2. [CHESS] Bobby Fischer (1943-2008) American chess Grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion. Many consider him the greatest chess player of all time. A Russian chess newspaper [1964]. On the inside Fischer has numbered the games in ink, starting with the number 390 and continuing to number each game until the last one which was 441. Therefore Fischer has written approx. 52 numbers on these pages. 8-1/2 x 11-3/4 in. All faults are minor. Provenance: Robert "Bobby" Fischer - Brooklyn Library - Swann's Auction - East Coast Books. In the late 1960s Fischer is said to have need money so he sold his chess library to the Brooklyn Library, who then sold off some of their holding at auction in NYC, some 25 years later. Rare!..........300-400

4. André Henri Constant van Hasselt (1806-1874) Flemish poet. Van Hasselt's fame has continued to increase since his death. A series of tributes to his memory are printed in the Poesies choisies (1901), edited by M. Georges Barral for the Collection des poètes français de l'etranger. This book contains a biographical and critical study by Jules Guillaume, and some valuable notes on the poet's theories of rhythm. Rare signed 4 page handwritten poem titled "Adieu", dated 1928. Very early example. VG............100-150

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5. [AMERICANA] John Vaughan (1755-1841) Early Colonial Philadelphia wine merchant, and the secretary and librarian of the American Philosophical Society for more than 50 years. It was Vaughan who notified Lewis. of Lewis & Clark fame,  that Thomas Jefferson had just been elected to the Society in late November of 1804. The notification would not have reached Lewis, of course, until his return from the expedition. Brief ALS, Phila., 1819, 1p, 6-3/4 x 9-1/4". Receives check drawn on N. Am. Bank $2099.54, for E. I. Dupont's account. The DuPont referred to here was Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours [1771-1834], known as Irénée du Pont, or E.I. du Pont, was a French-born Huguenot chemist and industrialist who immigrated to the United States in 1799 and founded the gunpowder manufacturer, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company. His descendants, the Du Pont family, were one of America's richest and most prominent families in the 19th and 20th centuries. Some loss of paper [seal area] affects signature in minor way..........75-100

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

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7. [GOLF] Patty Berg (1918-2006) a founding member and then leading player on the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. SIGNED/INSCRIBED 8 x 10 photo..............30-40

8. [BASEBALL GREATS]  signed cards or notes of:  Bobby Doerr - HOF [2], Allie Reynolds (1917-1994), Bullet Bob Turnley, Jim Carfish Hunter (1946-1999) HOF, Enos Slaughter (1916-2002) HOF, Charles Gehringer (1903-1993) HOF, Eddie Matthews (1931-2001) HOF, Whit Wyantt (1907-1999), and Tommy Henrich (1913-2009). All VG........min. bid $40

9. OLD DOCUMENTS - very little description given here.  [1] 1837 Dover, NH.  [2] 1881 New Mexico Mining stock certificate.  [3] Roland G. Hazard, 1843 bank check [look him up]. [4] ROLAND G. HAZARD 1829 Providence, RI.  [5] 1879 Keene, NH billhead [stained].  [6] 1864 Boston.  [7] 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.  [8] 1864 US Senate gov. doc. re: Committee of Finance.  [9] 1847 House of Rep. gov doc re" Revolutionary pension.  [10] Somersworth, NH 1826 doc. signed by John Hussey.  [11] Lewiston, ME. 1870 Hill Manufacturing Co.  [12] 1875 Machias, ME. document. [13] 1896 Calais, ME.  [14] 1894 Norway, ME.  [15] 1875 Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co. [16] 1903 Waterville, ME. electric bill........Min. Bid $20

10. [FRANCE]  Attractive French document dated 1707 on vellum, several signatures, seal neatly cut-off at bottom. Identified as being from Burgundy. Approx. 10.5 x 6.5 in. Very fresh condition..............125-175

11. Allen J. Ellender (18901972)  U.S. senator from Houma in Terrebonne Parish in south Louisiana, who served from 1937 until 1972. Signed card dated 1949.  Heavily toned............Min. Bid $1

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12. [POLITICS] Misc. lot of politicians: [1] FERRISS, Orange [1814-1894] a Representative from New York. SIGNATURE. [2] BREWER, Francis Beattie [1820-1892] a Representative from New York CLIP SIGNATURE. [3] Howard H. Baker - US senator. TLS, 1982. [4] SWOPE, John Augustus [1827-1910] Representative from Pennsylvania. SIGNATURE. [5] MILLER, Samuel Henry [1840-1918] Representative from Pennsylvania. SIGNATURE. [6] CESSNA, John 1821-1893] Representative from Pennsylvania. SIGNATURE. [7] CHANDLER, Joseph Ripley [1792-1880] Representative from Pennsylvania. SIGNATURE. [8] GILFILLAN, Calvin Willard [1832-1901] Representative from Pennsylvania. SIGNATURE. [9] MOSGROVE, James [1821-1900] Representative from Pennsylvania. CLIP SIGNATURE. [10] FISHER, Horatio Gates [1838-1890] Representative from Pennsylvania. CLIP SIGNATURE........Min. Bid $15

13. [POLITICS] mixed lot of poltical autographs: [1] Isaac Hill - Gov. NH. Clip signature. [2] JONES, James Kimbrough [1839-1908] Representative and a Senator from Arkansas; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. CLIP SIGNATURE [3] DORSEY, Stephen Wallace, a Senator from Arkansas; born in Benson, Rutland County, Vt., February 28, 1842; during the Civil War served in the Union Army. CLIP SIGNATURE [4] DAVIS, Cushman Kellogg, a Senator from Minnesota; born in Henderson, Jefferson County, N.Y., June 16, 1838; moved with his parents to Waukesha, Wis.; attended the public schools, Carroll College in Waukesha; graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1857; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced practice in Waukesha; during the Civil War served as first lieutenant in the Twenty-eighth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, in 1861 and 1862; assistant adjutant general 1862-1864; moved to St. Paul, Minn., in 1865; member, State house of representatives 1867; United States district attorney 1868-1873; Governor of Minnesota 1874-1875; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1886; reelected in 1892 and again in 1898, and served from March 4, 1887, until his death on November 27, 1900; chairman, Committee on Pensions (Fiftieth through Fifty-second Congresses), Committee on Territories (Fifty-fourth Congress), Committee on Foreign Relations (Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses); member of the commission which met in Paris, France, in September 1898 to arrange terms of peace after the war between the United States and Spain; died in St. Paul, Minn.; interment in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. Mounted CLIP SIGNATURE. [5] George Truitt [1756-1818] American farmer and politician from Murderkill Hundred, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as Governor of Delaware. He began his political career as a delegate to the convention which ratified the United States Constitution of 1787. He then served five years in the State House from the 1788/89 session through the 1791/92 session and again in the 1794 session. He then served most of two terms in the State Senate, from the 1803 session through the 1807 session. In 1807 he was elected Governor of Delaware, beating Joseph Haslet the Democratic-Republican Party candidate. Truitt took office January 19, 1808 and served until January 15, 1811. Like other Governors, Truitt was concerned about issues like slavery , penal reform, and public education. A new issue arose during his term, however. Due to increasing tensions with Great Britain, the U.S. government had directed Delaware to create and equip a militia of 1300 men. The General Assembly, in turn requested Federal fortification of Wilmington, New Castle, Port Penn, Reedy Island, and Lewes. CLIP SIGNATURE mounted. [6] Henry E. Burnham (1844-1917) US States Senator from New Hampshire. SIGNATURE. [7]Samuel James Renwick McMillan (1826-1897) Republican U.S. Senator from Minnesota. He served in the U.S. Senate in the 44th, 45th, 46th, 47th, 48th, and 49th United States Congresses from March 4, 1875, to March 3, 1887. He had also been a member of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1864 to 1875 and served as Chief Justice from 1874-1875. Clip Signature........50-75

14.  [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

15. (MAINE) JOCK [John R. McKernan, Jr.] - Gov. & U.S. congressman from Maine. Group of 7 TLSs, 1983-90, all signed Jock. 2 have punch holes. All to General Manager of Gannett Books in Portland, Maine. Thanks for book gifts. We don't know how many may be authentic but most, if not all, do not appear to be autopen signatures. McKernan is married to Sen. Olympia Snow.........Min. bid $40




16. [AMERICANA]  group of 4 official printed government documents, 1835, 1840, 1871, 1881.  Includes Lewis Cass [1835], J.R. Poinsett [1840], Wm. Belknap [1871], and a 1881 with 7 foldouts. Generally VG.............60-80

17. [MIXED LOT]  multiple lot of unrelated but interesting items.  Great for the ebay seller. Includes:  Asa Grant Randall (1869-1948) American artist, member of the Providence Art Club & The Commonwealth Art Colony, Boothbay Harbor, Maine.  TLS, 1914, 1p, to F.M. Cowles at Ogunquit, ME. Re: lectures on art.   Charles H. Moore (1840-1930) was a member of a small group of American artists, architects and writers who followed the writings of English art critic John Ruskin during the 1860s. They became known as the American Pre-Raphaelites and painted out-of-doors, creating detailed, realistic studies of nature that they believed were more spiritually truthful. By 1871, Moore had stopped painting and began to focus on teaching, working as a professor at Harvard and as the first director of the university’s Fogg Art Museum. After he retired, Moore moved to Hampshire, England, and wrote several books on medieval and Renaissance architecture.  CLIPPED SIGNATURE.  Dan Quayle - Vice President of the US. TLS, 1995, 1p.  Walter J. Tuchy, President of The Chesapeake and Ohio RR Co, TLS, 1956, 1p.  Richard Morton Koster (b.1934) is an American novelist best known for the Tinieblas trilogy—The Prince (1972), The Dissertation (1975), Mandragon (1979)—set in an imaginary Central American republic much like Panama, the author's home for many years. He was a member of the Democratic National Committee from 1967 to 1996, served on many Democratic panels, and wrote presidential debate copy for Senator John Kerry in 2004.  Signed PROXY document as a member of the Democratic National Committee from Canal Zone, 1967.  Myron Cohen (1902-1986) was an American comedian and raconteur. Unsigned vintage 8x10 photo. John E. Boos - the great Lincoln collector. ALS, 1931, to Hon. Harlan F. Stone. Sends copy of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and asks for Stone to write something.  Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-868)  British statesman who became Lord Chancellor of Great Britain. Signed address panel postmarked 1838.  Lamberta Pope - unsigned typed 12 page manuscript titled TWO LITTLE STRANGERS.  James Buckham - Burlington, Vermont journalist.  ALS, 1888, 1p, to Miss H. Garland about her poem.  John C. Fremont (1813-1890) American military officer, explorer, and politician who became the first candidate of the anti-slavery Republican Party for the office of President of the United States. Striking engraved oval portrait in uniform.  ROSS R. MOWRY (b.1882) Iowa lawyer, U.S. district attorney, appointed by President Coolidge [1924-32]. Prosecuted Keith Collins & Fred Poffenbarger for 2 million dollar train robbery at Council Bluffs, Iowa, and secured their conviction in 1925. DS, 1904 Chattel Mortgage. Four [4] printed gov. documents, 1873-74 re: railroads.......80-120

18. Frank C. Emerson (1882-1931) was the 15th Governor of theWyoming from January 3, 1927 until his death on February 18, 1931.  Signed card..................Min. Bid $1

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19. Rush D. Holt Sr. (1905-1955)  United States Senator from West Virginia (1935–1941).  TLS, 1938, 1p, to James Christie................Min. Bid $4

