950 in Ithaca, New York) is an American magician and mentalist. He often appears on television magic shows to perform "interactive" mind reading tricks that work for the television audience. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG..........25-35
423. [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
424. MYSTERY LOT - 11 misc. autographs, unidentified and not researched. There will be several of these Mystery Lots offered elsewhere in this auction. For those who prefer to do the research..............50-75
See signatures
425. [THEATRE] William Jermyn Conlin [1831-1891] better
known by his stage name William J. Florence, was a U.S. actor, songwriter, and popular
playwright . He was one of the most popular actors of his day.
He never went by the name of Bernard Conlin as incorrectly
published in various references. Florence was one of a select
number of Americans to win the ribbon of the French Societe
Histoire Dramatique. He was also co-founder of the Shriners, a
Masonic Order along with Walter M. Fleming. AQS ON CARD DATED
1888. FINE EXAMPLE.............25-35
426. Fanny Butcher Bokum (1888-1987) was a long time
writer and literary critic for the Chicago Tribune
newspaper. She began at the Tribune in 1913 and held various
positions including society editor, club editor, crime
reporter, fashion editor, assistant women's editor, special
correspondent, assistant music critic. In 1923 she became
the literary editor and held the position for 40 years until
her retirement in 1963. A cartoon by Helen E. Hokinson on
the back cover of Fanny Butcher's autobiography Many Lives,
One Love shows a bookstore clerk showing a book to an
elderly lady. The clerk is saying, "Hugh Walpole liked it,
Fanny Butcher liked it, Wm. Rose Benet liked it, and Mrs.
Roosevelt liked it, but it *isn't* very good." (drawing
copyright 1940 and 1968 by The New Yorker Magazine). This
shows that Fanny Butcher was a household name among bookish
Americans in 1940. Archive of 2 ALSs and 2 TLSs, dating c.
1973-73. To
Costance Spencer in San Francisco. Believe Spencer had a
bookshop. Nice group..........60-80
427. [STOCK
CERTIFICATE] ADOLPHUS ANDREWS (1879-1948) Naval aide to
Presidents Theodore Roosevelt & Coolidge, DS, 1938,
United Cigar-Whelan Stores Corp....25-35
428. [UNITED NATIONS] Charles M. Lichenstein (1926-2002) American alternate representative for special political affairs to the United Nations, the second highest ranking American diplomat at the United Nations, from 1981 to 1984. Lichenstein is best remembered for controversial comments he made welcoming the possibility of relocating the United Nations headquarters outside of the United States. THREE SIGNED ITEMS: [1] Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. [2] a 1961 cover honoring the UN. [3] TLS, 1984, on Heritage Foundation stationery, saying he is now in a "new (civilian) location, but I intend to keep battling as best I can for what we both know is right." All VG.........50-75
430. 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
431. 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
432. 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
433. 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
434. 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
435. 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
436. 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
437. [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
438. Brenda
Kuhn
(1911-1993) the only child of the famous American artist, Walt
Kuhn. She spent her whole life overseeing the Kuhn Estate, was
a philanthropist, Kuhn scholar, amateur photographer. TLS,
Chicago, Illinois, 1965, 2pp, signed Brenda. Approx.
8-1/2 x 11". Written to two of her closet friends back
in Maine, Doris and Rose. She talks about having dinner
with Vera Eikel, the writer who wrote for The New Yorker and
other publications, and their discussion of Brenda and writing
a biography of Walt Kuhn, her father. "The possibility
of my having "walt Kuhn Letters" "as my baby." She
relates Vera Eikel's thoughts - what Brenda would have to do,
basically turning the project over to a Co-author, or editor,
take a backseat as Brenda sees it. Thinks no major decision is
likely for years, will know better after The Archives of
American Art has time to study the Kuhn family material. An
interesting letter, esp. when you consider how private the
Kuhn family was............100-150
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439. [ART]
WALT KUHN
[1877-1949]. American painter. An ORIGINAL COOPER etching plate. The title is "MORNING". Typical Kuhn
style. Plate size 4 x 6 in. This plate still has some
life in it and etchings could be pulled from it. Very seldom does
an original etching plate by an important artist ever reach the
open market, as they usually are in institutional collections.
Provenance: Kuhn Estate. It is difficult to get a good scan of
this and the picture below isn't very good. He did not etch his
initials or signatureinto the plate. I don't think he ever etched
his signature into any of his plates although he sometimes would
etch initials. This is guaranteed to be an authentic Walt Kuhn
plate without a time limit to the original purchaser. We will send
a letter of guarantee and provenance to the buyer. The portrait
photo of Kuhn shown below IS NOT for sale. Kennedy Galleries [NYC]
held an exhibition of Walt Kuhn prints during which it was
indicated that there was only from 1 to
6 impressions ever pulled from this plate. Original plates by major artists seldom reach the
open market and it is remarkable to see a plate that had so few
prints pulled from it. A must for the SERIOUS Kuhn
collector...............2000-3000
See etching
plate
441. [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
442. [COLONIAL NEW HAMPSHIRE]
Col. Joseph Whipple
[1737/38 - 1816] brother and business partner with William
Whipple [Signer of Declaration of Indep. from NH] in a wide
ranging import-export business before the war. He later
pioneered in the interior of New Hampshire and became a
landowner with an exceedingly large estate. He was an early and
major benefactor of Darthmouth College. Not only was he a
colonel in the N.H. militia, he served in the legislature along
side William after William left the Continental Congress. He was
named collector of customs at Portsmouth by President Geo.
Washington and later by President Thomas Jefferson who he named
a town after. Like his two brothers did not have any children.
He lived into his 80s and was a major influence in the state
until his dying day. Autograph Document Signed, 1799, 2-pages,
6-1/2 x 7-3/4". Headed: List of Rights of Land in Britton
Woods owned by J. Whipple - July 1799. He lists by name 57
persons. Superb condition..........120-180
See page 1
See page 2
See his
portrait
443. [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
444 . [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
445. [ART] William
Roxby Beverly (1811-1889) noted
English artist. ALS on his embossed stationery. He agrees to
attending a meeting. Fine.........60-80
446. [VIEW] An 1848 wood-engraved view of Plymouth, Mass., approx. 4-3/4 x 8" plus margins. VG...........25-35
See Plymouth print
447. [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
448. [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
449. [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
See signed backside450. [VIEW] An 1847 wood-engraved view of Dayton, Ohio, approx. 3-1/4 x 6-1/4" plus margins. VG...........25-35
See Dayton print
452. [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
See drawing
453.
[ART] Douglas Volk
(1856-1935) American artist. He helped establish the Minneapolis
School of Fine Arts. After 1904 he and his wife Marion created
an artists' retreat at their family home, Hewnoaks, in Maine.
She became active in the production of woolen textiles and rugs
by traditional processes, and formed a group called Sabatos.
See checks
454. [GREAT BRITAIN] Charles Fane, 1st Viscount Fane PC (Ire) (1676-1744) English courtier,
politician and a landowner in both England and Ireland. Fane
or ffane was baptised at Basildon in Berkshire on 30 January
1676, he was the second son but heir of the Right Hon. Sir
Henry Fane, of Basildon, KB, (1650-1705/06), by his wife
Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Southcott of Exeter. Fane was
appointed Deputy Lieutenant (DL) for Berkshire, 21 September
1715. He was Member of the Irish Parliament (MP) for Killybegs
in county Donegal, a seat controlled by the Conygham family,
from 1715 to 1719. ALS, 2
pages, 7-1/4 x 9". Written
from Bath 3 May. The date 1745? written in was written in
unknown hand and obviously incorrect as Fane died in 1744. We
have researched this letter and there is no doubt about which
Fane this was written by. VG.........100-150
Page 1
Page 2
455. [MAINE] Samuel Freeman
(1743-1831) was a prominent citizen of Portland, Maine
during the 18th and 19th centuries. He was instrumental in
founding the first public library in Portland (then
Falmouth), Maine, served in the judiciary system as judge
and clerk, as well as held the post of the first
postmaster of Portland, in 1775. He was an active patriot
during the Revolutionary struggle, was secretary of the
Cumberland County convention in 1774, a member of the
provincial congress in 1775, and of the Massachusetts
House of Representatives in 1776 and 1778. When the courts
were reorganized in 1775 he was appointed clerk, which
office he held for forty-five years. He was register of
probate until commissioned judge in 1804, remaining in the
latter office till 1820. From 1776 till 1805 he was
postmaster of Portland. He was an active and efficient
friend of Bowdoin College, His publications include "The
Massachusetts Justice" (1803); and " Probate Directory"
(1803); and he edited the "Journal of Rev. Thomas Smith"
(1821). 1807 legal document signed, written on both
sides, approx. 8 x 12-3/4". Concerns matter two
gentlemen from Baldwin, Maine. VG.........75-100
See
front
See back
457. [STOCK
CERTIFICATE] Beautifully engraved Certificate from the
famous Eastern Steam Navigation
Company issued in 1851. The company was
chartered in 1851 the same year the certificate was issued.
This item is hand signed by the company's Secretary and is
over 160 years old. The certificate is embossed with the
corporate seal and show an image if the famous Great Eastern
Ship. Approx. 8-1/4 x 6".
458. [STOCK CERTIFICATE] Oriental
Inland Steam Company - England 1858.
Beautiful certificate from the Oriental Inland Steam Company
issued in 1860. This historic document was printed by
C.A.Doubble and has an ornate border around it. This item has
the signatures of the Company's President and Secretary and is
over 155 years old. Approx. 9 x 6-1/4".
VG................200-300
460. [STOCK CERTIFICATE] Panama Canal Stock dated 1880 - Ferdinand de Lesseps. Beautifully engraved Stock certificate from the
Bankrupt Canal Interoceanique de Panama Company issued in 1880.
This historic certificate has wonderful engravings on the
document including two maidens, one from North America and one
from South America, touching hands with a ship going through the
proposed canal. This is an excellent piece that has dividend
coupons attach to the side. The signature of De Lesseps is
facsimilie, as is customary. Approx. 7 x
7".............150-200
461. [MIXED LOT] [1] Capel Lofft, the younger (1806-1873), writer on
various topics, inherited his father's liberal
ideas and principles, and carried them in youth to
greater extremes. In his old age he abandoned
these theories, which had brought him into the
company of some of the leading political agitators
of the day. He died in America, where he had a
Virginia estate. Mounted CLIP SIGNATURE [1835].
[2] Abram COMINGO [1820-1889]
US Representative from Missouri; born near
Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Ky.; delegate to the
Missouri State convention in February 1861;
appointed provost marshal of the sixth district of
Missouri in May 1863; appointed by President Grant
in 1876 a member of the commission to arbitrate
with the Sioux Indians for the possession of Sioux
lands in Dakota bordering on the Black Hills;
moved to Kansas City, Mo., in 1881. Mounted CLIP
SIGNATURE. Sl. smudging. [3] ASBURY DICKINS -
secretary of the U S. senate, born in North
Carolina, 29 July 1780 ; died in Washington, 23
October 1861, passed his early life in
Philadelphia, and afterward spent several years in
Europe. In 1801 he was associated with Joseph
Dennie in founding the "Port Folio" at
Philadelphia. He was a clerk in the treasury
department under Secretary Crawford from 1816 till
1833, and while there composed and read Secretary
Crawford's successful vindication of himself
against the charges preferred by Ninian Edwards,
then minister to Mexico. He was chief clerk of the
state department in 1833'6, and became secretary
of the United States senate in 1836, an office
that he retained until 1861. He published an
oration on Washington (Philadelphia. 1800; New
York. 1825). CLIP "FREE" SIGNATURE. Fine. [4] George William
Curtis (1824-1892)
American writer and public speaker, born in
Providence, Rhode Island, of old New England
stock. Curtis, fell in sympathy with the spirit of
the Transcendental movement. He joined the
communal experiment known as Brook Farm from 1842
to 1843. Curtis returned from Europe in 1850,
attractive, accomplished, and ambitious for
literary distinction. He settled on Staten Island
and instantly plunged into the whirl of life in
New York, obtained a post on the Tribune, became a
popular lecturer, started work on Nile Notes of a
Howadji (1851), and became a favorite in society.
He wrote for Putnam's Magazine, of which he was
George Palmer Putnam's. He became an associate
editor along with Parke Godwin and managing editor
Charles Frederick Briggs; the three also
collaborated on a gift book called The Homes of
American Authors (1853). SIGNATURE, 1863 on slip of
irregular shape. [5]
[SCIENCE] Makio Murayama -
Biochemist who conducted vital research in the
U.S. that laid the groundwork for combating
sickle-cell anemia. SIGNED 2.5 x 2.5" photo. Minor
faults. [6] [INDIANA] Daniel W.
Voorhees (1827-1897)
US Senator from Indiana, who was leader of the
Democratic party and an anti-war Copperhead during
the American Civil War. Signature. [7] [INDIANA] Jesse David
Bright(1812-1875)
was the ninth Lieutenant Governor and U.S. Senator
from Indiana who served as President pro tempore
of the Senate on three separate occasions. He was
the only senator from a Northern state to be
expelled for being a Confederate sympathizer. Clip Signature. [8] [INDIANA] DUNN,
George Grundy, a Representative from Indiana; born
in Washington County, Ky., December 20, 1812;
moved to Monroe County, Ind.; completed
preparatory studies and attended the Indiana
University at Bloomington; moved to Bedford,
Lawrence County, Ind., in 1833, where he taught
school; studied law; was admitted to the bar in
1835 and commenced practice in Bedford, Ind.;
prosecuting attorney of Lawrence County in 1842;
elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth Congress (March
4, 1847-March 3, 1849); unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1848; served in the State senate
from 1850 until 1852, when he resigned; elected as
an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth
Congress (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1857); was not a
candidate for renomination in 1856; died in
Bedford, Ind., September 4, 1857; interment in
Green Hill Cemetery. SIGNATURE. [9] Henry Rogers
Seager, Ph.D.
(1870-1930) American economist. He was employed at
the University of Pennsylvania from 1897-1902, and
then at Columbia University, where he became
professor in 1905. Seager was a member of several
commissions in New York to investigate labor
conditions. He served as president of the American
Association for Labor Legislation and served on
the board of editors of the Political Science
Quarterly. He died in 1930 in Kiev, Russia when he
was visiting to study Soviet economic philosophy. Signed 1918 bank check made out by
him. [10] Jerry Lewis (b. 1926) American
comedian, actor, producer, writer, director and
singer. He is best-known for his slapstick humor
on stage, screen and television, his singing
ability in a string of music album recordings and
his charity fund-raising telethons for the
Muscular Dystrophy Association Signed &
inscribed Parade magazine cover [front page only].
He writes date '93. One fold.......80-120
462.
[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
463. [MILITARY] John C. Turner -
1st Lt., Post Adjutant [Indianapolis, Ind.]. Document Signed,
Head Quarters, Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 7, 1866, 1p. To Capt.
William Badger, 9th Regt. The 9th Regiment was US Colored
Troops. Badger is interesting because he served with Gen. George
A. Custer at Fort Abraham Lincoln in The Dakota Territory in
1875. Badger [b. 1826) was the son of New Hampshire Governor
William Badge. VG. The scan below of photo of Custer's 7th
Cavalry at Fort Abraham Lincoln pictures Badger in back row 3rd
from left..........100-150
464. [KENTUCKY PIONEER] JACOB LARUE [1744-1821] Pioneer. It is believed that he made several trips to Kentucky prior to moving there in 1798. As early as 1783, some 18,000 acres were entered in his name. He lived the life of a quiet and respected planter. He held for some years the position of Justice of the Peace for Hardin County. Manscript Document Signed by Larue. Also signed by Abraham Miller and another whose signature we are not able to identify. On the verso Ann Murphy signs for James Murphy. In this 1814 document Jacob Larue promises to pay $89 to James Murphy. No place mentioned but this is from the Elizabethtown area. 8x5 in..............100-150
465. [KENTUCKY PIONEER] Col. . Nicholas MILLER - Kentucky Pioneer from the Elizabethtown area. Remembered as an Indian fighter. Sam. Haycraft, the Ky. historian, gives the following account: "Dan Vertrees was a stalwart young man of daring. He, with the late Colonel Nicholas Miller and others, were pursuing aband of Indians; Miller, then young, was tall, slenderly built, as active as a cat, and as fleet as hind, and as brave as Julius Caesar. This company coming upon the Indians, suddenly, a desperate fight ensued. Vertrees was killed at the first fire. A stout warrior seized a white man, wrestled his gun from him and was about to cleve his head with an axe. Miller at that moment, with a celerity of action which few men could equal, and with a power that few possessed ..... snatched the white man from the Indian as he would a chicken from a hawk, and, with an equal rapid motion, killed the Indian. This turned the tide, and the remaining Indians fled, leaving several dead on the ground." Manuscript Document Signed, 1801, 1p., 7-3/4 x 12-1/2" Also signed by John Pritle, James Murdock and Thos. Logsdon. Separated halfway along middle fold line..............200-300
466. [SCIENCE] Joseph G.C. Cottier
(1874-1897) Cottier was a graduate student in
Columbia during the academic years 1895-7. The exceptionally
rapid progress he made justified the expectation that he would
soon become an original investigator of the first order in the
domains of mathematical physics. Joseph Germains Charles Cottier
was born in Jersey City, N. J., May 29, 1874. He was graduated
from Stevens Institute of Technology, with the degree of
mechanical engineer in 1894. During the following year he was
employed in engineering work, partly by the East River Gas
Company of New York and partly by the Blake Pump Company.
