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

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

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

73. George D. Wise  (1831 – 1908)  U.S. Representative from Virginia. He served as captain in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War.  Document Signed, 1888, 1p.  Receives publications from the Sec. of the Interior. VG..........35-45

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

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

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

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

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

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78. [FILM] Iron Eyes Cody (1904-1999) American actor. He frequently portrayed American Indians in Hollywood films. In 1995, Cody was honored by the American Indian community for his work publicizing the plight of Native Americans, including his acting in films. In 1996, his Italian ancestry was made public. ANS written on back of postcard [1990]..........30-40

79. [FRANCE] MYSTERY DOCUMENT on paper dated 1792. Signed, 1p, approx. 10 x 7.5". Lightly toned along right edge............80-120

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80.  [ART] Thomas Ball  (1819-1911)   American sculptor and musician. His work has had a marked influence on monumental art in the United States, especially in New England. Some of his sculptures: Charles Sumner (1878), The Public Garden, Boston;  Daniel Webster (1868), Central Park, New York City; George Washington (1864), The Public Garden.  Boston.  Signed card with sentiment dated 1900, 3-1/2 x 1-3/4". Fine..........50-75

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82.   [MIXED LOT] [1] FRANK SLAUGHTER [writer] signed 3x5 card. [2] [FRANCE] HYACINTHE LOYSON [Charles Loyson]. 1827-1912]. OFFERED HERE: Clipped Signature.Album page residue on reverse at corners but does not resemble the scan unless held to the light, otherwise very good conditon. French religious leader. Ordained in Roman Catholic church (1851); excommunicated for heterodoxy (1869). Married (1872); although excommunicated, continued to profess faith; pastor of a liberal Catholic church in Geneva (1873-74); founded Gallican Catholic church in Paris (1879). Author of De la reforme catholique (1872-73), Mon Testament, ma protestation (1893), etc. [3] Neil Simon (b. 1927) American playwright and screenwriter. His numerous Broadway succcesses have led to his work being among the most regularly performed in the world. Signed card. [4] Adelbert Wellington Brownlow-Cust, 3rd Earl Brownlow GCVO, PC, VD, DL, JP (1844-1921) British soldier, courtier and Conservative politician. Brownlow served with the Foot Guards and achieved the rank of lieutenant in 1863, and was later commanding officer of the Bedfordshire Volunteer Infantry Brigade between 1889 and 1892. He was made an Honorary Colonel of the Hertfordshire Battalion of the Bedfordshire Regiment, of the 4th Battalion of the Lincolnshire Regiment and of the Lincolnshire Yeomanry and was awarded the Volunteer Decoration. Clip Signature. [5] William Sinclair, DD, FRGS (1850-1917) eminent Anglican priest and author. He was born into an ecclesiastical family on 3 June 1850, educated at Repton and Balliol and ordained in 1876. His first post was as assistant minister at the Quebec Chapel, Marylebone after which he was resident chaplain to the Bishop of London. He was appointed vicar of St Stephen's, Westminster in 1880 and Archdeacon of London in 1889. His last post was as Rector of Shermanbury (1911-1915). An Honorary Chaplain to the King, he died on 4 December 1917. Closely cropped Clip Signature. [6] Elizabeth Wetmore (1861-1929) American journalist and author, perhaps best known for her 1889-1890 race around the world against Nellie Bly, which drew worldwide attention. Closely cropped CLIP SIGNATURE. [7] George Augustus Selwyn (1809-1878) the first Anglican Bishop of New Zealand. He was Bishop of New Zealand from 1841 to 1858, Primate of New Zealand from 1858 to 1868 and Bishop of Lichfield from 1868 to 1878. The colleges named in his honour include Selwyn College, Cambridge (1882) and Selwyn College, Otago (1893). CLIP SIGNATURE. [8] Bishop of Peterborough [Herbert Marsh] (1757-1839) was a bishop in the Church of England. He was educated at Faversham Grammar School, The King's School, Canterbury and St John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA as second wrangler and was elected a fellow of St John's in 1779. He studied with J. D. Michaelis in Germany and learned the Higher criticism. When he returned to England, he translated Michaelis's Introduction to the New Testament and added his own "hypothesis" on the inter-reliance of the Gospels (that they might have derived from each other, see synoptic problem). This brought him under attack from the conservatives of his church. In 1805 he began to preach against Calvinism, and in particular against the doctrines of justification by faith and the inamissability of grace, which brought him into conflict with the Evangelicals. He was elected the Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity at Cambridge in 1807 and began presenting lectures on Higher Criticism. He was the first person in the theological school there to give his lectures in English rather than the traditional Latin. In 1819 he was appointed the bishop of Llandaff and was translated to bishopric of Peterborough in 1822. As a bishop, Marsh was controversial for preaching against the Evangelicals and for refusing to license clergy with Calvinist beliefs (for which he incurred the ire of Sidney Smith). He was a rigorous proponent of strict ecclesiastical conformity. Clip Signature " Peterborough" mounted to album sheet. [9] General Alexander Nelson Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport, 4th Duke of Bronté GCB (1814-1904) British soldier and courtier. Clip Signature as Lord Bridport. [10] George Grey Barnard (1863-1938) American sculptor. Barnard was born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, but grew up in Kankakee, Illinois. He first studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, and in 1883-1887 worked in P. T. Cavelier's atelier at Paris while he attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. He lived in Paris for twelve years, and with his first exhibit at the Salon of 1894 he scored a great success, returning to America in 1896. Barnard's statue of Abraham Lincoln in Cincinnati, Ohio SIGNED CARD dated 1936...........80-120

83. [MIXED LOT] [1] [BIG BEN CLOCK] Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe, Q.C. (1816-1905) British lawyer, amateur horologist, and architect. In 1851 he designed the mechanism for the clock of the Palace of Westminster, responsible for the chimes of Big Ben. He was also responsible for rebuilding the west front, roof, and transept windows of St Albans Cathedral at his own expense. Although the building had been in need of repair, popular opinion at the time held that he had changed the cathedral's character, even inspiring the creation and temporary popularity of the verb "to grimthorpe", meaning to carry out unsympathetic restorations of ancient buildings. ALS, 1898, 1p, to the Editor of the Herts Standard. "Sir, I send you this as you will probably wish to notice this important transaction in some way, and you may as well have an accurate account of it. If you like to send me a proof tomorrow you shall have it back on Wednesday." This probably relates to forwarding an article, most likely about the restoration of the Cathedral at St. Albans, which, aside from Big Ben, was his second most famous undertaking. Approx. 8-1/4 x 3-1/4". VG. [2][SINGER SEWING] WILLIAM E. COOPER - Singer Agent. ALS, New Orleans, 1875, 1p, 4to. on Singer Manufacturing Co. letterhead. "By the burning of the S.S. City of Waco at Galveston, our Invoice of the 28th ult. shipped to that office is an entire loss. Our loss at Aherman Texas has delayed remittances from that point, which were beginning to be good. We are however re-organizing there and will soon be in good shape again..." Mounting traces along left edge. [3] Margaret Prescott Montague [pseudonym Jane Steger] (1878-1955) Am. author. She wrote "The Sowing of Alderson Cree"; "Up Eel River"; "Closed Doors. " She was the first winner of the O. Henry Award (1919) for her "England to America" in The Atlantic Monthly, September 1918. ALS, 1920, 3pp., to the journalist Margaret Marshall. Accompanied by a photograph of her standing outside near house & garden. [4] George Mitchell(b. 1933) American Statesman. Presently serving as special envoy to the Middle East for the Obama administration. A Democrat, Mitchell was a United States Senator who served as the Senate Majority Leader from 1989 to 1995. He was chairman of The Walt Disney Company from March 2004 until January 2007, and was chairman of the international law firm DLA Piper at the time of his appointment as special envoy. For his involvement in the Northern Ireland peace negotiations, Mitchell was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1999), and was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. TLS, US Senate stationery, Nov. 13, 1980, 1p, 6-1/4 x 8-1/2 in. To Guy Gannett Publishing Co., Portland, Maine, sending thanks for sending him a copy of Harold Boyle's book "Best of Boyle." "I have also sent a note of thanks to Mr. Boyle personally..." In comparison with other Mitchell signatures this does not appear to be an autopen signature. [5] 1839 Bill of Lading - shipped by I.P. Hazard from Providence, Rhode Island to Savannah. Partly-printed, approx. 9 x 2 in. [6] Job R. Tyson (1803-1858) was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Signature. [7] William R. Sapp (1804-1875) U.S. Representative from Ohio. Signature. [8] William A. Gilbert ( 1815 - 1875) U.S. Representative from New York. Signature. [9] Document - Abstract of Expenditures for Jefferson Barracks, Missouri in 2nd Quarter of 1890, signed by a Capt. H. Norgud [?]. [10] James Currie (1756-1805), Scottish doctor and editor of Robert Burns. Antique engraved portrait. VG............100-150

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

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

86. [VERMONT HISTORY] Lewis Richard Morris (1760-1825) United States Representative from Vermont and a nephew of Gouverneur Morris and Lewis Morris. Born in Scarsdale, New York, he attended the common schools. He moved to Springfield, Vermont, and from 1781 to 1783 was secretary of foreign affairs. He was a member of the Springfield meeting-house committee in 1785, was tax collector in 1786 and 1787, Windsor County court clerk from 1789 to 1796 and was judge of the same court until 1801. He was clerk of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1790 and 1791, and was a member of the convention to ratify the United States Constitution . He was secretary of the constitutional convention in Windsor in 1793. He attended the Vermont ratifying convention in Bennington, where he voted in support of the Constitution. Morris was a brigadier general in the State militia in 1793 and major general of the First Division from 1795 to 1817. He was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1795 to 1797 and 1803 to 1808, and served as speaker. He was elected as a Federalist to the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1797 to March 3, 1803. His abstention from voting assured Thomas Jefferson's election as President over Aaron Burr in the House of Representatives in February, 1801. DOCUMENT SIGNED, signed twice, 1p. folio, Windsor, Sept. 25, 1794. Court document, toned, tattered etc. Approx. 7-3/4 x 12-1/4". See condition in scan below..........50-75

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87. [SPACE] Apollo 15 Sub Satellite Launch cover, postmarked 1971, signed by:  Kinsey A. Anderson (1926-2012) was professor emeritus of physics at the University of California at Berkeley (UCB) and an internationally known pioneer of space physics during the early years of rocket, balloon, and satellite exploration of the upper atmosphere, cosmic rays, solar-terrestrial environment, and solar physics.  While at UCB he and his students flew instruments on many of the early generation of space science missions, including the Interplanetary Monitoring Platforms (IMP) 1-6, OGO 5, Explorer 33 and 35, and Apollo 15 and 16 lunar sub-satellites. He was an author on about 200 scientific papers, and trained 24 graduate students at Berkeley. He was director of the Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL) at UCB, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Also signed by: Paul Coleman - emeritus professor of space physics at the University of California at Los Angeles.  n 1970, NASA awarded Dr. Coleman its Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal for his contributions to the exploration of the solar system. In 1972, he was awarded a second of these medals for his contributions to the exploration of the moon. In 1975, he was elected to the International Academy of Astronautics. During 1975-76, he was a John Simon Guggenheim Fellow and a Senior Fulbright Scholar. Colorful, clean and fine.............50-75

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

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89. [MUSIC] Gilbert Ross [1903-1975] Professor of music at the University of Michigan, and founder and first violinist with the Stanley Quartet. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photograph on which he has penned a musical quote. Excellent condition.........75-100

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

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91. [MIXED LOT OF AUTOGRAPHS] Comprised of: [1] Edward Martin (1879-1967) Gov. Pennsylvania & US Senator. Signature. [2] Alexandra Danilova (1903-1997) Russian-born prima ballerina who became an American citizen. She had a long intimate relationship with George Balanchine although they never officially married. Signed, inscribed 3x5 card. Fine. [3] Hiram Walbridge (1821-1870) U.S. Rep. from NY. Signature. [4] Peter W. Strader (1818-1881) U.S. Rep. from Ohio. Signature. [5] Charles Stewart (1840-1907) English zoologist and comparative anatomist. Stewart was born in Plymouth and studied at St Bartholomew's Hospital, receiving his MRCS in 1862. He was Conservator of the Hunterian Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England from 1884 to 1900, in succession to William Henry Flower. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on 4 June 1896, and he was the president of the Linnean Society from 1890 to 1894. Brief ALS, 1901, 1p. "Dear Sir, I have arranged for the visit of your party on Oct. 5th. Yours truly C. Stewart. VG. [6] Sir Thomas Brooke-Pechell, 2nd Baronet (1753-1826) Major General. Signed address panel postmarked 1833. [7] Moses Norris, Jr. (1799-1855) United States Representative and Senator from New Hampshire. Clip Signature. Click to see signature [8] G. MONOD [Monod, Gabriel-Jean-Jacques. 1844-1912]. French historian. Founder and director of Revue historique (1875); lectured at École des Hautes Études, École Normale Supérieure; professor, Collège de France (1905). Author of Allemands et Français (1872), Études critiques sur les sources de l' histoire mérovingienne (1872-85), etc. ANS, in English. Clipped from a letter but complete in itself. Mounted. No year. [9] Jonathan Chace (1829-1917) US Representative and Senator from Rhode Island. He was also the nephew of famed 19th century abolitionist Elizabeth Buffum Chace and had himself been active in the Underground Railroad during his time in Philadelphia, where he operated a dry goods store. CLIP SIGNATURE. [10] Alan Dershowitz (b. 1938) American lawyer, and political commentator. He is the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. He is known for his career as an attorney in several high-profile law cases. SIGNED 3x5 card.............100-150