20. Don B. Colton (1876-1952) U.S. Representative from Utah. Signed 3x5 card..............Min. Bid $1

21. [POLITICS] multiple lot includes:  Bob Kerrey - TLS, 1983 as Gov. of Neb. Robert R. Reynolds (1884-1963) senator from NC. Signed 1931 First Flight Air Mail cover.  Styles Bridges - NH Gov. & senator.  TLS, 1961, to the artist Frederick Solomon re: shipping household goods from Cuba to the US. Robert S. Kerr (1896-1963) Gov. & senator of Okla. TLS, 1952. Horace Chilton (1853-1932) Senator from Texas. Clip signature.  John Taffe (1827-1884) US congressman from Neb. During the American Civil War he enlisted and served as major in the Second Regiment of the Nebraska Volunteer Cavalry. Signature.   Algernon Sidney Paddock (1830-1897) Republican secretary of Nebraska Territory and U.S. Senator from Nebraska after statehood.  Omar Dwight Conger (1818-1898) U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Michigan. Conger also played an important role in the establishment of the American Red Cross. On May 12, 1881, Clara Barton, who became the first president of the organization, organized a meeting at Sen. Conger's home. Signature.   John R. Thomas (1846-1914) U.S. Representative from Illinois.  He served in the Union Army during the Civil War, and rose from the rank of private to that of captain of Company D, One Hundred and Twentieth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry.  Signature................70-90

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

23.  [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.......Min. bid $40

24. (US PRESIDENTIAL CABINET MEMBERS LOT)   JAMES A. FARLEY (1888-1976) US Postmaster General (FDR) TLS (1942).      ROBERT A. LOVETT (1895-1986) Sec. of Defense (Truman) SIGNED FDC honoring The National Defense Series.   HERBERT BROWNELL (1904-1996) US Attorney General (Eisenhower) TLS (1974).  NICHOLAS deKATZENBACH (1922-2012) Attorney General (LBJ) SIGNED typed 1p. WARREN CHRISTOPHER (1925-2011) Secretary of State (Clinton).  SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 color portrait photograph (2001) his official painting portrait for the state dept by Everett Raymond Kinstler..............80-120

25.   (American Science Lot)    Simon Ramo (1913) physicist, engineer, and business leader. He led development of microwave and missile technology and is sometimes known as the father of the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). SIGNED 8x10 portrait photograph.  Robert Shankland (1908 –) physicist and historian. Beginning in 1952, Shankland led a team that performed an analysis of Dayton Miller's interferometric results, and concluded that Miller's reported positive ether drift was likely caused by thermal fluctuations, and that, when this is taken into account, the results were consistent with special relativity. Shankland's explanation is now accepted by most mainstream scientists.  SIGNED small photograph.  Donald Edward Osterbrock (1924 –2007) astronomer, best known for his work on star formation and on the history of astronomy. Director of Lick Observatory, a position he held until 1981. TLS 2002.  Alexander Winchell (1824-1891) geologist, who contributed to this field mainly as an educator, and a popular lecturer and author. His views on evolution aroused controversy among his contemporaries. The year 1875 found him a professor of geology and zoology at Vanderbilt University. There, his views on evolution, as expressed in his book Adamites and Preadamites: or, A Popular Discussion (1878), were not acceptable to the University administration because they diverged from Biblical teaching.  SIGNATURE 1878.   Benjamin Silliman (1779 – 1864) was an American chemist, one of the first American professors of science (at Yale University), and the first to distill petroleum.   SIGNATURE (from ALS) 1836.  Janet Davison Rowley (1925 –, 2013) human geneticist and the first scientist to identify a chromosomal translocation as the cause of leukemia and other cancers.   SIGNED, inscribed excellent 8x10 portrait photograph.  Seymour S. Cohen (1917) biochemist and cancer researcher. Cohen is a pioneer in the study of virus evolution and the influence of the virus on the cell metabolism . His work had a great influence on the drug treatment of cancer and viral infections. SIGNED, inscribed reprint of an article he wrote, signed on 2nd page, dated 12/91...............Min. Bid $50

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

27. [FILM] Alice Joyce (1890-1955) was an American actress, who appeared in more than 200 films during the 1910s and 1920s. She is known for her roles in the 1923 film The Green Goddess and its 1930 remake also called The Green Goddess.  Vintage 1926 photo, 5x7. VG...........Min. bid $9

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28. BUCKSPORTS, MAINE - 14 Lodge Documents, 1898-1900. Buckesport Lodge No. 14. A.O.U.W. The Ancient Order of United Workmen was a fraternal organization in the United States and Canada, providing mutual social and financial support after the US Civil War. It was the beginning of the American network of fraternal benefit societies. Folds o/w VG condition......Min. bid $10

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29. [ART] William Holbrook Beard  (1825-1900)  American painter. Beard was born in Painesville, Ohio. He studied abroad, is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting, and in 1861 moved to New York City, where, in 1862, he became a member of the National Academy of Design. Beard was a prolific artist. His humorous treatment of bears, cats, dogs, horses and monkeys, generally with some human occupation and expression, usually satirical, gave him a great vogue at one time, and his pictures were largely reproduced.  Clip Signature, about 3-3/4 x 3/4"..........Min. bid $9

30. Kenneth Douglas McKellar (1869-1957) American politician from Tennessee who served as a United States Representative from 1911 until 1917 and as a United States Senator from 1917 until 1953. A Democrat, he served longer in both houses of Congress than anyone else in Tennessee history, and only a few others in American history have served longer in both houses.  Signed 3x5 card..................Min. Bid $1

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31. [NEW HAMPSHIRE] Somersworth, New Hampshire - 3 documents from the Rollins family, dating 1834-1842. Approx. 7-1/2 x 2-1/4 " to 7-1/2 x 6-1/4 in..............Min. Bid $15

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32. [NEW HAMPSHIRE] Joseph Doe  (1776-1860) born at Newmarket NH. He married at Somersworth, NH 25 Nov 1811 to Mary Bodwell Ricker. Was active in town affairs 1799 to 1811; constable 1802 to 1809; soldier in the War of 1812 in Capt. Peter Hersey’s Co., May 24th to July 6th, 1814; took up residence in Rollinsford NH. Was elected director of Strafford Bank of New Hampshire in 1810 to 1819; was a large land owner and successful farmer; although not professional lawyer he wrote legal documents and filed many offices of trust. Sold land and buildings in Rome and Belgrade, Kennebec County, Maine in 1815. Several times represented his town in the Legislature; was a man of powerful intellect and exerted a controlling influence in the surrounding community.  Partly-printed document signed as Justice of the Peace, 1821, signed on the verso by Sam. W. Carr.  Court document concerning  Moses Philpott of Somersworth, New Hampshire. Approx. 8 x 8 in.  Minor faults.................Min. Bid $10

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33. [NEW HAMPSHIRE] Joseph Doe  (1776-1860) born at Newmarket NH. He married at Somersworth, NH 25 Nov 1811 to Mary Bodwell Ricker. Was active in town affairs 1799 to 1811; constable 1802 to 1809; soldier in the War of 1812 in Capt. Peter Hersey’s Co., May 24th to July 6th, 1814; took up residence in Rollinsford NH. Was elected director of Strafford Bank of New Hampshire in 1810 to 1819; was a large land owner and successful farmer; although not professional lawyer he wrote legal documents and filed many offices of trust. Sold land and buildings in Rome and Belgrade, Kennebec County, Maine in 1815. Several times represented his town in the Legislature; was a man of powerful intellect and exerted a controlling influence in the surrounding community.  Partly-printed document signed as Justice of the Peace, 1815. Court document concerning Bartholomew Nason & Benj. Nason, both of Berwick, Maine.  Approx. 8-1/4 x 11-1/4 in. Right edge appears to be slightly cropped...............Min. Bid $9

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34. [NEW HAMPSHIRE]  group of 7 manuscript document, dating 1789, 1792, 1799, 1805, 1810 (2) & 1851.  All related to Andrew Rollins of Dover, NH. Signed by various persons.................Min. Bid $20

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35. [NEW HAMPSHIRE]  group of 4 manuscript document, dating 11813, 1824, 1827, & 1828.  All related to Andrew Rollins of Dover, NH. Signed by various persons. Some condition problems................Min. Bid $10

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36. [NEW HAMPSHIRE] Joseph Doe  (1776-1860) born at Newmarket NH. He married at Somersworth, NH 25 Nov 1811 to Mary Bodwell Ricker. Was active in town affairs 1799 to 1811; constable 1802 to 1809; soldier in the War of 1812 in Capt. Peter Hersey’s Co., May 24th to July 6th, 1814; took up residence in Rollinsford NH. Was elected director of Strafford Bank of New Hampshire in 1810 to 1819; was a large land owner and successful farmer; although not professional lawyer he wrote legal documents and filed many offices of trust. Sold land and buildings in Rome and Belgrade, Kennebec County, Maine in 1815. Several times represented his town in the Legislature; was a man of powerful intellect and exerted a controlling influence in the surrounding community.  Partly-printed document signed as Justice of the Peace, 1820, signed on the verso by Sam. W. Carr.  Court document concerning  Peter Hussey of Somersworth, New Hampshire. Approx. 8 x 8.5  in.  VG................Min. Bid $10

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

38.  [MUSIC] MILTON EBBINS (1912-2008)  talent manager of jazz greats and a Kennedy administration and Rat Pack insider, composer.  Ebbins started his career in the early 1930s as a trumpet player and bandleader. He left his career as bandleader and became a talent manager, rising to become one of Hollywood’s top personal managers, guiding the careers of Count Basie, Sarah Vaughn, Billy Eckstine and singer Vic Damone. Because of Ebbins’ musical background and his adeptness at arranging scores, he had a knack for picking hit songs for his clients. He also represented actresses Elizabeth Montgomery and Patty Duke, comedian Mort Sahl and actor Peter Lawford, who Ebbins managed for 35 years. Ebbins’ partnership with Lawford — who was married to President Kennedy’s sister, Patricia— brought him into close association with The Rat Pack and the Kennedy Clan.  Ebbins produced many of his clients’ film and television projects and was partnered in a company with Lawford that produced TV series, “The Patty Duke Show.” He associate produced the 1950s TV series’ “The Thin Man” starring Lawford and Phyllis Kirk. He also produced two films starring Rat Packers Lawford and Sammy Davis Jr. — “Salt and Pepper” (1968) and “One More Time” (1970). He helped set up the original Rat Packer film, “Ocean’s Eleven” and subsequently “Sergeants 3.” He was also involved in the production of “The Longest Day.”  Ebbins helped produce JFK’s 1961 Inaugural Ball and the subsequent 1962 JFK Anniversary Gala. In May of 1962, Ebbins escorted a very late Marilyn Monroe to Madison Square Garden where she famously — and breathlessly — sang “Happy Birthday, Mr. President.” He was also the man that Lawford called after speaking to Monroe the night of her death in August of 1962. Ebbins was one of the few allowed inside the White House after the JFK assassination. As the link between Washington and Hollywood, Ebbins helped Kennedy family patriarch and former ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy navigate through the movie business, not only keeping him apprised of his son-in-law’s career moves but at one point advising him against purchasing United Artists’ movie studio. At the time of his death, Ebbins was working with his friend, actor Bill Paxton, on an HBO project about the Kennedy assassination. Offered here, from the Ebbins Estate, is a signed contract AGREEMENT BETWEEN Ebbins and the American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers, dated Oct. 6, 1965. Ebbins has signed in ink on page 3, the other signature is printed.  VG.............60-80