Although successful in this work, it proved of little interest
to him, and he resolved to turn his attention to studies which
would lead him to an academic career. Accordingly he applied for
and was awarded a scholarship in Columbia University, and he
entered the School of Pure Science in the autumn of 1895. He
chose mechanics as his major subject and mathematics and
education as minors. At the end of the academic year 1895-6 he
was appointed fellow in mechanics and received the degree of
A.M. Continuing his studies with marked proficiency, he was
reappointed Fellow in Mechanics at the close of the year 1896—7,
and he expected to complete the work required for the doctorate
degree during the present academic year. He had made a special
study of the science of hydromechanics. He had read and mastered
nearly all of the extensive and profoundly difficult literature
of this science, which has occupied the attention of the most
eminent mechanicians during the past two centuries. He had
already begun to produce original work in this field; and on
departing in July last for Europe he left for publication papers
on the equations of hydrodynamics in a form suitable for
application to problems connected with the movements of the
earth's atmosphere, and on the expression of the general
equations of hydrodynamics in terms of curvilinear coordinates.
The first of these papers has been published in vol. xxv of the
Monthly Weather Review of the United States Weather Bureau, and
the second will be published in the Mathematical Review.
Personally Mr. Cottier was an exceedingly unassuming man, and
modest almost to shyness with respect to his own attainments.
Because of these characteristics, and by reason of incessant
occupation with his studies, few of his associates, and few even
of his instructors, came to know him intimately. The few to whom
he became well known, however, held him in highest esteem, as
well for his singularly gentle and courteous manliness as for
the penetrating clearness and strength of his intellectual
capacity. It is fitting in this connection to state that Mr.
Cottier's parents have given his collection of treatises and
papers on the mathematico-physical sciences to the library of
the Department of Mechanics. They have thus founded a permanent
memorial of their son's devotion to science, and have at the
same time shown his and their appreciation of the fellowship
honors which Columbia had twice bestowed upon him. [written by
Prof. Robert S. Woodward in 1897]. Offered here is one
of Cottier's original manuscripts [typed & manuscript],
titled and signed on verso, 20 pages, 8 x 13". Soiled.
The title: "The Expression Of The General Equations Of
Hydrodynamics In Terms Of Curvilinear Coondinates." From
the personal papers of Robert Simpson Woodward (1849-1924)
American physicist and mathematician, born at Rochester,
Michigan. He graduated C.E. at the University of Michigan in
1872 and was appointed assistant engineer on the United States
Lake Survey. In 1882 he became assistant astronomer for the
United States Transit of Venus Commission. In 1884 he became
astronomer to the United States Geological Survey, serving until
1890, when he became assistant in the United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey. In 1893 he was called to Columbia as professor
of mechanics and subsequently became professor of mathematical
physics as well. He was dean of the faculty of pure science at
Columbia from 1895 to 1905, when he became president of the
Carnegie Institution of Washington, whose reputation and
usefulness as a means of furthering scientific research was
widely extended under his direction. He was elected to the
National Academy of Sciences in 1896. In 1898-1900 he was
president of the American Mathematical Society, and in 1900
president of the American Association for the Advancement of
Science. In 1915 he was appointed to the Naval Consulting Board.
He died in 1924 in Washington, D.C. Professor Woodward carried
on researches and published papers in many departments of
astronomy, geodesy, and mechanics. In the course of his work
with the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey he devised and
constructed the "iced bar and long tape base apparatus," which
enables a base line to be measured with greater accuracy and
with less expense than by methods previously employed. His work
on the composition and structure of the earth and the variation
of latitude found expression in a number of valuable
papers.......500-750
467. [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
468. Sir Edwin Arnold (1832-1904) English poet and journalist. ALS,
1895, to John. Hopes to be able to see him upon his return.
Second page laid to mount............50-75
470. MYSTERY LOT of about 86 pieces
from 19th & 20th century. Includes: letters; documents; 5
bank checks signed by the noted artist, Douglas Volk, known
for his portraits of Abraham Lincoln, one used on postage
stamp, and various ephemera. Oldest item in this lot is 1804.
Good lot for eBay sellers or those who like researching
items.....150-250 Reserved
at $75
471. [FDR]
James Paul Warburg (1896-1969) German-born American
banker. He was notably well known for being the financial
adviser to Franklin D. Roosevelt. His father was banker Paul
Warburg, member of the Warburg family and "father" of the
Federal Reserve system. After World War II, Warburg helped
organized the Society for the Prevention of World War III in
support of the Morgenthau Plan. TLS, 1960, 1p. To Prof.
William Yale at Boston University regarding his lectures. Many
creases............25-35
474. [ART] Henry
Oliver Walker (1843-1929) American painter
of figures and portraits best known for his mural
decorations. His works include a series of paintings
honoring various poets for the Library of Congress and
decorations for public buildings such as the Appellate Court
House in New York City, Bowdoin College in Maine, the
Massachusetts State House, the Minnesota State Capitol, and the
Court House in Newark, New Jersey. Signed card with sentiment
dated 1901, approx. 3-1/2 x 1-3/4". Fine.........40-60
475. [CAPTURE OF JEFF DAVIS - NEWSPAPER] Wisconsin State Journal, May 23,
1865, 8pp. Includes: THE TRIAL OF THE ASSASSINS; THE GUILT OF
JEFF. DAVIS; European Comments on the Death of Mr. Lincoln;
The Starving Of Our Prisoners; "...The disguise in female
dress is fully confirmed..." VG...............75-100
476. Lawrence Dennis (1893-1977) American diplomat, consultant and author. He advocated fascism in America after the Great Depression, arguing that capitalism was doomed. Dennis was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He was of mixed race, though this was a fact he concealed later on in life. Following a notable career as a child evangelist, he was sent to Phillips Exeter Academy and then to Harvard. During World War I, Dennis commanded a company of military police in France. He graduated from Harvard in 1920 and entered the foreign service. The turning point of Dennis' life came when he served in Nicaragua. He resigned from the foreign service in disgust at the U.S. intervention there against the Sandino rebellion. He then became an adviser to the Latin American fund of the Seligman banking trust, but again made enemies when he wrote a series of exposes of their foreign bond enterprises in The New Republic and The Nation in 1930. These exposes propelled Dennis into a national public intellectual career, publishing his first book at the height of the depression in 1932, Is Capitalism Doomed?. The book submitted that capitalism was, and by all right should be, on its death knell, but warned of the grave dangers of a world devoid of its positive legacy. Dennis' two later books detailed his sense of the system that was emerging to replace it, which he believed to be fascism. The Coming American Fascism in 1936, detailing the system's substructure, and The Dynamics of War and Revolution in 1940, on the superstructure. Lawrence Dennis was an editor at The Awakener for some time. Later he founded his own publication, the Weekly Foreign Letter, and he wrote for Today's Challenge, published by the pro-German American Fellowship Forum of George Sylvester Viereck and Friedrich Auhagen. He tried to enlist in the American Army during World War II, but the Army rejected him after the media ran stories about him. In 1944 he was indicted, in a group which ranged from genuine progressives to pro-Nazi agitators, in a sedition prosecution under the Smith Act which ended in a mistrial after the judge died of a heart attack. Dennis co-authored with Maximilian St. George an account of the Great Sedition Trial of 1944 which appeared in 1946 as A Trial on Trial, but put forth his own defense in court. In his later years Dennis repudiated his views of the 1930s and early 1940s, became a critic of militarism and the Cold War, and propagated his views through a modest newsletter, The Appeal to Reason, which maintained a prominent circle of readers, including Herbert Hoover, Joseph P. Kennedy, William Appleman Williams, Harry Elmer Barnes, and James J. Martin. Dennis' last book, Operational Thinking for Survival, was published in 1967. Offered here is an 8-page typed Review of Robert L. Mitley's 1933 "POPULAR FINANCIAL DELUSIONS", DONE FOR THE SATURDAY REVIEW OF LITERATURE, signed in ink at the conclusion. Smitley book attacked many of the ideas held by men in business. Is social reform in such young movements as communism or fascism necessary? The handwritten corrections are in the hand of Dennis. RARE!............100-150
482. [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
Front side
Back side
484. [NAVAL] William Faxon (1822-1883) was a
journalist who served as chief clerk of the United States Navy
from 1861 to 1866 and as United States Assistant Secretary of
the Navy from 1866 until 1869. In 1861, President Abraham
Lincoln appointed Gideon Welles as United States Secretary of
the Navy. Welles wanted to appoint Faxon as chief clerk of the
Navy at this time, but the politically influential Francis
Preston Blair and his son Montgomery Blair pressured Lincoln to
appoint Gustavus Fox instead. As a compromise, the post of
Assistant Secretary of the Navy was created for Fox, and Faxon
joined the United States Department of the Navy as a clerk in
March 1861, and then succeeded Fox as chief clerk on July 31,
1861. As chief clerk of the Navy during the American Civil War,
Faxon was in charge of the records, correspondence, and
personnel of the Office of the Secretary of the Navy and oversaw
the finances of the Department of the Navy. On June 1, 1866,
Faxon succeeded Fox as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, holding
this office until 1869. CLIP
SIGNATURE..........20-30
Faxon signature
486. [PHOTOGRAPHY] Original photograph
of young Arthur MacArthur [son of Gen. MacArthur]. Taken in
1951. Photo taken by Hal Jensen. International News Photos paper
caption attached to back of photo. Approx. 7-1/8 x 9".
VG..........50-75
See photo
See
caption
487. [ART] Augustus
Vincent Tack (1870–1949) American
painter of portraits, landscapes and abstractions. After
graduating from St. Francis Xavier College in New York City in
1890, Tack studied at the Art Students League of New York until
1895. He is believed to have frequented the studio of painter
and stained glass designer John La Farge, whose portrait he
painted around 1900. He had his first solo exhibition at the
Kraushaar Galleries in New York City in 1896. The following year
he moved to an artists’ colony in Deerfield, Massachusetts,
where he met and later married Agnes Gordon Fuller, daughter of
artist George Fuller. Tack maintained a studio in New York
from 1894 until the end of his life. He had frequent exhibitions
at New York City galleries. From 1900 until the 1920s his work
was shown regularly at the Worcester Art Museum, at the Carnegie
International exhibitions in Pittsburgh, and at the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. He taught at the Art
Students League of New York between 1906 and 1910 and at Yale
University from 1910 to 1913. About 1914 to 1915 his work
attracted the notice of Washington DC art collector and critic
Duncan Phillips, who became his close friend and chief patron.
Phillips and Tack also collaborated on the organization of the
Allied War Salon of 1918. Tack died in 1949 in New York City. Signature.
Approx. 4-3/4 x 2". VG........35-45
See Tack
autograph
488. [ART] Irving Wiles
(1861-1948) American artist, born in Utica, New York. From
1879 to 1881 he studied in the Art Students League of New York
under James Carroll Beckwith and William Merritt Chase, and
later in Paris under Carolus-Duran. In his early years, he
worked as an illustrator for American magazines, and later he
devoted himself with great success to portraiture. He was
a member of the Society of American Artists, which prefaced his
1897 election into the National Academy of Design as an
associate. Wiles was also a member of the American Water Color
Society. His paintings include Russian Tea, Lady at Fireplace,
Scallop Boats, Peconic, and Portrait of Juliet Inness. Clip
Signature from 1894 letter. Approx. 4-1/2 x 2-3/4".
VG..........35-45
489. (ART) SOL WILSON (1896-1974) Studied with
Geo. bellows & Robert Henri. Exhibited: National
Academy; Library of Congress; Univ. of Iowa; American
Red Cross [1942 prize]. Collections: Brooklyn Museum;
American red cross; Lib. of Congress, etc. This is a
[plate signed] original lithograph from IMPROVISATIONS
done sometime during the 1950s. Noted artists draw
directly on the lithographic plates. Each was used as an
ad for various businesses. The proceeds went to Artists
Equity. Sheet size is approx. 8-3/4 x 12"..........50-75
492. [MIXED LOT] [1] [BIG BEN CLOCK] Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe, Q.C. (1816-1905) British lawyer, amateur horologist, and architect. In 1851 he designed the mechanism for the clock of the Palace of Westminster, responsible for the chimes of Big Ben. He was also responsible for rebuilding the west front, roof, and transept windows of St Albans Cathedral at his own expense. Although the building had been in need of repair, popular opinion at the time held that he had changed the cathedral's character, even inspiring the creation and temporary popularity of the verb "to grimthorpe", meaning to carry out unsympathetic restorations of ancient buildings. ALS, 1898, 1p, to the Editor of the Herts Standard. "Sir, I send you this as you will probably wish to notice this important transaction in some way, and you may as well have an accurate account of it. If you like to send me a proof tomorrow you shall have it back on Wednesday." This probably relates to forwarding an article, most likely about the restoration of the Cathedral at St. Albans, which, aside from Big Ben, was his second most famous undertaking. Approx. 8-1/4 x 3-1/4". VG. [2][SINGER SEWING] WILLIAM E. COOPER - Singer Agent. ALS, New Orleans, 1875, 1p, 4to. on Singer Manufacturing Co. letterhead. "By the burning of the S.S. City of Waco at Galveston, our Invoice of the 28th ult. shipped to that office is an entire loss. Our loss at Aherman Texas has delayed remittances from that point, which were beginning to be good. We are however re-organizing there and will soon be in good shape again..." Mounting traces along left edge. [3] Margaret Prescott Montague [pseudonym Jane Steger] (1878-1955) Am. author. She wrote "The Sowing of Alderson Cree"; "Up Eel River"; "Closed Doors. " She was the first winner of the O. Henry Award (1919) for her "England to America" in The Atlantic Monthly, September 1918. ALS, 1920, 3pp., to the journalist Margaret Marshall. Accompanied by a photograph of her standing outside near house & garden. [4] George Mitchell(b. 1933) American Statesman. Presently serving as special envoy to the Middle East for the Obama administration. A Democrat, Mitchell was a United States Senator who served as the Senate Majority Leader from 1989 to 1995. He was chairman of The Walt Disney Company from March 2004 until January 2007, and was chairman of the international law firm DLA Piper at the time of his appointment as special envoy. For his involvement in the Northern Ireland peace negotiations, Mitchell was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1999), and was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. TLS, US Senate stationery, Nov. 13, 1980, 1p, 6-1/4 x 8-1/2 in. To Guy Gannett Publishing Co., Portland, Maine, sending thanks for sending him a copy of Harold Boyle's book "Best of Boyle." "I have also sent a note of thanks to Mr. Boyle personally..." In comparison with other Mitchell signatures this does not appear to be an autopen signature. [5] 1839 Bill of Lading - shipped by I.P. Hazard from Providence, Rhode Island to Savannah. Partly-printed, approx. 9 x 2 in. [6] Job R. Tyson (1803-1858) was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Signature. [7] William R. Sapp (1804-1875) U.S. Representative from Ohio. Signature. [8] William A. Gilbert ( 1815 - 1875) U.S. Representative from New York. Signature. [9] Document - Abstract of Expenditures for Jefferson Barracks, Missouri in 2nd Quarter of 1890, signed by a Capt. H. Norgud [?]. [10] James Currie (1756-1805), Scottish doctor and editor of Robert Burns. Antique engraved portrait. VG............100-150
493.
[JAMES MONROE] MESSAGE FROM
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TO BOTH HOUSES OF
CONGRESS, AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE
FIFTEENTH CONGRESS. 1817, 11pp. 5-3/4 x 9-1/2". Signed in
type by the President. VG.......60-80
496. 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
497. [SOUTH
CAROLINA] Hugh Rutledge
(1745-1811) Speaker of South Carolina Legislative Assembly and
Chancellor of South Carolina; his father was John Rutledge,
Chief Justice of US Supreme Court. Document Signed as
Speaker, Charleston, SC. Dated 1786. Severe damp stain.
About 8 x 3"..............75-100
498.
