6. Sir Everard Home, 1st Baronet FRS (1756-1832 )  British surgeon.  Home was born in Kingston-upon-Hull and educated at Westminster School. He gained a schoalrship to Trinity College, Cambridge, but decided instead to become a pupil of his brother-in-law, John Hunter, at St George's Hospital.  Hunter had married his sister, the poet and socialite Anne Home, in July 1771.  He assisted Hunter in many of his anatomical investigations, and in the autumn of 1776 he partly described Hunter's collection. There is also considerable evidence that Home plagiarized Hunter's work, sometimes directly, sometimes indirectly; he also systematically destroyed his brother-in-law's papers in order to hide evidence of this plagiarism.  Having qualified at Surgeons' Hall in 1778, Home was appointed assistant surgeon at the naval hospital, Plymouth. In 1787 he appointed assistant surgeon, later surgeon, at St George's Hospital. He became Sergeant Surgeon to the King in 1808 and Surgeon at Chelsea Hospital in 1821. He was made a baronet (of Well Manor in the County of Southampton) in 1813.  He was the first to describe the fossil creature (later 'Ichthyosaur') discovered near Lyme Regis by Joseph Anning and Mary Anning in 1812. Following John Hunter, he initially suggested it had affinities with fish. Home also did some of the earliest studies on the anatomy of platypus and noted that it was not viviparous, theorizing that it was instead ovoviviparous.  Home published prolifically on human and animal anatomy.  He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1787, gave their Croonian Lecture many times between 1793 and 1829 and received their Copley Medal in 1807.  ALS, Richmond, Feb. 5, no yr, 4pp, to [Colonel] Wilson. Approx. 7-1/4 x 9".  Usual folds. Starting to separate at middle horizontal fold else very good condition.  Thanking Wilson for his suggestions for William about what things were required to order and advice.  Home did not want to rely on trades people. Knows Grantham but wants to get William recommended by other means.  Sorry Wilson had to use Calomel  [medicine] -" worse in its effects than the disease". Has bad eyes. Does Wilson want to get rid of the chest he had in India to Home.  Scarce medical autograph.........150-200

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8. [ART] Richard Carline (1896-1980 ) Painter, writer and administrator, Carline was born in Oxford. His father, George Carline, his mother, Anne, and brother Sydney, his sister Hilda (Mrs Stanley Spencer) and his wife, Nancy, were all painters. Carline in 1913 attended Percyval Tudor-Hart's Academie de Peinture, in Paris. After a short period teaching, Carline served in World War I and was appointed an Official War Artist. With his brother he became noted for war pictures from the air. He was elected LG in 1920, at which time the Carlines' Hampstead home became a centre for artists such as Henry Lamb, John Nash and Mark Gertler. During this period Carline was clearly influenced by Stanley Spencer, transforming everyday scenes into something monumental. Carline achieved this, however, without exaggerating form or gestures to the degree that Spencer did. Between 1924 and 1929 Carline taught at the Ruskin School of Drawing, Oxford. He had his first solo show at Goupil Gallery in 1931. The mid-1930s saw Carline involved in Negro art, organising a show at Adams Gallery in 1935, and contributing the main text to Arts of West Africa, edited by Michael Sadler. During World War II Carline supervised camouflage of factories and airfields. He was involved in AIA, helping to found the Hampstead Artists' Council in 1944. In 1946-47 he was appointed as the first Art Counsellor to UNESCO, and from 1955 to 1974 was chief examiner in art for the Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate. His books include Pictures in the Post: the Story of the Picture Postcard, 1959; Draw They Must, 1968; and Stanley Spencer at War, 1978.  In 1975 the D'Offay Gallery held a Richard Carline exhibition for which the artist wrote the foreword. Carline died in Hampstead and in 1983 Camden Arts Centre organised a memorial exhibition. The Imperial War Museum holds his work, including the outstanding and pioneering series of paintings, from World War I, based on observations made from aeroplanes.  Offered here is a lengthy ALS,  1970, written to the artist, Dr. Frederick Solomon  (1899-1980) German Expressionist artist who died in New Hampshire USA. Solomon won the Mowbray Prize [1944] in London; was listed in WHO'S WHO IN ART [1954 London edition]. He studied art with such famous German artist's as: Max Liebermann, Martin Brandenburg, Eugene Spiro & Willy Jaeckel [Masterclass]. Exhibitions: Berlin, Cologne, Capetown, Haifa, London [Royal Academy], U.S., and in 1958 had one-man show at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Havana, Cuba. In 1956 several of his paintings were exhibited at the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio. The letter shows that Carline and Solomon were longtime friends. Fine condition. Scarce artist autograph.............100-150

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9. [ART] LICHTENSTEIN, ROY (1923-1997), 'HAT', 1968. FOLDED BOAT / HAT Folded Boat / Hat is from S.M.S. #4. S.M.S. (S*** Must Stop) which was a series of 6 portfolios published bimonthly during 1968 by William Copley's Letter Edged in Black Press, Inc. They were sent directly to subscribers bypassing Galleries and Dealers. Approx. 7-1/4 x 14”. Vinyl sheet silk-screened in red, yellow, blue and white, and hand-folded to form a tri-cornered hat. ‘Lichtenstein pointed out that the image is both a boat and a hat (Lichtenstein interview with Fine , August 11, 1993).  Fine............2500-3500

10. [CIVIL WAR] Eugene B. Payne (1835-1910). Two page letter written in pencil, Illinois Legislature, House of Representative, Springfield, Illinois, 1867.  This is Payne’s own retained copy of his letter to J.F. Farnsworth, congressman from  Illinois and Union general.  Payne is expressing  regret that a Dr. [Moses] Evans was recommended as Post Master  of Waukengan, Illinois.  Payne recommends, instead, a Major. Clarkson.  Says that the railroad men want him in the post; says he is a rich man and does not need the office.  Says Clarkson  needs the job. According to the New York Times, April 8, 1910, Payne was born in Seneca Falls, N.Y. on April 15, 1835.  But in 1836 his family, led by his father, Thomas Hubbard Payne, bought land in northwest Fremont Township, Lake County Illinois. The large Payne family played crucial political and economic roles in the development of Lake County, as described in John J. Halsey’s 1912 History of Lake County, Illinois (Waukegan, 1912, 432-51). As the son of a pioneer family, Payne studied in local schools and graduated from the Waukegan High School (Open Library undocumented online article on General Payne).  In 1860 he was graduated from the law school of Northwestern University, a member of the first class, and was “admitted to the bar that same year,” according to the Times obituary.  At the beginning of the Civil War he organized at Waukegan, Illinois, the first company of Union infantry troops in Illinois (37th Illinois Infantry Regiment) and he served with them until September of 1864 when he was discharged due to his dibilitating malaria (background note, Payne collection, Clements Library, U. of Michigan). That fall of 1864 he was elected to the Illinois state legislature.   Payne was wounded and ill following his participation in the July 1863 Vicksburg campaign and victory.   His service after the spring of 1862 is documented in the Payne collection at the Clements Library, U. of Michigan.  The background note for that collection states that Payne thought that the December 1862 Prairie Grove battle as equally significant to that at Pea Ridge.  By the end of the war, and after playing a role in an important Rio Grande campaign and returning in early 1864 to Illinois to recruit, he was mustered out in September 1864 at the rank of Brigadier General.  He was the first soldier from Lake County, Illinois to achieve the rank of general.  After the war he served in the legislature to 1868, on the Republican ticket.  The Times obituary says that he practiced law for seventeen years. The Open Library article reports that he lived and practiced in Waukegan and in Evanston, Illinois to 1887.  In 1885 A.T. Andreas in his History of Chicago, v. 1, 203, lists Payne as a resident of Chicago, “among respected and beloved citizens” who fought with the 37th Regiment.  Late in life, after retiring from the bar, Payne “was made an officer of the U.S. Pension Bureau,” Washington, DC, according to the Times obituary.............80-120

