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Wrote 1945 song "Laura"

1. [FILM - MUSIC] David Raksin (1912- 2004) American composer who was renowned for his work in film and television. With over 100 film scores and 300 television scores to his credit, he became known as the "Grandfather of Film Music." Typed Letter Signed, 1963, 1p, to Milton Ebbins about Composers and Lyricists Guild of America. Signed in ink. One of Raksin’s earliest film assignments was as assistant to Charlie Chaplin in the composition of the score to Modern Times (1936). He is perhaps best remembered for the haunting theme to the 1944 movie Laura, which became the 1945 song "Laura". Johnny Mercer put lyrics to this theme, and during Raksin's lifetime this was said to be the second most-recorded song in history following Stardust by Hoagy Carmichael and Mitchell Parish. He also wrote the theme song for (and scored the pilot of) Ben Casey. Milton Ebbins (1912–2008) Film executive, songwriter ("Yale Blues", "Basic Boogie") and composer. 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.  Fine condition. Very scarce!.............150-200

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2. [FRANCE] Jean-Barthélemy Hauréau (1812-1896) French historian and writer. After the revolution of February 24, 1848 was elected to the National Assembly; but close contact with revolutionary men and ideas cooled his old ardour. Throughout his life he opposed innovation, not only in politics and religion, but also in literature. After the coup d'état he resigned his position as director of the manuscript department of the Bibliothèque Nationale, to which he had been appointed in 1848, and refused to accept an administrative post until after the fall of the empire. From the time of his appointment to the Bibliothèque Nationale up to the last days of his life he was engaged in making abstracts of all the medieval Latin writings (many anonymous or of doubtful attribution) relating to philosophy, theology, grammar, Canon law, and poetry, carefully noting on cards the first words of each passage. Brief undated ALS, 1p, approx. 4-1/8 x 5-1/4". Fine.........60-80

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3. Edward N. Hurley (1864-1933) Illinois manufacturer, financier and author. He originated and developed the pneumatic tool industry in the United States and Europe. In 1913 he was appointed United States Trade Commissioner to the Latin American Republics; in 1914 he was named vice-chairman, and later chairman, of the Federal Trade Commission, in which position he served until 1917. Later that year he began his service as chairman of the United States Shipping Board and president of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, which lasted through July 1919. He served on the World War Funding Commission, on President Hoover's Advisory Shipping Commission and on the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations; as chairman of the board of the Hurley Machine Company and as director of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. Among his awards were the distinguished Service Medal, presented by General Pershing in 1916, and the Laetare Medal presented by the University of Notre Dame. Signed card affixed to letter from his secretary, 1924. VG..............Min. Bid $10

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4. [MUSIC] William Barclay Squire (1855-1927) British musicologist, librarian and librettist. Squire was a devoted music enthusiast. He spent 35 years of his life (1885-1920) working for the British Museum, where he took charge of the collections of the music department and added many antiquarian publications to it. He prepared the publishing of the Catalogue of Printed Music before 1801 (edited in 1912) and negotiated the deposit of the Royal Music Collection, for which he prepared the catalogue. He contributed numerous articles to the Encyclopædia Britannica of 1911, to the Dictionary of National Biography and to the Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Occasionally, Squire acted as a librettist. His main work was the libretto for The Veiled Prophet, a Romantic Opera in 3 acts composed by Charles Villiers Stanford, adapted from the homonymous ballad in Thomas Moore's oriental romance Lalla Rookh, published 1890. Bold signature on 3.5 x 2.5 in. card. Nice example................20-30

5. [GREAT BRITAIN] Thomas Rolls Warrington, 1st Baron Warrington of Clyffe PC, QC (1851-1937), known as Sir Thomas Warrington between 1904 and 1926, was a British lawyer and judge. Warrington was called to the Bar, Lincoln's Inn, in 1875, and after acquiring a large practice, became a Queen's Counsel in 1895. In 1904 he was appointed a judge of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice and knighted. In 1915 he became a Lord Justice of Appeal and sworn of the Privy Council, which entitled him to sit on the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. On his retirement in 1926 he was elevated to the peerage as Baron Warrington of Clyffe, of Market Lavington in the County of Wiltshire. He continued to sit on the Judicial Committee after his retirement. Signed card dated 1922. Edges are toned........Min. Bid $4

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6. [RELIGION] Joseph Leycester Lyne, known by his religious name as Father Ignatius of Jesus (1837-1908) Anglican Benedictine monk. He commenced a movement to introduce monasticism into the Church of England. In October 1847 Lyne entered St Paul's School, London, under Herbert Kynaston. In 1852, after suffering corporal punishment for a breach of discipline. His biographer, Baroness Beatrice de Bertouche, four years before his death, described it as the event, "which not only endangered his life" but also "was the cause of a distressing condition of nerve collapse, the effects of which he feels to this day". Bertouche saw it as "the culminating link in a heavy chain of influences, and one which was destined to throw a strange psychological glamour over the entire atmosphere of this devotional and emotional career. In 1862 Lyne, who henceforth called himself Father Ignatius, issued a pamphlet in favor of the revival of monasticism in the Church of England. This publication excited vehement controversy. Together with one or two kindred spirits Lyne formed in Claydon, Suffolk, a community, which was frequently menaced by Protestant violence. Despite his ritualism, he was a fervent evangelical preacher and attracted large audiences. Offered here is one of the more interesting and scarce autographs that we have offered in some time. An AQS "The Lord bless thee" signed Ignatius, written on 3-5/8 x 2-3/8 in. card. Fine.............200-300

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7. [FILM] Harlan Warde (1917-1980) was a character actor active in television and movies. During World War II, he served in Special Forces. Warde showed up in supporting roles as detectives, doctors, and ministers. Warde made five guest appearances on Perry Mason between 1958-1966, primarily in law enforcement roles, such as Assistant District Attorney Harold Hanley in "The Case of the Haunted Husband", and Sgt. Roddin in the only color episode in 1966 entitled, "The Case of the Twice Told Twist". From 1958–62, he joined Chuck Connors in The Rifleman. In 1962–1971 Warde joined the cast of the TV Western series The Virginian in the recurring role of Sheriff Brannon. Warde also appeared on The Big Valley in 1967 as a politician who is murdered in the episode entitled "Night Of The Executioner" and on the The Andy Griffith Show episode "Opie and the Spoiled Kid" (1963) as Simon Winkler. Warde's last role was in the 1979 Rockford Files episode "A Different Drummer" playing an aging father of a shady doctor. Offered here is a TLS and signed employment of day player document, both for his role as DOCTOR HALL in the f 1965 flm BILLIE, starring: Patty Duke, Jim Backus, Jane Greer, Warren Berlinger, Billy De Wolfe, Charles Lane, Dick Sargent, Ted Bessell, Richard Deacon etc. The letter authorizes the Paul Wilkins Agency to receive any & all checks.or sums of money due him. Billie is a teenager who, with the help of rock 'n roll music, can outrun every boy on the high school track team much to the dismay of her politically motivated father. VG.................50-75

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8. [ART] Arthur Glennie (1803-1890) British artist. Taught by Samuel Prout at school in Dulwich Grove, later advised by W. Havell. Visited Rome before being elected A.O.W.S in 1837. Moved to Rome permanently in 1855, and thereafter only exhibited Italian subjects. Elected O.W.S in 1858. Declines Christmas engagement. Laid to album paper. About 4-1/8 x 4-3/4 in. No year showing.........25-35

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9. [BASEBALL] Bob Feller (1918-2010) Hall of Fame pitcher. Item signed on both sides. Approx. 2.5 x 5 unfolded. VG................30-40

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10. [CALIFORNIA] B.J. Sammons - Autograph Letter Signed, San Francisco, Calif., 1873, 3pp, 8vo. With original postmarked envelope. To his son Frederick Sammons. "I walked down to the water front to see the English merchant Ship Cilurium. The finust Sailing vessel I ever saw - She is very large built of cast Steel plates and I was informed by a Gentleman all woodin I there met that the vessel would carry three thousand tons - was intended to last as a first Clas Ship - for one hundred years - and cost $300,000. VG........Min. Bid $10

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11. [BASEBALL] Ernie Banks (1931-2015) Hall of Famer. Signed Topps card. 3-3/4 x 2-5/8 in. VG............30-40

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Sinatra - Grand Marshal of the Annual Columbus Day Parade New York

12. [PHOTOGRAPHY] Original vintage 1979 color snapshot photo of Frank Sinatra as Grand Marshal of the Annual Columbus Day Parade in New York. Approx. 3-3/8 x 5". Unpublished photo - we own the negative. Fine................50-75

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13. [FRANCE] 1639 French Mystery document on paper, many signatures on pages, including Radegonde, Bourgrois Carpentier, Jacques De Royer. Approx. 7.5 x 10 in. Sloightly toned with light stains................150-250

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THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

14. [FRANCE] Jacques Roux (1752-1794) was a radical Roman Catholic priest who took an active role in politics during the French Revolution. He skillfully expounded the ideals of popular democracy and classless society to crowds of Parisian sans-culottes, working class wage earners and shopkeepers, radicalizing them into a dangerous revolutionary force. He became a leader of a popular far-left. When the French First Republic started in 1792, Roux became aligned with the faction of the Enragés (French for The Enraged Ones). He was considered the most extreme spokesman on the left for the interests of the Parisian sans-culottes political faction known as the Enragés (but also a "madmen", and in 1791 he was elected to the Paris Commune. Roux consistently fought for an economically equal society, turning the crowds of sans-culottes against the bourgeois torpor of the Jacobins. He demanded that food be made available to every member of society, and called for the wealthy to be executed should they hoard it. He became popular enough that, as the split between the Girondins and The Mountain grew wider, his voice helped remove the Girondins from the National Convention in 1793. Roux tirelessly voiced the demands of the poor Parisian population to confiscate aristocratic wealth and provide affordable bread. Soon, Roux's incendiary rhetoric was igniting food riots and upsetting the balance of power within the Paris Commune. Maximilien Robespierre, fearing Roux threatened the dominance of the Jacobin government, presented accusations of him being a foreign spy intentionally trying to disrupt the revolutionary government and the Committee of Public Safety. During this time, Roux's former friend, Jean-Paul Marat, also turned against him, writing in his newspaper, L'Ami du peuple, that Roux was a false priest that was only interested in religion as long as it provided income. On July 7, 1793, Roux's enemies brought Elizabeth Marguerite Hébert in for questioning in an attempt to charge Roux with extortion and "misappropriation of charitable funds." Hébert was a recent widow with no means to support herself and, two years earlier, Roux had agreed to raise funds for her and her family. When asked if Roux had an ulterior motive, she replied that she did not believe he did. He wasn't arrested then, but in August 1793, Roux was arrested under the charges that he had withheld funds from both the widow Hébert and another widow, Mlle Beaurepaire. Roux assured the revolutionary committee of section Gravilliers that he did nothing of the sort and that his enemies were working against him. Roux was released into the custody of two of his friends, where he continued fighting for his ideals. On September 5, 1793, Roux was thrown into prison again. On January 14, 1794, Roux was informed that his case was going to be tried by the Revolutionary Tribunal. Upon hearing this news, Roux pulled out a knife and stabbed himself several times, but failed to land a fatal blow. Less than a month later, on February 10, 1794 while recovering in prison, Roux stabbed himself again, this time succeeding in killing himself. He was 41. Offered here is a rare ALS, Paris, 1778, 3 full pages plus address leaf. To Miss Chardin, thought to be the daughter of the esteemed French artist, Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin (1699-1779). Not translated. Some loss and tears to paper [see scans]. Approx. 6.5 x 8.5 in. Accompanied by brief 1778 document signed Papin, Sous pentencier of Paris Church..........500-750

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15. [FRANCE] 1649 French Document on paper, identified as "Treaty", great bold signatures [5], one by Francois de Foucher. 3pp, approx. 7.5 x 10 in. Very fresh condition............150-250

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16. [KENTUCKY PIONEER] a manuscript document from Hardin Co., Ky, dated 1811, signed by noted Kentucky pioneers including: BEN HELM (1767-1858) moved to Kentucky from Virginia in 1779. His father built one of three forts that became Elizabethtown. He purchased the farm owned by Christopher Bush, father of Sarah, who became Abraham Lincoln’s step-mother. Also Robert Bleakley, opened a store in Elizabethtown with William Montgomery, another Irishman. Their establishment is said to have been the first such operation in the pioneer village that could ready be called a "store." Montgomery was an Orangeman, who was engaged in the rebellion In Ireland in 1798. He was arrested and confined in a prison from which men were taken and executed daily He was released from prison through the efforts of his aunt, who was married to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland on the condition that he would emigrate to America. Wm. Montgomery and Bleakley opened adry goods store. In 1806 they hired the father of Abraham Lincoln [Thomas] to take a flatboat down the Mississippi river with their merchandise to be sold in New Orleans. They paid Tom Lincoln 16 pounds gold and a credit of 13 pounds in gold. Their store account books show Tom Lincoln buying "two twists of tobacco & one pint of whisky." And thebooks also show that in May 1806, Thomas went on a buying spree, purchasing silk, linen, scarlet cloth, dozens of buttons, etc. Earlier that year he had purchased an aristocratic beaver hat & a pair of silk suspenders for $1.50. He was, at this time, courting his future bride Nancy Hanks [Abe Lincoln's mother]. After the wedding he made his home in a cabin close to the courthouse in Elizabethtown. He then purchased at their store, knives, forks, spoons, thread, needles, silk & tobacco. Carl Sandburg wrote about Bleakley and Lincoln. Also William P. DUVAL (1784-1854) Interesting Kentucky pioneer who became Gov. of Florida. Born in Virginia he was inclined to be somewhat wild in his youth. While young he decided to go to Kentucky and told his father, who remarked, “If I give you a Negro you will sell him the first chance and spend the money you get for him; if I give you a horse you will bet him off at the first horse race you see, and if I give you a pocket full of money you will bet it off or give it away. You love a gun and would not part with that.” With a light heart he left home telling his family he wouldn’t come back until he was a member of Congress÷. So he walked to Kentucky. He arrived at Bardstown, Ky. and studied law, fell in love and married the daughter of Col. Andrew Hynes. Col. Hynes was the founder of Elizabethtown, which was named after his wife. Having sown his wild oats he began to practice law in Elizabethtown. As there were no lawyers there, he was appointed County Attorney of Hardin County. In 1812 he ran for congress and was so popular that no one opposed him. He served in congress, 1813-14. On his first trip to Washington he visited his relatives in Virginia for the first time since leaving, thus verifying his promise not to return until he was a congressman. In 1822 he was appointed Gov. of Florida by President Monroe, and re-appointed by Presidents' Adams and Jackson. This is a court document signed on the front & verso by Ben Helm. All other signatures are on the verso. Approx. 7.5 x 13-3/4 in. VG.....................300-400

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17. Jules Soury (28 May 1842 -10 August 1915 ) French theoretician and historian of neuropsychology, professor at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes studies . ALS, 1896, 1-1/2 pp., 5-1/4 x 8-1/8 in. Not translated. VG...............75-100

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18. Mary Holden Coggeshall Seward (1839-1919), commonly known as Mary C. Seward, was an American poet, composer, and prominent parliamentarian serving humanitarian and woman's club movements of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. A number of her works were published under the pseudonym "Agnes Burney", including several developed in collaboration with her spouse, Theodore F. Seward, an internationally known composer and music educator in his day. She became a groundbreaking advocate for the care and education of blind babies and young children during her later years, serving as president of the department for the blind of the International Sunshine Society. AQS, 7-3/4 x 5 in. Extracted from the pages of a 1902 Autograph Calendar book recovered from Orange Memorial Hospital, New Jersey. Seward has written 8 lines, titled Serenity. Fine.............80-120

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19. [BASKETBALL] Michael Jordan - signed 8x10 photo. We have been assured that the signature is authentic. Fine............150-250

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20. SMITH, John Armstrong, a Representative from Ohio; born in Hillsboro, Ohio, September 23, 1814; pursued classical studies and was graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in 1834; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1835 and commenced practice in Hillsboro, Ohio; served in the State house of representatives in 1841; member of the State constitutional convention of Ohio in 1850; elected as a Republican to the Forty-first and Forty-second Congresses (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1873); resumed the practice of law; member of the State constitutional convention of 1873; died in Hillsboro, Ohio, March 7, 1892; interment in Hillsboro Cemetery. Signature..........Min. Bid $1

21. David Sarnoff (1891-1971) American businessman and pioneer of American radio and television. Throughout most of his career he led the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) in various capacities from shortly after its founding in 1919 until his retirement in 1970. He ruled over an ever-growing telecommunications and consumer electronics empire that included both RCA and NBC, and became one of the largest companies in the world. Named a Reserve Brigadier General of the Signal Corps in 1945, Sarnoff thereafter was widely known as "The General". Signed Sixth International Philatelic Exhibition, Washington D.C., 1966 slip. About 4-1/4 x 3-7/8 in...............45-65

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22. [ART] Doyo Prawito (1947-1987) Indonesian visual artist. Signed ink drawing, dated 1972, approx. 12.5 x 9 in. VG...............80-120

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23. "Leni" Riefenstahl (1902-2003) German film director, producer, screenwriter, editor, photographer, actress, dancer, and ostensible propagandist for the Nazis. Signed page removed from book [her autobiography], about 10x13 in. Pictures photograph of her as a baby. VG....................100-150

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24. "Leni" Riefenstahl (1902-2003) German film director, producer, screenwriter, editor, photographer, actress, dancer, and ostensible propagandist for the Nazis. Signed page removed from book [her autobiography], about 10x13 in. VG....................100-150

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25. [ART] Hermann Richter (1875-1941) artist who lived and painted in California in the early part of the 20th century. He was born in Hamburg Germany, on July 29, 1875, came to the U.S. in 1927, and lived in California for 14 years. He died in San Diego, California on May 03, 1941. Original pastel, signed, approx. 8 x 10-1/2 in. VG..............200-300

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26. [ART] Hermann Richter (1875-1941) artist who lived and painted in California in the early part of the 20th century. He was born in Hamburg Germany, on July 29, 1875, came to the U.S. in 1927, and lived in California for 14 years. He died in San Diego, California on May 03, 1941. Original pastel, signed, approx. 8 x 10-1/2 in. VG..............300-400

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27. Kate Campbell Hurd-Mead (1867-1941) was a pioneering feminist and obstetrician who promoted the role of women in medicine. She wrote A History of Women in Medicine: From the Earliest of Times to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century in 1938. She was born in Danville, Quebec, Canada, and died in Haddam, Connecticut, United States. ALS, 1938, on card, 6 x 3.5 in. VG....................50-75

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28. [MUSIC] Carmen Cavallaro (1913-1989) American pianist. He established himself as one of the most accomplished and admired light music pianists of his generation. Signed 5 x 7 in. photo. VG..............40-60

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29. Lewis Merrill (1834–1896) was a career officer in the United States Army noted for his work in resisting the early Ku Klux Klan organization in several Southern states. During the American Civil War, he combated guerrillas in Missouri. In 1861, as colonel and first cavalry officer on the staff of John C. Frémont, he organized the Second Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, usually known as Merrill's Horse to fight the secessionist Missouri State Guard and guerrillas in central Missouri. His regiment was well known for its strict military organization and its aggressiveness in carrying out its anti-guerrilla mission. Colonel Merrill later commanded the Department of St. Louis and then the Department of Northern Missouri. In 1864 he was commander of the cavalry bureau at St. Louis and took part in the engagements at Franklin, Missouri. The next year he was sent against guerrillas in northern Georgia and Alabama and was brevetted brigadier general of U.S. Volunteers. Clip Signature, approx. 4 x 3 in...............Min. Bid $9

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30. LORIMER, William, a Representative and a Senator from Illinois; born in Manchester, England, April 27, 1861; immigrated to the United States in 1866 with his parents, who settled in Michigan; moved to Chicago, Ill., in 1870; self-educated; apprenticed to the trade of sign painter at the age of ten; worked in the packing houses and for a street railroad company; ward boss and constable 1886; engaged in the real estate business and later as a builder and brick manufacturer; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth, Fifty-fifth, and Fifty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1901); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1900 to the Fifty-seventh Congress; elected to the Fifty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1903, until his resignation, effective June 17, 1909, having been elected Senator; chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy (Sixty-first Congress), Committee on Mines and Mining (Sixty-second Congress), Committee on Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico (Sixty-second Congress); presented credentials as a Senator-elect to the United States Senate for the term that had commenced March 4, 1909, and served from June 18, 1909, until July 13, 1912, when, after a Senate investigation and acrimonious debate, the Senate adopted a resolution declaring "that corrupt methods and practices were employed in his election, and that the election, therefore, was invalid"; resumed his former pursuits and was president of La Salle Street Trust & Savings Bank 1910-1915; subsequently engaged in the lumber business; died in Chicago, Ill., September 13, 1934; interment in Calvary Cemetery. TLS, 1911, 1p.............Min. Bid $9

31. [LINCOLN] [Jacob Bunn] Springfield, Illinois banker who knew Abraham Lincoln well in the early years before Lincoln went to Washington. He handled the family financial affairs for Mary Todd Lincoln after the President was assassinated. Group of 5 Second National Bank, Lafayette, Ind. documents made to to Bunn........40-60

32. [MIXED LOT] Chauncey Samuel Boucher (1886-1955) American academic and historian. He was a professor of history at University of Chicago; President of University of West Virginia; and chancellor of University of Nebraska. Mounted photograph with very long signed inscription on mount plus envelope with his signature in return address. James Edgcomb is an actor, known for Philadelphia Experiment (1984), Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986) and Retour vers l'enfer (1983). Signed [endorsed] payment check from Warner Bros., 1984. Hand written poem dated 1854, 24 lines in foreign language. Five 19th c. wood-engravings [scenes] removed from some publication. Six bank checks The Limerick National Bank [Maine[ dated 1926-29. South-Eastern View of New Bedford, Mass. [harbor] orig. c. 1839 wood-engraved view. Image approx. 3-1/4 x 6-1/4 in. Much toning. New York Supreme Court document dated 1842. Henry Laurens Dawes (1816-1903) Republican United States Senator and United States Representative, notable for the Dawes Act, intended to stimulate assimilation of Indians by ending tribal government and control of communal lands. CLIP SIGNATURE. Nathan Fellows Dixon (1812-1881) United States Representative from Rhode Island. He was the son of Nathan F. Dixon, and the father of Nathan F. Dixon, III. CLIP SIGNATURE. Miles Poindexter (1868-1946) Republican and later a Progressive, he served as a United States Representative and United States Senator from the state of Washington. Marguerete Boiusseau - French artist, ALS [in English], 1957. Steel-engraved portrait of US Vice Pres. Henry Wilson. Four letters sent to Congressman Philip J. Philbin [Mass] 1940s. Richard C. Dublin (Richard Chenevix Trench 1807 – 1886) was an Anglican archbishop and poet. CLIP SIGNATURE. Edwin Whitefield (1816-1892) was a landscape artist who is best known for his lithographed views of North American cities and for a number of illustrated books on colonial homes in New England. ORIGINAL color lithograph of The Bishop Berkley House, Newport, RI, image about 3x5 in...............MIN. BID $30

33. [NEWSPAPER] New York Tribune - 1856. THE INDIANS - Indian Troubles in Florida. A corporal & 5 men fired at by 20 Indians. One man escaped, the rest were massacred & 12 mules killed. The country unsafe for whites. [see [page 5]. Some edge tattering..................Min. Bid $20

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34. [ART] RUDY POZZATTI - noted American printmaker [listed everywhere], original wood engraving, signed in the block. A commissioned print to commemorate the Inauguration of John Stephen Bailey as the 4th President of Nasson College [Springvale, Me.], 1970. Image is 5 x 4, sheet 10-1/4 x 7. Fine condition.............25-35

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35. EDGAR FAWCETT (1847-1904) American writer. Clip signature............20-30

36. Edna Bryner [1866-1967] American writer. Signature, 1929............20-30

37. [NEWSPAPER] New York Tribune - 1854. On page 6 DEATH OF MRS. ALEXANDER HAMILTON, great reading about her life. Just below this article is another about Thomas Jefferson and his letter authorizing a Mr. Derieux to hire 4 negro men for him. 8 pages. VG..............Min. Bid $25

38. [FRANCE] Marcel Alexandre Bertrand (1847-1907) was a French geologist. Bertrand, a founder of modern tectonics, originated an orogenic "wave theory" of mountain-building and introduced[when?] the nappe hypothesis (nappe de charriage). His wave theory described a build-up of massive folds of earth taking place over successive geological eras, called the Caledonian, Hercynian and Alpine periods of orogeny. Bertrand later added a fourth event called the Huronian orogeny, which took place 2400 to 2100 million years ago, in Precambrian time. In 1890 he was named president of the Société géologique de France. The Concours de Géologie twice awarded him the Prix Vaillant (1886 and 1890); he also won the Prix Fontannes (of the Société géologique de France) in 1888 and the Prix Petit d'Ormoy in 1893. ALS, Paris, 1892, 3pp. About 4.5 x 7 in. VG...................75-100

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39. [VERMONT] Edward John Phelps (1822-1900) American lawyer and diplomat from Vermont. Phelps was one of the founders of the American Bar Association and was its 3rd president (1880-1881). From 1881 until his death he was Kent Professor of Law at Yale Law School. Phelps was Envoy to Court of St. James's in Britain from 1885 to 1889, and in 1893 served as senior counsel for the United States before the international tribunal at Paris to settle the Bering Sea Controversy. President Grover Cleveland intended to appoint him as U.S. Chief Justice in 1888, but Phelps was concerned that his tenure as ambassador to the Court of St. James's in Great Britain would cause the Democratic Party to lose the support of Irish Americans, and he declined. Offered here is a 10 page handwritten document, 1854, by Phelps. He also wrote the docket [signed]. This legal matter in Vermont between the Shawmut Bank and Philip Daton. Attached is one page document in unknown hand. VG..............100-200

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40. HOPKINS, Albert Jarvis, a Representative and a Senator from Illinois; born near Cortland, De Kalb County, Ill., August 15, 1846; attended the public schools and graduated from Hillsdale (Mich.) College in 1870; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1871 and commenced practice in Aurora, Ill.; prosecuting attorney of Kane County 1872-1876; presidential elector on the Republican ticket in 1884; elected as a Republican to the Forty-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Reuben Ellwood; reelected to the Fiftieth and to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from December 7, 1885, to March 3, 1903; did not seek renomination, having become a candidate for Senator; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1903, to March 3, 1909; unsuccessful candidate for reelection; chairman, Committee on Fisheries (Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses), Committee on Enrolled Bills (Sixtieth Congress); resumed the practice of law in Aurora and Chicago, Ill.; died in Aurora, Ill., August 23, 1922; interment in Spring Lake Cemetery. Signature. Fine.............Min. Bid $5

41. MASON, William Ernest, (father of Winnifred Sprague Mason Huck), a Representative and a Senator from Illinois; born in Franklinville, Cattaragus County, N.Y., July 7, 1850; moved with his parents to Bentonsport, Van Buren County, Iowa, in 1858; attended the Bentonsport Academy and Birmingham College 1863-1865; taught school in Bentonsport 1866-1868, and in Des Moines, Iowa, 1868-1870; studied law; moved to Chicago, Ill., in 1872; admitted to the bar and commenced practice; member, State house of representatives 1879; member, State senate 1882-1885; elected as a Republican to the Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1891); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress; resumed the practice of law in Chicago; elected to the United States Senate as a Republican and served from March 4, 1897, to March 3, 1903; chairman, Committee on Manufactures (Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses), Committee on Post Office and Post Roads (Fifty-seventh Congress); again resumed the practice of law in Chicago; elected to the Sixty-fifth, Sixty-sixth, and Sixty-seventh Congresses and served from March 4, 1917, until his death in Washington, D.C., on June 16, 1921; interment in Oakwood Cemetery, Waukegan, Ill. Signed card.......Min. Bid $1

42. YATES, Richard, (son of Richard Yates [1815-1873]), a Representative from Illinois; born in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill., December 12, 1860; attended public schools and Illinois Woman's College, Jacksonville, Ill., 1870-1874; city editor of the Daily Courier in 1878 and 1879, and of the Daily Journal 1881-1883; was graduated from the Illinois College, Jacksonville, Ill., in 1880 and from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1884; commenced practice in Jacksonville, Ill.; city attorney of Jacksonville 1885-1890; private in Company I, Fifth Infantry, Illinois National Guard 1885-1890; county judge of Morgan County 1894-1897; United States collector of internal revenue for the eighth internal revenue district 1897-1900; Governor of Illinois 1901-1904; member of the State public utilities commission 1914-1917; assistant attorney general of the State of Illinois in 1917 and 1918; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1919-March 3, 1933); unsuccessful for renomination in 1928 to the Seventy-first Congress but was later appointed nominee and elected in place of Henry R. Rathbone, deceased; unsuccessful for reelection in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress; resided in Harbor Springs, Mich., and Springfield, Ill., while engaged in writing his memoirs; died in Springfield, Ill., April 11, 1936; interment in Diamond Grove Cemetery, Jacksonville, Ill. Signed card......Min. Bid $4

43. [KENTUCKY] Album page signed by 3 Kentucky politicians: Samuel F. Swope (1809-1865) congressman; A. K. Marshall (1808-1884) congressman; Leander Martin Cox (1812-1865) congressman who served as captain in the Third Kentucky Volunteers in the Mexican War in 1847. VG...............Min. Bid $5