Donald Robertson ISO (1860 - 1942) was the first
Public Service Commissioner in New Zealand. Prior to being the
Public Service Commissioner, he was Secretary of the Post &
Telegraph Department. He wrote the Early History of the New
Zealand Post Office. When he retired he lived in the south of
France, but came back to New Zealand in the depression. He was
born in Dunedin, and died in a Wanganui private hospital. SIGNED,
INSCRIBED 8X10 PHOTO. Very nice with minor silvering to
surface...............25-35
499. (JOURNALISM). Max Gebhard
SECKENDORFF (1852-1911). American journalist; chief,
Washington bureau of the "New York Tribune" (1883-1911); a very
influential journalist between the time of President Chester
Arthur and President William Howard Taft. Signed Riggs National
Bank check, 1911........25-35
500. [SLAVERY] Ashbel Green, D.D.
(1762-1848) American Presbyterian minister and academic. He
served as a sergeant of the New Jersey militia during the
American Revolution, and went on to study with Dr. John
Witherspoon and graduate valedictorian from Princeton
University in 1783. Green later became the third Chaplain of
the United States House of Representatives from 1792 to 1800,
and the eighth (and highly unpopular, due to what many
students saw as his heavy-handed leadership style) President
of Princeton University, from 1812 to 1822. He emancipated his
family's slave Betsey Stockton in 1817, taught her and
recommended her as a missionary to the American Board of
Commissioners for Foreign Missions, making her the first
single female overseas missionary. He also published a
periodical entitled the Christian Advocate. SIGNATURE on blue
lined paper. Our research finds that students were using blue
lined paper as early as, at least, 1825..............25-35
501. [US CONGRESS]
album page signed by: JADWIN,
Cornelius Comegys, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in
Carbondale, Lackawanna County, Pa., March 27, 1835; attended the
common schools; taught school for four years; studied civil
engineering and pharmacy; engaged as a civil and mining engineer
1857-1861; entered the drug business and located in Honesdale,
Pa., in 1862; served on the board of education of his district
for nine years and was president for three years; delegate to
the Republican National Convention in 1880; elected as a
Republican to the Forty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1881-March 3,
1883); was an unsuccessful Independent candidate for reelection
in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress; continued the drug
business in Honesdale, Pa., until his death there on August 17,
1913; interment in Glen Dyberry Cemetery. ALSO signed by: JONES, Phineas, a
Representative from New Jersey; born in Spencer, Worcester
County, Mass., April 18, 1819; attended the common schools;
moved to Elizabeth (then called Elizabethtown), N.J., in 1855;
member of the city council of Elizabeth 1856-1860; moved to
Newark in 1860; engaged in manufacturing and mercantile
pursuits; vice president of the New Jersey State Agricultural
Society; member of the State house of assembly in 1873 and 1874;
elected as a Republican to the Forty-seventh Congress (March 4,
1881-March 3, 1883); declined to be a candidate for renomination
in 1882; retired from active life and died in Newark, N.J.,
April 19, 1884; interment in Evergreen Cemetery, Elizabeth, N.J.
Signed on other side by: WILLITS,
Edwin, a Representative from Michigan; born at Otto, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., April 24, 1830; moved to Michigan with his parents
in September 1836; was graduated from the University of Michigan
at Ann Arbor in June 1855; settled in Monroe, Monroe County,
Mich., in April 1856; editor of the Monroe Commercial 1856-1861;
studied law; was admitted to the bar in December 1857 and
commenced practice in Monroe; prosecuting attorney of Monroe
County 1860-1862; member of the State board of education
1860-1872; appointed postmaster of Monroe January 1, 1863, by
President Lincoln, and removed by President Johnson October 15,
1866; member of the commission to revise the constitution of the
State in 1873; elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth,
Forty-sixth, and Forty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1877-March
3, 1883); chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department
of Justice (Forty-seventh Congress); was not a candidate for
renomination in 1882; principal of the State normal school at
Ypsilanti 1883-1885; president of the Michigan Agricultural
College 1885-1889; First Assistant Secretary of Agriculture from
March 23, 1889, to December 31, 1893; continued the practice of
law in Washington, D.C., until his death there October 22, 1896;
interment in Woodlawn Cemetery, Monroe, Mich.
VG............25-35
502. [NEWSPAPER] JEFF. DAVIS IN PETTICOATS. WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, Madison, Wis., June 13,
1865, VOL. XIII, No. 39. 8 pages, FILLED with Civil War news.
Includes: on the front page, a half column poem by L.J.Bates,
"JEFF DAVIS IN PETTICOATS."; "Sherman's Armistice"; "THE
ASSASSINATION TRIAL. The Suppressed Testimony. MORE STARTLING
REVELATIONS. Complicity of Jeff Davis in the President's
Murder." Illustrated advertisements, including a full column
illustrated advertisement on the last page for an amusement show
called "The Equesqurriculum" tin three "Gigantic Circuses".)
Fascinating reading. .........75-100
503. [HARVARD
MEDICAL] EDWARD S. DUNSTER
[b. 1834] American physician. He is a lineal descendant of Henry
Dunster, the first president of Harvard, was graduated from that
institution in 1856, and from the New York College of physicians
and surgeons in 1859, beginning practice in that City in 1860.
He entered the army as assistant surgeon in June 1861, and
served in West Virginia and in the peninsular campaign, acting
as medical inspector and medical director of hospitals. After
being ordered to Philadelphia, Washington, and West Point, he
resigned on 1 February 1866 and resumed the practice of his
profession in New York, making a specialty of obstetrics and the
diseases of women and children. He was editor of the "New York
Medical Journal " in 1866'72 Resident physician in charge of
hospitals on Randall's Island in 1869'73, and professor of
obstetrics and the diseases of women and children in the
University of Vermont in 1868'71. He subsequently held the same
chair in Long Island medical College in the medical department
of Dartmouth College, and since 1873 in the University of
Michigan. Among his contributions to professional literature are
papers on "Relations of the Medical Profession to Modern
Education"; "Logic of Medicine " ; "Notes on Double Monsters ";
" History of Anaesthesia"; " The Comparative Mortality in Armies
from Wounds and Disease "; and " History of Spontaneous
Generation." Original 1858 oval photograph signed with
his birth date/Dover, NH. Signed below mounted photo. This
is his 1858 Harvard graduate photo. VG.........50-75
504. [NY] JOHN YOUNG
[1802-1852] CONGRESSMAN & GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK [1847-48] DS,
1847. Appoints William S. Hascall of Waukeshee, Wisc. a
commission for the state of Wisc. 15 x 10-1/2. The main fault is
damp stain which does affect signature although the signature is
strong. Misc. edge chips affects
nothing......................40-60
505. [NEWSPAPER] 1867 Boston Dailey Advertiser
with news of MALES WHO YIELD UP THEIR MANHOOD ARE PROMOTING
WOMENS SUFFRAGE. VG..........25-35
506. [NEWSPAPER] INDIANS - THE GLOBE, City
of Washington, March 29, 1832, 4pp. Cherokee Sovereignty / No
State or Nation Within The Bounds of This Union, Not Recognized
By Its Constitution........Inside article containing speech of
Justice Baldwin [US Supreme Ct] concerning the Cherokee issue.
VG............40-60
507. [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,
[1902], tissue guard still attached, image
approx. 3-1/4 x 4-7/8" plus margins. VG.........75-100
See
etching
514. [KICKAPOO TRIBE OF INDIANS]
Message from The President of the United States [Benj.
Harrison], printed government document, House of Rep., Jan.
11, 1892, 18pp. Signed in type by Benjamin Harrison.
VG.........25-35
515. MYSTERY LOT of about 93 pieces from 19th & 20th century. Includes: letters; documents; a few autographs; 5 bank checks signed by the noted artist, Douglas Volk, known for his portraits of Abraham Lincoln, one used on postage stamp, and various ephemera. Oldest item in this lot is 1838. There is also an 1842 document signed by R.G. Hazard [look him up], and a 1945 TLS by Commodore Badt. Good lot for eBay sellers or those who like researching items.....125-225
518. [CINEMA] John Bromfield (1922-2005) film actor who appeared in a number of film-noirs and westerns in his short film career. South Bend, Indiana-born Bromfield's film career began when he was cast in Sorry, Wrong Number for Columbia Pictures. His career stretched into the 1950s when he appeared in more westerns and horror films (including the 3D horror film Revenge of the Creature (1955) - one of the Creature from the Black Lagoon sequels). Bromfield at last became a star when he was cast in the lucrative syndicated western TV series Sheriff of Cochise (1956), which later was retitled US Marshal. He retired from acting in 1960 to become a commercial fisherman. SIGNED/INSCRIBED 3x5 card. Fine...........20-30
519. [MIXED LOT] [1] To Organize Gov. of Nebraska - Speech of Joseph R. Chandler, of Penn. on the Bill to organize Territorial Government in Nebraska. Delivered to the House of Rep., April 5, 1854. 7-pp. VG. See speech above [2] [BOER WAR] stereo-view photograph card issued 1900, Underwood & Underwood. When the Cannon's Roar is Still - men sleeping by their stacked arms. VG. [3] [SINGER SEWING] EDWIN DEAN - Singer Sewing machine agent from Missouri. ALS, St. Louis, 1866, 2 separate pages, 4to. To The Singer Manuf. Co. describing a trade fair "at which $20,000 will be distributed in premiums and which will be attended by 50,000 persons at least..." Says he will distribute Singer products to stimulate business. On Singer Co. letterhead. Light stain along edge from mounting trace on back. Page 1 Page 2 [4] Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber (1814 - 1890) American humorist. Clip signature. [5] S. Parkes Cadman (1864-1936) American clergyman, newspaper writer, and pioneer Christian radio broadcaster of the 1920s and 1930s. He was an early advocate of ecumenism and an outspoken opponent of anti-Semitism and racial intolerance. By the time of his death in 1936, he was called "the foremost minister of Congregational faith" by the New York Times. ANS on card. [6] Nat C. Goodwin (1857-1919) American actor and vaudevillian. Signature. [7] Senator Lloyd Bentsen - TLS, 1989, 1p. [autopen?] [8] Clyde Fitch (1865-1909) American dramatist. Clip signature. [9] Edward J. Phelps (1822-1900) lawyer and diplomat from Vermont. [10] Lee Iacocca - signed 8x10 photo.........75-100
520. [US CONGRESSMEN] Album page signed by 2 congressmen on one side and 3 on the other side. Includes: Archibald Lybrand [1840-1910] OHio / W.B. Shattuc [1841-1911] Ohio. On the other side: Horace B. Packer [1851-1940] Pa / James H. Codding [1849-1919] Pa / A.L. Hager [1850-1923] Iowa. VG...........40-60
521. [NAVAL] Ernest McNeill Eller (1903-1992) Rear Admiral in the United States Navy, who served as Director of Naval History, Naval History Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations from 1956 to 1970. SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO..................25-35
522. [OPERA] Allan James Foli [1837-1899) Irish bass singer. Originally a carpenter, he studied under Bisaccia at Naples, and made his first appearance at Catania in 1862. From the opera in Paris he was engaged by Mapleson for the season of 1865, and appeared with much success in various parts. He sang in the first performance of The Flying Dutchman (Daland) in England in 1870, and in the first performance of Gounod's La Rédemption in 1882. He was distinguished in opera and oratorio alike for his vigorous, straightforward way of singing, and was in great request at ballad concerts. MOUNTED SIGNATURE......25-35
523. [THEATRE] Ada Cavendish (1839-1895), famous British actress, made her debut at the New Royal Theatre in 1863. ALS, 1877, 1-line sending her autograph. Mounted....30-40
524. [SILENT FILM] Leatrice Joy (1893-1985) American actress most prolific during the early silent film era. Leatrice Joy married John Gilbert in 1922. ALS, no yr, 2pp. Says it was a "real joy to work with Mr. de Mille." Signed Leatrice Joy Gilbert. VG.............40-60
526. MYSTERY LOT of about 93 pieces from 19th & 20th century. Includes: letters; documents; a few autographs; 5 bank checks signed by the noted artist, Douglas Volk, known for his portraits of Abraham Lincoln, one used on postage stamp, and various ephemera. Oldest item in this lot is 1800. There is also an 1825 bank check signed by R.G. Hazard [look him up], and a 1815 New York Supreme Court document. Good lot for eBay sellers or those who like researching items.....125-175
528. (ORIENTAL MAGIC) PROFESSOR SAMRI S. BALDWIN. Magician known as The White Mahatma. THE SECRETS OF MAHAIMA LAND EXPLAINED, T. J. Dyson and Son, Brooklyn, New York, 1895. 120 pages. Numerous illustrations of magic tricks. Features such magic tricks as 1. The Great Basket Trick. 2. The Shrine of Koot Hoomi. 3. Buried Alive. 4. Liquid Lightning. 5. Egyptian Sorcery. 6. Lessons in Mesmerism. 7. Clairvoyant Development. 8. Intuitive Intimations. 9. The Mango Tree's Growth. 10. The Burning Fakeers. ll. The Bewitched Stone. 12. Conventrated Hades. 13. A Madras Miracle. 14. Hypnotic Hallucinations. 15. How to be a Medium. 16. Somnomistic Telepathy. A magnificent magic book whose stated purpose, as given on the title page: "Teaching and Explaining the Performances of the Most Celebrated Oriental Mystery Makers and Magicians in all Parts of the World.". Scuffed covers; bumped corners; some white paint spots on front cover; contents very good condition.........400-600
529. [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
530. [FILM] PATRICIA NEAL - actress. She won . She won the Best Actress Oscar for her role in the drama Hud (1963). Signed 3 x 5 card.............15-20
531. [MIXED LOT] [1] Louise Creighton, née von Glehn (1850-1936) British author of books on historical and socio-political topics, and an activist for greater role of women both within society and within the Church of England. In 1872, she married Mandell Creighton, later a historian and bishop in the Church of England. CLIP SIGNATURE [2] Eleanor Painter (1891 - 1947) American opera singer. She had a successful career of almost two decades. Pencil signature on card with sentiment. [3] Commodore John Downes (1786 - 1854) was an officer in the United States Navy, whose service covered the first half of the 19th century. Three ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Downes in honor of him. Clip signature. [4] John Heyl Vincent (1832-1920) American Methodist Episcopal bishop. Clip signature. [5] George Madden Martin (1866-1946) American fiction writer. ANS, 1924. [6] Origen Storrs Seymour (1804-1881) U.S. Representative from Connecticut, father of Edward Woodruff Seymour and nephew of Horatio Seymour. Clip signature. [6] William Howitt (1792-1879) English author. Clip signature. [7] Emma Speed Sampson author who wrote the last 5 books from The Bluebird Books series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. Signature, inscribed [pencil] 1923. [8] James Parton (1822-1891) England-born American biographer. He was the most popular biographer of his day in America. AQS, New York, March 10, 1864. "I welcome Maryland to the union of Free States! Jas. Parton." [9] Alice May (1847 -1887), sometimes known as Louise Allen, was an English singer and actress, perhaps best remembered as the creator of the soprano role of Aline in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Sorcerer (1877). Clip signature. Light stain. [10] John Ransom Buck (1835-1917) U.S. Representative from Connecticut. Signature..........60-80
532. Limerick
National Bank [Maine] - collection
of approx. 113 cnancelled bank checks, c. 1918 - 1929. Most all
signed J.F. & A.H. Chase...........50-75
534. [ACTORS & ACTRESSES] Multiple lot: [1] Kay E. Kuter (1925-2003) Am. actor who starred on television and in film. ISP, 8x10. [2] Constance Cummings (1910-2005) American-born British actress, known for her work on both screen and stage. Between 1931 and 1934, Cummings appeared in 21 films, most notably the Harold Lloyd picture Movie Crazy, and American Madness, which was directed by Frank Capra. Cummings was uncomfortable in Hollywood and moved to England, where she continued acting, both in movies and on the stage. Few of these films became popular in America, although included amongst those that did is Blithe Spirit, adapted from a play by Sir Noël Coward. In 1974, Cummings, who resided in the UK for many decades, was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for her contributions to the British entertainment industry. SIGNED VINTAGE POSTCARD PHOTO. MOUNTING TRACES ON VERSO. [3] John Cullum (b. 1930) Am. actor and singer. ISP, 8x10. [4] Diana Lewis [1919-1997] American film actress and a MGM contract star. Her more notable films include It's a Gift (1934), Gold Diggers in Paris (1938), Go West (1940) and Johnny Eager (1942). She was the love interest of Andy Hardy as Daphne Fowler in Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940). She met the actor William Powell in 1940, married after a courtship of three weeks and retired from acting in 1943. The couple remained together until Powell's death in 1984. SIGNED picture of William Powell, who has his arm around a paster bust of him. She also signed "Wlliam Powell". About 8-1/2 x 10-1/2". So she has signed both signatures. [5] Ruth Warrick (1916-2005) American singer, actress and political activist, best known for her role as Phoebe Tyler on All My Children, which she played regularly from 1970 until her death in 2005. She made her film debut in Citizen Kane as Kane's first wife. She celebrated her 80th birthday by attending a special screening of Citizen Kane to a packed, standing-room-only audience, to which she spoke afterward. What she didn't realize was that this was also Welles' first film role. Citizen Kane proved to be a major moment of her life and the long term success of the film would follow her for the rest of her life. Signed 3x5 card. Fine. [6] Nedra Volz (1908-2003) American film and television actress. Born in Montrose, Iowa, she began her career in the family tent show, and appeared in vaudeville as a toddler (called "Baby Nedra"). She ended up in the 1970s as a well-recognized supporting character actress, primarily on television and also in feature films. She often played grandmothers or feisty little old ladies. SHE SIGNS a 3x5 card and writes several of the TV shows [Strokes, Dukes, Filthy Rich etc.] that she appeared in. Fine. [7] [THEATRE] 1950 Playbill program from the play South Pacific, starring Mary Martin and Ray Middleton. He has signed, inscribed the cover. NOT signed by Martin. [8] Madeline Hurlock (1899-1989) Am. silent film actress. ALS on 3x5 card. 1985. Some smearing. [9] John Agar (1921-2002) American actor. ISP, 5x7. [10] Pat Carroll (b. 1927) American actress. She performed in numerous stage productions, film and TV. Signed, inscribed 10x8 photo. VG............80-120
535. Edward Verrall Lucas
(1868-1938) versatile and popular English writer. His nearly 100
books demonstrate great facility with style, and were generally
acknowledged as humorous by contemporary readers and critics.