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11. KENTUCKY PIONEER DOCUMENT dated 1799, Hardin County, Kentucky. Written and signed by Ben Helm at Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Kentucky. ; also a docket signature of [John] Rowan on the verso. Also on the back is the signature of Christopher Bush, however it was actually signed by Ben Helm, as Christopher Sr. was illiterate and always made his signature with an "X". Christopher Bush was the father of Sarah Bush who became Abraham Lincoln's mother after the death of Nancy Hanks Lincoln. Her brother was also named Christopher but he would have been about 9 or 10 years old when this document was signed.This court document, dated 1799, commands that the sheriff bring Peter Clacomb to court to answer a debt claim brought by Christopher Bush [Sr.], who became the step-grandfather of Abraham Lincoln. Size: approx. 6-1/4 x 7-1/2".  John Rowan (1773-1843) was a 19th-century politician and jurist from the U.S. state of Kentucky. Rowan's family moved from Pennsylvania to the Kentucky frontier when he was young. From there, they moved to Bardstown, Kentucky, where Rowan studied law with former Kentucky Attorney General George Nicholas. He was a representative to the state constitutional convention of 1799, but his promising political career was almost derailed when he killed a man in a duel stemming from a drunken dispute during a game of cards. Although public sentiment was against him, a judge found insufficient evidence against him to convict him of murder. In 1802, Governor Christopher Greenup appointed Rowan Secretary of State, and he went on to serve in the Kentucky House of Representatives and the U.S. House of Representatives. Rowan's Federal Hill mansion is now part of My Old Kentucky Home State Park. According to tradition, Stephen Collins Foster, a relative of the Rowan family, was inspired to write his ballad My Old Kentucky Home after a visit to Rowan's Federal Hill mansion in 1852, but later historians have found no definitive proof that Foster ever visited the mansion at all. The mansion remained in the possession of Rowan's family until 1922, when his granddaughter, Madge (Rowan) Frost, sold it to the state of Kentucky to be preserved as a state shrine.  Excellent condition for an American 18th century document...........400-600

12. MYSTERY LOT of about 86 pieces from 19th & 20th century. Includes: letters; documents; 5 bank checks signed by the noted artist, Douglas Volk, known for his portraits of Abraham Lincoln, one used on postage stamp, and various ephemera. Oldest item in this lot is 1804. Good lot for eBay sellers or those who like researching items.....150-250  Reserved at $75

13. Kentucky Pioneer Document, 1811, written and signed by Ben Helm, Hardin County [Elizabethtown] Kentucky. Legal matter concerning: WilliamBush, the brother of Sarah, Abraham Lincoln's step-mother. Approx. 6-1/2 x 5-1/8". Signed on the verso by Robert Bleakley.Robert Bleakley, opened a store in Elizabethtown with William Montgomery, another Irishman. Their establishment is said to have been the first such operation in the pioneer village that could ready be called a "store." Montgomery was an Orangeman, who was engaged in the rebellion In Ireland in 1798. He was arrested and confined in a prison from which men were taken and executed daily He was released from prison through the efforts of his aunt, who was married to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland on the condition that he would emigrate to America. Wm. Montgomery and Bleakley opened adry goods store. In 1806 they hired the father of Abraham Lincoln [Thomas] to take a flatboat down the Mississippi river with their merchandise to be sold in New Orleans. They paid Tom Lincoln 16 pounds gold and a credit of 13 pounds in gold. Their store account books show Tom Lincoln buying "two twists of tobacco & one pint of whisky." And thebooks also show that in May 1806, Thomas went on a buying spree, purchasing silk, linen, scarlet cloth, dozens of buttons, etc. Earlier that year he had purchased an aristocratic beaver hat & a pair of silk suspenders for $1.50. He was, at this time, courting his future bride Nancy Hanks [Abe Lincoln's mother]. After the wedding he made his home in a cabin close to the courthouse in Elizabethtown. He then purchased at their store, knives, forks, spoons, thread, needles, silk & tobacco. Carl Sandburg wrote about Bleakley and Lincoln.BEN HELM (b. Fairfax county, Va., May 8, 1767; son of Capt. Thomas Helm, apioneer settler of Kentucky, who moved from Virginia to the Falls of Ohio, in the fall of 1779. In 1801-03 Ben Helm erected the first brick house built there. He became a surveyor; was state senator, 1796-1800; clerk of the Hardin county courts, 1800-17; an officer with the rank of major in the war of 1812; filled various other offices of honor and trust in Kentucky: purchased the farm owned by Christopher Bush, father of Mrs. Sarah (Bush) Johnston Lincoln, step-mother of Abraham Lincoln, and was a partner in a general store with Duff Green [later, American statesman], conducting the business as Green & Helm. He died in Elizabethtown, 1858, nearly 91 years old.Apparently William Bush was somewhat of a troublemaker in the E-town area. He was born in 1763, and in 1828 he acquired the Knob Creek farm where the Lincolns had lived, before they left for Indiana. His sister, Sarah, became the step-mother of the future U.S. president, Abraham Lincoln. See the article THAT ROGUE, WILLIAM BUSH, by Blaine V. Houmes, the Iowa physician and collector of Lincolniana. This article appears in The MANUSCRIPT, Summer 2002. William Bush acquired land like his parents, and by 1817 had married and built an attractive brick house [Elizabethtown area], a sign of sure success. He served on jury duty with Thomas Lincoln, after of Abraham and acquired the Knob Creek farm where the Lincolns had lived, before they left for Indiana∞, and later Illinois. Although prosperous, he was frequently entangled in lawsuits. His reputation was guarded and he did not enjoy the respect og other members of the Bush family. Little is known of Lincoln’s relationship with the Bush family. Lincoln claimed that his family’s “removal (to Indiana) was partly on account of slavery, but chiefly on account of the difficulty in land titles in Kentucky.” Thomas Lincoln was known to be anti-slavery, and as a young boy Abraham probably observed slaves being taken in chains to Southern markets, on the road beside his home. Carl Sandburg and other historians have not dwlt on the cantankerous nature of the President’s uncle by marriage,8 let alone the fact that there was a slave-trader in the family. We wish to give credit to Blaine Houmes for much of what appears in this description. See pictures of this article here. Fine............400-600

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14. [FILM] Peter Lawford (1923-1984) English-born American actor. He was a member of the "Rat Pack" and brother-in-law to President John F. Kennedy, and more noted in later years for his off-screen activities as a celebrity than for his acting. From the 1940s to the 1960s, he had a strong presence in popular culture and starred in a number of highly acclaimed films.  UNSIGNED vintage 8x10 photograph of Lawford taken by the photographer, John Monte, stamped on back copyright 1968, Columbia Pictures Corp.  Photo by John Monte.  John Monte was a still photographer for many of the Hollywood film companies. Accompanied by  Two Credit Cards for Peter Lawford.  Del Monico's Hotel, Palm Beach, Florida and Le Club membership card, New York City.  Both unsigned. Fine. Provenance: Milton Ebbins Estate...........100-150