44. [PHOTOGRAPHY] Siegfried Franz Spira (1924-2007) was an inventor and innovator in photography as well as a collector of photographic equipment, images, books, and ephemera. He is credited as one of three individuals who opened up the U.S. market to quality Japanese photographic goods. Born in Vienna, Austria, his His father was an official at the Bodencreditanstalt bank and later owned the Photohaus Spira-Ritz. Spira attended the Amerlinggymnasium until after the Anschluß, when he was forced to leave school because of his Jewish heritage. In March 1939, he left Vienna through a Kindertransport rescue mission and, as a result, spent ten months in Doncaster, England, where he attended the Percy Jackson Grammar School. He left England with his father in June 1940, sailing to North America on the SS Antonia, where the two were reunited with Spira's mother, who had arrived in New York on the SS Volendan in February of that year. Spira was also at the "forefront" of the technological revolution in lens attachments having developed a variety of filters and lens accessories that added unusual and special effects to photographs, and was "the most important" supplier of such attachments. Spira began collecting autographs relating to the history of photography in the 1960s. By the end of that decade, he had progressed to collecting historic cameras and was involved in organizing what became the American Photographic Historical Society. TLS, 1986, 1p. expressing interest in buying autographs, documents and other materials related to photography. Also in the market for prints featuring photographers at work. VG. Scarce!............100-150

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45. Offered here is an archive of materials, approximately 95 items, consisting of 46 letters (personal and business) and receipts, billheads, memoranda, envelopes, all relating to the family of John W. Park. JOHN W.PARK (b. 1832) was, for some fifty years, the foremost lawyer in Coweta Circuit, Georgia. He was one of the organizers of the Georgia Bar Association, later becoming its president. During the Civil War, Park was a major in the 1st Georgia Regiment of Reserves, serving until Lee's surrender at Appomattox.. Two letters here were written by Park himself, and some ten envelopes bear his notations and initials (JWP). A number of letters from family members, including his son ORVILLE AUGUSTUS PARK (b. 1872), who graduated from Vanderbilt College Law Department in 1893, opened practice in Macon, Georgia, and who, for many years partnered with Andrew W. Lane; in 1898 Orville was elected Secretary of the Georgia Bar Association and taught at Mercer College, plus other letters to him concerning legal matters, etc. A nice lot from this Confederate officer. Condition of the material varies from excellent to fair (majority quite good), with expected folds, some soiling/ spotting, occasional edge tears/ small paper losses, etc................200-300

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46. [ART] Sir Edwin Henry LANDSEER (1802-73), English painter, born in London. He achieved a reputation for his astutely realistic portrayals of dogs, usually in gallant poses of highbred species. He also painted deer, eagles, and other wildlife, generally conveying moral sentiments in his pictures. From many of his works, such as Titania and Bottom (1851), engravings, which gained wide popularity, were made by his brother, Thomas Landseer (1795-1880). Sir Edwin executed (1866) the four bronze lions at the base of the Nelson monument in Trafalgar Square, London. Less well known are his small oil sketches and his drawings, which are his finest work. 1864 postmarked envelope signed with his monogram. Neatly mounted...........50-75

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47. [EARLY THEATRE] Anne Oldfield (1683–1730) English actress, was born in London. Despite her rough economic background, Oldfield must have had a basic education because her biographers recount that she read plays voraciously throughout her youth. In 1699, she attracted George Farquhar's attention when he overheard her reciting lines from Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher’s play The Scornful Lady (1616) in a back room of her tavern. Soon after, she was hired by Christopher Rich to join the cast of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. However, Oldfield wasn't truly noticed until the summer of 1703 when Susanna Verbruggen's contract was terminated before the company traveled to Bath to perform for Queen Anne and her court. Oldfield became one of Drury Lane's leading actresses. Offered here is a rare clipped autograph signature. This has been glued to another sheet on which appears a provenance from 1930..............100-150

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48. [ENGLAND] General Charles Richard Fox (1796-1873) British army general, and later a politician. After some service in the Royal Navy, Fox entered the Grenadiers, and was known in later life as a collector of Greek coins. Front portion of an address panel, signed, 1837. Approx. 5 x 3 in..............Min. Bid $5

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49. [AMERICANA] folded stampless letter, 1837, 3 pages plus postmarked address leaf. Son writing home to his father. He is looking for work; steam ships, life near river, etc. Talks about abolition in Boston; Graham giving lectures. 7-3/4 x 9-3/4 in. VG..............50-75

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50. William Claflin (1818-1905) American politician, industrialist and philanthropist from Massachusetts. He served as the 27th Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1869–1872 and as a member of the United States Congress from 1877–1881. Signed document, 1870, approx. 10.5 x 16 in. VG..........50-75

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51. [AMERICANA] UNUSUAL MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT, from the General Assemby of the State of Connecticut, 1781. Concerns a list of names [shown in the document] of persons thought to be criminals or dangerous. This is a copy in the hand of Thos. Burgis, Clerk, 1871. The signatures of the Committee members are in the handwriting of Burgis. Daniel Sherman (b. 1721) was an American state legislator and judge from Connecticut. He sat in the Connecticut General Assembly for 30 years. Benjamin Hinman (1719–1810) was a Surveyor, Soldier and Legislator. He participated in the Colonial and Revolutionary Wars and took part in the Constitutional Convention of 1787. Notably, he was present at Bernetz Brook where General Howe was killed in 1758. He was also one of the first American officers of the revolutionary war and led a regiment into the field to secure the Hudson corridor from the British a year before the declaration of independence. In later life, he was involved in the exploration and surveying of portions of Vermont. In modern times, he is known for his, often misrepresented, confrontations with Benedict Arnold and New York General Philip Schuyler. Increase Moseley (1712-1795) was a Connecticut and Vermont government official who served as Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives. He studied medicine and became a doctor in Woodbury. At the start of the American Revolution Moseley was active on several committees formed to coordinate the activities of the colonists, including the Connecticut committee formed to aid Boston, Massachusetts during the British occupation at the start of the war. Guilford, Ct. Approx. 7-3/4 x 12-1/4 in. Good+...........80-120

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52. "Art" Buchwald (1925-2007) American humorist best known for his long-running column in The Washington Post, which in turn was carried as a syndicated column in many other newspapers. His column focused on political satire and commentary. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Outstanding Commentary in 1982 and in 1986 was elected to the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.............50-75

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53. [NY] WOLFF, Lester Lionel, a Representative from New York; born in New York City January 4, 1919; attended the public schools of New York City; student at New York University; lecturer at New York University, 1939-1941; head of marketing department of Collegiate Institute, 1945-1949; major, public relations officer, and squadron commander in the Civil Air Patrol, United States Air Force Auxilliary, 1945-1950; colonel, commanding Congressional Squadron, Civil Air Patrol, United States Air Force Auxiliary, 1968-1980; chairman of the board of Coordinated Marketing Agency, 1950-1964; member of the board of Noramco (Dugan's), 1963-1964, and of the Madison Life Insurance Co., 1963-1968; engaged in television as a moderator and producer, 1948-1960; member of the United States Trade Mission to the Philippines in 1962 and to Malaysia and Hong Kong in 1963; chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Subcommittee on Consumers Study by the House of Representatives in 1957; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1965-January 3, 1981); chairman, Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control (Ninety-fourth through Ninety-sixth Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1980 to the Ninety-seventh Congress; chairman, Pacific Community Institute, 1984 to present; television commentator; is a resident of Great Neck, N.Y. TLS, 1977, 1 full page about his career..............Min. Bid $8

54. [NY] JAVITS, Jacob Koppel, a Representative and a Senator from New York; born in New York City, May 18, 1904; attended the public schools; traveling salesman; attended night classes at Columbia University; graduated from the New York University Law School in 1926; admitted to the bar in 1927 and commenced practice in New York City; lecturer and author of articles on political and economic problems; during the Second World War, served with the Chemical Warfare Service 1941-1944, with overseas service in the European and Pacific Theaters; discharged as a lieutenant colonel in 1945; resumed the practice of law; elected as a Republican to the Eightieth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1947, until his resignation December 31, 1954; had been renominated in 1954 to the Eighty-fourth Congress but withdrew; attorney general of New York 1954-1957; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1956 for the term commencing January 3, 1957, but did not assume his duties until January 9, 1957; reelected in 1962, 1968, and again in 1974, and served from January 9, 1957, to January 3, 1981; unsuccessful Republican candidate for renomination in 1980; unsuccessful Liberal candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1980; resumed the practice of law; adjunct professor of public affairs at Columbia University's School of International Affairs; author; awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on February 23, 1983; died in West Palm Beach, Florida, on March 7, 1986; interment in Linden Hill Cemetery, Queens, New York City. HIS SIGNATURE WRITTEN ON LETTER FROM COLLECTOR.......Min. Bid $9

55. [ILLINOIS] LUCAS, Scott Wike, a Representative and a Senator from Illinois; born on a farm near Chandlerville, Cass County, Ill., February 19, 1892; attended the public schools and graduated from the law department of Illinois Wesleyan University at Bloomington in 1914; admitted to the bar in 1915 and commenced practice at Havana, Ill.; during the First World War served as an enlisted man and later as a lieutenant in the United States Army; State's attorney of Mason County 1920-1925; chairman of State Tax Commission 1933-1935; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth and Seventy-fifth Congresses (January 3, 1935-January 3, 1939); did not seek renomination, having become a candidate for Senator; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1938 and reelected in 1944 and served from January 3, 1939, to January 3, 1951; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1950; Democratic whip 1947-1949; majority leader 1949-1951; chairman, Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expense (Seventy-seventh through Seventy-ninth Congresses); engaged in the practice of law in Springfield, Ill., and Washington, D.C.; died en route to Florida at Rocky Mount, N.C., February 22, 1968; interment in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Havana, Ill. TLS, 1949............Min. Bid $8

56. [Illinois] SABATH, Adolph Joachim, a Representative from Illinois; born in Zabori, Czechoslovakia, April 4, 1866; attended the schools of his native town; immigrated to the United States in 1881 and settled in Chicago, Ill.; was graduated from the Chicago College of Law in 1891; was admitted to the bar in 1892 and commenced practice in Chicago, Ill.; ward committeeman and district leader in Chicago 1892-1944; appointed justice of the peace for the city of Chicago in 1895; police magistrate 1897-1906; member of the central and executive committees of the Democratic Party from 1909 to 1920; delegate to all the Democratic State conventions 1890-1952; delegate to all Democratic National Conventions 1896-1944; elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth and to the twenty-three succeeding Congresses, but died before the convening of the Eighty-third Congress; served from March 4, 1907, until his death in Bethesda, Md., November 6, 1952; chairman, Committee on Alcohol Liquor Traffic (Sixty-third through Sixty-fifth Congresses), Committee on Rules (Seventy-sixth through Seventy-ninth and Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses); interment in Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill. TLS, 1943..............Min. Bid $6

57. [MIXED LOT] P.P. Claxton (1862-1957) had a distinguished career as the United States Commissioner of Education. TLS, 1914. Carl Schurz Vrooman (1872-1966) the Assistant United States Secretary of Agriculture under Woodrow Wilson. He started the victory garden campaign during World War I. TLS, 1916. Edwin Forrest Sweet (1847-1935) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Appointed by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce. Brief ALS, 1914. Charles S. Hamlin (1861-1938) the first Chairman of the Federal Reserve, serving from 1914 to 1916. Signed card, 1902. PLUS another 8 unidentified signatures...................Min. Bid $10

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58. Henry S. Graves (1871-1951) forest administrator in the United States. He co-founded the Yale Forest School (now the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies) in 1900, the oldest continuous forestry school in the United States. He was appointed Chief of the United States Forest Service in 1910 and served in this position until 1920. Briefg TLS, 1914. Top edge laid to mounting sheet...............Min. Bid $9

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59. [FRANCE] 165? French Mystery document on paper, several signatures, 2pp, approx. 7-1/4 x 10 in. VG..........100-150

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60. [NY] PIKE, Otis Grey, a Representative from New York; born in Riverhead, Suffolk County, N.Y., August 31, 1921; attended the public schools; A.B., Princeton University, 1946; LL.B., Columbia University Law School, 1948; served as a Marine Corps pilot in the Pacific Theater, 1942-1946; awarded five air medals; justice of the peace of the town of Riverhead, 1954-1960; member of the Riverhead Town Board, 1954-1960; lawyer; private practice; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-seventh and to the eight succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1961-January 3, 1979); chairman, Select Committee on Intelligence (Ninety-fourth Congress); not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-sixth Congress in 1978; president, South Oaks Hospital, Amityville, N.Y.; syndicated columnist, Newhouse newspapers, 1979-1999; is a resident of Vero Beach, Fla. TLS, 1961........................20-30

61. [FRANCE] Abbe Balanda - who was Librarian of the King. He made the funeral sermon at the death of Louis XV. Offered here is a lengthy ALS, 1780, written on vellum, approx. 8 x 12 in. Identified as "Asks Autum's Bishop for money in a long letter." Ink has lightened some with age. Not translated..............100-150

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62. MARYLAND CONGRESSMEN - A collection of 44 LS's written by House of Representative members from Maryland. Included are Michael D. Barnes (19), Stephen W. Gambrill (1), Gilbert Gude (6), Steny Hoyer (2), DeWitt S. Hyde (2) Gladys Spellman (2), and Newton Steers 12). Content is routine, mostly responding to constituent letters about specific proposed legislation. Dates range from 1929 to 1985. Steny Hoyer was House Majority Leader from 2007 to 2011. He is currently House Minority Whip.........100-150

63. [FILM] Bill Williams (1915-1992) American television and film actor. He is best known for his starring role in the early 1950 television show The Adventures of Kit Carson. Signature matted with vintage photo. Overall 9x13"...........40-60

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64. [FRANCE] Louis-François Chamillart, Marquis de la Suze ( 1751 - 1833 ) was a French politician. He was allowed to sit at the Chamber of Peers in 1815. ALS, 1791, written from Chateau des Tuileries, to certified services of La Plasse "Marechal des Logis des Rois." 1p, 7-3/4 x 12-1/4 in. VG...............100-150

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Two Important Catholic Personalities

65. [RELIGION] Pierre Simon de Dreux-Breze (1811-1893) Priest since 1825 , Vicar General and Canon Emeritus of Paris, he distinguished himself as a preacher, and was appointed Bishop of Moulins October 28, 1849, by the President of the Republic Called to Rome by Pope Pius IX on 7 January 1850, it was dedicated to Our Lady of Paris on 14 April and took possession of his see on 1 May. Near Dom Prosper Gueranger, he established the Roman rite in his diocese a pastoral letter by the 21 November 1853 and was a promoter of the Gregorian chant. [internet translation]. ALS, not dated, 3 full pages, 5-1/4 x 8-1/4". On the verso of page 3 is an ALS by Xavier 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. VG..........200-300

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66. CALAIS, MAINE - group of 27 documents, 1868-1914, deeds, insurance, lease, court documents etc. From the papers of attorney Charles B. Rounds. 19 of the documents date pre-1900. Generally G-VG..............75-100

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

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68. [TV] Robert Urich (1946-2002) American film, television and stage actor and television producer. Over the course of his 30-year career, Urich starred in a record 15 television series. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG...........40-60

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69. [FRANCE] Roch-Ambroise Cucurron Sicard (1742-1822) French abbé and instructor of the deaf. Born at Le Fousseret, in the ancient Province of Languedoc (now the Department of Haute-Garonne), and educated as a priest, Sicard was made principal of a school for the deaf at Bordeaux in 1786, and in 1789, on the death of the Abbé de l'Épée, succeeded him at a leading school for the deaf which Épée had founded in Paris. He later met Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet while traveling in England, and invited him to visit the school. Sicard's chief works were his Eléments de grammaire générale (1799), Cours d'instruction d'un sourd-muet de naissance (1800) and Traité des signes pour l'instruction des sourds-muets (1808). The Abbé Sicard managed to escape any serious harm in the political troubles of 1792, and became a member of the Institute in 1795, but the value of his educational work was hardly recognized till shortly before his death at Paris. In 1803 Sicard became a member of the Académie française, occupying Seat 3 as the successor to the François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, who was a diplomat. Offered here is either a manuscript or a letter written by Sicard, doesn't appear signed but his name appears on the text at bottom of page 3. No date that we can see. Approx. 4-1/2 x 7-1/4". VG.............100-150

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70. George Evans (1797-1867) In 1829, he was elected to a seat in the United States House of Representatives from Maine in a special election called after Peleg Sprague resigned to take a seat in the United States Senate. Evans served in the House from 1829 to 1841. Free Frank signature [mounted]..............Min. Bid $3

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71. [FRANCE] 1366 Medieval French document on vellum, during the reign of Charles V, from the Montils region. Ixdentified as "imposed to people of Monsweigneur le Comte de Blois. Approx. 8 x 20 in. There is a hole near the top which affects several words................350-500

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72. BIG BAND/JAZZ MUSICAN LOT - Horace Heidt (1901–1986) pianist, big band leader, and radio and television personality. His band, Horace Heidt and his Musical Knights, toured vaudeville and performed on radio and television through the 1930s and 1940s. SIGNED, inscribed 5x7 photograph - Mark Warnow (1900 -1949) noted violinist and orchestra conductor, who performed widely on radio in the 1930s and 1940s. Warnow's superb, smoothly-flowing arrangements made him quite popular during his career. SIGNED CARD, in pencil, also with Andre Baruch (1908-1991), popular broadcaster on radio, film narrator, disc jockey -- Harry James (1916 –1983) actor and musician best known as a trumpeter who led a swing band during the Big Band Swing Era of the 1930s and 1940s. He was especially known among musicians for his astonishing technical proficiency as well as his superior tone. SIGNED card plus music sheet of “I had the Craziest Dram”. TED WEEMS ( 1901 -1963) bandleader and musician. Weems' work in music was recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. SIGNED, inscribed 10x8 photograph (signed only by him) with Elmor Tanner and Red Ingle, who are pictured (outer edge tape stains on white margin). Philip Wells Woods (1931- ) jazz bebop alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader and composer. ALS, 2001, with SIGNED 8x10, inscribed photograph. Charles Melvin "Cootie" Williams (1911 – 1985) jazz, jump blues and rhythm and blues trumpeter. SIGNED paper, (with tape outlined all sides), also signed with members of his band: Darrell James, Jess Payne, Danny Logan.................100-150

73 (American Literature Lot) Erich Wolf Segal (1937 –2010) author, screenwriter, and educator. He was best known for writing the novel Love Story (1970), a best-seller, and writing the motion picture of the same name, which was a major hit. TLS 1982. John Monk Saunders (1897 - 1940) novelist, screenwriter and film director. His screenwriting credits include Wings (1927), The Last Flight (which he adapted from his own novel Single Lady), and The Conquest of the Air (1936), which he also directed. Wings (1927), was the first film to ever win a Best Picture Academy award on May 16, 1929. He won an Oscar for Best Story for the writing of The Dawn Patrol. Saunders was married first to Avis Hughes from 1922 to 1927 then to the actress Fay Wray from 1928 to 1939, after suffering poor health he committed suicide in 1940. SIGNED note card. Irwin Shaw (1913 –1984) playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story author whose written works have sold more than 14 million copies. He is best known for his novels The Young Lions (1948) about the fate of three soldiers during World War II that was made into a film of the same name starring Marlon Brando, and Rich Man, Poor Man (1970) about the fate of three siblings after World War II that was made into a popular miniseries starring Nick Nolte. SIGNED mounted Saturday Review Magazine cover to matte board in which he is on the cover. Euell Theophilus Gibbons (1911 –1975) Author, Natuartlist, outdoorsman and proponent of natural diets during the 1960s. SIGNED 8x10 photograph. Richard Gustave Stern (1928 —2013) novelist, short story write. ALS, 2001. Benjamin Greenleaf (1786-1864) Publsiher and Educator – He published as series of mathematical text-books the “first” was his National Arithmetic, published in Boston in 1835. SIGNATURE dated 1811, Bradford, Mass.....................80-120

74. (AMERICAN LITERATURE LOT) William Allen White (1868 – 1944) renowned American newspaper editor, politician, author, and leader of the Progressive movement. White became the iconic spokesman for middle America. SIGNED CARD. Dušan "Charles" Simić (1938-) American poet and was co-poetry editor of the Paris Review. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1990 for The World Doesn't End, and was a finalist of the Pulitzer Prize in 1986 for Selected Poems, 1963-1983 and in 1987 for Unending Blues. He was appointed the fifteenth Poet Laureate. ALS, on verso of postcard postmarked 2002. Elizabeth Hollister Frost (1887-1958) American Poet - began to write poetry and her first book of poems The Lost Lyrist, was published in 1928. Two other books of poetry, Hovering Shadow (1929) and The Closed Gentian (1931) followed. She wrote The Wedding Ring, in 1938 which was published earlier in England under the title of The Good Pain, This Side of Land in1942 and Mary and the Spinners in 1948. SIGNED presentation page from her book “The Lost Lyrist” (1928). Joseph Wambaugh, Jr. (1937) is a bestselling American writer known for his fictional and non-fictional accounts of police work in the United States. SIGNED, inscribed 5x7 photograph. Dorothy Clarke Wilson (1904-2003) American author and playwright. SIGNED, inscribed 4x5 photograph. John Pierpont (1785 – 1866) American poet, who was also successively a teacher, lawyer, merchant, and Unitarian minister. His most famous poem is The Airs of Palestine. SIGNATURE. John Daly ((1914 –1991) American journalist, game show host and radio personality, probably best known for hosting the panel show What's My Line?. TLS 1957. Very interesting letter concerning the recipients letter to him and his views, on curing cancer......................80-120

75. (HOLLYWOOD/ENTERTAINER LOT) WALTER HAMPDEN (1879-1955) Stage, Film, TV Actor ALS . ANITA BJORK (1923-2012) Actress SIGNED inscribed 4x6 photograph. FLORENCE NASH (1888-1950) Stage, Theater, Film Actress ALS (1908). ARLENE DAHL - Actress ALS on verso of postcard size photograph (2001). NORM CROSBY - Comedian, actor. SIGNED inscribed 8x10. GLADYS HENSON (1897-1982) Film, Stage Actress most remembered in film in “Prince and the Showgirl with Olivier and Marilyn Monroe. SIGNED postcard photograph (bend left side) dated 1957. RAOUL JULIA (1940-1994) Actor SIGNED card.........80-120

76. [MEDICINE] Guido Patinus (Guy Patin, 1601-1672) French doctor and man of letters. Guy Patin was doyen (or dean) of the Faculty of Medicine in Paris (1650–1652) and professor in the Collège de France starting in 1655. His scientific and medical works are not considered particularly enlightened by modern medical scholars (he has sometimes been compared to the doctors in the works of Molière). He is most well known today for his extensive correspondence: his style was light and playful (he has been compared to early 17th century philosophical libertines) and his letters are an important document for historians of medicine. Patin and his son Charles were also dealers in clandestine books, and Patin wrote occasional poetry (such as a quatrain to honor Henric Piccardt (1636-1712). In 1627 he took the degree of doctor regent of the Faculty of Medicine of Paris first thesis presidency December 16, 1627). In many respects, Guy Patin is regarded as a spirit of the sixteenth century lost in the Model: S-XVII. [translated from the French]. Whatever that means! Offered here is a clip signature written on 3-3/4 x 5/8 in. slip, laid to larger piece of paper. VG. dated 1627, the year he became a doctor. Most unusual offering. Far too much time spent researching this offering. The picture showing is not included with this autograph............100-150

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77. George Abbott (1887-1995) American theater producer and director, playwright, screenwriter, and film director and producer whose career spanned more than nine decades Signed 1977 FDC honoring Centennial of Sound Recording. Clean.........40-60

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78. [FRANCE] Paul Ernest de Royer (1803-1877) French lawyer, magistrate and politician. He was Minister of Justice in 1851 under the French Second Republic, and again from 1857 to 1859 under the Second French Empire. He was first president of the Court of Auditors in 1863, and was also President of the General Council of the Marne. After the fall of the Empire in 1870, he returned to his career as a magistrate. Rare handwritten and signed poem dated 1876, 1p, 4.5 x 7 in. This was sent to the artist Claudius Popelin. Fine..............100-150
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79. [FRANCE] 1671 FRENCH MYSTERY DOCUMENT on vellum, signed, 4pp, approx. 8-1/4 x 10-3/4 in. VG.......100-150

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80. Tisha Sterling (b.1944) Am. actress, and the daughter of the late actor Robert Sterling. Sig. & inscribed 3x5 card...............Min. Bid $1

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81. [MUSIC] Johannes Wolff (1869-1947) Leading German musicologist, medieval music expert, and violinist. A close friend of the artist John Singer Sargent who painted a celebrated portrait of Wolff. Signature..........25-35

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82. Joseph S. Fowler (1820-1902) United States Senator from Tennessee from 1866 to 1871. Nice signature...........Min. Bid $1

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83. [ART] F. HUTH - original etching done after a painting by John Pettie, R.A. Image approx. 5.5 x 3.5 in. plus margins. The title is DISBANDED. VG..............Min. Bid $10

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84. Kaye Don (1891-1981) was a world record breaking car and speedboat racer who became a motorcycle dealer on his retirement from road racing and set up Ambassador Motorcycles. His accomplishments are too numerous to mention here. Brief TLS, 1932. VG............Min. Bid $20

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85. [MILITARY] Jno. C. Turrell - Union office. Signed November 1865 document, Invoice for Clothing, Camp and Garrison Equipage. 9th Regiment, First A.C. at Indianapolis, Indiana to Capt. William Badger (b. 1826) in New Hampshire. Son of New Hampshire Governor William Badger, captain of the 6th infantry of Rhode Island, brevetted a captain for gallant and meritorious services during the Civil War. Capt. Badger served under General George Armstrong Custer at Fort Abraham Lincoln, Dakota Territory. This document is NOT signed by Badger. Folds o/w Fine.................Min. Bid 20

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86. [AMERICANA] Offered here is a wonderful archive of (50+) letters, photographs, and assorted ephemera, dating from the 1860's (with early 20th century "copies" of letters dating as far back as the 1840's, including some to Civil War soldier), most all relating to early Wisconsin families (related by marriage), primarily named Reeves, Sprague, Andrews, and McKinney (plus other assorted/ random people), from such locales as: Cassville [Wisconsin Territory], Brodhead, Carthage, Elkhorn, Bloominton, and Caraudelet, Wisconsin (plus St. Louis, etc.). There are (10) letters from the 1860's, (10) letters from the 1870's, (2) leters from the 1880's, (13) COPIES of letters from the 1840's through the 1860's, (25) letters from the early 1900's through 1955, (19) photographs from the 19th and 20th centuries (many with subjects or locale identified), and a folder of ephemera (poetry, genealogy research/ notes, small memorandum booklet, cards, etc.). Impossible to highlight all this material (scans show a representative sample), but a few excerpts from various letters: (5/30/1868) Brodhead, Wis. "... Girls gets 2.00 a week out here and dont milk/ the men in this part of the country has to milk if the lazy Galls do nothing... the people out here eats the most potatoes you ever saw..." (10/7/1866) Brodhead "... I was up to monroe yesterday to the fare I had a very nice time there was 6 or 7 ladys a troting to see who could ride the nicest and one of them lost her balance and pitches fard and then her pony jumped of the track and throde her backwards against a tree and she litt on her hed and sholders and hurt her very bad and the last I saw of her they had her in a carrig ataking her some where... the news came bac to the fare ground that she was dead..." (12/15/1866) Brodhead "... you ask why we want to come back [to West Virginia] there is several things here that dont Suit me we have no good meetings here like we had in W. Va there is preaching every 2 weeks 1/4 of a mile from my house but it is a cold preach and thats all there is but few persons belong to church in the 2nd place it is a little to cold to Suit me... the cold long winters takes the tuck out..." (3/10/1867) "... I will try to interest you by telling you how the people supports the gospel here they make what they call a donation party [much more on this form of fundraising]..." (circa 1900) "... Some people in the east seem to think that we are semi-civilized people, living among cowboys, Indians, and desperadoes. They believe this country to be invested with wild animals, including vast herds of wild horses and cattle, which roam unrestrained over the prairies. Our pricipal meats are supposed to be venison and bear-meat. In all this they are mistaken... As for Indians, we see them only in bands, going through or to fairs or conventions. Usually they are harmless, but there are occasional insurrections..." MUCH. MUCH, more. In such a large collection, condition obviously varies greatly, from poor to very good, but overall would rate about good. Please expect some tears/ separations, missing corners/ chipping, soiling/ staining-- in ink, some pencil and some typewritten examples..............125-175

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87. (AMERICAN FILM STARS LOT) John Phillip Law (1937-2008) SIGNED 5x7 photograph – Betty FURNESS (1916-1994). TLS dated May 16, 1990 - Richard Maximillian Ney (1916- 2004) ALS 1992, with SIGNED, inscribed 4x4 photograph - Eddie Mayehoff (1909 –1992) TLS, 1990, with SIGNED print stock photograph, inscribed (folds) - Peter Lind Hayes (1915-1998-) &. Mary Healy (1918- ) ANS, by both on postcard, with Norman Rockwell portraits of them on front - Harold John Russell (1914 2002) SIGNED, inscribed 5x7 photograph (signed in dark area in red ink) - Nina Foch (1924- 2008). Signed, inscribed 8x10 photograph............80-120

88. US Senate & House of Representative Government documents concerning CLAIMS, invalid and other types. Collection of 22, most dated 1846. A few dated later up to 1858. Some of the last names: Cochran, Dygert, Buchanan, Allen, Beetley, Carpenter, Foreman, Hungerford, Scott, Frothingham, Harkness, Moors, Leavenworth, Broadwell, DeRussey, and of course Smith. Most are single sheets, removed from the publications printed for the members of congress. Light age toning as usual..............40-100

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89. [FILM] Charlton Heston (1923-2008) American actor and political activist. Signed and inscribed 8x10 photo as Sherlock Holmes. VG............50-75

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90. [AMERICANA] Edward A. Goodwin, the new school teacher in Westerly, R.I., writes to cousin Dan Goodwin in Providence. He is homesick - the most lonesome place I ever was in. Mr. Chapman, district trustee tries unsuccessfully to convince Goodwin to keep school 26 days per month. Dated 1852, 2pp, stamped envelope included. VG............50-75

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91. [AMERICANA] 1842 letter from Brooklyn, NY to Paris, Maine. Arabelle Carter receives a long letter from sister Mary, 3-1/2 pp. plus address leaf. VG..............50-75

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92. [ART] George Cruikshank (1792-1878) British caricaturist and book illustrator, praised as the "modern Hogarth" during his life. His book illustrations for his friend Charles Dickens, and many other authors, reached an international audience. Offered here are 16 original 19th century etchings, images about 4 x 3-3/4 in. plus margins. VG..............Min. Bid $100