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

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

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

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95. [ART] Charles Henry White  (1878-1918) was born at Hamilton, Ontario, and was educated partly in Europe and partly in the United States. He studied for a time at the Art Student League in New York City, working at illustrations and especially pen drawing. It was Joseph Pennell, the prominent American etcher, whom Mr. White met in Venice, Italy, in 1901, who induced him to take up etching. Original etching, plate signed,  [1902], tissue guard still attached, image approx. 3-1/4 x 4-7/8" plus margins. VG.........75-100

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96. [FRANCE] Ange René Armand, Baron de Mackau (1788-1855)  French naval officer and politician. During the Napoleonic Era,  After several battles and the capture of several merchant vessels, Mackau was named in 1812 as a frigate captain at the age of only twenty-four. He received command of the French squadron charged with protecting the Tuscan coast, where in December he participated in the defense of Livorno. The next year, he returned to Toulon with every ship-of-the-line in his squadron unharmed and a great quantity of supplies drawn from Livorno and Genoa. In command of Circé, he was directed to Haiti in order for it to accept the "Ordinance of Emancipation" of 17 April 1825, which partially recognized the independence of the formerly French half of the island (while leaving Haiti's occupation of the formerly Spanish half unrecognized, and in the event withholding full diplomatic recognition for another decade) while ordering, in return, five annual payments of ₣30 million in cash from the impoverished nation, opening of the ports to trade from all nations, and a tariff rate for French goods half that of any other nation. The Haitians particularly objected to the exemption of the Spanish section from any obligation or recognition under the treaty, a stipulation which would lead to the Dominican War of Independence, but being met by the addition squadrons under Admirals Jurien de la Gravière and Grivel and threatening French reconquest of the nation, Mackau obtained confirmation of the order.  Named counter admiral on 1 September 1825, member of the Council of the Admiralty in 1828, and director of naval personnel on 17 September 1829, he participated in the preparation of the Algerian Expedition and displayed there a marked firmness of will and power.  [There is much more to say about this naval officer but we'll stop here].   Document Signed, 1844, as Minsiter of Marine, 1p, approx. 8 x 12". This has been backed to old heavy paper........100-150

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97. [ART] Jean Auguste Dubouloz [1800-1870] French painter. ALS, Paris, 1837, 1p. 4-3/4 x 7 in. VG..........50-75

98. [FILM] PATRICIA NEAL - actress. She won . She won the Best Actress Oscar for her role in the drama Hud (1963). Signed 3 x 5 card.............15-20

99. [FILM] JANE WYMAN [1917-2007] American actress. Signed 3x5 card, with typed inscription..........20-30

100. [FRANCE] French Mystery Document on paper 1667 - signed LACASLE, 1p, 6-1/2 X 9-1/4". Not translated. See scan below. VG............80-120

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

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102. [FRANCE] Year VI  (1798 ) printed document "Coneil des 500", creation of income tax, 24-pages, approx. 7.5 x 10".  Edge toning o/w VG..........100-150
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103. [MUSIC] Paul Anka (b. 1941) is a Canadian-American singer, songwriter, and actor. Anka became famous in the late 1950s and 1960s with hit songs like "Diana", "Lonely Boy", and "Put Your Head on My Shoulder". He went on to write such well-known music as the theme for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and one of Tom Jones' biggest hits, "She's a Lady", and the English lyrics for Frank Sinatra's signature song, "My Way".  Signed & inscribed poster that folds out to 16 x 21". Except for folds in very good condition.......50-75

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

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

106. [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

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

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Portrait of Pinard

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

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

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

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111. Isaac Seligman [1834-1928] German-American merchant banker and philanthropist. He was the youngest of eight brothers, all of whom emigrated to America and became involved in running various branch offices of the merchant banking house J. & W. Seligman & Co., co-founded in Manhattan, New York City in 1846 by Isaac's elder brothers, James and Joseph Seligman. TLS, 1904, 1p, to Lt. Gov. of NY, William F. Sheehan [1859-1917] who was an influential lawyer and politician. VG..........60-80

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

Portrait of Sparks

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

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

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Portrait of Choate

115. Nathan Dane (1752-1835) American lawyer and statesman who represented Massachusetts in the Continental Congress from 1785 through 1788. Dane helped formulate the Northwest Ordinance while in Congress, and introduced an amendment to the ordinance prohibiting slavery in the Northwest Territory. ALS, Beverly [Mass], Feb. 9, 1832, 1p, 8-1/2 x 5-1/4". Concerns rental property and the removal of a tenant. Addressed to Captain Henry Larcom...........100-150

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Portrait of Dane

116. [FRANCE] Pauline Roland (1805-1852) French feminist and socialist. Upon her mother's insistence, Roland received a good education and was introduced to the ideas of Claude Henri de Rouvroy, Comte de Saint-Simon , the founder of French socialism, by one of her teachers. She became an enthusiastic supporter of his philosophy. Following her arrival in Paris in 1832, Roland began writing for early feminist papers and compiled a series of remarkable histories of France (1835), England (1838), and England, Scotland and Ireland (1844). Roland was a close associate of Pierre Leroux and George Sand and she joined Leroux's community at Boussac (Indre) in 1847, where she worked in the school and wrote for l'Eclaireur de l'Indre. Roland lived for twelve years until 1845 in a "free union" with Jean Aicard, insisting that their two children, and a son whose father was Adolphe Guérolt, bear her name and be brought up by her. On Flora Tristan's death in 1844, she also undertook the care of her daughter Aline (later to be the mother of Paul Gauguin). On Roland's return to Paris in December, she became active in feminist and socialist agitation and publications (the Voix des Femmes), notably with Jeanne Deroin and Desirée Gay. With Deroin and Gustave Lefrançais she established the Association of Socialist Teachers stressing the importance of equality of the sexes in an education program spanning the first eighteen years of life and of women staying in the work force. Roland then played a key role in convening the Union of Workers Associations. In October 1849 delegates of over 100 trades elected Roland to the central committee. This attempt to resuscitate the cooperative movement in 1848 was suppressed by the government in April 1850, and Roland was one of fifty people arrested the following month. At her subsequent trial for her socialism, feminism and "debauchery" she was attacked vitriolically and then imprisoned for seven months, until July 1851. Undaunted, Roland was active in the Parisian resistance to the coup d'état of December and subsequently imprisoned in Algeria. She owed her early release to the intercession of Pierre-Jean de Béranger and George Sand however, on the way home to rejoin her children, she became ill owing to the harsh conditions she had endured in prison and died in Lyon on 15 December 1852. Offered here is an extremely rare ALS by Pauline Roland, dated 1841, 1p. 5-1/4 X 8 in. Not translated.........150-200

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

126. [FILM] Stepin Fetchit (1902-1985) was the stage name of American comedian and film actor Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry. He parlayed the Fetchit persona into a successful film career, eventually becoming a millionaire, the first black actor in history to do so. Signed fragment clipped from some program which he dates Easter - April 3, 1983.............30-40

127. George Opdyke (1805-1880) was an entrepreneur and the Mayor of New York (1862 to 1863) during the American Civil War. Signed bank check 1863, as Mayor. VG...........40-60

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128.   SEVENTY FIFTH CONGRESS [1937-1939] Signatures of the Majority Membership of the US House of Representatives from Missouri and Illinois. Sheet signed by 9 members: Milton A. Romjue (1874-1968), William Lester Nelson (1874-1946), Richard M. Duncan (1889-1974), C. Jasper Bell (1885-1978), Hugh M. Rigney (1874-1950), Joseph B. Shannon(1867-1943), Reuben T. Wood (1884-1955), Clyde Williams (1873-1954), Clarence A. Cannon (1879- 1964). About 8.5 x 11"............60-80

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129. [ENGLAND] Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865) British statesman who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century. ALS, July 10, 1834, written on both sides. "My dear Sir, Your Countryman & colleague Mr. Hughes has been good enough to promise to dine with me on Saturday next would you excuse a short notice, and give me the Pleasure of your Company also on that day" Yrs. Sincerely, Palmerston." VG. 4.5 x 7 in.......100-150


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

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

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

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

135. Edmund Yates (18311894)  British novelist and dramatist.  He worked as a journalist, mainly as a dramatic writer, and also wrote many dramatic pieces and some novels, including Running the Gauntlet and The Black Sheep.  Yates was perhaps best known as editor of The World society journal. He was also the author of and performed in Invitations at Egyptian Hall, London, which ran in 1862–1863. The work was a highly successful comedy in which he and Harold Littledale Power posed as hosts to a variety of singers and actors. Power also performed songs and imitations.   ALS, 1884,  2 pages. VG.............40-60


136. [FILM] Samuel A. Taylor (1912-2000)  American playwright and screenwriter. Taylor made his Broadway debut as author of the play The Happy Time in 1950. He wrote the play Sabrina Fair (1953) and co-wrote its film adaptation released the following year. In 1955, he won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Academy Award for the screenplay. His early success brought him more work in Hollywood, including the biographical film The Eddy Duchin Story (1956) and the Alfred Hitchcock classic Vertigo (1958).  His film career faded after the initial box office failure of Vertigo, though Hitchcock and Taylor remained frequent collaborators. He was often contracted to write drafts for Hitchcock's later films, such as Torn Curtain (1966), though Taylor's only other Hitchcock screenplay (apart from Vertigo) was for Topaz (1969).  Taylor died of heart failure in Blue Hill, Maine. His credits are sometimes confused with those of novelist and screenwriter Samuel W. Taylor.  Brief ANS sent to rev. & Mrs. F.W. Britton on their 50th anniversary.  Sent from Blue Hill, Maine. Fine..........35-45

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


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


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

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


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

142. [MUSIC] Jack  Beeson (1921-2010)  American composer. He was known particularly for his operas, the best known of which are Lizzie Borden, Hello Out There! and The Sweet Bye and Bye. ALS, 1974, written on same sheet with AMQS. Approx. 13.5 x 4", with one fold. Excellent example...........80-120

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

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

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

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

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147.   [THEATRE]  Van Johnson (1916-2008) American film and television actor who was a major star at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios during and after World War II. Signed, inscribed Ogunquit, Maine Playhouse theatre program, 1980. He was appearing in the lead role in "TRIBUTE." VG.......50-75

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148. [FILM] Bruce Bennett (1906-2007)  American actor and Olympic silver medalist shot putter.  During the 1930s, he went by his real name, Herman Brix.  He moved to Los Angeles in 1929 after being invited to compete for the Los Angeles Athletic Club and befriended actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr., who arranged a screen test for him at Paramount. In 1931, MGM, adapting author Edgar Rice Burroughs's popular Tarzan adventures for the screen, selected Herman Brix to play the title character. Unfortunately, Brix broke his shoulder filming the 1931 football movie Touchdown, which also prevented his entry into the 1932 Olympics, still holding the world record for shot put. Swimming champion Johnny Weissmuller replaced Brix and became a major star. After Ashton Dearholt convinced Burroughs to allow him to form Burroughs-Tarzan Enterprises, Inc., and make a Tarzan serial film, Dearholt cast Brix in the lead. Pressbook copy has it that Burroughs made the choice himself, but, in fact, in his biography, Brix confirmed that Burroughs never even saw him until after the contract was signed, and then only briefly. The film was begun on location in Guatemala, under rugged conditions (jungle diseases and cash shortages were frequent). Brix did his own stunts, including a fall to rocky cliffs below. The Washington Post quoted Gabe Essoe's passage from his book Tarzan of the Movies: "Brix's portrayal was the only time between the silents and the 1960s that Tarzan was accurately depicted in films. Brief ALS, 2001 mentioning he is 95 years old. VG.......50-75

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149. [TV] Dale Robertson (1923-2013) American actor. Signed, inscribed 10 x 8 photo. VG..............25-35



150. [FRANCE] Anne Joseph Arnoux (or Arnold) Valdruche (sometimes written Waldruche), born 7 March 1745 in Joinville and died 11 April 1829 in Liège,  was a French physician and politician, whose activity is exercised during the period of Revolution. Doctor of Haute-Marne , he was a member and director of the board of the department to the Constituent Assembly . Elected to the Convention in 1792, he voted as a regicide. He was in favor of beheading King Louis XVI. ALS, 1827, 1p, approx. 5 x 7-3/4". VG. Rare!.........100-150

152. [FRANCE] Joseph Auguste Émile Vaudremer (1829-1914) French architect. He won the prix de Rome and designed several public buildings in France, particularly in Paris. ALS, Paris, 1874, 1p. VG...............50-75


153. [FRANCE] François Debret (1777–1850)  French architect and Freemason.  He was the chief architect of the city of Paris and inspector general of civil buildings. He was responsible for the maintenance and repair of the Basilica of Saint-Denis. He was elected a member of the Academy of Fine Arts of the Institute of France in 1825.  ALS, no date, 1p. , to his former teacher, speaks of Mr. Perigord. Probably about the Paris Opera. VG.............75-100