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15. Samuel Johnson (1822- 1882) American clergyman and author. Johnson graduated from Harvard in 1842, and from the Harvard Divinity School in 1846. He joined no religious denomination. Save for one year with a Unitarian church in Dorchester, Massachusetts, where he displeased his congregation by his opposition to slavery, he was not settled as a minister until 1853. In 1853, he established an independent society in Lynn, Massachusetts, with which he remained till 1870, when he withdrew to complete studies of many years, the results of which appeared later in his publications. With Samuel Longfellow, Johnson compiled a Book of Hymns (1846) and Hymns of the Spirit (1864). Some of his own inspiring hymns in these books are now found in the collections of various denominations. His critical study The Worship of Jesus (1868), written in accordance with his views of universal religion, is described by O. B. Frothingham as “perhaps the most penetrating and uplifting essay on that subject in any language.” He printed notable essays on religion, reform, etc., in The Radical and other periodicals.His great series Oriental Religions included volumes on India (1872), China (1877) and Persia (1885). The volume on Persia contains an introduction and a critical estimate of Johnson by Frothingham. The series represents what Johnson himself calls his “purely humanistic point of view.” It took its place among the most learned and liberal contributions to the study of comparative religion and civilisation. His philosophy was highly transcendental; but being versed in many languages, he was acquainted with all schools, and with the results of history, literature, science and criticism in every department.Autograph Letter Signed - written to George Luther Stearns (1809-1867). Johnson mentions a letter by Stearns published in the Commonwealth and says "It is a historical document." Docket on verso indicates that the letter was a resignation letter.George Luther Stearns (1809-1867) American industrialist and merchant, as well as a noted recruiter of blacks for the Union Army during the American Civil War. Stearns was one of the "Secret Six" who aided John Brown in Kansas, and financially supported him until Brown's execution after the ill-fated raid on Harpers Ferry. Stearns physically owned the pikes and 200 Sharps rifles brought to Harpers Ferry by Brown and his followers. Following Brown's arrest, Stearns briefly fled to Canada, but returned to Medford to face inquiry following Brown's death. Soon after the opening of the Civil War, Stearns advocated the enlistment of African-Americans in the Union Army. Massachusetts Governor John Andrew asked Stearns to recruit the first two Northern state-sponsored black infantry regiments. The 54th and 55th Massachusetts regiments and the 5th cavalry were largely recruited through his instrumentality. He was commissioned Major through the recommendation of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, and was later of great service to the national cause by enlisting blacks for the volunteer service in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Tennessee to serve in the U.S. Colored Troops. He recruited over 13,000 African-Americans, established schools for their children, and found work for their families while they served in the army. Other than fold lines this is oin very good condition............150-250

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16. [FILM] Diane Ladd (b. 1935)  American actress, film director.  She has appeared in over 120 roles, on television, and in miniseries and feature films, including Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), Wild at Heart (1990), Rambling Rose (1991), Ghosts of Mississippi (1996), Touched by an Angel (1997) (TV), Primary Colors (1998), 28 Days (2000), and American Cowslip (2008). She is the mother of actress Laura Dern, by her ex-husband, actor Bruce Dern. Ladd has won a Golden Globe and a BAFTA and has been nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.  ALS, 1982, written on her 6 x 4-1/2 correspondence card. She fills the page with opinions & thoughts. VG..........50-75

18.  [ART]  WALT KUHN [1877-1949]. American painter. An ORIGINAL COOPER etching plate. The title is "TOMS RIVER". Typical Kuhn style. Plate size 8 x 10 in. This plate still has some life in it and etchings could be pulled from it. Very seldom does an original etching plate by an important artist ever reach the open market, as they usually are in institutional collections. Provenance: Kuhn Estate. It is difficult to get a good scan of this and the picture below isn't very good. He did not etch his initials or signatureinto the plate. I don't think he ever etched his signature into any of his plates although he sometimes would etch initials. This is guaranteed to be an authentic Walt Kuhn plate without a time limit to the original purchaser. We will send a letter of guarantee and provenance to the buyer. The portrait photo of Kuhn shown below is NOT for sale. Kennedy Galleries [NYC] held an exhibition of Walt Kuhn prints during which it was indicated that there were less than 50 impressions ever pulled from this plate. Original plates by major artists seldom reach the open market and it is remarkable to see a plate that had so few prints pulled from it. A must for the SERIOUS Kuhn collector...............2000-3000

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19. [ART] Walt Kuhn (1877-1949) American painter and an organizer of the famous Armory Show of 1913, which was America\'s first large-scale introduction to European Modernism. In 1925, Kuhn almost died from a duodenal ulcer. Following an arduous recovery, he became an instructor at the Art Students League of New York. In 1933, the aging artist organized his first retrospective. During these years, he began to question his earlier allegiance to European Modernism. On a 1931 trip to Europe with Marie and W. Averell Harriman, his staunchest supporters, he declined to join the Harrimans on their visits to the studios of Picasso, Georges Braque, and Fernand Léger. Yet neither did he want to align himself with the anti-Modernist camp of Regionalists like Thomas Hart Benton and politically-minded social realists. In the art politics of the day, Kuhn was caught between two extremes. By the 1940s, Kuhn’s behavior began to take on unsound characteristics. He became increasingly irascible and distant from old friends. When the Ringling Brothers Circus was in town, he attended night after night. He also became frustrated by the lack of attention his own work was receiving and was particularly strident about the Museum of Modern Art\'s support of abstraction and neglect of American art in the postwar period. In 1948, he was institutionalized, and on July 13, 1949, he died suddenly from a perforated ulcer.  Offered here are two letters he wrote on August 4, 1925, from Salzburg, Austria.  Both letters are on a single sheet, his retained copies, written and signed by him. One one side he writes to the banking firm firm of Morgan, Harjes & Co., saying that he will be travelling to London in a few weeks, requests that his account be transferred to Morgan in London. On the other side, same date, he writes to the local water department in Maine. Says they will be travelling in Europe for the summer, they have closed their place in Ogunquit [Maine], disconnected the water pipes, will use no water therefore no water bill to pay.  The picture showing here is NOT included.......300-400

20. [ART] Richard Hunt (b.1935) is an internationally renowned sculptor. He was born on Chicago's South Side. From an early age he was interested in the arts, as his mother was an artist. He developed his skills at the Junior School of the Art Institute and later at the Art Institute of Chicago. Hunt also acquired business sense and awareness of social issues from working for his father in a barbershop. Hunt began to experiment with materials and sculpting techniques, influenced heavily by progressive twentieth-century artists. This experimentation garnered critically positive response from the art community, such that Hunt was exhibited at the Artists of Chicago and Vicinity Show and the American Show, where the Museum of Modern Art purchased a piece for its collection. He was the youngest artist to exhibit at the 1962 Seattle World's Fair, a major international survey exhibition of modern art. Hunt has completed more public sculptures than any other artist in the country. His signature pieces include Jacob's Ladder at the Carter G. Woodson Library in Chicago and Flintlock Fantasy in Detroit. He was appointed by President Lyndon Johnson as one of the first artists to serve on the governing board of the National Endowment for the Arts and he also served on boards of the Smithsonian Institution. Hunt is the recipient of numerous awards and honorary degrees. Hunt has continued to experiment throughout his successful career, employing a wide range of sculptural techniques. Through his work, Hunt often makes comments on contemporary social and political issues. Offered here is a lithograph, signed R. Hunt in pencil, approx. 14 x ll" flush. Edition IX [artist proof]. FINE condition.......300-400

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21. [FILM]  Peter Lawford (1923-1984) American actor. Carbon receipt copy for $75 - his dues for 1962 SCREEN ACTORS GUILD. Approx. 6 x 3.5". VG.  Not signed............50-75

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22. [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

23. [ART - FRANCE] Felix Augustin Milius (1843-1894) - "Marine" Original etching after Van De Velde, image size: 6-1/2 x 9 inches plus wide clean margins, plate signed lower right. c. 1870...............150-200

24. [ART - FRANCE] Alfred-Alexandre Delauney (1830-1894) - "Group of Oaks, Forest of Fontainebleau" Original etching after Rousseau, image size: 6 x 9 inches plus wide clean margins, plate signed lower right. c. 1870............150-200

25. [FRANCE] Mystery lot of misc. autographs. Includes: Jules Quesnay de Beaurepaire (1834-1923);  Raoul Gautier (1854-1931); Marcelle Adam  (writer of CATS 1959); plus 6 others.  No doubt some SLEEPERS in here.................100-150

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

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29. [ART] MARY HELEN POTTER (1862 - 1950) Listed artist from Rhode Island. OFFERED HERE: Original watercolor, unsigned, undated, approx. 10-1/4 x 13-1/2 in. Very good condition........200-300