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93. John Trumbull (1750-1831) American poet. ALS, signed J. Trumbull D Aty, 1p, 7-1/2 5-3/4 in. No date but c. 1789-1801. "Sir, Majr. Stuart has this moment received your Note relating to the prisoners Keyes & c ----but is too unwell to answer it -----I can see no other method, than for the Court to proceed to the tryal of some opther person, I to have it in Order that the person to whom the money was pass'd, attend the Court tomorrow Morning___" Soiled; toning overall; two pinhead holes affect very little................150-200

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94. [FILM] Ann Sothern (1909-2001) American actress. Signed 10x8 photo. VG. Dated 91............40-60

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95. [ART] Rockwell Kent (1882-1971) American artist, illustrator and author. He studied with the influential painters and theorists of his day, including Arthur Wesley Dow, William Merritt Chase, Robert Henri, Abbott Thayer, and Kenneth Hayes Miller. A transcendentalist and mystic, Kent painted remote and austere lands, including Newfoundland (1914-15), Tierra del Fuego (1922-23), and Greenland (1929; 1931-32; 1934-35). Collotype offered here is from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1925. Not in Burne Jones. Unsigned. Image sizes approx. 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches plus clean margins. Printed on copper plates by hand on French Arches hand-made paper. This is a proof printing. Fine, black impressions, on cream wove paper, with full margins (1 to 1 1/2 inches), in excellent condition. Scarce.................100-150

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96. [FRANCE] Louis Veuillot (1813-1883) French journalist and man of letters who is often credited with playing a decisive role in the popularisation of ultramontanism. A SMALL PART OF A MANUSCRIPT, IN TWO MOUNTED PIECES, ONE SIGNED. About Protestant England. See scan below..............75-100

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

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98. (AMERICAN LITERARY NOTABLES LOT) LAURA KEAN ZEMTKIN HOBSON (1900-1986) novelist noted for “Gentleman’s Agreement”. SIGNED, inscribed card . DON CARLOS SEITZ (1862-1935) Author, correspondent, newspaper manager. SIGNATURE, inscribed to Cartoonist Rollin Kirby(1875-1952). GEORGE FYLER TOWNSEND (1814-1900) author, translator of “Aesop’s Fables”. ALS (1850). ELIZABETH WILLIAMS CHAMPNEY (1850-1922) Author. SIGNATURE on card. MARTHA ALBRAND (1914-1981) Novelist of over 40 books. SIGNED card (1962). JANOS BEKESSY, known as HANS HABE (1911-1977) Hungarian born American writer, publisher. ALS on postcard (1977). IRVIN S. COBB (1876-1944) Author, humorist, columnist. SIGNATURE. ANNE HOLLINGSWORTH WHARTON (1845-1928) Novelist, writer. SIGNATURE mounted to card.................80-120

99. Edward "Ed" Martin (September 18, 1879 – March 19, 1967) was an American lawyer and Republican party politician from Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. He served as the 32nd Governor of Pennsylvania from 1943 until 1947 and as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1947 until 1959. TLS, 1951................min. bid $10

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100. Douglas Volk (1856-1935) American artist. Signed bank check dated 1922..............min. bid $10

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101. Group of 17 SONS OF VETERANS application cards for Mass. Geo. A. Custer Camp No. 11.......Min Bid $35

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102. NEW JERSEY legal papers, some from Chancery of New Jersey, 1896-1916, approx. 15 letters & documents.......Min Bid $20

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103. [MIXED LOT] [INDIANS] Printed Govt. Document, April 17, 1872, 3pp. CLAIM OF CHICKASAW NATION - Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, B.R. Cowen. VG. John Gunther (1901-1970) American journalist and author, sig. & inscribed card, 1959. Francis Trevelyan Miller (1877–1959) was an American writer and film-maker. He is known for his books about exploration, travel and photography. Notable works from him including several books about the American Civil War, such as The Photographic History of the Civil War, in Ten Volumes (New York: The Review of Reviews Co., 1912). Another of his significant works is "History of WWII: Armed Services Memorial Edition." He has also made several feature films and wrote the screenplay for the 1919 film Deliverance about Helen Keller. In 1955 his photograph of children at a Chicago funfair was selected by Edward Steichen for MoMA's world-touring The Family of Man exhibition. Signed printer's proof page for his entry in the 1946-47 WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA. 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, 1923, Warranty Deed. E.J. Ormsbee (1834-1924) was a teacher, a lawyer, a U.S. politician of the Republican Party, and an American Civil War veteran & the 41st Gov. of Vermont. 1866 document signed. An 1882 printed gov doc from Chester A. Arthur re: Salary of Indian Commissioner. Robert Hall McCormick (1847-1917) American financier. Pay order, Chicago, 1876 [looks like a check]. House of Rep. 1842 from Sec. of State re: persons employed in the State Department, 64pp. Walter B. Foster (1869-1929) Rhode Island author. ALS, 1926, 2pp. E.W.B. Canning - poet. ALS, 1873, 4pp.......Min Bid $50

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104. OLD DOCUMENTS - very little description given here. [1] 1931 National Tea Co. stock certificate. [2] 1858 House of Rep. gov doc re: Lt. Geo. A. Magruder, 8pp. [3] 1858 Portland, ME. [4] 1838 Bill of Lading bound for New Orleans. [5] 1880 Senate gov doc re: Sec. War Alex. Ramsey, 11pp. [6] 1850 House of Rep. gov doc re: Officers of the late Texas Navy. [7] 1898 Bucksport Lodge No. 14 [Maine]. 1829 Portsmouth, NH. [8] Sons of Veterans application card. [9] 1816 Stafford, Ct. signed Daniel Peck. [10] 1864 Calais, Me. signed + revenue stamp..........Min Bid $30

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105. [HARVARD MEDICAL] EDWARD S. DUNSTER [b. 1834] American physician. He is a lineal descendant of Henry Dunster, the first president of Harvard, was graduated from that institution in 1856, and from the New York College of physicians and surgeons in 1859, beginning practice in that City in 1860. He entered the army as assistant surgeon in June 1861, and served in West Virginia and in the peninsular campaign, acting as medical inspector and medical director of hospitals. After being ordered to Philadelphia, Washington, and West Point, he resigned on 1 February 1866 and resumed the practice of his profession in New York, making a specialty of obstetrics and the diseases of women and children. He was editor of the "New York Medical Journal " in 1866'72 Resident physician in charge of hospitals on Randall's Island in 1869'73, and professor of obstetrics and the diseases of women and children in the University of Vermont in 1868'71. He subsequently held the same chair in Long Island medical College in the medical department of Dartmouth College, and since 1873 in the University of Michigan. Among his contributions to professional literature are papers on "Relations of the Medical Profession to Modern Education"; "Logic of Medicine " ; "Notes on Double Monsters "; " History of Anaesthesia"; " The Comparative Mortality in Armies from Wounds and Disease "; and " History of Spontaneous Generation." Original 1858 oval photograph signed with his birth date/Dover, NH. Signed below mounted photo. This is his 1858 Harvard graduate photo. VG.............80-120

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106. [ART] THREE [3] antique woodcut prints being different views of Cincinnati, Ohio. These date to 1847 & 48. Images about 6 x 3" give or take. Titles: Cincinnati, From The Ohio / Cincinnati In 1810 / View of Cincinnati from the River. ONLY LIGHT FOXING IN MARGINS. VERY GOOD CONDITIONS FOR THEIR AGE. Would frameup nicely. Great gift for someone living in Cincinnati............40-60

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107. [SOMERSWORTH] William Pitt Moses ( 1827-1905) born Exeter, New Hampshire. Enlisted in Union army June 24, 1862 as 1 st Lieut. On August 5, 1862 he was commissioned into F Company NH 9th Infantry. Mustered out June 10, 1865 at Alexandria, Virginia. Promotion - Quartermaster 1 1/13/62. DOCUMENT SIGNED, GREAT FALLS MANUFACTURING CO., 1874, receipt for Cyrus Freeman. Approx. 7-1/2 x 3-1/4. VG..............Min. Bid $9

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108. [Americana] Capt. Richard Howe (1799-1872) Capt. Richard Howe was a resident engineer for the Ohio Canal northern division around 1830. Richard left Akron with a group of 350 people to guide their wagon train to California in search of gold in the 1860s. He never found the gold but did find work as an engineer for the U.S. government. One of his jobs was plotting the baseline from Mount Diablo in northern California to the Pacific Ocean. He returned to Akron two years later and lived there untill his death in 1872. His contributions for the area included helping to route the Pa. & Ohio canal through Akron, helping to start Glendale Cemetery which was then known as Akron Rural Cemetery, raising money for the first Summit County Courthouse and jail and being a founding member of the First German Reformed Church. Offered here is an archive of 11 documents & letters, 4 of which are letters to Richard Howe. The document are financial accounts. Two of the letters are certainly worthy of research, one by Sylvanus Lothrop from Pittsburgh 1843. Mostly very good. .........150-250

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109. [ART] William Roxby Beverly (1811-1889) noted English artist. ALS on his embossed stationery. He agrees to attending a meeting. Fine.........60-80 See above

110. [FILM] Original vintage photograph of George C. Scott on the set of the film Patton. He's standing in the rear wearing sun glasses, with camera. Approx. 10x8. Numerous cracks & other faults but in much better condition than above. Normally we seldom offer unsigned photos but this particular one once owned by Scott himself [his personal collection]..........40-60

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111. [ART] Lake Tahoe; antique print after Thomas Moran, 1874. Type: Antique wood-engraved print. Date of printing: 1874. Image size approx. 6-1/4 x 9 inches plus margins. Condition: Very Good; suitable for framing. Verso: There is text printed on the reverse side of the print. Provenance: "Picturesque America or The land we live in"; Edited by William Cullen Bryant Published by D. Appleton & Company, New York. Formerly in the collection of Katherine Ebert, author of the book OLD AMERICAN PRINTS FOR THE COLLECTOR. VG.............50-75

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112. [ART] "MOUNT HOOD FROM THE COLUMBIA" by R.S. Gifford (Engraved by R. Hinshelwood) - Steel Engraving - c1840. Image approx. 5-1/4 x 9 in. plus margins. VG................50-75

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113. [US NAVAL] Ellsworth "Dave" Davis [1892-1946] American naval officer. He served on the U.S.S. Florida as a signal officer, official uniform inspector and flag lieutenant. During the U.S. occupation of Vera Cruz, Mexico on April 1914, Davis led a company onshore and overtook the town's postal service building. In addition to his service on the U.S.S. Florida, Davis served in the Mediterranean and off of the U.S. Atlantic Coast on the Brooklyn and the Fairfax. He was commanding officer of the USS Fairfax from 1934 to 1936. Collection of approx. 25 letters with envelopes, 5 without, 2 signed Easter cards, dated 1913-1933. Most of the letters are to his mother, Mrs. Frederick W. Davis, and one to his brother Roger. There is a large archive of Davis's letter at the Nimitz Library, United States Naval Academy.............200-300

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114. [THEATRE] Collection of autographs formerly in the collection of the Booth Bay Theatre Museum, which was in Maine. Most are not identified here but here are a few. 1. Henry Eugene Abbey (J1846-1896) was an American theatre manager and producer. During the 1870s - 1890s, he managed such prominent Broadway theatres as Booth's, Wallack's, and the Park Theatre, promoting the talents of some of the foremost American actors of his day, as well as European stars. Abbey also had the distinction of being the first manager of New York's Metropolitan Opera Company, which opened for its inaugural season in 1883. 2. Dan Daly (1864 - 1904) was an actor known as the "eccentric comedian". PLUS 7 other unidentified autographs. See scan.........70-90

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115. [THEATRE] Collection of autographs formerly in the collection of the Booth Bay Theatre Museum, which was in Maine. All unidentified - not researched. Mixed condition. See scans.............80-120
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116. [OLD MASTER] THE POWER OF PRAYER - 18th century Biblical engraving, leaf from "Sacred History of the Old and New Testaments" published in Amsterdam in 1740. The print bears the explanatary text in five languages. The print image is 4.5 x 6", page 13 x 8-1/4. Print image area is very good.............75-100

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117. Maja V. Capek - born in Bohemia and came to the United States in 1907. She studied library science at Columbia University and in 1914 was put in charge of the Czechoslovak Department of the New York Public Library. There she met Norbert Capek who was studying for a Ph.D. at City College. They were married in 1917 and moved to Belleville where Capek became pastor of a small congregation. But in 1919, having come to the conclusion that he could no longer be a Baptist, he resigned his pastorate. At the end of World War I, the Austro-Hungarian Empire fell apart and Czechoslovakia became independent. The Capeks, like other war refugees, were eager to return to their home country and play a part in its spiritual reawakening. By February 1922, the Capeks, working as team, had organized the Prague Congregation of Liberal Religious Fellowship. Almost immediately, the services were drawing standing-room-only crowds. In 1926, Maja was also ordained as a Unitarian minister. On June 24, 1923, the first Flower Festival was celebrated. This ritual now celebrated annually by UU congregations the world over, originated in the Prague Congregation. In 1939 Maja Capek left for the United States for what was supposed to be a brief lecture tour to raise funds for a joint Unitarian and Society of Friends program to assist endangered refugees and internees. She brought the Flower Festival Service with her and it was celebrated for the first time in the United States at the First Unitarian Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the spring of 1940. Tragically, the Germans took Czechoslovakia while Maja was still on tour, which prevented her from returning to Prague. She stayed in Massachusetts during the war working at the church in New Bedford. As soon as the Nazi army took over Czechoslovakia, Capek became a marked man. He was interrogated by the Gestapo, whose spies listened to every word he preached. For a time he veiled his message of freedom in Biblical parables and religious symbolism, and for a while it worked. Then, on March 28, 1941, Capek and his youngest daughter Zora were arrested by the Gestapo. They were convicted of listening to foreign radio broadcasts, a treasonous offence. Norbert Capek be sent to the concentration camp at Dachau. In 1942 he was sent on an "invalid transport," and evidently killed that day either with poison gas or a lethal injection, although his official death certificate states that he died October 30 of a cerebral hemorrhage. Maja Capek did not learn of Norbert's death until after the war. Leadership of the Prague church passed to the Capeks' daughter and son-in-law, both ordained Unitarian ministers. Maja decided to work to help the victims of the war and joined the staff of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Agency. She worked for a number of years as a Displaced Persons Specialist in Egypt and Palestine. Those who knew her described her as possessing tremendous drive and determination combined with a sensitive and loving heart-another fire flower blooming in the burned-out places of the world. She died in 1966. Offered here is is a rare ANS, written from Christmas postcard postmarked Praha, Czechoslovakia. To Mrs. M.G. Woodward, wife of Robert, who had died in 1924. She writes - "Sincerely wishes Maja V. Capek. Very often my thoughts fly back to the delightful days I spent in your company. Prague, Dec. 16th, 1926." VG. RARE!.............150-250

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118. Limerick National Bank [Maine] - collection of approx. 113 cancelled bank checks, c. 1918 - 1929. Most all signed J.F. & A.H. Chase...........50-75

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119. [MUSIC] John Jacob Niles (1892-1980) American composer, singer, and collector of traditional ballads. Called the "Dean of American Balladeers", Niles was an important influence on the American folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s, with Joan Baez, Burl Ives, and Peter, Paul and Mary, among others, recording his songs. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Niles learned music theory from his mother, and began writing down folk music as a teenager. After serving in the U.S. Army Air Service during World War I, in which he was injured, he studied music in France, first in Lyon, then in Paris at the Schola Cantorum, also meeting Gertrude Stein. Returning to the United States in 1920, he continued his studies at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music working there with Ralph Lyford. He sang opera in Chicago and folk songs on early radio. In 1925, he moved to New York City and held various jobs in the entertainment industry. In the 1930s, he toured Europe and the United States with contralto Marion Kerby. He performed at the White House in 1938, and on occasion at the Newport Folk Festival during the 1950s. In the 1920s, Niles began publishing music. He made four extended trips into the southern Appalachians as an assistant to photographer Doris Ulmann, again transcribing traditional songs from oral sources, including the ballads "Pretty Polly", "Barbara Allen", and "He's Goin' Away". On other occasions, he transcribed songs he heard sung by African Americans and by fellow soldiers in World War I. Niles was also a noted songwriter. His songs, many of which are based on traditional sources, include "Venezuela," and the haunting Christmas song "I Wonder As I Wander." Henry Miller's Plexus includes a powerful tribute to Niles's recording of this song. Niles composed "Go 'Way From My Window" when he was a mere 16 years old, but did not perform it until 1930. Marlene Dietrich recorded it and sang it on stage. Bob Dylan quoted its first line in his song "It Ain't Me Babe." Later in life, Niles published compositions in a more classical style, including works for choir and art songs for voice and piano. The latter include his last work, a setting of poems by Thomas Merton. Typed letter Signed [on cheap news print paper] not dated but pre-1948, to Wally Wallgren (1891-1948) the noted World War I cartoonist. Signed Jack. Clipped edges of paper all around......................200-300

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120. DISBURSEMENTS FOR INDIANS - Letter from The Second Auditor of the Treasury, 1849, 345 pages. This was printyed for the 31st Congress, 1st Session, Ex. Doc. No. 11. Approx. 5-3/4 x 8-3/4 in. As usual - no covers. VG............Min. Bid $25

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121. [ENGLAND] Duchess of Sutherland, Harriet Sutherland, Leveson-Gower (1806-1868) was Mistress of the Robes under several Whig administrations: 1837–1841, 1846–1852, 1853–1858, and 1859–1861; and was a great friend of Queen Victoria. She was an important figure in London's high society, and used her social position to undertake various philanthropic undertakings including the protest of the English ladies against American slavery. ALS written in the 3rd person, dated July 26, no year, 1p. Approx. 4-1/2 x 7-1/4". Written from Stafford House, (St. James's Palace), which became an important centre of society, and the starting-point of various philanthropic undertakings. There the protest of the English ladies against American slavery was framed in 1853. On the accession of Queen Victoria the duchess was appointed Mistress of the Robes, and held that post when the Whigs were in office until her husband's death (August 1837 to September 1841, July 1846 to March 1852, January 1853 to February 1856, June 1859 to April 1861). From the Queen's refusal to part with the Duchess and her other ladies arose the bedchamber crisis of 1839, with the result that the Whigs returned to office. Victoria gave a sympathetic description of the Duchess's character, and after the death of Prince Albert, the prince consort, spent the first weeks of her widowhood with the Duchess as her solitary companion. The Duchess's last public appearance was at the Prince of Wales's marriage in 1863. In that year she was seized with an illness from which she never recovered. However, she was able to entertain Garibaldi, for whom she had great admiration, at Chiswick House and Trentham, Staffordshire, during his visit to England in April 1864. In her letter she is declining assistance. VG. RARE!..............100-150

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122. [ART] Catherine Maria Charleville (1762-1851) British artist, married to Charles Bury, the 1st Earl of Charleville. In 1798 he helped quell the Irish Rebellion, and two years later the Charleville title was revived when he was made Viscount Charleville, of Charleville Forest in the King's County, in the Irish peerage. ALS, 1813, 1p, 7-1/4 x 8-3/4 in. Excellent condition. See scan. This is an early example of an artist's letter..........200-300

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123. Return Jonathan Meigs Jr. (1764-1825) He served as the fourth Governor of Ohio, fifth United States Postmaster General, and as a United States Senator. Signature, approx. 3.5 x 1.5 in. Very slight mounting traces.........Min. Bid $10

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124. James Garner (1928-2014) actor who starred in several television series over more than 5 decades, including such popular roles as Bret Maverick in the 1950s western comedy series Maverick and Jim Rockford in The Rockford Files. Signed color 8x10 photo. VG.....................25-35

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125. [BASEBALL] Sparky Anderson (1934-2010) Major League Baseball player, coach and manager. He was the first manager to win the World Series in both leagues. His 2,194 career wins are the sixth most for a manager in Major League history. Signed 3.5 x 5 in. photo. VG...............25-35

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126. [CIVIL WAR] Charles E. Hovey (1827-1897) College president, pension lobbyist and a brevet major general in the United States Army during the American Civil War. He played a key role in the capture of Arkansas Post in January 1863, where William T. Sherman reported that Hovey had been "wounded in his arm by a shell, but continued and still continues to command his Brigade." Suffering lingering effects from his injury, Hovey soon left the field service. With the close of the war, he was given a brevet promotion to major general "for gallant and meritorious conduct in battle, particularly at Arkansas Post, January 11, 1863." CDV photograph signed on the mounted. He adds 1827 [birth date] and 1871 [date he signed this photo]. Signed on the mount. VG...............100-150

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127. [MUSIC] Andy Williams (1927-2012) American popular music singer. Signed 8x10 photo. VG..........25-35

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128. [MUSIC] Harold S. Shapero (1920-2013) American composer. AMQS from his Symphony for Classical Orchestra. VG.....................50-75

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129. Henry W. Kiel (1871-1942) was the 32nd Mayor of Saint Louis, serving from 1913 to 1925. Bold signature on Mayor's Office letterhead. VG.............Min. Bid $4

130. W. Freeland Kendrick (1873-1953) Republican Mayor of Philadelphia from 1924-1928. He served as a delegate from Pennsylvania to the Republican National Convention in 1920, and served as the President of the Sesquicentennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1926. TLS, 1924, as Mayor. Top edge tipped to another page.............Min. Bid $5

131. [ITALY] Cesare Mori [1871-1942] was a prefect (prefetto) before and during the Fascist period in Italy. He is known in Italy as the Iron Prefect (Prefetto di Ferro) because of his iron-fisted campaigns against the Mafia on Sicily in the second half of the 1920s. SIGNED CARD, Rone, dated June 21, 1932. Approx. 4.5 x 3.5".........25-35

132. Clara Louise Burnham [1854-1927] American writer. Signature, 1890............20-30

133. (Colonial Philadelphia ) THOMAS P. COPE (1768-1854) American Merchant, Quaker, Philanthropist, Author, he was the son of Caleb Cope. He was originally from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He became one of Philadelphia's wealthiest citizens, and a politician. He authored "Passages from the Writings of William Penn", also his daughter wrote "Philadelphia Merchant, the Diary of Thomas P. Cope." - PAUL BECK (1760-1844) Revolutionary War Soldier, Wealthy Philadelphia Merchant and philanthropist. He joined the Revolutionary War and was an associate of General Thomas Miflin, and the Clymers. He protected the home of Declaration of Independence SIGNER James Wilson, and is mentioned in the summary of "The Lives of The Signers". He was one of Philadelphia's most eminent personalities and philanthropists. - EDWARD THOMSON (1810-1870) Prominent Philadelphia Bishop, Physician. He was against Methodism., but years later converted and in 1831 became a traveling preacher He was appointed President of Wesleyan University and was for 16 years. He later became Bishop. SIGNATURES of ALL THREE, mounted to a larger piece of very old paper.............50-75

134. [MUSIC] Cora de Wilhorst [b. 1835] Opera singer. Signature with sentiment dated 1858. VG...........20-30

135. William Allen Butler [1825-1902] American writer. Clip signature............20-30

136. [THEATRE] Adelaide Ristori (1822-1906) distinguished Italian tragedienne, who was often referred to as the Marquise. AQS, dated London July 16, 1873, written on 8x3 in. card. Fresh condition..........30-40

137. William Farquhar Payson [1876-1939] American writer. ANS, 1935............20-30

138. John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury PC, FRS (1834-1913) English banker, biologist, archaeologist and Liberal politician. Signed printed poscard accepting position as steward at Annual Dinner, 1899...........20-30

139. BEVERLY BAYNE [1894-1982] actress. Brief ALS, n.d.......35-45

140. Clifford Bax (1886-1962) versatile English writer, known particularly as a playwright, a journalist, critic and editor, and a poet, lyricist and hymn writer. He also was a translator, for example of Goldoni. The composer Arnold Bax was his brother, and set some of his words to music. A fold open card signed...........20-30

141. Sir Francis Palgrave [1788-1861] English historian. Clip signature mounted to card.........20-30

142. Nellie Tayloe Ross (1876- 1977) American politician, the 14th Governor of Wyoming from 1925 to 1927, and director of the United States Mint from 1933-1953. She was the first woman to serve as governor of a U.S. state. To date, she remains the only woman to have served as governor of Wyoming. She was a staunch supporter of prohibition during the 1920s. Clip signature.........20-30

143. Ernesto Rossi (1897 - 1967) Italian politician, journalist and anti-fascist activist. His ideas contributed to the Partito d'Azione, and subsequently the Partito Radicale co-authur of the Ventotene Manifesto. Signed card, 1881............20-30

144. George William Curtis (1824-1892)American writer and public speaker, born in Providence, Rhode Island, of old New England stock. CLIP SIGNATURE with sentiment...........20-30

145. William T. Moncrieff [1794-1857] English dramatist. Signature in form of return address............20-30

146. Quida [1839-1908] British novelist. Clip signature. Ink is light............20-30

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147. Leonard Merrick [1864-1939] British Playwright. Clip signature..............20-30

148. Charles Doughty [1843-1926] English poet. Clip signature..............20-30

149. Alfred Henry Lewis [1857-1914] American journalist and novelist. Signed card..........20-30

150. Helen Astor [1895-1965] Am. socialite. ANS, nd, re: her father....20-30

151. Samuel Merwin [1875-1936] American writer. Signature 1907.........20-30

152. Sir James Black Baillie [1872-1940] British philosopher and academic. ALS, 1931, 2pp..........40-60

153. [FILM] Aileen Quinn (b. 1971) American actress. She is best known for having played the title role in the film Annie (1982). TLS postmarked 1983, signed "Aileen" on verso is picture as Annie......25-35

154. [FILM] Ben Lyon (1901-1979) American actor. TLS, 1967, 1p..............25-35

155. [FILM] Ed Begley (1901-1970) Academy Award-winning American actor of theatre, radio, film, and television. Signature, inscribed on slip. VG...........25-35

156. John Anderson [b.1922] Am. politician. TLS & ISP, 2001...........20-30

157. [FILM] Fay Bainter (1893-1968) American film and stage actress. Bainter quickly achieved success, and in 1938 she became the first performer nominated in the same year for both the Academy Award for Best Actress, for White Banners (1938), and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, for Jezebel (1938), winning for the latter. Signed, inscribed 4 x 2-3/4" slip..........30-40

158. MARRINER S. ECCLES (1890-1977) American Banker/Businessman. He was one of the leading banking figures in the Intermountain West during the 1920s, was the First chairman of the Federal Reserve System's Board of Governors between 1934 and 1948, and later became an international businessman. ANS dtd 8/30/73...........20-30

159. HELGA SANDBURG (1916- ) American Author/Poet; Carl Sandburg. SIGNED/inscribed stationary, March 1973, with sentiment........20-30

160. [OPERA] LAURENCE TIBBETT (1896-1960) Am. Opera Star. SIGNATURE/inscribed on album page,1939. On verso is Paramount Actress Jane Gilbert............20-30

161. [THEATRE-FILM] Eric Portman [1901-1969] distinguished English stage and film actor. He is probably best remembered for his roles in several films for Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger during the 1940s. Signed 3-1/2 x 4-1/2 1940s photo. Minor creasing. Signed in dark area so contrast is good...........30-40

162. [NOBEL PRIZE] Arthur L. Schawlow (1921-1999) American physicist. He is best remembered for his work on lasers, for which he was awarded a 1981 Nobel Prize. HIS STATIONERY SIGNED, 1982, inscribed in type to collector..............25-35

163. Floyd Dell [1887-1969] Am. journalist, novelist. In 1908 Dell moved on to Chicago where he became editor of the Friday Literary Review and a leader of the Chicago Renaissance. In his position at FLR, Dell promoted the work of Theodore Dreiser, Sherwood Anderson, Carl Sandburg and other Chicago writers. Relocating to New York in 1913, Dell became managing editor of Max Eastman's radical magazine The Masses, and a leader of the pre-war bohemian community in Greenwich Village. Nice CLIP SIGNATURE.............40-60

164. [ART] Esther [Bensusan] Pissaro [1870-1951] British wood engraver & artist. She was married to Lucien Pissaro [1863-1944] artist and son of the famed artist, Camile Pissaro. ALS, 1923, 1p, concerning a certain work of art that her husband never did, but the recipient of letter would be welcomed if they came to England. Her letters are not common. One mail fold o/w excellent condition................50-75

165. [ENGLAND] John Duke Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge (1820-97), British jurist, eldest son of the jurist Sir John Taylor Coleridge, born in Ottery Saint Mary, and educated at the University of Oxford. He began practicing law in 1846 and was elected to Parliament in 1865. Three years later he was appointed solicitor general and in 1871 became attorney general. He was appointed chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas in 1873, was raised to the peerage in 1874, and was chief justice of the Court of the Queen's Bench from 1880 to 1894. ANS, 1872......20-30

166. [SCIENCE] Thomas Wright (1711-1786) English astronomer, mathematician, instrument maker, architect and garden designer. Wright is best known for his publication An original theory or new hypothesis of the universe (1750), in which he explains the appearance of the Milky Way as "an optical effect due to our immersion in what locally approximates to a flat layer of stars." This idea was taken up and elaborated by Immanuel Kant in his Universal Natural History and Theory of Heaven. CLIP SIGNATURE mounted...........50-75

167. US Senators - 10 TLSs, 1960-1962, all to Vernon Talbertt: McNamara [MI], Long [HI], McClellan [Ark], McGee [WY], Miller [IA], Morse [OR], Moss [UT], Pastore [RI], Prouty [VT], Morton [KY]. All have mounting residue at top & bottom edge. Mostly on verso but with some show-thru.............50-75

168. [NEWSPAPER] New York Tribune, 1858. On page 6 are two articles of interest: The Coolies in Cuba - A Dutch ship arrives with 489 coolies having lost 127 from disease - Another ship arrived with 368 coolies, 210 perished during the passage. Also - President Buchanan in Lancaster, A letter, The razors which you sent me are the best, they have become dull - will you please put them in good order, signed in type JAMES BUCHANAN [The President has a tough beard]. VG..............Min. Bid $30

