7. [ART] A fine etching by noted American artist Sears GALLAGHER (1869-1955) was a Massachusetts artist who studied art in Paris.  A prolific etcher, Gallagher had produced some 138 etchings by 1920.  The etching here, titled "Fort LeBoeuf," was produced in 1932 as part of the George Washington Bicentennial, this plate being one of twenty plates from his Twenty Masterpieces Life of George Washington, edition limited to 200 copies, plate size 13 3/8" x 9 1/4" (on sheet 14 3/4" x 13 1/4"), signed and titled in pencil (plus pencil note on plate size).  Shrinkwrapped on foamboard, in very good condition...................100-200

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

14. [MUSIC] Tzvi Avni (1927 - )  Israeli composer. In 2001, Avni was awarded the Israel Prize, for music. AMQS, inscribed, dated 1013, of his from his work "Mizmorey Tehilim (beginning of the 3 movements."  Approx. 10-1/2 x 4-1/4". VG..............50-75

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15. [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

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17. [ART] ALFRED JOS. STOTHARD [1793-1864] British artist, medallist; he executed medallions of George IV, Byron, Canning, and Sir Walter Scott, exhibiting twenty works at the academy between 1821 and 1845. He designed the grand staircase in Buckingham Palace. ALS, [1823], 1p, approx. 7 x 5". To Mr. Pickering asking that the bearer be permitted to see the Satin Wood Frame....Canterbury....."in order that he may make one for me...." Rather than attempt to describe faults we will picture both sides below. Very uncommon British art autograph................min. bid $10

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

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

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20. [ART]  John Kay (1742-1826), Miniature painter and caricaturist.  original etching, image 5-3/4 x 3-3/4 in. VG......min. bid $10

21. Bill Griffith (b. 1944)  American cartoonist who signs his work Bill Griffith and Griffy. He is best known for his daily comic strip Zippy. Signed page...............min. bid $10

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43. Samuel Buttrick, (1718-1814), was in the Concord fight with his brothers, Jonathan, Joseph and John. It was his brother John Buttrick who was one of the leaders of the Concord militia during the Battle of Concord on April 19, 1775. Given the usual interpretation of the first stanza of Ralph Waldo Emerson's famous poem "Concord Hymn," Buttrick is the man who fired (the shot heard around the world.) Militia commander, Major John Buttrick, yelled the order, "Fire, for God's sake, fellow soldiers, fire!" Fire they did, commencing with "the shot heard round the world," as immortalized by poet Ralph Waldo Emerson. Offered here is a 1804 document signed by Sam. C. Buttrick Jr. We are unsure who  this Sam Buttrick is, but it doesn't seem likely to be the above Buttrick  (1718-1814) mainly because his father was named  Jonathan and not Samuel Sr. To Josiah Nelson Jun. of Lincoln, Mass., a commissioned officer of the Troop of Cavelry raised in the 3rd regt. of the 1st brigade, 3rd division of the militia of Mass. They are to meet at Wheelock’s Tavern. About 7-1/4 x 12 in. Josiah Nelson Jr. writes a few lines and signs on the verso. Josiah’s father, legend tells us, was the first blood shed in the revolution. He ran among the horsemen before he looked up to make sure who they were, and called out ‘Have you heard anything about when the Regulars are coming out?’ One of the [British] officers drew his sword, and crying, ‘We will let you know when they are coming!’ struck him on the crown of his head, cutting a long gash. As [Josiah] Nelson sprang back, the warm blood trickled over his face and dripped to the ground. It was the first blood shed in the Revolution. This blood was to be dearly paid for on this very spot the next day. Perhaps what happened that April night in Lincoln, Massachusetts, was pretty much as Nelson family tradition tells it. What puzzles me are discrepancies in the details, for in those inconsistencies lie provocative questions about how well we have understood the significance of Josiah Nelson’s tale. Very good condition for its age......150-200

46. [FILM]  Norma Shearer (1902-1983) Canadian-American actress and a major Hollywood star from 1925 through 1942.  Vintage 1925 photograph of Shearer bearing facs. signature, approx. 6.5 x 8.5 in. VG...............Min. Bid $10

48. [MUSIC] Baroness Jacqueline Fontyn [b. 1930] contemporary Belgian composer, pianist and music educator. She was born in Antwerp, and has received the title of baroness from the King of Belgium in recognition of her many artistic contributions. AMQS on 6x4 card. VG.......35-45

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51. [AMERICANA] Edward Sise (1762-1842)  was born at Castlelyon near Cork, Ireland. He took passage to America via New Brunswick, Canada in 1784, narrowly escaping death on Dec 16 when his ship ran aground at the entrance to Kennebunk Harbor, Maine. He settled in Dover, NH as a house builder until 1791 when a fall from a scaffold led him to go into the wholsesale lumber business with a partner, Joseph Gage (1764-1802). He returned to sea in 1796 as a supercargo but fell into the hands of French, then British, privateers in the West Indies. He returned to Dover and served as Lt Col commanding the 3rd Regiment of the New Hampshire Militia in the War of 1812.  Document signed, Dover, NH, 1818, , approx. 6.5 x 3 in. Received $13 from Sam. & William Hale for Andrew Rollins.  William Hale served as a US Representative from New Hampshire during the early 1800s. VG..............40-60

53. [ART] Charles Heath (1785-1848)  English engraver, currency and stamp printer, book publisher and illustrator. Heath was the illegitimate son of James Heath, a successful engraver who enjoyed the patronage of King George III and successive monarchs. Heath owned a large studio, and a great deal of the work signed "Heath" is not actually by him; nevertheless he was very prolific. Charles Heath believed that custom entitled engravers to make and keep a limited number of impressions of their work. When he was sued by the publisher, John Murray, in 1826, as a result of having made and kept such impressions, he relied on that supposed custom, but, in 1830, a jury denied its existence. Then, in 1831, the judges of the Court of King's Bench held that his conduct had been unlawful at common law, though not a breach of the Prints Copyright Act 1777. Offered here is an original engraving c. 1827, image about 6-1/2 x 4-3/4 in. plus margins. VG..............40-60