Some of his essays about the sport cricket are still considered
among the best instructional material. He is remembered best for
his essays and books about London and travel abroad; these books
continue through many editions. He is particularly noted as a
biographer of Charles Lamb and an editor of his works and
letters. Signed, inscribed card dated 1920. VG...........25-35
539. Sir Henry Alexander Miers (1858 - 1942) British mineralogist. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, he was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Oxford. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1896. ALS, University of London, 1914, 2 pages. To Rev. Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing (1835-1926) British zoologist. Regarding Stebbing's resignation from the Toubridge Higher Education Council. VG............50-75
540. Louis K.
Anspacher (1878-1947) American
poet and script writer. ALS, no date, 1p. VG.........25-35
541. [ART] JAMES BROOKS [1906-1992] American abstract painter. SIGNATURE inscribed. Nice example...........35-45
542. John A. BINGHAM [1815-1900] US Representative from Ohio; appointed by President Lincoln as judge advocate of the Union Army with the rank of major in 1864; special judge advocate in the trial of the conspirators against the life of President Lincoln; one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1862 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against West H. Humphreys, United States judge for the several districts of Tennessee, and in 1868 in the proceedings against Andrew Johnson; appointed Minister to Japan and served from 1873-1885. His signature on album slip. Large dark area that is toned and affects half of the signature......25-35
543. Charles Haskins Townsend (1859-1944) American zoologist, born at
Parnassus, Pennsylvania. From 1897 to 1902 he was connected with
the United States Fish Commission, serving as chief of the
fisheries division. He then served as director of the New York
Aquarium at Castle Garden, from 1902 until his retirement in
1937. He wrote extensively on fisheries, whaling, fur seals,
deep-sea exploration and zoology. In 1902 he was an expert
before the Russo-American fisheries arbitration at The
Hague. In 1912-13 he was president of the American
Fisheries Society. He was elected a fellow of the New York
Academy of Sciences. He is commemorated in the name of
Townsend's Shearwater. Brief
ALS, New York Aquarium, Jan. 17, 1923. To Dr. Woodward. "Dear
Dr. Woodward: Just a word to say that our friend Patterson of
___? N.J. died this morning. I know you will share my regret."
8-1/2 x 10-3/4 in. Long single red pencil line at top.
VG............50-75
544.
Mr. Prudden (T.
Mitchell Prudden) physician and professor of pathology at
Columbia University , for several years had spent his summers
exploring the West. In 1895, his last year on Alamo Ranch
before moving to Chaco Canyon , Richard Wetherill was once
more host and guide to an eastern visitor. Dr. T. Mitchell
Prudden, a physician and professor of pathology at Columbia
University , for several years had spent his summers exploring
the West. The writings of Jackson, Chapin, and Nordenskiold
drew him naturally to seek out the Wetherills on the Mancos
river. Prudden's 1895 visit marked the beginning of nearly two
decades of excursions, resulting in many articles, both
popular and scientific, on the antiquities of the Southwest.
Following the excavation of a series for mounds on McElmo
Creek near Cortez at the northwest foot of mesa Verde, he made
his most substantial contribution-the concept of the "unit
pueblo" (the small cluster of rooms associated with a single
kiva) and the delineation of a stage preceding the building of
the more complex Classic structures. ALS written in
the 3rd person, not dated but c. 1908. Won't be able to attend
meeting of the National Academy of Sciences. To Woodward.
Fine.............60-80
545. 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
546. [PENN] nice clean album page signed by 2 Penn. congressmen: EDIE, John Rufus, (1814 - 1888) commissioned a major of the Fifteenth Regiment, United States Infantry, May 14, 1861; promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1863 and served with the Fifteenth and Eighth Regiments, United States Infantry, until January 1871, when he was honorably discharged; brevetted colonel September 1, 1864. ROBISON, David Fullerton, (1816 - 1859). Clean & VG..........30-40
547. [PENN] nice clean album page signed by 3 Penn. congressmen: FLORENCE, Thomas Birch, (1812 - 1875); TYSON, Job Roberts, (1803 - 1858); PEARCE, John Jamison, (1826 - 1912). VG............25-35
548. [THEATRE] Frank Gillmore (1867-1943) English-American playwright and a stage and early film actor. He was a founder and former President of Actor's Equity. He made his stage debut in London in 1879, then toured the British provinces for three years before returning to the London stage where he remained for a further five years. During this period he shared lodgings with George Arliss. Gillmore then alternated between appearances in Britain and America for a further five years. Aged 17 he appeared with Lillie Langtry. He married the American actress Laura Margaret MacGillivray whom he met when they both appeared in an American tour of Lady Windermere's Fan. Gillmore became a founder of the Actors' Equity Association in 1913 after the Actors Society of America disbanded in 1912. He made two silent films, The Fairy and the Waif (1915) and The Lifted Veil (1917). From 1918 to 1929 he was the union's Executive Secretary and eventual President, a position he held from 1929 to 1937. He was also the international President of the Associated Actors and Artistes of America from 1938 to 1943. TLS, 1932, 1p, sending his autograph. On Actors' Equity stationery. Mail folds o/w VG............35-45
549. [FILM] JANET LEIGH [1927-2004] Academy Award-nominated actress. Leigh's best-known role was in the Alfred Hitchcock classic 1960 film Psycho. Signature on 3x5 card.......20-30
550. [THEATRE] John Orlando Parry (1810-1879) Welsh actor, pianist, artist, comedian and singer. SIGNATURE dated August 12th 1865. Mounted..........20-30
California Gold Rush
554. [NEWSPAPER] Original issue of "THE NEW
YORK DAILY TRIBUNE,", NY, March 7, 1849, 4 pages. Front page
articles "LATEST FROM THE PACIFIC"; "THE NEW
CABINET-TRANSFORMED" and "SUPPOSED SHIPWRECK." Page 2 "FROM
TEXAS-CALIFORNIA EMIGRANTS"; FOR CALIFORNIA, OREGON AND SANDWICH
ISLANDS"; "CALIFORNIA MINING BOOTS"; PRESERVED MEATS FOR
CALIFORNIA." Page 3 contains a series of ads for California with
shipping vinettes. Page 4 articles "SALT LAKE VALLEY" and
"CALIFORNIA EMIGRANTS." Also ads related to California. Folded.
............30-40
700. [ART] RICHARD CARLE - deceased New England artist. Worked a lot around Boston and the north shore. ORIGINAL ink drawing, signed, 13 x 17". VG.........75-100
701. [ART] RICHARD CARLE - deceased New
England artist. Worked a lot around Boston and the north shore.
ORIGINAL watercolor, signed, dated 1960, 14 x 16.5".
VG.........100-150
702. [ART] HENRY HELPRIN - UNSIGNED charcoal drawing, 4.25 x 8.5 in. plus margins. The only thing we know about this artist is that he studied drawing at the Art Students League in NYC, under Bridgman. He may have also been an illustrator. Worthy of research. There is also part of another sketch on the verso...........25-35
704. [ART] 19th century pencil drawing, unsigned, oval
approx. 8 x 6". VG..........60-80
705. 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
706. CALIFORNIA - group of 6 views including: San Francisco shore, Cliff House Sacramento Valley, Coast Scene at Marin County, etc. Various sizes.........60-80
707. [ART] Anthony
Thieme (1888-1954) was a landscape
and marine painter and a major figure of the Rockport
(MA) School of American regional art. He was a
contemporary of important Rockport artists Aldro
Hibbard, Emil Gruppe, W. Lester Stevens, Antonio Cirino,
and Marguerite Pierson. Born in Rotterdam on 20 February
1888, Thieme studied at the Academie of Fine Arts in
Rotterdam for two years and then, briefly, at the Royal
Academy, the Hague. He traveled widely in Europe,
frequently finding work as a stage designer.
Thieme traveled to the United States at the age of 22.
He quickly found work as a stage designer at the Century
Theater in New York, designing sets for the Russian
ballerina Anna Pavlova. When the commission ended, he
traveled to South America, primarily Brazil and
Argentina. Stage work again provided his livelihood. A
return to Europe followed with further work in England,
France, and Italy. Returning to the United States with a
contract for additional stage work, Thieme found himself
in Boston. He discontinued work on the stage in 1928 and
from then on made his living with the sales of his
paintings and etchings. Thieme married Lillian Beckett
in 1929 and moved to Rockport, MA. He established the
Thieme School of Art. He exhibited his work frequently
at the Grand Central Art Galleries in New York. He
continued to travel widely; Mexico, Guatemala, Florida,
and France were major destinations, always painting en
plein air. Thieme committed suicide on 6 December 1954
in Greenwich, CT. The circumstances of his death are not
fully understood. Anthony Thieme was a full member
of the American Watercolor Society, Art Alliance of
America, the Salmagundi Club, the Boston Art Club, North
Shore Art Association, Rockport Art Association, New
York Water Color Club, Art Alliance of Philadelphia and
the National Arts Club. Original etching plate,
title "Coach & Inn". Not sure if this is the
actual title - its simply what is written on the
envelope and above an etching [included] pulled from
the plate. Original etching plates are very
uncommon............800-1200
708. [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
710. [ART] Albert Robida (1848-1926) French painter, etcher, lithographer and writer, Albert Robida became famous both for his whimsical scenes of Paris life and for his highly regarded satirical art. Robida began his artistic career in 1866 when he began contributing his designs to French periodicals. This aspect of his art continued through his life and he established himself as one of the more popular artists of La Vie Parisienne, Le Rire and Fantasio. During the First World War, Albert Robida's suites of lithographs and commentaries, such as Villes Martyres proved to be of prime influence within the arts community. Original etching, "Les Graveurs du XIX Siecle" (Engravers of the 19th Century) as published in Paris by Henri Beraldi and printed Chardon & Sormamin 1891. The etching depicts a full portrait of a woman in full fashionable regalia. For the setting, Robida selects the seaside, as we can see in the background where some sailors are greatly admiring the legs of a bather. "Les Graveurs du XIX Siecle" is a fine example of the etched art by the French artist, Albert Robida. Image approx. 8-3/8 x 5-3/8 plus margins. There are some spots in the margins; slightly toned top edge. All faults will not show when matted properly...........200-300
See Robida etching
712. [ART] Jules Adeline (1845-1909), historian, draughtsman, architect and engraver. Original etching, plate signed, c. 1885, image 4-1/2 x 3-1/2" plus margins. VG...........80-120
713. [ART] RICHARD CARLE - deceased New
England artist. Worked mainly around Boston and the north shore.
Original ink wash drawing, signed, dated [19]78, Gloucester,
Mass. scene. Paper size approx. 9 x 11.5 in. VG
condition..........60-80
See drawing
above
714. [ART] Stow
Wengenroth (1906-1978)
American artist and lithographer, born in 1906 in Brooklyn, New
York. Wengenroth was once called "America's greatest living
artist working in black and white" by the American realist
painter Andrew Wyeth, and he is generally considered to be one
of the finest American lithographers of the twentieth century.
He studied at the Art Students League of New York under George
Brant Bridgeman and John Carlson from 1923 to 1927, then at the
Grand Central School of Art under Wayman Adams. Wengenroth was
elected a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters
(renamed the American Academy of Arts and Letters) in 1942 and
was also a member of the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts and
the Prairie Printmakers. He was elected an Associate of the
prestigious National Academy of Design in 1938, and a full
Academician in 1941. Wengenroth was also the author of several
influential books on lithography. Wengenroth's lithographs are
found in most major American collections, including the Library
of Congress, Whitney Museum of American Art, and Metropolitan
Museum of Art. During his career, Wengenroth became well-known
for his detailed depictions of the seascapes and landscapes of
New England and, particularly, Maine . As an artist, he eschewed
colour in his lithographs but rather focused on shadow, light,
and form to transmit detail and dimension. While his urban
scenes of Manhattan and the New York City environs are
especially coveted by the current market, Wengenroth was most
adept at creating sincere yet vivid simulacra of the New England
littoral and interior. Offered here is an unsigned 2-sided
watercolor. Sand dunes
on one side and a most unusual abstraction watercolor on the
other. This is the last of our Wengenroths that we bought at the
Bruce Collins auction in Kennebunk, Maine. These were consigned
to Collins from the estate of Wengenroth. Youngs Fine Arts sold
our companion piece to this in their 7/12/97 sale, lot 52. It
was 1-sided, signed, almost identical scene, a little smaller,
and brought $660. We saved this one because it was nicer but
mainly because of the unusual abstraction on the one side. This
is guaranteed, without a time limit, to be by Stow Wengenroth
and we will send along a letter of guarantee to the winning
bidder. This piece is approx. 14-3/4 x 19-3/4 in. Pin holes in
the corners caused by Wengenroth. His watercolors & drawings
are quite uncommon. CLICK BELOW TO SEE BOTH
SIDES............1000-1500
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715. [ART] MARY HELEN POTTER (1862 - 1950) Listed artist from Rhode Island. OFFERED HERE: Original watercolor, unsigned, dated 1895, approx. 13 x 10 in. Almost all of Potter's watercolors were unsigned. Very good condition........200-300
Rare Original Etching Plate
716. [ART] Paul Berdanier
(Frackville, Pennsylvania, 1879 - Long Island, 1961) A fine
American etcher, painter and illustrator, Paul F. Berdanier
studied art under Charles Hope Provost, in New York, Gustave
Wolff, at the School of Fine Arts in St. Louis, and under
Albert Gihon, in Paris. He began his career in St. Louis
working mostly as a designer of historical settings and stage
costumes. After winning several awards in Missouri, Berdanier
moved to Paris, France shortly after the end of World War One.
He remained there until about 1929 when he settled in New
York. During his time in Paris, he exhibited his art at both
the Salon d'Automne and at la Nationale des Beaux-Artes.
Berdanier was a full member of the Society of American
Etchers. His art is included in the permanent collections of
many museums in both America and France. Offered here is
the original etching plate "Winter Canal Scene", approx.
3-3/8 x 5-1/4". Provenance: the Anderson-Lamb
Co., Brooklyn, NY. This company was among the best
printers of etchings in the country. It was their firm that
hand-printed most of the etchings offered by American
Associated Artists Gallery in NYC. The lithographs were
printed by George Miller. All printing would be done by
hand, with Miller and Lamb receiving 25 cents per
impression, paper and ink included. A color etching pulled
circa 1935-45 is included, trimmed to image and laid down. The
original etching plate has a protective varnish coating but
can be removed if someone wants to pull etching from the
plate. It goes without saying - original etching plates by
noted artist very seldom ever find their way onto the open
market.............200-300
717. [ART]
WALT KUHN
[1877-1949]. American painter. An ORIGINAL COOPER etching plate. The title is "TOMS RIVER". Typical Kuhn
style. Plate size 8 x 10 in. This plate still has some
life in it and etchings could be pulled from it. Very seldom does
an original etching plate by an important artist ever reach the
open market, as they usually are in institutional collections.