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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ANTIQUE ENGRAVED PORTRAITS

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

168. James B. Longacre (1794-1869) American engraver, b. Delaware Co., Pa. Known for his work in The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans (4 vols., 1834-39); chief engraver, U.S. Mint (1844-69). Original portrait engraving of David Ramsay (1749-1815) was an American physician and historian from Charleston, South Carolina. He served as a South Carolina delegate to the Continental Congress in 1782-1783 and again in 1785-86. He was one of the first major historians of the American Revolution. Image size 3-1/2 x 4-1/2 in. plus clean margins. VG.........25-35 

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

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

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

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

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

Pope - see other side

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

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

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176. [VERMONT] Benj. Swan (1762-1839) an interesting Vermont person. Known as Major Ben Swan, was born in Worcester, Mass. At Worcester and in Boston, Benjamin received a most thorough mercantile education in the house of Messrs. Samuel & Stephen Salisbury, a firm whose standing and credit for a series of years gave them the highest reputation in the commercial community, both in Europe and America. Mr. Swan was for some time in a mercantile house in Montreal, where he became quite thoroughly versed in the French language, then more generally spoken in Canada. In 1791 he began business in Woodstock, Vermont, in connection with the Chandlers. In the general theory and the various details of the business of a merchant he was probably the best-educated man in Vermont. His unvarying rectitude in all his affairs won for him the confidence of every one, while his cheerful manners and the good-humor with which he enlivened his various business transactions made him a favorite with all classes of the community. After Mr. Swan retired from mercantile pursuits, he sustained a variety of offices and trusts. For many years he was the principal officiating magistrate in Woodstock, and in the numerous trials of cases which came before him the parties rarely, if ever, resorted to a jury. He was the first postmaster in this town [Woodstock]. In 1796, on the resignation of General Morris of the office of county clerk, Mr. Swan was appointed to that place, and from that time to his death, a period of forty-three years, retained the position of clerk of the Supreme and County Courts. In the year 1800 he was appointed by the legislature treasurer of the State, and thenceforward, for thirty-two years, the freemen of Vermont honored themselves and reflected honor upon him by electing him annually to that office, and generally without opposition. For a large portion of the time during which he served as treasurer, while banks were still scarce, and poor at that, he acted as a kind of general banker, to whom all classes of people resorted who were wishing to borrow, for an emergency, a moderate sum of money. The following is an instance among many that might be mentioned. When Zadock Thompson was ready to have his first Gazetteer printed, he needed money to run the paper. This was to be made at Wells River. His father said he would go to Benjamin Swan and see if he could raise the money from him. When he mentioned the matter to Major Swan, and asked if he could do the favor, the major answered, " Yes, yes, hum-m-m," and sat down and wrote to the paper-maker thus: &emdash;"Mr. Thompson wishes to buy fifty dollars' worth of paper for his Gazetteer, for which he shall be good. "Benjamin Swan." Many of the loans, however, which Mr. Swan made in his function of general banker, proved detrimental to bis pocket, if not to his peace of mind. After his death there was found on the upper shelf of the bookcase in his office a long row of files of notes, embracing many thousand dollars in value, all outlawed, or otherwise wholly worthless, &emdash; notes taken for sums of money lent to people in needy circumstances living in the neighborhood, to young men going West, and to various classes of people who called on this patient and forbearing man for help out of some difficulty. From this fact it would appear that the words of Scripture, "from him that would borrow of thee, turn not thou away," Mr. Swan regarded more in the light of a rule to live by than as merely a piece of fine sentiment. No man was ever more highly esteemed by the people of this State of Vermont than Major Benjamin Swan, and no man was ever more deserving of such esteem. Yet, notwithstanding the regard in which he was held, and the universal deference paid to him, in his deportment and in his heart he was a man of great modesty and humility. This was in keeping with the kind and benevolent spirit he exercised towards all classes of people with whom he came in contact, whether in business affairs or in the private walks of life. Offered here is a State of Vermont, legal writ, 1811, signed twice on the front and once on the verso. Approx. 7-3/4 x 12-3/4". VG............50-75

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

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Portrait of Gov. Sullivan

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

Pages 1 & 4

Pages 2 & 3

Portrait of Gilder

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

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181. [FRANCE] Pierre-Camillie Le Moine [1723-1780] Archivist and secretary of the Cathedral of Toul [1761-1789]. Superb ALS, 1764, 1p, approx. 6.5 x 8.5 in. Speaks about his dictionary. Scarce!...........100-150

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182. [THEATRE] David Garrick [1717-1779] English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer who influenced nearly all aspects of theatrical practice throughout the 18th century. Antique engraved portrait, image size approx. 6-1/4 x 4-1/2". VG. Engraved in 1776........40-60

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

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

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186. Faith Baldwin (1893-1978) was a very successful American author of romance and fiction, publishing some 100 novels, often concentrating on women juggling career and family. The New York Times said that her books had "never a pretense at literary significance" and were popular because they "enabled lonely working people, young and old, to identify with her glamorous and wealthy characters."  ANS, 1936 on 4-1/2 x 2-3/4" card. Mounting traces on verso and bottom edge on front..........20-30

187. [ENGLAND] Adolphus William Ward (1837-1924) English historian and man of letters. In 1898, Ward delivered the Ford Lectures at Oxford University. He took an active part in the foundation of Victoria University, of which he was vice-chancellor from 1886 to 1890 and from 1894 to 1896. His most important work is his standard History of English Dramatic Literature to the Age of Queen Anne (1875). SIGNED CARD, 1922. Edge toning.............25-35

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

189. [CHESS] Robert James "Bobby" Fischer (1943-2008) American chess grandmaster and the 11th World Chess Champion. He is considered by many to be the greatest chess player of all time. His book My 60 Memorable Games, published in 1969, remains a revered part of chess literature for advanced players. In 1972, he captured the World Championship from Boris Spassky of the USSR in a match widely publicized as a Cold War confrontation. The match, held in Reykjavík, Iceland, attracted more worldwide interest than any chess match before or since. Offered here is a 1966 Russian chess magazine - on the back page names and phone numbers. The paper color is a dark green and therefore his handwriting isn't a good contrast. Inside the back cover someone named Sarah Shaw, from Chicago, has written a note to Fischer, saying that her mother was a good friend of Bobby's mother. Some of you may or may not know that we [EAST COAST BOOKS] purchased Fischer's chess magazines. During the late 1960s Fischer needed money so it was arranged, through a NYC bookstore, for the Brooklyn Library to purchase all of his chess library and some of his manuscripts. Some years later the library for whatever reason, decided to sell at auction the chess library of Fischer. We ended up with all of the chess magazines, others got the manuscripts and his hardbound books. If you have had the opportunity to see the documentary film on Bobby Fischer, there is a scene near the end where he's walking down a street talking with his therapist saying that he no longer has his chess books and magazines. Books and chess magazines were of great importance to Fischer as he spent much more time reading chess than playing chess. After the sale of Fischer's library [c. 1970], he of course accumulated another chess library, which remained in storage in Calif. and was sold off unknown to him because he hadn't paid the rent. This was at the time when he couldn't retain to the US for fear of being arrested, imprisoned and fined. To the day he died he remained bitter over the loss of the second chess library. Most of the Fischer autographs offered in recent years are, of course, not authentic. While typing this description I decided to google "Fischer signed magazine" out of curiosity and came across a website that sells sports autographs. They have a Russian magazine with Fischer [in ink] written at top. The price is close to $800, which would be OK if the signature was written by him. I recognized the magazine as one that we once owned because of the signature, which I knew very well. There was many of his magazines in his library with the same signature however not in his hand. That signature was written by the person who Fischer bought magazines from. When the magazine came into the shop he set Fischer's aside, writing "Fischer" on it thereby saving it for Bobby. No doubt, the sports autograph company thinks it is his signature - it isn't. Please excuse my excess here - I couldn't help myself when it comes to Bobby Fischer...........400-600

See Back page - Fischer's handwriting

Inside back page

Front cover

190. [CHESS] Robert James "Bobby" Fischer (1943-2008) American chess grandmaster and the 11th World Chess Champion. Offered here is a 1959 foreign chess magazine once part of Bobby Fischer's personal chess library. None of Fischer's handwriting on this but on page 7 appears article about Fischer with his picture. Also of interest is page 15/16 from which Fischer has clipped small section away [reason unknown]. VG............150-200

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191. [CHESS] Robert James "Bobby" Fischer (1943-2008) American chess grandmaster and the 11th World Chess Champion. Offered here is a 1958 foreign chess magazine once part of Bobby Fischer's personal chess library. Inside front cover Fischer has made many pencil notations beside chess players names.  Also of interest is picture of Fischer on the following page.  VG............400-600

See page with his pencil notes

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193. [MUSIC] Charles N. Granville (b. 1876) English born American baritone and voice teacher. AUTOGRAPH PHOTO WITH SENTIMENT, APPROX. 7.5 X 6.5 in., no margins, very good condition.  "To my dear friend and pupil Frank Parker in admiration of is beautiful voice and finished art  always your friend Charles N. Granville 10/3/20". VG............50-75

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

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

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197. [ART] Original Watercolor of Mt. Vernon, signed G.E. Graves. Signed grisaille [monochromatic] watercolor of Mt. Vernon - home of George Washington. Image approx. 11-1/4 x 16 plus margins. Circa 1910-20. VG...............300-400

198.  [THEATRE] William Courtenay (1875-1933) was a noted Broadway star and later film actor.  At age 19 1894, before his Broadway career took off, Courtenay appeared in Alexander Black's slide show Miss Jerry. This was a sort of alternative entertainment to a new device by Thomas Edison called moving pictures. In 1915 and some twenty years after Miss Jerry, Courtenay began appearing in silent films. Still handsome and quite famous as an actor he worked for such studios as William A. Brady's World Pictures, Vitagraph and most of all Pathe. For the next fifteen years he appeared alternatively in plays and motion pictures. His first of five sound films, Evidence for Warner Brothers, is lost. His penultimate sound film Three Faces East with Constance Bennett is being restored.  Signed  1928  Shubert Lafayette Theatre page for THE SPIDER in which he was starring, approx. 5 x 8". VG................25-35


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


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

201. [ART] GEORGE SEGAL (1924- 2000). Important American sculptor, known for his life-size white plaster casts of human figures. Signed color postcard picturing one of his sculptures.................35-45 

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203. Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000) African-American poet. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1950 and was appointed Poet Laureate of Illinois in 1968 and Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1985. Signed typed poem titled "Martin Luther King Jr.", 3-5/8 x 6-1/2. VG.......50-75

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204. [WRITERS] Mixed Lot: [1] Dorothy Canfield Fisher [1879-1958] reformer, writer. Signature. [2] J. G. Holland [1819-1881] Am. poet, novelist. Sig. w/sentiment. [3] Park Godwin [1816-1904] Am. journalist. Signature, 1866. [4] Glenway Westcott [1901-1987] Am. writer. Sig. presentation page from book. [5] John Hall Wheelock [1886-1978] Am. poet. Sig. in return address. [6] Benson J. Lossing (1813-1891) was a prolific and popular American historian, known best for his illustrated books on the American Revolution and American Civil War and features in Harper's Magazine. He was a Charter Trustee of Vassar College. Signature DATED 1877. [7] Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833-1908) American poet, critic, and essayist was born at Hartford, Connecticut. SIGNATURE WITH SENTIMENT. [8] George V. Hobart [1867-1926] American Playwright. Signature with sentiment, New York, 1908. [9] William Henry Irwin (Will) (1873 - 1948) was a U.S. author, writer and journalist. For the Bohemian Club, he wrote the Grove Play The Hamadryads in 1904. Signature. [10] Rex Beach [1877-1949]. American writer. Fine SIGNATURE.............100-150

205. [THEATRE] EDWARD ALBEE - American playwright. Signed 10 x 8 photo. Shot later than above photo, photographer Jerry Speier. Fine.............50-75

206. Joan Davis (1907-1961) American comedic actress whose career spanned vaudeville, film, radio and television. Remembered best for the 1950s television comedy I Married Joan, Davis had a successful earlier career as a B-movie actress and a leading star of 1940s radio comedy. Signed album page. One fold crease down middle [not bad]..........25-35

207. [FILM] Betty Hutton (1921 - 2007) American stage, film, and television actress. She has Signed on the verso of 1940s postcard picture, inscribed.........25-35

208. (JOURNALISM). Max Gebhard]SECKENDORFF (1852-1911). American journalist; chief, Washington bureau of the "New York Tribune" (1883-1911); a very influential journalist between the time of President Chester Arthur and President William Howard Taft. Signed Riggs National Bank check, 1911......25-35

209. [CW] S.M. KELLOGG [1822-1904] US Representative from Connecticut; served as colonel of the Second Regiment, Connecticut National Guard, 1863-1866; brigadier general of the regiment 1866-1870. SIGNATURE. News clipping mounted below............15-20

210. MYSTERY LOT - 11 misc. autographs, unidentified and not researched. There will be several of these Mystery Lots offered elsewhere in this auction. For those who prefer to do the research..............50-75

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211. [ARCHITECTURE] 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. The Empire period was popularized by the inventive designs of Percier and Fontaine, Napoleon's architects for Malmaison. ALS, no date, 1p, 4to. Re: visit coastal quarries. VG.............100-150