54. [ART] Charles Heath (1785-1848)  English engraver, currency and stamp printer, book publisher and illustrator. Heath was the illegitimate son of James Heath, a successful engraver who enjoyed the patronage of King George III and successive monarchs. Heath owned a large studio, and a great deal of the work signed "Heath" is not actually by him; nevertheless he was very prolific. Charles Heath believed that custom entitled engravers to make and keep a limited number of impressions of their work. When he was sued by the publisher, John Murray, in 1826, as a result of having made and kept such impressions, he relied on that supposed custom, but, in 1830, a jury denied its existence. Then, in 1831, the judges of the Court of King's Bench held that his conduct had been unlawful at common law, though not a breach of the Prints Copyright Act 1777. Offered here is an original engraving c. 1827, image about 5-1/2 x 4-3/4 in. plus margins. VG..............40-60

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63. [VERMONT] An 1811 partly-printed concerning Ebenezer Brown "now a prisoner in the common Gaol in State of Vermont..." Ebenzer Brown came to Norwich at an early age from Canterbury, Conn. He graduated from Dartmouth College, 1787; studied law with Hon. Daniel Buck, and opened the first law office on Norwich Plain, and there practiced his profession till his death, September 25, 1822. He was assistant judge of Windsor County Court in 1814 and chief judge of the court in 1815. He was brother of John Brown, many years first constable of Norwich and otherwise prominent in town affairs.  Also a witness signature of William Strong (1763-1840) US congressman and judge from Vermont. Strong was born in Lebanon, Connecticut in 1763, and moved with his parents to Hartford, Vermont, the following year. Strong was self-educated and was engaged extensively in land surveying. He was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1798, 1799, 1801, and 1802, and was the sheriff of Windsor County from 1802 to 1810. Strong was elected as a Democratic-Republican US Representative to the Twelfth and Thirteenth Congresses, from March 4, 1811 until March 3, 1815. Strong returned to Vermont politics to sit once more in the state House of Representatives from 1815 until 1818, and as a judge of the supreme court of Windsor County from 1819 until 1821. He was then elected to the Sixteenth Congress, from March 4, 1819 until March 3, 1821. Strong died in Hartford on January 28, 1840, and was interred in Quechee Cemetery. Also signed by the Sheriff  on the verso. He was A Founder Of Springfield, Illinois Pascal P. Enos Sr. (1770-1832) American pioneer. He is known chiefly as one of the four original proprietors of Springfield, Illinois. He was born at Windsor, Connecticut, in the year 1770, and in 1815 was married to Salome Paddock, of Woodstock, Vermont. He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1794, studied law, and after spending some years in Vermont, where he served as High Sheriff of Windsor County, Vermont. Soon after his marriage he went west to Cincinnati, Ohio, but did not remain there long. In the spring of 1817 he came to St. Louis, Missouri, then, in 1821, he moved to Madison county, Illinois. While residing there, upon the recommendation of the Vermont delegation in congress, Mr. Enos was appointed by President Monroe to be receiver of the land office at Springfield, Illinois. He reached this place with his family, in September, 1823, and opened office in a double log cabin at the corner of what is now Third and Jefferson streets. In November of that year he united with Major Hes, Thomas Cox, and John Taylor, in laying out a town site, since known as Springfield. Mr. Enos retained the office of receiver until General Jackson became president in 1829, when he resigned, and devoted his time to land transaction and mercantile pursuits. He died in 1832, leaving a large landed estate, and was survived by his wife and four children.  Other signatures. Approx. 8 x 13 in.  VG...........125-175

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68. [THEATRE] Cornelia Otis Skinner (1899-1979) American author and actress. Signed, inscribed postcard photo. VG..........35-45

69. [MUSIC] Janis Ian [b. 1951] American songwriter, singer, musician. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.............25-35

71. Ivy Litvinov [1889-1977] English writer, wife of Soviet Foreign Affairs minister. Ivy Lowe, born in London in 1889 of the unlikely union of a Jewish intellectual and the daughter of an Indian army colonel, grew up to be a writer and a rebel. The man she met in 1914 and married two years later was the Bolshevik revolutionary, Maksim Litvinov (born Meyer Genokh Wallakh to Orthodox Jewish parents). He became one of the most important figures in the Soviet Union and was ultimately Stalin's Minister of Foreign Affairs and ambassador to Washington. Ivy spent most of her long life in Moscow. She never took to being the Commissar's wife, but devoted herself to literature. Her writing is almost without exception a heightened autobiography, the collection of short stories depicting her daily life and observations. The fact that she survived under Stalin is remarkable, although there was an unexplained year when she was virtually in exile in the Urals, separated from her husband and two children. The happiest time of her life was when Maxim was the ambassador to the United States, and she and America fell in love with one another. Her dynamic, bohemian personality entranced Americans and she was fêted by artists, film stars, writers and statesmen alike. It is perhaps appropriate that many of her stories were first published in the New Yorker. They were collected in 1971 under the title She Knew She Was Right. "She also translated into English her husband's speeches and party tracts and later such Russian classics as Pushkin, Turgenev, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, and Chekhov." "Her final years were spent adding to a disorderly pile of unpublished manuscripts, but never producing the volume of memoirs about high life in the Kremlin that was expected of her. In fact, she always remained something of an outsider, and her fifty-year sojourn in the Soviet Union owed more to personal loyalty to her husband, and later her children, than to sympathy with Communist ideology." ANS written on postcard, postmarked May 9, 1960, saying she has just become a great grandmother. "Please you don't have to congratulate me!" She is writing to the celebrated journalist Leonard Lyons [1906-1976]. Signed "Ivy". She writes on front side "Do you remember?" Uncommon autograph.............75-100

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72. [NOBEL] Nils K. Stahle  -  Stahle served as Executive Director of the Nobel Foundation from 1948-1972. During this period he communicated with and created ceremonies for Nobel Laureates such as T.S. Eliot, William Faulkner, Albert Schweitzer, Winston Churchill, Ernest Hemingway, Linus Pauling, John Steinbeck and Martin Luther King to name a few. The distinct signature in this letter  compares perfectly with those on letters to these Laureates. TLS, 1965, 1p, 8.25 x 11 in. To Monsieur Jean Bouscarle. Good condition.  Very uncommon................75-100

73. Joseph Grégoire de Roulhac Hamilton (1878–1961) was an American historian of the South, author, and the founder of the Southern Historical Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where he spent most of his academic career. He published books and articles about the history of Reconstruction but his most influential role was as an archivist, collecting manuscripts from around the South that form the core of the Southern Historical Collection.  TLS, 1943, 1p, to Peter Brannon, Department of Archives and History, State of Alabama.  VG................60-80