30. [ART] FREDERICK "Fritz" SOLOMON (1899-1980) German Expressionist artist. Original GRAPHITE DRAWING, unsigned,  approx. 13 x 10 in. paper.  Unframed. Coma newspaper clipping about him going to Cuba.  This is, without doubt, by Solomon and guaranteed to be so without a time limit. Solomon won the Mowbray Prize [1944] in London; was listed in WHO'S WHO IN ART [1954 London edition]. He studied art with such famous German artist's as: Max Liebermann, Martin Brandenburg, Eugene Spiro & Willy Jaeckel [Masterclass]. Exhibitions: Berlin, Cologne, Capetown, Haifa, London [Royal Academy], U.S., and in 1958 had one-man show at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Havana, Cuba. In 1956 several of his paintings were exhibited at the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio. He died in the U.S. We purchased his personal papers and most of his drawings at his estate sale. His work is fairly scarce. The photos shown below DO NOT accompany this drawing and are not for sale. Also, showing below is a copy of Royal Academy of Arts notification that Samuel Courtauld has selected a painting by Solomon for purchase in 1945. Courtauld, who would died two tears later, was the founder of the Courtauld Art Institute in England. Courtauld had formed an important art collection including multiple works by Manet, Cezanne, Renoir etc., which he gave to the Courtauld and the Tate. He had purchased at least 5 paintings by Frederick Solomon and when he saw the painting JACOB at Solomon's exhibition at the JABE Gallery he ordered that the painting be sent to the TATE Gallery but he died a few days later and the purchase never took place.........100-150

31. [FRANCE] Mystery lot of misc. autographs. Includes: Auguste Hesse (1795-1869);  Stephen Liegeard (1830-1925); Abel Etienne Lous Transon (1805-1876);  plus 6 others.  No doubt some SLEEPERS in here.................100-150

32. George Plimpton (1927-2003) American journalist, writer, editor, and actor. He is best-remembered for his sports writing and for founding The Paris Review. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.......25-35

33. Bruce Catton (1899-1978)  American historian and journalist, best known for his books on the American Civil War.  Known as a narrative historian, Catton specialized in popular history, featuring colorful characters and historical vignettes, in addition to the basic facts, dates, and analyses.  He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1954 for A Stillness at Appomattox, his study of the final campaign of the war in Virginia.  In 1977, the year before his death, Catton received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, from President Gerald R. Ford, who noted that the author and historian "made us hear the sounds of battle and cherish peace."  Of the many Civil War historians, Catton was arguably the most prolific and popular. Offered here is his original  degree of Doctor of Letters given to him by Olivet College, Olivet, Michigan, 1957.  Signed in ink by the President of the university and another.  An attractive diploma  contained in a red cloth folder gilt stamped on the cover.  Slight on front cover.  Also contains 3 printed programs plus another paper item.............200-300

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

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35. [RELIGION]  Pierre Simon de Dreux-Breze  (1811-1893) Priest since 1825 , Vicar General and Canon Emeritus of Paris,  he distinguished himself as a preacher,  and was appointed Bishop of Moulins  October 28, 1849, by the President of the Republic   Called to Rome by Pope Pius IX on 7 January 1850,  it was dedicated to Our Lady of Paris on 14 April and took possession of his see on 1 May.
Near Dom Prosper Gueranger, he established the Roman rite in his diocese a pastoral letter by the 21 November 1853 and was a promoter of the Gregorian chant.  [internet translation].   ALS, not dated, 3 full pages, 5-1/4 x 8-1/4".  On the verso of page 3 is an ALS by Xavier de Ravignan  (1795-1858) French Jesuit preacher and author. Educated in Paris, he resigned his army commission to study law. Auditor of the royal court. Deputy attorney-general by 1821. Entering a Sulpician monastery, and later joining the Society of Jesus, he was ordained in 1828, and after several years as professor and retreat preacher at Montrouge, he went to Notre Dame, where his logic, serenity, and zeal won souls by the hundreds. Superior of his brethren at Bordeaux from 1837 to 1842, and at Paris from 1848 to 1851. He preached throughout France and in Rome, Belgium, and London. His calm, eloquent De l'Existence et de l'Institut des Jesuites of 1844, vindicating the Society, sold 25,000 copies in one year. However, the Jesuits' strife continued until they were forced to disband for a time in France.  Despite painful controversy with his superiors and imputations from other quarters, he remained loyal to his order. In 1854 he brought out Clement XIII et Clement XIV, a dispassionate treatise, of no great literary merit, on the defender and the suppressor of the Jesuits. He steadfastly refused preferment, even the archbishopric of Paris, devoting himself to other works. He died a saintly death, and thousands followed the remains of the "Apostle of Paris" to his grave. VG..........200-300

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36. [ART] Fred M. Hines  (deceased) American artist, well known in Maine and Vermont.  Large signed pastel landscape, approx. 20 x 25-1/2".  VG...........400-600

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37. [MEDICINE] Edward L. Keyes [1843-1924] SURGEON and one of the pioneers in America in male genito-urinary surgery. He was a pivotal early specialist. ALS, 1901, 1p. Sends check..................40-60

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38. [ART] Raymond Ellis George   (b. 1933) American printmaker.  Color lithograph with etching and aquatint,  signed with white conte crayon, lower right 1972,  titled "Window", titled and editioned in white conte crayon, lower left; publisher chop, lower right, 25/50, approx. 21 7/8 x 18 1/2" image and paper size, on cream wove paper, published by Lakeside Studio, Michigan.  Picture showing below is of the same print but barrowed from the internet.  priced at $300 on the internet............200-300

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41. [WATERGATE] Hugh W. Sloan Jr. -  treasurer of the Committee to Re-elect the President, Richard M. Nixon's 1972 campaign committee. Previously, he was an aide to White House Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman.  Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein said that "Deep Throat" told them that Sloan knew nothing about the Watergate burglary or how the money he disbursed was actually used. Sloan resigned when he found out what the White House Plumbers were up to and became a source for Woodward and Bernstein. Sloan was not identified by name in their Washington Post stories about the Watergate scandal but was in their book about their reporting of it, All the President's Men, in which he was portrayed as one of the few honest men they interviewed.  Signed page from his testimony before the Watewrgate Committee.  He signed at bottom of page 532, which is accompanied by page to 630.............40-60

42. [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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43. [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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46. [FRANCE] Monsignor François Ducaud-Bourget (1898-1984) was a prominent traditionalist Roman Catholic French prelate, priest and close ally of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. During World War II Ducaud-Bourget was active in the French Resistance as a priest, and helped Jews to escape to Spain. He was decorated by the government of Charles de Gaulle for his work. He had been made a chaplain of the Order of Malta in 1946 and an honorary prelate in the time of Pope Pius XII. He was probably deprived of this title later. Rejecting the revision of the Roman Missal that followed the Second Vatican Council, he organised celebration of the Latin Tridentine Mass in the chapel of the Hôpital Laënnec, a former hospital in Paris. When he was excluded from this in 1971, he tried in vain to obtain from the Cardinal Archbishop of Paris François Marty another place in which only the Tridentine Mass would be celebrated. When he failed in this, he organised the take-over, on 27 February 1977, of the parish church of Saint-Nicolas-du-Chardonnet, expelling the priest in charge. When he died in 1984, he was buried in the church of Saint-Nicolas-du-Chardonnet, which has a portrait bust of him over his tomb. He was succeeded in charge the church by Father Philippe Laguérie, who later founded the Institute of the Good Shepherd. ALS, 1975, 2pp, 4 x 5-3/4 in. VG............75-100

47. [FILM] Liv Ullmann [b. 1938] 2-time Academy Award winning actress; the favorite of Ingmar Bergman. ALS, 1994, 1p. "Dear Bill and Carolyn Smith: I have been out of the country for most of the last two years, writing and directing my film Sotie; now my second full length film....." .............50-75

48. Leonard Alfred Strong (1896-1958) English writer, known as a novelist, journalist, poet and director of the publishers Methuen Ltd. He was a versatile writer of more than 20 novels, as well as plays, children's books, poems, biography, criticism, and film scripts. Some of his poems were set to music by Arthur Bliss. His novel The Brothers was filmed in 1947 by the Scottish director David MacDonald. Selected Poems appeared in 1931, and The Body's Imperfections: Collected Poems in 1957. He also collaborated with Cecil Day-Lewis in compiling anthologies. ALS, 1949, written on both sides of 5x8" sheet. Signed L.A. Strong. VG.........50-75

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49. [MUSIC] Michelle Phillips (b. 1944) American singer, songwriter, and actress. She gained fame as a member of the 1960s group The Mamas & the Papas, and is the last surviving original member of the group. Signed & inscribed 7x5 photo plus unsigned autograph note. Michelle Phillips (born June 4, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She gained fame as a member of the 1960s group The Mamas & the Papas, and is the last surviving original member of the group. VG............50-75