212. Phillippe Edouard de Verneuil (1805-1873) French paleontologist. He was born in Paris and educated in law, but being of independent means he was free to follow his own inclinations, and having attended lectures on geology by Jean-Baptiste Elie de Beaumont he was so attracted to the subject that he devoted himself assiduously to the study of science. He spent several years in travel through various parts of Europe, specially examining the geology of the Crimea, on which he published an essay (Mem. Soc. Geol. France, 1837). He next investigated the Devonian rocks and fossils of the Bas-Boulonnais; and in 1839 accompanied Sedgwick and Murchison in a study of the older Palaeozoic rocks of the Rhenish provinces and Belgium, the palaeontological results being communicated to the Geological Society of London in conjunction with the Vicomte d'Archiac. When Murchison commenced his geological examination of the Russian empire, he requested de Verneuil to accompany him, and the researches of the latter were incorporated in the second volume of The Geology of Russia in Europe and the Ural Mountains (1845). Subsequently de Verneuil paid a visit to the United States to study the history of the palaeozoic rocks in that country, and the results were published in 1847 (Bull. Soc. Geol. France). In later years he made numerous expeditions into Spain, and his observations were embodied in Carte geologique de l'Espagne et du Portugal (1864), prepared in association with Edouard Collomb. In 1853 the Wollaston medal of the Geological Society of London was awarded to him, and in 1860 he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Society. He died in Paris. ALS, 186?, 3pp, 5-1/4 x 8 in. VG. Curious letter; speaks about L'ile Bourbon. Not translated..............100-150

213. [ENGLAND] John Bright (1811-1889), Quaker, was a British Radical and Liberal statesman, associated with Richard Cobden in the formation of the Anti-Corn Law League. He was one of the greatest orators of his generation, and a strong critic of British foreign policy. He sat in the House of Commons from 1843 to 1889. ALS, 1882, 1p, to the Earl of Kenmore. Accompanied by engraved portrait in excellent condition............60-80

214 Maine Paper - approx. 123 old documents, the earliest being 1790 - to about 1908. Receipts & business & legal paper. Needs research. Varied conditions. Reserve bid $75

215. Irving Bacheller [1859-1950] American journalist and writer who founded the first modern newspaper syndicate in the United States. It was through the Bacheller Syndicate that he brought to American readers the writings of British authors such as Joseph Conrad, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Rudyard Kipling. He also established a working partnership with the young author and journalist Stephen Crane, whose The Red Badge of Courage became famous after it appeared in syndication. Several years later, Bacheller hired Crane to act as a war correspondent in Cuba during the insurrection against Spain; on the journey there, Crane's ship foundered off the coast of Florida, and he was stranded on a dingy for two days. This experience led to his short story "The Open Boat". ALS, The Barclay [NYC], 1929, 1p, 5-1/4 x 6-3/4". Invites Darwin P. Kingsley [President New York Life Insurance Co.] to dinner. Fine condition.........50-75

Portrait of Bacheller

216. [MAINE] JOSEPH E. BRENNAN - TLS, 1980, 1p, as Governor of Maine. Thanking a publisher in Maine for book sent to him. VG.............25-35

217. [MUSIC] GEORGE HARRY MORETON (1864-1961) English composer and organist. He was taught music by his mother right from the start and was so talented that by the age of 8 years he was playing the organ at his parish church, Saint John the Baptist, in Devonport.  He later played at Saint Peter's Church in Plymouth.  He continued studying under Mr W G Hannaford and Mr John Hele and and at the age of 10 his mother suggested that he apply for the post of organist at the Stoke Damerel Church.  Apparently he got this post thanks to an amusing chance.   There was a dispute between the Rector and the then organist because the latter had dismissed a choirboy.  Unfortunately, the choirboy was due to be the soloist at the performance of a particular anthem and the Rector was very angry about the dismissal.   He invited Mrs Moreton to be the organist but she declined and recommended her son instead, who was duly appointed to the post.  But the former organist did not take his own dismissal very kindly and for the first five Sundays, young Harry sat side by side on the stool with the former organist, who refused to unlock the organ because he claimed that he had not been properly discharged. In due course he became an Associate of the College of Organists and in due course a Fellow of the College. AMQS from "Elegiac Romance", approx. 6-1/2 x 5-1/4.  VG........50-75

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218. [MUSIC] Serge Jaroff  (1896-1985) was the founder, conductor and composer of the Don Cossack Choir Serge Jaroff.  Signed 1956 bank check. VG..........50-75

219. [ITALY-FRANCE] Hyacinthe Serroni  (born in Rome 1617- died 1687 in Paris) Italian ecclesiastical rights, and Intendant of the Navy for the kingdom of France. It is bestowed in 1625 the abbey of Saint-Nicolas de Rome by Pope Urban VIII , but eventually will return to the Order of St. Dominic. He arrived in France in 1645 , then a doctorate in theology. From 1646 he became bishop 's Orange but must return to the church of Minerva in Rome. He returned to France in 1648 and became Vicar Apostolic of the ecclesiastical province of Tarragona . After five years of service to the diocese, the King appointed him superintendent of the Navy and of the province of Provence . It will then intendant of the army and general visitors in Catalonia until the truce between France and Spain . In 1660, he was appointed along with Pierre de Marca , archbishop of Toulouse , to participate in the Conference Ceret which should fix the boundary between France and Spain, but has no separate conclusion. On 12 November 1660 , he signed the Treaty of Llívia as representative of Louis XIV , which are discussed in detail the thirty-three villages of Cerdanya , which should belong to France under the Treaty of the Pyrenees .  In 1661 he was appointed bishop of Mende by the King. So he left his office in Orange. Then, in 1676 , he obtained the bishopric 'of Albi . In 1676 , the diocese was erected by Archbishop Hyacinthe Serroni and is the first Archbishop of Albi, until his death in 1687 . It is used in particular to implement the decisions of the Council of Trent. From 1679, he convened a synod that brings together all the clergy of his diocese. Synodal Orders are published in the same year. To ensure the "holy reformation" and the quality of its clergy, Serroni installs a seminar in 1679 in a house in the Bout-du-Pont in Albi. The management is entrusted to the Jesuits. Manuscript letter of document, 1660, mostly written on front side, signed on verso. Approx. 9 x 12". VG.............150-250

Front side

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His portrait

220. Francis Cardinal Spellman (1889-1967) American Cardinal.  Signature on card above Nicaragua postage stamp. Overall approx. 3.5 x 2.5". Fine...........25-35

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221. [FILM] Gerard Depardieu  (b. 1948) French actor, film-maker, businessman and vineyard owner. He is one of the most prolific character actors in film history, having completed approximately 170 movies since 1967.  Signed 8x 10 color photo. VG...........25-35

222. Captain William Easby (1791-1854) Shipbuilder and Early Washington Entrepreneur. One of the first indications of his presence is his signature is on the WNY mechanics letter to President Thomas Jefferson, commending Jefferson on his election 1805. As a young intelligent and energetic shipwright he advanced rapidly to become a Master Boat Builder. Like other early Yard employees, Easby served as a member of the District of Columbia militia, during the War of 1812 where he saw active service as a private with Commodore Barney's command in August 1814. Easby was with Barney's unit when they futility tried to stop a large number of veteran British regulars at Bladensburg Md. Following the American defeat, the British advanced on the Capitol and Navy Yard was set ablaze to prevent the British capturing stored naval supplies and gun powder. Following the conflagration, Easby like other civilian employees was out of work for a year. As a married man with two children to support, Easby returned to Philadelphia where his family lived and presumably found work till the following year when he was once again able to resume his duties at the Yard. In 1824 President James Monroe made Easby a Captain of Riflemen of the Second Legion, First Brigade, of the Militia of the District of Columbia. Easby was ever after known by the title thus awarded him. William Easby's name is listed in the 1827 Directory of the City of Washington, his occupation: master boat builder at navy yard and his residence: "down w Es btw 9 and 10e." On March 24, 1828, William Easby added his name to that of one thousand citizens of the District of Columbia petitioning the Congress to gradually abolish slavery in the District of Columbia and to ban the further importation and sale of slaves within the District. Many of those who signed the memorial were slave holders. Yard employees like Master Caulker Robert Armistead, Naval Constructor William Doughty, Clerk Thomas Howard and Master Shipwright Thomas Lyndall all leased their human property to WNY. Many of these men saw no contradiction in owing enslaved workers and favoring gradual compensated emancipation. Their support though was contingent however on the provision that all newly emancipated individuals of African descent, immediately immigrate to Africa. Easby's exact position on slavery and emancipation is not known, however Easby had business dealing with black freeman Michael Shiner in 1848 when he bought land from Shiner. His last will contains no reference to slaves nor is there any evidence that Easby ever owned slaves or used enslaved workers in his businesses or household. Shortly after Andrew Jackson's election Easby left federal employment and set up his shipbuilding firm. He built a successful shipbuilding operation and became a noted ship designer and builder. Among the vessels launched at Easby's Wharf was the Sailing Ship Russia. Easby later built a series of Coast Guard Revenue Cutters such as the Cutter Forward in 1842. Another project which occupied Easby was a lime kiln and his experiments to convert coal particles into solid lumps which would be furnace ready. Easby was granted a patent on the process on August 29, 1848. Easby was an early member of the Washington Monument Association which solicited funding and support to raise a memorial to the nation's first president. His continuing involvement with science is reflected in his position as Treasurer of the National Institute, a precursor of the Smithsonian Institute. Manuscript Document Signed, 1834, 1p, 7-3/4 x 9-3/4". In this document Easby sells for $650 to John Easby of Philadelphia certain described property (7 beds, chairs, tables, looking glasses, carpets, piano forte, gilt edge china, knives & other kitchen utensils, silver tea spoons, 400 books, 40 prints and paintings, etc). Archival tape repairs at fold lines on verso. The front is in very good condition..........150-200

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223. [FRANCE] Marie de Sombreuil (1774-1823) French Revolution heroine who saved her father from the guillotine. Her father was Charles François de Virot (Marquis de Sombreuil. 1725-1794) French Royalist general of the Ancien Regime and French Revolutionary Wars. He rose to become maréchal de camp, hero of the Battle of Rocoux and governor of Les Invalides before being guillotined in 1794. Marie was known as Mademoiselle de Sombreuil. She saved her father from the guillotine in September 1792. As the death sentence was about to be carried out, she climbed on the scaffold, called the crowd to witness and begged the executioner to spare her father. He offered to pardon the condemned man if she agreed to drink a glass of blood from the previous beheading. Legend says this is what she did. Her epitaph on the tomb: Victim of filial love she only lived to console and succour the unfortunate. Her wounded heart could only be healed by death. Her reward was in Heaven." While Mademoiselle Sombreuil's body rests in peace in Avignon, her heart resides in an urn at Les Invalides in Paris, where her father had previously served as governor. Her's is one of the most haunting and bizarre stories to come down to us from the French Revolution. Her life was unremarkable and probably no different to that of any other aristocratic girl of the time until the 16th of August 1792 when her beloved father was imprisoned in the Abbaye along with other members of the nobility who had sided with the royal family during the fall of the Tuileries. Marie courageously demanded to share her father's imprisonment and so was at his side on the 2nd September when a makeshift tribunal and mob arrived at the Abbaye as part of the infamous Prison Massacres. When the Marquis de Sombreuil was called before the tribunal, his brave daughter went with him and implored their captors and the 'judges' to be lenient, reminding them of her father's many years of faithful service and old age. Finally she informed them that if they wished to harm the Marquis, then they would have to kill her also. It is at this point the accounts of what happened next vary. The legend goes that the jeering guards, who were seated upon a pile of corpses belonging to those that they had already slaughtered, then filled a glass with the blood of their victims and handed it to Mademoiselle de Sombreuil, telling her that her father would be spared if she drank the ghastly beverage. 'One of the ruffians, touched by her resolution, called out that they should be allowed to pass if the girl would drink to the health of the nation. The whole court was swimming with blood, and the glass he held out to her was full of something red. Marie would not shudder. She drank, and with the applause of the assassins ringing in her ears, she passed with her father over the threshold of the fatal gates, into such freedom and safety as Paris could then afford. Never again could she see a glass of red wine without a shudder, and it was generally believed that it was actually a glass of blood that she had swallowed, though she always averred that this was an exaggeration, and that it had been only her impression before tasting it that so horrible a draught was offered to her.' Unfortunately for the heroic Mademoiselle de Sombreuil, her father and younger brother, Stanislas (1768-1794) were again arrested a year later and she would share their imprisonment at Port-Libre and Sainte-Pélagie before the Marquis and Stanislas were guillotined on the 17th June 1794. Mademoiselle de Sombreuil remained in prison and was treated as a heroine by the other prisoners until she was eventually liberated after the fall of Robespierre in July 1794. Sadly, there was more tragedy in store for the unfortunate young woman when her youngest and most beloved brother, Charles Eugène de Sombreuil (born 11th July 1770), who had been fighting with the Royalist forces in Brittany, was captured after a failed invasion of France at Quiberon and was executed, alongside 750 of his fellow soldiers (450 of whom were aristocrats) by firing squad by order of Lazare Hoche, who had previously promised during negotiations with Sombreuil that the lives of all Royalist troops would be spared. Poor Mademoiselle de Sombreuil, the sole survivor of a family that had been destroyed by revolution and war was to mourn her father and brothers for the rest of her life. On the 23rd July 1796 she was to marry an emigré, the Comte de Villelum, but there were no children. She died in Avignon on the 15th of May 1823. Rare ALS, no date, 1-page, approx. 4.5 x 6.5. Superb condition. Not translated..........200-300