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39. [FILM HISTORY] Bill Asher (1921-2012) American television and film producer, film director, and screenwriter. He was one of the most prolific early television directors, producing or directing over two dozen series.  With television in its infancy, Asher introduced the sitcom Our Miss Brooks, which was adapted from a radio show. He began directing I Love Lucy by 1952. In 1964, he produced and directed Bewitched, which starred his then-wife Elizabeth Montgomery. As a result of his early success, Asher was considered an "early wunderkind of TV-land," and is  credited in one magazine article for 'inventing' the sitcom. TLS, April 10, 1963, signed by Milton Ebbins, V.P. Chrislaw Productions and Bill Asher [he also signs]. Asher is granted a leave to direct a BEACH PARTY film. It is assumed that the film ended up being  Muscle Beach Party (1964), starring Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Don Rickles etc. PLUS TLS, 1963, signed by attorney Norma Zarky [see Lot 59 above].  Two signed items - very good condition...........50-100

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40. Ralph E. Flanders (1880-1970) was an American mechanical engineer, industrialist and Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Vermont.  Flanders was noted for introducing a 1954 motion in the Senate to censure Senator Joseph McCarthy. McCarthy had made sensational claims that there were large numbers of Communists and Soviet spies and sympathizers inside the federal government and elsewhere.   Signed card.............Min. Bid $1

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41. (BRITISH SCIENCE/MEDICINE NOTABLES LOT) GEORGE COMBE(1788-1858)Scottish writer on Phrenology and was one of the founders of “Phrenological Society” RARE small CLIPPED SIGNATURE mounted to larger paper  SIR ROBERT ABBOTT HADFIELD,1st Baronet(1858-1940) Metallurgist, noted for the 1882 discover of Manganese Steel SIGNED collectors card(1921) JAMES MLLAR(1762-1827) Scottish Physician and Natural Scientist, editor of the 4th & 5th editions of Encyclopedia Britannia LAST half of ALS, ny mounted to matte board JOHN ZACHARY YOUNG(1907-1997) Zoologist and neuropshysiologist He was one of the most influential biologist of the 20th Century TLS(1992 (tear on right side, archival tape repaired) SIR FRANCIS RONALDS(1788-1873) Meteorologist, and inventor and a pioneer of the electric telegraph Knighted in 1870 for his contributions to science SIGNATURE from ALS WILLIAM BENNET(1745-1820) Bishop of Cloyne, Antiquary, Archeologist He carried out some of the 1st explorations of the Roman roads and forts in England. His work can be found at the British Museum CLIPPED SIGNATURE (1813) as Bishop Cloyne MURRAY L. BARR(1908-1995)Canadian Physician discovered in 1948 “Barr Body” important cell structure SIGNED 4x6 photograph on verso .................80-120

42. (BRITISH THEATER NOTABLES LOT) DAME MADGE KENDALL(1848-1935) Actress SIGNED CARD(1889)  WILIAM H. KENDALL(1848-1917) Actor SIGNED CARD(1894)KATE RORKE(1866-1945) Actress debut 1878 Geroge Bernard Shaw’s 1st “Candida” and 1st actress ever to smoke on stage ALS(1892)2pp  LAWRENCE GROSSMITH(1877-1944) Actor The last of of the prominent acting family appeared in early Sherlock Holmes films and was brother in law of Vernon Castle SIGNATURE  ELEANOR ROBSON(1879-1979) Actress SIGNED CARD(1903)EDITH WYNNE MATTHISON(1875-1955) Actress ALS(1903)2pp GRACE ARNOLD(1899-1979) Actress  AQS from “Brewster’s Millions”(1908)WILLIAM FAVERSHAM(1868-1940) Actor  SIGNATURE(1930)...............80-120

43. (19th CENTURY SCIENTISTS LOT)  SAMUEL FOSTER HAVEN(1801-1881) American anthropologist, author whose work was published by the Smithsonian Institute – CLIPPE SIGNATURE GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL(1849-1938) American Anthropologist, historian, naturalist SIGNATURE  Baron JEAN LOUIS MARC ALIBERT(1768-1837) French Dermatologist  A pioneer in the study of dermatology He became the personal physician to King Louis XVIII and Charles X An early known found non-Hodgkin lymphoma was co named for him “Aliber-Bazin” syndrome   Bottom of a ALS dated 1811 with 5 handwritten lines JOHN FRIES FRAZER (1812-1872) American Scientist and founder of the National Academy of Sciences Studied magnetic forces, geology ANS on card  WILLIAM H. HOLCOMBE(1825-1893) Physician, author and authority on Yellow Fever ANS  PETER ARVELL BROWNE(1762-1860) Naturalist, Lawyer He is noted fro his collected locks of hair of animals and started the 1st collection of Presidential Hair Locks. The albums are now part of the Academy of Natural Sciences and are on display  RARE early ALS dated (1827).............80-120

44. [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 steel etching plate, "Old North Church". Not sure if this is the actual title - its simply what is written on the envelope.  Original etching plates are very uncommon...............800-1200

45. James Augustus Johnson (1829-896)  U.S. Representative from California who went on to serve as the state's 14th Lieutenant Governor. Large signature on slip. Fine.................Min. Bid $1

46. Mark Hatfield (1922-2011) a Republican, he served for 30 years as a United States Senator from Oregon. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo dated 1984. VG.................min. bid $10

47. Color offset lithograph [Spy print] of Oliver Wendell Holmes. Image approx. 7x4 in. plus margins.  Condition: there are 2 indented lines running into the image.  Contained in an atytractive mat.  Nice example for framing with his autograph........Min. bid $10

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48. [MASSACHUSETTS] multiple lot: John Davis (1787-1854) He spent 25 years in public service, serving in both houses of the United States Congress and for three non-consecutive years as Governor of Massachusetts. Because of his reputation for personal integrity he was known as "Honest John" Davis. Free Frank clipped signature.  Danvers, Mass. 1825 deed signed by several people. Beginning to separate at folds.  An 1880 wood-engraved VIEW OF SPRINGFIELD, MASS., image 5 x 7.5.  Leverett A. Saltonstall (1892-1979) American Republican politician who served as the 55th Governor of Massachusetts (1939–1945) and as a United States Senator (1945–1967). ALS (1933), 2pp, with envelope.   Henry Laurens Dawes (1816-1903)  Republican United States Senator and  Representative, notable for the Dawes Act, intended to stimulate assimilation of Indians by ending tribal government and control of communal lands. Cliiped signature................50-75

49. CHESS - 8 Russian chess newspapers once part of Bobby Fischer's personal library. All 1965.......100-150

50. [IRELAND] WILLIAM LECKY (1838-1903), Irish historian, born near Dublin, and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He won recognition with History of the Rise and Influence of Rationalism in Europe (1865) and History of European Morals from Augustus to Charlemagne (1869), in which he considered the development, dissemination, and decline of the moral and theological tenets of Christianity. He later wrote History of England in the Eighteenth Century (8 vol., 1878-90). In 1895 he was elected to Parliament as a Liberal Unionist; in 1897 he was made a privy councillor. Lecky actively advocated liberal reforms in Ireland but opposed home rule. In 1902 he was named one of the first members of the British Academy and received the Order of Merit. SHORT ALS, no year. Moderate stain to left of signature, mount. trace on back.......Min. Bid $9

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51. Lloyd  Alexander (1924-2007) was a widely influential American author of more than forty books, primarily fantasy novels for children and young adults. His most famous work is The Chronicles of Prydain, a series of five high fantasy novels whose conclusion, The High King, was awarded the 1969 Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature. He won U.S. National Book Awards in 1971 and 1982. Signed, inscribed brochure about him, dated 1989. Fine......Min. Bid $10

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52. [COLONIAL]  Rev. Daniel Humphreys, died September 2, 1787, having been the town of Derby, Ct.'s Congregational minister for 54 years. Derby's small Episcopal church was completed in 1746, across the street from the Humphreys House, and a cemetery developed around it. His son was General David Humphreys, who served as aide-de-camp for George Washington during the American Revolution, was our nation's first ambassador to a foreign country, and founded one of America's first 'factory villages' in modern day Seymour. Offered here is a CLIP SIGNATURE of Rev. Dan. Humphreys. Approx. 2-3/4 x 1". VG. Kind of scarce............25-35

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53. [BRITISH] Francis Jeune or François Jeune (1806-1868) Dean of Jersey, 1838-1844, Master of Pembroke College, Oxford and Bishop of Peterborough, 1864-1868. He was Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University from 1858 to 1862. ALS, 1865, 3pp, signed " Peterborough." Last page is laid down to album sheet............40-60

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54. [MUSIC] Sir Charles Santley (1834-1922)  English-born opera and oratorio star  who became the most eminent English baritone and male concert singer of the Victorian era. His has been called 'the longest, most distinguished and most versatile vocal career which history records.'  Signature dated 1874.  Approx. 4.5 x 4 in................25-35   Min. Bid $1

55. [NEW YORK] Roswell Pettibone Flower (1835-1899 Governor of New York from 1892 to 1894. TLS, HOUSE OF REP., Wash. DC, 1890, 1p. To Hon. Edward Wemple, Albany, NY. "My dear Sir: I received your list and returned it some time ago, and I thank you for it. It is very complete and no wonder, with such organizing powers, you could be elected in your District to Congress when no body else could. I regret not having seen you at Albany on Wednesday evening." This letter is laid to a mounting sheet.............Min. Bid $10

56. [SINGER] Henry Brevoort] RENWICK [1817-1895] engineer, born in New York City, 4 September, 1817, was graduated at Columbia in 1836, and became assistant engineer in the United States service. He served as first assistant astronomer of the United States boundary commission in 1840-'2, and in 1848 was appointed examiner in the United States Patent Office. In 1853 he became United States inspector of steamboat engines for the district of New York, and since his retirement from that office he has devoted himself to consultation practice in the specialty of mechanical engineering, in which branch he is accepted as one of the best authorities in the United States. Mr. Renwick was associated with his father in the preparation of "Life of John Jay" (New York, 1841). The Renwick Family papers are in the collection of Columbia College. As a patent expert he took part in nearly all the great patent litigations between 1870 until his death. Among these cases were the sewing machine, the McCormick reaper, and the Bell telephone. ALS, NYC, 1870, 1p, 8vo. To the president of the Singer Sewing Machine Co. about the Johnson Patent. Mounting trace along edge on verso........75-100 Click on description above to see this

57. [BASKETBALL]  John A. "Cat" Thompson  (1906-1990) American basketball player.  He was named All-America in 1927, 1928, 1929 and 1930. He scored 1,539 points in 100 career college games he played. He was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1962. Signed 3x5 card. VG..............Min. Bid $5

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

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59. Jean-Baptiste Léon Say (1826-1896) French statesman and economist, was born in Paris. Brief ALS, 1891, 1p., 4-1/2 x 6-3/4". VG............50-75

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60. George Grote [1794-1871] Brit. historian. Clip signature...........20-30

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61. [BRITAIN] Sir George Sinclair [1790-1868] English abolitionist; friend of Byron. Postmarked free franked address panel, 1836................35-45

62. (Chaplain to Queen Victoria) JBD - the D stands for Durham (Joseph Barber Lightfoot) (1828-1889) was an English theologian and Bishop of Durham, usually known as J.B. Lightfoot. In 1857 he became tutor and his fame as a scholar grew. He was made Hulsean professor in 1861, and shortly afterwards chaplain to the Prince Consort and honorary chaplain in ordinary to Queen Victoria. In 1866 he was Whitehall preacher, and in 1871 he became canon of St Paul's Cathedral. In 1879 Lightfoot was consecrated bishop of Durham in succession to Charles Baring . He was as successful in this position as he had been when professor of theology, and he soon surrounded himself with a band of scholarly young men. Autograph Note Signed with initials, 1881 on back of postcard. Re: his busy schedule..........25-35