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50. [FILM] KATHY BATES (b. 1948) American actress. TLS, 1991, on Misery stationery that is shaped like a pig. Boldly signed, she is glad recipient liked "Misery". "Annie Wilkes was a pleasure to play and I am grateful that I got the opportunity to bring her to the screen. It was a great thrill to win the Oscar for my performance..." VG.......40-60

51. [FRANCE - PHOTOGRAPHY] Original cdv photograph taken by Disderi of Victoria Lafontaine, the noted French actress.  André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri (1819-1889)  French photographer who started his photographic career as a daguerreotypist but gained greater fame for patenting his version of the carte de visite  (cdv), a small photographic image which was mounted on a card. Disdéri, a brilliant showman, made this system of mass-production portraiture world famous. VG. Rare!...........50-75

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52. [SCIENCE] John J. Grebe (1900-1984)  Physical Chemist. Made important contributions to the plastics industry, including the development of polystyrene, Styrofoam, and Saran plastics. Grebe personally held 64 patents at Dow Chemical Co. in electro-chemistry, power generation, synthesis of organic compounds, and air conditioning. He was honored with the Hyatt Award for his work on the production of pure styrene and its polymerization. For the federal government, Grebe designed atomic reactors for submarines.  Grebe joined Dow in 1921 -- immediately after receiving his BS degree in physics from the Case School of Applied Science -- and remained with the company for 41 years. In addition to his work as the founder and director of the Dow Physical Research Laboratory, he was a pioneer scientist in the field of nuclear and chemical research. He also made major contributions in the simplification of plastics processing and automatic control equipment.  Signed 1951 FDC honoring 250th Anniversary of Detroit. Clean with cachet..........50-75

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53.  [FILM] David Winters (b. 1939) is an English-born American dancer, choreographer, producer, director, screenwriter, and actor. Winters has participated in, directed and produced over 400 television series, television specials, and motion pictures. Of these, he has directed, produced and distributed over 50 films. Winters taught dance to such world-famous actors as Ann-Margret, Raquel Welch and Elvis Presley.  His signed 1965 contract as the Choreographer for the film "BILLIE" starring Patty Duke. 10 pages, signed on last page. VG..........100-150

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

55. Italy - appears to be circa early 20th century [1910-1930] collections of real photographs, postcard pictures, and handwritten descriptions of places in various places in Italy. All pages on loose. Most of the images art glued down but front the fronts there are approx. 97 "real" photos, many in the form of postcards; also approx. 98 postcard images [many of these might actually be real photos], plus a few pictures and many handwritten pages describing the images. Kind of difficult to describe..........200-300

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56. [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

58. Susan Ertz (1894 - 1985) British fiction writer and novelist. ALS on notecard, no date, 5-1/4 x 3-1/4. VG.........40-60

59. [THEATRE] Early Stage Actors - signatures of: James Powers, Sydney Parradough, Eric Hope, Richard Golden, Max Freeman, Stephen Grattan, Harold Blake......50-75

61. [THEATRE] Noel Coward's "WEEK END" - an archive concerning this play by Coward: Andree Mery [translator of this play] signed 1946, contract, 2 pages. A brief TLS, 1961, signed Andree mery mentioning Week End. A 1935 TLS [signature not identified] mentioning Mery and Week End. Two more ALSs by Andree Mery, both 1928, both about Week End. Lastly, a 1929 contract for Week End, signed by several. Nothing is signed by Noel Coward..........75-100

63. [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

64. [FRANCE] 1628 French Mystery document on vellum, signed, approx. 11-1/2 x 7-1/4". Appears to be incomplete; probably to save the signature & seal, as it is most probably written by an archbishop or Cardinal [so identified on plastic cover].  Approx. 17-3/4 x 7-3/4".  Scan below shows left side of document; too large for scanner's window...........125-175

65. Jacques Lipchitz (1891-1973) Cubist sculptor. FULL SIGNATURE on return address panel of envelope [backside], with his address in his hand; postmarked May 4, 1943..........60-80

66. [MUSIC] Claude-Marie-Mécène Marié de l'Isle [1811-1882] French musician and opera singer. Later in life he became a voice teacher. His pupils included his three daughters, notably Célestine Galli-Marié, who created the title role in the premiere of Bizet's Carmen. ALS, no date, 1p. Accompanied by a small mounted photograph of Galli-Marie, his famous daughter. Two pieces, both very good condition..........75-100

67. Jim Berry (b. 1932) His most notable work may well be the comic strip, Berry's World, which ran for more than 40 years beginning in 1963. Brief TLS, 1976......20-30

68. Alexander H. EVERETT [1790-1847] Author & diplomat. Charge d'affaires at the Hague, minister to Spain, etc. Proprietor and editor of the North American Review. ALS, Boston, 1825, 2-1/2 pp plus postmarked address leaf, 4to. Requests passage in the Havre Packet. Everett became Minister to Spain in 1825.........................50-75

69. [AMERICANA] HATTIE [E. Peck] Conn. school teacher. ALS, 1866, 3pp. 8vo. Written from Carmel Hill School House [Bethlehem, Ct.] to Miss Mary Forbes at Woodbury, Ct. General news - school problems. With stamped cover............40-60

71. [ART] George Henry Boughton (1834-1905) Anglo-American painter. He was born in England, but his parents immigrated to the United States in 1839, and he grew up in Albany, New York. He studied art in Paris from 1861 to 1862, and subsequently lived mainly in London; he was greatly influenced by Frederick Walker. He was elected an A.R.A. in 1879, an R.A. in 1896, and a member of the National Academy of Design in New York in 1871. His pictures of Dutch life and scenery were especially characteristic; and his subject-pictures, such as the Return of the Mayflower and The Scarlet Letter, were very popular in America. ALS, 1898, 2pp.........50-75

72. [THEATRE] Edward Terry (1844-1912) English actor, who became one of the most influential actors and comedians of the Victorian era. ALS, 1878, 2pp, declining a group to have a copy of a certain letter. This is a retained copy of Terry's letter written in his hand.........40-60

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73. [AMERICANA MIXED LOT] [1] an 1852 engraving of the Indiana Institute for the Education of the Blind. [2] R.C. Winthrop (1809-1894) Am. lawyer and philanthropist and one time Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. Clip signature. Mounting trace show thru. [3] Richard Salter Storrs (1821-1900)American Congregational clergyman of considerable note. He was pastor of the Harvard Congregational church of Brookline, Massachusetts, in 1845-1846, and of the Church of the Pilgrims in Brooklyn, New York, from 1846 until shortly before his death. He was a conservative in theology, and an historical writer of considerable ability. From 1848 to 1861, he was associate editor of the New York Independent , which he had helped to establish; from 1887 to 1897 he was president of the American board of commissioners for foreign missions, and he was prominent in the Long Island Historical Society. Brief ALS, Brookyn [NY], May 14, no yr. Re: Sunday School meeting. Letter appears to have been cropped along left edge, although no loss of text.. [4] Rose Eytinge (1838 - 1911) was an American actress and author, born in Philadelphia. From 1862 to 1869 she played in various theatres in New York City and then went abroad with her second husband, Col. George H. Butler, Consul General to Egypt. SIGNED CARD, 4 x 2-7/8". [5] [MICHIGAN] STRICKLAND, Randolph, a Representative from Michigan; born in Dansville, N.Y., February 4, 1823; attended the common schools; moved to Michigan in 1844 and taught school in Ingham County; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1849 and commenced practice in De Witt, Clinton County, Mich.; moved to St. Johns, Clinton County, and continued the practice of law; elected prosecuting attorney for Clinton County in 1852, 1854, 1856, 1858, and 1862; member of the State senate in 1861 and 1862; provost marshal of the Sixth Congressional District 1863-1865; delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1856 and 1868; elected as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1871); was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1870; resumed the practice of law; died in Battle Creek, Mich., May 5, 1880; interment in De Witt Cemetery, De Witt, Mich. SIGNED album page. Large signature, St. Johns, Mich. [6] [PENN] John Heinz [1938-1991] US Senator from Penn. He died in a tragic plane crash. TLS, 1986, 1p. Routine content [sending autograph]. [7] 1839 wood-engraving - View of Lowell, Mass. [8] John Sherman Cooper - US senator from Ky. Clip signature. [9] Alexander Wiley (1884-1967) was a member of the Republican Party who served four terms in the United States Senate for the state of Wisconsin from 1939 to 1963. Signed 1948 FDC honoring Wisc. Statehood............80-120