169. [NEWSPAPER] New York Tribune, 1856. On page 6 - Conquest of America-Liberation of Slaves. There are now 3,000,000 human beings being held in bondage in the United States. Mothers who destroy their children to save them from bondage. Men are burned in public. Children torn from their mothers bosom. VG..........Min. Bid $25

170. [NEWSPAPER] New York Tribune, 1852. On page 5 - article about the funeral of Daniel Webster. VG.......Min. Bid $25

171. [NEWSPAPER] New York Tribune, 1852. On page 5 - article about the funeral of Daniel Webster being postponed. Describes the burial case [coffin]. VG.......Min. Bid $25

172. Paul Zwig (1935-1984) Pulitzer Prize winning poet. Signed typescript of his poem THE FAILURE OF NARCISSUS, 1p. VG................Min. Bid $10

173. [MUSIC] Jack Beeson (b. 1921) American composer. He is known particularly for his operas, the best known of which are Lizzie Borden, Hello Out There! andThe Sweet Bye and Bye. Beeson studied privately with Béla Bartók. SIGNATURE/INSCRIBED with sentiment, 2000.............20-30

174. [FRANCE] Paul Ginisty (1855-1932 ) French writer, journalist. Regular columnist for the magazine Gil Blas. Two ALSs, neither has date year, 1-page & 2-pages. Speaks of "Crime & Punishment". Both VG...........75-100

175. [FRANCE] Émile Auguste Étienne Martin Deschanel (1819-1904) French author and politician, the father of Paul Deschanel, the 11th President of the French Republic. His works include: Études sur Aristophane (1867), Le Romantisme des classiques (1882), and the controversial Catholicisme et socialisme (1850). As a result, Napoleon III forced him into exile between 1851 and 1859. He later became a professor at the Collège de France and in 1881 became a lifetime member of the French senate. A street bearing his name is located in Paris's VIIe arrondissement bordering the Champs de Mars. ALS, 1869, 2pp, 5-1/4 x 8". Not translated. One soiled corner.........50-75

176. James Truslow Adams [1878-1949] American writer. TLS, 1941, 1p, recommendation for his wife's cousin's daughter. Quite lengthy.........40-60

177. Hezekiah Butterworth [1839-1905] American writer of books for young people, and a poet. Signed quote of Don Jose de San Martin, the great Spanish General. Written in Spanish with English translation on verso [in another hand]...........35-45

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178. Ira McL. Barton - Union Lt. Col. from New Hampshire. Document Signed, Pine Bluff, Ark., Dec. 31, 1867, 1p, 8-1/2 x 14 in. For wood purchased for 28th NH Infantry. Folds o/w very fresh condition.............50-75

179. [ART] Stepan Dmitrievich Erzia (Nefyodov) (1876 - 1959) was a Mordvin sculptor who lived in Russia and Argentina. Erzia chose his pseudonym after the native ethnic group, the Erzya Mordvins. Stepan became an apprentice of various icon-painting studios. In 1893-1897 he lived in Kazan, previously at the joiner's shop, later he worked at P. A. Kovalinski's icon-painting studio in Kazan. That time Erzia decorated churches in the various cities and villages of the Volga area and attended Kazan Art School. In 1902-1906 he studied at Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. In 1906-1914 he lived in Italy and France. He took part in the exhibitions in Venice and Milan in 1909, in Paris in 1912. In 1914 he returned to Russia and in 1918 he moved to Yekaterinburg where he created his monumental works of art. In 1921 he moved to Novorossiysk, then to Batumi. Living there, he created portraits of Lenin, Marx and Engels, many cultural workers of Georgia. In 1923 he lived in Baku, where he created in monumental genre. In 1926 the Soviet government made a decision to send Stepan Erzia abroad "to spread the knowledge of the Soviet art". He came to Paris again and his one-man shows received positive response in the Western press. In 1927-1950 he worked in Buenos Aires, creating portraits there of Lenin, Moses, Tolstoy, and Beethoven. In 1950 he returned to the Soviet Union. In 1957 he was decorated with the Order of the Red Banner of Labour. Stepan Erzya died in 1959 in Moscow and was buried in Saransk, the capital of Mordovia. Offered here is a rare pre-printed card, signed in ink, Paris, postmarked [1910 or 1911?]. VG...........75-100

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180. [SPAIN] Juan Antonio Llorente (1756-1823) Spanish historian. He studied at the University of Zaragoza, and, having been ordained priest, became vicar-general to the bishop of Calahorra in 1782. In 1785, he became commissary of the Holy Office (Inquisition) at Logroño and, in 1789, its general secretary at Madrid. In the crisis of 1808, Llorente identified himself with the Bonaparte regime and was engaged for a few years in superintending the execution of the decree for the suppression of the monastic orders, in examining the archives of the Spanish Inquisition and in arguing for the submission of the Spanish church to the Bonaparte monarch. His 1810 project for a division of Spain in prefectures and subprefectures (under the French revolutionary inspiration) was never brought into practice because of the war. On the return of King Ferdinand VII to Spain in 1814, he retreated to France, where he published his great work, Histoire critique de l'Inquisition espagnole (Paris, 1817-1818). Translated into English, German, Dutch and Italian, it attracted much attention in Europe and involved its author in considerable persecution. After the coup of Rafael de Riego (1820), he supported the new Liberal government. The discovery of his Carbonarian activities and the publication of his Portraits politiques des papes in 1822 culminated in a peremptory order to leave France. Both the personal character and the literary accuracy of Llorente have been assailed, but, although he was not an exact historian, there is no doubt that he made an honest use of documents relating to the Inquisition which are no longer extant. ALS, Paris, 1822, 1p. In French - not translated. Fine..........100-150

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181. [FRANCE] Alfred de Tarde [1880-1925] Right wing economist. ALS, no yr., 4 full pages. To a graphologist about his articles on graphology. Tarde was an Anti-Dreyfus. Could letter refer to the writings of Dreyfus proving he was a spy - but they were forged??? ..............75-100

182 [FRANCE] Jeanne Galzy [1883-1977] Fr. novelist. ALS, 1915, 1p., congratulating Robert Kemp on his nomination to the French Academy. VG..........60-80

183. [ART] Bernie Fuchs [b.1932] Am. illustrator. Signature in pencil............20-30

184. [THEATRE] Tom Ewell (1909-1994) American actor. TLS, 1957, to Theatre Guild approving cast of a show............40-60

185. [THEATRE] Benoît-Constant Coquelin (1841-1909), known as Coquelin aîné ("Coquelin the Eldest"), was a French actor, "one of the greatest theatrical figures of the age." Signed card dated 28 Dec. 88. Approx. 3-1/2 x 2-1/4". Fine................40-60

186. Heneage Finch, 4th Earl of Aylesford (1751- 1812) son of Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Aylesford, was a British peer. From 1757 until his accession in 1777, he was styled Lord Guernsey. He was an artist of some repute. Eleven of his paintings, part of the Oppe Collection, are held on behalf of the National Museum by the Tate Gallery. CLIP SIGNATURE [toned/mounted]........20-30

187. [FILM] Eddie Foy Jr. (1905-1983) American character actor. Signed & inscribed 5x7 photo. VG..........25-35

188. [FILM] Jean Hersholt (1886-1956) was a Danish actor who lived in the United States where he was a leading film and radio talent, best known for his 17 years starring on radio in Dr. Christian and for playing Shirley Temple's grandfather in Heidi. He appeared in 140 films and directed four. In his honor the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award was named by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. TLS, 1943, 1p. Re: Motion Picture Country House. VG.............40-60

189. Zbigniew Brzezinski (b. 1928, Warsaw, Poland) Polish-American political scientist, geostrategist, and statesman who served as United States National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981. SIGNED/inscribed 10x8 color photo.............25-35

MILK AND HONEY

190. [THEATRE] Signed theatre program from "Milk and Honey", date unknown. Signed inside by their pictures by Mimi Benzell [1924-1970] and Molly Picon [1898-1992]. 19 pages, 9 x 12 in. VG.............40-60

191. [TV] Linda Evans (b.1942) American actress known primarily for her roles on television. She rose to fame playing Audra Barkley, the daughter of Barbara Stanwyck's Victoria Barkley, on the 1960s Western TV series, The Big Valley (1965 -1969). Evans' most prominent role was that of longsuffering heroine Krystle Carrington on the 1980s ABC prime time television soap opera Dynasty, a role she played from 1981 to 1989. SIGNED, INSCRIBED 5x7 photo. VG...........20-30

192. [THEATRE] Victor Mapes (1870-1943) American playwright. Brief ALS, 1907, 1p. VG.......25-35

193. Lowell Thomas [1892-1981] Am. writer/broadcaster. Clip signature.........20-30

194. Peter Benchley [1940-2006] author "JAWS". ANS ON 3X5 CARD.....25-35

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

196. [ART] Ignaz Michael Marcel Gaugengigl (1853-1932) German-American painter and engraver who worked primarily in the United States. He specialized in portraits and historical paintings. He was known as the "Meissonier of Boston", because of his many portraits of the "Boston Brahmins" and their families, and was one of the founders of the Guild of Boston Artists. Most of his works are in private collections. Signature on 3.5 x 2.5" slip. Fine example.........25-53

197. [THEATRE] E.L. Davenport (1816-1877) American actor. Born in Boston, he made his first appearance on the stage in Providence, Rhode Island in support of Junius Brutus Booth. Afterwards he went to England, where he supported Mrs. Anna Cora Mowatt (Ritchie) (1819 -1870), William Charles Macready and others. In 1854 he was again in the United States, appearing in Shakespearian plays and in dramatizations of Dickens's novels. As Bill Sikes he was especially successful, and his Sir Giles Overreach, a role he played at Daly's Fifth Avenue Theatre in 1869, and Brutus were also greatly admired. Signature on 4-1/4 x 2-1/2. Superb example...........25-35

198. [ENGLAND] William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland PC (Ire), FRS (1745-1814) British statesman and diplomat. In 1771 Auckland published Principles of Penal Law, and soon became a recognized authority on commercial and economic questions. In 1778 he carried an Act for the improvement of the treatment of prisoners, and accompanied the Earl of Carlisle as a commissioner to North America on an unsuccessful mission to settle certain disputes with certain colonists there. SIGNED address panel postmarked 1813...........25-35

199. [FILM] Susanna Foster [1924-2009] American film actress best known for her leading role as Christine. Signed, inscribed color 10x8 movie still photo. VG..........25-35

200. [NOBEL] Frederick C. Robbins (1916-2003) American pediatrician and virologist. He received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1954 along with John Franklin Enders and Thomas Huckle Weller. The award was for his breakthrough work in isolation and growth of the polio virus, paving the way for vaccines developed by Albert Sabin, Jonas Salk. Signed 1967 Air Mail FDC honoring JFK. Also signed by Alice Robbins, his wife. Fine.........40-60

201. Carlos P. Romulo [1899-1985] Filipino diplomat. He had served with General Douglas MacArthur in the Pacific, was Ambassador to the United States, and became the first Asian to win the Pulitzer Prize in Correspondence in 1942. Signature card as Ambassador. VG..........25-35

202. [FILM] Shannon Day (1896 - 1977) (born, Sylvia Day)[1] was an American silent film actress who appeared in supporting parts in numerous productions. She also performed on the Broadway stage as a teenager. Her career did not survive the sound era. Her first film was Cecil B. DeMille's Forbidden Fruit. Signed card, approx. 3-1/2 x 2-1/4", with envelope, 1921..............20-30

203. PETER Y. CUTLER (1820-1869) Wall-street lawyer, who was found dead in his room at the Pacific Hotel, under circumstances that led to the supposition that he had committed suicide. Post war he was a defender of Jefferson Davis. ALS, 1859, 2pp. VG........50-75

204. Melbourne [1779-1848] Prime Minister of Great Britain. Clip Signature.......50-75

205 Gladys Hasty Carroll [1904-1999] American novelist. Slip containing 2 of her signatures [could be separated]..........40-60

206. Irving Bacheller [1859-1950] American writer. Brief AQS.......40-60

207. Philip Berrigan (1923-2002) was an internationally renowned American peace activist, Christian anarchist and former Roman Catholic priest. Along with his brother Daniel Berrigan, he was for a time on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list for acts of vandalism including destruction of government property. Signature, inscribed on 3x5 card........20-30

208. [FRANCE] J. A. Coulangheon [1875-1904] French, author, poet. His output was small, as he died young. Rare signature............50-75

209. [MUSIC] DELLA REESE (1932- ) American Singer/Actress. SIGNED Document - A contract for her to appear on the Rosey Grier Show, for $57.00.........................40-60

210. [FILM - MUSIC] Nelson Eddy [1901-1967] American singer and actor who appeared in 19 musical films during the 1930s and 1940s, as well as in opera and on the concert stage, radio, television, and in nightclubs. Signature on 3 x 2-3/4" slip.............40-60

211. Louise Gluck (b. 1943) American poet. TLS, 2002, to Robert Allen Jr. VG........25-35

212. [TV] Robert Horton (b. 1924), American television actor, was most noted for the role of Flint McCullough in the TV series Wagon Train (1957-1962). ANS, 1991, on back of postcard picturing him......20-30

213. Lewis B. Hershey [1893-1977] Am. general. Signed card.........20-30

214. [THEATRE] Harriett Vernon [1851-1923] British actress. Clip signature.........20-30

215. Jack Mulhall [1887-1979] actor; in 430 films. Sig/inscribed......15-20

216. [OPERA] Jarmila Novotna (1907-1994) celebrated Czech soprano, from 1940 to 1956, a star of the Metropolitan Opera. She appeared in several films, including Max Ophüls's 1932 version of The Bartered Bride. In 1948, she won acclaim for playing the non-singing role of a young mother looking for her son after being a prisoner at Auschwitz, in The Search, starring Montgomery Clift. SIGNED, inscribed 4x6 photo, she dates 1993. Superb shot of her holding a rose to her chin as a young woman. VG............50-75

217. Edgar A. Guest (1881-1959) was a prolific English-born American poet who was popular in the first half of the 20th century and became known as the People's Poet. TLS, 1958, 1p, sending appreciation for a Christmas greeting he had received. Fine............50-75

218. [OPERA] Frederica von Stade (b.1945), American mezzo-soprano. She made her debut with the Metropolitan Opera in 1970 and in 1971 appeared as Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro at the Santa Fe Opera. "It was two of the newcomers who left the audience dazzled: Frederica von Stade as Cherubino and Kiri Te Kanawa as the Countess. Everyone knew at once that these were brilliant finds. History has confirmed that first impression. SIGNED & INSCRIBED 10 x 8 photo. VG............25-35

219. [OPERA] DAME JOSEJPHINE BARSTOW (1940- ) British Soprano. A most powerful and intense singing actress. She created the role of Denise in The Knot Garden, Gayle in The Ice Break and many other roles. She is a great interpreter of contemporary roles, appeared in films. SIGNED 3x5 photograph..............25-35

220. [OPERA] Dame EDITH COATES (1908-1983) British Mezzo Soprano - A most successful career at the Old Vic, Sadler Wells, covent Garden. She was fortunate to have a long caeer. She was an impressive singing-actress. She created the role Auntie in Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes, Bardeau, in Sir Arthur Bliss' The Olympians, and other great roles in Gloriana and The Parlour. TLS dtd 1/12/81 ...................35-45

221. Edmund Muskie (1914-1996) Governor of Maine from 1955 to 1959, as a member of the United States Senate from 1959 to 1980, and as Secretary of State under Jimmy Carter from 1980 to 1981. Muskie was the Democratic nominee for Vice President in the 1968 presidential election, and was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President in 1972. Signed color photo of Lincoln statue, signed in person at Bates College in Maine. Condition: the 2 white lines above Lincoln's head are not in the photo [scanner problem]; white speck below his knee is flaw, and also finger print near bottom are also flaws. Still a nice example..........40-60

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222. [OPERA] Jarmila Novotna (1907-1994) Czech Opera . ALS, 1981...........35-45

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

224. Edmund Blunden, MC [1896-1974] English poet, author and critic. Like his friend Siegfried Sassoon, he wrote of his experiences in World War I in both verse and prose. For most of his career, Blunden was also a reviewer for English publications and an academic in Tokyo and later Hong Kong. He ended his career as Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford. Signed in ink limited edition page [proof page] from the "hand-set edition of Near & Far," 6-1/4 x 9-1/2". Fine...........30-40

225. Harold Stirling Vanderbilt (1884-1970 ) Son of William Kissam Vanderbilt. Associated with New York Central management and managed family interests for many years. Turned to sports in later years and was namesake of 'Vanderbilt Cup.' His signature on 5x3 slip. Top portion of slip has oil stain that shows but does not touch signature. .....25-35

225A. Cornelius Vanderbilt II (1843-1899) American socialite, heir, businessman, and a member of the prominent United States Vanderbilt family. He was the favorite grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt, who left him $5 million, and the eldest son of William Henry Vanderbilt, who left him close to $70 million. In his turn he succeeded them as head of the New York Central and related railroad lines in 1885. Signature on 4-3/4 x 2-1/4" slip. Different col9or inl "Yours respectfully" above signature. Faint fold line; slightly soiled...........50-75

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

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

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

229. [NOBEL PRIZE] ILYA PRIGOGINE (1917-2003) Belgian Chemist - is best known for extending the second law of thermodynamics to systems that are far from equilibrium, and demonstrating that new forms of ordered structures could exist under such conditions. He called these 'dissipative structures' because they cannot exist independently of their environment. According to the second law of thermodynamics, ordered systems disintegrate into disordered ones. However, showed that the formation of dissipative structures allows order to be created from disorder in non-equilibrium systems. These structures have since been used to describe phenomena such as the growth of cities and the physics of car traffic. Awarded 1977 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. SIGNED 3-1/2 x 5 color photograph...............35-45

230. US Senators - 5 TLSs, 1960-1962, all to Vernon Talbertt: Homer E. Capehart [Ind]; John Marshall Butler [Md]; Wallace F. Bennett [Ut]; Quentin N. Burdick [ND]; Styles Bridges [NH]...........35-45

231. Ted Key (1912- 2008) Am. cartoonist,best known as the creator of the comic strip Hazel. Large signature. 3 mail folds.................20-30

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

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

234. [MUSIC] JEFF VON DER SCHMIDT is Conductor and Founding Artistic Director of Southwest Chamber Music. A two-time Grammy Award-winning conductor, he has led numerous performances of standard 20th century composers as well as world and local premieres of new work. Mr. von der Schmidt has received six Grammy nominations, including consecutive 2003 and 2004 Grammy Awards as conductor for the Complete Chamber Music of Carlos Chávez Volumes and 2. His performance was nominated for Best Classical Album in 2005 for the Complete Chamber Music of Carlos Chávez, Volume 3 by both mainstream and Latin Grammys. Recent projects include leading cultural exchanges at the Vietnam National Academy of Music and the Royal University of Fine Arts in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, featuring Aura, a major new composition by Grawemeyer Award-winning composer Chinary Ung; and a complete cycle of the chamber music of Carlos Chávez with Southwest Chamber Music and the Tambuco Percussion Ensemble at the UNAM Center in Mexico City in May 2007. His successful 2003 performance at the Library of Congress, with soprano Phyllis Bryn-Julson in Richard Felciano’s An American Decameron, was greeted with a standing ovation. He has led cycles of the Los Angeles works of Arnold Schoenberg at Cooper Union in New York City and at the Arnold Schoenberg Center in Vienna, where Southwest Chamber Music was the first American ensemble to perform at the Center since its relocation from the University of Southern California. Signed [endorsed on verso] 1984 Warner Bros. pay check. VG..............25-35

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235. [FRANCE] Paul Bastid (1892-1974) French lawyer and politician. Attached to the Radical Party, he was a member of the Cantal, Minister of Commerce under the Popular Front and representing radicals National Council of the Resistance, before heading L'Aurore. Trained as a lawyer, member of the Radical Party, he was elected MP Cantal in 1924, reelected in 1928, 1932 and 1936. He then became Minister of Trade in the Popular Front government . He takes as his Chief of Staff wife Suzanne Basdevant-Bastid, professor of international law, daughter of lawyer Jules Basdevant , who was President of the International Court of Justice in The Hague. In 1941, the Vichy government dismisses the mandate of General Counsel. Paul Bastid while campaigning in the Resistance and the General Committee of studies (CGE), was formed in 1942 in Lyon, at his home. In 1943, he is the representative of the radical party in the National Council of Resistance and writes articles for the underground press. ALS, 1955, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8-1/4 in. VG............100-150

236. Benjamin Altman (1840–1913) American businessman who in 1865 founded B. Altman & Co., opening a store on Third Avenue and 10th Street in NYC. In 1906, he moved the business to Fifth Avenue and 34th Street. Benjamin Altman died without heirs. Shortly before the death, he founded the Altman Foundation. Until 1985, it owned B. Altman & Co., which latter closed the last store in 1990. Altman was an avid collector of Rembrandt paintings and china, much of which he acquired through art dealer Joseph Duveen. Upon his death, he donated the collection to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Signed Chemical National Bank check, 1906. VG.................80-120

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

244. [NOBEL] Rosalyn S. Yalow (b. 1921) is an American medical physicist, and a co-winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her development of the radioimmunoassay (RIA) technique. SIGNED/INSCRIBED 3x5 card..........20-30

245. Erma Bombeck (1927-1996) American humorist who achieved great popularity for a newspaper column that depicted suburban home life in the second half of the 20th century. Nice SIGNATURE..........20-30

246. [MUSIC] WILLY EICKEMEYER [1879-1925] German composer & pianist. CLIP SIGNATURE........20-30

247. [MUSIC] Irving Caesar (1895-1996) American lyricist and theater composer who wrote lyrics for numerous song standards including "Swanee," "Sometimes I'm Happy," "Crazy Rhythm," and "Tea for Two," one of the most frequently recorded tunes ever written. He was born and died in New York. In 1972 he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. ANS on his memo paper, 4 x 5.5 in. Fine...........75-100

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

255. [MUSIC] Carl Ehrenberg (1878-1962) German composer. TLS, 1937, 1p. In German. VG.............30-40

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

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

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

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

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

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

262. [NOBEL PRIZE] David M. Lee (b. 1931) physicist whose work on low-temperature helium-3 won him the Nobel Prize in 1996. Signed 3-1/2 x 5 in. photo...........35-45

263. [THEATRE] Henri Lavedan [1859-1940] Fr. dramatist. AQS on card from "le Duel.".........25-35

264. [FILM] Esther Ralston (1902-1994) American movie actress whose greatest popularity came during the silent era. ALS, 1981, 1p...........35-45

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

274. [NOBEL PRIZE] BARUJ BENACERRAF - American Pathologist. 1980 Nobel Prize for Medicine for his exploration of the genetic regulation of the body's immune response. It showed that so called H antigens (histocompatibility antigens) determine the interaction of the multitude of different cells responsible for the body's immunological reactions - including the combat of infections and rejection of foreign matter. SIGNED/inscribed stationary with sentiment.........25-35

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

288. [VERMONT] George D. Aiken (1892-1984) American politician from Vermont. A Republican Party, he served as governor of Vermont from 1937 to 1941 and as a U.S. Senator from 1941 to 1975. At the time of his retirement, Aiken was the most senior member of the Senate. SIGNED postcard photo, dated Dec. 10, 1941 on verso. VG........25-35

289. Roger Ward Babson (1875-1967) remembered today largely for founding Babson College in Massachusetts. TLS, 1958, 1p.........25-35

290. [BALLET] Dame Beryl Grey (b. 1927) British ballet dancer. ALS, 1982, 2pp. PLUS signed & inscribed 3.5 x 5.5 in. photo.........35-45

291. ROBERT L. SHAPIRO - noted defense attorney. ISP, 8x10................20-30

292. JONATHAN DANIELS - Press Sec. to FDR. TLS, 1977.........................20-30

293. LLOYD K. GARRISON - Pres. National Urban League. Short ALS, 1973.......20-30

294. [TV] FRED de CORDOVA (1910-2001) American Director/Producer - He started his career as a director in the 1940s, directing B-movies including Here Come the Nelsons, with Ozzie, Harriet and sons, and Bedtime for Bonzo, with Ronald Reagan. But during the television boom in the '50s and '60s, he began directing and producing television programs, including My Three Sons and variety shows with Jack Benny, George Gobel, Burns and Allen, and the Smothers Brothers. Mr. De Cordova began producing The Tonight Show in 1970, eight years after Carson became the show's star, and became executive producer in 1984. ANS dtd 3/6/89.........25-35

295. [FRENCH THEATRE] MARC CAMOLETTI - playwright. Signed 1970 contract for L'AMOUR-PROPRE, also signed by the Belgian director Lucien Declercq. VG. ..........40-60

296. [FRANCE] Pierre François Léonard Fontaine (1762-1853) neoclassical French architect, interior decorator and designer, who worked in such close partnership with Charles Percier, originally his friend from student days. Starting from 1794, it is fruitless to disentangle artistic responsibilities in their work. Together, Percier and Fontaine were inventors and major proponents of the rich and grand, consciously archaeological versions of neoclassicism we recognize as Directoire style and Empire style: see Charles Percier. ALS, 1801 [STAMPLESS COVER], 1p, approx. 6-1/4 x 8 in. About General Bernard. Seal removal has caused loss of paper on both sides affecting a few words............100-150

297. [FRANCE] Simon GANTILLON - FR. author. ALS, 1947, 1p. PLUS unsigned telegram re: his play MAYA [1927]. Not translated............50-75

298. HEDLEY DONOVAN (1914-1990) American Editor - He was Henry R. Luce's handpicked successor for all of TIME INC. From 1965 till 1979 He is best remembered for toning down their polemical coverage particularly of foreign affairs. After he left time, he spent a very disappointing year as top advisor to Pres. Jimmy Carter. SIGNED 8x/10 portrait photograph..................25-35

299. [MUSIC] Juan Bautista Plaza Alfonso (1898-1965) was a classical composer. He began studies in medicine at the Central University of Venezuela but, with time, left in order to dedicate himself to music. His first teacher was Jesus Maria Suárez. He studied in Rome from 1920 and 1923 and obtained the title of professor of sagrada (sacred) composition. After his return to Venezuela he was named Master of Chapel at Caracas Cathedral and carried out this position until the year 1948. In the Caracas Superior Music School he taught music history and appreciation to composer Antonio Lauro and singer Morella Muñoz. A Note Signed, Bogata, 1964. Approx. 4 x 4". VG..........30-40

300. [FRANCE] CHARLES MERE [b. 1883] Fr. writer & President of Author's Guild. ANS, 1937 plus signed 2 page contract & ANS written on TLS, 1943, by A. Leclair. # pieces, all in French. VG.........60-80

301. [FRANCE] Charles MERE [b. 1883] Fr. author & playwright. Two TLSs sent to him on which he pens ANSs, 1931 & 1943. VG.....................60-80

302. [NOBEL PRIZE] FREDERICK C. ROBBINS (1916-2003) American Physiologist -He shared the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with John F. Enders, Ph.D., and Thomas H. Weller, M.D., for discovering a method of growing poliovirus in a test tube; up until that time, the virus had to be studied in monkeys, which were expensive to use and difficult to handle. Their achievement resulted in the development of effective poliomyelitis vaccines and also paved the way for the ultimately successful development of vaccines for other major scourges of childhood, particularly measles and German measles, a major cause of birth defects. ANS on 3x5 card........................20-30

303. (FRANCE) CH. FOLEY [1861-?] Fr. author of novels and plays. Two ALSs, 1909, 1p. each. 4 x 6. Not translated.........50-75

304. [ARCHEOLOGIST] Louis-Georges-Alfred de Martonne [b.1820] French archeologist and man-of-letters. ALS, Paris, 1872, 1p Speaks about his work on biography and his mentor Philarete Chasles [1798-1873] the French scholar and writer. Not translated. Fine..........50-75

305. [ARCHEOLOGIST] Bernard-Jacques-Joseph Maximilien de Ring [1799-1873] French archeologist. ALS, 1852, 2pp, speaks about articles in La Revue Contemporaire.......50-75

306. [NOBEL] Charles H. Townes (b.1915) American Nobel Prize-winning physicist. Signed 1963 FDC honoring Academy of Sciences. Clean but with very faint paperclip stain top edge [not bad at all]..........25-35

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

See Joseph Howard autograph

308. Evelyn Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, GCVO, JP, LLD (1870-1960) was born Lady Evelyn Emily Mary FitzMaurice, the daughter of Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne and his wife, Maud. Evelyn was married on 30 July 1892 to Victor Cavendish, who succeeded his uncle as 9th Duke of Devonshire in 1908, whereupon Evelyn became Duchess of Devonshire. She was Mistress of the Robes to Queen Mary from 1910 to 1916, and again from 1921 to 1953. Signed vintage postcard photo. VG..............30-40

See her portrait

309. JOHN D. deBUTTS (1910-?) American Businessman/CEO. He became CEO of AT&T in 1972. He was one of the first executives to offer gay & lesbian employees benefits to its employees. Also was in charge when the US Government broke up AT&T. ALS dtd 12/16/82.........................25-35

310. [LITERATURE] Sir Hall Caine [1853-1931]. English novelist. Secretary to Dante G. Rossetti (1881-82). Author of Shadow of a Crime (1885), Son of Hagar (1886), The Deemster (1887), The Bondman (1890), The Manxman (1894), The Christian (1897), Eternal City (1901), Prodigal Son (1904), The Woman Thou Gavest Me (1913), The Master of Man (1921), and Life of Christ (1938). Signed card.........25-35

311. [FILM] Samantha Eggar [b. 1939] English actress. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.....25-35

312. [Film] JOHN AGAR (1921-2002) Am. He appeared in some sixty motion pictures and some one hundred television shows. First husband of Shirley Temple. Onscreen in 1948 in such films as Fort Apache, Sands of Iwo Jima, She Wore A Yellow Ribbon, Along the Great Divide, Big Jake, others. ALS, no date...............25-35