63. STEPHEN SIMPSON (1789-1854) Am. newspaperman. His father was commissary-general in the American Revolution; one of the chief officers of the Bank of North America [1st bank in the Union], and rendered greatly in raising money to finance the War of 1812. Stephen, author of the letter offered here, began as a note-clerk in the Bank of the United States, but resigned and soon afterward attacked the bank in a series of vindictive articles signed "BRUTUS." He then fought at the battle of New Orleans. Afterward he established "The Columbian Observer," a Democratic paper in the interests of Andrew Jackson, also resuming the letters of "Brutus," whose authorship was thus acknowledged. He wrote "Life of Stephen Girard." ALS (stampless cover), Washington City, 1831, 1p, 4to. To Hon. Samuel Smith of Baltimore, Md. Thanks for letter received from Sec. of the Senate, stating the votes upon my nomination. Nice Free postal mark...........75-100

64. [FRANCE] 1776 letter from a nobleman in his castle addressed to de Lassale, Captain of Angoumois regiment, Commander in Combes. Writer's livestock were seized by soldiers following an order that the writer ignored. He gave permission to another parish to use his livestock which is newly forbidden from one parish to another. VG. Not translated.............100-150

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

66. [FRANCE] Gustave François Xavier Delacroix de Ravignan (1795-1858) French Jesuit preacher and author. Educated in Paris, he resigned his army commission to study law. Auditor of the royal court. Deputy attorney-general by 1821.  Entering a Sulpician monastery, and later joining the Society of Jesus, he was ordained in 1828, and after several years as professor and retreat preacher at Montrouge, he went to Notre Dame, where his logic, serenity, and zeal won souls by the hundreds. Superior of his brethren at Bordeaux from 1837 to 1842, and at Paris from 1848 to 1851. He preached throughout France and in Rome, Belgium, and London. His calm, eloquent De l'Existence et de l'Institut des Jesuites of 1844, vindicating the Society, sold 25,000 copies in one year. However, the Jesuits' strife continued until they were forced to disband for a time in France.  Despite painful controversy with his superiors and imputations from other quarters, he remained loyal to his order. In 1854 he brought out Clement XIII et Clement XIV, a dispassionate treatise, of no great literary merit, on the defender and the suppressor of the Jesuits. He steadfastly refused preferment, even the archbishopric of Paris, devoting himself to other works. He died a saintly death, and thousands followed the remains of the "Apostle of Paris" to his grave.  ALS,  1854, 2-1/2 pp, 5-1/4 x 8 in.  VG.............100-150

67. [MUSIC] Jean Nohain [1900-1981] French lyricist. TLS, 1977, 1p, 6x8". To Felix Bonafe about Jacques Bardoux. VG.............50-75

70. [FRANCE] Anatole de Monzie (1876-1947) French administrator, encyclopaedist (Encyclopédie française), political figure and scholar.  ALS, no date, 2pp. First page has light sunned marks............40-60


71. [FRANCE] Alfred Jean François Mézières (1826-1915)  French journalist, politician and historian of literature. ALS, no date, 1p. VG...........50-57

72. [FRANCE] Eugène Manuel (1823–1901), French poet and man of letters.  ALS, 1868, 3pp. VG..........50-75

76. [FRANCE] Émile Deschanel (1819-1904) French author and politician, the father of Paul Deschanel, the 11th President of the French Republic.  ALS, no date, 3pp, 4-1/8 x 5-1/4". Fine.............50-75

77. [FRANCE] Auguste Joseph Alphonse Gratry  (1805-1872)  French author and theologian. After a period of mental struggle which he has described in Souvenirs de ma jeunesse, he was ordained priest in 1832. After a stay at Strasbourg as professor of the Petit Séminaire, he was appointed director of the Collège Stanislas in Paris in 1842 and, in 1847, chaplain of the École Normale Supérieure. He became vicar-general of Orleans in 1861, professor of ethics at the Sorbonne in 1862, and, on the death of Barante, a member of the Académie française in 1867, where he occupied the seat formerly held by Voltaire. Together with others (Abbé Philippe Pétitot, pastor of Saint Roch, and Hyacinthe de Valroger) he reconstituted the French Oratory, a society of priests mainly dedicated to education. Gratry was one of the principal opponents of the definition of the dogma of papal infallibility, but in this matter he submitted to the declarations of the First Vatican Council.  ALS, 1870, 1p, 4-1/4 x 6-1/2". VG............75-100

78. [FRANCE] Jean Marie Pardessus (1772-1853) French lawyer. His lectures were published under the title Cours de droit commercial (4 volumes, 1813-1817). In 1815 Pardessus was elected deputy for the department of Loir-et-Cher, and from 1820 to 1830 was constantly re-elected; then, however, he refused to take the oath of allegiance to Louis Philippe, and was deprived of his office. After the publication of the first volume of his Collection des lois maritimes antérieures au XVIIIème siècle (1828) he was elected a member of the Academie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres.  He continued his collection of maritime laws (4 vols., 1828-1845), and published Les us et coutumes de la mer (2 volumes, 1847). BRIEF ALS, 1842, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8-1/4". Fine..........75-100

80. [FRANCE] Alfred Croiset  (1845-1923)  French classical philologist. He was the brother of Maurice Croiset.  Croiset became professor of Greek eloquence at the Sorbonne in 1885, and has also authored La poésie de Pindare (2nd edition 1886) and Histoire de la littérature grecque (5 bands, from 1887 to 1899, several later editions). Brief  ALS, Paris, 1899 on black-bordered correspondence card, 4.5 x 3.5". Repaired with archival tape - was separted at some time..........40-60

81. [FRANCE] Henry Kistemaeckers (1872-1938), was a prolific Belgian-born French author and playwright.   He began as a novelist, but soon turned to playwriting for his livelihood. A vast number of works would flow from his hand over the decades of his life, with Instinct, Marchand de Bonheur, Le Roi de Palaces, La Passante and Un Jour de Amour among his more successful productions. His drama Le Flambée was adapted for the English stage by Peter Le Marchant and produced in London as The Turning Point and in New York as The Spy. The Broadway play Where the Poppies Grow, produced at the Theatre Republic in 1918, was adapted from Kistemaeckers’ Un Soir, au Front by Roi Cooper Megrue. His most successful Broadway production, Woman of Bronze, was written with Eugene Delard and adapted for the American stage by Paul Kester. The play opened at the Frazee Theatre on September 7, 1920 and had a run of 252 performances. ALS, 1912, 3pp,  about his play "Le Flambee".  VG..........75-100

82. [FRANCE] Eugène Mouton (1823-1902) French writer of comic, adventure, and fantastical literature, and is considered an early writer of science fiction. He wrote under the name Mérinos. The son of a military officer father and a Creole mother, he lived in Guadeloupe until the age of ten. In 1848 he became a magistrate; his career progressed upward for the next 20 years, and he rose to the rank of prosecutor. During his time in Rodez he helped to implement one of the first mobile libraries in France. He wrote for various newspapers, and his first story was published in 1857 when L'Invalide à la tête de bois (The Invalid with the Wooden Head) appeared in Le Figaro under the pen name of Mérinos. His subsequent success caused him to resign from the magistracy in 1868 in order to devote himself to writing. His principal works are Les lois pénales en France (1868), Nouvelles et fantaisies humoristisques (1873 and 1876), Voyages et aventures du Marius Cougourdan (1879), and Histoire de l'invalide à la tête de bois (1887). ALS, PARIS, 1889, 4pp, 4.5 x 7". VG. Speaks about his work and drawings............75-100

83. [SIGNED BOOK] Bill Caldwell (1920-2001) American journalist.  Caldwell came to Maine with an unusual background.  A New York native, he had a master’s degree from Cambridge University in England and studied at the Sorbonne in Paris. He spoke with a slight British accent, which helped give him an aristocratic bearing. He was wounded in World War II, when he flew 69 bombing missions. He wrote for Time-Life, served in the Eisenhower administration, published a newspaper in England, wrote fiction and admired art.  Caldwell came to work at the Portland newspapers in 1965, after traveling from New York and falling in love with Maine. Offered here is an autographed copy of his well-known book 'BILL CALDWELL - ENJOYING MAINE,"  SIGNED ON THE HALF-TITLE PAGE, 1977, 2ND PRINTING, 323 pages, in very good+ dust jacket..........50-75

84. [BELGIUM]  Original bond for Charbonnages De Probedenko, Brussels, Belgium, 1898. Folio 12-1/2 x 14-3/4 in.. With embossed corporate seal; imprinted French Revenue stamp and attractive vignettes of mining and factory scenes. Printed signatures of corporate officials as usual. With original coupons. Attractive for framing..............100-150

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85. [THEATRE] Katharine Cornell (1893-1974) American stage actress, writer, and theater owner and producer. Offered here from her estate is her Phillips plastic credit card in her married name, Katharine McClintic.........50-75

86. [BOOK]   HISTORIC SILVER OF THE COLONIES AND ITS MAKERS  by Francis Hill Bigelow. MacMillan, New York, 1931. 3rd Edition. Abundantly illustrated with supplementary photo plate examples throughout. Good-VG cloth copy in a good, if somewhat edge nicked and dust dulled. Overall,  tight. No dust jacket. 476 pages including index, illustrations too numerous to counts. An extemely useful reference which is uncommon........Reserved at $40.
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87.  Gerald Massey (1828-1907)  English poet and self-educated Egyptologist.  During the later years of his life, (from about 1870 onwards) Massey became interested increasingly in Egyptology and the similarities that exist between ancient Egyptian mythology and the Gospel stories. He studied the extensive Egyptian records housed in the British Museum, eventually teaching himself to decipher the hieroglyphics." In regard to Egyptology, Massey first published The Book of the Beginnings, followed by The Natural Genesis. His most prolific work is Ancient Egypt: The Light of the World, published shortly before his death.[1] His work, which draws comparisons between the Judeo-Christian religion and the Egyptian religion, is not considered significant in the field of modern Egyptology and is not mentioned in the Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt or similar reference works of modern Egyptology. One of the more sensational aspects of Massey's writings were the parallels he drew between Jesus and the Egyptian god Horus. These comparisons are primarily contained in his book The Natural Genesis. Massey's writings on this subject have influenced various later authors such as Alvin Boyd Kuhn, Tom Harpur, and Acharya S.  ALS, nd, written on both sides, approx. 5x8". Content - about his poems.  Old Paul Richards price of $25 in 1977 written top corner in pencil..........40-60

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

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89. FRANK CROWNINSHIELD [1872-1947]  American journalist and art and theatre critic best known for developing and editing the magazine Vanity Fair for 21 years, making it a pre-eminent literary journal.  ALS, The Century Co., nd, 1p. To the journalist Miss Marshall. Thanks for nice letter - pleasure to meet people like you...................30-40

90. [MEDICINE] Elizabeth Kenny (1880-1952) Australian pioneering physical therapist. Between 1934 and her death she and her associates treated millions of polio victims throughout the world. Their testimonies to Sister Kenny's healing work is part of her legacy; as is The Kenny Concept of Infantile Paralysis, and Its Treatment, known as "The Red Book," written by Dr. John Pohl in collaboration with Kenny. Her most enduring legacy is the Minneapolis Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute. Her principles of muscle rehabilitation became the foundation of physical therapy, (in some countries called physiotherapy). Signature mounted to album page, identified above and dated Dec. 7, 1944 in another hand. Her autograph is pretty scarce and this is slightly less than a very good example.........80-120