Provenance: Kuhn Estate. It is difficult to get a good scan of
this and the picture below isn't very good. He did not etch his
initials or signatureinto the plate. I don't think he ever etched
his signature into any of his plates although he sometimes would
etch initials. This is guaranteed to be an authentic Walt Kuhn
plate without a time limit to the original purchaser. We will send
a letter of guarantee and provenance to the buyer. The portrait
photo of Kuhn shown below IS NOT for sale. Kennedy Galleries [NYC]
held an exhibition of Walt Kuhn prints during which it was
indicated that there were less than 50
impressions ever pulled from this plate. Original plates by
major artists seldom reach the open market and it is remarkable
to see a plate that had so few prints pulled from it. A must for
the SERIOUS Kuhn collector...............2000-3000
See etching
plate
See
portrait of Kuhn
718. [ART] ORIGINAL ETCHING by Luigi Kasimir - [1881-1962]. Titled "KLOSTERNEUBURG". Pencil signed "n.1 Luigi Kasimi". This means that the artist's son, Robert, signed this etching after his father's death in 1962. In 1961 Robert opened his own printing shop in Vienna, where he printed his own etchings and those of Luigi and Tanna, his mother. Following his father's death in 1962 he began signing Luigi's etchings "n.1.Luigi Kasimir"("n.1" being the abbreviation for "Nachless," meaning "from the estate of ..." in German). After his mother's death in 1972 he signed her etchings, "n.1.T.K. Hoernes." mage size approx. 9.5 x 9 in., paper size approx. 15.25 x 14 in. Unframed. No condition problems. Luigi Kasimir was born in 1881 in the town of Pettau, at that time a part of the Austro-Hungarian empire. He attended the Vienna Academy of Art which was to be of twofold importance to him. First, he studied under William Unger, who gave Kasimir his first introduction to the technique of the color etching. Secondly, he met Tanna Hoernes, who became his wife. Luigi inherited his talent from his ancestors, as did one of his sons, Robert. Luigi's grandfather was a painter and poet, and his father an officer in the Hapsburg army, who later became a professional painter. As for Kasimir's technique: black and white etchings had been popular for hundreds of years, but Luigi Kasimir was among the first to develop the technique of the color etching. Before him, etchings were usually hand colored, often with less than perfect color application, or color etchings were printed from one plate. Kasimir first did a sketch from nature, usually in pastel. Then he transferred the design by hand on as many as two to six plates, printing one after the other by hand, applying the color on the plate by hand so each finished etching is a true original. Mr. Kasimir died in 1962 in Grinzig, a suburb of Vienna. His wife, Tanna Kasimir-Hoernes, born in 1887, and who died in 1972, was an accomplished artist in her own right. Her technique as well as subject matter is, naturally, similar to Luigi's after having worked with him for so many years. Robert, born in 1924, did many similar etchings, using the name F.O. Robert to sign his since Luigi did not allow him to use the Kasimir name until he was considered an accomplished artist. He studied in the USA for a while, and made war illustrations as well as many of the same subjects as his parents. Robert died in 2002. Luigi Kasimir designed a bookplate for Sigmund Freud, who also hung an etching of the Roman Forum by Kasimir in his consulting room. The retail price for this estate signed etching is $360 [not our retail]. Reserved at $200
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719. [ART] Leopold Flameng (1831-1911)
French engraver, illustrator and painter. Original 19th century
etching, plate signed, image 4 x 7-7/8" plus wide clean margins.
The title: "The Marquess and Griselda. VG..........50-75
See etching
721. [ART] RICHARD CARLE - deceased
New England artist. Worked a lot around Boston and the north
shore. Ink drawing, signed, Gloucester, Mass. harbor
scene, approx. 7-1/2 x 9-1/2 plus margins.........75-100
See Carle
drawing
723. [ART] Federico Castellón (1914-1971) Spanish-American
painter, sculptor, printmaker and illustrator of children's
books. Castellón was born on Isla de Alborán, Spain, studied in
Madrid and Paris and settled in Brooklyn, New York. With his
family, he immigrated in 1921 to the United States. Castellón
was introduced to Diego Rivera, who had an international
reputation and was painting murals for Rockefeller Center . The
older artist took an interest in the young man's work and
brought Castellón's drawings to the attention of the director of
the Weyhe Gallery in New York, who subsequently gave the
eighteen-year old Castellón his first solo exhibition. In 1934,
with Rivera's help, Castellón was awarded a four-year
fellowship, sponsored by the Spanish Government, to travel
throughout Europe to study painting and printmaking. During this
same period, Castellón began to exhibit his work in museums in
France and Spain. In 1935, Castellón participated in the Paris
Exhibition of Spanish Artists that included Pablo Picasso, Juan
Gris, and Joan Miró. In 1937, Castellón returned to New York and
began experimenting with the medium of lithography, using this
medium to create illustrations for Edgar Allan Poe's allegorical
tale, "The Masque of Red Death". Over the years, Castellón's
work as an illustrator would eventually include Bulfinch's
Mythology, The Story of Marco Polo, and The Little Prince. In
1940, Castellón received the first of two Guggenheim
fellowships. His work continued to attract attention as he was
included in exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney
Museum of American Art, and the Art Institute of Chicago.
Castellón became an American citizen in 1943. During WW II he
was with the OSS and assigned to the Burma theater. Throughout
the 1940s and 1950s, his work was informed by his travels
abroad: to China with the U.S. Army; to Italy on his second
Guggenheim fellowship; and to Paris and Madrid, where he moved
his family for a brief period during which he undertook
commissions from American periodicals, including The Epic of Man
series for LIFE magazine. Castellón died in 1971. A
retrospective of his prints was held at the Allied Artists of
America in 1978. In 1982, a retrospective exhibition of
his work was held at Anderson & Anderson Master Prints
(Loveland, Colorado). In 2004, his prints and paintings were
exhibited at Emil Nelson Gallery (Denver, Colorado). In early
2010, Castellón's work was exhibited at the Kalamazoo Institute,
along with the graphic work of Francisco Goya. Although
Castellón worked in virtually every media, he remains best known
for his early graphic work, particularly his lithographs and
etchings, media in which he became a master. His prints and
drawings of the early 1930s are the first examples of Surrealism
created by an American; a considerable feat because Castellón
produced these highly original works not only before his travels
abroad, but before the seminal exhibition "Fantastic Art, Dada,
Surrealism" at New York's Museum of Modern Art. Offered here is a signed
drawing, approx. 14 x 11". Mostly likely executed in black ink [ lithographic
ink]. We consider the condition to be very good but need to
mention: paper is mounted to old matboard near bottom [quarter
side] and does not show through. There is a small rubbed spot,
not thru paper, in forehead area that is hardly visible. Also
some ripples in paper that show mainly when held at an angle.
These are not as prominent as what shows in the scan below.
Image is scan is cropped due to smaller scanner window.
Castellon's drawing seldom appear on the market and can be
pricey. Here's an opportunity to acquire one at at modest
price........400-600
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drawing
724. [ART] Alexander Liberman
(1912-1999) Russian-American magazine editor, publisher,
painter, photographer, and sculptor. He held senior artistic
positions during his 32 years at Condé Nast Publications. When
his father took a post advising the Soviet government, the
family moved to Moscow. Life there became difficult, and his
father secured permission from Lenin and the Politburo to take
his son to London in 1921. Young Liberman was educated in
Russia, England, and France, where he took up life as a "White
Émigré" in Paris. He began his publishing career in Paris
with the early pictorial magazine Vu, where he worked under
Lucien Vogel and with photographers such as Brassaï, André
Kertész, and Robert Capa. After emigrating to New York in 1941,
he began working for Condé Nast Publications, rising to the
position of editorial director, which he held from 1962-1994.
Only in the 1950s did Liberman take up painting and, later,
metal sculpture. His highly recognizable sculptures are
assembled from industrial objects (segments of steel I-beams,
pipes, drums, and such), often painted in uniform bright colors.
Prominent examples of his work are in the collections of the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Storm King Art Center, Hirshhorn
Museum and Sculpture Garden, Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park, Tate
Gallery, and the Guggenheim Museum. His massive work "The Way",
a 65 feet x 102 feet x 100 feet structure, is made of
eighteen salvaged steel oil tanks, and became a signature piece
of Laumeier Sculpture Park, and a major landmark of St. Louis,
Missouri. Offered here is a large back &
white lithograph, Signed A. Liberman 65, edition 7/35, approx.
35 x 24 in. flush, very good condition except for a tiny 1/4 in.
tear into the upper left edge, only noticeable with close
examination.............600-800
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lithograph
See
Liberman sculpture
725. [ART] Frank
M. Gregory (1848--?)
original etching, "MADISON
SQUARE, NEW YORK CITY",
1887. Signed in the plate. Exhibited at the NY Etching Club in
1888, #63. Gregory's work is in the collections of the Library
of Congress, the NY Public Library, and others. This is a rare
image of a lively street scene around the square at 23rd
Street on the east side of Manhattan. Image approx. 6-3/4 x
11-3/4" plus wide clean margins. This etching is from a series
of etchings produced by the New York Etching Club in 1887 and
published by F. Stokes with text by Ripley Hitchcock. The
portfolio/ book was entitled "Representative Etchings By
Artists of To-day In America", 1887. It was etched to include
Madison square, Fifth Avenue,Broadway and 23rd Street. The
accompanying text mentions the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York
Club, Delmonicos, Victoria Hotel, W. J. Worth Monument and
Brunswick Hotel as well as commentary on the development of
the city. It provides great insight into life in NYC during
the later part of the 19 century. A strong impression. We have
been able to find only 2 etchings by Gregory, this image being
most common. Presently a dealer if offering this image for
$500. We found another plate signed etching by Gregory
[different NYC scene] priced at $950. That
said............300-400
See Madison
Square etching
726. [ART] FREDERICK "Fritz" SOLOMON (1899-1980) German Expressionist artist. Original INK DRAWING, unsigned, stamped on verso, image approx. 6 x 4.5 in. on 8-3/4 x 7 in. paper. Unframed. Comes with biographical information. This is, without doubt, by Solomon and guaranteed to be so without a time limit. Solomon won the Mowbray Prize [1944] in London; was listed in WHO'S WHO IN ART [1954 London edition]. He studied art with such famous German artist's as: Max Liebermann, Martin Brandenburg, Eugene Spiro & Willy Jaeckel [Masterclass]. Exhibitions: Berlin, Cologne, Capetown, Haifa, London [Royal Academy], U.S., and in 1958 had one-man show at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Havana, Cuba. In 1956 several of his paintings were exhibited at the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio. He died in the U.S. We purchased his personal papers and most of his drawings at his estate sale. His work is fairly scarce. The photos shown below DO NOT accompany this drawing and are not for sale. Also, showing below is a copy of Royal Academy of Arts notification that Samuel Courtauld has selected a painting by Solomon for purchase in 1945. Courtauld, who would died two tears later, was the founder of the Courtauld Art Institute in England. Courtauld had formed an important art collection including multiple works by Manet, Cezanne, Renoir etc., which he gave to the Courtauld and the Tate. He had purchased at least 5 paintings by Frederick Solomon and when he saw the painting JACOB at Solomon's exhibition at the JABE Gallery he ordered that the painting be sent to the TATE Gallery but he died a few days later and the purchase never took place. We will include a copy of the Royal Academy/Courtauld purchase document to the winning bidder. This drawing is a study for a bookplate........200-300
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727.
[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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728.
[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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729. [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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etching
730. [ART] John W. Casilear
(1811-1893) American landscape artist
belonging to the Hudson River School. Casilear
was born in New York City. His first professional
training was under prominent New York engraver Peter
Maverick in the 1820s, then with Asher Durand,
himself an engraver at the time. Casilear and Durand
became friends, and both worked as engravers in New
York through the 1830s. By the middle 1830s
Durand had become interested in landscape painting
through his friendship with Thomas Cole. Durand, in
turn, drew Casilear's attention to painting. By 1840
Casilear's interest in art was sufficiently strong
to accompany Durand, John Frederick Kensett, and
artist Thomas P. Rossiter on a European trip during
which they sketched scenes, visited art museums, and
fostered their interest in painting.
Casilear gradually developed his talent in landscape
art, painting in the style that was later to become
known as the Hudson River School. By the middle
1850s he had entirely ceased his engraving career in
favor of painting full-time. He was elected a full
member of the National Academy of Design in 1851,
having been an associate member since 1831, and
exhibited his works there for over fifty
years. Casilear died in Saratoga Springs, New
York in 1893. Today examples of his art are in the
collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New
York, the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC,
and Ringwood Manor, Ringwood, NJ. Original
engraving, title "A SIBYL".
Engraved in 1847 for the American Art-Union;
after a painting by Daniel Huntington. The American
Art Union was a major force in the development and
promotion of American art. The print was reissued in
1880 by The American Art Review, the leading art
publication of the 1880s, and a devoted supporter of
the Etching Revival. This is the 1880 edition.
Image approx. 9 7/8" x 7 5/8".
VG..............100-150
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Casilear engraving
731. [ART] Stephen
J. Ferris (1835-1915)
American artist. An influential Philadelphia painter
and etcher of portraits and figure studies, he
studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy and in
Paris, under Jean Leon Gerome. He achieved a
considerable reputation for his art in both America
and Europe and received the prestigious Fortuny
Prize for the best portrait, Rome, 1876. He also
served for twenty six years as the Instructor of Art
at the Philadelphia School of Design for
Women. Stephen Ferris' association with
American art and artists is also important. His
wife, Elizabeth Moran Ferris, was the sister of the
artists, Thomas and Peter Moran. His son, Jean Leon
Gerome Moran, became a much admired painter in the
late nineteenth century. Stephen Ferris was also a
major connoisseur of fine prints, particularly
etchings. Over two thousand of his collected prints
are now housed at the Smithsonian Institution under
the title of 'The Ferris Collection'. Stephen
James Ferris' first published etching was created in
1875. During the following years he created many
fine portraits and figure studies in this medium.
Most were based upon the designs of the artists he
admired most, such as, Gerome (his former teacher),
Fortuny and Mouilleron. His finest prints are
'Orientalist' in nature and draw upon scenes of the
middle and near East. Original etching,
DEVIL'S WAY, ALGIERS, signed in the plate
& dated 1879, image approx. 8.5 x 6" plus
margins. VG...........200-300
See etching
732. [ART] RALPH
BAKSHI - American
animator/draftsman. In the late 1950s & early 1960s
he worked at CBS-Terrytoons on such series as "Heckle
and Jeckle" and "Mighty Mouse." From there he went to
Famous Studios-Paramount, where he directed countless
"Casper the Friendly Ghost" and "Little Audrey"
cartoons, among others. During the 1960s he also
animated Peter Max's commercials. When Famous Studios
closed in 1967, Bakshi went into partnership with Steve
Krantz. Their first venture was "Fritz the Cat",
released in 1972. The success of "Fritz" prompted "Heavy
Traffic" [1973], a funny-sad chronicle of life in New
York's slums. Striking out on his own, Bakshi produced
the sometimes brilliant, often disappointing "Coonskin"
[1974]; also "Wizards" [1977]; "Lord of the Rings"
[1978]. Ralph Bakshi occupies a somewhat ambiguous
position in the animation world. He is one of the more
original artists at work in the animated cartoon medium.
He has become a cult figure. ORIGINAL pencil
drawing, unsigned on 8 x 5 in. sheet. Fine. As this was
a "working study" there was no reason for him to have
signed it................50-75
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drawing
733.
[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
735. [ART] Eugene A. Champollion
(1848 - 1901) French etcher. Original etching called
"Choosing the Model", image size 5 3/4 x 9 inches,
plate signed l.r. "E. Champollion sc.", after a
painting by Fortuny. Large clean margins.
VG...........200-300
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etching
737.
[ART] Horace R. Burdick (1844-1942)
American artist. Burdick studied under Otto Grundmann and
William Rimmer at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School. A
painter, teacher, and writer, he became a member of the
Boston Art Club, where he later exhibited his work. Other
exhibitions include the National Academy, the Pennsylvania
Academy, and the Society of Independent Artists. His
paintings were acquired by numerous public institutions,
such as the State House and Fanueil Hall in Boston,
Memorial Hall in Cambridge, and MIT. Original drawing on
5-1/4 x 5" sheet. As this early drawing, dating to 1880s,
it is in much greater detail than his later looser works.
This page was removed from one of his sketchbooks which we
purchased many years ago from the Burdick Estate Sale. As
you can see there is large stain. Unsigned as all of the
drawings were in the sketchbook.........75-100
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drawing
738.