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224. [MILITARY] Richard B. Myers [b. 1942] retired four-star general in the United States Air Force and served as the 15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. As Chairman, Myers was the United States military's highest ranking uniformed officer. Signed 8.5 x 12" color photograph as Chairman JCS, with caligraphy inscription. One bumped corner - not bad. VG..........30-40

225.  [FRANCE] Marie Thérèse de France (Marie Thérèse Charlotte; [1778-1851]was the eldest child of King Louis XVI of France and his wife, Queen Marie Antoinette. As the daughter of the king, she was a Fille de France, and as the eldest daughter of the king, she was given the traditional honorific Madame Royale at birth. She married her cousin, Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême, the eldest son of the future Charles X. Once married, she assumed her husband's title and was known as the Duchess of Angoulême. She became the Dauphine of France upon the accession of her father-in-law to the throne of France in 1824. Technically she was Queen of France for twenty minutes, in 1830, between the time her father-in-law signed the instrument of abdication and the time her husband, reluctantly, signed the same document. She was the only child to survive the Reign of Terror. Offered here is an interesting manuscript letter dated 23 December 1816, one lengthy page, approx. 9.5 x 14".  Content unknown. Note: we are unable to ascertain at this time whether or not this letter is actually in the hand of Marie or perhaps a secretary, therefore it is being offered as a secretarial letter from that time period. See scans below.............200-300

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226. Adolph Simon Ochs (1858-1935)  American newspaper publisher and former owner of The New York Times and The Chattanooga Times (now the Chattanooga Times Free Press). His signature on New York Times stationery.............60-80

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227. Will Durant (1885-1981) was a prolific American writer, historian, and philosopher. He is best known for The Story of Civilization, 11 volumes written in collaboration with his wife Ariel Durant and published between 1935 and 1975. He was earlier noted for The Story of Philosophy, written in 1926, which one observer described as "a groundbreaking work that helped to popularize philosophy".  Signed 1946 bank check. VG............40-60

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228.  [FRANCE] Michel Ferdinand d'Albert d'Ailly (1714-1769), Duke of Picquigny and then Duke of Chaulnes from 1744, was a French astronomer and physicist.  The son of Louis Auguste d'Albert d'Ailly (1676–1744), the Duke of Chaulnes, Michel Ferdinand d'Albert d'Ailly commanded the light cavalry of the Maison du Roi (English: King's Household). In 1750 he became the king's commissioner in Brittany and persuaded the assembly to accept the Vingtième tax. He married Anne-Josephe Bonnier, one of Marie Leszczynska's ladies-in-waiting and their son Louis Joseph inherited the family dukedom.  As an astronomer and physicist he was particularly interested in scientific instruments and used most of his income to build and collect them. His estate contains a remarkable amount of rare and curious items collected from Egypt, Greece, China, including Etruscan vases of all types, antique bronzes and natural history specimens.  At a time at which physicists were abandoning glass globe electrostatic generators, which used sulphur or resin, to use glass plates instead, the Duke of Chaulnes built the largest machine of this type that had yet been seen. He used it to produce the effects of lightning for the first time in France.  In 1743, he was made an honorary member of the Académie des sciences. Two years after that, he published a memoir in article form which described his experiments, and was included at the beginning of Newton's Opticks Bk. IV. In this work, he described his discovery of the peculiarities of the diffraction of light rays reflected by a concave mirror and how they might be stopped by a board pierced in the middle. In 1765, he introduced an astronomical instrument fitted with two achromatic lenses. He also invented a new microscope which he built in England and he gives a description of it, illustrated with several plates. He first thought of the manufacture of artificial mineral water.  He died in Paris in 1769 and a eulogy to him was published in the 1769 volume of the anthology of the Académie des sciences. ALS, dated 1761, 1p, approx. 8-1/4 x 12-3/4. Addressed to Nonsieur Mon Compagnon - speaks about next campaign. VG...............100-150

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229. [FRANCE] Leon Dufourny [1754-1818] important architect both in France and Sicilia. ALS, 1816, 1p, 6-1/4 x 8". VG............75-100

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230.  [FILM] Ricardo Cortez [1899-1977] American film actor who began his career during the silent era. Cortez appeared in over 100 films. Although he began his career playing romantic leads, when sound cinema arrived, his powerful delivery and New York accent made him an ideal heavy, and he switched from sex symbol to character actor. Clip signature, about 3-1/4 x 1-3/4 lined slip............25-35

231. [UNION CIVIL WAR] 3 very clean engraved portraits: Winfield Scott, P.H. Sheridan & David D. Porter. The line in the Sheridan portrait in the scan below is not in the original, its in the plastic cover sheet...........40-60

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232. [UNION CIVIL WAR] 3 very clean engraved portraits:George H. Thomas, George McClellan and Admiral Farragut......40-60

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233. [HOLLYWOOD LOT] printed pictures removed from book signed [* denotes inscribed], 8x10 or larger. Includes: Margaret O'Brien* [middle fold]; Eleanor Parker; Theran Bey; Myrna Loy* [folds]; and Lew Ayres*..........80-120

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234. [CIVIL WAR] Small archive concerning pension of Jno. H. Garner, who served in the9th Ohio Cavalry. Includes Document from Treasury Dept., 1901, 2 TLSs from Garner's attorney;  Claim Affidavit which was started to be filled out but not finished; plus 5 envelopes.........30-40

235. [FRANCE] Jacques-Marie-Adrien-Césaire Mathieu (1796–1875)  Bishop of Langres , Archbishop of Besançon and cardinal. Very active and distinguished prelate, His episcopate is especially marked by activism builder - 320 churches built, rebuilt or restored in the diocese. His international influence was not negligible.  ALS, 1834, 1p, approx. 7.5 x 9.5". Left edge mounted to stiff paper. VG...........100-150

236. [FRANCE] François Achille Longet (1811 - 1871)  French anatomist and physiologist who was a native of Saint Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines.  He was a student of François Magendie (1783-1855), and a pioneer in the field of experimental physiology.  In 1853 he attained the chair of physiology of the Faculté de Médecine in Paris. One one his better known students was German physiologist Moritz Schiff (1823-1896). Longet is remembered for extensive research of the autonomic nervous system, and physiological experiments of the anterior and posterior columns of the spinal cord in regards to sensory and motor functionality. Also, he is credited with providing a detailed comprehensive description of nerve innervation of the larynx.  With Jean Pierre Flourens (1794-1867), he performed pioneer experiments on the effects of ether and chloroform on the central nervous system in laboratory animals. ALS, 1859, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8-1/4".  Content unknown. VG...........100-150

237. [FRANCE] 1794 French Document  - 1000 pounds from Mrs. Delpech to the Count of Castellane, French Ambassador to Turkey. Comprised of 4 pages on vellum approx. 8-1/4 x 11-1/4"  plus 1-page document of paper 6-1/2 x 8-1/2". Plus paper cover. VG........100-150
 
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Signed page

238.  [FRANCE] Eugene Sue (1804-1857)  French novelist. His period of greatest success and popularity coincided with that of Alexandre Dumas, père, with whom he has been compared. ALS, no date, 1p, approx. 4-1/4 x 5-1/2". VG..........150-200

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239.  [FRANCE] group of French autographs:  [1] Victor Ambroise, vicomte de Lanjuinais (1802-1869) FRENCH politician, becoming a deputy in 1838. His interests lay chiefly in financial questions and in 1849 he became minister of commerce and agriculture in the cabinet of Odilon Barrot. He wrote a Notice historique sur la vie et les ouvrages du comte de Lanjuinais, which was prefixed to an edition of his fathers Îuvres (4 vols., 1832). 7 LINES IN HIS HAND, SIGNED.  [2] MARIE LECONTE [1869-1947] Fr. actress. ALS, no year on both sides of black bordered card.  [3] Jean Marie Pardessus (1772-1853) French lawyer. His Traité des servitudes (1806) went through eight editions, and his Traité du contrat et des lettres de change (1809) pointed him out as fitted for the chair of commercial law recently formed at the faculty of law at Paris. ALS, no date, 1p, 6 x 7-3/4 in. VG. [4] Charles Wagner (1852-1916) French reformed pastor whose inspirational writings were influential in shaping reformed theology. ALS, 1905, 3pp., 4-1/8 x 5-1/8". VG.  [5] Aurelien Scholl (1833-1902) French author and journalist, was born in Bordeaux. He was successively editor of the Voltaire and of the Echo de Paris. He wrote largely for the theatre, and also a number of novels dealing with Parisian life. ALS, nd, 1p. Wants to sue Paul Boiteau. Moderate stain bottom corner; wrinkled.  [6] Albert Auguste Cochon de Lapparent (1839-1908) French geologist. ALS, 1890, 1p, 4-3/8 x 5-1/2".  [7] Félix Antoine Philibert Dupanloup (January 3, 1802-1878) was a French ecclesiastic. ALS, appears to be undated, 1p, 8 x 9-1/4". VG.  [8] Olivier Émile Ollivier (1825-1913) French statesman. Although a republican, he served as a cabinet minister under Emperor Napoleon III and led the process of turning his regime into a "liberal Empire". Brief ALS, no date, 1p, 4 x 5-1/4". VG.  [9] LEON BERNARD [1877-1935] Fr. actor. ALS, no year, on both sides. To Tania Fedor - "Do whatever possible for that." [10] Émile Faguet (1847-1916) French literary critic and author. Clip Signature..........150-200

240. (CIVIL WAR) SAMUEL SHEBLE - American Manufacturer. Prior to the Civil War, Samuel Sheble had a factory in Frankford, Pennsylvania, that manufactured farm implements such as iron hay forks. By 1862 he was listed as being in military goods and in 1863 he was manufacturing swords, bayonets, non-commissioned officers swords, artillery swords and Model 1840 and Model 1860 cavalry swords, and a few officer swords. He had a small U.S.Government contract during the war but the number and type of swords are not exactly known. He produced swords only during the civil war. Signed document, an Indenture This nice document on heavy parchment is signed by Samuel Sheble and others and is dated April 4,1851, approx. 19.5 x 14.5", conveys a lot in Philadelphia to Robert S. Caldwell. In fine condition. Folded..............100-150

241. [MUSIC] Joseph Tagliafico  (1821-1900) opera singer from France who performed throughout the world. From 1847-1876 he appeared in virtually every opera at Covent Garden in London. The rest of the year he worked in the other great opera centers. In 1877 he was appointed stage manager of the Italian Opera in London.  AMQS, 5 measures marked "Beppo in Fra Diavolo", dated 1875. Approx. 4-1/2 x 7-1/4". VG.............50-75

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242. [ART] Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959) American-born British sculptor who helped pioneer modern sculpture. He was born in the United States, and moved to Europe in 1902, becoming a British citizen in 1911. He often produced controversial works which challenged taboos on what was appropriate subject matter for public artworks. His art is displayed all over the world; highly original for its time, its influence on the younger generation of sculptors such as Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth was significant. According to June Rose, in her biography, Moore was befriended by the older sculptor during the early 1920s and visited Epstein in his studio. Epstein, along with Moore and Hepworth, all expressed a deep fascination with the non-western art from the British Museum. CLIP SIGNATURE, approx. 5 x 1-1/4". VG.........60-80

243. [ART] GASTON LACHAISE (1882-1935) French-American sculptor, born in Paris. He went to the U.S. in 1906 and studied sculpture in Boston until 1912, when he moved to New York City and began the series of monumental figure pieces for which he is noted. Some of these works, more than life size, combine weighty proportions with unusual grace; examples are Floating Woman (1927) and the bronze Standing Woman (1930-33), both in the Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, Conn. In 1931 he executed reliefs for the RCA Building, and in 1934 for the International Building, both at Rockefeller Center, New York City. Among his many portrait busts, that of the American painter John Marin is considered his best. New York City's Museum of Modern Art honored him with a large retrospective exhibition just before his death in 1935. SIGNATURE & ADDRESS [77 Washington Place] on fragment clipped from hotel register. Unidentified signature above and below Lachaise...............50-75

244. [FRANCE] Mystery lot of misc. autographs. Includes: Georges Lecomte (1867-1958);  Napoleon B. Bernardin (1856-1915); Jacques de Lacretelle (1888-1985);  plus 6 others.  No doubt some SLEEPERS in here.................100-150

245. [ART - FRANCE] Jules Jean-Baptiste Dehaussy (1812-1891) French painter. Introduced to painting by his brother Auguste, the leading spirit of an art school in Péronne, he subsequently became a pupil of the painter and illustrator Théophile Fragonard . A portraitist and painter of history and genre paintings he made his debut at the Paris Salon in 1836 and was awarded a third class medal. An important exponent of an academic culture linked to official circles, he worked for the Versailles galleries in particular. In 1848 when commissions declined he was forced to move to England . He participated regularly in the exhibitions at the Royal Academy in London with a series of miniature portraits and, in 1851, with two history paintings. After returning to Paris in 1852, he exhibited at the Salon until 1890 with a vast repertoire of genre scenes of historical inspiration that were very successful commercially, as well as portraits and religious subjects that were stylistically similar to those of his teacher. He became famous on the international art scene from the 1850s onwards, following his participation in some of the major exhibitions of the time including the national Ghent Triennial Salon of 1853 and 1865, the 1865 Porto International Exhibition and the 1st International Exhibition of Fine Arts in Munich in 1869. ALS, PARIS, 1860, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8". VG............80-120