91. [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

92. [ENGLAND] George Pryme (1781-1868) British economist, academic and politician. In 1799, Pryme entered Trinity College, Cambridge, winning a scholarship there in 1800 and graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1803. In 1804, he began studying law at Lincoln's Inn, and was called to the Bar in 1806, practising in London until health problems forced him to return to Cambridge in 1808. In 1816, Pryme began conducting lectures on political economy at Cambridge, the first teaching of such a topic at any English university, and in that same year his lectures were published as a book entitled A Syllabus of a Course of Lectures on the Principles of Political Economy. In 1828, he was made Professor of Political Economy by the university senate, although a chair was not established for the topic at Cambridge until just before his retirement. He was politically active, and successfully opposed parliamentary candidates sponsored by the Duke of Rutland, and eventually winning a seat in the House of Commons representing Cambridge as a Whig. Pryme worked hard in the parliament, pushing for university reform at Oxford and Cambridge until his poor health prompted his family to urge his retirement from parliament. He returned to Cambridge and bought an estate in Wistow while continuing to lecture and practice as a barrister on occasion. He died in 1868. In 1870, his memoirs were published, Autobiographic Recollections of George Pryme, edited by his daughter Alicia Bayne. ALS, 1837, written on both sides. To Joshua Walmsby accepting invitation to dinner of the Reform Association of Liverpool.............50-75

93. [FILM] Joseph Cotten (1905-1994) American actor of stage and film. Cotten achieved prominence on Broadway, starring in the original stage productions of The Philadelphia Story and Sabrina Fair. He first gained worldwide fame as the star of the Orson Welles films Citizen Kane (1941), The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), and Journey into Fear (1943), for which Cotten was also credited with the screenplay. He went on to star in such popular films as Shadow of a Doubt (1943), Duel in the Sun (which remains one of the top 100 highest grossing films of all time when adjusted for inflation), Love Letters (1945), Portrait of The Third Man (1948) and Jennie (1949). Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo...............75-100

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95. John Calvin Stevens (1855-1940) was an American architect who worked in the Shingle Style, in which he was a major innovator, and the Colonial Revival style. He designed more than 1,000 buildings in the state of Maine. Typed letter signed, 1926, 1 page, approx. 8 x 10.5 in. Stevens sent this letter to the noted American artist, Douglas Volk [1856-1935] Douglas was born to be an artist. His father was the famous sculptor Leonard Wells Volk and his mother Emily Barlow Volk was counsin to Senator Steven Douglas. At a young age Douglas showed an ability to draw and was taken seriously later studying with George Inness, and at age 14 took classes at the Accademia San Luca in Italy. In 1873 Volk went to Paris to study at Ecole des Beaux Arts with the Master Jean-Leon Gerome. When he returned to the U.S. he began teaching at The Cooper Institute in New York and in 1886 was founder of the Minneapolis School Of Fine Art. In 1893 Volk was chosen for the selection committee at the Columbian Expo where he exhibited three paintings and the the gold medal, his first major award. In 1899 the National Academy granted him membership. His paintings hang in many important collections including the Metropolitan Museum in NY. Douglas Volk first ventured into Lincoln portraiture in 1908, and that canvas, reworked in 1917, eventually found its way into the National Gallery of Art. It also achieved a kind of anonymous familiarity between 1954 and 1968, when it was featured on the regular four-cent U.S. postage stamp. When in 1860, Lincoln sat in Leonard Volk's studio, a liittle child was running in and out. The great man took him on his knee and asked his name. It was Douglas. It was this boy, long grown to manhood who was the paint one of the most famous portraits of Lincoln. One of his Lincoln portraits hangs in the Lincoln Bedroom in The White House. VG.............150-250

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97. [NOBEL PRIZE] Dr Edwin Gerhard Krebs (1918-2009) American biochemist. He received the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research and the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize in 1989 together with Alfred Gilman winner of Nobel Prize in medicine in 1994 and, together with his collaborator Edmond H. Fischer, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1992 for describing how reversible phosphorylation works as a switch to activate proteins and regulate various cellular processes. SIGNED 5 X 6-3/4 IN. COLOR PHOTO.............35-45

98. Francis Grover Cleveland (1903-1995) son of  US President Grover Cleveland. Brief TLS saying he has nothing of his father's that could be sent. VG............25-35

99. Howard Baker  (1925-2014) was an American politician and diplomat who served as a Republican U.S. Senator from Tennessee and Senate Majority Leader. Baker later served as White House Chief of Staff for President Ronald Reagan, and a United States Ambassador to Japan. TLS as senator, 1982, 1p.  Sends autograph. VG............Min. Bid $5

100. Omar Dwight Conger (1818-1898) was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Michigan. Conger also played an important role in the establishment of the American Red Cross. On May 12, 1881, Clara Barton, who became the first president of the organization, organized a meeting at Sen. Conger's home. The 15 people present at this meeting include Barton, Conger, and Rep. William Lawrence (R, OH).  Clip signature..................Min. Bid $1

101. Eliza (Buckminster) Lee (1792-1864) American author, the daughter of Joseph Buckminster. She was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire; was well educated by her father and brother, Joseph Stevens Buckminster; married a Thomas Lee of Boston; became a writer; and was unusually felicitous in her descriptions of New England life. She wrote, notably: Sketches of New England Life (1837); Naomi, or Boston Two Hundred Years Ago (1848); and memoirs of her father and brother (1849). She translated from the German, wrote a life of Richter (1842), and published an historical novel, Parthenia, the Last Days of Paganism (1858). ALS, 1843, 2pp. To Phillips Brooks, the famous American clergyman and author. Letter says she is sending the poem Brooks asked for [poem not present here]...........50-75

102. Homer Samuel Ferguson (1889-1982) was a United States Senator from Michigan. Ferguson's behind the scenes involvement in influencing the failed investigation, trial, and slander of Preston Tucker by the Securities and Exchange Commission has long been speculated. Lloyd Bridges portrayed Senator Ferguson in the 1988 film Tucker: The Man and His Dream, in which Tucker was played by the elder actor's son Jeff Bridges.
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103. [MUSIC] Vladimir Ashkenazy [b. 1937] Russian-Icelandic conductor and pianist. Clip signature from envelope...........20-30

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

107.  [FILM] Lew Ayres (1908 1996) American actor, best known for starring as Paul in All Quiet on the Western Front and for playing Dr. Kildare in several movies. Signed 3x5 card..........2O-30

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108. Porter Emerson Browne [1879-1934] Am. novelist. Signed card.......15-20

109. John Bradbury [1872-1950] Brit. economist. Signature.......15-20

111. [WATERLOO] Beaumont Hotham, 3rd Baron Hotham (1794-1870) British soldier, peer and long-standing Conservative Member of Parliament. Hotham fought at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 and later achieved the rank of General. Signed address panel postmarked 1829. Attractive example.........40-60

113.  Shirley Booth - actress. Signature [crease]...........10-15

114. Claude Akins (1926-1994) American actor. Signed 3x5 card. Fine........20-30

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

119. [FILM] Marsha Mason (b. 1942) American actress. SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO........25-35

120. 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

121. (Nobel Prize Lot)  Melvin Schwartz (1932-2009) Physics 1988 signed biographical sketch PLUS signature in return address on envelope, Paul Samuelson (1915-2009), Econonics 1970, signed 3x5 paper, Glenn Seaborg (1912-1999), Chemistry 1951signed card. VG..............60-80

122. [ENGLAND] William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam PC (1748-1833), styled Viscount Milton until 1756, was a British Whig statesman of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. In 1782 he inherited his uncle Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham's estates, making him one of the richest people in Britain. He played a leading part in Whig politics until the 1820s. ALS, no year, 1p. PLUS engraved portrait suitable for framing with this letter.......50-75 

123. [POP MUSIC] Captain & Tennille are U.S. pop music recording artists who achieved recording chart success from 1975-80 with a repertoire of romance and novelty hit songs. The duo consists of "Captain" Daryl Dragon (born August 27, 1942), and Toni Tennille (born May 8, 1940). They are probably best known for their single, "Love Will Keep Us Together." SIGNED, INSCRIBED 8x10 photo. Signed by both. VG...........25-35

124. Lanny Ross [1906-1988] Am. singer. SP, 5x7. Nice.........25-35

125. [MUSIC] Bobby Short (1924-2005) American cabaret singer and pianist. Signed & inscribed 8x10 photo. Very nice. VG...........40-60

126. [OPERA] Tito Schipa (1888-1965)  Italian tenore. In 1919, Schipa traveled to the United States, joining the Chicago Opera Company. He remained with the Chicago company until 1932, whereupon he appeared at the New York Metropolitan Opera from 1932 to 1935, and again in 1941. He also sang at the San Francisco Opera, beginning in 1924.  From 1929 to 1949 he performed regularly in Italy, including at La Scala, Milan and the Rome Opera. He returned to Buenos Aires to sing in 1954. In 1957, he toured the Soviet Union.  Vintage signed album page, dated 1926.  On the verso is the signature of Anna Kaskas  (1897-1988), Opera Contralto, Met star from 1936-1950.  Her signature is dated 1935, the year she started at the Met. VG...............60-80

127. [MUSIC] Noel Paul Stookey (b. 1937) singer-songwriter best known as "Paul" in the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary.  He took the stage name "Paul" as part of the trio Peter, Paul, and Mary, but he has been known as Noel (his first name) otherwise, throughout his life. SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.............40-60

128. [MUSIC] Paul Williams (b.1940)) American musician, composer, songwriter and actor. Signed bank check, 1977. VG............35-45

129. [MUSIC] Jan Bach  (b. 1937) American composer. AMQS from his "Laudes" written in 1971.  Dated 1983.  6x4 in. Fine........50-75

132. [FILM] Richard Crenna [1926-2003] actor. Signed typed agreement dated 1965. "Kay Gardella, TV Editor of the New York Daily News, has my permission to attribute food recipes to me in a new cookbook featuring recipes of TV personalities she is authoring." VG..........30-40

133. [MUSIC] Tristan Keuris (1946-1996) Dutch composer. Rare AMQS from his "String Quartet No. 2", dated 1994, inscribed.........40-60

134. [Pakistan] Chaudhry Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, KCSI [1893-1985] Pakistani politician, diplomat, international jurist, and scholar of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, known for drafting the Pakistan Resolution, for his representation of Pakistan at the United Nations, and serving as a judge at the International Court of Justice in The Hague. SIGNED CARD, DATED NOV. 22, 1939.............20-30

135. Elden le Roy Auker (1910- 2006) American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball noted for his submarine pitching style. Signed card................20-30

136. Lt. Gen. Sir Frederick Marshall [1829-1900] British Officer famed for his service in India. Clip signature.............20-30

138. Arnold Allan Cecil Keppel, 8th Earl of Albemarle CB, GCVO, TD, VD, JP (1858-1942), known as Viscount Bury from 1891 to 1894, was a British soldier, courtier and Conservative politician. Signed card............20-30

139. James Allen (1864-1912) was a philosophical writer of British nationality known for his inspirational books and poetry. CLIP SIGNATURE "J. Allen.".............20-30

141. Harold MacGrath [1871-1932] American writer. Signature...........20-30

143. [NOBEL PRIZE] Tjalling Charles Koopmans (1910-1985) was the joint winner, with Leonid Kantorovich, of the 1975 Nobel Prize in Economics. SIGNATURE on slip.......25-35

144. [NOBEL PRIZE] ROSALYN S. YALOW (1921- ), American medical physicist and Nobel laureate, who helped to develop the testing technique known as the radioimmunoassay. Signed/inscribed 3x5 card.....20-30

147. [SCIENCE] MIN CHEUH CHANG (1909-1992) American Biologist- With Gregory Pincus and John Rock invented the BIRTH CONTROL PILL They had the idea that perhaps some form of progesterone, the second ovarian hormone, might be used safely birth control. They began to do animal experiments with progestins (artificial progesterones), which in the early 1950's were just becoming available in a form to be taken orally. They collaborated their studies and information with Dr John Rock, a Harvard gynaecologist and infertility expert. Rock was also doing experiments with ovarian hormones but giving them on a short-term basis to women with complex fertility problems.By the mid 1950's they were ready to move into the next stage of their work - testing a contraceptive on humans. CLIPPED SIGNATURE.............20-30