[ART] Yvonne Preveraud (1888-1982)
French artist [School of Paris]. Original signed ink
drawing, approx. 4-7/8 x 6-1/4". Executed on back of Salon
exhibition card. Unimportant soft crease at lower left
coner...........100-150
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drawing
See
verso of card
739. [ART] CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886-1978)
Maine artist known as "THE DOWN EAST PRINTMAKER. Charcoal
drawing unsigned, approx. 3 x 3-5/8" in. VG..........100-150
See Berry
drawing above
740. [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
741. [ART] William Bradley -
original 19th century etching, unsigned as was the custom at
this time, 6.5 x 10 in. plus margins. From Magazine of Art.
Title CADER IDRIS FROM THE DOLGELLY ROAD. Wonderful detailed
vista with cows in forefront and mountains in background.
VG.............40-60
742. [ART] VIRGINIA TRUE [1900-1989]. Original ink on paper, unsigned, 6.5 x 7.75 in. image. The artist put brown paper taple around the image attaching it to paper board. See scan below. VG. This work is from the estate of well listed artist Virginia True, who was born in Hannibal, MO, in 1900, studied at John Heron in Indianapolis, pupil of William Forsyth and Daniel Garber, taught art at University of Colorado, painted with "Group of 6" women academic artists in Denver area, in the late 30s joined faculty of art and design at Cornell University, retired in 1978, painted for some years in Yarmouth, MA, died in Florida. Member NAWA, exhibited in many regional museums. Extensive listing in Who Was Who, sales in Davenport. True worked early in the regionalist style, later as a surrealist. Her work shows similarities to fellow western artists Adolf Dehn and Georgia O'Keefe. This work has the estate stamp on the back........120-180
743. [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
744. [ART] John Sell Cotman (1782 - 1842) This original etching entitled, Norwich Abbey, was executed in 1810, printed on stiff wove paper, dates to 1838 from the second and final edition printed in London by Henry Bohn. The only difference between the two editions is that Bohn added Roman numeration to the plates in the upper centre margin. Image approx. 8-1/2 x 5-1/2" plus wide margins. VG.........125-175
745. [ART] John Sell Cotman (1782 - 1842) This original etching entitled, Kirkstall-Abbey-York, was executed in 1811, printed on stiff wove paper, dates to 1838 from the second and final edition printed in London by Henry Bohn. The only difference between the two editions is that Bohn added Roman numeration to the plates in the upper centre margin. Image approx. 12 x 8-1/2" plus wide margins. VG.........125-175
See Cotman etching
746. [ART] William Grainger - 18th century British engraver, active
1784-1793. Original copperplate engraving c. 1790s, image size
approx. 3-3/4 x 3-3/4" plus margins. Clean image area and
surrounding; spots and stain in outer margins. VG......50-75
See engraving
747. [ART]
Boris Artzybasheff
(1899-1965) American artist, illustrator, notable for
his strongly worked and often surreal designs. Born in Russia
he is said to have fought as a White Russian. During 1919 he
arrived in New York City, where he worked in an engraving
shop. Over the course of his career, he illustrated some 50
books, several of which he wrote, most notably As I See.
During his lifetime, however, Artzybasheff was probably known
best for his magazine art. He illustrated the major American
magazines Life, Fortune, and Time (including more than 200
Time Magazine covers over a 24-year span between 1941 and
1965.[1]) During World War II, he also served an expert
advisor to the U.S. Department of State, Psychological Warfare
Branch. Original wood-engraving, not signed, c. 1930, image
approx. 7.5 x 5 plus margins. VG.............50-75
See engraving
His portrait
748.
[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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Portrait
of the artist
749. [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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etching
Portrait
of the artist
750. [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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752. [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 "Dickie Sludge and the Giant Porter". Image is approx. 3-1/8 x 5" plus clean margins. Tissue guard still attached. Fine condition.............50-75
753. [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
754. [ART REFERENCE] Benezit, E., ed DICTIONNAIRE CRITIQUE ET DOCUMENTAIRE DES PEINTRES, SCULPTEURS, DESSINATEURS ET GRAVEURS De tous les temps et de tous le pays par un groupe d'ecrivains specialistes francais et etrangers.Paris: Librairie Grund, 1976. 10 vols. n. Each approx.. 700 pages. Text in French - many illustrations of signatures & monograms. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Blue cloth. Gilt lettering. Extremities very good. Interiors and exteriors clean; all quite sound. An impressive set. Very good+/No dust jacket. A MUST HAVE set for the serious art collector or dealer....................Minimum Bid..........$250
755. [ART] John Kay (1742-
1826) Scottish caricaturist and engraver. He was born near
Dalkeith, where his father was a mason. At thirteen he was
apprenticed to a barber, whom he served for six years. He then
went to Edinburgh , where in 1771 he obtained the freedom of
the city by joining the corporation of barber-surgeons. In
1785, induced by the favour which greeted certain attempts of
his to etch in aquafortis, he took down his barber's pole and
opened a small print shop in Parliament Square. There he
continued to flourish, painting miniatures, and publishing at
short intervals his sketches and caricatures of local
celebrities and oddities, who abounded at that period in
Edinburgh society. Kay's portraits were collected by Hugh
Paton and published under the title A series of original
portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay, with
biographical sketches and illustrative anecdotes (Edinburgh, 2
vols. 4to, 1838; 8vo ed., 4 vols., 1842; new 4to ed., with
additional plates, 2 vols., 1877), forming a unique record of
the social life and popular habits of Edinburgh at its most
interesting epoch. Original etching, image size approx. 3 x 2"
plus clean margins. VG...........50-75
See Kay etching
756. [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
757.
[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
758. [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
759. Large original etching, portrait of Abraham Lincoln, unsigned, artist is James S. King [1852-1925] who specialized in portraits, image approx. 18 x 14 in. plus margins. The image and the area surrounding the image, the portion that would show after being matted & framed, is very good. There are numerous faults along edges that will not show. Striking image. James S. King was born in New York City in 1852 and studied at the Art Student's League, National Academy of Design, Ecole Des Beaux-Arts, Paris with Gerome and Bonnat. He belonged to the Salmagundi Club and the Allied Artists of America. King was active in exhibiting at the Parrish Art Museum; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art; Boston Art Club; National Academy of Design; Art Institute of Chicago; the Corcoran Gallery; and the Society of Independent Artists.............300-400
Lincoln - full view760. [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
761. [ART]
Antique pencil drawing [unsigned] dated October 1856, approx.
5 x 7" plus margins. Probably from British of French.
VG........80-120
762. [ART] Bertram A. Goodman (1904-1988) American artist. He studied at the School of American Sculpture, and at the Art Students League of New York in 1925. He was a member of the Federal Art Project whose murals included, Evolution of the Book, at Theodore Roosevelt High School, and murals at Washington Avenue and Fordham Road in the Bronx. He was Director of the Artists Equity Association from 1955 to 1956. His work is in the Brooklyn Museum and Albright-Knox Art Gallery. Offered here is an 1958 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
763. [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
764. [ART] George Cruikshank (1792-1878) British caricaturist and book illustrator, praised as the "modern Hogarth" during his life. His book illustrations for his friend Charles Dickens, and many other authors, reached an international audience. Original Etching - title "Knowest thou, then, this token". Image is approx. 3-1/8 x 5" plus clean margins. Tissue guard still attached. Fine condition.............50-75
See etching765. [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
766. [ART] CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886-1978) Maine artist known as "THE DOWN EAST PRINTMAKER. Nine charcoal drawings on one sheet, each approx. 2 x 2.5 in. Some stains. Unsigned............80-120
767. [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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768. [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
769. [ART] Richard Carle - deceased New England artist. Worked a lot around Boston and the north shore. ORIGINAL pencil drawing of the US Capitol Dome, Washington DC, signed and dated 1961, approx. 11-3/4 x 9-1/2". Not included in the size is a sunned area top edge. VG...........80-120
770. Art Box #2, produced at ECBART, 2004. Contains 11 objects: original drawings, photo-lithographs, autographs & ephemera. Contents: ¥ H.C. Westermann [1922-1981] photo-lithographed drawing sent to the artist Bill Copley. From SMS published 1968 ¥ Bruce Conner [1933-] American painter, collagist, and draughtsman. Legal Tender. A photo-lithographed 'dollar bill' printed recto and verso with Conner's intricate abstract pattern drawings of the time on each side. From SMS published 1968 ¥ Merv Slotnick [1941-] American conceptualist & abstract artist. Sketchbook containing 20 original signed drawings ¥ Walt Kuhn [1877-1949] American painter. Autograph Letter Signed "W", 1943, written on postcard addressed to his wife, Vera. ¥ Invitation to Walt Kuhn Exhibition, 1987, at the Whitney Museum of American Art ¥ 1948 Walt Kuhn Exhibition brochure, Durand-Ruel Gallery, NYC ¥ Tom Wesselman autograph ¥Invitation from Elizabeth Taylor [actress] to attend Roddy McDowall Party for his photographic book DOUBLE EXPOSURE ¥ Ralph Bakshi original drawing ¥ 1965 Chess Magazine once owned by chess player Bobby Fischer [part of his own personal library] ¥ Richard Hamilton(1922-) British Pop Artist. A Postal Card For Mother. A sepia picture postcard depicting a crowded British beach, the middle of which opens out to reveal eight accordion- folded black and white photographs of the same scene as it gets progressively blown up from a long shot to a close-up blur of a beach ball. From SMS published 1968 ¥ All items contained in distressed looking hand-painted box by Slotnick. The box was made to purposely look distressed. This is the second in series of Art Boxes which will contain related, as well as unrelated objects and original art............1200-1800
Slotnick, Conner and Wesselmann
772. (ART) (JASPER JOHNS) original multiple. New York. Museum of Modern Art. Text by Riva Castleman Technics and Creativity Gemini GEL, 1971, 10.5 x 8.5 in. stiff wrappers in plastic clamshell box. 108 pp. 364 mostly thumbnail illustrations (20 full size in color), bibliography, index of artists. A Catalogue raisonne (to early 1971), published in a boxed edition of 22,500, with its problematic Jasper Johns "Target," an offset lithograph with applique paintbrush and three watercolor disks, in addition to the print , which is glued to the inside front cover of the box). Box also contains the catalog, a sheet of protective foam. The foam sheet is normally discolored and usually has three circular offprints from the watercolor disks. According to Richard S. Field ("Jasper Johns Prints 1970-1977"), the image was derived from a pencil drawing and collage of 1960 in the Sonnabend collection. A hand-pulled edition of 50 copies and six artists proofs was printed by Kenneth Tyler at Gemini in 1971. The offset edition was produced by Graphic Press, Los Angeles. Johns's participation in this enterprise was, at best, limited to the Gemini printing, which was hand-signed and numbered. The signature on the MoMA target was mechanically reproduced [the one offered here]. If it appears to have been signed in ink or pencil, forgery is indicated. The white clamshell box is spotted but intact. The other main factor involving this multiple is the condition of the offset target lithograph. As is often the case a former owner has wetted the watercolor blocks and started to paint the target but has only painted a small part in yellow. The brush is often missing as is missing here. VG condition.............300-400
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774. [ART] James McGarrell [b. 1930] is one of the most influential figural painters of the 1980's and 90's postmodern movement. His work is in many museum collections, including: the Centre Georges Pompidou, France; Hamburg Museum of Art, Germany; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City; and the Museum of Modern Art, also in New York City. McGarrell has won countless honors for his intricately detailed figurative paintings, based upon a myriad of fictive and literary sources. He is an elected member of both the National Academy of Design in New York and the Academie des Beaux-Art de l'Institute de France. In 1995, he was awarded the prestigious Jimmy Ernst Award in Art from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He has received grants and fellowships from the Fulbright Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, and has been featured in five Whitney annuals and biennials as well as in the 1968 Venice Biennale. His work is included in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Centre Georges Pompidou, the Hamburg Museum of Art in Germany, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Hirshhorn Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Original b/w lithograph, pencil signed & titled "Elephant Bathers II", 22-1/2 x 30" flush, Printer's proof. VG.......400-600
775. [ART] Jacques-Joseph TISSOT [1836-1902] IMPORTANT French painter, engraver, and enameler. Traveled in Palestine (1887) and made studies for a set of 300 watercolor paintings, exhibited (1894) under the title Vie de Notre-Seigneur Jésus-Christ. Offered here is an extraordinary book in very fine leather binding containing 20 original etchings by Tissot. Those familiar with Tissot's etchings know that there are quite valuable and also that most were not pencil signed. Description: Book title is RENEE MAUPERIN, 1884, Edition Ornee, #21/50. Contains 10 images [duplicate set included] = 20 etchings. Of these 8 are signed in pencil, 10 signed with his red monogram, 1 signed with faint black monogram, and 1 unsigned. Recent auction sale of the unsigned etching at Swanns in NYC was $750. Book size 10.5 high x 7-1/4 in. The condition of all is prefect...............15,000 to 20,000
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776. [ART] Richard Carle - deceased New England artist. Worked a lot around Boston and the north shore. ORIGINAL drawing, unsigned of Hyde Park [Mass], dated 1973, approx. 8.5 x 12". VG...........80-120
777. [ART] Doris Reynolds (1912-1978) Doris Reynolds did many illustrations for books published by Doubleday & Co. She was also an exhibiting artist, having work shown at the Krausharr Gallery in New York in 1949. Other exhibitions include: Wilmington Museum, Delaware 1940-45; Maracaibo 1936-39; Barbizon Plaza, NYC 1940; Lake Placid Club, NY 1940, etc. She studied at the Art Students League with Jules Gotlieb, Bridgman & Brackman. During World War II, she was one of Jackie Cochran's Girls, ferrying airplanes throughout the United States. Oil painting on unstretched canvas, approx. 10-3/4 x 15", unsigned. Provenance: Artist's Estate. VG............100-150
778. [ART] Horace
Robbins Burdick [1844-1942] American
artist, born in East Killingly, Connecticut. Burdick went to
Boston from Providence, Rhode Island in 1864 and finally settled
in Malden, Massachusetts in 1886. He began his art career in
Providence in 1863, at the age of 19, where he was engaged in
retouching and coloring photographs. He attended the Union Hall
School in Providence, The Lowell Institute in Boston, and the
Museum School of Fine Arts, Boston. In Boston to study and
continue his art work, Burdick first did still-life paintings
and then crayon portraits, finally turning to portraits in oil,
for which he became famous. He also did a large number of
landscapes in both oil and watercolor. The subjects range from
New Hampshire's White Mountains to coastal scenes. He started
restoring old pictures as an avocation and became an authority
in the field. Burdick's paintings hang in many public buildings
and his articles on art have been printed in various art
journals. As the oldest living member of the Boston Art Club, he
was honored by the group when his portrait of then President
Coolidge was placed on exhibition at the Club in 1927. Original
unsigned pencil drawing dated Aug. 15, 1874, approx. 8-1/4 x
5-1/2 in. Provenance: Burdick Estate, removed from one of his
sketchbooks.............80-120
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779. [ART] BILL BECKLEY [1946 - ] American artist. The work of Bill Beckley, Pennsylvania born artist, is in the collections of the Smithsonian, MOMA, Guggenheim, Whitney, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, National Gallery plus museums in England, France, Germany, Switzerland. He also has works in numerous private collections. OFFERED HERE: ORIGINAL mixed media on paper. Signed & dated 1974. Paper size approx. 11x 15 in., watercolor image size approx. 3.5 x 7 in. with text. Very good condition. RE: Titled "STOVE", the text recounts De Koonings' practice of getting started on a blank canvas. "I've read that De Kooning was afraid to look at a blank canvas. Sometimes to get started he would look around the room and fix on an object - a stove a table, a chair, and write the word "chair", for instance across the canvas so it wouldn't be blank anymore. At this time there were two groups of abstract expressionists. The other was more structured and probably the forerunners of minimalism and late conceptualism. I liked his group better although lately I have removed all the furniture from the studio, I kept the stove, and in the evenings when it is cold I sit in front of it to keep warm."............700-900
780. [ART] FREDERICK "Fritz" SOLOMON (1899-1980) German Expressionist artist. Original CHARCOAL DRAWING, signed "FS" LOWER RIGHT, approx. 17-3/4 x 12 in. paper. Dated New Hampshire, 1971. Unframed. Comes with biographical information. This is, without doubt, by Solomon and guaranteed to be so without a time limit. Solomon won the Mowbray Prize [1944] in London; was listed in WHO'S WHO IN ART [1954 London edition]. He studied art with such famous German artist's as: Max Liebermann, Martin Brandenburg, Eugene Spiro & Willy Jaeckel [Masterclass]. Exhibitions: Berlin, Cologne, Capetown, Haifa, London [Royal Academy], U.S., and in 1958 had one-man show at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Havana, Cuba. In 1956 several of his paintings were exhibited at the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio. He died in the U.S. We purchased his personal papers and most of his drawings at his estate sale. His work is fairly scarce. The photos shown below DO NOT accompany this drawing and are not for sale. Also, showing below is a copy of Royal Academy of Arts notification that Samuel Courtauld has selected a painting by Solomon for purchase in 1945. Courtauld, who would died two tears later, was the founder of the Courtauld Art Institute in England. Courtauld had formed an important art collection including multiple works by Manet, Cezanne, Renoir etc., which he gave to the Courtauld and the Tate. He had purchased at least 5 paintings by Frederick Solomon and when he saw the painting JACOB at Solomon's exhibition at the JABE Gallery he ordered that the painting be sent to the TATE Gallery but he died a few days later and the purchase never took place. We will include a copy of the Royal Academy/Courtauld purchase document to the winning bidder.........150-250
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781. [ART] ROY CHARLES FOX (1908-1993) American artist. Member of Print Council of America; Rochester Print Club; Cooperstown Art Association; Elmira Art Club. His work is in the permanent collections of Elmira College, Arnot Art Museum, Florida Southern, etc. He exhibited at Audubon Artists 1942-44; Saranac Lake Art League 1943 & 1944; Northwest Print Makers 1944-48; Wawasee Art Gallery 1944 & 45; Laguna Beach AA 1944 & 45; Oakland Art Gallery 1944 & 45; Phila. Print Club 1956; Phila. Etchers 1962; Albany Print Club 1947; Grand Central Galleries (NY) 1946; Corning Glass Center 1965, etc. Offered here is a collection of 8 ORIGINAL drawings, unsigned, c. 1950s, approx. 5.5 x 8 to 9 x 11.75 in. paper sizes. VG condition..................Reserve bid at $125
783. [ART] Paul Le Rat [1849-1892] French etcher, born in Paris, and studied under Lecoq de Boisbaudran and L. Gaucherel. He exhibited at the Solon from 1869 - on. Original etching, "JEUNE PECHEUR DE SCHEVENINGUE", done after a work by Frans Hals. Image size 7-1/2 x 9-1/4 in. plus slim margins. VG........50-75
786. [ART] James David Smillie (1833-1909) American artist, was born in New York City. His father, James Smillie (1807-1885), a Scottish engraver, emigrated to New York in 1829, was elected to the National Academy of Design in 1851, did much, with his brother William Cumming (1813-1908), to develop the engraving of bank-notes, and was an excellent landscape-engraver. The son [James D.] studied with him and in the National Academy of Design; engraved on steel vignettes for bank-notes and some illustrations, notably F. O. C. Darley's pictures for James Fenimore Cooper 's novels; was elected an associate of the National Academy in 1865&emdash;the year after he first began painting and an academician in 1876; and was a founder (1866) of the American Water Color Society, of which he was treasurer in 1866-1873 and president in 1873-1878, and of the New York Etching Club. Among his paintings, in oils, are "Evening among the Sierras" (1876) and "The Cliffs of Normandy" (1885), and in water colour, "A Scrub Race" (1876) and "The Passing Herd" (1888). He wrote and illustrated the article on the Yosemite in Picturesque America. Original etching, "A Lady Of Cairo Visiting" , done after a painting by Frederic A. Bridgman. Image approx. 7-3/4 x 6-1/4" plus margins. VG.........100-150
787. [ART] RHODA CHASE - American illustrator. She was the daughter of the renowned painter Henry S. [Harry] Chase, Jr., and a book and magazine illustrator in her own right. Six ORIGINAL working drawings for "DOT & DON THE THRIFTY TWINS." On artist board, watercolor & ink with story lines in pencil, boards are approx. 14.5 x 11.5 in., three are signed. Included is the original booklet, 1923, John Eggers, inside tight, cover is loose, with nicks & separations at spine. See scans of drawings & book pages.........500-750
788.