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246. [FRANCE] Mystery lot of misc. autographs. Includes: Ernest Legouve (1807-1903);  Paul Ginisty (1855-1932); Marquis de Pastoret (1791-1857);  plus 6 others.  No doubt some SLEEPERS in here.................100-150

247. [FILM] Sidney Blackmer [1895-1973] American actor. He was a major character actor in more than 120 films. He won the 1950 Tony Award for Best Actor (Drama) for his role in the Broadway play, Come Back, Little Sheba. In film, Blackmer is remembered for his more than a dozen portrayals of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt and for his role in the Academy Award-winning 1968 Roman Polanski film about urban New York witches, Rosemary's Baby, in which he played an over-solicitous neighbor. Brief ALS written on bottom of a fan's form letter, no date........40-60

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248. [FILM] Roland Young (1887-1953) English actor who was a character actor in many American films of note. Signed original drawing of a flying pig, approx. 5 x 6". VG. ........50-75

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249. [FRANCE] Mystery lot of misc. autographs. Includes: Paul Margueritte (1860-1918);  Emmanuel des Essarts (1839-1909); Pierre Lanfrey (1828-1877);  plus 6 others.  No doubt some SLEEPERS in here.................100-150

250. [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

251. [COMEDY] Allen & Rossi was a comedy team composed of Marty Allen and Steve Rossi, active from 1957 until 1969. They appeared on over 700 television shows including 44 appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show, including three of the four Ed Sullivan episodes on which The Beatles appeared. The team also appeared in a spy spoof film The Last of the Secret Agents (1966). OFFERED HERE ARE 2 SEPARATE SIGNED CONTRACTS, 1965, to appear on the Hy Gardiner Show. One signed by Rossi and the other signed by Allen. Each 1p.............60-80

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252. [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

253. [FILM] John Carroll [1906-1979] American actor. SIGNED, inscribed printed portrait picture, 5 x 7. VG......25-35

254. [FILM-THEATRE] Anne Revere [19-3-1990] American stage, film, and television actress. Revere worked steadily as a character actress in films, appearing in nearly three dozen between 1934 and 1951. She frequently was cast in the role of a matriarch and played mother to Elizabeth Taylor, Jennifer Jones, Gregory Peck, John Garfield, and Montgomery Clift, among others. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress three times and won for her performance in National Velvet. SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO. COA sticker on verso affects nothing. VG.........50-75

255. [CARDINAL] John Joseph O'Connor (1920- 2000) was the eleventh bishop (eighth archbishop) of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, serving from 1984 until his death in 2000. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1985. Signed 1975 FDC honoring Christmas. Clean and attractive............25-35

257.  Edward Albee [b. 1928] American playwright. Signed 10 x 8 photo. VG............50-75

258. [MUSIC] Lukas Foss (1923-2009) American composer, pianist, and conductor. Foss began a lifelong friendship with Leonard Bernstein, who later described Foss as an "authentic genius." In 1961 Bernstein would conduct the premiere of Foss's Time Cycle, while Foss would conduct the premiere of Bernstein's Symphonic Dances from West Side Story. Signed 1960 FDC honoring Ignacy Jan Paderewski. Clean and attractive.........50-75

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259. [MUSIC] Jon Howard Appleton (1939 - )   American composer and teacher who was a pioneer in electro-acoustic music. His earliest compositions in the medium, e.g. Chef d'Oeuvre and Newark Airport Rock attracted attention because they established a new tradition some have called programmatic electronic music. In 1970 he won Guggenheim,  Fulbright and American-Scandinavian Foundation fellowships. When he was twenty-eight years old he joined the faculty of Dartmouth College where he established one of the first electronic music studios in the United States. He remained there intermittently for forty-two years. In the mid-1970s he left Dartmouth to briefly become the head of Elektronmusikstudion (EMS) in Stockholm, Sweden. In the late 1970s, together with Sydney Alonso and Cameron Jones he helped develop the first commercial digital synthesizer called the Synclavier.  For a decade he toured around the United States and Europe performing the compositions he composed for this instrument. In the early 1990s he helped found the Theremin Center for Electronic Music at the Moscow Conservatory of Music where he continues to teach once a year. He has also taught at Keio University (Mita) in Tokyo, Japan, CCRMA at Stanford University and the University of California Santa Cruz. In his later years he has devoted most of his time to the composition of instrumental and choral music in a quasi-Romantic vein which has largely been performed only in France, Russia and Japan.  AMQS from his most famous work "Turkina" Suite II. Approx. 10-1/2 x 4-3/4". VG..........60-80

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260. [MUSIC] Alcides Emigdio Lanza  (1929 - )  Canadian composer, conductor, pianist, and music educator of Argentinian birth. He became a naturalized Canadian citizen in 1976. As both a composer and performer he is known as an exponent of contemporary classical music and avant-garde music. His works often utilize a combination of traditional and unusual instruments, and incorporate electronic sounds and extensions. He is also known for using special lighting effects when presenting his music. He is an associate of the Canadian Music Centre and a member of the Canadian League of Composers.      AMQS dated 2013 from  "Musica" (1946) a composition by Juan Carlos Paz  [1901-1972], an Argentian composer. Approx. 9-1/4 x 4-1/2". VG..........50-75

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261. [FILM] Donald Pleasence (1919-1995) British film, television, and stage actor. His most notable film roles include appearing as villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond film You Only Live Twice, RAF Flight Lieut. Colin Blythe in The Great Escape, and psychiatrist Halloween in the Dr. Sam Loomis series. Signed 4 x 5-3/4" photo. VG.........40-60

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262. Tom Clancy, Jr. (1947-2013) American author who is best known for his technically detailed espionage and military science storylines that are set during and in the aftermath of the Cold War.  Signed 3x5 card. Fine............20-30

263.  [NORTH CAROLINA] JOSIAH BAILEY  (1873-1946)  Senator from North Carolina; born in Warrenton, Warren County, N.C., September 14, 1873; moved with his parents to Raleigh, N.C., in 1877; attended the public schools and Raleigh Male Academy; graduated from Wake Forest College in 1893; editor of the Biblical Recorder 1893-1907; member of the State board of agriculture 1896-1900; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1908 and commenced practice in Raleigh, N.C.; United States collector of internal revenue for North Carolina 1913-1921; member of the North Carolina Constitutional Commission in 1915; trustee of the University of North Carolina 1930; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1930; reelected in 1936 and again in 1942, and served from March 4, 1931, until his death in Raleigh on December 15, 1946; chairman, Committee on Claims (Seventy-third through Seventy-fifth Congresses), Committee on Commerce (Seventy-sixth through Seventy-ninth Congresses). ALS, no date but c. 1905 because its to Eleanor, a lady that he wrote love letters to. This letter, based on its content, reads as though its at the begining of their relationship. In one part he talks about not teaching her Sunday School because he was sick but will teach next week.  Not a love letter but some he has fondness for. Nine pages [9] long, final page has small hole affecting a word or two......100-150

264.  Max Beerbohm  (1872-1956) English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist best known today for his 1911 novel Zuleika Dobson. Signed card, 3-1/2 x 1-3/4". VG..........40-60

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265. [ART] Edward H. Potthast (1857-1927)  American Impressionist painter. He is known for his paintings of people at leisure in Central Park, and on the beaches of New York and New England. His work is included in many major museums in the United States. Clip Signature, top corner missing. About 4-3/4 x 2-1/4".........50-75

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266. [ART] William Holbrook Beard  (1825-1900)  American painter. Beard was born in Painesville, Ohio. He studied abroad, is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting, and in 1861 moved to New York City, where, in 1862, he became a member of the National Academy of Design. Beard was a prolific artist. His humorous treatment of bears, cats, dogs, horses and monkeys, generally with some human occupation and expression, usually satirical, gave him a great vogue at one time, and his pictures were largely reproduced.  Clip Signature, about 3-3/4 x 3/4"...........25-35

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267. [ART] Samuel Colman  (1832-1920) American painter, interior designer, and writer, probably best remembered for his paintings of the Hudson River. Clip Signature, about 3-3/4 x 3/4"...........25-35

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268. [ART] William Frederick Yeames (1835-1918) British painter best known for his oil-on-canvas problem picture And When Did You Last See Your Father?, which depicts the son of a Royalist being questioned by Parliamentarians during the English Civil War. Signed card, with sentiment. Fine.........25-35

269. [ART]  Carleton Wiggins  [1848-1932]   American landscape and cattle painter. He was born in Orange County, New York, and studied in New York at the National Academy of Design and with George Inness, and in Paris, and settled in New York. His landscape were executed in broad flowing lines, with a rich low-toned color scheme, and often contain cattle, solidly and realistically portrayed. Signed card, approx. 3-1/2 x 1-3/4". ...........30-40

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270. [ART] Heinrich Hofmann  (1824-1911)  German painter of the late 19th to early 20th century. He was born in Darmstadt and died in Dresden. He is best known for his many paintings depicting the life of Jesus Christ. Four of the most famous works of Hofmann are in the possession of the Riverside Church in New York: Christ and the Rich Young Ruler, Christ in Gethsemane, Christ in the Temple and Christ's Image. According to information of the Riverside Church, the painting Christ in Gethsemane is without much doubt one of the most copied paintings in the world.
Signed card, approx. 3-1/2 x 1-3/4". ...........40-60

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

273. [FILM] Myrna Loy (1905-1993) American actress. Trained as a dancer, Loy devoted herself fully to an acting career following a few minor roles in silent films. She was originally typecast in exotic roles, often as a vamp or a woman of Asian descent, but her career prospects improved greatly following her portrayal of Nora Charles in The Thin Man (1934). Signed, inscribed 3x5 card. Fine..............25-35

275. Sir Aston Webb, RA, FRIBA (1849-1930)  English architect, active in the late 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century. He was President of the Royal Academy from 1919 to 1924. ALS, 1920, 1p., about not wanting to restore the Rhiems Cathederal as been asked to by the recipient. Mentions other restorations needed on other world famous churches & explains costs. VG............100-150

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276. Otis Tufton Mason   (1838-1908)  American ethnologist and Smithsonian Institution curator. Mason was born at Eastport, Maine, the son of John and Rachel Mason. In 1850, the Masons purchased Woodlawn Plantation, the former home of George Washington's adopted daughter Nellie Custis and her descendants. Otis Mason gave a portion of the property in 1872 to establish the Woodlawn Baptist Church, and preached there for the first four years, until a minister was appointed.  He graduated from Columbian University in 1861, then worked there for 23 years, as principal of the college's preparatory school (1861–84). He first became affiliated with the United States National Museum in 1872, working as a collaborator in ethnology. This in 1884 turned into a full-time position as curator. The Smithsonian had recently built its first purpose-built museum building, the U.S. National Museum building (or Arts and Industries Building). Mason worked closely with George Brown Goode in the installation and reorganization of the museum collections that came with the move into that new building. In 1879 he was one of the founders of the Anthropological Society of Washington, and authored its constitution. Signed card, approx. 3-1/2 x 1-3/4" card. VG...........40-60

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277. [ART]  Franklyn Bassford (1857-1897)  American  artist  who came naturally to marine art, and was a prominent participant with the famous lithography house of Currier & Ives, painting original works of racing yachts. One of his first known canvases for this company was a scene of the classic America’s Cup 1885 match of PURITAN and GENESTA, his initial year with the firm. His images are full of the suggestive dramatic excitement yacht racing inspired, and continues to invoke, in its audiences. Born in New York, Bassford is on record as having performed direct commissions for prominent yachtsmen of the era. He was on hand to directly record the important challenges for the America’s Cup in late 1880s. Records survive that he painted direct commissions, and one acrimonious effort- a portrait of a New York Yacht Club member’s Yacht HILDEGARD -ended up in a legal dispute, so we know that he was charging $500 at that time, a respectful amount for a commission in his day.  Bassford’s life story ended tragically, as he inexplicably expanded into an effort to build a vapor steam launch for a client in 1897; this on the heels of his authorship of some well regarded articles on model yachts in “Outing Magazine”. On reviewing the unfinished vessel dockside on the Hudson at Communipaw, New Jersey, he scribbled his final words, “thoroughly discouraged” and ended his life. To what heights his art would have rose to in his lifetime, it has, with merit, surpassed today.  At Least Six Original Paintings by Franklyn Bassford were known to have been lithographed by the Currier & Ives Firm, and undoubtably more exist without full and proper credit to the artist. Wonderful example of his ornate signature on album page.  There is a single fold line in center but not very visible. Dated 1880............50-75

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278. Dame Barbara  Cartland  (1901- 2000) English author, one of the most prolific and commercially successful of the 20th century. TLS, 1988, lengthy 2 pages. Unusual content - her eating habits, recommendations for healthy diet, deoression, and her new book "Book of Health.".........75-100