148. [SWINDLER] Horatio William Bottomley [1860-1933]. English journalist and financier. Made fortune floating speculative stocks; established weekly John Bull (1906), vehicle of rabid patriotism during World War I; M.P. (1906-12, 1918-22). Bankrupt (1911); regained fortune in lotteries, etc.; finally convicted of misappropriation of funds held in trust (1922), and imprisoned for 5 years. Brief TLS, 1918, 1p. "I am obliged for your letter. The message I send you is my earnest wish for a speedy and triumphant conclusion of the War." Rust mark from paperclip top edge...........50-75

149. [MUSIC] Jane Laurie Borthwick  (1813-1897) Scottish Composer and translator.  In 1855, she and her sis­ter Sarah Find­la­ter co-pro­duced a book of trans­la­tions of Ger­man hymns ti­tled Hymns from the Land of Lu­ther (1854, 1855, 1858 & 1862). In 1875, while liv­ing in Swit­zer­land, she pro­duced ano­ther book of trans­la­tions called Al­pine Lyrics. Borth­wick was al­so ac­tive with the Ed­in­burgh House of Re­fuge, the Mo­ra­vi­an Mis­sion in Lab­ra­dor, and other mis­sion work.  AMQS from her composition "Come, Labor On", approx. 10.5 x 5".......75-100

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

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

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


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

154. [TV] Milton Berle (1908- 2002)  American comedian and actor. As the host of NBC's Texaco Star Theater (1948–55), he was the first major American television star and was known to millions of viewers as "Uncle Miltie" and "Mr. Television" during TV's golden age. Boldly signed but in the dark area. VG..........35-45

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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164. [FRANCE]  Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, comte de Toulouse (1681), duc de Penthièvre (1697), (1711), (1678-1737), a legitimated prince of the blood royal, was the son of Louis XIV and of his mistress Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan. At the age of five, he became grand admiral of France. In 1693, he became a chevalier des Ordres du roi (Order of the King) and, in 1704, a knight of the Toison d’or.  Shortly before his death in 1715, Louis XIV added a codicil to his will stating that if all legitimate members of the House of Bourbon, both those descended from Louis and more distant kinsmen, died out, the throne of France could be inherited by the duc du Maine and the comte de Toulouse.  The decision was reversed after the death of Louis XIV when Louis Alexandre's cousin, Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, as the new regent, had the Parlement de Paris void that portion of the will. The comte de Toulouse died at the Château de Rambouillet on 1 December 1737. He was buried in the village 12th century Saint-Lubin church. Offered here is a document signed, 1715, 1p, approx. 6-3/4 x 9". Fine condition. Not translated...........150-200

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

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

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

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

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

170. 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

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

172. Michael  Ansara (1922-2013) stage, screen, and voice actor who portrayed Cochise in the American television series Broken Arrow, Kane in the 1979–1981 series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Commander Kang on three different Star Trek television series, Deputy U.S. Marshal Sam Buckhart on the NBC series Law of the Plainsman, and provided the voice for Mr. Freeze in Batman: The Animated Series and several of its spin-offs.  Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.............30-40

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

183. [FILM] Joey Bishop (1918-2007) American entertainer who appeared on television as early as 1948 and eventually starred in his own weekly comedy series playing a talk show host, then later hosted a late night talk show. He later became a member of the "Rat Pack" with Frank Sinatra, Peter Lawford, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Dean Martin. NOTICE OF EMPLOYMENT document signed,1962, at $100 per day.  Although not mentioned this was for his work in the 1963 film Johnny Cool, starring Henry Silva, Elizabeth Montgomery, Sammy Davis Jr., Telly Savalas, Jim Backus etc.  Provenance: Milton Ebbins Estate  [VP of Chrislaw Productions]. Approx. 8x5", signed in ink.  The picture included here of Joey Bishop is NOT included. VG.........60-80

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184. George Madden Martin (1866-1946) was an American fiction writer.  ALS, 1921, 3pp, 5-1/2 x 6-3/4". To the journalist Mrs. Marshall regarding an interview she did with Marshall.  Letter is fine.  Plus a vintage 8x10 photo of Martin...........50-75

185. 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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186. [ART]  Charles Wynne Nicholls (1831-1903) Irish painter of genre and historical subjects.  He was a representative of the Victorian painting genre of portraits and city landscapes.  Nicholls studied art at the Royal Dublin Society's Schools and the Royal Hibernian Academy. He began to exhibit in 1859 as a Member of the Royal Hibernian Academy. He exhibited regularely at the Royal Academy as well. He left Ireland for London in 1864, but continued to exhibit in Dublin for the rest of his life. He lived at 44 Halsey Street in London.  ALS, dated ?, 1p, 4.5 x 7 in. VG........50-75

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187. [PHOTO] SUBJECT: Douglas MacArthur - 1951 vintage International News Photo [Heart] of "General Douglas MacArthur is pictured in the official car as he passed a crowd of well-wishers outside the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel [NYC]. The 71-year-old General-Statesman is seen waving to the crowd..." Photo was taken by photo-journalist Frank Mastro. 7x9 in., INP caption still attached. VG.............100-150

188. [FILM] Peter Lawford Buys Garage Doors - 1966. Lawford Buys Garage Door in 1966 from Electronic Door Service.  Gives Lawford’s address. Not signed by Lawford. For The Rat Pack collector. One-of-a-kind item..............50-75

189. [FILM] Burt Lancaster, Evie Johnson, Van Johnson, and Dan Duryea being presented to the Queen of England, the Dowager Queen, mother of Queen Elizabeth II.  Dated 1952 on verso. 10 x 8 in. From the personal collection of the actor Van Johnson. VG for its age.........150-200

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190. [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 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 1865óthe 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 1866-73 and president in 1873-78, 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. The first meeting of the New York Etching Club took place in the studio of James David Smillie on May 2, 1877. Rare ALS, 1906, 2pp, approx. 4-1/2 x 7". Fine............100-150

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191. Richard Folsom Cleveland  (1897-1974) son of  US President Grover Cleveland.  ALS, 1968, 1p., regretting that he has none of his father's signatures left. VG...........25-35

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

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

194. [FILM] Binnie Barnes (1903-1998) English-American actress. She began her acting career in films in 1923, appearing in a short film made by Lee De Forest in his Phonofilm sound-on-film process. Her film career continued in Great Britain, most notably in The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) as Katherine Howard, Henry's misfortunate fifth wife. Later her career continued in Hollywood, until 1973, when she appeared in the comedy 40 Carats, her last acting role. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG..........25-35

195. George Anthony Weller [1907-2002] American novelist, playwright, and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for The New York Times and Chicago Daily News. He was a native of Boston and a former editorial chair of The Harvard Crimson. Weller's reports from Nagasaki after the nuclear bombing were censored by the United States military but appeared in a book in 2002. Signed 2-page questionaire, which he has filled out for the Contemporary Journalists. Quite detailed with a lot of his handwriting. The latest date appearing in entries is 1972. He signs while in Rome, Italy. Late in life he received Italy's Premio Internazionale di Giornalismo. He also provided the inspiration for longtime friend Sean O'Faolain's 1974 short story Something, Everything, Anything, Nothing........50-75

196. Arthur Hailey (1920-2004) British/Canadian novelist, whose works have sold more than 170 million copies in 40 languages. Most of the novels are set within one major industry, such as hotels, banks or airlines, and explore the particular human conflicts sparked-off by that environment. They are notable for their plain style, extreme realism, based on months of detailed research, and a sympathetic down-to-earth hero with whom the reader can easily identify.  Signed, inscribed, 1971, 8x10 photo.  Soft unobtrusive corner crease...............50-75

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197. James Watson Gerard (1867-1951) was a United States lawyer and diplomat.  Under President Woodrow Wilson, he served as the American Ambassador to Germany from 1913 to 1917. In 1914, Gerard was the Democratic (Tammany Hall) candidate for U.S. Senator from New York. He defeated Anti-Tammany candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt in the Democratic primary, but lost the election to James W. Wadsworth, Jr.  Signed, inscribed 6.5 x 8.5 in. photograph. VG.............50-75

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198. [FILM] Virginia Fox Zanuck (1902-1982)  American actress who starred in many silent films of the 1910s and 1920s.  In 1924 she married film producer Darryl F. Zanuck.  Offered here is a signed, inscribed snapshot photo, 3-3/8 x 3-1/2 in. PLUS an ALS on a greeting card. Two signed pieces.  Fine.........50-75

199. George Edward Ellis (1814-1894)  Unitarian clergyman and historian.  Signed cdv photograph, 2.5 x 4 in. Fine..............50-75

200. [FRANCE] Jacques Tarride (1903-1994) French actor, director. He was the son of the actor Abel Tarride and the brother of the director Jean Tarride. Great friend of Sacha Guitry who was godfather to his son. ALS, 1992, written on both sides. Approx. 6x7. VG. Content about "les Nouveai L Riches".........50-75

201. [FRANCE] Louis Bourdeau  (1824–1900) French author of various scientific, technical and academic subjects. Coinage of the word praxeology  is often credited to Louis Bourdeau,  author of a classification of the sciences, which he published in his Théorie des sciences: Plan de Science intégrale in 1882. However, the term was used at least once previously (with a slight spelling difference), as far back as 1608, by Clemens Timpler in his Philosophiae practicae systema methodicum.  ALS, 1893, 2pp. Blue pencil notations and 2 file punch holes.....50-75

202. [FRANCE] Albert Auguste Gabriel Hanotaux, known as Gabriel Hanotaux (1853-1944) French statesman and historian. ALS, 1905, 3 pages. VG............75-100




203. LEMONNIER, (Antoine Louis) Camille (1844-1913), Belgian novelist and art critic, founder of the Belgian literary renaissance. Most of his fiction was influenced by the work of the French writer Émile Zola, and is frank and naturalistic in its descriptions of characters and analysis of their behavior. His first successful novel was Un mâle (1881), a vivid description of a rural setting; Le petit homme de Dieu (The Little Man of God, 1902) is considered one of his best works. Among his writings on Belgian art is Histoire des beaux-arts en Belgique (1887). ALS [APPEARS TO BE ONLY THE LAST PAGE SIGNED]............50-75

204. [THEATRE] Elisabeth (Bessy) Marbury (1856-1933) pioneering American theatrical and literary agent and producer who represented prominent theatrical performers and writers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and helped shape business methods of the modern commercial theater. She was the longtime companion of Elsie de Wolfe (later known as Lady Mendl), a prominent socialite and famous interior decorator. Marbury, for many remains a bundle of contradictions. Although she herself was the embodiment of female independence in almost every way, she initially opposed suffrage. She made a bold reversal once women in the USA did receive the right to vote. Bessy Marbury's clients ranged from the French Academy of Letters, to playwrights Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw, to the dance team of Vernon and Irene Castle, as well as being an early promoter of African American writers of the Harlem Renaissance. She also played an instrumental role in developing the modern "Book Musical" that audiences came to know as defining "Broadway" in the twentieth century, notably of Cole Porter's first musical, See America First,and Jerome Kern (Nobody Home (1915), Very Good, Eddie (1915), and Love o' Mike (1916)). Who she represented just goes on and on. Offered here are 3 TLSs, ALL 1912 [in French], 1p. each., to M. Marcel Ballot regarding the play La Princesse Lointaine. Plus 3 others TLSs signed by others. All have pencil notations by the recipient. A small but certainly important theatrical archive of a significant person in her field...............100-150