75. [SILENT FILM] Betty Blythe (1893-1972) American actress best known for her dramatic roles in exotic silent films such as The Queen of Sheba (1921). ALS, NO DATE, WRITTEN ON BOTH SIDES OF 6 x 7-1/4 in. sheet. To Mr. Jess Hoaglin. "Thank you for your letters. Sat we are all attending the funeral of one of our clan here but Sunday afternoon of this week will be convenient for me. I shall wait for you in our drawing room at the 2nd large steel gate opening on Mulholand Dr. The first large gate enters hospital friends [following is on verso] only. It will be pleasant to meet you indeed. Betty Blythe." She is agreeing to meet a fan at the Motion Picture Home, where she lives. VG...........50-75

76. (ART)  WILSON LOWRY  (1762-1824) Celebrated English Engraver and Inventor who’s creative genius revolutionized printed art. Also a founding member of the “Geological Society”, elected fellow of the “Royal Society” in 1812.  ALS, 1818, 2pp. VG............100-150

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79. [MUSIC] Roy Clark (b. 1933) American country music musician and performer. He is best known for hosting Hee Haw Show. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.............25-35

81.  (BRITISH ARTISTS/PAINTERS/SCULPTORS)  HENRY HUGH ARMSTEAD (1828-1905) Sculptor/Illustrator. SIGNATURE (1902).  WILLIAM B. E. RANKEN (1881-1941) Portrait painter. SIGNED 4x6 print of his portrait of Queen Mary.  OLIVER HALL (1869-1957) Landscape Painter.  ANS, (1894).  ROBERT EURICH 1903-1992) Painter Known for his being a War Artist. SIGNED card.  JOHN SARGENT NOBLE (1848-1896) Painter known for his Dog Paintings which were hugely popular.  ALS (1891) 3pp.  JAMES DRUMMOND (1816-1877) Scottish Painter. SIGNATURE sentiment from ALS.   PETER TURNERELLIS (1774-1839) Irish Sculptor Royal Sculptor to King George III. SIGNATURE from ALS.  SAMUEL LOVER (1797-1868) Scottish songwriter, novelist and portrait painter. Clipped SIGNATURE............80-120

82.  (Politicians/Public Servants  - James William Fulbright (1905 –1995)  Senator representing Arkansas from 1945 to 1975.  TLS,   1960.  John McClellan (1896 –1977) Senator (1943–1977) from Arkansas. The longest-serving Senator in Arkansas history.  TLS,  1963.    Sol Bloom (1870 –1949) politician from New York who began his career as an entertainment impresario and sheet music publisher. He served fourteen terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1922 until his death in 1949. TLS,  1932.    Robert C. Winthrop   (1809—1894) Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.  SIGNED card, 1889.   Herman E. Talmadge, Sr. (1913 –2002) Governor of Georgia,  U.S. Senate. –TLS, 1960.   Mark  Hatfield (1922 – 2011) he served  30 years as a United States Senator from Oregon.  SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 color portrait photograph dated  7/25/01.   L.G. Derthick, US Commissioner of Education, 1958 TLS.   Mostly good to VG...........50-75

83. (AMERICAN THEATER LOT)    Georgia Caine (1876 –1964) who performed both on Broadway and in over 80 films in her 51 year career.  SIGNED large Card.   Arthur Hiller Penn (1922 –2010)  American director and producer of film, television and theater. Penn directed critically acclaimed films throughout the 1960s such as The Chase and Bonnie and Clyde.  SIGNED, inscribed 4x5 photograph.  Wilson Barrett  (1846 –1904) English manager, actor, and playwright. He presented and acted many works in America.  With his company, Barrett is credited with attracting the largest crowds of English theatregoers ever. A Quote SIGNED, with unsigned postcard portrait photograph.   Selma TAMBER (1907-1991) Producer - produced several Broadway and Off Broadway shows, including "Boccaccio 70" and "Viva Madison Avenue." She also managed artists like Hanya Holm, the choreographer of "Kiss Me, Kate," "My Fair Lady" and "Camelot," and helped further the careers of the composers and lyricists Richard Adler and Stephen Sondheim. Tamber was born in New York City. In the 1930's, she supervised various Broadway musicals as the head of the department of composers and arrangers for the music publisher Chappell-T. B. Harms, where she worked with composers like George Gershwin and Cole Porter. . ALS, 1982.   William Jermyn Conlin (1831 –1891) better known by his stage name William J. Florence, actor, songwriter, and playwright. A QUOTE SIGNED February 1879.  Jean Dalrymple (1902 –1998) theater producer, manager, publicist, author and playwright who was instrumental in the founding of New York City Center and is best known for her productions there.  SIGNATURE 1960................80-120

86. [Signatures] mixed lot of signatures in various forms: [1] Josiah Flynt (1869-1907) Am. sociologist and author. Sig. card, 1901 [2] Charles P. Taft [1897-1983] Republican Party politician and the son of President William H. Taft. Signed card, 1936. Click to see Taft [3] Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey PC (1797-1869) styled Lord Paget 1812 and 1815 and Earl of Uxbridge between 1815 and 1854, was a British peer and Whig politician. He served as Lord Chamberlain of the Household between 1839 and 1841. CLIP SIGNATURE - soiled. [4] Delbert Mann [1920-2007] TV & film director. Sig/inscribed card. [5] George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon KG, GCB, PC (1800-1870) English diplomat and statesman. HE WAS BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY UNDER 4 PRIME MINISTERS. Signed card, 4 x 2.5 in. VG. [6] Admiral Maurice Frederick FitzHardinge Berkeley, 1st Baron FitzHardinge of Bristol, GCB PC, DL (1788-1867) was a former Royal Navy First Sea Lord and former First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria. CLOSELY CROPPED SIGNATURE. There is slight loss due to the crop. [7] Vincent Astor (1891-1959) businessman and philanthropist and a member of the prominent Astor family. He had a highly developed social conscience. He was 20 when his father died and having inherited a massive fortune, Vincent Astor dropped out of Harvard University . He set about to change the family image from that of miserly, aloof slum landlords who enjoyed the good life at the expense of others. CLIP SIGNATURE. [8] Andrew R. Forsyth [1858-1942] Scottish mathematician. Signature. [9] [BRITAIN] Graham Wallas [1858-1932]. English political scientist. Lecturer, London School of Economics (1895-1923); professor, U. of London (1914-23); member of Fabian Society (1886-1904); on London County Council (1904-07); known for contributions to development of empirical basis and scientific methods in social sciences. Author of Life of Francis Place (1898), Human Nature in Politics (1908), The Great Society (1914), The Art of Thought (1926). CLIP SIGNATURE. [10] Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey (1802- 1894), known as Viscount Howick from 1807 until 1845, was an English statesman. He was the eldest son of Prime Minister Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey. In 1835 he entered Lord Melbourne's cabinet as Secretary at War, and effected some valuable administrative reforms, especially by suppressing malpractices detrimental to the troops in India. Signed undated address panel "Grey.".........100-150