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76. William K. Vanderbilt (1849-1920) member of the prominent American Vanderbilt family and a horse breeder. DOCUMENT SIGNED, 1907, approx. 22 pages, 8x13 in. Signed on last page by Vanderbilt and Franklin D. Locke as Trustees selling parcels of land located in Chautauqua County, New York, to Guaranty Trust Co.. The front page has old badly discolored tape repair.........200-300

77. Charles Rollin Buckalew (1821-1899) American lawyer and Democratic party politician from Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. Buckalew was the most influential early advocate of proportional representation in the United States. His proposals for a type of voting system known as cumulative voting gained significant support in Congress, and he played a central role in the adoption of cumulative voting in several places, including Illinois for state legislative elections in 1870, a system that lasted in that state until 1980. Autograph Letter Signed, Near Bloomsburg, Oct. 15, 1862, 2pp, approx. 7-3/4 x 9-3/4" To Col. N.E. Piollet. Good political content. VG.......75-100

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79. [MUSIC] Sir Walter Alcock (1861-1947) English organist and composer born at Edenbridge, Kent. After a brief series of posts (Holy Trinity Sloane Street and St. Margaret's, Westminster ), in 1893 he was appointed Organ Professor at the Royal College of Music. He was appointed assistant organist of Westminster Abbey in 1896. He was organist of the Chapels Royal from 1902. In 1916 he became organist of Salisbury Cathedral where he oversaw a strictly faithful restoration of the famous Father Willis organ, even going to such lengths as to refuse to allow parts of the instrument to leave the cathedral in case any unauthorized tonal alteration were made without his knowledge. He played the organ at Westminster Abbey at the coronations of three monarchs: Edward VII (1902), George V (1911) and George VI (1937). He was knighted in 1933 for services to music and was a noted teacher, whose published material for organ students is still thought valuable. Among his notable pupils are Edward Bairstow, Ralph Downes, and S. Drummond Wolff. Signature, closely cropped, 3 x 7/8". Will put up scan on request.........25-35

88. [EARLY FILM] Clara Kimball Young (1890-1960) American film actress, who was highly regarded and publicly popular in the early silent film era. Signed vintage 8x10 photo, 8x10. One pin hole above head. Signed in dark area with purple ink..........60-80

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

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90.   (British Literature Lot)    Leonard Alfred George Strong (1896 –1958) highly popular novelist, critic, historian and poet, ANS, 1944.   Ishbel Ross (1895-1975) Journalist.  Her book “Ladies of the Press” in 1936, did great service to historians.  She became a leading writer for the NY Hearld Tribune. She also wrote several books of fiction.  TLS, 1949. Lady Margaret Sackville  (1881 –  1963) English poet and children’s author .When the Poetry Society was formed in 1912, Lady Margaret was made its first president. She had also been the first president of its predecessor, the Poetry Recital Society, formed in 1909.  She had a passionate 15-year love affair with Ramsay MacDonald.  Lady Margaret never married.   ALS, 2pp 1944. Henry Major Tomlinson (1873-1958) British writer and journalist. He was known for anti-war and travel writing, novels and short stories, especially of life at sea. SIGNED presentation title page from his book “Gallions Reach” (1927).   Edwin Herbert Samuel, 2nd Viscount Samuel CMG (1898 –1978) writer and Lecturer . He served in the Jewish Legion. He also served as the last Mandate-era Director of the Palestine Broadcasting Service. ALS (1973). Lord Francis Scott (1879-1952) Writer, diarist – He was the son of the 7th Duke of Buccleuch. He was one of the first British elite to travel and live in Kenya. He was the uncle to HRH Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (18901-1904) ANS 1936.  Edward Abbott Parry (1863-1943) judge and dramatist.. He wrote several plays and books for children,   ALS, 1903, 4pp..............100-150

92.   (MIXED NOTABLES LOT) Rose Mary Woods (1917 –2005) was Richard Nixon's secretary from his days in Congress in 1951, through the end of his political career. Before H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman became the operators of Nixon's presidential campaign, Woods was Nixon's gatekeeper. TLS, 1963. With trimmed photo of her at her desk, with portrait of Nixon above it.  William M. Batten (1909–1999) American businessman. He served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the J. C. Penney Company, and Chairman of the New York Stock Exchange.  TLS, 1989.  Robert Leslie Shapiro ( b. 1942) American civil litigator most recognized for being part of the defense team which successfully defended O.J. Simpson. TLS, 2001.  George Howard Herbig (1920 – 2013) astronomer.  He is perhaps best known for the discovery of Herbig–Haro objects.  His specialty was stars at an early stage of evolution (a class of intermediate mass pre–main sequence stars are named Herbig Ae/Be stars after him and the interstellar medium. He was perhaps best known for his discovery, with Guillermo Haro, of the Herbig-Haro objects; bright patches of nebulosity excited by bipolar outflow from a star being born.  ALS, 2001.   Oscar Terry Crosby (1861-1947) American Electrical Engineer, Author, Traveler and Public Servant - collector of an important group of Khotanese texts. He began his career as an electrical engineer, having a particular interest in high-speed electric loco¬motion. He became the first president of the Potomac Electric Power Company in Washington, D.C., and was later president of the Washington Traction and Electric Company, the Trenton (N.J.) Street Railway Company, and the Wilmington-Philadelphia Traction Company. During World War I he served as assistant secretary of the treasury in charge of loans to the Allies and, as United States commissioner of finance, presided over the Inter-Allied Council for War Purchases and Finance.  ALS, 2pp, 1930.  Don Messick (1926 –1997) American voice actor best known for his work for Hanna-Barbera. His best remembered vocal creations include Scooby-Doo, Bamm-Bamm Rubble and Hoppy in The Flintstones, Astro the dog in The Jetsons, Muttley the dog in Wacky Races and Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines, Gears, Ratchet and Scavenger in The Transformers, Papa Smurf in The Smurfs, and Dr. Benton Quest in Jonny Quest. He also did the voice of Snip in the Rankin/Bass 1979 movie Jack Frost.  TLS, 1989.   Harriet Andersson (b. 1932)  Swedish actress, best known outside Sweden for being part of director Ingmar Bergman's stock company. She often played impulsive working class characters and quickly established a reputation on screen for her youthful, unpretentious, full-lipped sensuality. She disdains the use of makeup. SIGNED trimmed postal receipt.  Laura Capon Fermi (1907–1977) Italian-born writer and political activist, and the wife of Nobel Prize physicist Enrico Fermi.  She met Enrico Fermi while she was a student in general science at the University of Rome. She published a book about her life with Enrico, Atoms in the Family, the same year he died.  ANS,1961.............100-150