205. Isabelle de Montolieu (1751-1832) was a Swiss novelist and translator. She wrote in and translated to the French language. Montolieu penned a few original novels and over 100 volumes of translations. She wrote the first French translation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility (Raison et Sensibilité, ou Les Deux Manières d'Aimer) and Persuasion (La Famille Elliot, ou L'Ancienne Inclination). One of her translations to French - Johann David Wyss's German-language The Swiss Family Robinson (Le Robinson suisse, ou, Journal d'un père de famille, naufragé avec ses enfans ) - was adapted and expanded by her with original episodes more than once. Montolieu's French version is the literal source of still frequently reprinted English translations - for example William H. G. Kingston's 1879 version, one of the most popular in English over the years, is actually a translation of Montolieu's French adaptation.Her first novel, Caroline de Lichtfield, ou Mémoires d'une Famille Prussienne, was an influential instant best-seller in the 1780s and stayed in print until the mid-19th century. ALS (1814), 1p...........50-75

206.  [FRANCE] Albert Delpit [1849-1893] Fr. writer. ALS, no yr., 2-1/2 pp, 5x8 in. VG. Speaks of his novel and play..........75-100

207. [FRANCE] Mlle Cécile Charlotte Furtado (1821-1896) was a daughter of Elie Furtado, the chief rabbi of Bayonne, and Rose Fould, a daughter of Beer Léon Fould, banker and the mayor of Rocquencourt. She married in 1838 Charles Heine (1810-1865), a scion of a rich banking dynasty and first cousin of the poet Heinrich (Henri) Heine (1797-1856).  Mme Furtado-Heine was chiefly known for her philanthropy in the areas of medicine, education, and religion. During the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-1871, she supported the Red Cross and the ambulance services; and in 1895 she bequeathed her villa in Nice as a hospital and sanatorium for wounded and convalescent soldiers. In 1884 she founded and endowed an orphanage in the 14th Arrondissement on the street which was renamed Rue Furtado-Heine in her honour after her death, as well as similar children’s establishments in Bayone and Montrouge.  She was a generous donor to the Institut Pasteur, and her commemorative bust still adorns the halls of the Institute. Mme Furtado-Heine also generously contributed to numerous Jewish charities and benevolent organisations; and financially supported the building of new synagogues in France and Belgium.  Her charitable and philanthropic endeavours were recognised by the Government of France, and in 1896 she became the Officer of the Legion d’Honneur, a distinction very rare for a woman in the nineteenth century. ALS, no date, 1p, approx. 4 x 6". Fine.............75-100

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208. [FRANCE] Louis-Antoine-François de Marchangy (1782-1826) Lawyer and writer. He rose to fame as both a literary figure and a prominent prosecutor for the Restoration government. His most famous case was his prosecution of the four sergeants of La Rochelle who were executed in 1822 for their part in a Carbonari plot to overthrow the government. His summary for the prosecution lasted five hours and was published as a 196-page book. In numerous other cases, he supported the repressive conservative government against the liberal opposition. Offered here is a very lengthy 4 page ALS, Paris, 1824, to his brother. Content unknown. Fine............100-200

210. [FRANCE] Auguste Joseph Alphonse Gratry (usually known as Joseph Gratry) (1805-1872) French author and theologian. Gratry was born at Lille and educated at the École Polytechnique of Paris. After a period of mental struggle which he has described in Souvenirs de ma jeunesse, he was ordained priest in 1832. After a stay at Strasbourg as professor of the Petit Séminaire, he was appointed director of the Collège Stanislas in Paris in 1842 and, in 1847, chaplain of the École Normale Supérieure. He became vicar-general of Orleans in 1861, professor of ethics at the Sorbonne in 1862, and, on the death of Barante, a member of the French Academy in 1867, where he occupied the seat formerly held by Voltaire. Together with others (abbé Pétitot, curé of Saint Roch, and Hyacinthe de Valroger) he reconstituted the Oratory of Jesus and of Mary Immaculate, a society of priests mainly devoted to education. Gratry was one of the principal opponents of the definition of the dogma of papal infallibility, but in this respect he submitted to the authority of the First Vatican Council. Offered here are 4 ALSs, total of 10 pages, one letter dated 1869. VG.......100-150

211. [FRANCE] Pierre-François-Adolphe Chesnel   (1791-1862) French historian and encyclopedist.  He began his career in the army,  left in 1820 as lieutenant colonel, and then moved to Montpellier where he launched an ephemeral newspaper The Conciliator du Midi, literary collection, commercial, agricultural . He also founded in 1836 Women, the century newspaper and collaborates with various other newspapers.  He published under different pseudonyms , poems, historical works, idle naturalist observations and several dictionaries under the aegis of theological encyclopedia or dictionary series on all parts of religious science led by the Abbe Migne.  ALS, 1858, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8 in. VG........50-75

213. [STAMPS-ART] César Baldaccini (1921-1998), better known simply as César, was a noted French sculptor. César was at the forefront of the Nouveau Réalisme movement with his radical compressions (compacted automobiles, discarded metal, or rubbish), expansions (polyurethane foam sculptures), and fantastic representations of animals and insects. He was considered a NEW REALIST along with such artists as  Arman, Klein, Raysse, Tinguely, Pierre Restany and others who found their inspiration in urban life. He is the creator of the César du cinéma trophy, which is awarded to the best in French cinema.  Offered here is a philatelic page [thick quality paper] to which is affixed an actual postage stamp, his Hommage au cinema [Best French film award]. The stamp is postmarked, Paris, 1984. Overall 8-1/4 x 11-3/4 in. Not signed, of course, by Cesar. Fine condition.............25-35

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214. Bernard Jacques Joseph Maximilien de Ring (1799–1873) French archaeologist; born at Bonn, Rhenish Prussia, May 27, 1799; died at Bischleim, Alsace, in 1873. He devoted himself from his sixteenth year to the study of archaeology, and published ‘Picturesque Views of the Old Castles of Baden’ (1829); ‘Celtic Settlement in Southern Germany’ (1842); ‘Roman Settlement of the Rhine to the Danube’ (1852–53), crowned by the French Academy; and ‘History of the Opiques People: Their Legislation, Customs, and Language’ (1859).  ALS, 1854, 2-1/2 pp, 5-1/4 x 8 in. PLUS another letter dated 1834, 1-1/2 pp. plus address leaf, by a different "archeologian" [so described].  Neither letter is translated. VG..........100-150

215. [FILM-THEATRE]  Victor Trivas (1896–1970)  Russian screenwriter and film director. He was nominated at the 1946 Academy Awards for Best Story for the film The Stranger, starring Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young and Orson Welles.  TLS, Paris, 1935, 1-1/2pp, about 8 x 10.5 in. VG. Not translated. Appears to be theatre content..............80-120

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217. [FRANCE] Adrien Henry Prevost Longpérier ( 1816-1882 )  French numismatist , archaeologist and curator. In 1836,   he entered the cabinet of medals of the Royal Library (future National Library ).  He published in 1840 a ​​fundamental study of numismatics sovereign Sassanid , and devoted several years later to numismatics of Arsacids . He founded the Baron Jean de Witte the Archaeological Bulletin of the French Athenaeum . In 1856, after the departure of Louis de la Saussaye , Adrien Longpérier resumes with Jean de Witte management of The Numismatic Journal .  From 1847 to 1870 he was curator of ancient in the Louvre . In 1848 he was the only curator of the Louvre not to be returned when the regime change . As curator of ancient he was responsible for collections from cultural areas and of varied ages. As such, he welcomed the Louvre the first Assyrian sculptures arrived in France from Khorsabad , and took a close interest to the deciphering of cuneiform . He was also responsible for receiving the Campana collection . Among the numerous scientific interests civilizations of America and the National Antiquities can also quote: Longpérier was originally a Mexican museum ( 1850 ) and a member of the commission created the museum of St. Germain-en-Laye . From 1854 he was a member of the Academy of Inscriptions and letters. He was director of the numismatic Review 1856 to 1872 . From 1858 he was a member of the Committee of historical and scientific work .  ALS, no date, 1p.  VG.........75-100

219. [FRANCE] Philippe Berthelot (1866-1934) was an important French diplomat, son of Marcellin Berthelot. He was a republican (as opposed to monarchists and the Far-right leagues at that time).  He entered the French diplomatic service in 1889 and joined the foreign office in 1904. In 1920, he became secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with the rank of ambassador. After a violent campaign of Far-right leagues he was forced to step aside from 1922-1925 because of his involvement in the scandal opposing Banque Industrielle de Chine, controlled by his brother, and Banque d'Indochine (linked to Paul Doumer).  ALS,  1919, 2pp, 4x6 in. with envelope. VG...........50-75

221. [FRANCE - MUSIC] Aimable Antoine-Elie-Elwart  was a composer , musicologist and French musicologist born in 1808 and died in 1877.  ALS, 186?, 1p, 5x8 in. VG...........50-75

222. [FRANCE] Henri Bremond (1865-1933)  French literary scholar, sometime Jesuit, and Catholic philosopher, one of the theological modernists.  ALS, not dated, 1p,  approx. 6 x 8 in.   VG............50-75

225. Jim Hagerty (1909-1981) served as the only White House Press Secretary from 1953 to 1961 during the administration of Dwight D. Eisenhower. Signed & inscribed 7x9 photo. VG...........20-30

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229. STUART CHASE (1888-1985) American Economist/Consumer Activist/Man of Letters. From 1922 to 1939, Chase was a director of the New York-based Labor Bureau, Inc., an organization that furnished research, accounting, and other professional services to labor unions and cooperatives and published a newsletter.Chase and Frederick John Schlink were the founders of Consumers' Research. Schlink established Consumers' Research, Inc. They published the famous book Your Money's Worth(1927), a controversial exposé of the advertising and pricing practices used by manufacturers of consumer products. This work was widely distributed through the Book-of-the-Month Club In 1929, two months after the Wall Street crash, the organization began to publish its findings both as consumer pamphlets and in a regular bulletin that compared and assigned ratings to consumer products. These reports were eventually published in the Handbook of Buying. By 1930, membership in Consumers' Research, Inc. had reached twelve thousand.. He was the author of hundreds of papers and articles for over 60 years. ANS dtd Dec 1980.................30-40

231. Luigi, Count Cibrario (1802-1870) Italian statesman and historian. He won a scholarship at the age of sixteen, and was teaching literature at eighteen. His verses to King Charles Albert, then prince of Savoy-Carignano, on the birth of his son Victor Emmanuel, attracted the prince's attention and proved the beginning of a long intimacy. As a writer and historian, his most important work during his lifetime was his Economia politica del medio evo (Turin, 1839), which enjoyed great popularity at the time, but is now of little value. His Della schiavitù e del servaggio (Milan, 1868 -1869) gave an account of the development and abolition of slavery and serfdom. Among his historical writings the following deserve mention: ALS, 1865, 1p. NOT TRANSLATED. 5 x 5.5"....................75-100

232. [MUSIC] Hugo Herrmann  (1844-1935) German violinist and composer. In 1909 he came to the United States to become Concertmaster of the Cincinnatti Sympathy Orchestra. ANS, 1903, written on postcard. VG...........35-45

233. [MUSIC] Yvette Horner (b. 1922 in Tarbes)  French accordionist. ALS, no date on 3x5 card. VG. On the 200th anniversary of the storming of the Bastille occurred Horner 1989 with the Orchestre National de Jazz under the direction of Quincy Jones  she gave in the Palais des Congrès de Paris, a concert with Marcel Azzola and the Orchestre Philharmonique Européen led by Hugues Reiner...........25-35