313. [RELIGION] ROBERT LAIRD COLLIER [1837-1890] He was originally an itinerant Methodist preacher, united with the Unitarian church in 1866, was pastor of large churches in Chicago and Boston, and at the same time became a popular lecturer and writer of magazine articles. His principal published works are "Every-Day Subjects in Sunday Sermons" (Boston, 1869)'" Meditations on the Essence of Christianity" (1876); and "English Home Life" (1885). ALS, 1869, 1p............50-75

Early Texas Figure

314. WILLIAM WHITTY HALL (1810-1876) physician and pioneer editor of health magazines, was born in Paris, Kentucky. After graduating from Centre College, Danville, Kentucky, with the intention of becoming a Presbyterian missionary, he studied theology and medicine at Transylvania University, where he received an M.D. in 1836, the same year he was ordained to the ministry. Intending to support himself as a missionary through his medical practice, he began work in Louisiana. But he subsequently came to Texas, met Sam Houston near Nacogdoches, and rode with him to the first presidential inauguration in Texas. Hall preached in Houston and the surrounding area and served as chaplain in both houses of the Texas Congress. He helped collect funds to build a Presbyterian church in Houston and was active in organizing an ecclesiastical vigilance committee to prevent imposters from posing as ministers. In 1837 Hall left the Republic in time to attend the Synod of Kentucky, which convened in October. There he urged the Presbvterian Church to become involved in missionary work in Texas. The General Assembly of the church adopted his recommendation in 1838. Hall gradually abandoned preaching for the practice of medicine and went first to New Orleans, then to Cincinnati, where he married Hannah Matlock. In 1851 he established a consultation practice in New York City, where he married Magdalene Matilda Robertson. While in Cincinnati, he had published several books on consumption and other lung ailments. In New York in 1854 he began the publication of Hall's Joumal of Health. In 1875 he started another periodical, Hall's Medical Adviser. Never weighing more than 125 pounds and working from five in the moming until ten at night, a violation of his own health rules, Hall fell in a fit on a street in New York and died aimost immediately on May 10, 1876. ALS, 2pp, dated June 30, 1857 giving health advice. VG..........100-150

315. George Ball (1909-1994) American diplomat. He was the Under Secretary of State for Economic and Agricultural Affairs in the administrations of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He is well known for his opposition to escalation in the Vietnam War. Ball also served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from June 26 to September 25, 1968. During the Nixon Administration, George Ball helped draft American policy proposals in the Persian Gulf. SIGNED & INSCRIBED 5 x 7 photo. VG...............25-35

316. [CINEMA] CARA WILLIAMS (BARRYMORE) (1925- ) American Actress - At 17, Williams was signed to a 20th Century Fox contract, but few of her subsequent film roles were large enough to attract notice. Her fortunes improved when she replaced Judy Holliday in the Broadway production of Born Yesterday (1950); thereafter, her film and TV roles increased in size and prominence. She was nominated for an Academy Award for her portrayal of a sex-starved farm woman in The Defiant Ones (1958). By virtue of her flaming red hair and acute comic timing, Williams was touted as "the new Lucille Ball" on the CBS sitcoms Pete and Gladys (1961) and The Cara Williams Show (1964). She was married to John Barrymore, Jr. and had a son. SIGNED/inscribed 8x10 photograph with sentiment . DIFFERENT POSE FROM ABOVE...............20-30

317. [NOBEL PRIZE] GEORGE OLAH (1927- ) Hungarian b. Chemist. He was awarded the chemistry prize in 1994 for illuminating basic chemical reactions that had never before been observed, and also for showing that carbon itself, the backbone of organic chemistry, could be cajoled into behaving in ways that scientists had not believed possible. SIGNED 4x6 photograph..........35-45

318. Kate Field (1838-1896) American journalist, lecturer, and actress, of eccentric talent. ALS, Feb. 22, no yr, 2pp. From Shoreham Hotel in NYC. Sends payment for tickets received and discussing distributing others, etc...........40-60

319. [ACTRESS] FLORENCE STANLEY (1924-2003) American Actress. She launched her career on Broadway and was a regular on television shows including "Barney Miller," She appeared on Broadway in "Fiddler on The Roof," "The Prisoner of Second Avenue" and was in the Manhattan Theater Club's "What's Wrong with This Picture?" before heading to Hollywood. Her TV appearances include Judge Margaret Wilbur on "My Two Dads" and Bernice Fish on "Barney Miller," as well as numerous guest roles on shows including "Dharma & Greg" in 2002. SIGNED/inscribed 8x10 photograph with sentiment.................20-30

320. Ted Key (1912-2008)American cartoonist and writer. He is best known as the creator of the cartoon series Hazel. ANS, no date........25-35

321. [FRANCE] Ernest Menault (1830-1903) French author and zoologist. He wrote, principally Les Insectes nuisibles à l' Agriculture et à la Viticulture, L'intelligence des animaux and L'amour maternel chez les animaux. ALS, 1867, 1-1/2 pp. VG..........50-75

322. [THEATRE] Ernest Blum (1836-1907) French dramatist. Brief ALS, no date, 1p.......50-75

323. [NOBEL PRIZE] Arthur L. Schawlow (1921-1999) American physicist. He is best remembered for his work on lasers, for which he was awarded a 1981 Nobel Prize. HIS STATIONERY SIGNED, 1982, inscribed in type to collector..............25-35

324. John Cameron Swayze [1906-1995] popular news commentator. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.........35-45

325. [FILM & TV] Macdonald Carey [1913-1994] American actor. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG........40-60

326. [FILM] Bea Lillie [1894-1989] actress and comedic performer. Following her 1920 marriage to Sir Robert Peel in England, she was known in private life as Lady Peel. Signed 3x5 card..........25-35

327. [THEATRE] Henry de GORSSE [1868-1936] Fr. dramatist. ALS, no date, 1p. Speaks about his play. Not translated. Fine................40-60

328. Don Hewitt (1922-2009) American television news producer and executive, best known for creating 60 Minutes, the CBS television news magazine in 1968, which at the time of his death, was the longest-running prime-time broadcast on American television. Under Hewitt's leadership, 60 Minutes was the only news program ever rated the nation's top-ranked television program, an achievement it accomplished five times. He also produced the first televised presidential debate in the 1960. Signed, inscribed color 8x10 photo. VG...........40-60

329. [LOUISIANA] ELAINE S. EDWARDS - American Politician/ First Lady of Louisiana - a Senator from Louisiana; appointed to the United States Senate by her much controversial husband, Governor Edwin W. Edwards, August 1, 1972, as a Democrat to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Allen J. Ellender, and servered , until her resignation November 13, 1972. TLS dtd 10/4/72 with SIGNED/inscribed 8x10 portrait dtd 1972 (2 items).................25-35

330. Emily P. Bissell (1861-1948) American social worker and activist, best remembered for introducing Christmas Seals to the United States. Her signature on postcard postmarked 1944. Collector has written in pencil on signed side. Accompanied by 2 FDCs honoring Bissell each Bissell stamps......................50-75

331. [FILM] BETSY BLAIR - English Actress - Most casual film fans know one of two facts about stage and film actress Betsy Blair. (1): She was the first wife of musical comedy star Gene Kelly. (2): She played the homely blind date of Ernest Borgnine in Marty (1955)., in which she was Nominated for an Oscar . After Marty, relocated on the Continent, appearing in such Italian films as The Outcry (1957) and Senilita (1961).Also, has acted in many plays on the English stage. SIGNED/inscribed 3x5 photograph....................20-30

332. [THEATRE] Francesco Dall'Ongaro [1808-1873] Italian writer, poet and dramatist. He was educated for the priesthood, but abandoned his orders, and taking to political journalism founded the Favilla at Trieste in the Liberal interest. In 1848 he enlisted under Garibaldi, and next year was a member of the assembly which proclaimed the republic in Rome. On the downfall of the republic he fled to Switzerland, then to Belgium and later to France, taking a prominent part in revolutionary journalism; it was not till 1860 that he returned to Italy, where he was appointed professor of dramatic literature at Florence. Subsequently he was transferred to Naples, where he died on the in 1873. His patriotic poems, Stornelli, composed in early life, had a great popular success; and he produced a number of plays, notably Fornaretto, Bianca Cappello, Fasma and Il Tesoro. His collected Fantasie drammatiche e liriche were published in his lifetime. Rare ALS, no year, 2pp, 5-1/4 x 8". Not translated. Fine condition...........75-100

Portrait of Dall'Ongaro

333. [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). He was friends with, and important in the diplomatic careers of, Paul Claudel and Saint-John Perse. ALS, nd, 1-1/2 pages. Fine..............80-120

334. [TV] Sid Caesar (1922-2014) Emmy award winning American comic actor and writer known as the leading man on the 1950s television series Your Show of Shows and Caesar's Hour. Signed 3x5 card. Fine.........25-35

335. (FRENCH LITERATURE) PIERRE DESCAVES - 3 to 4 pages of autograph notes unsigned and approx. 36 news clippings on Henri Troyat [French author]. Including a program from "Le Vieux Colombier." Descaves' file on Troyat....................50-75

336. {CABINET] James Wilson (1835-1920) Scotland-born United States politician who served as US Secretary of Agriculture from 1897-1913. SIGNED CARD............20-30

337. [NOBEL PRIZE] Christian B. Anfinsen [1916-95] Signed 1p. bio. sketch.......20-30

338. JOSEPH MITCHELL CHAPPLE (1868-1950) American Author/Newspaperman -He was a most celebrated jounalsit who covered the Spansih-American War, to Spain in the 1930's. He was the author of a book on President Warren G. Harding and was author of numerous articles for over 60 years. ANS dtd 9/29/40............20-30

339. Dr. Julius Yemans Dewey (1801-1877) American doctor of medicine and businessman in the state of Vermont during the 19th century. He was a founder of and later president of the National Life Insurance Company and he personally delivered the remittance for the company's first claim, prompting a public thank-you from the surviving family. One of his sons was USN Admiral of the Navy and hero of the Spanish-American War George Dewey. ALS, 1832, 2pp. Small corner clip affects a word or two...........50-75

340 . [ART] Jacques Onfray de Breville [1858-1931] French artist, illustrator. He was best known under his signature Job. ALS, 1917, 1p, with envelope...........50-75

341. ADLOLFO [b.1933] Cuban-American designer. Signature..........15-20

342. Henry Major Tomlinson [1873-1958] Brit. novelist. Fine signature......15-20

343. [BRITISH] Edmund Blunden, MC (1896-1974) English poet, author and critic. Like his friend Siegfried Sassoon, he wrote of his experiences in World War I in both verse and prose. For most of his career, Blunden was also a reviewer for English publications and an academic in Tokyo and later Hong Kong. He ended his career as Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford. Signed Presentation page from his work "Near & Far." Fine condition.........40-60

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

345. William Rockefeller (1919-1990) American businessman. TLS, 1971, 1p., setting up a meeting with Jackson W. Moore from Nashville. VG......40-60

346. [FILM] Red Buttons (1919-2006} Academy Award-winning American comedian and actor. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG..........30-40

347. [FILM] Jane Withers (b. 1926) American actress best known for being one of the most popular child film stars of the 1930s and early 1940s. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo, showing her as a child star. Signed later in life. VG..........25-35

348. [NOBEL PRIZE] Mairead Maguire (b. 1944) co-founded Women for Peace, which later became the Community for Peace People, in Northern Ireland. She received the Nobel Peace Prize, along with Betty Williams, in 1977 (the prize for 1976) for their efforts. SIGNED 3x5 card dated 7/9/94..........20-30

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

350. [MUSIC] Hans-Werner Janssen [1899-1990] American conductor of classical music, and composer of classical music and film scores. ANS, 1979, on 3x5 card..........25-35

351. JOHN CHARLES DALY (1914-1991) American Broadcaster/Journalist/TV Host - He was a celebrated Reporter and Broadcaster of WW2. His sign off was always: Good night, and have a good tomorrow" - ABC Broadcaster and known to many TV audiences for his hosting of the popular "What's My Line" TV show. SIGNATURE on card......20-30

352. Calvin Klein (b. 1942) American fashion designer who launched the company that would later become Calvin Klein Inc., in 1968. Signed 8x10 photo [youthful image]. Fine.............25-35

Controversial US Senator

353. [OREGON] John H. Mitchell (1835-1905) controversial American lawyer and politician, who served as a Republican United States Senator from Oregon on three occasions between 1872 and 1905. He also served as State Senate President, did the initial legal work involved in the dispute that led to the landmark Supreme Court case of Pennoyer v. Neff, and later was involved with the Oregon land fraud scandal, for which he was indicted and convicted while a sitting U.S. Senator, one of only eleven sitting U.S. Senators ever indicted, and one of only five ever convicted. The town of Mitchell, Oregon, was named after him. Signature.........25-35

354. [ARKANSAS] Stephen Wallace Dorsey (1842- 1916) Senator from Arkansas. Since Dorsey, no Republican has held the Senior Senator seat for Arkansas from that day to the present. Signature........25-35

355. [OPERA] Elizabeth Harwood (1938-1990) English lyric soprano. She enjoyed an operatic career lasting for over two decades and worked with such conductors as Colin Davis and Herbert von Karajan. She was one of the few English singers of her generation to be invited to sing in productions at the Salzburg Festival and La Scala, Milan, as well as at the Metropolitan Opera. ANS, with envelope postmarked 1981. 7x9 in. Mail folds............20-30

See above

356. Melville (Rob. Dundas) [1771-1851] Brit. statesman. Clip Signature.........20-30

357. [THEATRE] Beatrice Herford (1868 -1952) American actress and vaudeville performer born in England. ALS, no date, 1p........20-30

358. [THEATRE] MABEL (Lucy Hackney) IRVING [1873-1914] British actress; married to Laurence Irving, the English dramatist and novelist, and son of Sir Henry Irving. Laurence and Mabel were on a tour of first Australia and then North America from 1912 to 1914. Their biggest success on the tour was Laurence's own play Typhoon which was a topical play set in the time of the Russo-Japanese War, with Laurence playing a Japanese officer. Laurence and Mabel Irving later drowned in the RMS Empress of Ireland disaster on May 29, 1914. Reports in the news accounts of the tragedy say that they got separated and Laurence was in a position of temporary safety, but he knew Mabel could not swim and he jumped back into the St. Lawrence River to rescue her. Their bodies were never found. ALS, not dated, written on both sides. She mentions Laurence. Good content. VG............50-75

359. [MUSIC] George Crumb (b. 1929) American composer of avant-garde music. Signed 5-1/2 x 3-1/4 in. slip plus envelope addressed in his hand, signed in the return address portion. Two signed pieces. VG..........30-40

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360. [DANCE] Antonio Ruiz Soler (1921-1996) Spanish flamenco dancer, choreographer and dance director. During appearances in the United States he danced in Ravel's "Boléro" in New York City and appeared in several Hollywood movies, including "Ziegfeld Girl" (1941), "Hollywood Canteen" (1944) and "Honeymoon" (1947). Signed, inscribed 1983 photo, 5x7 in. Slight creasing top edge which doesn't show much on front..............35-45

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361. [MAINE] John Baldacci (b. 1955) the 73rd Governor of Maine from 2003 to 2011. A Democrat, he also served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003. TLS, 1997, 1 full page, about cutting Medicare................20-30

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362. [MUSIC] William Kraft (b. 1923) American composer. His works have been performed by many major American orchestras as well as those in Europe, Japan, Korea, China, Australia, Israel, and the USSR. Mr. Kraft’s Contextures: Riots – Decade ’60 (1967) has been choreographed and performed by both the Scottish National Ballet and the Minnesota Dance Company. In 1986, United Air Lines commissioned a work expressly to accompany a lumetric sculpture by Michael Hayden titled Sky’s the Limit, for their pedestrian passageway at Chicago-O’Hare International Airport. In November 1990, Mr. Kraft was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Percussive Arts Society. AMQS dated 1983 from his composition "MOMENTUM." 6x4 in. Fine..........50-75

363. [BASEBALL] Rudy York - This is a Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo. Designated M113 or M114 by collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss heavy paper stock. You had to send away for the photos. The bottom center has the players name, the lower left reads "Published by the Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and the lower right reads "Enlarged from an original photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY". From the beginning, the posters offered collectors a chance to obtain high-quality reproductions of photos taken by such legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for the sport of baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the century, through his retirement shortly before World War II. A substantial percentage of the posters issued during that span featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12. Superb condition when compared to the usual found. Often these were trimmed down in size, this one is full size.............Min. Bid $10

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364. [BASEBALL] William Barney McCosky - This is a Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo. Designated M113 or M114 by collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss heavy paper stock. You had to send away for the photos. The bottom center has the players name, the lower left reads "Published by the Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and the lower right reads "Enlarged from an original photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY". From the beginning, the posters offered collectors a chance to obtain high-quality reproductions of photos taken by such legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for the sport of baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the century, through his retirement shortly before World War II. A substantial percentage of the posters issued during that span featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12. Superb condition when compared to the usual found. Often these were trimmed down in size, this one is full size.............Min. Bid $10

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365. [BASEBALL] Cecil Travis - This is a Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo. Designated M113 or M114 by collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss heavy paper stock. You had to send away for the photos. The bottom center has the players name, the lower left reads "Published by the Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and the lower right reads "Enlarged from an original photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY". From the beginning, the posters offered collectors a chance to obtain high-quality reproductions of photos taken by such legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for the sport of baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the century, through his retirement shortly before World War II. A substantial percentage of the posters issued during that span featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12. Superb condition when compared to the usual found. Often these were trimmed down in size, this one is full size............Min. Bid $10

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366. [BASEBALL] Roy Weatherly - This is a Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo. Designated M113 or M114 by collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss heavy paper stock. You had to send away for the photos. The bottom center has the players name, the lower left reads "Published by the Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and the lower right reads "Enlarged from an original photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY". From the beginning, the posters offered collectors a chance to obtain high-quality reproductions of photos taken by such legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for the sport of baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the century, through his retirement shortly before World War II. A substantial percentage of the posters issued during that span featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12. Superb condition when compared to the usual found. Often these were trimmed down in size, this one is full size.............Min. Bid $10

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367. [BASEBALL] Frank McCormick - This is a Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo. Designated M113 or M114 by collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss heavy paper stock. You had to send away for the photos. The bottom center has the players name, the lower left reads "Published by the Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and the lower right reads "Enlarged from an original photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY". From the beginning, the posters offered collectors a chance to obtain high-quality reproductions of photos taken by such legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for the sport of baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the century, through his retirement shortly before World War II. A substantial percentage of the posters issued during that span featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12. Superb condition when compared to the usual found. Often these were trimmed down in size, this one is full size.............Min. Bid $10

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368. [BASEBALL] Terry Moore - This is a Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo. Designated M113 or M114 by collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss heavy paper stock. You had to send away for the photos. The bottom center has the players name, the lower left reads "Published by the Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and the lower right reads "Enlarged from an original photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY". From the beginning, the posters offered collectors a chance to obtain high-quality reproductions of photos taken by such legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for the sport of baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the century, through his retirement shortly before World War II. A substantial percentage of the posters issued during that span featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12. Superb condition when compared to the usual found. Often these were trimmed down in size, this one is full size............Min. Bid $10

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369. [BASEBALL] Tom Henrich - This is a Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo. Designated M113 or M114 by collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss heavy paper stock. You had to send away for the photos. The bottom center has the players name, the lower left reads "Published by the Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and the lower right reads "Enlarged from an original photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY". From the beginning, the posters offered collectors a chance to obtain high-quality reproductions of photos taken by such legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for the sport of baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the century, through his retirement shortly before World War II. A substantial percentage of the posters issued during that span featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12. Superb condition when compared to the usual found. Often these were trimmed down in size, this one is full size.............Min. Bid $10

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370. [BASEBALL] James Tabor - This is a Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo. Designated M113 or M114 by collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss heavy paper stock. You had to send away for the photos. The bottom center has the players name, the lower left reads "Published by the Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and the lower right reads "Enlarged from an original photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY". From the beginning, the posters offered collectors a chance to obtain high-quality reproductions of photos taken by such legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for the sport of baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the century, through his retirement shortly before World War II. A substantial percentage of the posters issued during that span featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12. Superb condition when compared to the usual found. Often these were trimmed down in size, this one is full size.............Min. Bid $10

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371. [BASEBALL] Stanley Hack - This is a Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo. Designated M113 or M114 by collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss heavy paper stock. You had to send away for the photos. The bottom center has the players name, the lower left reads "Published by the Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and the lower right reads "Enlarged from an original photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY". From the beginning, the posters offered collectors a chance to obtain high-quality reproductions of photos taken by such legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for the sport of baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the century, through his retirement shortly before World War II. A substantial percentage of the posters issued during that span featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12. Superb condition when compared to the usual found. Often these were trimmed down in size, this one is full size.............Min. Bid $10

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372. [MUSIC] John Lessard (b. 1920) American composer. AMQS from his "cello Sonata". 6x4 in. Fine............50-75

373. [CABINET] Harold Brown (b. 1927) American scientist, was U.S. Secretary of Defense from 1977 to 1981 in the cabinet of President Jimmy Carter. SIGNED 5X7 color photo. VG............25-35

374. [FILM] Richard Brooks (1912-1992) Hollywood film writer, director, producer. In the 1940s he wrote the screenplays for the critically acclaimed Key Largo and Brute Force. He won his only Oscar in 1960 for his screenplay for Elmer Gantry, although he was nominated for the films Blackboard Jungle (1955), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), The Professionals (1966), and In Cold Blood (1967). SIGNED 5 x 3-1/2 photo 1987..........50-75

375. [ENGLAND] Joseph Parker (1830-1902) English Nonconformist (Congregational) divine. Autograph signature. Age stains......20-30

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376. [FILM] Ann Sothern [1909-2001] American actress. Signed, inscribed 10x8 photo. Accompanied by vintage sheet music from the film "let's Fall In Love" starring Edmund Lowe and Ann Sothern. Both VG............40-60

377. [ENGLAND] Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax, GCB, PC (1800-1885), known as Sir Charles Wood, 3rd Bt between 1846 and 1866, was a British Whig politician and Member of Parliament. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1846 to 1852. Franking Signature on address panel 183[?]............25-35

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378. [FILM] Dorothy Malone (b. 1925) Academy Award-winning actress American. DOCUMENT SIGNED, a contract dated April 23, 1979, 4pp., a one year contract with Contemporary-Korman Ltd. Also signed by Tom Korman of the famous agency. Signed on last page. VG...........75-100

379. [SHOW BIZ] Judy Canova (1913-1983) American comedienne, actress, singer and radio personality. She appeared on Broadway and in films. She hosted her own network radio program, a popular series broadcast from 1943 to 1955. DOCUMENT SIGNED, CONTRACT, NOV. 1, 1957, 3PP, WITH THE WILLIAM MORRIS AGENCY. VG............50-75

380. [TV] SOUPY SALES (1926-2009 ) American Entertainer/Comedian - One of the most popular kiddie-show hosts of his day, Soupy Sales's daily satirical show was as popular with parents as it was with the younger set. He even had a hit dance record, "The Mouse," during the show's run. His recordings are an extension of the zany show. While some bemoaned his use of slapstick and double-entendre jokes, his popularity has never waned, as shown by the success of his current stand-up act and the release of several video tapes with scenes from his old show. SIGNED/Inscribed 8x10 photograph.........25-35

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

382. [BASEBALL] Robin Roberts [1926-2010] Baseball hall of Fame. Signed 1p. form, no date, 8.5 x 11. Sent by a Sports company in Wellesley, Mass. regarding the signing of baseballs. The players were given a number of choices to respond to - Roberts has checked "Send me a sample of the finished product, and he signs and writes in Florida address. Mail creases and 2 file holes at top..........35-45

383. Linwood Holton - Gov. of Virginia. TLS, 1970. 1p., as governor........20-30

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

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

386. [FRANCE] Eugène Brieux (1858-1932), French dramatist. ALS, n.d., 1p, 4-1/4 x 5-1/2 in. VG..........60-80

387. [FRANCE] Stephen-Jean-Marie Pichon (1857-1933) French politician of the Third Republic. The Avenue Stéphen-Pichon in Paris is named after him. He served as French Minister to China (1897–1900), including the period of the Boxer Uprising. An associate of Georges Clemenceau, he served several times under Clemenceau and others as Minister of Foreign Affairs, a role in which he proved amiable, but not particularly effective. His most notable service was under Clemenceau during the latter part of the First World War and the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, but, like most of the other foreign ministers at the conference, Pichon was largely sidelined by the more forceful figure of his head of government. ALS, 1907, 1p, 4-3/4 x 7 in. VG..............75-100

388. [FRANCE] Germain Bapst (1853-1921) French scholar, bibliophile, French historical memorabilia collector. ALS, 1894, 1p, 8 x 10 in. VG.............75-100

389. [FRANCE] Charles Étienne Louis Ganderax ( 1855-1941) French journalist and theater critic, he was co-director of the Literary Review of Paris with Henri Meilhac , of the French Academy. He worked in Parliament, Figaro, the Blue Book. ALS, 1917, PLUS a letter by his daughter.................80-120

390. [BASEBALL] Joseph Moore - This is a Baseball Magazine Company Premium Photo. Designated M113 or M114 by collectors, Baseball Magazine began issuing these photos around 1920 through 1950. Baseball Magazine Premium Photos are blank-backed sepia tone photos printed on semi-gloss heavy paper stock. You had to send away for the photos. The bottom center has the players name, the lower left reads "Published by the Baseball Magazine Company, New York" and the lower right reads "Enlarged from an original photograph by C.M. Conlon, NY". From the beginning, the posters offered collectors a chance to obtain high-quality reproductions of photos taken by such legends as Charles Conlon. Conlon was the alpha photographer for the sport of baseball, beginning a little after the turn of the century, through his retirement shortly before World War II. A substantial percentage of the posters issued during that span featured his images. Approx. 9-1/2 x 12. Superb condition when compared to the usual found. Often these were trimmed down in size, this one is full size.............Min. Bid $10

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391. [ART] Peter Grippe (1912 - 2002) American sculptor, printmaker, and painter. His "Monument to Hiroshima" series (1963) used found objects cast in bronze sculptures to evoke the chaotic humanity of the Japanese city after its incineration by atomic bomb. Other Grippe Surrealist sculptural works address less warlike themes, including that of city life. However, his expertise extended beyond sculpture to ink drawings, watercolor painting, and printmaking (intaglio). He joined and later directed Atelier 17, the intaglio studio founded in London and moved to New York at the beginning of World War II by its founder, Stanley William Hayter. Today, Grippe's 21 Etchings and Poems , a part of the permanent collection at the Davis Museum at Wellesley College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is available as part of the museum's virtual collection. ALS, 1992, 1p. Plus signed & inscribed gallery exhibition brochure from 1991. Two pieces. VG..........50-75

392. [BASEBALL] Bob Lemon [1920-2000] Baseball Hall of Fame. Signed 1p. form, no date, 8.5 x 11. Sent by a Sports company in Wellesley, Mass. regarding the signing of baseballs. The players were given a number of choices to respond to - Lemon has checked "I am interested in your offer. Please send a ball for me sign so that I can see the finished product. " Mail creases............35-45

393. [ENGLAND] Sir Nicolas C. Tindal (1776-1846) celebrated English lawyer who successfully defended Queen Caroline at her trial for adultery in 1820. ALS, 1836, written on both sides of 7x9 in. sheet. Light toning; old mounting remains along one edge on back do not affect text......50-75

394. [FRANCE] Jean-Baptiste Honoré Raymond Capefigue (1801-1872), French historian and biographer. The general catalogue of printed books for the Bibliothèque Nationale contains no fewer than seventy-seven works (145 volumes) published by Capefigue during forty years. ALS, no date, 1p. VG. Not translated...........50-75

395. [THEATRE] Clement Scott (1841-1904) was an influential English theatre critic for the Daily Telegraph, and a playwright and travel writer, in the final decades of the 1800s. Small signed photograph, 1-1/2 x 3 in. G-VG......25-35

396. [FRANCE] E. Legouve (Gabriel-Jean-Baptiste-Ernest-Wilfrid Legouve) (1807-1903) writer; author of novel Édith de Falsen (1840) and plays Louise de Lignerolles (1848), Adrienne Lecouvreur (with Scribe, 1849), Bataille de dames (1851), Un Jeune Homme qui ne fait rien (1861). ALS, no date, to the poet de Ratisbonne, 1p. Not translated...........75-100

397. Alfred L. Atherton Jr. (1921 - 2002) United States Foreign Service Officer and diplomat. He served as United States Ambassador to Egypt in 1979-1983. TLS, 1979, 1p..........20-30

398. [TV] Colleen Dewhurst (1924-1991) Canadian actress known for playing Marilla Cuthbert in the various Anne of Green Gables productions. She was twice married to actor George C. Scott. SIGNED 1961 contract to act in The Play of The Week: "No Exit." She was paid $650. 4 pages; signed on pg. 1 and pg. 4. Unique.......50-75

399. Albertus Christiaan van Raalte (1811-1876) 19th century pastor in the Reformed Church in America. He led the Dutch immigrants who founded the city of Holland, Michigan in 1846 and played an important role in establishing the school that would become Hope College. Signed Autograph Card, dated Chicago, 1872......25-35

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400. [MILITARY] Lyman Louis Lemnitzer [1899-1988] American Army General, who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1960 to 1962. He then served as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO from 1963 to 1969. Signed bank check, 1957. VG example............50-75

401. [FRANCE] PIERRE DESCAVES - believe he was the French radio critic. Four [4] pages of notes [unsigned] in the hand of Descaves referring to Jean Cocteau. PLUS 3 ephemeral pieces related to Cocteau: 1930 1p. printed page by Cocteau on Opium; small theatre program picturing him; 2-page flyer about him.................50-75

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

Farmer Company Luchon
Country: France
Date: 1925
Genre: Action de 500 Francs
Issue: 3000 action

Activity: Cures
State: UNC (Uncirculed) new document had almost never circulated. No folds, trace or task.
Description section - Title from the Farmer Company Luchon, dating from 1925 whose action was worth 500 francs.
Companies registered capital of 1.5 million francs.
Headquarters: Bagneres-de-Luchon. Established in 1924. Hotel operations and Royal Majestic Bagneres-de-Luchon