87.  (ORGANIST/COMPOSERS LOT)    WILLIAM ROGERS CHAPMAN (1855-1935) American composer, organist, conductor. CLIP SIGNATURE.   GEORGE F. HUNTLEY (1859-1913) British Composer/Organist.  SIGNATURE with sentiment.  JULIUS HARRISON (1885-1963) British Composer, organist.  SIGNATURE  (1921).  Rev. WILLIAM O’NEIL (1813-1883) Irish Clergyman, Composer of church music, glees and songs and a prominent organist of his time.  CLIP SIGNATURE...................75-100

96. [ENTERTAINERS]  signed 3x5 cards: Bobby Vee - signed 1986 Kentucky Municipal League Banquet card [signed in person], Bob Hope (1903-2003),  Jimmy Buffett [light feltpen], Johnny Mathis, Bobby Goldsboro, Arlo Guthrie, Tony Dow...........50-75

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

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102. [FILM] [James Poe]  (1921-1980)  American film and television screenwriter. He is best known for his work on the movies Around the World in 80 Days for which he jointly won an Accademy Award in 1956, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Lilies of the Field, and They Shoot Horses, Don't They?.  He also worked as a writer on the radio shows Escape and Suspense, writing the scripts for some of their best episodes, most notably "Three Skeleton Key" and "The Present Tense", both of which starred Vincent Price.  Offered here is a 1967 bank c heck made out by James Poe HOWEVER, someone at some time has torn his signature away. Nothing on verso. He has written on front "Am ExpChex - Horses".  Since there are no cancellation marks it is assumed the check was never used and the torn away signature was like a cancel??? Odd item............min. bid. $1 [one dollar]

115.  [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

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

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122. George Rodney [Eden] Wakefield (1853 - 1940) was an Anglican bishop, Bishop of Dover and Wakefield. He was educated at Reading School and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He began his ecclesiastical career as Chaplain to the Bishop of Durham. After an incumbency at Bishop Auckland - in latter years he was also Rural Dean - he began what his Times obituary described as "nearly forty years of quiet but efficient service to the episcopate". ALS, no yr, written on both sides. VG.................25-35

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123. [NH] Styles Bridges (1898-1961) was an American teacher, editor, and Republican Party politician from Concord, New Hampshire. He served one term as the 63rd Governor of New Hampshire before a twenty-four-year career in the United States Senate. Signed card dated 1949...............Min. bid $1

125. [PENN.] Leonard Myers (1827-1905)  Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania during the American Civil War and the early years of Reconstruction. Clip signature [FREE FRANK] cut away from the cover.  Mounting traces show thru..............Min. bid $1

126. [MAINE] Ezra Bartlett French (1810-1880)  United States Representative from Maine. He assisted in organizing the Republican Party in 1856. He was appointed Second Auditor of the Treasury August 3, 1861, by President Abraham Lincoln, and continued during the administrations of Presidents Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, and Rutherford B. Hayes, serving until his death in Washington, D.C., in 1880.  Clip signature, mounted with show thru from mounting...........Min. bid $1

127. [FRANCE] Nicolas Le Camus de Mezieres (1721-1789) French architect and theoretician. He was born and died in Paris. He published several works on architectural and related subjects, including Architecture of Expression, and The Theatre of Desire at the End of the Ancien Régime; Or, The Analogy of Fiction with Architectural Innovation. Le Camus developed a theory of architecture in which the character of a building should express its destination or the social status of its client. Unlike previous character theories in architecture, Le Camus's theory was based on an explicit analogy between architecture and theatre. His architectural mode of expression followed a temporal progression similar to the dramatic unfolding of a play, and gradations in ornamentation throughout the interior of a building resembled a succession of stage sets in a theatrical performance. Manuscript Document Signed, 1770, 1p, approx. 6-1/2 x 8-1/4. Appears to be signed by at least two others. Fine..............100-150

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128. [AMERICANA]  Good railroad letter written by Alex. Twining in New York, 1848, to E.A. Elliott at Clinton, Ct., 2 pages plus address leaf. Re: western railway survey. Says he is leaving for the West, gives a list of working party, and their salaries. VG...............75-100

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

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132. [NEBRASKA] Alvin Saunders (1817-1899) was a U.S. Senator from Nebraska, as well as the final and longest serving governor of the Nebraska Territory, a tenure he served during most of the American Civil War. CLIP SIGNATURE mounted.  Picture of Saunders is not included here..............Min. bid $1

133. Lemuel Shaw (1781-1861) American jurist who served as Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1830–1860). Prior to his appointment he also served for several years in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as a state senator. 3-1/4 x 2" card signed "Chief Justice Shaw." VG..........Min. bid $1

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

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136. [AMERICANA] Lucy M. Allen of Alfred, Maine, writes a letter to Mrs. Harriet E. Holmes of Topsfield, Mass. Dated Alfred 1846, 2 pages + postmarked address leaf.  She talks Sympathetically about Harriet's conversion to Catholicism. VG..........50-75

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

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

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141. [CHIEF OF REVENUE AGENTS DURING WORLD WAR I] JOHN DONAHOE MURPHY (1885-1949). Lawman, Chief of revenue agents, U.S. Treasury, Washington, D. C., 1918. Murphy went on to serve as partner, Lewis, Murphy & Co.. accountants and tax consultants (1919-26); among his other duties. SCARCE SIGNED BANK CHECK, 1918, The Riggs National Bank, Washington, DC...........min. bid $10

142. The Right Reverend William Croswell Doane (1832-1913) was the 1st Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Albany in the United States. He was bishop from 1869 until his death in 1913. Doane served about 60 years in ordained ministry, a huge span for those times. As bishop, he managed the construction of the Cathedral of All Saints in Albany, the first Episcopal cathedral built for that purpose in the United States. It is now on the National Register of Historic Places. Doane is probably best known today for his Anglican hymn, "Ancient of Days".  As a student at Burlington College in New Jersey, he was one of three founding members of the "Delta" chapter of the college fraternity of Delta Psi (ΔΨ)), later known as St. Anthony Hall after the chapter transferred to the nearby University of Pennsylvania.  ALA, 1888, 1p, to William Rawle. Fine. 4.5 x 7 in............min. bid $10