236. [FRANCE] Ludovic Vitet (1802 - 1873)  French dramatist and politician.  He was born in Paris. He was educated at the École Normale. His politics were liberal, and he was a member of the society "Aide-toi, le ciel t'aidera." On the triumph of liberal principles in 1830 Guizot created an office especially for Vitet, who became inspector-general of historical monuments. In 1834 he entered the Chamber of Deputies, and two years later was made a member of the Council of State. He was consistent in his monarchist principles, and abstained from taking any part in politics during the second empire. The disasters of 1870-71 reawakened Vitet's interest in public affairs, and he published in the Revue des deux mondes his optimistic "Lettres sur le siège de Paris."  ALS, 1869, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8 in., Signed Vitet. From the archives of Claudius Popelin. VG.........50-75

237. [FRANCE] Louis Antoine François de Marchangy (1782-1826) French lawyer, author and politician. He was a passionate supporter first of Napoleon and later of the Bourbons, and an impressive force in the courtroom. He was a Deputy from 1822 to 1824.  In 1813 he published his first work, la Gaule poétique, a two-volume study of the history of France in terms of its poetry, speeches and beaux-arts. This book made his reputation. Six editions were published between 1813 and 1826. ALS, no date, brief 1p,  4-3/4 x 7-1/4 in. PLUS a lengthy 1p. letter by Countess de Marchangy..............80-120

238. [FRANCE] Dr Leon SIMON (1798-1867)  He founded together with Dr Paul Curie (grandfather of Pierre Curie), the first Medical Homeopathical Magazine of Paris.  ALS, [1856]. 2+ pages, 4-1/4 x 6-1/4 in. VG.............50-75

239. Charles Kingsley (1819-1875) was an Anglican churchman, and the author of poems, historical novels, children's books and essays. Charles Darwin attached portions of a laudatory letter from Kingsley to the second edition of Origin of Species. His books for children were among his most influential works, especially The Heroes, a Greek mythology for young people.  His autograph signature written on portion of an address panel [envelope]. Good example..............25-35

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

242. [FRANCE] Pauline Marie Armande Aglaé Craven (1808 – 1891)  French author.  ALS, no yr., 3pp, 5-1/4 x 8 in. VG.........60-80

243. [FRANCE] Antonio Georges Lopisgich  (1854 - 1913) French Artist. ALS, 1893, 1-1/2pp, 5 x 8 in. VG..............75-100

245. [FRANCE] Gaston Calmette (1858-1914) French journalist. In January 1914 Calmette, who had been editor of the newspaper Le Figaro since 1902, launched a campaign against Minister of Finance Joseph Caillaux, who had introduced progressive taxation and was known for his pacifist stance towards Germany during the Second Moroccan Crisis in 1911. During this campaign, which was orchestrated by Louis Barthou and Raymond Poincaré, Le Figaro published several letters from the Minister's private correspondence. Caillaux's second wife Henriette , fearing that the newspaper would also make public a love letter that showed how he was already having a relationship with her during his first marriage, entered Calmette's office on 16 March 1914 and shot him four times. Calmette died instantly. Caillaux had to resign his post the next day, but during a spectacular trial later that year his wife was acquitted. MARCEL PROUST dedicated Swann's Way, the first volume of his novel In Search of Lost Time, to Calmette 'as a testimony of deep and affectionate recognition'. Offered here is Calmette's called card which he signed and has written 3 lines. Fine. Below is his portrait & an illustration of the murder..........50-75

Calmette portrait

The murder

246. [FRANCE] André   Soubiran (1910-1999) French physician and writer. He is known for his war diary I was a doctor with the tanks, and especially The Diary of a woman in white who asks company of abortion in the 1960s , describing its reality.  Can't make out the date, 1p.  Written to thecritic, Robert Kemp. VG............50-75

250. [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

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251.  [FILM] Billy Bob Thornton  (b. 1955- ) American actor.  Signed, inscribed color 8x10 photo. VG...........25-35

254. Robert (Smythe) Hichens (1864-1950) English journalist and novelist. He wrote lyrics for music, stories, and collaborated in successful plays. He is best remembered now, perhaps, for his satire on Oscar Wilde, The Green Carnation (1894), his novels that were made into films &emdash; The Garden of Allah (pub. 1904) and The Paradine Case (pub. 1933) &emdash; and the story "How Love Came to Professor Guildea", which has been frequently anthologized. His novel "Felix" (1902) is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction. ALS, 1907, 1p............80-120

255. [EARLY FILM] Odette Myrtil [1898-1978] French born American actress. One of the highlights of her career was acting the title role of Odette in Jerome Kern's :The Cat and the Fiddle" [1931], written especially for her. Written in TLS form, a document dated 1936, re: contract with Samuel Goldwyn, Inc. 1-page, she signs at bottom "Approved and Accepted." VG.......50-75

256. [BALLET] Dame Merle Park (b. 1937) prima ballerina. She joined the Royal Ballet in 1954 and became a soloist in 1958. In her career, she was partnered by Rudolf Nureyev, Anthony Dowell, Mikhail Baryshnikov. Signed color 5x7 photo. VG.............40-60

257. [NY] David B. Hill (1843-1910) American politician from New York who was 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, who later won the presidential election. DOCUMENT SIGNED, 1902 bank check, National Commercial Bank, Albany, NY. VG.........40-60

258. [OPERA] CESARE SIEPI (1923- ) Italian Basso - He was based mainly at La Scala and from 1950 at the Metropolitian Opera in New York. He is particularly noted for his Mozard roles, and with the Italian repertory, especially Don Giovanni and Mefistofele. He is condidered one of the greatest Bassos after WW2. He created Nonno Innocenzo in Pizzetti's L"Oro. SIGNED Christmas card dtd 1991...............25-35

260. DOUGLAS FRASER (1916-2008) Am. Labor Leader. President of Chrysler, President of the United AutoWorkers (1979-1983). SIGNED/inscribed 8x10 photograph..........25-35

261. [FILM] Joan Bennett (1910-1990) American stage, film and television actress. Besides acting on the stage, Bennett appeared in more than 70 motion pictures from the era of silent movies well into the sound era. She is possibly best-remembered for her film noir femme fatale roles in director Fritz Lang's movies such as The Woman in the Window (1944) and Scarlet Street (1945).  Signature......20-30

262. [MUSIC] David Lee Shire (b. 1937) American songwriter and the composer of stage musicals, film and television scores. The soundtrack to the movie The Taking of Pelham 123 and parts of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack such as Night on Disco Mountain, an adaptation of Modest Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain, are some of his best known works. His other work includes the score of the 1985 film, Return to Oz, the "sequel-in-part" of The Wizard of Oz (1939 film). AMQS, inscribed from his celebrated song "It Goes Like It Goes." Approx. 10-1/2 x 4-3/4". Two mail fold lines o/w VG..........75-100

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263. [FILM] Elizabeth McGovern  (b. 1961) American actress.  Signed, inscribed 8x10 movie still from "Ragtime", with ANS on verso describing the scene. One ling soft crease which shows when held at an angle o/w VG.  Unusual...........35-45

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See verso

264. [MUSIC] Richard Bonynge (b. 1930) Australian conductor and pianist. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo, 2001. VG........25-35

265. Josephine Miles (1911-1985) American poet.  Signed typescript of her poem "Warning."  Inscribed for L.L. VG............50-75

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266. [FILM] Duncan Renaldo (1904-1980) American actor who portrayed The Cisco Kid in films and on the 1950-1956 American TV series. Brief ALS, no date. Fine.......50-75

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267. [OPERA] Marie Stone [1847-?] American opera star who appeared in the 1880s with the Bostonians. Signed card, with sentiment..............20-30

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271. Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833-1908) American poet, critic, and essayist was born at Hartford, Connecticut. SIGNATURE WITH SENTIMENT............20-30

272. [MUSIC] John Mellencamp (b. 1951) American rock singer-songwriter, musician, painter and occasional actor. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG...........25-35

273. [FILM] Fay Bainter (1893-1968) American film and stage actress. Bainter quickly achieved success, and in 1938 she became the first performer nominated for both the Academy Award for Best Actress, for White Banners (1937), and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Jezebel (1938), winning for the latter. Since then, only nine other actors have won dual nominations in a single year. She was again nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Children's Hour (1961). Signed, inscribed vintage 8x10 photo. THERE ARE CONDITION PROBLEMS: a 1 inche tear coming in from left edge; long crease mark bottom right corner; other faults are minor at best. See scan below...............60-80

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274. [MUSIC] Melissa Manchester (b. 1951) American singer-songwriter. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photograph. VG..........25-35

277. [MUSIC] Sergiu Comissiona (1928-2005) Romanianviolinist and conductor. Signed 1973 FDC honoring George Gershwin. Clean with cachet.......25-35

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

281. [MUSIC] Timothee Adamowski [1858-1943] Polish born American conductor, composer and violinist. Signature. Fine........25-35

282. [MUSIC] Armand Crabbé (1883-1947) Belgian operatic baritone. In 1904 he made his professional opera debut at La Monnaie as the Nightwatchman in Richard Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. He was a leading performer at the Royal Opera House in London from 1906 to 1914 and again in 1937. He performed with the Manhattan Opera House from 1907 to 1910 and with the Chicago Grand Opera Company from 1910 to 1914. He made several appearances with the Teatro Colón and La Scala during the 1920s. He was active at the Vlaamse Opera up until his retirement in the early 1940s. ALS, BRUSSELS, 1930, 2pp. VG.......50-75

286. Benjamin Day [1810-1889] U.S. illustrator and printer. He published the original New York Sun, the first penny press newspaper. He sold the New York Sun to his brother-in-law for $40,000. Benday Dots are also named after him. In 1842, Day created the "Brother Jonathan," which went on to be the first illustrated weekly in the U.S. Document Signed, a 1902 bank check. Very nice example...............50-75

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

288. [THEATRE] Josephine Victor [1885-?] turn of the century actress, appearing in Britain, America, and on Broadway. She was married to theatre manager Freancis Reid. She appeared in many of Channing Pollock's plays. AQS, 1908. "Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever."......25-35

289. [MEDICINE] Sir Roy Calne (b. 1930) pioneer of liver transplantation and performed the first such operation in Europe in 1968. HIS SIGNATURE OF UNIV. OF CAMBRIDGE CLINICAL SCHOOL STATIONERY. Folds.........20-30

290. Walker Percy (1916-1990) Southern author. Signed 3x5 card.....40-60

291. Wm. Benton [1900-1973] US Sen. from Ct. TLS, 1951...........20-30

293. [FILM] Madge Bellamy (1899-1990) American film actress who was a popular leading lady in the 1920s and early 1930s. Her career declined in the sound era, and ended following a romantic scandal in the 1940s. In San Francisco in 1943, Bellamy was accused of assault with a deadly weapon for shooting (or shooting at) her wealthy lover Stanwood Murphy. The incident generated much publicity and effectively ended her already fading career. ALS. signed Madge B., 1973, 3pp. About writing her autobiography, and thanking the recipient for volunteering to help her. VG............50-75

295. [FILM] Martha Raye (1916-1994) American comic actress and standards singer who performed in movies, and later on television. DOCUMENT SIGNED, July 13, 1953, 6pp. Her contract with the William Morris Agency for 3 years. Signed on last page; also signed by her agent............50-75

297. William Hunter, Jr. [1805-1886] politician and diplomat from Rhode Island. He was a confidential clerk to Secretary of State John Clayton in the United States Department of State from 1849 to 1850, serving with George P. Fisher. He had served as acting Secretary of State on two occasions, once in 1853 and again in 1860, and served as Chief Clerk of the State Department from 1852 to 1855, Assistant Secretary of State in 1855 and Second Assistant Secretary of State from 1866 until his death in 1886. LETTER SIGNED, Department of State, Washington, Oct. 3, 1874, 3pp. To William Idler & John Haseltine of Philadelphia, regarding a claim against the country of Venezuela from the heirs of Jacob Idler. He mentions Sec. of Sate Daniel Webster and Sen. Sumner of Mass. VG.........50-75