[ART] Philip Gilbert Hamerton
(1834-1894)
English artist and art critic and author. Original
etching, "A ROCKY ROAD", plate signed, image approx. 3 x
4-1/2" plus margins. VG. Hamerton was born at
Laneside, a hamlet in Crompton, Lancashire, England. His
mother died giving birth to him, and his father died ten
years later. When he was about five, he was sent to live
with his two aunties, at an estate called the Hollins on
the edge of Burnley, where he attended Burnley Grammar
School. His first literary attempt, a volume of
poems, was unsuccessful, leading him to devote himself for
a time entirely to landscape painting; he camped out in
the Scottish Highlands, where he eventually rented the
former island of Inistrynich in Loch Awe, upon which he
settled with his wife, a Frenchwoman, in 1858.
Discovering after a time that he was more suited to art
criticism than painting, he moved to the area his wife
came from, in France, where he produced his Painter's Camp
in the Highlands (1863), which was very successful and
prepared the way for his standard work on Etching and
Etchers (1866). In the following year he published
Contemporary French Painters, and in 1868 a continuation,
Painting in France after the Decline of Classicism.
He had by now become art critic to the Saturday Review,
which necessitated frequent visits to England, forcing him
to give it up. He proceeded (1870) to establish an art
journal of his own, The Portfolio, a monthly periodical,
each number of which consisted of a monograph upon some
artist or group of artists, frequently written and always
edited by him. The discontinuation of his painting gave
him time for writing, and he successively produced The
Intellectual Life (1873), perhaps the best known and most
valuable of his writings; Round my House (1876), notes on
French society by a resident; and Modern Frenchmen (1879),
admirable short biographies. He also wrote two novels,
Wenderholme (1870) and Marmorne (1878). In 1884
Human Intercourse, another volume of essays, was
published, and shortly afterwards Hamerton began his
autobiography, which he brought down to 1858. In 1882 he
issued a finely illustrated work on the technique of the
great masters of various arts, under the title of The
Graphic Arts, and three years later another splendidly
illustrated volume, Landscape, which traces the influence
of landscape upon the mind of man. His last books were:
Portfolio Papers (1889) and French and English (1889). In
1891 he removed to the neighbourhood of Paris, where he
died suddenly in Boulogne-sur-Mer, occupied to the last
with his labours on The Portfolio and other writings on
art. In 1896 was published Philip Gilbert Hamerton:
an Autobiography, 1834–1858; and a Memoir by his wife,
1858–1894...............50-75
See etching
789. [ART] Charles Courtry (Paris, 1846 - 1897) French nineteenth century artist, Charles Courtry studied etching techniques in Paris under Flameng and Gaucherel. His first large etching, Le Marche d'esclaves (after Gerome) was exhibited in Paris in 1868. From that date he was a frequent exhibitor and received medals from the Paris Salon in 1874, 1875, 1887 and 1889. In 1881 Charles Courtry was decorated with the Legion d'honneur. Original etching, circa 1870s, titled "LE PLAT DE DELFT," plate signed, after work by Willem Kalf, image approx. 6.5 x 8" plus slim margins. VG...........50-75
790. [ART] RALPH BAKSHI - American animator/draftsman. In the late 1950s & early 1960s he worked at CBS-Terrytoons on such series as "Heckle and Jeckle" and "Mighty Mouse." From there he went to Famous Studios-Paramount, where he directed countless "Casper the Friendly Ghost" and "Little Audrey" cartoons, among others. During the 1960s he also animated Peter Max's commercials. When Famous Studios closed in 1967, Bakshi went into partnership with Steve Krantz. Their first venture was "Fritz the Cat", released in 1972. The success of "Fritz" prompted "Heavy Traffic" [1973], a funny-sad chronicle of life in New York's slums. Striking out on his own, Bakshi produced the sometimes brilliant, often disappointing "Coonskin" [1974]; also "Wizards" [1977]; "Lord of the Rings" [1978]. Ralph Bakshi occupies a somewhat ambiguous position in the animation world. He is one of the more original artists at work in the animated cartoon medium. He has become a cult figure. ORIGINAL pencil & ink drawing, unsigned on 8 x 5 in. sheet. Fine. As this was a "working study" there was no reason for him to have signed it................100-150
792. [ART] STEFAN HIRSCH [1899-1964] "Modern" artist closely aligned with the Precisionists, born in Nurnberg, Germany, to American parents. Growing up in Europe, he frequently visited museums and galleries, where he was introduced to the Old Masters and also became familiar with the innovations of contemporary painters. After studying law and art at the University of Zurich in Switzerland, Hirsch settled in New York in 1919. During the 1920s, he painted images of industrial subjects that show an attention to detail, clean, dry outlines, and harmonious colors. While his highly structured early works reveal his debt to Cezanne, Hirsch favored the urban rather than the natural landscape. Like Demuth and Sheeler, Hirsch was attracted to the man made world, the American machine aesthetic, and his works typically depict the skyline of Lower Manhattan in a Precisionist-influenced, hard-edged geometric style. When Duncan Phillips's included works by Hirsch in his 1926 exhibition, the collector stated: "The steady progress of young Stefan Hirsch may be followed here through influences to invention. The Farmyard is quaintly seen in its tempera colors "a la Fra Angelico." The Mill Town is as infallibly decorative as a Japanese print and yet oh how American! The canvas entitled New York is a symbolical decoration&emdash;a concept of the great city rearing its fabulous towers and its walls without windows above the menace of a black river under the purity of a pellucid sky. The grim battlements of Industry are all beautiful in a strange harmony of subtly orchestrated tones." Throughout the 1920s Hirsch's works won wide acclaim, and he continued to paint while experimenting with printmaking, various subjects, and styles. His works were exhibited frequently and collected by many prestigious American museums. In 1929, he traveled to Mexico, where he was befriended by muralists David Siqueiros and Diego Rivera. Their influence can be seen in Hirsch's Social Realist paintings of the 1930s, works that increasingly became more painterly and luminous. He executed a series of murals in this vein for Federal buildings. During the 1930s and 1940s he focused his energies on teaching, notably at Bennington College in Vermont [1934-1940] and the Art Students League [1940-1946]. In 1942 he joined the faculty at Bard College, where he was chairman of the Art Department for seventeen years before he retired in 1961. Hirsch&emdash;painter, printmaker, and educator&emdash;died in New York in 1964. [credit: from The Phillips Collection, founded by Duncan Phillips]. Offered here is a colored chalk, or pastel, of a wild turkey. It is signed "S.H." in the lower right corner although you can hardly make it out. It is identified on the verso. Proenance: Collection of the noted sculptor, Robert Laurent [1890-1970], Ogunquit, Maine. Stefan Hirsch was a close friend of Laurent. Laurent was born in Concarneau, Brittany France. There, at the age of 12 his artistic talents were recognized by art connoisseur Hamilton Easter Field who then brought him to the United States. Field opened an art school in Ogunquit, Maine. In 1908 he travelled to Rome with Field and there studied with Maurice Sterne as well as with wood carver Giuseppe Doratori at the British Academy. Condition: very good with small tear at top left corner. Contained in old mat [needs to be re-matted] and simply wood frame. Mat opening is 9-1/8 x 12". An oil painting of factory buildings in Portsmouth, NH, sold at auction [Christies] in 2005, 17 x 27". for $100,000 on an estimate of 25-35,000. In 2001 Swann Galleries auctioned a 1921 Hirsch lithograph for $1500. Work available by Hirsch is not that common...........600-800
794. Shusaku Arakawa - ORIGINAL signed & inscribed ink drawing in book about his art - PADIGLIONE D'ARTE CONTEMPORANEA, hardbound, 1984, containing 34 b/w illustrations, 10.5 x 10.75 in. Very good condition. We guarantee the authenticity of this drawing.
Shusaku Arakawa - Dadaist Conceptualist Shusaku Arakawa was born in Nagoya, Japan, on July 6, 1936. He studied medicine and mathematics at Tokyo University from 1954 to 1958, and art at the Musashino College of Art, Tokyo, before completing his degree he left Japan. In 1958 he began submitting paintings to the Yomiuri Independent exhibitions and in 1961 held his first solo exhibition at Mudo Gallery, Tokyo. In 1960, he started a neo-Dada group, programming Happenings, and later gaining recognition with a series of boxes. In 1962, he came to New York and created a new series, "Diagram," in which silhouettes of combs, footprints, tennis rackets, arrows and refrigerators were arranged on canvas. Gradually he replaced the silhouettes with words only. Throughout the 1960s he had a number of solo exhibitions at Dwan Gallery, New York and Los Angeles, at Galerie Schmela, Dsseldorf, and Galleria Schwartz, Milan. In 1966 he was given his first museum exhibition at the Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands, and in 1970 represented Japan at the Venice Biennale. During the 1970s museums featured his work throughout Europe and the United States and in 1981 a large retrospective was organized by the Stdtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich. With his wife, the poet Madeline H. Gins, Arakawa has also published books that "parallel the preoccupations of his paintings," in particular The Mechanism of Meaning (1979). In 1991 a retrospective was organized by the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. Arakawa and Gins increasingly concentrate on collaborative installation pieces and architectural design, such as the Utopian City of Reversible destiny seen at the Guggenheim Soho in 1997. Arakawa denies, like all Conceptualists and Pop Art neo-Dadaists like Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, the artist's hand in his paintings. Expressionistic or emotive marks on the canvas are few, serving only as a foil to the deadpan, depersonalized, mechanical style. Paintings such as "Out of distance/Out of texture" appear to be aimed at the intellect devoid of feeling for life, poetry or spirituality."...............450-650
795. [ART] RICHARD CARLE - deceased New England artist. Worked a lot around Boston and the north shore. ORIGINAL ink drawing, farm snow scene. Unsigned, approx. 7-1/4 x 9-1/2 in. plus margins. Very good condition............80-120
796. [ART] Neil Jenney (1945-) Contemporary American painter and sculptor. His work is in many museums including the Museum of Modern Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. He currently shows with the Gagosian Gallery. His painting "Meltdown Morning" is on display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Offered here is a work from the original SMS portfolio called "Bucks American". Four sheets of annotated pencil drawings [photolithographs] that have been stapled shut for "3 money making deals for 3 smart businessmen who want to make a million or so and become somebody's loved one." Approx. 6-1/2 x 8-3/4. VG..........150-250
797. [ART] Bruce Nauman (1941-) American artist and filmmaker. Easily one of this countries most important living artists. Confronted with "What to do?" in his studio soon after graduating, Nauman had the simple but profound realization that "If I was an artist and I was in the studio, then whatever I was doing in the studio must be art. At this point art became more of an activity and less of a product." Offered here is a work from SMS called "Footsteps" . A sound piece in which a strip of recorded magnetic tape is wound around a folded op-art card with instructions for playing the tape as a perpetual sound loop "for as loud and as long as you can stand it". Approx. 7-1/2 x 10-3/4 unfolded. VG. Unusual opportunity who acquire a work by Nauman..........300-400
798. [ART] Enrico Baj (1924-2003) Italian Avant-garde Italian painter and collagist and founder of the Nuclear Art Movement. Offered here is a Baj item from the SMS portfolio. It is called "Glove". A folded vinyl glove over a bright pink tissue; both encapsulated in heavy clear plastic. Approx. 10-1/2 x 6-3/4. VG..........200-300
799. [ART] Diane Wakoski (1937-) American poet who is primarily associated with the deep image poets, as well as the confessional and Beat poets of the 1960s. The Magellanic Clouds. A folder, the cover of which is a photographic portrait of the poet impressed with grooves so that it can be played as a mellifluous recording of the poet reciting the poem printed inside. 7 x 7". From Vol. 5..............150-250
800. [ART] Mel Ramos (1935-) American Pop artist and figurative painter. Candy. Materials and instructions are given for assembling this three-dimensional Pop Art sculpture. Approx. 11 x 13-3/4 unfolded. From Vol. 5..........400-600
801. [ART] Robert Rohm (1934-) American sculptor. Cut Corners. Heavy silver paper printed with a weave pattern and scored for easy folding to form three conceptual sculptures. Approx. 11 x 7". From Vol. 5..........300-400
802. [ART] William Copley (1919-1996) Surrealist, painter, publisher of SMS. The Barber's Shop. Marvelous dossier of a Chicago barber's battle to reproduce on his appointment cards a sketch of a Picasso sculpture that had been donated to the city of Chicago by the artist. Includes correspondence with Picasso, newspaper clippings, the barber's appointment card, and a legal opinion with exhibits rendered by noted art counsel, Barnet Hodes. 6-3/4 x 10". From Vol. 5............400-500
803. [ART] Edward Fitzgerald (1927-) Realist painter and sculptor. 24 Still Lifes. A sheet of 24 color stamps depicting a still-life paining of a pipe and an open box of matches from Martell's, a New York pub. 10-1/4 x 7-1/4. From Vol. 5.......200-300
804. [ART] Wall Batterton (1932-) Abstract painter. Splendid Person. Large card with photograph of a decked-out dandy next to a series of international newspapers clipped to appear as fabric swatches, satirizing the concept of style. 9-7/8 x 6-1/2. From Vol. 5..........200-300
805. [ART] William Schwedler (1942-1982) Chicago-based contemporary painter. Against the Grain. A conceptual assemblage in which one constructs from diagrammed instructions a three-dimensional scene comprised of a floor, earth, the sky, two stairways, and a beam. 13-1/2 x 10-3/3. From Vol. 5......200-300
806. [ART] Roland Penrose (1900-1984) British Surrealist painter and critic of 20th century art. Bush in Hand. Elaborate die-cut heavy paper construction, one side of which is a photograph of a bush in the form of a fish around which wraps folded finger extensions. Approx. 10-1/2 x 6-1/2. From Vol. 3..........200-300
807. [ART] Ronnie Landfield (1947-) Abstract landscape painter. Two Drawings. Two colored preparatory drawings for two color field paintings drawn to scale on authentic parchment paper with hand-written philosophical notations. 10-7/8 x 7. From Vol. 3.............225-300
808. [ART] Mary Jenks ( is primarily known as Mary Jenks
Coulter) American artist. Born in Newport, KY on Aug. 30, 1880.