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143. Edmund Valpy Knox (1881-1971), was a poet and satirist who wrote under the pseudonym Evoe. He was editor of Punch 1932–1949, having been a regular contributor in verse and prose for many years.  ALS, 1932, 1p. He sends proofs "dated as you ask. I  gathered there was some objection to the Kipling ..."  About 5.5 x 7 in.  VG..............min. bid $10

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144. [PENN] PACKER, John Black, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pa., March 21, 1824; received private instructions and later attended Sunbury (Pa.) Academy; member of the corps of engineers employed by the State in the survey and construction of public improvements 1839-1842; studied law; was admitted to the bar on August 6, 1844, and commenced the practice of his profession in Sunbury; also engaged in banking; deputy attorney general 1845-1847; served in the State house of representatives in 1850 and 1851; one of the organizers of the Susquehanna Railroad Co., in 1851; elected as a Republican to the Forty-first and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1877); chairman, Committee on Railways and Canals (Forty-second Congress), Committee on Post Office and Post Roads (Forty-third Congress); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1876; resumed the practice of law in Sunbury, Pa.; also resumed his banking activities; died in Sunbury, Pa., July 7, 1891; interment in Pomfret Manor Cemetery. SIGNATURE...........min. bid $1 [one dollar]

145. [PENN] HALDEMAN, Richard Jacobs, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Harrisburg, Pa., May 19, 1831; pursued an academic course, and was graduated from Yale College in 1851; attended Heidelberg and Berlin Universities; United States attaché of the legation at Paris in 1853 and later occupied similar positions at St. Petersburg and Vienna; returned to Harrisburg and purchased the Daily and Weekly Patriot and Union and was its editor until 1860; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions at Baltimore and Charleston in 1860; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-first and Forty-second Congresses (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1873); was not a candidate for renomination in 1872; retired from active pursuits; died in Harrisburg, Pa., October 1, 1886; interment in Harrisburg Cemetery. SIGNATURE........min. bid $1

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147. Dennis De Concini (b. 1937) is a former Democratic U.S. Senator from Arizona. He represented Arizona in the United States Senate from 1977 until 1995. TLS, 1987, 1p. Fine................Min. bid $5

148. Milton S. Latham (1827-1882) was an American politician, and served as the sixth governor of California and as a member of the federal U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. Latham holds the distinction of having the shortest governorship in California history, lasting for five days between January 9 and January 14, 1860. A Lecompton Democrat, Latham became the second governor to resign in office after being elected by the legislature to fill the U.S. Senate vacancy following the death of David C. Broderick from a duel.  Clip signature [mounting traces show thru]........Min. bid $1

150. Dan Thornton (J1911-1976) was a United States cattle breeder and Republican politician who served as the 33rd Governor of the State of Colorado from 1951 to 1955.  Card signed as Governor. VG.............Min. bid $1

151. Sidney Dean (1818-1901) was a United States Representative from Connecticut. Signature...........Min. bid $1

152. William Wallace Eaton (1816-1898) was a United States Representative and United States Senator from Connecticut. Clip signature [mounting traces show thru]................Min. bid $1

153. William Julius Harris (1868-1932) was a United States Senator from the state of Georgia. He was a great-grandson of Charles Hooks, who had been a Representative from North Carolina, and son-in-law of Joseph Wheeler, Confederate General and Representative from Alabama. Signed 3x5 card [toned].............Min. bid $1

154. [GEORGIA] Joshua Hill (1812-1891) was a United States Senator from the State of Georgia. He was born in South Carolina but later moved to Georgia and became a lawyer. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives from Georgia in 1857 as a member of the American Party (also called the Know-Nothing Party). He was reelected in 1859. He resigned on January 23, 1861 while the other members of the state's delegation simply withdrew shortly after the state convention passed an ordinance of secession in Georgia. Following the end of the war, he was elected to the United States Senate from Georgia as a Republican in 1867. However, he did not serve in the Senate until 1871 when Georgia was readmitted to the United States. He served in the Senate until the end of his term in 1873 and did not run for reelection. He resumed the practice of law and died in Madison, Georgia. During the Civil War, General William Tecumseh Sherman, a friend of Hill, did not burn Madison, Georgia on his "March to the Sea".  CLIP SIGNATURE  [toned or dark paper??]................Min. bid $4

156. Homer Earl Capehart (1897-1979) US Senator from Indiana. Signed ex5 card [toned right edge]......Min. bid $1

157. Joseph E. McDonald (1819-1891) US Representative and Senator from Indiana. Clip signature....Min bid $1

158. Samuel Brenton (1810-1857)  U.S. Representative from Indiana.  Clip signature VG...........Min. bid $1

159. Harvey D. Scott (1818-1891) U.S. Representative from Indiana.  Signed album page. VG........Min. bid $1

161. Scott Wike Lucas (1892-1968)  American attorney and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives (1935–1939) and the U.S. Senate (1939–1951). He was the Senate Majority Leader from 1948 to 1950.   Signed card dated 1949..............Min. bid $1

165.  [MIXED LOT] A. CLEVELAND HALL - American poet. Two AMS's. His poem "The Sea" signed and dated June 1891 and "The Year Grows Old" signed and dated Oct. 1890. Both are tipped into folders.  GERALD L.GERALD L.GERALD L.Gerald L. BALILES,  Governor of Virginia 1986-90. Two letters. The first dated January 29, 1981 as a member of the House of Delegates thanks addressee for a contribution to his campaign for Attorney General and briefly discussing the campaign. The second letter is dated Sept. 16, 1981 and on letterhead of his campaign organization. This letter is soliciting campaign funds and is signed "Jerry".  Arch. A. MOORE JR. Governor of West Virginia 1969-77 and 85-89. He was also a Congressman 1957-69. As governor, he writes thanking a company for it contribution to the West Virginia Recovery Foundation. With a West Virginia lapel pin affixed. During World War II, He received a disfiguring wound in the jaw during fighting in Germany. Moore was left for dead for two days in a German farmer's beet field after 33 of the 36 members of his platoon died in battle . Very fine. CARROLL A. AMPBELL, JR. Governor of South Carolina 1987-95. Letter as Congressman dated April 11, 1983 to a constituent discussing his views of a number of important political issues. EDMUND S. MUSKIE - U. S. Senator, VP candidate as Humphrey's running mate, Carter's Sec. of State. Warm LS as Senator 4/19/60 to 50-yr. Senate employee. Mounting traces on verso slighty show thru along right edge. JAMES A. FARLEY [1888-1976] extremely influential American politician, Chairman of the Democratic Party, Postmaster General under FDR. TLS dated Dec. 21, 1972 as Chairman of the Board of The Coca Cola Export Corporation. Friendly letter to correspondent who had sent a "Tributes" booklet to be autographed. VG..............Min Bid $50