All of these have these coupons still attached. They all look alike. Fine condition..............200-300 Reserve at $50

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403. [ART] Original antique wood-engraving - SCENES IN ST. LOUIS, from Picturesque America, image approx. 10 x 7 plus margins. printed text on verso as usual. VG.........Min. bid $18

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404. [PORTRAIT] Philip H. Sheridan (1831-1888) was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War. His career was noted for his rapid rise to major general and his close association with Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. Antique original wood-engraved portrait by T. Johnson. Approx. 6 x 5-1/4" plus wide margins. C. 1892 for The Century Magazine. VG..........Min. bid $10

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405. [PORTRAIT] Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st (1792- 1871) English mathematician, astronomer, chemist, and experimental photographer/inventor. Antique original wood-engraved portrait by T. Johnson. Approx. 6-1/2 x 5-1/4" plus wide margins. C. 1892 for The Century Magazine. VG..........Min. bid $10

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406. [ART] Francis Holl (1815-1884), was an English engraver and the son of prominent engraver William Holl the Elder (c1771-1838), to whom he was apprenticed. He was both successful and fashionable, producing work for book and print publishers. He spent twenty-five years engraving Queen Victoria's pictures during which period he executed commissions of other royal portraits. Often working from paintings by fashionable artists, he exhibited twenty engravings at the Royal Academy between 1856 and 1883, and was elected an associate engraver in 1883.[1] He was the father of Frank Holl and was the brother of engraver William Holl the Younger. original engraving, "HUNTING BUFFALOES", after F.O.C. Darley, image approx. 5-3/4 x 8.5". VG...........Min. bid $20

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407. Henry Goddard Leach (1880-1970) American author, educator, intellectual; editor of the intellectual and literary national periodical The Forum (1923-1940); president, American-Scandinavian Foundation (1926-1947), president, Poetry Society of America (1934-1937). ALS, The American-Scandinavian Foundation, NYC, July 9, 1914, 8pp, 5 x 7-3/4 in., to Mr. Blackwell. VG.........50-75

9-Vol. Set on Abraham Lincoln 408. [LINCOLN] Roy P. Basler, editor. Set of 9 vols., THE COLLECTED WORKS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, Rutgers Univ. Press, The History Book Club Edition. No dust jackets. VG....................150-200

409. [MUSIC] Wolfgang Wagner (1919- 2010) German opera director. He is best known as the director (Festspielleiter) of the Bayreuth Festival, a position he initially assumed alongside his brother Wieland in 1951 until the latter's death in 1966. From then on, he assumed total control until he retired in 2008. Signed 4-1/4 x 5-3/4", dated 1992. VG.......30-40

410. [PORTRAIT] Benoît-Constant Coquelin (1841-1909) French actor, "one of the greatest theatrical figures of the age." Antique original wood-engraved portrait by R.G. Tietze. Approx. 7 x 5" plus wide margins. C. 1892 for The Century Magazine. VG..........25-35

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411. [MIXED LOT OF AUTOGRAPHS] Comprised of: [1] Norman Zollinger - author. Sig. & inscribed page, 1981. [2] Henry William Herbert (pen name Frank Forester) (1807-1858) English novelist and writer on sport. CLIP SIGNATURE. [3] Ben Davies (1858-1943) was a popular tenor from Swansea, Wales. He performed in the first production of the Royal English Opera (now the Palace Theater), playing in the première of the opera Ivanhoe. Davies was noted for frequently singing with his eyes closed. SIGNED CARD, 1922. [4] Howard Crosby (1826-1891) American preacher and teacher. From 1870 to 1881 Crosby was chancellor of New York University. He was one of the American revisers of the English version of the New Testament. Crosby took a prominent part in politics. He urged to excise reform and opposed total abstinence. He was one of the founders and the first president of the New York Society for the Prevention of Crime, and pleaded for better management of Indian affairs and international copyright. CLIP SIGNATURE. Fine. [5] William H. Armstrong (1914-1999) Am. author, most noted for his Newbery Medal-winning novel, Sounder. Signed, inscribed 3x5 card. [6] Margaret Fitzhugh Browne [1884-1972] Am. artist. Signed card. [7] SirFrederic G. Kenyon (1863-1952) British paleographer, biblical and classical scholar. He was the director of the British Museum. He was also the president of the British Academy from 1917 to 1921 SIGNED CARD, 1922. Toned around edges. [8] Cyrus H.K. Curtis (1850-1933) was a significant American publisher. Curtis was born in Portland, Maine, and entered the publishing business there with a weekly newspaper. He founded the Philadelphia-based Curtis Publishing Company, which published the Ladies' Home Journal and the Saturday Evening Post, as well as several other magazines and newspapers. For a time he own the Public Ledger, the Philadelphia Inquirer and the New York Evening Post. He was also known for his philanthropy to hospitals, museums, and schools. He obtained a pipe organ manufactured by the Austin Organ Company which had been displayed at the Philadelphia Sesquicentennial Exposition of 1926 and donated it to the University of Pennsylvania. It was built into Irvine Auditorium when the building was constructed and is known to this day as the Curtis Organ. It is one of the largest pipe organs in the world. SIGNATURE on card. VG. [9] Benay Venuta (1911-1995) American actress, singer and dancer. CLIP SIGNATURE. [10] J. SCOPE [1662-1752] English Justice; Sec. of the Treasury [1724-1752]. Small mounted irregular slip of paper signed..........80-120

1876 - Declaration of Independence

412. 1876 Centennial Reprint of the classic July 8, 1776 issue of DUNLAP'S PENNSYLVANIA PACKET OR THE GENERAL ADVERTISER containing the Declaration of Independence 16.5" x 11," as expected small tears, partial separation at one fold, all iwell away from the Declaration printing. Published by J.V. Vondersmith and printed in Philadelphia in 1876 by the Saturday Evening Mirror. A fun and historic souvenir piece.............150-200...............Min. bid $50

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413. [MUSIC] Georgia Hanni - Executive Director, Composers and Lyricists Guild of America. TLS, 1963, 1p., to Milt Ebbins, asking for copies of contracts for the film Johnny Cool. Mentions Billy May, Sammy Cahn, & Jimmy Van Heusen............50-75

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414. New London, Connecticut document dated 1826, concerning General William North. This is signed by Jeremiah G. Brainard, Mayor of New London. The document states that General North has appeared before him, that he is known and respected. William North (1755-1836) was an American soldier and politician, born at Pemaquid, Maine. He entered the Continental Army in 1775, and served under Benedict Arnold in the unfortunate expedition to Canada in that year. He was appointed in May 1777 as captain in Henry Jackson's 16th Massachusetts Regiment, with which he participated in the Battle of Monmouth. In 1779 he became aide-de-camp to Baron Steuben, whom he greatly aided in introducing his system of discipline in the Continental Army. Later he accompanied Steuben to Virginia, and was present at the surrender of Cornwallis. North was appointed as a Federalist to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Sloss Hobart and served from May 5, 1798, to August 17, 1798. This document only concern Gen. North and is not signedc by him. Approx. 8 x 12 in. There are newspaper clippings glued to back. Some edge ware..............200-300

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415. Alice Stone Blackwell (1857-1950) American feminist, suffragist, journalist, and human rights advocate. Alice went blind in her later years. ALS, 1945, written in the 3rd person. To the New England Grenfell Association. Dear Friends: Enclosed find $7 for the Marguerite Thomas Fund, $5 from Miss Alice Stone Blackwell and $2 from Miss Myra B. Stronach [her housekeeper who passed away 1976] both at the same address - 1010 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge 38, Mass. Approx. 8.5 x 11 in. Accompanied by a 1945 TLS from N.E. Grenfell Assoc. to John T. Blackwell re: contrbutions from Alice and Myra [with cover]; and ALSs from Agnes M. Winter & Mary Ewing, who also made contributions................200-300

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416. [FILM] THEODORE BONNET [1908-1983] Am. author best remembered for his 1950 novel "The Mudlark" which was made into a film. ALS, 1949, 1 full page plus closing line & signature on 2nd page. Talks mainly about Hallandia [Sweden] and what it was like during the war....................75-100

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417. [MIXED LOT] [1] Ben Spock (1903-1998) American pediatrician whose book Baby and Child Care, published in 1946, is one of the biggest best-sellers of all time. Signed card. [2]Bainbridge Wadleigh (1831-1891) US Senator from New Hampshire. SIGNED CARD, DATED 1874. [3] [CABINET] William DeWitt Mitchell [1874-1955] U.S. Attorney General for the entirety of Herbert Hoover's Presidency. Born in Winona, Minnesota, he received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Minnesota. After he was admitted to the Minnesota bar he began practicing law in St. Paul. Mitchell served as an infantry officer during the Spanish-American War and World War I. On June 4, 1925, he was appointed Solicitor General of the United States. President Hoover appointed him Attorney General of the United States on March 4, 1929, and he held that office until March 4, 1933. Mitchell then settled in New York City where he practiced law. He was named chairman of the Committee on Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and chief counsel of the joint congressional committee investigating the attack on Pearl Harbor. He died in 1955, in Syosset, New York. signed 3-3/4 X 2-1/4 IN. card. [4] Samuel John "Lamorna" Birch, RA, RWS (1869 - 1955) was an artist in oils and watercolours. At the suggestion of fellow artist Stanhope Forbes, Birch adopted the soubriquet "Lamorna" to distinguish himself from Lionel Birch, an artist who was also working in the area at that time. Lamorna Birch was born in Egremont in Cheshire, England. He was self-taught as an artist, other than for a brief period of study at the Académie Colarossi in Paris during 1895. He is thought of as a painter of northern England, but his most important period was when he settled in Lamorna, Cornwall in 1902, and many of his most famous pictures date from this time and the beautiful Lamorna Cove is usually their subject matter. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1892. He held his first one man exhibition at the Fine Art Society in 1906. He is said to have produced more than 20,000 pictures. The exhibition Shades of British Impressionism Lamorna Birch and his Circle was shown at Warrington Museum & Art Gallery in the Mezzanine in October 2004. This details his links with Henry Scott Tuke and Thomas Cooper Gotch and many others who settled in the artists' colony in the 1880s and 1890s. "These painters helped to change the face of British art. Their emphasis on colour and light, truth and social realism brought about a revolution in British art." says the catalogue for the show. SIGNED CARD dated 1935. VG. [5] MYSTERY LOT - 9 misc. autographs, unidentified and not researched. There will be several of these Mystery Lots offered elsewhere in this auction. For those who prefer to do the research. See signatures [6] Douglas Volk - American artist famous for his portrait of Lincoln used for postage stamp. His Lincoln portrait hangs in the Lincoln Bedroom in The White House. Signed 1922 bank check. [7] H.S. Bundy - Congressman from Ohio. Signature. [8] TAYLOR, Joseph Danner [1830-1899] Representative from Ohio; during the Civil War entered the Union Army as a captain in the Eighty-eighth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; was judge advocate of the Department of Indiana in 1863 and 1864 SIGNATURE. [9] HATCH, Herschel Harrison [1837-1920] Representative from Michigan. SIGNATURE. [10] etching by A. Lalauze, portrait of Alain Rene Lesage........100-150

418. (ART) (JASPER JOHNS) original multiple. New York. Museum of Modern Art. Text by Riva Castleman Technics and Creativity Gemini GEL, 1971, 10.5 x 8.5 in. stiff wrappers in plastic clamshell box. 108 pp. 364 mostly thumbnail illustrations (20 full size in color), bibliography, index of artists. A Catalogue raisonne (to early 1971), published in a boxed edition of 22,500, with its problematic Jasper Johns "Target," an offset lithograph with applique paintbrush and three watercolor disks, in addition to the print , which is glued to the inside front cover of the box). Box also contains the catalog, a sheet of protective foam. The foam sheet is normally discolored and usually has three circular offprints from the watercolor disks. According to Richard S. Field ("Jasper Johns Prints 1970-1977"), the image was derived from a pencil drawing and collage of 1960 in the Sonnabend collection. A hand-pulled edition of 50 copies and six artists proofs was printed by Kenneth Tyler at Gemini in 1971. The offset edition was produced by Graphic Press, Los Angeles. Johns's participation in this enterprise was, at best, limited to the Gemini printing, which was hand-signed and numbered. The signature on the MoMA target was mechanically reproduced [the one offered here]. If it appears to have been signed in ink or pencil, forgery is indicated. The white clamshell box is spotted but intact. The other main factor involving this multiple is the condition of the offset target lithograph. As is often the case a former owner has wetted the watercolor blocks and started to paint the target but has only painted a small part in yellow. The brush is often missing as is missing here. VG condition.............300-400

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419. Herb Shriner (1918-1970) American humorist, radio personality and television host. Herb Shriner was best known for his homespun monologues, usually with roots in his adopted home state of Indiana. He was often compared to fellow humorist Will Rogers. Signed, inscribed 6.5 x 8.5 photo. Condition: photo has been cropped; faults at top & bottom areas..........Min. bid $9

420. [FILM] Whoopi Goldberg - American actress. Signed American Film magazine, Dec. 1985. Signed on cover picturing her, in silver ink. VG.........Min. bid $10

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

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422. [ART] Portrait of Carlos Santana (b. 1947) musician who first became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered a fusion of rock and Latin American music. He experienced a resurgence of popularity and critical acclaim in the late 1990s. In 2003 Rolling Stone magazine listed Santana at number 15 on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. He has won 10 Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards. Original serigraph [silkscreen] by the artist Betsy Bruno, pencil signed by Bruno, 1976, ed. 15/20, image approx. 22 x 16 in. plus ample margins......100-150

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423. [WALT KUHN] Lawrence B. Salander (born 1949) is a former New York City art dealer. His company, the Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, was cited by the Robb Report in 2003 as the best gallery in the world. By late 2007, Salander had been sued by numerous customers and business partners who claimed that Salander and his company had defrauded them. In November 2007, Salander filed for personal bankruptcy, listing John McEnroe among his creditors. At the time, several artists represented by Salander-O'Reilly also claimed to be owed money. As a result of his bankruptcy, Salander and his wife were ordered to relinquish control of their finances to a trustee. Salander was charged with 13 counts of first-degree grand larceny, 10 counts of second-degree grand larceny, and other charges. On August 3, 2010, Mr. Salander was sentenced to 6 to 18 years in prison for his crimes. In early 2007, Earl Davis made a devastating discovery. Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, run by his friend Lawrence Salander, had secretly sold more than 90 artworks created by his father, Stuart Davis. Davis owned them. The looting was a financial blow and decimated Davis's ability to initiate exhibits and promote the legacy of his father, who died in 1964. At Salander's 2010 sentencing for stealing $120 million from clients and investors, Davis said he would've preferred being robbed at gunpoint. Offered here is a typed letter signed, 1984, concerning art works by Walt Kuhn, to be consigned by the Salander-O'Reilly Galleries to Christie's and also Sothebys, to be sold at auction. The tiles and their reserve prices are mentioned in this letter. The letter was sent to the person in-charge of the Kuhn estate in Maine. Provenance: Estate of Brenda Kuhn, daughter of artist Walt Kuhn. Highly unusual for this type of private material from the art world to appear on the open market. Condition: used................100-150

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424. [MIT] Julius Adams Stratton (1901 - 1994) was a U.S. educator. He served as the president of MIT between 1959 and 1966. He also served as the chairman of the Ford Foundation between 1964 and 1971. TLS, MIT, 1958, 1p........Min. bid $10

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425. [CIVIL WAR] Francis Edward Heath (1838-1897) Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. He began his service in the Union Army on June 4, 1861 when he was commissioned as a 1st Lieutenant in Company H, 3rd Maine Volunteer Infantry. Promoted to Captain and commander of the company on September 12, 1861, he led his men through the Spring 1862 Peninsular Campaign in Virginia. He was then tabbed to be the Lieutenant Colonel of the newly raised 19th Maine Volunteer Infantry, being commissioned on August 26, 1862. He was raised to Colonel and regimental commander on February 12, 1863, and led the unit at the July 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where it fought on Cemetery Ridge during the Second Day (July 2) of the battle. There, placed by Major General Winfield Scott Hancock, Colonel Heath directed his men as they fired eight volleys that stopped the Confederate charge on the position. He would continue to lead the regiment through the summer and fall of 1863, then resigned on November 4, 1863. On March 13, 1865 he was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers for "meritorious services". Today a monument stands for the 19th Maine Infantry on Hancock Avenue near the Copse of Trees in the Gettysburg National Military Park. Almost 53% of the 19th Maine Regt. were lost at the Battle of Gettysberg. Manuscript document signed at conclusion by Heath [signed in ink], dated 1896, 3 pages. Business agreement. The picture of Col. Heath is not included here..........200-300

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426. [CARDINAL] Francis Cardinal Spellman (1889-1967) American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the sixth Archbishop of New York from 1939 to 1967, having previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston (1932-39). He was named a cardinal in 1946. Signed print that has postage stamp affixed. Also signed by James Francis Aloysius McIntyre (1886-1979) American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Los Angeles from 1948 to 1970, and was created a cardinal in 1953. Print size approx. 8 x 10"...........100-150

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427. [CARDINAL] Francis Cardinal Spellman (1889-1967) American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the sixth Archbishop of New York from 1939 to 1967, having previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston (1932-39). He was named a cardinal in 1946. Signed print that has postage stamp affixed. Also signed by James Francis Aloysius McIntyre (1886-1979) American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Los Angeles from 1948 to 1970, and was created a cardinal in 1953. Print size approx. 8 x 10"...........100-150

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1840 Bound For Mobile

428. Early Shipping Bill of Lading from the Rowland G. Hazard papers, dated Boston, 1840. For "Three Cases Shoes" being shipped on the Schooner Henry, now in Port of Boston and bound for Mobile. 10-1/2 x 5 in. Quite clean. VG. Nice small vignette of full-masted sailing ship. Signed by E. Bangs for the Master. Very nice example............25-35

429. [FILM] Wynne Gibson (1905-1987) American actress of the 1930s. Early in her career she had a small part in a film but had no special interest in appearing before the camera. It was the stage that interested her and she began her stage career in chorus and was soon playing leads. She toured Europe then returned to America and tried for a dramatic part but failed and returned to musical comedy. Paramount signed her when about to film Nothing But the Truth (1929), starting her success which continued in some 50 films between 1929 and 1956 although many were B movies. Gibson was a long-time companion of former Warner Brothers actress Beverly Roberts. AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT SIGNED, not dated, 1p. She answers 2 questions on a questionaire. About 5 lines plus signature in her hand. 8.5 x 11". VG..........25-35

430. Charles Sprague (1791-1875) early American poet. He worked for 45 years for the State and Globe Banks and was often referred to as the "Banker Poet of Boston". His odes and prologues won several competitive prizes and were collected and published in 1841 as The Writings of Charles Sprague. Clip Signature. VG............Min. bid $9

431. [ENTERTAINMENT] Edward "Eddie" Rubin (1912-1999) was a Los Angeles-based entertainment lawyer, who represented such clients as Steve McQueen, Goldie Hawn, Warren Beatty and Howard Hughes. As a partner at Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, Eddie chaired the firm's entertainment practice, during which time he represented several major film studios. During his career, he served as president of the California Bar Association, the largest state bar association in the United States, and as a trustee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. TLS, 1963, 1p, to Milton Ebbins, c/o Chrislaw Productions, about employing a composer. VG........25-35

432. [SPACE PHOTOGRAPHY] WILLENE WHISENHANT - early NASA photographer. Offered here is an original color vintage photograph of astronaut Gordon Cooper standing near plane. Whisenhant writes in ink below image "Cooper's Private Plane." NASA S-63-1757. Provenance: from the personal files of Willene Whisenhant, the photographer. Fine....100-150

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433. 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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434. [MARINE NAVIGATION] Group of 5 stock certificates: Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Co. 1950; International Mercantile Marine Co. 1938; two United States Lines Co. 1930 & 1948; and The Pioneer Steamship Co. 1913. All VG...........40-60

435. [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

436. [Country Music] Charlie Pride - American country music singer. Signed & inscribed 8x10 color photo..........20-30

437. [US CONGRESS] album page signed by 2 US congressmen on each side: Geo. M. Curtis [1844-1921] Iowa; Frank G. Clarke [1850-1901] NH; David H. Mercer [1857-1919] Neb.; Nehemiah Day Sperry [1827-1911] Ct........Min. bid $10

438. [WEST VIRGINIA] Signatures in various form of congressmen: LILLY, Thomas Jefferson, (1878 - 1956); McGREW, James Clark, (1813 - 1910); REED, Stuart Felix, (1866 - 1935); ROSENBLOOM, Benjamin Louis, (1880 - 1965); plus album page signed Jno. A. Campbell, Hancock Co., W. Va. [not listed as congressman].........Min. bid $10

439. Lloyd Bridges (1913-1998) American actor who starred in a number of television series and appeared in more than 150 feature films. He was the father of actors Beau Bridges and Jeff Bridges. Signed & inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.........50-75

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440. [ART] Ludwig Rieppel (1861-1960) American sculptor. ALS, New York, 1901, 2pp, to the noted artist Douglas Volk. Speaks of sending 200 pounds of modeling clay to Volk. Ink has lightened abit with time o/w VG..........Min. bid $10

441. [MIXED LOT] multiple items offered here: [1] [ENGLAND] The Rev Dr John Pye-Smith FRS, FGS (1774-1851) was a Congregational theologian and tutor, associated with reconciling geological sciences with the Bible, Repeal of the Corn Laws and abolition. He was the author of many learned works. OFFERED HERE is an UNSIGNED AUTOGRAPH NOTE - "The books which I have referring to Aug. Hermann Franke. .." Follows is a short list of books. Mounted to larger sheet identifying the handwriting in 1840 and "Presented by Jas. W. Alexander." Dr John Pye-Smith was Theological Tutor at Homerton College near Hackney, London for forty-five years between 1805 and 1850, and minister of the Old Gravel Pit Chapel in Chatham Place, Hackney for nearly as long (1811-50). His pupils included Robert Halley (future Principal of New College, London), Samuel Dyer the missionary, and William Johnson Fox of the South Place Ethical Society. The son of a Sheffield bookseller, he was surrounded by books in his youth and, practically self-taught, rose not only to become a dissenting academic and author, but through his interest in science and geology, was elected to become the first Fellow of the Royal Society from a nonconformist background. He was also elected a Fellow of the Geological Society at a time when there was considerable debate about accepting the idea of geological time, and if so to find ways of reconciling this with the teachings of the Old Testament. During the politically turbulent 1790s, before moving to London he had taken over the editorship of the Sheffield Iris, the leading abolitionist newspaper in the North of England, during imprisonment of its editor, his friend James Montgomery. In 1830 Dr Pye Smith took the Chair of The Board of Congregational Ministers when it passed an anti-slavery motion to secure support from all Congregational chapels across the country in petitioning parliament:That we feel it to be a solemn duty to employ our influence with our congregations and the public, to promote petitions to both Houses of Parliament for the abolition of Colonial Slavery, and therefore pledge ourselves, and beg to recommend to our brethren throughout the kingdom to prepare from each congregation such petitions to parliament... The Congregationalists' 1833 abolition lecture, The Sinfulness of Colonial Slavery, was delivered at John Pye-Smith's Meeting House in Hackney by his former pupil, Robert Halley Dr John Pye Smith died in Hackney in 1851 and is buried below a marble chest tomb monument in Dr Watts' Walk, at the Congregationalists' non-denominational garden cemetery in the grounds of Abney Park, Stoke Newington.. [2] 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). ALS, 1866, 2pp. [3] ABDNOR, James [1923-] Representative and a Senator from South DakotaTLS, 1977, 1p. [4] [BOXING] EDDIE MACK - President and Matchmaker, Argonne Athletic Association. TLS, Boston, 1932, 1p, 4to. To [Rev.] Roland Sawyer of Ware, Mass. Encloses 2 tickets [not present here] for the Schaaf-Winston bout. Roland Sawyer was the noted Socialist who ran for governor in Mass. Mail folds. [5] 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. [6] (Thomas) BRASSEY (1836-1918), Earl Brassey, became civil lord (1880-83) and secretary (1884-85) of the admiralty; governor of Victoria, Australia (1895-1900); author of an encyclopedic work, The British Navy (1882-83); founder of the Naval Annual (1886); created earl (1911). ALS, 1899, 2 pp, 4to. Re: resignation of Bishop Thornton of Victoria. [7] [RELIGION] WM. C. HAWLEY - minister. Neat little document signed. Methodist Episcopal Church Quarterly Ticket [member] dated 1844. No place given but the document is dated 1844, which is important. The church split over the question of slavery in 1844 with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South being formed in southern states. It is unknown at this time whether Rev. Hawley was a black minister. Partly printed, approx. 3 x 2-1/4 in. Lightly toned. Click to see Hawley [8] D.W. CALDWELL - Gen. Manager, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway Co. ALS, Columbus, Ohio, 1877, 1p, to. To Ingalls. About low wages. File punch holes along margin don't detract. [9] Paul A. Dever (1903-1958) He served as the 58th Governor of Massachusetts. Signed 3x5 card. Slighted toned. See Dever signature [10] US CONGRESSMEN) album page 7 signatures: R.C. De Graffenreid [1859-1902 Tx] ¥ John L. Brenner [1832-1906 Ohio] ¥ C.P. Dorr [1852-1914 W. Va]. On other side are signatures of H.S. Boutell [1856-1926 ILL] ¥ R.C. Davey [1853-1908 La] ¥ John M. Allen [1846-1917 Miss]. VG..........100-150

442. Francis George Godolphin D'Arcy-Osborne, 7th Duke of Leeds (1798-1859) British peer and politician. ALS, nd, 2-1/2 pp..........Min. bid $10

443. [ART] FREDERICK SOLOMON (1899-1980) German Expressionist. He won the Mowbray Prize [1944] in London; was listed in WHO'S WHO IN ART [1954 London edition]. He studied art with such famous German artists as: Max Liebermann, Martin Brandenburg, Eugene Spiro & Willy Jaeckel [Masterclass]. Exhibitions: Berlin, Cologne, Capetown, Haifa, London [Royal Academy], U.S., and in 1958 had one-man show at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Havana, Cuba. In 1956 several of his paintings were exhibited at the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio. He died in the U.S. An early charcoal drawing unsigned circa 1930, approx. 14-1/2 x 11-3/4 in. VG.............600-800

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444. [ART] FREDERICK "Fritz" SOLOMON (1899-1980) German Expressionist. He won the Mowbray Prize [1944] in London; was listed in WHO'S WHO IN ART [1954 London edition]. He studied art with such famous German artists as: Max Liebermann, Martin Brandenburg, Eugene Spiro & Willy Jaeckel [Masterclass]. Exhibitions: Berlin, Cologne, Capetown, Haifa, London [Royal Academy], U.S., and in 1958 had one-man show at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Havana, Cuba. In 1956 several of his paintings were exhibited at the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio. He died in the U.S. An early charcoal drawing signed FS and dated 1927, approx. 12 x 16 in.............600-800

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

446. [SPACE PHOTOGRAPHY] In 1969 Apollo 10, with a crew of Thomas Stafford, Eugene A. Cernan, and John W. Young, successfully completed a manned lunar fly-around and Earth return May 18-26. Stafford and Cernan tested the Lunar Module, separating it from the Command and Service Module and descended to within 50,000 feet of the lunar surface. The Astronauts were able to take a large number of high-quality 70-mm photographs. Apollo 10 was a sort of dress rehearsal for Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing. Offered here is a VINTAGE COLOR PHOTOGRAPH PRINTED FROM THE ORIGINAL NEGATIVE. [AS10-34-5112] Either Stafford or Cernan took this photo of the Lunar Module from the Command Module prior to docking un lunar orbit. The red/blue diagonal line is the spacecraft window. After the first sweep at six times the speed of sound, Col Stafford said they had taken so many photographs he feared the camera had jammed while trying to change the film. 8 x 10 in. VG.........75-100

447 [SPACE PHOTOGRAPHY] This is an image of one of the peculiar mounds which were seen around Head crater at the Apollo 12 landing site. The mound is described by Bean as "about 4 feet high and, at the top it's about 5 feet across..." It is roughly 4 to 6 meters in diameter at the base. The mounds are thought to be clumps of regolith thrown out of craters during impact which have slowly formed into their present shape by small meteorite bombardment over time. This southwest looking photograph was taken by commander Charles "Pete" Conrad on the first moonwalk EVA. (Apollo 12, AS12-H-46-6794). THIS IS A VINTAGE COLOR PHOTOGRAPH PRINTED FROM THE ORIGINAL NEGATIVE. These vintage space photograph are rare and are now part of the collector photography world. 8x10 in. paper size. Fine condition. ....................75-100

448. [TV] Lea Thompson (b. 1961) American actress and director. She is best known for her 1990s NBC situation comedy Caroline in the City and her portrayal of Marty McFly's mother in the Back to the Future trilogy. Signed/inscribed 8x10 photo. VG..........20-30

449. George Harding - a patent lawyer who argued several cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. He was the son of Jesper Harding (1799-1865) was an influential U.S. publisher in Philadelphia. ALS, 1916, 2pp. The last page has partial browning from tape where attached to another sheet.............20-30

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

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451. Sir James Knowles (1831 - 1908) was an English architect and editor. ALS, 1905, brief 1p........25-35

452. Frederic Henry Chase (1853-1925) British academic and bishop. In 1901 he was elected the President of Queens' College, Cambridge and also the Norris Professor of Divinity. In 1905 he was consecrated as the Bishop of Ely. He resigned as bishop in 1924 and died in 1925. ALS, 1906, written on both sides. Mounting traces along top edge...........25-35

453. Edward Richard Assheton Penn Curzon, 6th Earl Howe, CBE [1908-1984] British peer, known as Viscount Curzon from 1929-1964. He served as an officer of the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve in World War II later becoming a Conservative politician ALS, 1983, written on both sides...........30-40

454. David Masson [1822-1907] Scottish writer. ALS, 1846, 1p............50-75

455. [MUSIC] Giovanni Martinelli (1885-1969) celebrated Italian operatic tenor. Signed, inscribed card, with sentiment. Approx. 3.5 x 2.5". VG..........25-35