94.    (19th CENTURY BRITISH NOTABLES LOT)    William Harry Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland KG (1766-1842), styled Viscount Barnard until 1792 and known as The Earl of Darlington between 1792 and 1827 and as The Marquess of Cleveland between 1827 and 1833, was a British landowner and politician. Barnard was Whig Member of Parliament for Totnes from 1788 to 1790 and for Winchelsea from 1790 to 1792. The latter year he succeeded his father in the earldom and took his seat in the House of Lords. He was made a Knight of the Garter in 1839.  SIGNED Address Panel1830.  William Peter (1788-1853) British diplomat and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons. He complied a two volume set of Speeches of Sir Samuel Romilly in the House of Commons, published in 1820. At the 1832 general election was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bodmin. In 1840, he was living at Bruges when he received an appointment as HM Consul in Philadelphia USA. In the United States he married Sarah Ann Worthington King, daughter of Ohio Governor and U. S. Senator Thomas Worthington, and widow of Edward King a prominent Ohio politician and son of Minister to Great Britain Rufus King.  ALS, 1839.  Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover PC (1802-1867)  British civil engineer and politician. He served under Lord Aberdeen and then Lord Palmerston as President of the Board of Health between 1854 and 1855 and was sworn of the Privy Council in 1854. In 1855 he introduced an Act of Parliament which led to the establishment of the Metropolitan Board of Works. He became First Commissioner of Works the same year and was responsible for many environmental and sanitary improvements in London. He oversaw the later stages of the rebuilding of the Houses of Parliament, including the installation of the 13.8-tonne hour bell, "Big Ben", in the clock tower. ALS, in third person, 1860 1p.   Francis Knollys, 1st Viscount Knollys  (1837-1924) British courtier. He served as Private Secretary to the Sovereign.  ALS, 1920.   Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby PC (1752-1834),usually styled Lord Stanley before 1776, British peer and politician of. He held office as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in 1783 in the Fox-North Coalition and between 1806 and 1807 in the Ministry of All the Talents. At a dinner party in 1778 held on his estate "The Oaks" in Carshalton, Lord Derby and his friends planned a sweepstake horse race, won the following year by Derby's own horse, Bridget. The race, the Epsom Oaks, has been named after the estate since. At a celebration after Bridget's win, a similar race for colts was proposed and Derby tossed a coin with Sir Charles Bunbury for the honour of naming the race. Derby won, and the race became known as the Derby Stakes. Bunbury won the initial race in 1780 with his horse, Diomed; Derby himself won it in 1787 with Sir Peter Teazle. SIGNED address panel 1831............75-100

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96. [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

97. [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

99.   (American Literature Lot)   William Hervey Allen (1889 –1949) author. Allen is best known for his work Anthony Adverse. ANS.   Agnes Repplier ( 1855 –1950) essayist. Her earliest national publications appeared in 1881 in Catholic World. Although she did write several biographies and some fiction, early in her career she decided to concentrate her attention on writing essays, and for 50 years she enjoyed a national reputation.  ALS, 1920, 2pp (letter has been split in the middle and repaired).    Carleton S. Coon (1904 –1981) physical anthropologist, author, writer, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania, lecturer and professor at Harvard, and president of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists.    SIGNATURE, inscribed 1975.   William Hazlett Upson (1891-1975) Author, writer, creator of “Alexander Botts”.  TLS.  1940.   Clarence Chatham Cook (1828 –  1900) American author and art critic. 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.  ADS, a receipt 1855.   SAMUEL S. RANDALL (1808-1881) He was one of the editors of the American Journal of Education and College Review, Northern Light, he wrote many articles etc on the education in New York.   ALS,  1845.  Alexandra Ripley (1934 –2004) American writer best known as the author of Scarlett (1991), the sequel to Gone with the Wind. Her first novel was Who's the Lady in the President's Bed? (1972). Charleston (1981), her first historical novel, was a bestseller, as were her next books On Leaving Charleston (1984), The Time Returns (1985), and New Orleans Legacy (1987). Scarlett "was universally panned by critics," but was very successful nonetheless. SIGNED “Scarlet” bookplate............80-120

100. [BUSINESS & INDUSTRY] multiple lot of signed items: [1] Geo. O. Draper [1867-1938) businessman/inventor. TLS, 1911. [2] Alexander E. Orr (1831-1914) prominent businessman in New York City and was influential in the building of the New York City subway system. TLS, 1906, appointing member to finance committee. [3] Frederick Douglas Underwood [1849-1942] president of the Erie Railroad & a director of Wells Fargo & Co. TLS, 1912. [4] Ernest Volwiler[1893-1992] CEO of Abbott Laboratories. TLS, 1969. [5] Roger B. Smith [1925-2007] Chairman & CEO of General Motors. TLS, 1982. [6] Alfred E. Perlman[1902-1983] TLS 1957. [7] Thomas S. Nichols - TLS, 1959. [8] John D. Davidson [1921-1979] Texas oil man. TLS, 1970. [9] Mortimer L. Schiff [1877-1931] banker & early Boy Scouts leader. TLS, 1930 to the head of NY Life. [10] Kemmons Wilson [1913-2003] Founder of Holiday Inn chain. Signed brochure, 1978. [11] Lynn R. Russell [b. 1924] labor leader. Signed 8x10 photo. [12] Roger B. Smith [1925-2007] Chairman & CEO of General Motors. Signed 5x7 photo. [13] Ralph Budd [1879-1962] RR Exec. Signature [mounting stains show thru]. [14] James J. Nance [1900-1984] industrialist & auto industry leader. ANS. [15] Robert E. Wood [1879-1969] Am. soldier and leader of Sears, Roebuck & Co. Signed card. Each accompanied with bio. sheet.......120-180

101. [LAW] James Kent (1763-1847) American jurist and legal scholar. Kent rendered his most essential service to American jurisprudence while serving as chancellor. Chancery, or equity law, had been very unpopular during the colonial period, and had received little development, and no decisions had been published. His judgments of this class cover a wide range of topics, and are so thoroughly considered and developed as unquestionably to form the basis of American equity jurisprudence. Signature trimmed away from 1811 document..........50-75

102. [FRANCE] R(oland) ALEXANDRE - important French actor. Signed 1923 photograph. Inscribed to the French actress Tania Fedor. Approx. 4 x 6-3/4 in. Photographer is Paul Mejat, of Paris. Very nice.........50-75

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105 [MUSIC] Charlie Daniels (b. 1936) American musician known for his contributions to country and southern rock music. He is perhaps best known for his number one country hit "The Devil Went Down to Georgia", and multiple other songs he has written and performed. Daniels has been active as a singer since the early 1950s. He was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry on January 24, 2008,  and the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2009.  Signed 8x10 photo. VG.............35-45

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106. [MUSIC] Randy Travis (b. 1959) American country music singer, songwriter and actor. Signed, inscribed color 8x10 photo. VG......25-35

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108. [OPERA] Sherrill Milnes [b. 1935] Am. baritone. ISP, 8x10.......20-30

109. [THEATRE] Eileen Heckart (1919-2001) American actress of stage, screen, and television. SHE WON 1972 ACADEMY AWARD FOR "Butterflies Are Free." Signed [on cover] platbill program for the play "Eleanor Roosevelt" at the Studebaker Theatre, 1976...........25-35

 

110. [MUSIC] Peter  Duchin ( b. 1937)  American pianist and band leader. Signed 8x10 photo. VG..............25-35

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111. [MUSIC] Jose Feliciano (1945) Puerto Rican virtuoso guitarist, singer and composer known for many international hits, including his rendition of The Doors' "Light My Fire" and the best-selling Christmas single "Feliz Navidad".  Signed, inscribed 5x7 photo............25-35

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112. Benjamin Perley Poore (1820-1887) was a prominent American newspaper correspondent, editor, and author in the mid-19th century. One of the most popular and prolific journalists of his era, he was an active partisan for the Whig and Republican parties. ALS, Boston, 1840, 1p, ragged right edge. Military content concerns 1st Regt. Infantry, 1st Brigade...........60-80

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113. [MUSIC] Leonardo Balada [b. 1933] American composer. AMQS from his 1986 Opera "Christopher Columbus. Very nice. Approx. 8 x 7. Inscribed to a collector. VG..........75-100

114. Larry McMurtry (b.1936) American novelist, essayist, bookseller, and Academy Award winning screenwriter whose work is predominantly set in either the old West or in contemporary Texas. He is known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning 1985 novel Lonesome Dove. Brief ALS, 2000, on 6-1/4 x 5-1/2 in. card. Signed with intials.............40-60

115. [FRANCE] c. 1840 Manuscript document - identified as "To Delegate of Peace Society - speaks about two big nations [France & Germany?", unsigned, 2pp, approx. 8 x 11-1/2". VG..............100-150

116.  [FT. KNOX, KENTUCKY]  13 letters from soldier Alvin O. Crook, to his mother and father at Frankport, S.D. All with envelope marked "Free".  Sent while he was stationed at Ft. Knox, 1942. He was member of Co. H, 43rd Regt. Unread.........50-75