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169.  [RI NEWSPAPER] BLACK HISTORY - The Woonsocket Patriot, May 6, 1870, 4 pp. Article concerning the 15th Amendment and the affect it would have on Northern States voting.........Min. bid $10

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

173. [PRINTED GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT] Message From The President of the United States - A report relative to the compensation of Henry B. Carrington, a special agent for the sale of certain Indian lands. Signed in type Benj. Harrison. This was printed for the US Senate, 51st Congress, 1st Session, Ex. Doc. No. 70, Feb. 24, 1890, 32 pages plus foldout tract map. Attached in another signed in type by Harrison, Ex. Doc. 71, related to Indians in New Mexico............25-35

175. [MUSIC- FILM] CHARLIE BARNET [1913-1991] Jazz saxophonist & bandleader. Signed contract, 1947, to appear in movie "That's Life", $2000. Signed at conclusion, with rider also initialed.............60-80

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176. [MUSIC- THEATRE] Gertrude "Gertie" Millar (later Countess of Dudley) (1879-1952) English actress and singer of the early 20th century, known for her performances in Edwardian musical comedies. Beginning her career at age 13, Millar was a prominent star of musical comedies for two decades. She married composer Lionel Monckton, who composed many of her shows and songs that she made famous. After Monckton died in 1924, Millar married the 2nd Earl of Dudley. As a child, Millar performed in London pantomimes, beginning with Babes in the Wood at the St. James Theatre in Manchester, at the age of 13. She started out as a singer and dancer in the music halls of Yorkshire. Later, she moved to London where she was soon earning good notices and better pay appearing in variety show bills. By 1897, she was playing the role of Phyllis Crosby in A Game of Cards at Shodfriars Hall, Boston, England. Next she toured in The New Barmaid in the role of Dora; in The Silver Lining; and as Sadie Pinkhose, the "other woman", in The Lady Detective. In 1899, she played Dandini in Cinderella at the Grand Theatre, Fulham. In the new century, she starred in a series of hit musical comedies produced by George Edwardes. In 1900, she played Isabel Blythe in the touring production of The Messenger Boy. Edwardes's next show was The Toreador in 1901 at the Gaiety Theatre in London. Lionel Monckton, one of the show's composers, had seen Millar in The Messenger Boy and requested that she be given the role of the bridesmaid Cora in the new musical, singing "Keep Off the Grass". She made the song popular and earned a second song, "Captivating Cora", and a third, "I'm not a simple little girl". These hits, and her featured role in A Country Girl (1902), established Millar in London. The Gaiety Theatre closed for renovations in 1902, and the last show at the old theatre was The Linkman; or, Gaiety Memories. Millar starred as Morgiana. She married Monckton in 1902, and he continued to write hit songs for her in subsequent shows. Millar became one of the most photographed women of the Edwardian period. She had top billing as the Hon. Violet Anstruther in The Orchid, the show that opened the new Gaiety (1903; introducing the songs "Little Mary", "Liza Ann", and "Come with me to the zoo"). She starred as Rosalie in The Spring Chicken (1905; singing "Alice sit by the fire" and "The Delights of London") and as Lally in The New Aladdin (1906). She next starred as Mitzi in The Girls of Gottenberg (1907; singing the duet "Two Little Sausages", with Edmund Payne, and the Wagnerian parody "Rhinegold"). Soon afterwards, Edwardes cast her as Franzi at the Hicks Theatre in the English-language production of Ein Walzertraum (A Waltz Dream, 1908) by Oscar Straus. Although Millar was able to sell the light musical comedy songs composed for her at the Gaiety, Oscar Straus's music was too demanding for her small voice, and she was sent to New York to star in the Broadway production of The Girls of Gottenberg. After she returned to London, some of Millar's biggest successes were still in front of her. They included the title role of the hit Gaiety musical, Our Miss Gibbs (1909), with Millar introducing the songs "Moonstruck", "Yorkshire", and "Our farm", all written for her by Monckton. Monckton and Millar then moved to Edwardes' newest theatre, the Adelphi, where she played the title role, Prudence Pym, in another international hit, The Quaker Girl (1910). In this, she popularised the songs "The Quaker Girl", "The Little Grey Bonnet", and "Tony from America". After this, she returned to continental operetta, playing Lady Babby in Edwardes's English language version of Franz Lehár's Zigeunerliebe (Gipsy Love, 1912) at Daly's Theatre . In this role, the musical demands were light and the show was a moderate success. She returned to the Adelphi to play Nancy Joyce in The Dancing Mistress (1912), and back at Daly's she played Kitty Kent in The Marriage Market (1913). This was followed by the role of Nan in a major revival of A Country Girl (1914). She also played Sallie Denbigh in The House of Bondage, a 1914 film. SIGNED postcard size photograph from the play "The Girls of Gottenberg", dated 1908. Approx. 3-1/8 x 5-1/4". VG.........50-75

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Collotype offered here is from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1925.