She died in Amherst, Massachusetts 1966. Also known as Mary
Jencques she was a pupil of Duveneck at the Cincinnati Art
Academy. After her marriage to Fred Coulter in 1902, she moved
to Chicago where she studied a variety of crafts (weaving,
bookbinding, jewelry, pottery) at the AIC [Art Institute of
Chicago] and was the first curator of etchings and engravings at
that school. Upon returning from a tour of Europe, she earned a
philosophy degree from the University of Chicago. In 1915 her
husband died and she moved to California. Exhibited: Lewis &
Clark Expo, 1905 (medal); AIC, 1909 (prize); Pan-Pacific Expo,
1915 (medal); Hawaiian Soc. Artists, 1917; CLPH (solo); Berkeley
Lg. Fine Art, 1924; San Francisco AA 1924; Calif. SE, Stanford,
1928; de Young Mem. Mus, 1931 (solo); Los Angeles Mus. Art
(prize); Huntington Library & Art Gal., San Marino, CA
(fellow and reader); Uffizzi Gal., Florence, Italy; Bibliothèque
Nationale, Paris, France; Victoria & Albert Mus., London,
England. Her work is in the following collections: LACMA; MMA;
BMFA; AIC; LOC; NGA; Univ. Club, San Diego.; John Herron AI;
British Mus.; FMA; NYPL; Cooke Gal., Honolulu; Chalcographie du
Louvre, Paris, France; Huntington Library & Art Gal.; Calif.
State Library, Sacramento; Calif. Soc. Pioneers, San Francisco;
168 etchings for Matson Navigation Co. Offered here is an
original signed watercolor, dated 4/99, approx. 8 x 12".
VG..........300-500
Jenks watercolor
809. [ART] Merv Slotnick [b. 1941] American
artist living in Maine. His work is in many collections
throughout the United States, Canada, England, Australia,
Germany, Denmark, Ireland, Iceland, Norway, France, etc. His
work has been included in exhibitions at New York University;
Maine Biennial; Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY; Mansfield State
College, Pa.; Ball State Univ.; Edison Community College, Cape
Coral, Florida; Center For The Arts, Midland, Michigan; Central
Michigan Univ.; Saginaw Art Museum; Provincetown Art
Association; Grand Rapids Art Museum; Battle Creek Arts Center,
Mich.; All Michigan Artists Traveling Show [1970-73] which
traveled to various colleges & universities in Michigan;
Northern Arizona Univ.; Alaska Pacific Univ., plus others.
Abstract expressionist and printmaker Slotnick was born in
Lansing, Michigan, and received degrees from Adrian College,
Central Michigan University, with additional work at Michigan
State University. Slotnick was one of only 50 artists invited to
exhibit in 2003's 'SANCTUARY' Exhibition at the Nobel Peace
Prize forum held in the U.S. to honor the 100th anniversary of
the Nobel Peace Prize. Two examples of Slotnick's work were
exhibited in AMERICAN WORKS ON PAPER. The painter has also been
honored to have had Virginia Mecklenburg (Head Curator, Painting
& Sculpture, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian)
selected one of his works on paper for inclusion in the 16th
Visual Arts Association National. Offered here is an original
signed painting on stiff paper, approx. 11 x 8.5". Also
signed and dated '08 on verso. ........50-75
810. [ART] Frank Di Gioia (1900-1981) American artist who was born in Naples, Italy. He studied at The Art Students League with John Sloan and Walt Kuhn. His work is in the collections of the Art Inst. of Chicago, the Albright [Buffalo], Hirshhorn Collection [Wash. DC], etc. Signed watercolor, titled "Florence, 1950, approx. 11 x 8". Laid to another sheet. VG.........250-350
811. [ART] Gustave Fraipont (1849-1923, Paris) was a painter, sculptor, illustrator and poster-designer. Born in Belgium, he later became a naturalised French citizen. Original etching, plate signed, c.1885, image approx. 6 x 3-7/8" plus margins. VG...........80-120
812. [ART] ROY CHARLES FOX (1908-1993) American artist. Member of Print Council of America; Rochester Print Club; Cooperstown Art Association; Elmira Art Club. His work is in the permanent collections of Elmira College, Arnot Art Museum, Florida Southern, etc. He exhibited at Audubon Artists 1942-44; Saranac Lake Art League 1943 & 1944; Northwest Print Makers 1944-48; Wawasee Art Gallery 1944 & 45; Laguna Beach AA 1944 & 45; Oakland Art Gallery 1944 & 45; Phila. Print Club 1956; Phila. Etchers 1962; Albany Print Club 1947; Grand Central Galleries (NY) 1946; Corning Glass Center 1965, etc. Offered here is a wood-engraving, unsigned, c. 1940s, approx. 4 x 8 in. plus margins. VG condition..........50-75
Photo of the artist
813. [ART] ROY CHARLES
FOX (1908-1993)
American artist. Member of Print Council of
America; Rochester Print Club; Cooperstown Art
Association; Elmira Art Club. His work is in the
permanent collections of Elmira College, Arnot
Art Museum, Florida Southern, etc. He exhibited
at Audubon Artists 1942-44; Saranac Lake Art
League 1943 & 1944; Northwest Print Makers
1944-48; Wawasee Art Gallery 1944 & 45;
Laguna Beach AA 1944 & 45; Oakland Art
Gallery 1944 & 45; Phila. Print Club 1956;
Phila. Etchers 1962; Albany Print Club 1947;
Grand Central Galleries (NY) 1946; Corning Glass
Center 1965, etc. Offered here is
a wood-engraving,
unsigned, c. 1940s, approx. 6 x 4 in. plus
margins. Marked "Proof" by Fox. VG
condition..........50-75
814. [ART] MARGUERITE PEARSON (1898-1978) Noted American painter. Born in Philadelphia, she made her reputation in the Rockport area of Mass., north of Boston. She studied at the Boston Art Museum School; and Rockport Summer School, under A.T. Hibbard. She was a member of The North Shore Arts Association; Allied Artists of America; Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts; Rockport Art Association; American Artists Professional League; American Federation of Arts. Offered here is an original oil painting on stretched canvas, 25-3/4 x 19-1/2 in. plus frame. Painted in black & white [and therefore grays], obviously to be used as an illustration for some book or publication unknown to us. Unsigned but with Estate Certification on back signed by Martha Blanshet [?], Director, Rockport Art Association, Feb. 19, 1980. She certifies that this unsigned painting is from the Pearson estate. Several slight crack lines in the paint o/w VG. Pearson's paintings are today highly prized...........4000-6000
See Pearson painting815. [ART] Xavier F. Le Sueur - original etching titled "AT THE SPRING", image approx. 11.5 x 9.5 plus margins. Many artists from around the world sent examples of their work to be exhibited at the World's Columbian Exposition held in 1892 and 1893 in Chicago, Illinois. George Barrie Co. published a series of etchings and lithographs based on the submitted works; this etching executed by Xavier Le Sueur was done after the painting of a similar size by the Munich artist Edmund Harburger, known for his humorous genre scenes. "At the spring" is an appreciative rendering of the "summum bonum", the sense of well being at the fountain head and true source of all comfort which pervades this philosopher of the cellar. Lower bottom left shows the emossed seal of the World's Columbian Exposition. VG..........120-180
See etching 816. [ART] Original Watercolor of Mt.
Vernon, signed G.E. Graves.
Signed grisaille [monochromatic] watercolor of Mt. Vernon - home
of George Washington. Image approx. 11-1/4 x 16 plus margins.
Circa 1910-20. VG...............300-400
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![110. Ella Wheeler Wilcox [1850-1919]. American journalist and poet, b. Johnstown Center, Wis. For many years wrote a daily poem for a syndicate of newspapers; published over twenty volumes of verse, including Drops of Water (1872), Poems of Passion (1883), Poems of Pleasure (1888), Poems of Sentiment (1906), Pastels (1909), Gems (1912), Cameos (1914); also wrote fiction, essays, and works on spiritualism. ALS, 1894, 2pp.............60-80](https://merv2.tripod.com/wilcox-576.jpeg){kind=link}
![136. [MUSIC] Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (b.1923) classical conductor best known for his work with the Minnesota Orchestra. AMQS from his composition "Symphony for Strings." 7-3/4 x 7". Very nice.......75-100](https://merv2.tripod.com/skrowaczewski-484.jpeg){kind=link}
![146. [SIGNED BOOK] "An Hour Before Daylight" by Jimmy Carter [former US President]. Simon & Schuster: NY (2001). Photos, 8.5 x 5.5", boards, 271pp. + index. With BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY CARTER AFFIXED TO FRONT FREE END PAPER. Near fine condition................100-150](https://merv2.tripod.com/carter-120-1.jpeg){kind=link}
![147. [CINEMA] Jill Ireland (1936-1990) actress. Her second husband was Charles Bronson. DS, 1976, bank check as Jill Ireland Bronson. VG..........50-75](https://merv2.tripod.com/ireland-137.jpeg){kind=link}
![198. Pauline Frederick [1883-1938] AQS "All the world's a stage And all the men and women merely players - Sincerely yours, Pauline Frederick. Fine..........35-45](https://merv2.tripod.com/frederick-79.jpeg){kind=link}
![253. [FRENCH PHOTOGRAPHY] DISDERI [1819-1889] original CDV photo of General Fleury, Ambassador in Russia. VG.............50-75](https://merv2.tripod.com/disderi-243.jpeg){kind=link}
![313. [FRANCE] Robert d'Harcourt (1881-1965) French Catholic intellectual, scholar of German culture and anti-Nazi polemicist. During World War I d'Harcourt served in the artillery with the rank of sergeant. He was severely wounded twice during the conflict. Eventually taken prisoner, he recounted his experiences in his memoir Souvenirs de captivité et d'évasion d'un camp de Bavière. After the war he obtained the chair of German language and literature at the Catholic Institute of Paris. His knowledge of German culture and his anti-Nazi views led him to publish numerous detailed articles attacking the new Nazi regime after Hitler achieved power in 1933. In 1936 he published l'Evangile de la force (The Gospel of Force), his best-known work. It was a harsh attack on Nazism, and particularly drew attention to the indoctrination of young Germans in Nazi ideology. Harcourt stressed the incompatibility between the radical racist nature of Nazi ideology and Christianity.](https://merv2.tripod.com/harcourt-646-1.jpeg){kind=link}
![485. 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](https://merv2.tripod.com/macarthur-526.jpeg){kind=link}
![509. 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](https://merv2.tripod.com/macarthur-522.jpeg){kind=link}
![510. 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](https://merv2.tripod.com/macarthur-524.jpeg){kind=link}
![511. 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](https://merv2.tripod.com/macarthur-528.jpeg){kind=link}
![[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](https://merv2.tripod.com/ferris-711.jpeg){kind=link}
![Chess [Bobby Fischer] & Kuhn](http://home.gwi.net/%7Eecbart/box-2-6.jpeg){kind=link}
![771. [ART] Samuel Colman (1832-1920) American painter, etcher, probably best remembered for his paintings of the Hudson River. Born in Portland, Maine , Colman moved to New York City with his family as a child. His father opened a bookstore, attracting a literate clientele that may have influenced Colman's artistic development. He is believed to have studied briefly under the Hudson River school painter Asher Durand, and he exhibited his first work at the National Academy of Design in 1850. By 1854 he had opened his own New York City studio. The following year he was elected an associate member of the National Academy, with full membership bestowed in 1862. In 1866, Colman was one of the founders of the American Watercolor Society, and he became its first president from 1867 to 1871. Colman also became skilled at the medium of etching. He was an early member of the New York Etching Club. Offered here is an original etching, title is "DURHAM, ENGLAND", signed in the plate with his monogram, image 4-1/2 x 7-3/4" plus clean margins. VG..........100-150](https://merv2.tripod.com/colman-375.jpeg){kind=link}
![773. [ART] RUDY POZZATTI - noted American printmaker [listed everywhere], original wood engraving, signed in the block. A commissioned print to commemorate the Inauguration of John Stephen Bailey as the 4th President of Nasson College [Springvale, Me.], 1970. Image is 5 x 4, sheet 10-1/4 x 7. Fine condition.............25-35](https://merv2.tripod.com/pozzatti-37.jpeg){kind=link}
![782. [ART] FRANK LOUISVILLE BOWIE (1857-1936) Maine artist. Member of the "Brush-Ins" group. Friendly with Winslow Homer. Two original unsigned pencil drawings, paper sizes approx. 5 x 8 in. Provenance: the artist's estate. ...............50-75](https://merv2.tripod.com/bowie-76.jpeg){kind=link}
![784. [ART] Stephen J. Ferris [1835-1915] influential Philadelphia painter and etcher of portraits and figure studies, he studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy and in Paris, under Jean Leon Gerome. He achieved a considerable reputation for his art in both America and Europe and received the prestigious Fortuny Prize for the best portrait, Rome, 1876. Ferris also served for twenty six years as the Instructor of Art at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women. Offered here is an original etching by Ferris, a portrait of the daughter of Chief Justice Benjamin Chew. Its title "MRS. NICKLIN", done in 1879, after a painting by Gilbert Stuart. This etching, and others by New York Etching Club members, appeared bound into The American Art Review. Image approx. 5-1/2 x 7-1/4" plus margins. Light foxing in margins o/w VG...........100-150](https://merv2.tripod.com/ferris-151.jpeg){kind=link}
![[ART] Stephen James Ferris [1835-1915] influential Philadelphia painter and etcher. Original etching, "The Old-Clothes Dealer", from a painting by Gerome, in the Collection of Henry C. Gibson, Esq., Philadelphia. Mr. C.H. Hart, the celebrated art writer, describes this painting by one of the greatest ,painters of the age as follows: - "A 'marchant ambulant' plenteously bedecked with old purple and fine linen treads the streets of Cairo, loudly advertising his goods; carrying in one hand a long Arab gun and in the other an old Moorish helmet." Image 9-3/8 x 6-1/2" plus margins which are fairly clean with only the slightest signs of age.............100-150](https://merv2.tripod.com/ferris-885.jpeg){kind=link}
![791. [ART] Albert Sterner (1863-1946) important artist born to American parents in London. He studied at the Julian Academy in Paris, France. He emigrated to the USA in 1881, moving first to Chicago and then to New York. Sterner was a noted painter, printmaker, and illustrator. Sterner did illustrations for Harper's and LIFE magazines, as well as several other publications. He was president of the Society of Illustrators (1907-1908) and later taught at the Arts Students League in New York (1918). He received many accolades and awards during his career. Lithography was pioneered in America by Albert Sterner (The Model, c. 1920), who with George Bellows (Parlor Critic, 1921) started the organization Painters-Gravers of America in New York in 1915. This was the first artist group committed to the development of lithography as a fine art medium in America and included artists John Sloan and Edward Hopper. George Bellows was introduced to fine art lithography by Sterner in 1916. Bellows was a quick study and soon became the leading printmaker of the Ashcan School. Offered here is a rare lithograph whose title is "Amos Tommy." Its a profile of the head of an African American man. This is stone signed and dated 1920. Paper size 10-3/4 x 10-1/2 in. VG condition. Provenance: the Estate of Albert Sterner, from his summer home in Massachusetts. East Coast Books, during the 1980s, purchased most of the remaining prints, and most of the drawings from the estate. There were only two of this particular lithograph. Truly rare. We have been unable to locate anyone else who owns this print. The 1927 book "Albert Sterner - His Life and His Art" by Ralph Flint, has an illustration of Amos Tommy [plate 34]............200-300](https://merv2.tripod.com/sterner-445.jpeg){kind=link}