279. Erich  Segal (1937-2010)  American 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. Signed 5x7 photo. VG.........40-60

280. [AVIATION] Jeana Yeager (b. 1952) is an American aviatrix (female pilot) who is most famous for co-piloting a non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world in the Rutan Voyager aircraft from December 14 to 23, 1986. The flight took 9 days, 3 minutes, and 44 seconds and covered 24,986 miles, more than doubling the old distance record set by a Boeing B-52 bomber in 1962. In recognition of this achievement, she received the Presidential Citizens Medal from President Reagan (1986), the Harmon Trophy, the FAI De la Vaulx Medal, and is the first woman to have received the Collier Trophy. She also received the Edward Longstreth Medal from the Franklin Institute in 1988.  Her signature [endorsement] on verso of bank check. VG..............25-35

281. [RELIGION] PERRAUD, Orat., Adolphe-Louis-Albert [1828-1906] French Cardinal. ALS, 1888, 1p, 5 x 8 in. VG...........50-75

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282.  [ACTORS] Signed photos: Bob Crosby [1913-1993] 4x5. Natalie Schafer [1900-1991] 3.5 x 4.5. Loni Anderson [b. 1945] 5x7. Patricia Neal [1926-2010) 3.5 x 7. All are inscribed except Loni Anderson..........75-100

283. Ellsworth Bunker (1894-1984)  American businessman and diplomat (including being the ambassador to Argentina, Italy, India, Nepal and South Vietnam). He is perhaps best known for being a hawk on the war in Vietnam and Southeast Asia during the 1960s and 1970s. Signed 8x10 photo, inscribed to former Congressman, James Rogan. VG...........50-75

284. [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

285. [Theatre: Drury Lane] ALS of Samuel Spring to the Duke of Sussex, submitting a bill for two private boxes, together with the receited bill itself. Each 1p, 1816............80-120

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286. [FILM] Richard Farnsworth (1920-2000) American actor and stuntman. His film career began in 1937; however, he achieved his greatest success for his performances in The Grey Fox (1982) and The Straight Story (1999), for which he received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actor. Signed 10x8 photo. VG...........30-40

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287. [GERMANY] Friedrich Ludwig Georg von Raumer (1781-1873) German historian . He was the first scientific historian to popularize history in German. He traveled extensively and served in German legislative bodies. Five lines and his signature on 4 x 6-3/4" sheet. Not translated. VG.........50-75

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288. [FRANCE] 9 page manuscript document concerning the Paris home of Charles-Robert Boutin [1722-1810]. he was Intendant of Bordeaux; Paymaster of Navy; General Receiver of Finances of Touraine. In 1762, with Querdisien Tremais, he interfered with Canada's Intendant BIGOT'S operations with Jewish merchant Abraham Gradis and with FRANÇOIS BIGOT'S  dishonest fur trade in Canada. This document concerns the architect Colson Jorier and his work on the Boutin  house in Paris. Interesting in that it talks about interior architecture. Not translated. VG............100-150

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289.  [FRANCE] Denis-Bernard QUATREMERE-DISJONVAL [1754-1830] eccentric scientist [physicist & chemist]. Large [9-1/4 x 13-3/4 in.] ALS, 1826, 4 full pages. About spiders..............100-150

290. 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

291. ROBERT F. WAGNER [1877-1953] sig. as US senator, 1930....20-30

292. Frederick Frelinghuysen [1817-1885] Grant's Sec. of State. CLIP SIGNATURE probably as US senator from NJ.............20-30

293. [OHIO] TOM L. JOHNSON [1854-1911] Am. politician. Today, Johnson is considered a great influence in the progressive movement in the United States that took place in the early 20th century. He is also considered Cleveland's greatest mayor. SIGNED CARD..............20-30

294. [AUTHORS] ALBERT EDWARD WIGGAM - author of "THE NEW DECALOGUE OF SCIENCE." Short ALS, 1930, written on 6 x 4 card [lined side]. Age toned. Many lay popularizers of eugenics also appealed to religious traditions to promote their agenda. The most notable, it seems, was Albert Edward Wiggam, who traveled the lecture circuit promoting eugenics as "the final program for the complete Christianization of mankind." Wiggam even rewrote the Ten Commandments, in which "The Duty of Eugenics" replaced "Thou shalt have no other gods before me." The "Duty of Scientific Research" supplanted the proscription against making graven images, while the "Duty of Preferential Reproduction" replaced "Thou shalt not kill / Will Durant - Signed w/ sentiment sheet of his stationary. Mounting traces on verso around edges; mail folds / Albert Payson Terhune (1872-1942 Am. author, dog breeder, and journalist. CLIP SIGNATURE. One mail fold crease line / Carolyn Wells [b. 1862] Bold CLIP SIGNATURE with sentiment. Mailed fold line; mounting traces on verso / AUGUSTA HUIELL SEAMAN - author. ANS, 1930. Mounting traces on verso & one corner fault...........40-60

295. Charles Erskine Scott Wood (1852-1944) author, civil libertarian, soldier, and attorney. He is best known as the author of the 1927 satirical bestseller, Heavenly Discourse. Following his service he became a prominent attorney in Portland, Oregon, where he often defended labor unions and "radicals" including birth control activist Margaret Sanger. Like many Cleveland Democrats, including his long time friend Mark Twain, Wood joined the American Anti-Imperialist League. Offered here is an extraordinary SIGNED & INSCRIBED, photograph by Todd [who has signed also], To Rev. Cornelius Greenway, 1931. Approx. 10 x 13-1/2 in. including margins. Only a few minor faults in margin area - VG.........60-80

297. [FILM] Lionel Stander (1908-1994) American actor in movies, radio, theater and television. The role he is now most famous for: Max, the loyal butler, cook, and chauffeur to the wealthy, amateur detectives played by Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers on the 1979 -1984 television series Hart to Hart. Signed document, CONTRACT, 1945, 2pp, to appear as "Spider" in THE KID FROM BROOKLYN, starring Danny Kaye. With attached "condition" agreement initialed. VG............75-100

298. [FRANCE] Charles Noel Martin (1923-2005) French nuclear physicist and science popularizer known worldwide. He was fascinated throughout his life by the work of Jules Verne.  He has written numerous scientific papers (in Sciences et Avenir , Le Figaro Literary or Question particular) and a philosophical essay Man Galactic: introduction to the philosophy of the third millennium, translated internationally. Full member of the famous journalistic review team developing the Planet fantastic realism in the 1960s (of Louis Pauwels and Jacques Bergier , with Aimé Michel , Remy Chauvin , George Langelaan and another famous physicist, Jean E. Charon ... ).  He was the author of a resounding communication on the cumulative effects caused by nuclear testing in the globe at the Academy of Sciences of Paris , by the great physicist Louis de Broglie in November 1954 (Jacques Bergier contributing to part the clouds of nitric acid causes acid rain).  It is responsible for the dissemination of the work done in France to the United States on the presence of fossil life in meteorites during the year 1960 , he has exhibited to the public in the press, radio, TV, books, etc..  Lengthy ALS, Paris, 1963, written on both sides, approx. 8-1/4 x 10-1/2". With envelope. VG.............75-100

300. Francis Marion Crawford [1854-1909] Am. writer. Clip signature......15-20

301. [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

302. [FILM] Lina Basquette (1907-1994) American actress noted as much for her more than 75 years in entertainment beginning in the silent film era, as her tumultuous personal life and nine marriages. In 1925, Basquette began an affair with Sam Warner of Warner Brothers and the couple married on July 4, 1925. She was a mother at 19, and a widow at 20. After appearing in The Godless Girl, Basquette soon became a star in future DeMille films. By 1930, Basquette was broke and spent a good amount of her time partying with fellow actresses Jean Harlow, Clara Bow and Carole Lombard. She became one of the best-known breeders and handlers of champion Great Danes in American dog-show history, and also wrote several books on dog breeding. SIGNED 3X5 CARD with sentiment. VG.......20-30

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

304. 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

309. 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

310. 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

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

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

314. Beatrice "Bea" Arthur (1922-2009) American actress, comedienne and singer whose career spanned seven decades. Arthur achieved fame as the character Maude Findlay on the 1970s sitcoms All in the Family and Maude, and as Dorothy Zbornak on the 1980s sitcom The Golden Girls, winning Emmy Awards for both roles. A stage actress both before and after her television success, she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance as Vera Charles in the original Mamecast of (1966). Signed 8x10 photo. VG...........25-35

315. [CARTOONS] Whitney Darrow (1909-1999) prominent American cartoonist, who worked most of his career for The New Yorker, with some 1,500 of his cartoons printed in his nearly 50-year-long career with the magazine. TLS, 1960, 1p..............35-45

316. [GOLF] Raymond Floyd [b. 1942] American golfer. Signed, inscribed 8x10 color photo. VG......25-35

317. [FILM] Gregory Hines [1946-2003] American actor, singer, dancer and choreographer. TLS, 1981, 1p. VG.........25-35

318. [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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319. [ART] Georges Fougeroux [1902-1979] French painter. He worked with Lapoujade and exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Francais d'Automme and the Salon des Independants. Signed original pencil drawing, dated 1950, approx. 4-1/2 x 5-1/2". VG...........75-100

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320. Frances Power Cobbe (1822-1904) Irish writer who is known today as a social reformer, feminist theorist and pioneer animal rights activist. ALS, no yr., 6pp. Small chip out of top of pages 3 and 4 not affecting content. .............60-80

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321. [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

322. [WOMEN] Anna E. TICKNOR - Founder and secretary of the SOCIETY TO ENCOUTAGE STUDIES AT HOME. ALS, Boston, 1876, last line & signature on verso. "...your wishes may be met by the Harvard Examinations for Women..." VG...................50-75

323. 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

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

325. [TV] Henry Winkler (b. 1945) American actor. Signed 3x5 card.........20-30

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328. [MUSIC] Kurt Schwertsik  (1935 - ) Austrian contemporary composer. He is famous for creating the “Third Viennese School” and spreading contemporary classical music. AMQS from his work "Violin Concerto", inscribed. Approx. 10-1/2 x 4". VG..........50-75

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329. [MUSIC] Rene Clemencic  (1928 - ) Austrian composer, recorder player, harpsichordist, conductor and clavichord player. AMQS from his famous "Kabbala Oratorio." Approx. 10-1/2 x 4". VG..........50-75

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330.  Enid Algerine Bagnold, Lady Jones  (1889-1981)  British author and playwright, best known for the 1935 story National Velvet which was filmed in 1944 with Elizabeth Taylor.  TLS on postcard dated 1949, about paying a bill to a guild. VG.......60-80

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332. Dominick Dunne (1925-2009) American writer and investigative journalist whose subjects frequently hinged on the ways in which high society interacts with the judicial system. He was a movie producer in Hollywood and was also known for his frequent appearances on television.  Signed  7x5" photo. VG.........25-35

333. [THEATRE] Fritz Williams [1869-1930] Am. actor very popular at turn of the century. Appeared on Broadway from 1899-1930. Signed cabinet photograph dated '98. VG.......40-60

334. [ART] Minos Argyrakis [1920-1998] Greek artist was born in Smyrni in 1920 and came to Athens as a refugee with his family in 1922. He studied at Athens University of Economics and Business and at Athens School of Fine Arts. The roots of his painting, his sketches and the sceneries made by him can be traced in folk art and naïve painting. His works are singular because of the hearty humor, the critical attitude and the sarcasm imbued in them. His work has appeared in many one-man shows and group exhibitions. He illustrated books, did newspaper and magazine illustrations, and also worked on theatrical stage designs. Signed ink drawing, dated 1959, approx. 12 x 8-1/4". He also writes "Work and make love, make love and work. Nothing else left."............75-100

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335. [GREAT BRITAIN] The Princess Helena (1846-1923) member of the British Royal Family, the third daughter and fifth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. ALS, 1887, 2pp. VG............75-100

336. [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

337. [BOXING] JOEY MAXIM (1922-2001) Light Heavyweight Champion of the World. Signed & inscribed photo, , dated 1992, 8x10. VG................30-40

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

 "Father of Modern Dermatology in France"

339. [MEDICINE] Ferdinand-Jean Darier (1856 -1938) French physician, pathologist and dermatologist called the "father of modern dermatology in France". Darier discovered several diseases, most notably Darier's disease. ALS, 1924, 3pp, 5 x 6.5". Pin holes upper corner o/w VG. Not translated..........80-120

340. [MUSIC] (NEIL SEDAKA) Contract signed by his wife and manager Leha Sedaka, 16pp for performance on November 18, 1992, with many notes and statements written in. Signed fully by Mrs. Sedaka 4 times and numerous initials. Very indepth contract!. VG...........50-75

341. Augustus Trowbridge [1870-1934] Am. physicist, inventor. Signature......20-30

342. John Morley [1838-1923] British statesman. Signed address panel addressed to Prime Minister Earl of Rosebury........25-35

343. John Morley [1838-1923] British statesman. Signed envelope addressed to William Gladstone, Prime Minister. No postmark..........25-35

344. Henry M. Baird (1832-1906), American historian and educationalist. He is best known as a historian of the Huguenots. SIGNATURE with sentiment on card 1885.......20-30