Not in Burne Jones. Unsigned. Image sizes approx. 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches plus clean margins. Printed on copper plates by hand on French Arches hand-made paper. These are proof printing. Fine, black impressions, on cream wove paper, with full margins (1 to 1 1/2 inches), in excellent condition. Scarce.................100-150

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

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179. [FILM] Lew Ayres  (1908-1996)  American actor, best known for starring as Paul in All Quiet on the Western Front and for playing Dr. Kildare in nine movies.  Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG...........40-60

183.  [ART] Elmer Ellsworth Garnsey  (1862 - 1946) American muralist who painted on the East Coast from a studio in New York City. He was born in Holmdel, New Jersey and took art training at the Art Students League and Cooper Union. Affiliations included the National Society of Mural Painters, and the American Federation of the Arts. His work is in the Library of Congress, Boston Public Library, Memorial Hall at Yale University, City Art Museum of St. Louis, U.S. Custom House in New York City. Fine autograph signature on 3-1/2 x 1-3/4" card.........Min. bid $9

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184. [FRANCE] Baron de Lagarde - ALS, dated 1714, 1p, about 6-1/2 x 8-3/4. Identification with this letter says: "Toulon 1714. The Marquis of La Velette, Baron de Lagarde went to search for the remains of the famous explorer LA PÉROUSE". A quick attempt at researching Lagarde did not yield anything. La Perouse, however, was quite famous, having died c. 1788. His death, in comparison to the 1714 date of the letter offered here would seem to dispute that Lagarde could have written a letter in 1714 and would still be alive 74 years later. This needs A LOT more research..........100-150

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

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186.  [CIVIL WAR - INDIANA]  1p. partly-printed Document Signed, 7 1/2 x 3, dated March 16, 1865, a payment voucher from the Auditor's Office, Corydon, Indiana, to the Treasurer of Harrison County, instructing him "... Pay to George N. Denbo... the sum of Nine Dollars and fifteen Cents for in part of amt appropriated to him as agent... for money loaned Co.. as a vol. County fund...," signed Wm. S. Miller. During the Civil War, the cash-starved states often had to "borrow" money from individuals to pay the bounty given to volunteers for the army. Note on verso sums up the state's problem [and Denbo's] "Presented March 16/65 and not paid for want of Funds..." Folds, otherwise very good............40-60

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187. Brief 1p. TLS, 8" x 10", dated December 26th, 1929, on the personal stationery of Alfred E. Smith, sent to Dr. John J. Jaffin of New York City, acknowledging a gift of neckties, signed Alfred E. Smith.  SMITH (1873-1944) was a three-time governor of New York (1917-1918; 1919-1920; 1923-1928).  Folds (small breaks, now reinforced with linen), some edge wear, smal tear, light toning-- overall quite good................75-100

189. [THEATRE]  A wonderful signed issue of Playbill The National Theatre Magazine, August 1988, Vol.88, No.8, featuring the production of CHECKMATES, cover signed by acting greats Paul Winfield (1939-2004), Ruby Dee (b. 1924), Denzel Washington (b. 1954), and newcomer Marsha Jackson.  Fine contrast of signatures, program booklet in excellent condition................80-120

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190. [ENTERTAINMENT] WAYNE NEWTON  (b. 1942),  popular singer/ "Mr. Las Vegas," a signed/ inscribed 3 x 5 card, reading:  "To Kevin  My very best to you  Always  Wayne;" very good............20-30

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192. [FILM] Offered here is a vintage, circa 1955, b/w photograph of Russell Arms (1920-2012) Actor, singer, best known for his role of vocalist on the popular 1950's t.v. show YOUR HIT PARADE (1952-1957).  In 2005, Arms authored his autobiography, entitled:  MY HIT PARADE... and a FEW MISSES.  Arms has signed:  "David  Best Wishes, Russ Arms [adds] c/o Hit Parade."  Very minor edge wear, otherwise very good condition..............25-35

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193. Offered here is a 1p. printed DS, 8 1/2" x 14" (too large for our scanner to display in one image), a broadside printing of the poem "Washinton The Nation Builder" by poet Edwin Markham, "written at the request of the Bicentennial Commission at Washington, D.C., for distribution during the nine months' celebration of George Washington's Anniversary in 1932," signed "Your friend, Edwin Markham  Staten Island, N.Y."  MARKHAM (1852-1940) made his reputation by writing historical poems, his most famous being "The Man With the Hoe" (1898).  In 1922, his poem "Lincoln, the Man of the People" was read by Markham at the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial.  Markham was Poet Laureate of Oregon from 1923 to 1931. Minor margin wear (tip of top left corner gone), stray ink line in left margin, some ink smearing to signature area, otherwise very good........................75-100

194. Lot of 9 Morning Herald, New York,  newspapers, all from the 1840s. Condition: good to very good........150-200

195. [BUSINESS ARCHIVE] Approx. 78 letters, mostly TLSs, 1907-1908, from Dudley Watson Moor [b. 1836 - ?], mostly to Edward W. Heath of Waterville, Maine. Contents - business matters. Harvard University holds some of Moor's business papers - here is how they are described: "This collection also contains the business papers of Dudley Watson Moor (1836-1900) and Edward W. Heath, whose connection to the Smith family is unclear. Moor and Heath apparently dealt in real estate in Maine in the late 19th and early 20th century. They also appear to have been involved in the corporate business of the Somerset and Kennebec Company, which seems to have been a cardboard and box-making factory. There are also papers related to the operation of the Kennebec Fibre Company, a paper mill on the Kennebec River. The collection also includes family papers of the Heath family, dealing with the estate of Edward's father, Wyman Heath, and with Francis E. Heath, Edward's brother and a commanding officer of the 19th Maine Infantry during the Civil War." We know from the letters offered here that Harvard's year of death for Moor [1900] is not correct, and that he lived at least until 1908. Mostly good to VG..........100-150


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196. [FRANCE] Edme Étienne Borne Desfourneaux (1767-1849, Paris)  French Army General and Governor of Guadalope. Desfourneaux was born in Vézelay and joined the French Army of the Kingdom of France as sergeant in 1789 with the Régiment de Conti during the French Revolution. He later rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the 48th Infantry Regiment in Saint-Domingue in 1792.  From 1798 to 1799 he served as Governor of Guadeloupe.  He was gravely wounded at the Action of 19 February 1801. Desfourneaux received many honours for his service including: Commander of the Legion of Honour in 1804; and Order of Saint Louis 1814. In 1811 he became a member of the Corps législatif of the First French Empire in 1811 and served as Vice-President of the body.  He also served as a member of the Chamber of Representatives in 1815 during the Hundred Days. He briefly return to command troops during the Bourbon Restoration.  Following the Bourbon Restoration he retired from public life and died in Paris in 1849.  Offered here is an ALS, Year 8 [1800], 1p, to the Minister of Navy and Colonies.  Recommendation for 4 soldiers who fought all Revolution campaigns.  The letter is complete but marginal commentary has been cout away. Very fresh condition. 7-1/4 X 12-1/4". RARE!..........100-200