456. Eileen Heckart [1919-2001] American actress of stage, screen, and television. Butterflies Are Free and was nominated in 1956 for her performance as the bereaved, besotted Mrs. Mrs. Daigle in The Bad Seed. She also appeared as a Vietnam War widow with Clint Eastwood in Heartbreak Ridge. Signed, inscribed vintage 8x10 photo. VG............40-60

457. [FILM] Eddie Albert (1906-2005) American actor. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.......35-45

458. Richard Gehman (1921-1972) prolific American author of 3,000 magazine articles (including over 400 features), five novels and fifteen nonfiction books. Gehman also used the pen names of Meghan Richards, Frederic Christian, Martin Scott, Michael Robinson and F.C.Uffelman. After the war he moved to New York City and began writing for Esquire, Life, Time, Cosmopolitan, Colliers, Argosy, True, Saga and Good Housekeeping magazines and was an original Contributing Editor at Playboy, before going freelance. Maurice Zolotow once claimed that Gehman wrote an entire issue of Cosmopolitan using more than a dozen different pen names. Credited with creating the phrase the "Rat Pack," Gehman was considered a "shadow" member of the group. Offered here is a 2-page TLS, signed "Dick', 1955. All about his first idol, Benny Goodman. VG...........60-80

459. John W. McCormack (1891- 1980) American politician from Boston, Massachusetts. McCormack served as a member of United States House of Representatives from 1928 until he retired from political life in 1971. As a Democrat, McCormack served as House Majority Leader three times, the first time from 1940 to 1947, the second time from 1949 to 1953, and again from 1955 to 1961. He served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1962 to 1971. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.........40-60

460. [FILM] Lois Moran (1909-1990) American film actress. She also had a brief affair with writer F. Scott Fitzgerald while he was married to Zelda Fitzgerald . He once remarked that she was "The most beautiful girl in Hollywood". She was also an inspiration for the character of Rosemary Hoyt in Fitzgerald's novel Tender is the Night (1934). ALS, 1977, written on both sides, 7-1/4 x 10-1/2". Signed "Lois". VG........30-40

461. Kathleen Freeman [1919-2001] American actress. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.........30-40

462. [ENGLAND] Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope FRS (1805-1875), styled Viscount Mahon between 1816 and 1855, was a British politician and historian. He held political office under Sir Robert Peel in the 1830's and 1840's but is best remembered for his contributions to cultural causes and for his historical writings. ALS, 1858, 1p, 4-1/2 x 7-1/4 in. Neatly inlaid. VG............40-60

463. James Lees-Milne (1908-1997) English writer and expert on country houses. He was an architectural historian, novelist, and a biographer. He is also remembered as a diarist. TLS, 1966, 1p. VG..........40-60

464. Mary Noel Streatfeild OBE [1896-1986] author, most famous for her children's books including Ballet Shoes (1936). Several of her novels have been adapted for film or television. TLS, 1981, 1p. VG............40-60

465. Sir Francis Palgrave [1788-1861] English historian. Brief ALS, no date, acknowledging help from someone the following morning.......35-45

466. Earl L. Butz (1909-2008) US government official who served as Secretary of Agriculture under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. TLS, 1989, 1p.......25-35

467. Evan Connell (b. 1924, Kansas City, Missouri) American novelist, poet, and short story writer. TLS, no year...........25-35

468. [FILM] Arthur Lubin (1898-1995) American film producer and director who directed many Abbott & Costello films. Later, Lubin directed TV shows like Bronco (1958), Maverick (1959), Bonanza (1960), Mister Ed (1961) and The Addams Family (1965). Lubin's last work was the TV series called Little Lulu (1978). TLS, 1990, 1p.............20-30

469. Admiral George Edgcumbe, 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, PC [1720-1795] British peer, naval officer and politician. He was commissioned a lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1739 and in 1742 was promoted to be commander of the Terrible bomb. In the course of 1743 he was appointed acting captain of the Kennington of 20 guns, and was officially confirmed on 19 August 1744. He commanded her in the Mediterranean till 1745, when he was advanced to the Salisbury of 50 guns. This ship, as part of the Western Fleet under Hawke and Boscawen, initially patrolled the Bay of Biscay during the War of Austrian Succession. Its ship's surgeon was James Lind, who conducted his experiments on scurvy during such a patrol in 1747. The war ended in 1748. About this time Edgcumbe was painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds and the Salisbury appears in the background. Signed address panel............40-60

470. [FILM] "Dino" DE LAURENTIIS [1919-2010] Italian film producer. SIGNED 3X5 CARD........25-35

471. [MUSIC] RONNIE GILBERT (b. 1926) Folk Singer with ”The Weavers”. Brief ALS, no date, on verso of collector's letter.......25-35

472. [ENTERTAINMENT] EDDIE PEABODY (1902-1970) Entertainer, singer and known as “King of the Banjo” TLS, 1995, 1p. Says Chicago audiences have always been kind to hom. Nice example..........40-60

473. [MUSIC] Jan Wilhelm Morthenson [b. 1940] Swedish composer of orchestral and electro-acoustic music. AMQS from his "Coloratura III and IV, dated 10/17/66. Approx. 3x5. VG..........50-75

474. Francis G. Peabody (1847-1936) a minister and professor of theology at Harvard University. He authored many books. ALS, 1901, 1p, 4-3/4 x 7-3/4". VG..........40-60

475. Lillian Freeman Clarke [1842-1921] American writer. Signature, 1893............20-30

476. Russell Long [1918-2003] LA. Senator. SP, 8x10. VG......25-35

477. Florence George [1917-?] American actress. In films from 1938, stage and TV. TLS, 1938, 1p. Talks about the movie "College Swing" preview "...and it is most unfortunate that so many feet of film were cut from the picture. Being a newcomer in films, my scenes had to suffer, however, there is enough left to give you a fair idea of my performance..." VG...........30-40

478. [FILM] Jan Sterling (1921-2004) American actress. Most active in films during the 1950s, Sterling received a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in The High and the Mighty (1954), and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the same performance. Her career declined during the 1960s, however she continued to play occasional roles for television and theatre. Bold Signature ON VINTAGE ALBUM PAGE [1945]............25-35

479. [FILM] EMIL SITKA (1914-1998) American Actor. He spent many years as a comic foil for the Three Stooges, from 1957-1965, first appearing with the Stooges in Half-Wits Holiday. He himself was about to become a Stooge in 1975 when Moe Howard passed away and broke up the trio forever. Sitka started out working odd jobs in mid-'30s Hollywood to support his family. Tiny acting roles were among those jobs. Sitka continued to appear in over 500 short films working with some of Hollywood's brightest stars, including Lucille Ball, Milton Berle, and Red Skelton. SIGNED/inscribed 3x5 card...........20-30

480. LOUISE DRISCOLL (1875-1957) American Poet. She was the author of many works of prose, some of her most famous poems were: Harbury, The Accused, The Highway others. SIGNATURE, with sentiment............20-30

481. HARRIET DOER (1910-2002 ) American Author/Short Story Writer. She started very late in life, . In 1982, she won the Henfield Foundation Award for a group of short stories which led to the publication of her first novel, Stones for Ibarra, two years later. Written under a National Endowment for the Arts grant, the book went on to win the American Book Award for First Fiction. In 1990, she published a book of short stories, Under an Aztec Sun. Her second novel Consider this Senora was released in 1993. In 1995, she published another collection of short stories, Tiger in the Grass: Stories and other Inventions. SIGNATURE/inscribed with unsigned 5x7 portrait photograph...........20-30

482. [FILM] John Boles (1895-1969) American actor. He started out in Hollywood in the silent movie era, but became a huge star with the advent of talkies. After the war, Boles moved to New York to study music. He quickly became well-known for his talents and was selected to play the leading man in the 1923 Broadway musical Little Jesse James. He became an established star on Broadway and attracted the attention of Hollywood producers and actors. SIGNED ALBUM SHEET, IN PENCIL. VG..........20-30

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483. [THEATRE} Madge Kennedy [1891-1987] silent film and stage actress. Kennedy first started out on Broadway with the show, Little Miss Brown. This was a farce in three acts presented at the 48th Street Theater in August 1912. Critics found Kennedy's performance most pleasing, writing, "Miss Kennedy's youth, good looks, and marked sense of fun helped her to make a decidedly favorable impression last night." After making movies for three years she returned to the New York stage in November 1920. Kennedy played in Cornered, staged at the Astor Theatre. Produced by Henry Savage, the play was taken from the writing of Dodson Mitchell. Kennedy performed a dual role. She acted the character of a widow in the comedy Beware of Widows which was produced by the Maxine Elliott Theatre in December 1925. A reviewer for The New York Times remarked about Kennedy's physical beauty as well as her skill as a comedian. She returned to Broadway in her later years, performing in August 1965 with Ruth Gordon, in A Very Rich Woman. That was her first stage appearance in 33 years. ALS, 1981, 1p. "....What can I say of my joy in a profession for so many years - To be a part of it and to share my happiness with the wonderful.....audience - is the end of the rainbow..." Accompanied by unsigned sheet music from "Poppy" with W.C. Fields, 1923. VG........40-60

Portrait of Kennedy

484. CLARENCE BARNHART (1900-1993) American Lexicographer. Perhaps his most lasting contribution to lexicography was his editing of the American College Dictionary (1947), which introduced the participation of leading linguists and psychologists and was the forerunner of the entire line of Random House dictionaries. TLS, 1981. Mail crease runs right through the signature..........10-20

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

486. [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

487. William Robert Ware (1832-1915) American architect, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts into a family of the Unitarian clergy. He received his professional education at Milton Academy, Harvard College and Harvard's Lawrence Scientific School. He is credited with designing the High Street Church in Brookline, Massachusetts while at the first firm he partnered, Philbrick and Ware, and Harvard's Memorial and Weld Halls, the Episcopal Divinity School campus at Harvard University, and the Ether Monument at the Boston Public Garden while at the second firm he partnered, Ware and Van Brunt. In 1865, Ware became the first professor of architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1881 he moved to New York City and founded the School of Architecture at Columbia University, which began as the Architecture Department in the Columbia School of Mines. He retired in 1903. Clip Signature........20-30

488. [CINEMA] BILLY BARTY (1924-2000) American Actor he made several films appearances from at least 1931 onward, most often cast due to his height as bratty children. He was a peripheral member of an "Our Gang" rip-off in the Mickey McGuire comedy shorts, portrayed the infant-turned-pig in Alice in Wonderland (1932), did a turn in blackface as a "shrunken" Eddie Cantor in Roman Scandals (1933) and frequently popped up as a lasciviously leering baby in the risqué musical highlights of Busby Berkeley's Warner Bros. films. One of Barty's most celebrated cinema moments occurred in 1937's Nothing Sacred, in which, playing a small boy, he pops up out of nowhere to bite Fredric March in the leg.TV audiences began to connect his name with his face in the 1950s when Barty was featured on various variety series hosted by bandleader Spike Jones. SIGNED/inscribed 8x10 photograph....................35-45

489. [NOBEL PRIZE] HERBERT C. BROWN (1912-2004) British born, American Chemist- Nobel Prize -perhaps best known for his explorations of the role of boron in organic chemistry. He discovered that the simplest compound of boron and hydrogen, diborane, adds with remarkable ease to unsaturated organic molecules to give organoboranes. Awarded the 1979 Nobel Prize for Chemistry - SIGNED 4x5 photograph.............25-35

490. WARREN MAGNUSON (1904-1988) American Politician. He was a US Rep from the State of Washington from 1937-1944. He then served in the Navy during WW2. After the war he ran for the US Senate and was elected from 1944-1981. He was one the most powerful senators ever from his home state. SIGNED 8x10 portrait photogragh...................20-30

491. [MUSIC] Nedda Casei [b. 1932] American operatic mezzo-soprano. Signed 1983 FDC honoring the Met Opera. Clean with cachet. Nice..........25-35

492. Clyde LaVerne Herring (1879-1945), an American politician and Democrat, served as the 26th Governor of Iowa, and then one of its U.S. Senators, during the last part of the Great Depression and the first part of World War II. TLS, 1942, 1p. ................Min. Bid $2

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493. [SCIENCE] Henri CARTAN (1904-2008) one of France's leading mathematician's. He made fundamental advances in the theory of analytic functions, worked on the theory of sheaves, homological theory, algebraic topology and potential theory. He wrote under the name Bourbaki with some 30 Volumes. ANS, 1992, with signed return address envelope/both signed H. Cartan...........25-35

494. [BOXING] Carmine Basilio (1927-2012) Welterweight & Middleweight Champion of the World. Signed 8x10 photo. VG.........35-45

495. [MUSIC] Jacob Avshalomov [b. 1919] Jewish American composer and conductor. Signed 3.5 x 4" photo. VG..........25-35

496. Edward Linley Sambourne (1844-1910) English cartoonist. In 1901, he became the chief cartoonist for Punch, taking over upon John Tenniel's retirement. ALS, 1897, 2pp.............50-75

497. [MUSIC] Leonid Hambro [1920-2006] American concert pianist and composer. Clip signature with sentiment...........25-35

498. Richmond Lattimore (1906 - 1984) American poet and translator known for his translations of the Greek classics, especially his versions of the Iliad and Odyssey, which are generally considered as among the best English translations available. Signed 1p. typescript from his poem "Sonnett on Hope." VG......40-60

499. [ART] Eduard Georg Gehbe [1845-1935] German Painter, Illustrator. Signed postcard reproduction of his work "Salzburg," signed on front with notes............35-45

500. Charles Follen Adams [1842-1918]. American poet, b. Dorchester, Mass. Author of German dialect poems, as in Leedle Yawcob Strauss, and Other Poems (1877) and Dialect Ballads (1888). Signed 7x4-1/4 slip, Boston 1896........20-30

501. William Vann Rogers, generally known as Will Rogers, Jr. [1911-1993], was the son of legendary humorist Will Rogers [1879-1935] and his wife, the former Betty Blake [1879-1944]. He was a Democratic Congressman from California from January 3, 1943 until May 23, 1944, when he resigned to return to the United States Army. Rogers had several other careers, notably as a newspaper owner/publisher, an actor, writer, and a political commentator. Signature in return address clipped from envelope.....20-30

502. Ossie Davis (1917-2005) American film actor, director, poet, playwright, writer, and social activist. Clip Signature.....15-20

503. Richard Pike Bissell (1913-1977) American author of short stories and novels. One of which, 7 1/2 Cents, was turned into the Broadway musical The Pajama Game. This won him (along with co-author George Abbott) the 1955 Tony Award for Best Musical. He wrote a book about the experience called Say, Darling, which chronicled the ins and outs of a broadway musical production and featured characters based on those (such as Harold Prince) he worked with; this book was also turned into a musical, also called Say, Darling, in 1958. ALS, 1965, 1p, inquiring about a job for his son who was coming for the summer to Boothbay, Maine. Written to the owner of the Boothbay Theatre Museum. VG..........50-75

504. (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

505. Herbert G. Klein - Asst. to Pres. Nixon. Sig./inscribed business card [White House].....15-20

506. W.S. Lilly - British essayist. ALS, 1870, 2pp..........25-35

507. ROBERT FITZGERALD (1910-1985) American Poet/Critic/Translator. He started out as a reported for the New York Hearald Tribune, then worked as a writer for Time Magazine. His poetry is collected in "A Wreath for the Sea(1943),In the rose of Time(1956), Spring Shade(1971). Translated The Odyssey, The Iliad, and The Aeneid. SIGNATURE/inscribed with sentiment on Harvard University Stationary, dtd 5/27/73...........20-30

508. Madeline Vanderpool [d.1995] Am. Sculptor. Sig. [on verso] 3x4 photo of her 1934 bronze sculpture.......20-30

509. [MEDICINE] MIN CHUCH CHANG (1908-1991) Chinese-born American reproductive biologist. His specific area of study was the fertilisation process in mammalian reproduction. Though his career produced findings that are important and valuable to many areas in the field of fertilisation, including his work on in vitro fertilisation which led to the first "test tube baby", he was best known to the world for his contribution to the development of the combined oral contraceptive pill at the Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology. Signed 3x5 card. Fine..........40-60

510. [ART] Will Hicok Low (1853-1933) American artist and writer on art. In 1873 he entered the atelier of J. L. Gérme in the École des Beaux Arts at Paris, subsequently joining the classes of Carolus-Duran, with whom he remained until 1877. Returning to New York, he became a member of the Society of American Artists in 1878 and of the National Academy of Design in 1890. His pictures of New England types, and illustrations of John Keats, brought him into prominence. Subsequently he turned his attention to decoration, and executed panels and medallions for the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City, a panel for the Essex County Court House in Newark, New Jersey as well as numerous panels for private residences and stained glass windows for various churches, including St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, Newark. CLIP SIGNATURE mounted to card............20-30

511. [FILM] Susan Strasberg (1938-1999) American actress. After a widely praised performance as a teenager in Picnic, Strasberg originated the title role in the Broadway production of The Diary of Anne Frank at the age of 18 and was nominated for a Tony Award. SIGNED 1972 bank check. VG.......50-75

512. Lynn Johnston - Canadian cartoonist. Typed note signed, 1990.....20-30

513. Dean Dusk (1909-1994) US Sec. of State under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson. Brief TLS, 1975, 1p...........30-40

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514. Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990) was publisher of Forbes magazine, founded by his father B. C. Forbes. He was known as a promoter of capitalism and for extravagant spending on parties, travel, and his collection of homes, yachts, aircraft, and art. Signed color 8x10 photo. VG............50-75

515. Louis Clarence Hill [1865-1938] Am. Civil Engineer. He was the main designer of the early large dams. He was the chief engineer and designer of the Theodore Roosevelt Dam. His designs and success went on to help the Hoover Dam and Coolidge Dam, also the Los Angeles Flood Control Project, DOCUMENT SIGNED, 1924, 2pp, 4to. His biographical notes for The Cyclopedia of American Biography. VG.................50-75

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516. [FRANCE] Charles Dollfus (1827-1913) French philosopher, novelist and essayist. He studied in Switzerland and Paris, where he studied law. Protestant belonging to the current Liberal , "militant anti-papist" as an expression of René Martin , he enrolled at the Paris Bar in 1848 , then to that of Colmar in 1852 . He soon, however, to follow his literary and philosophical tastes. Returning to Paris, he founded with Auguste Nefftzer in 1857 the German Journal, later published under the title of Modern Review, where he became Director. He joined the writing of Time , founded in April 1861 , under the direction of Nefftzer and contributes to several other journals. It also publishes fiction (including The Doctor Fabricius that inspired his nephew Charles Koechlin symphonic poem of the same name) as well as works of literary criticism and philosophy. ALS [1853], 1p., 5-1/4 x 8 in. VG............80-120

517. [FRANCE] Natalis de Wailly (1805-1886) French archivist, librarian and historian. In 1841, as head of the Administrative Section of the Royal Archives, he wrote a ministerial circular, issued by Count Tanneguy Duchâtel, Minister of the Interior, stating that records should be grouped according to the nature of the institution that has accumulated them and formulating the principle of respect des fonds (up until that point, archives had often been sorted according to subject, date or place). In 1854, he was appointed head of the manuscript department of the Bibliothèque impériale. A member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres since 1841 and of several learned societies, he was a renowned paleographer and published scientific editions of medieval chroniclers. ALS, 1846, 4pp, 5 x 7-1/4 in. Fine............100-150

518. [FRANCE - MUSIC] Pauline Dameron (1825-1890) Mezzo-soprano. She sang the roles of Ines in the premiere of Le trouvere at the Opera in Paris in 1857, having begun her career there around 1847. ALS, no year, 1p, 4 x 5-1/4 in. VG...........75-100

519. AMERICAN EXPRESS - 3 stock certificates, 1960-63. VG...........40-60

Russian Mystic

520. Anne Sophie Swetchine (1782-1857) known as Madame Swetchine, was a Russian mystic, and author, born in Moscow, and famous for her salon in Paris. She spent her early years at the court of empress Catherine II, as her father was one of the empress's closest advisors. In 1799, she married General Nicolas Sergeyvitch Swetchine. Under the influence of Joseph de Maistre, she became a member of the Roman Catholic Church in 1815; she had also been under the influence of the Jesuits. Because of the law, which disallowed Russian nobles who converted from the orthodox religion to live in Russia, she was forced to leave Russia, and she decided upon Paris as her new home. In the following year she settled in Paris with her spouse where, until her death, she maintained a famous salon. From 1826 onward, she held her salon at number 71 Rue Saint Dominique in Paris. Her salon was considered remarkable for its high courtesy and intellectuality. She often received Russian exiles at her salon. It was also a centre of the French contrarevolutionary movement. Frequent guests was people of France's literary, political and ecclesiastical communities. With her "fervent and enlightened Catholicism", which took the form of a rational and intellectualized form of faith, she is described as an influence on the French Catholic community until her death in 1856. ALS, no date, 2pp. Not translated.........100-150

Portrait of Swetchine

521. [FILM] Lou Diamond Phillips [b. 1962] American film, film, television, and stage actor and director. His breakthrough came when he starred in the film La Bamba. Signed 10 x 8 color photo from the film La Bamba. VG............25-35

522. [FILM] Louise Fletcher (b.1934) American actress perhaps best known for her role as Nurse Ratched in One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest and as Kai Winn Adami in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO. VG..............25-35

523. Mike Connors (b. 1925) American actor best known for playing detective Joe Mannix in the CBS television series, Mannix. In the 1959–1960 television season, he had played a crime-fighting investigator known only as "Nick" in another CBS series, Tightrope. Signed, inscribed 8 x 10 photo. VG............40-60

524. Sophie Tucker (1884-1966) singer and comedian, one of the most popular entertainers in America during the first third of the 20th century. SIGNATURE, inscribed, 1961..............25-35

525. [MUSIC - FILM] GLADYS SWARTHOUT (1900-1969) American Mezzo-Soprano, Film Star. SIGNED inscribed 8x10, 1930’s photo. VG.................60-80

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526. [MUSIC] Boris Goldovsky (1908-2001) Russian conductor and broadcast commentator, active in the United States. He has been called an important "popularizer" of opera in America. As an opera producer, conductor, impresario, and broadcaster he was prominent within the American operatic community between 1946 and 1985. Large Signature. Two mail fold lines..........25-35

527. Hannibal Goodwin [1822-1900] Episcopal priest at the House of Prayer in Newark, New Jersey, patented a method for making transparent, flexible roll film out of nitrocellulose film base, which was used in Thomas Edison's Kinetoscope, an early machine for viewing animation. AQS, dated Oct. 17, 1881, 7 x 4.5". VG.........60-80

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528. Edmund Blunden [1896-1974] English, poet, author. Signed Presentation/edition page from his book "Near & Far" 1929. Fine.............25-35

529. [BASEBALL] James Cory Snyder (b.1962) is a former Major League Baseball player for the Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, San Francisco Giants, and Los Angeles Dodgers from 1986 to 1994. Snyder's best season came in 1987 with the Indians when he hit 33 home runs, and had 82 Runs Batted In. SIGNED & INSCRIBED COLOR 8X10 photo. VG.............20-30

530. [GOLF] David Stockton (b. 1941) American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments on both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour. SIGNED COLOR 8X10 PHOTO. VG...........25-35

531. CARLOS P. ROMULO (1899-1985), Philippine diplomat, journalist, and educator. A leader of the Philippines during World War II, Romulo served with distinction in the U.S. Army as aide-de-camp to Gen. Douglas MacArthur, the commander of U.S. forces in the Far East, and was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in 1944. After the war he participated in the founding of the UN, serving as permanent Philippines representative to the UN and as president of the UN General Assembly (1949-50). He was his country's ambassador to the U.S. (1952-53 and 1955-62). TLS, 1949, on UN stationery. RE: autographs.............40-60

532. [MISSISSIPPI] John C. Stennis (August 3, 1901 - April 23, 1995) was a U.S. Senator from the state of Mississippi. It was due to his work with the Armed Services committee (1969-1980) that he became known as the "Father of America's Modern Navy." TLS, 1974, 1p...........25-35

533. [THEATRE] Charlotte B. Mantell [1866-1898] American actress. She was born in Brooklyn, NY, but her family base was from the San Francisco area, where she got her start in the theatre. She was fairly prominent during her time. Her second marriage was the the well known actor Robert B. Mantell, the Shakespearean/early motion picture actor. ALS, 1897, 1p. Written on Wayne Hotel, Fort Wayne, Ind. stationery. Says she received "my photos today. I am more than delighted. They are the best I ever had taken...." Neatly inalid to sheet.............25-35

534. [EARLY FILM] Liane Haid [1895-2000] Austrian actress who has often been referred to as Austria's first movie star. Signed early postcard photo [leggy pose with cigarette]. VG..........40-60

535. Rita Wellman [1890-1965] American playwright - her first successful play "the Gentile Wife", was in 1917. She continued to be successful with other plays and was considered, with Susan Glasell, one of the most promising playwrights in the 1920s and 30s. She translated the journals of Benito Mussolini. AQS, 1925, inscribed to Howes Norris Jr., 2pp........40-60

536. [MUSIC] Goffredo Petrassi [1904-2003] influential Italian compser. SIGNATURE W/SENTIMENT, DATED ROME 1983...........20-30

537. James Bryce. 1st Viscount Bryce. [1838-1922]. British jurist, historian, and diplomat. Regius professor of civil law, Oxford (1870-93); M.P. (1880-1907); undersecretary for foreign affairs under Gladstone (1886), president of Board of Trade (1894-95), and chief secretary for Ireland in Campbell-Bannerman cabinet (1905-06). Ambassador to the U.S. (1907-13); signer of Anglo-American arbitration treaty (1911). Created viscount (1914); named to International Court of Justice (1914). Author of Holy Roman Empire (1864), The American Commonwealth (1888), Modern Democracies (1922), and of studies of South Africa and South America. ALS, Oxford, Oct. 29, no yr., 3pp., about returning from Italy and inviting correspondent to breakfast. VG............50-75

538. [THEATRE] Louis Arsene Delaunay [1826-1903] French actor, born in Paris, the son of a wine-seller. He studied at the Conservatoire, and made his first formal appearance on the stage in 1845, in Molière's Tartuffe at the Odon. After three years at this house he made his debut at the Comédie-Française as Dorante in Corneilles Le Menteur , and began a long and brilliant career in young lover parts. He continued to act as jeune premier until he was sixty, his grace, marvellous diction and passion enchanting his audiences. It was especially in the plays of Alfred de Musset that his gifts found their happiest expression. In the thirty-seven years during which he was a member of the Comédie-Française, Delaunay took or created nearly two hundred parts. He retired in 1887, having been made a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur in 1883. ALS, no date, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8-1/2 in. VG.............. 60-80

539. [FRANCE] Paul Bins, comte de Saint-Victor (1827-1881), known as Paul de Saint-Victor, French author, was born in Paris. His father Jacques BM Bins, comte de Saint-Victor (1772-1858), is remembered by his poem L'Espérance, and by an excellent verse translation of Anacreon. Saint-Victor, who ceased to use the title of count as being out of keeping with his democratic principles, began as a dramatic critic on the Pays in 1851, and in 1855 he succeeded Théophile Gautier on the Presse. In 1866 he migrated to the Liberté, and in 1869 joined the staff of the Moniteur universel. In 1870, during the last days of the second empire, he was made inspector-general of fine arts. Almost all Saint-Victor's work consists of articles, the best known being the collection entitled Hommes et dieux (1867). His death interrupted the publication of Les Deux Masques , in which the author intended to survey the whole dramatic literature of ancient and modern times. Saint-Victor's critical faculty was considerable, though rather one-sided. He owed a good deal to Théophile Gautier, but he carried ornateness to a pitch far beyond Gautier's. Saint-Victor died in Paris on 9 July 1881. ALS, no date, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8 in. VG............50-75

540. [FRANCE] Anatole le Braz, the "Bard of Brittany" [1859-1926] Breton folklore collector and translator. He was highly regarded amongst both European and American scholars, and known for his warmth and charm. Le Braz was sent on foreign cultural missions by the Government of France twenty times. He made several visits to the US, Canada and Switzerland, notably lecturing at Harvard University in 1906, and at Columbia University in 1915. ALS, 1900, 3pp. 4-1/2 x 7 in. ............60-80

541. [FRANCE] Georges Valois (real name Alfred-Georges Gressent; 1878-1945) French journalist and politician. After having written his first book, L'Homme qui vient, he met the nationalist and monarchist writer Charles Maurras and became a member of his Action Française (AF) league, where he continued to follow the workers' movement. As his employment would have been compromised by an involvement in the far-right monarchist league, he took the pseudonym of Georges Valois. Georges Valois was finally arrested by the Nazis on 18 May, 1944, and died in February 1945 of typhus at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. ALS, 1911, 2pp, 4-3/4 x 6-1/2 in.............75-100

542. HERBERT BOYER (1936- ) American Biochemist. Genetic engineering (DNA Cloning) using living organisms was first accomplished soon after it became feasible in the early 1970s. In 1973 Herbert Boyer, of the University of California at San Francisco, and Stanley Cohen, at Stanford University, reported the construction of functional organisms that combined and replicated genetic information from different species. Their experiments dramatically demonstrated the potential impact of DNA recombinant engineering on medicine and pharmacology, industry and agriculture. SIGNED 5x7 portrait photograph.............25-35

543. [FRANCE] Henry Houssaye (1848-1911) French historian and academician. The military history of Napoleon I then attracted him. His first volume on this subject, called 1814 (1888), went through no fewer than forty-six editions. It was followed by 1815, the first part of which comprises the first Restoration, the return from Elba and the Hundred Days (1893); the second part, Waterloo (1899); and the third part, the second abdication and the White Terror (1905). He was elected a member of the Académie française in 1895. ALS, no date, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8-1/4. VG........50-75