345. G. Paul Chalmers [1836-1878] Scottish painter. Clip. signature..........20-30

346. Ben Turner [1912-1966] American painter. Signature...........20-30

347. Clarence Cook (1828-1900) American author and art critic. Between 1863 and 1869, Cook wrote a series of articles about American art for The New York Tribune. In 1869, he moved to France and was the Parisian correspondent for The New York Tribune until the onset of the Franco-Prussian War. Cook was known for his expertise in archeology and antiquities and was instrumental in the criticism of the collection of General di Cesnola. In the mid-1850s Cook began to read works by John Ruskin and associated with a group of American artists, writers, and architects who followed Ruskin's thinking. Through this group he became aware of the British Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. In 1863, with Clarence King and John William Hill he helped to found the Society for the Advancement of Truth in Art, an American group, similar to the Pre-Raphaelites, who published a journal called The New Path. In 1869 Cook wrote A Description of the New York Central Park. In 1877, articles on home furnishings that Cook had written for Scribner's Monthly were published as a book entitled The House Beautiful. In 1879, Cook served as editor for Wilhelm Lübke's History of Art. ALS, 1896, 1p, 4.5 x 7". Declines invitation. Fine...........50-75

348.  CHARLES SAWYER ( 1887-1980) American Cabinet Official/Politician. He was Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, 1933-35; member of Democratic National Committee from Ohio, 1936-44; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1940; U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, 1944-45; U.S. Minister to Luxembourg, 1944-45; U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1948-53 under Harry S. Truman - TLS dtd 2/18/74. One corner stain.............25-35

349. [ART] GEORGE SEGAL, George (1924- 2000). Important American sculptor, known for his life-size white plaster casts of human figures. Signed color postcard picturing one of his sculptures. Different than above................35-45

350. [RELIGION] E(zra) S(tiles) Gannett [1801-1871] prominent Unitarian minister, editor, and a founder of the American Unitarian Association. He was a colleague pastor and successor to William Ellery Channing at the Federal Street Church in Boston. ALS, Boston, no yr., 1p. with last line & signature on back............35-45

351. [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

352. [BRITAIN] Dame Genevieve Ward DBE (1837-1922) born Lucy Genevieve Teresa Ward, was an American-born British soprano and actress. She was created a Dame Commander of the British Empire. AUTOGRAPH QUOTE SIGNED, 1919. "Cheerfulness is the sunny rey of life." VG..........20-30

353. [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

354. JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN - American Author, Educator. Although "From Slavery to Freedom" is his best-known work, Franklin has been a prolific author. In 1995, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. Franklin is one of the most honored African American ever in the history of the United States. SIGNED/inscribed 8x10 color portrait..............35-45

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

356. 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

357. Willard Van Quine (1908-2000) American philosopher and logician in the analytic tradition. From 1930 until his death 70 years later, Quine was continuously affiliated with Harvard University in one way or another, first as a student, then as a professor of philosophy and a teacher of mathematics, and finally as a professor emeritus who published or revised several books in retirement. He filled the Edgar Pierce Chair of Philosophy at Harvard from 1956 to 1978. A recent poll conducted among philosophers named Quine one of the five most important philosophers of the past two centuries. Signed, inscribed 5x7 photo. VG..........50-75

358. Park Benjamin [1849-1922] Am. lawyer, writer. ALS, 1861..........50-75

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

360. [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

361. [ART] Auguste-Louis Lepère (1849-1918) French painter and etcher. Auguste Lepère is also considered the leader in the creative revival of wood engraving in Europe. At age thirteen, Lepère began his artistic education in the Paris studio of the engraver, Smeeton. By the mid 1870's, Lepère had clearly emerged as one of the most renowned printmakers of his time. ALS, 1888, 2pp., 4-1/4 X 6-3/4". Addressed to M. Hubert, the publisher & editor-in-chief of the very important magazine "Le Monde Illustre." Written in blue ink which has lightened over the years. If you read French it is readable.......75-100

362. Amelia Peabody [1890-1984] American sculptor, the daughter of Frank E. Peabody, a partner in the investment house of Kidder, Peabody. After her debut in 1909, she studied sculpture at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts under Charles Grafly and became an accomplished sculptress, horsewoman, farm owner and breeder, and philanthropist. At her farms in Dover, Mass., she raised registered Hereford cattle, Yorkshire pigs, sheep, and thoroughbred horses. For many years, she was the Chairman of the Arts and Skills Service of the American Red Cross, which promoted art therapy for wounded servicemen during World War II, and continued to promote art therapy for hospital patients of all kinds after the War. She maintained her family home at 120 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, as well as Mill Farm, her residence in Dover, Mass., and Powisset Farm, also in Dover, with a number of other land holdings in that town. Miss Peabody died of natural causes in 1984, leaving the bulk of her vast estate to charity. ALS, Boston, 1936, 2pp. VG.............35-45

363. [ART] Irene Rice Pereira [1902-1971] American artist, known for her work in the Geometric abstraction, Abstract expressionist, and Lyrical Abstraction genres and her use of the principles of the Bauhaus school. Signed card dated 1957. Fine..........30-40

364 . [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

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

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

367. [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

368. Albert Richard Smith (1816-1860)  English author, entertainer, and mountaineer.  He was one of the early contributors to Punch and was also a regular contributor to Richard Bentley's Miscellany, in whose pages his first and best book, the novel The Adventures of Mr Ledbury, appeared in 1842.  Smith's "Mont Blanc" show ran for 2000 performances over six years and helped to popularize mountain climbing in mid-Victorian Britain. He was one of the founder members of the Alpine Club in 1857. In July 1858 Smith traveled to Hong Kong. On his return he published To China and Back (1859), and in December 1858 he commenced at the Egyptian Hall a third entertainment, called "Mont Blanc to China", which was also very popular. Clip Signature mounted to paper. Small - 1-1/2 x 1/2"..............40-60

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

See Gilbert letter


370. [ART] Walter Shirlaw (1838-1909) Scottish-American artist. Shirlaw was born in Paisley, Scotland, and moved to the United States with his parents in 1840. He worked as a bank-note engraver, and his work was first exhibited at the National Academy in 1861. He was elected an academician of the Chicago Academy of Design in 1868. Among his pupils there was Frederick Stuart Church. From 1870 to 1877 he studied in Munich, under J. L. Raab, Alexander von Wagner, Arthur George von Ramberg, and Wilhelm Lindenschmidt. His first work of importance was the Toning of the Bell (1874), which was followed by Sheep-shearing in the Bavarian Highlands (1876) which received honorable mention at the Paris exposition in 1878. Other notable works from his easel are Good Morning (1878), in the Buffalo Academy; Indian Girl and Very Old (1880); Gossip (1884); and Jealousy (1886), owned by the Academy of Design, New York. His largest work is the frieze for the dining-room in the house of Darius O. Mills in New York. Shirlaw has also earned an excellent reputation as an illustrator. He was one of the founders of the Society of American Artists, and was its first president. On his return from Europe he took charge of the Art Students League of New York, and for several years taught in the composition class. He became an associate of the National Academy in 1887, and an academician the following year. Original etching, plate signed [monogram lower left of image], approx. 5-1/4 x 3-1/8" plus margins. Fine.........75-100

See etching

Portrait of the artist

371. [FILM] Bob Hope [1903-2003] legendary comic entertainer, actor. Signed, inscribed 5x7 photo. VG.............40-60

372. [FRANCE] DECLARATION DU ROY -  dated 1714, approx. 7 x 9", 4-pages. Very fresh condition..........100-150

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373. [AVIATOR] Maurice ALLARD - Aviation pioneer. Legion of Honour Chevalier; participated in all major races. ALS, Paris, 1957, 1p, 4to. Not translated. Addressed to A.R. Malfanti. VG.............50-75

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374. [FRANCE] Nicolas de Lamoignon - Nicolas Lamoignon-Bâville (1648-1724) was a French official said to have been accused by Voltaire of instigating the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. He made himself famous by the measures he adopted against the Protestants, and by the manner in which he associated himself with the religious policy of Louvois, of which the revocation of the Edict of Nantes was the culminating point. But it is without proof that Voltaire accused him of having instigated this revocation. "I never counselled the revocation of the Edict of Nantes", he wrote to his brother in 1708. On the contrary he considered that "in religion hearts must be attacked, for it is there that it resides", and immediately after the revocation he sent for Bourdaloue to come and evangelize the Protestants of Montpellier. From 1702 to 1704 he helped in the repression of the uprising of the Camisards, occasioned in the Cevennes by English and Calvinistic influences. Document Signed, 1710, 3pp+, 7-1/4 x 9-3/4". Supposed to be "Very Rare".............100-150

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Portrait of Lamoignon

377. [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  

378. 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 

379. [MUSIC] Hiram Clarence Eddy (1851-1937) American organist and composer. He was born in Greenfield, Massachusetts. He studied under Dudley Buck in Hartford, Connecticut, counterpoint under Carl August Haupt, and piano under Carl Albert Loeschhorn in Berlin. In 1874-1876 he was organist of the First Congregational Church, Chicago; afterward organist and choirmaster of the First Presbyterian Church for 17 years and from 1875 to 1908 was director of the Hershey School of Musical Art. In 1877-1879 he gave a series of 100 organ recitals, with entirely different programs, a memorable achievement in Amencan musical annals. He played at several expositions in America and abroad, and gave recitals in the principal American and European cities. He composed several works for the organ. He died in Chicago, Illinois. CLIP SIGNATURE mounted to card. Slight mounting trace show through..........25-35

See Eddy signature

Portrait of Eddy  


380. [MUSIC] Hans Munch (1893-1983) Swiss conductor, composer, pianist, organist. ALS, 1930, 1p. Not translated. VG.........50-75

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381. Cyril Ritchard (1897-1977) Australian stage, screen and television actor, and director. He is probably best remembered today for his campy performance as Captain Hook in the Mary Martin musical production of Peter Pan. ALS, 1974, 1p. To the Director/producer Charles Forsythe. Sends regrets and that he is "being pushed putting the damn thing on...", a play he is doing - hoping to connect at some point soon. Comes with envelope signed on verso [return address]. VG........50-75  

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

383. [MUSIC]  Louis Victor Saar  (1868-1937)  Dutch-born American pianist, teacher, composer.  ALS, 1923, 1p, approx. 8.5 x 11". Nice example...........50-75

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384. [MUSIC] Sigmund Lillebjerka  (1931 - ) Norwegian composer. AMQS from his "Elegisk Intermezzo" dated 2013, inscribed. Approx. 9-1/4 x 4-1/4". VG..........50-75

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385. [POLITICS] 1966 FDC signed by 16 members of the House of Foreign Affairs Committee 1960's: O'Hara (ILL), Farbstien (NY), Bolton (OH), Gross (IA), Beckworth (TX), Hays (OH), Fascell (FL), Adair (IN), Kelly (NY), Selden (AL), Fountain (NC), McDowell (DE), Diggs (Ml), Morgan (PA), Zablocki (WI), Burleson (TX) (which is smudged). SIGNED FDC honoring Migratory Birds...........50-75

387. George Opdyke (1805 - 1880) was an entrepreneur and the Mayor of New York (1862 to 1863) during the American Civil War. He joined the Republican Party and its anti-slavery platform. He was a delegate to the Buffalo Free Soil Party convention in 1848, and served on its committee on resolutions. He was a candidate for U.S. Congress on the Free Soil ticket in New Jersey.  He was a member of the New York State Assembly (New York Co., 14th D.) in 1859, and was a delegate to the 1860 Republican National Convention where he played a role in the nomination of Abraham Lincoln.  As mayor, Opdyke recruited and equipped troops for the war and responded to draft riots. His company was the largest clothing manufacturing and merchandiser in the area.  Document Signed, March 5,  1863, signed as Mayor of New York City. Approx. 8-1/4 x 3-3/4".  VG.............40-60


388. Lot M Morrill  (1813-1883) 28th Governor of Maine; United States Senate and as Secretary of the Treasury appointed by President Ulysses S. Grant. Signature on 5 x 3" slip.  VG........ 25-35

389.  [FRANCE] Aurelien Scholl (1833-1902) French author and journalist, was born in Bordeaux. He was successively editor of the Voltaire and of the Echo de Paris. He wrote largely for the theatre, and also a number of novels dealing with Parisian life. ALS, nd, 2 pages. Not translated. VG...........50-75

 
390. [FRANCE] Joseph Dubosc, count of Pesquidoux (1869-1946), known as Joseph de Pesquidoux, was a French writer. In 1927 he won the Grand prix de littérature de l'Académie française, of which he was elected a member in 1936. He was also elected mainteneur of the Académie des Jeux floraux in 1938. Lengthy ALS, 1938, on postal card. VG.............60-80

 
391. [FRANCE] Pierre Barillet [b.1923] dramatist. ALS, 1967, on both sides, 8-1/4 x 10-1/2. Speaks about translation of Black Comedy and Peter Shaffer. VG.............60-80

392. [FRANCE] Bishop Pierre-Louis Coeur [1805-1860] Bishop of Troves.  ALS, c. 1848, 3pp. VG..............50-75

398. Tommy Hilfiger (b. 1951) American is an American fashion designer and founder of the premium lifestyle brand Tommy Hilfiger Corporation. Signed, insc ribed 8x10 photo. VG.....25-35  


399. Robert Collyer (1823-1912) English-born American Unitarian clergyman. ALS, 1884, 1p......60-80