197. [FRANCE] 1698 FRENCH DOCUMENT,  7 page printed document signed at conclusion, approx. 8 x 13 in.  There is a handwritten dated of March 1700 written on the blank final page [page 8].  This is identified as:  2 great Bordeau Revenues; House of De Sellier and widow [Sieur DE Lagua] of a famous doctor in medicine: Daniel Cabanieux; lawsuit about nobility lineage (wills etc).; great early printing item; various signatures in ink [may be a single ink signature]. Excellent condition for its age...............100-150

198. [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

199. [ENGLAND] Henry Brook Parnell, 1st Baron Congleton (1776-1842), was the second son of Sir John Parnell, Bt (1744-1801), chancellor of the Irish exchequer, and was educated at Eton and Cambridge. In 1801 he succeeded to the family estates in Queen's County, and married a daughter of the earl of Portarlington; and in 1802, by his father-in-law's interest, he was returned for Portarlington to parliament , but he speedily resigned the seat. In 1806 he was returned for Queens county, for which he sat until 1832, when he withdrew from the representation. In 1833, however, he was returned for Dundee; and after being twice re-elected for the same city (1835 and 1837), he was raised to the peerage in 1841 with the title of Baron Congleton of Congleton. He was a Liberal Whig, and took a prominent part in the struggle of his party. In 1806 he was a commissioner of the treasury for Ireland; it was on his motion on the civil list that the Duke of Wellington was defeated in 1830; in that year and in 1831 he was secretary at war; and from 1835 until 1841 he was paymaster of the forces and treasurer of the ordnance and navy. He was the author of several volumes and pamphlets on matters connected with financial and penal questions, the most important being that On Financial Reform, 1830. In 1842, having suffered for some time from ill-health and melancholy, he committed suicide. He was succeeded as 2nd baron by his eldest son John Vesey (1805-1883), who in 1829 joined the Plymouth Brethren , and spent his life in enthusiastic religious work. He left no son, and his brother Henry William (d. 1896) became 3rd baron, being succeeded by his second son Henry (1839-1906), a soldier who rose to be major-general. ALS, 1841, 1p. Tipped to another sheet. VG............................50-75

200. [BOOKS] Sir Walter Scott. TALES OF A GRANDFATHER, 1870, Boston, Fields, Osgood, & Co., 3 volumes, 301, 298, & 310 pages, 8vo. Green cloth, gilt lettered spines. Slight cover scuffing. A good tight set. Provenance: Frank Cutter Deering Library.................75-100

201. [THEATRE] John Ebers [1785-1830] was a bookseller who took over Her Majesty's Theatre in 1821, and seven more London premieres of Rossini operas (La gazza ladra, Il turco in Italia, Mosè in Egitto, Otello, La donna del lago, Matilde di Shabran and Ricciardo e Zoraide) took place there in the following three years. Ebers engaged Giuditta Pasta for the 1825 season, but he became involved in lawsuits which, combined with a large increase in the rent of the theatre, forced him into bankruptcy, after which he returned to his bookselling business. ALS, no year, 1p, to Miss Paten who writes reply [in pencil] on verso. Mounting traces along edge........40-60

204. James Steranko (b.1938) American graphic artist, comic book writer-artist-historian, publisher and film production illustrator. His most famous comic-book work was with the 1960s superspy feature "Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D." in Marvel Comics' Strange Tales and in the subsequent eponymous series. Steranko earned lasting acclaim for his innovations in sequential art during the Silver Age of comic books, particularly his infusion of surrealism, op art, and graphic design into the medium. His work has been published in many countries and his influence on the field has remained strong since his comics heyday. He was inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2006. For the movie industry, Steranko has produced a number of posters for various films, and was a conceptual artist on Steven Spielberg's Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), doing production designs for the film and designing the character of Indiana Jones. He also served in a similar capacity as project conceptualist on Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) and wrote the episode "The Ties That Bind" of the DC Comics animated TV series Justice League Unlimited. He has "amassed an enormous portfolio of more than sixty projects (which he called the "Theater of Concepts") designed to be seen in multimedia form, drew the comic-book adaptation of the 1981 film Outland, which was serialized in Heavy Metal magazine. The lighthearted spy movie If Looks Could Kill (1991) features Roger Rees as the villain, Augustus Steranko, and director Brad Bird has stated that Steranko's work was his main comic-book influence on Pixar's The Incredibles. ALS, or ANS, SIGNED "JS". He sends a check for 2 items and says he'll pass on Tarkington letter; "...Keep me posted on your new acquisitions.Till next time, stay well." Steranko's autograph is quite scarce! VG..............75-100

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

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

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229. (Titanic Disaster) JOHN CHARLES BINGHAM,1st Viscount Mersey (1840-1929) British Jurist and politician, Lord Chancellor.   He as most notable for heading the official Board of Trade inquires into the sinking of the RMS TITANIC, RMS EMPRESS OF IRELAND and RMS LUSITANIA.   RARE signed Postcard portrait photograph, 3-1/2 x 5-1/2”. VG.........75-100

230. [ART] Filippo Morghen (Florence, 1730 - Naples, 1777) accomplished eighteenth century engraver. He studied art in Rome for a period of seven years before settling in Naples where he created etchings and engravings. Filippo Morghen was a leading engraver for the recent archaeological discoveries detailed in the Antiquities of Herculaneum, published in Naples in 1757, and the sole engraver and publisher of Views of Ruins in the Environs of Naples, published in 1766. In fact, reference is made to the discoveries at Herculaneum (then a Spanish possession) in the lower right corner of this portrait engraving of Charles III, King of Spain, where we see ancient pottery and sculpture as well as archeological tools-of-the-trade, such as a shovel and a pick. Filippo Morghen's fine engravings earned him the title of 'Engraver to the King of the Two Sicilies'. He was also the father and teacher of Rafaello Morghen (1758-1833), one of the most influential engravers of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Carlos III Hispania Atque Indiarum Rex is based upon a design created by the eighteenth century Italian artist, Camillus Paderni (Naples, c. 1720 - 1770). Original Engraving, portrait of Carlos III Hispania Atque Indiarum Rex (Charles III, King of Spain), image approx. 17 X 12" plus margins. Printed on mid eighteenth century hand-made, laid paper. It is a fine, early impression in excellent condition throughout and an outstanding example of the 18th century portrait engraving. This original engraving stands as a prime example of the famous art of Filippo Morghen. VG............250-350

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

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

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

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

Eames - front of card

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

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