544. [FRANCE] Paul Adolphe Marie Prosper Granier de Cassagnac (1843-1904) was the son of Adolphe Granier de Cassagnac , and while still young associated with his father in both politics and journalism. In 1866 he became editor of the Conservative paper Le Pays , and figured in a long series of political duels. On the declaration of war in 1870 he volunteered for service and was taken prisoner at Sedan. On his return from prison in a fortress in Silesia he continued to defend the Bonapartist cause in Le Pays, against both Republicans and Royalists. Elected deputy for the department of Gers in 1876, he adopted in the chamber a policy of obstruction to discredit the republican régime. In 1877 he openly encouraged MacMahon to attempt a Bonapartist coup detat, but the marshals refusal and the death of the prince imperial foiled his hopes. He now played but a secondary rôle in the chamber, and occupied himself mostly with the direction of the journal L'Autorité, which he had founded. He was not re-elected in 1902, and died in November 1904. His sons took over L'Autorité and the belligerent traditions of the family. ALS, not dated, 1p. VG.........60-80

545. [MUSIC] Carl Wendling [1875-1962] German violinist. Signature...........25-35

546. [OPERA] Ernestine Schumann-Heink [1861-1936] contralto. Signature...30-40

547. [OPERA] Elizabeth Futral - American coloratura soprano who has won acclaim throughout the United States as well as in Europe, South America, and Japan. SIGNED, INSCRIBED 5X7 PHOTO....20-30

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

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549. 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, 1841, 1p, mounted attractively...........50-75

550. [THEATRE] Johnstone Bennett [1870-1906] American stage actress. Signature on 6.5 x 4.5" slip...........20-30

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551. [FILM] Beatrice Gladys "Bea" Lillie (1894-1989) actress and comedic performer. Following her 1920 marriage to Sir Robert Peel in England, she was known in private life as Lady Peel. Brief ALS, 1933, 1p, 5 x 6-1/2". VG..........50-75

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552. [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

553. [MUSIC] Pierre Luboshutz [1891-1971] Russian-American pianist. Signed card, with sentiment written in different hand.......25-35

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554. [MUSIC] Frederick Martin Reiner (1888-1963) was a prominent conductor of opera and symphonic music. Signed album page...........40-60

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555. SIMON LAKE (1866-1945) American mechanical engineer and naval architect who obtained over two hundred patents for advances in naval design and competed with John Holland to build the first submarines for the United States Navy. SIGNED Document -check dedicated and signed by him 1910. With COA from The Simon Lake Collection..........................75-100

556. [FILM] Rudy Vallée (1901-1986) American singer, actor, bandleader, and entertainer. He was one of the first modern pop stars of the teen idol type. Signed 1946 bank check made out to the Hollywood Studio Club. VG............30-40

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557. Waldegrave - 8th Earl [1788-1859] Brit. naval Vice-Adm. Clip signature.......25-35

558. Lily Pons (1898-1976) French-American soprano. Signature on stained 3x5 card.....25-35

559. [MUSIC] James Patrick Page OBE (b. 1944) English guitarist, songwriter, and record producer. He began his career as a studio session guitarist in London and was subsequently a member of The Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968, after which he founded the English rock band Led Zeppelin. Signed color 8x10 photo. VG.............75-100

560. [FILM] Ernst Hofmann (1890-1945) German film actor. He was one of the most attractive actors of the German silent cinema. In the 1910s he was the producer and star of Der Knabe in Blau (1918), the first film by legendary director Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau. Hofmann became a very busy actor in the 1920's and he took part in many well-known productions. When sound films arrived he finished his film career. Rare signed postcard photograph. VG............40-60

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561. [MUSIC] Robert Ward (b.1917)) American composer. Signed & inscribed brochure picturing Ward who also pens a bar of music. Inscribed to Carl Davis, the conductor, composer. Fine.......50-75

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562. [FRANCE] Louis Liard (1846-1917) French philosopher and director. A street in Bordeaux and a street fourteenth arrondissement bear his name. ALS, 1908, 1p, 5-3/8 x 8-1/4 in. VG.................60-80

563. [FRANCE] Etienne Marie Victor Lamy (1845-1919) French author, born in Cize, Jura. He was educated at the College Stanislas and became a doctor of law in 1870. From 1871 to 1881 he was a deputy from his native department, Jura, and his earlier writings were political and historical. In the House of Deputies he was a member of the Left, but he broke with his party and became a clerical reactionary, writing for the Gaulois and the Correspondant. In 1905 he became a member of the Académie française (seat #21), and in 1913 he succeeded Thureau-Dangin as its perpetual secretary. ALS, 1917, 2pp, 4-3/8 x 6-3/4 in. VG................75-100

564. [FRANCE] Paul Bastid (1892-1974) French lawyer and politician. Attached to the Radical Party, he was a member of the Cantal , Minister of Commerce under the Popular Front and representing radicals National Council of the Resistance , before heading L'Aurore. In 1941, the Vichy government dismisses the mandate of General Counsel. Paul Bastid while campaigning in the Resistance and the General Committee of studies (CGE), was formed in 1942 in Lyon, at his home. In 1943, he is the representative of the radical party in the National Council of Resistance and writes articles for the underground press. ALS, 1971, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8-1/4 in. About a presentation at the Academy. Fine............75-100

565. [FRANCE] Victor Louis Armand Boucher (1877-1942) French actor. ALS, 1912, 1p. 5-1/4 x 8-1/2 in. VG............50-75

566. Frank Johnson - American Disney animator. Signature in form of return address [Walt Disney Co.]..............20-30

567. [CABINET] Curtis D. Wilbur [1867-1954] 43rd United States Secretary of the Navy. Signature with sentiment.

568. [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

569. [FILM - MUSIC] Frank Ramsey Adams (1883-1963) American author, screenwriter, composer. Adams wrote plays, musical comedies, and lyrics for popular songs, such as "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now". He composed the stage scores for the musicals "The Time, the Place, and the Girl", "The Girl Question", "A Stubborn Cinderella", "The Goddess of Liberty", and "The Price of Tonight". His chief musical collaborators included Joe Howard, Harold Orlob and Will Hough. TLS, 1934, 1p. Written on Paramount Pictures letterhead he says he is no longer running the theatre in Whitehall, Mich., "I still keep a finger in the motion picture pie. Maybe you will be in the business yourself one of these days." VG.......50-75

570. Benjamin Altman (1840–1913) American businessman who in 1865 founded B. Altman & Co., opening a store on Third Avenue and 10th Street in NYC. In 1906, he moved the business to Fifth Avenue and 34th Street. Benjamin Altman died without heirs. Shortly before the death, he founded the Altman Foundation. Until 1985, it owned B. Altman & Co., which latter closed the last store in 1990. Altman was an avid collector of Rembrandt paintings and china, much of which he acquired through art dealer Joseph Duveen. Upon his death, he donated the collection to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Signed Chemical National Bank check, 1906. VG.................80-120

571. [FRANCE] Francis de Miomandre (1880-1959) French novelist and well-known translator from Spanish into French. He was born in Tours, Indre-et-Loire and educated in Marseille. He began writing in his early twenties and won the Prix Goncourt in 1908 for his novel, Ecrít sur de l'Eau . His novels are highly imaginative and put together with the genuine talent of a romancer who has traveled far and wide at his own study table. Lengthy ALS, 1955, 1-1/2 pages [ON BOTH SIDES OF ONE SHEET], 8-1/4 x 10-1/2". To the critic, Robert Kemp. VG............75-100

572. [THEATRE] Robert Woodruff Anderson (b. 1917) is an American playwright and screenwriter, perhaps best known as the author of Tea and Sympathy, which made its Broadway debut in 1953 and was made into an MGM film in 1956. Both versions starred Deborah Kerr and John Kerr. Anderson wrote the screenplays for 1959's The Nun's Story and 1966's The Sand Pebbles. He was Oscar-nominated for the The Nun's Story as well as the 1970 screen version of his play I Never Sang for My Father. SIGNED & INSCRIBED 6.5 x 10" photo. He also signs & describes this particular photo. Dated 2000................25-35

573. Jarmila Novotna [1907-1994] Czech soprano. Signature in return address clipped from envelope........20-30

574. Samuel Carter Hall (1800-1889) was an Irish-born Victorian journalist who is best known for his editorship of The Art Journal and for his much-satirised personality. ALS, dated 9 May, no year, 1p, 5-1/4 x 7-3/4. Very light foxing..........50-75

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Portrait of S.C. Hall

575. Lloyd Morris (1893-1954) American teacher, critic, and man of letters, best known for his biography of Hawthorne "The Rebellious Puritan. He was one of the foremost social historians of his generation. Lengthy TLS, NY, 1944, 2pp., regarding life at the famous Mac Dowell Colony in the 1920's; and being with the poet Edward Arlington Robinson. A remarkable letter about the generosity of Robinson and another writer there, who was not wanted there, and the relationship of Robinson and this writer. Lightly toned in parts..........50-75

576. John Watson - Pseudonym Ian Maclaren [1850-1907]. Scottish clergyman and author. Presbyterian minister, Liverpool (1880-1905); won reputation with Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush (1894), followed by other "kailyard school" portrayals of humble Scottish life as Days of Auld Lang Syne (1895), Kate Carnegie (1896); also wrote religious works, including The Upper Room (1896), Children of the Resurrection (1912). ALS, 1899, 2pp. ...............40-60

577. Nathan Lewis Miller (1868-1953) was an American lawyer and politician who was the 43rd Governor of New York from 1921 to 1922. Document Signed, bank check dated 1921. $100 from the Adjutant General's Office, State of New York. Fine example...........40-60

578. [NASA] William H. Pickering (1910-2004) was a New Zealand born rocket scientist who headed Pasadena, California's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for 22 years, retiring in 1976. He was a senior NASA luminary and pioneered the exploration of space. SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG..............50-75

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579. George Barr McCutcheon [1866-1928] Am. writer. Signature/sentiment.........15-20

580. Albert Henry Smyth [1863-1907] American writer. ALS, 1900, 2pp. Mentions his biography of Bayard Taylor. Light irregular toning on last page............25-35

581. [ENGLAND] R(ichard) Cobden (1804-1865) British manufacturer and Radical and Liberal statesman, associated with John Bright in the formation of the Anti-Corn Law League as well as with the Cobden-Chevalier Treaty. Clip signature MOUNTED. Below is article about him............25-35

582. [ENGLAND] Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778 - 1868) British statesman who became Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom. Brougham was the designer of the brougham, a four-wheeled, horse-drawn style of carriage that bears his name. A statue of him, inscribed "Lord Brougham," stands at the Cannes waterfront, across from the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès. SIGNED address panel dated 1821...........25-35

583. WILLIAM ARMSTRONG (1914-1999 ) American Novelist/Author. His most famous work was "Sounder", made into a movie. Clipped SIGNATURE "Wm. H. Armstrong"........15-20

584. [FILM] John Rhys-Davies (b. 1944) English-born Welsh actor and vocal actor. He is perhaps best known for playing the charismatic Arabian excavator Sallah in the Indiana Jones films and the dwarf Gimli in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Clipped Signature. Mounted......20-30

585. [THEATRE] Ethel Irving [1869-1963] British actress [not related to Henry Irving]. She created at Daly's Theatre [1902] the part of Sophie in A Country Girl. Another important role she played was Pamela Tuckwell in "What Pamela Wanted" at the Criterion Theatre. ALS, April 12, no yr., written on both sides of Criterion Theatre stationery which also says "Miss Ethel Irving's Season." Light scattered toning..............50-75

586. Ruth Draper [1884-1956] Am. playwright. CLIP SIGNATURE..........20-30

587. Rex Allen (1920-1999) American actor, singer, and songwriter who is particularly known as the narrator in many Walt Disney nature and Western productions. For contributions to the recording industry, Rex Allen was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. SIGNED large limited edition poster, matted & shrink-wrapped. Plague on front says edition number 45 of 300. The Certificate of Authenticity on back says 45 of 134. "The prints were personally signed by Rex Allen at his home in Arizona between August and November 1999. ....Unfortunately he met his untimely death after signing 134 posters." Overall size 20 x 24". VG...........50-75

588. [SCIENCE] Karl T. Compton (1887-1954) was a prominent American physicist and president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1930 to 1948. Signature on back of 1946 postal card. Appears to be lightly, evenly toned..........50-75

589. [NOBEL] Paul Crutzen (b. 1933) Dutch Nobel prize atmospheric chemist. Brief ALS, no date, 8.5 x 3". VG............50-75

590. [MAINE] Ralph Owen Brewster (1888 - 1961) was an American politician from Maine. Brewster, a Republican, was solidly conservative, a close confidant of Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin and antagonist of Howard Hughes. Brewster came to national attention due to his opposition to the commercial interests of Howard Hughes , America's wealthiest man at the time. Brewster was chairman of a special Senate committee investigating defense procurement during World War II. He claimed concern that Hughes had received $40 million from the Defense Department without actually delivering the aircraft he had contracted to provide, but Brewster may have had an ulterior motive. Incidentally, Hughes stated that the H-4 Hercules cost far more, with the balance coming from his own funds. Hughes aggressively combated the inquirer, alleging corruption. Memoirs by Hughes right-hand man Noah Dietrich and syndicated newspaper columnist Jack Anderson each sketched Brewster as, in Dietrich's words, "an errand boy for Juan Trippe and Pan American World Airways," who pushed for legislation that would give Pan Am the single-carrier international air monopoly for the U.S. The Martin Scorsese movie The Aviator portrays Brewster (played by Alan Alda) similarly, as corrupt and in the pocket of Pan Am, the rival of Hughes' TWA . Hughes spread rumors about Brewster's close association with Pan Am, alleging that he received free flights and hospitality in return for legislation such as his bill to withdraw government approval for TWA flights across the Atlantic. TLS, on Congress of the United States stationery, 1938, 1p. ......25-35

591. Martha Ostenso (1900-1963) Canadian novelist and screenwriter. Ostenso was born in Haukeland, near Bergen, Norway, but emigrated with her family to the United States in 1902. They first settled in South Dakota and Minnesota before immigrating to Canada in the province of Manitoba. Ostenso is probably best known for the award-winning novel Wild Geese, published in 1925 (and filmed as After the Harvest in 2001). She signs at bottom of an autograph request typed letter, 1929...........20-30

592. [NOBEL PRIZE] Wassily Leontief [1905-1999] was an economist notable for his research on how changes in one economic sector may have an effect on other sectors. Leontief won a Nobel Prize in Economics in 1973. BRIEF ALS [1989]................30-40

593. [MUSIC] David Rubinoff, also known as Dave Rubinoff, (September 13, 1897, Grodno, Russian Empire, now Belarus; October 6, 1986) was a popular violinist who was heard during the 1930s and 1940s on various radio programs playing his $100,000 Stradivarius violin. He also performed in theaters, clubs and schools, and he gave several concerts at the White House during the 1940s. He was sometimes billed as Rubinoff and his Violin. SIGNED, inscribed photograph, appears to have been trimmed to 6-3/8 x 6-3/4". Very good condition except for 2 "white" flaws, one above his head & the other in upper right corner. See below..........60-80

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594. [FILM] Art Clokey (1921- 2010) a pioneer in the popularization of stop motion clay animation, beginning in 1955 with a film experiment called Gumbasia. From the Gumbasia project, Art Clokey and his wife Ruth invented Gumby. SIGNED 11 X 8.5 " color photo, signed in sliver ink in dark area. VG...........75-100

595. [NOBEL PRIZE] JAMES TOBIN (1918-2002) 1981 Nobel Prize in Economics. SIGNED 1982 FDC honoring State Birds/Flowers. Clean with cachet. Fine........25-35

596. Margaret Pedler (?-1948) British novelist, who wrote popular works of romantic fiction. Initially Pedler studied piano and singing at the Royal Academy of Music , and published several songs for which she wrote both the music and lyrics. Over her career as a best-selling writer, from 1917 to 1947, she produced 28 novels. ALS, 1932, written on both sides, 6 x 7.5". VG...............40-60

597. George Owen Knapp [1855-1945] American Industrialist, Philanthropist, founder of Union Carbide. He built the famous Knapp's Castle in California. ALS, 1919, 1p.......50-75

598. Cyril Ritchard (1897-1977) actor of stage, screen and television. He achieved star status in 1954 as Captain Hook in the Broadway production of Peter Pan co-starring Mary Martin,. Signed 1957 bank check.......40-60

599. [THEATRE] MARY F. SCOTT-SIDDONS (1844-1896) Indian born-English Actress. She was born in India. Scott Siddons made her professional debut at Nottingham, England, as Lady Macbeth. She first appeared in London in 1867 at the Haymarket Theatre, as Rosalind in "As You Like It." Her American debut was at the Boston Museum and her New York debut was as Rosalind in "As You Like It" at the Worrell Sisters' Theatre in 1868. She joined Augustin Daly's company in New York in 1869 SIGNED card.........25-35

600. Colonel John Purviance [1743-1823] At the commencement of the Revolutionary war, he volunteered and was appointed Lieutenant in the army. He behaved himself valiantly during the war, and was gradually promoted to the office of Colonel. He fought bravely for the liberty of his country, and rejoiced to see the Colony free. He returned a thankful heart to the bosom of his family, and lived happily there until the fall of 1791. He moved with his family to Sumner County, Tennessee. The country there was almost a wilderness. In the spring of 1792, his second son, John Purviance, while in the field at work, was shot, scalped, he was so near the house, that his wife could hear the Indian yells, and she would have run to her husband in the midst of them, had she not have been prevented by the interposition of her friends. They had been married but a few months. Col. John Purviance being alarmed at these savage cruelties, left the place and moved to Caneridge, Bourbon County, Kentucky, where the inhabitants were less exposed to Indian attacks. Clip signature dated 1781.........50-75

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800. [ART] JACQUES-JOSEPH TISSOT [1836-1902] IMPORTANT French painter, engraver, and enameler. OFFERED HERE: an extraordinary book in very fine leather binding containing 20 original etchings by Tissot. Those familiar with Tissot's etchings know that they are quite valuable and also that most were not pencil signed. DESCRIPTION: Book title - "RENEE MAUPERIN", 1884, Edition Ornee, #21/50. Contains 10 images [duplicate set included] = 20 etchings. Of these etchings, 8 are signed in pencil, 10 signed with his red monogram, and 2 unsigned...............15,000 - 20,000

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801. [ART] VIRGINIA TRUE [1900-1989]. Original lithograph, unsigned, 9.5 x 8.5 in. image plus margins. This work is from the estate of well listed artist Virginia True, who was born in Hannibal, MO, in 1900, studied at John Heron in Indianapolis, pupil of William Forsyth and Daniel Garber, taught art at University of Colorado, painted with "Group of 6" women academic artists in Denver area, in the late 30s joined faculty of art and design at Cornell University, retired in 1978, painted for some years in Yarmouth, MA, died in Florida. Member NAWA, exhibited in many regional museums. Extensive listing in Who Was Who, sales in Davenport. True worked early in the regionalist style, later as a surrealist. Her work shows similarities to fellow western artists Adolf Dehn and Georgia O'Keefe. This work has the estate stamp on the back........120-180

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802. [ART] Sir Hubert von Herkomer (1849-1914) British painter of German descent, and also a pioneering film-director and composer. Though a very successful portraitist, especially of men, he is mainly remembered for his earlier works that took a realistic approach to the conditions of life of the poor. Hard Times, showing the family of a travelling day-labourer at the side of a road, is probably his best known work. He exhibited a very large number of memorable portraits, figure subjects and landscapes, in oil and watercolour; he achieved marked success as a worker in enamel, as an etcher, mezzotint engraver and illustrative draughtsman; and he exercised wide influence upon art education by means of the Herkomer School (Incorporated), at Bushey, which he founded in 1883 and directed without payment until 1904, when he retired. Despite being a prominent member of Royal Academy of Arts, Royal Watercolour Society and the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers, as well as being on familiar terms with the royal family, Herkomer was never totally accepted by the British establishment: He was ultimately a victim of the deteriorating relationship between Great Britain and Germany, where he shuttled in between, spending most of his summers in Bavaria. Herkomer was also a pioneering filmmaker. He established a studio in Lululaund and directed some seven historical costume dramas, designed to be shown accompanied by his own music. None of them seem to have survived. ORIGINAL ETCHING, titled: "WORDS OF COMFORT", approx. 10 x 7 plus margins. A few stains in the margins but very good in image and close areas........100-150

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803. Etching titled Carmel, pencil signed [unidentified signature], plate size 8-3/4 x 6 in. plus margins. VG......40-60

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804. Etching, not signed [artist not known], plate size 9 x 6-1/2 in. plus margins. VG......50-75

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805. The Visit - Original 19th Century etching by Karl Rauscher after Franz Defregger; published by Seeley & Co 1879. A beautiful clear impression in good condition. Image approx. 8-3/4 x 6-3/4 in. plus margins. There is a soft running across lower left corner, more visible on the verso than front..............80-120

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806. Walter Shirlaw (1838-1909) Scottish-American artist. Shirlaw was born in Paisley, Scotland, and moved to the United States with his parents in 1840. He worked as a bank-note engraver, and his work was first exhibited at the National Academy in 1861. He was elected an academician of the Chicago Academy of Design in 1868. Among his pupils there was Frederick Stuart Church. From 1870 to 1877 he studied in Munich, under J. L. Raab, Alexander von Wagner, Arthur George von Ramberg, and Wilhelm Lindenschmidt. His first work of importance was the Toning of the Bell (1874), which was followed by Sheep-shearing in the Bavarian Highlands (1876) which received honorable mention at the Paris exposition in 1878. Other notable works from his easel are Good Morning (1878), in the Buffalo Academy; Indian Girl and Very Old (1880); Gossip (1884); and Jealousy (1886), owned by the Academy of Design, New York. His largest work is the frieze for the dining-room in the house of Darius O. Mills in New York. Shirlaw has also earned an excellent reputation as an illustrator. He was one of the founders of the Society of American Artists, and was its first president. On his return from Europe he took charge of the Art Students League of New York, and for several years taught in the composition class. He became an associate of the National Academy in 1887, and an academician the following year. Original etching, plate signed [monogram lower left of image], approx. 5-1/4 x 3-1/8" plus margins. Picture of him is NOT included here............60-80

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807. [ART] CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886-1978) Maine artist known as "THE DOWN EAST PRINTMAKER. Charcoal drawing unsigned, approx. 3 x 3-5/8" in. VG..........100-150

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808. [ART] LOUIS MEYNELL (b. 1868) American) Etching, plate signed and dated 1904, image about 5 x 3-1/4" plus margins. VG..........40-60

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809. [ART] Stephen James Ferris [1835-1915] influential Philadelphia painter and etcher. Original etching, "Mrs. Nicklin", from a painting by Gilbert Stuart. Stuart painted the portrait of Mrs. Nicklin about 1795, when she was in her thirtieth year. She was one of Philadelphia's celebrated beauties, the wife of Mr. Philip Nicklin, and the daughter of Chief-Justice Benjamin Chew. This plate shows notable characteristics in Mr. Ferris's method of etching, he believing in finish, and striving to obtain depth of tone and suggestion of color by close and careful working. Image 7-1/4 5-1/2" plus fairly clean marhins. Top left corner is soiled.........75-100

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810. Rockwell Kent (1882-1971) American artist, illustrator and author. He studied with the influential painters and theorists of his day, including Arthur Wesley Dow, William Merritt Chase, Robert Henri, Abbott Thayer, and Kenneth Hayes Miller. A transcendentalist and mystic, Kent painted remote and austere lands, including Newfoundland (1914-15), Tierra del Fuego (1922-23), and Greenland (1929; 1931-32; 1934-35).Collotype offered here from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1925. Not in Burne Jones. Unsigned. Image sizes approx. 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches plus clean margins. Printed on copper plates by hand on French Arches hand-made paper. This is a proof printing. Fine, black impressions, on cream wove paper, with good margins, in excellent condition. Scarce..............100-150

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811. [ART] Edmund H. Garrett (1853-11929) A well known nineteenth century American painter, etcher and illustrator, studied art at the Academie Julien in Paris under Jean Paul Laurens, Boulanger and Lefebvre. After residing in France for a period of about five years he returned to America and established a successful studio in Boston. During the last two decades of the nineteenth century, Edmund Garrett's paintings and etchings were widely exhibited throughout the United States and in France at the Paris Salon. Garrett's first original prints were in the medium of wood engraving. Under the advice of Robert Swain Gifford (1840-1905), he created his first etching in 1879. Specializing in both architectural views and landscapes, Edmund Henry Garrett's ensuing etchings dealt mainly with areas around Boston. Near Mattakeesett is typical of his fine handling of perspective, light and shade and other pictorial qualities. Original etching, unsigned, "Near Mattakeesett", image approx. 4-7/8 x 8-3/4 plus margins. One light foxing spot well away from image. Appears to have been suntoned [evenly] at some time because the image and margin area well outside of plate mark is a little darker. Perhaps this was matted at some time.............100-150

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812. Merv Slotnick (b. 1941)
Mixed medium on canvasboard, signed, circa 2008, 16 x 20 in. Simple wood frame. Very good condition. Merv Slotnick (b.1941) American artist living in Maine. His work is in many collections throughout the United States, Canada, England, Australia, Germany, Denmark, Ireland, Iceland, Norway, France, Italy, etc. His work has been included in exhibitions at New York University; Maine Biennial; Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY; Mansfield State College, Pa.; Ball State Univ.; Edison Community College, Cape Coral, Florida; Center For The Arts, Midland, Michigan; Central Michigan Univ.; Saginaw Art Museum; Provincetown Art Association; Grand Rapids Art Museum; Battle Creek Arts Center, Mich.; All Michigan Artists Traveling Show [1970-73] which traveled to various colleges & universities in Michigan; Northern Arizona Univ.; Alaska Pacific Univ., plus others. Remember that different scanners, cameras & computer screens can look at the exact same art work but show different levels of brightness & shades of colors & texture. So be aware that translation of color etc. from computer to computer is unpredictable. ALWAYS ask before bidding if concerned about colors..............800-1200

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813. Ronnie Landfield (1947-) Abstract landscape painter. By 1970 Landfield was recognized as one of the first painters to have led the movement away from the geometric, hard-edge, and minimal, toward more lyrical, sensuous, romantic abstractions in colors which were softer and more vibrant. Two off-set lithographs of drawings. These are of preparatory drawings for two color field paintings drawn to scale on authentic parchment paper. 10-7/8 x 7. From Vol. 3 of SMS. In 1967, after a divorce with his second wife, Noma, Copley and new friend Dmitri Petrov decided to publish portfolios of 20th-century artist collaborations with the abbreviation SMS (for "Shit Must Stop"). Copley's Upper West Side loft became a meeting place for performers, artists, curators, and composers to work together on the open-ended collective. The SMS portfolio contained six volumes, each of which were shipped out from the artists to subscribers. The works included came from artists both well-renowned and obscure, including Marcel Duchamp, Roy Lichtenstein, Man Ray, Christo, Richard Hamilton, Claes Oldenburg, John Cage, Terry Riley, La Monte Young, Dick Higgins, Ronnie Landfield, Bruce Nauman, Meret Oppenheim, Neil Jenney, Yoko Ono and others. VG...................150-200

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814. CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886-1978) Maine artist known as "THE DOWN EAST PRINTMAKER. Nine charcoal drawings on one sheet, each approx. 2 x 2.5 in. Some stains. Unsigned. ................80-120

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815. Rockwell Kent (1882-1971) American artist, illustrator and author. He studied with the influential painters and theorists of his day, including Arthur Wesley Dow, William Merritt Chase, Robert Henri, Abbott Thayer, and Kenneth Hayes Miller. A transcendentalist and mystic, Kent painted remote and austere lands, including Newfoundland (1914-15), Tierra del Fuego (1922-23), and Greenland (1929; 1931-32; 1934-35).Collotype offered here from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1925. Not in Burne Jones. Unsigned. Image sizes approx. 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches plus clean margins. Printed on copper plates by hand on French Arches hand-made paper. These are proof printing. Fine, black impressions, on cream wove paper, with full margins (1 to 1 1/2 inches), in excellent condition. Scarce..................100-150

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816. [ART] JULES JACQUEMART (1837-1880) ORIGINAL Etching from "Gemmes Et Joyaux," plate signed, circa 1864, published 1886, plate #15. Large plate mark but image [including signature] is approx. 6-1/2 in. high plus margins. Sheet size is 21-1/2 x 14-1/2. Very good condition, clean. Subject is some sort of ornate bowl................100-150

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817. Doris Reynolds (1912-1978) she did many illustrations for books published by Doubleday & Co. She was also an exhibiting artist, having work shown at the Krausharr Gallery in New York in 1949. Other exhibitions include: Wilmington Museum, Delaware 1940-45; Maracaibo 1936-39; Barbizon Plaza, NYC 1940; Lake Placid Club, NY 1940, etc. She studied at the Art Students League with Jules Gotlieb, Bridgman & Brackman. During World War II, she was one of Jackie Cochran's Girls, ferrying airplanes throughout the United States. Original ink drawing of Queen Nefertari, 4 x 2 in, unsigned. Drawn on transparent paper. There is a provenance sticker attached to the backside which shows through. Provenance: Artist's Estate. Sticker show through.....................40-60

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819. [ART] J.A. Poulter (1825-1921) was a London Painter and Etcher of Landscapes. Original etching, signed & titled IN THE PLATE, title: The Break Of Day - Bury Church - Huntington, plate size 6x9 in. plus wide clean margins, on wove paper. Dates to c. 1881. VG..................100-150

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820. [ART] Ben Damman, 19th century European etcher. Etching after Millet, Sheepfold at Night, image approx. 6-5/8 x 9-1/8 in. plus wife clean margins, plate signed. Done circa 1883. VG.................100-150

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822. Stephen James Ferris (1835-1915) An influential Philadelphia painter and etcher of portraits and figure studies, Stephen James Ferris studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy and in Paris, under Jean Leon Gerome. He achieved a considerable reputation for his art in both America and Europe and received the prestigious Fortuny Prize for the best portrait, Rome, 1876. Ferris also served for twenty six years as the Instructor of Art at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women. Offered here is an original etching, Portrait of Mrs. J. Coleman Drayton, 1881, done after a painting by Daniel Huntington, approx. 8 x 6 in. plus margins. VG...............100-150

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