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

118. [FILM] Cesar Romero (1907-1994) American actor. Signed, inscribed 5x7 photo. VG......40-60
 
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ARCHIVE LETTERS TO LOUIS ALIBERT

120. [TV] Stacey Keach (b. 1941) American actor.  Signed 5x7 photo. VG..........25-35

121. [FILM] Joanne Woodward  (b. 1930) American actress and producer. She is perhaps best known for her Academy Award-winning role in The Three Faces of Eve (1957).  Signed movie still photo from the film "Winning" pictured with her husband Paul Newman.  Fair contrast........35-45

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122. [FILM] Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. (b.1926)  American film producer. He is the son of actress Frances Howard and the pioneer motion picture mogul Samuel Goldwyn. He followed in his father's footsteps and founded the motion picture production companies The Samuel Goldwyn Company and Samuel Goldwyn Films. TLS, 1989, 1p, to a collector.  VG.......60-80

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

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124. [MUSIC] Nicola LeFanu [b. 1947] British composer. AMQS from her "DEVA" [1979], on 6x4" card. VG........30-40

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125. [MUSIC] Vladimir Ashkenazy [b. 1937] Russian-Icelandic conductor and pianist. Clip signature from envelope...........20-30

Portrait of Ashkenazy

126. [FILM] Tony Randall (1920-2004) American actor in film and TV.  ALS, 1989, on his personal note card. Fine..........35-45

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127. [BOSTON] DORUS CLARKE - student philosopher. ALS, Boston, 1870, 12 pages, 8vo. To Rev. William Reed Huntington, Worcester, Mass. With envelope. VG...................35-45

128. E.G. LAPHAM (1814-1890) U.S. Senator from NY;  manager to conduct impeachment proceedings against former Sec. of War William W. Belknap [1876]. ALS, House of Rep., 1881, 2pp, 4to. Replies to Francis E. Spinner's letter of congratulations...................50-75

129. Francis Cardinal Spellman (1889-1967) American archbishop of the Catholic Church. He was the sixth Archbishop of New York from 1939 to 1967, having previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston (1932–39). He was named a cardinal in 1946.  TLS, 1956, 1p.............40-60

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130. [MEDICINE] John Rock (1890-1984) American obstetrician and gynecologist. He is best known for the major role he played in the development of the first hormonal contraceptive, colloquially called "the pill".  TLS, 1976, brief 1-page. VG..........75-100

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131. [MUSIC] Stephen Heller (1813-1888) Hungarian composer and pianist whose career spanned the period from Schumann to Bizet, and was an influence for later Romantic composers. At the age of 25, he travelled to Paris, where he became closely acquainted with Hector Berlioz, Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt and other renowned composers of his era. Here Heller eventually achieved distinction both as a concert performer and as a teacher. Offered here on separate slips is a CLIP SIGNATURE of Stephen Heller, also the signature of his wife Louisa Gray, a lyracist who worked with Arthur S. Sullivan of Gilbert and Sullivan. These are mounted to 4-3/4 x 1-1/2" slip. Also includes brief musical notes in the hand of Heller [unsigned]. Accompanied by the photo showing below........75-100

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132. [MUSIC] Mel Torme [1925-1999] nicknamed The Velvet Fog, he was one of the great jazz singers. He composed the music for "The Christmas Song. Signed & inscribed King Center for the Performing Arts Program [1991-92]. Also signed by Maureen McGovern. Both on the cover. Fine.............35-45

133. [MUSIC] Jan Peerce [1904-1984] Opera star. ISP, 8x10, 1982.........25-35

134. [MUSIC] Xavier Cugat (1900-1990) Cuban-American bandleader. Signed 8x10 photo dated 1963. Fairly minor faults............50-75

135. [MUSIC] Leslie Bassett (b. 1923) American composer of classical music. He received the 1966 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his Variations for Orchestra. AMQS from his " Variations for Orchestra." On 8.5 x 5.5" sheet. Written in pencil. VG.........50-75

136. John Reed, Jr. (1781-1860)  Representative from Massachusetts.  He was elected as a Federalist to the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Congresses (March 4, 1813-March 3, 1817); elected to the Seventeenth through Twenty-third Congresses; elected as an Anti-Masonic candidate to the Twenty-fourth Congress, and elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1821-March 3, 1841). He was chairman of the Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business (Twenty-second Congress). He declined to be candidate for reelection in 1840.  He was the 17th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (1845–1851). ALS,  Yarmouth Port, Mass., 1844, 1p., plus address leaf. He writes to Franklin Dexter, a District Attorney for Mass., about the character of two men he knows.  Concerns a trial concerning a schooner called the Scituate.  VG............50-75

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137. [MUSIC] Fritz Kreisler [1875-1962] Austrian-American violinist and composer. Bold signature dated 1936 on 5 x 3-3/4 in. slip. Center fold crease is not obtrusive............40-60

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138. [MUSIC] Mark Isham [b. 1951] American trumpeter, synthesist, and film composer. He works in a variety of genres, including jazz, electronic, and film. AMQS from his composition "TIBET, PT II" 1989. 8-1/2 x 3-3/4. Needs a little ironing............30-40

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139. [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

140. [NOBEL PRIZE] Linus Pauling  (1901-1994) American chemist, biochemist, peace activist, author, and educator. He was one of the most influential chemists in history and ranks among the most important scientists of the 20th century.  Pauling was one of the founders of the fields of quantum chemistry and molecular biology.  For his scientific work, Pauling was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1954. In 1962, for his peace activism, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. This makes him the only person to be awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes. Brief RLS, 1973, 1p. 8.5 x 7". VG............100-150

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

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143. [FILM]  Sam Waterston  (b. 1940)  American actor, producer and director. Among other roles, he is noted for his Academy Award-nominated portrayal of Sydney Schanberg in The Killing Fields (1984), and his Golden Globe-nominated and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning portrayal of Jack McCoy on the NBC television series Law & Order.  Signed 8x10 photo. VG..........30-40

144. [MUSIC] Judy Collins (b. 1939)  American singer and songwriter known for her eclectic tastes in the material she records (which has included folk, show tunes, pop, rock and roll and standards) and for her social activism.  Signed 8x10 photo. VG............25-35

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145. [MUSIC]  Andy Williams (1927-2012)  American popular music singer.  Signed 8x10 photo. VG.........50-75

146. [SIGNED BOOK] "An Hour Before Daylight" by Jimmy Carter [former US President]. Simon & Schuster: NY (2001). Photos, 8.5 x 5.5", boards, 271pp. + index. With BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY CARTER AFFIXED TO FRONT FREE END PAPER. Near fine condition................100-150

Cover of Carter book

147. [MUSIC]  SONS OF THE PIONEERS - signed color 10x8 picture. Signed by all 6members. VG.........100-150

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148. Lee Meriwether (b. 1935)  American actress, former model, and the winner of the 1955 Miss America pageant. She is perhaps best known for her role as Betty Jones, Buddy Ebsen's secretary and daughter-in-law in the long-running 1970s crime drama, Barnaby Jones. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG...........25-35

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149. [SPACE] Joseph P. Allen (b. 1937) former NASA astronaut. He logged more than 3,000 hours flying time in jet aircraft.  Allen logged a total of 314 hours in space. Signed, inscribed color litho. photo. VG.............50-75

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150. [FILM] Ralph Bellamy (1904-1991) American actor whose career spanned sixty-two years. Two signed pieces [see scan]..........35-45

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151.  [FILM] Sally Field (b. 1946) American Academy Award winning actress. Signed, inscribed 5x7 photo. VG...........25-35

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152. [FILM] RANDOLPH SCOTT (1898-1987) American film actor whose career spanned from 1928 to 1962. As a leading man for all but the first three years of his cinematic career. Signed 3x5 card [yellow]. Fine..............30-40

154. Alan Bates (1934-2003) English actor who came to prominence in the 1960s. Signature. Very nice example.......20-30

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

156. [SPACE PHOTOGRAPHY] WILLENE WHISENHANT - early NASA photographer. Offered here is an original b/w vintage photograph of astronaut Gordon Cooper strapped in centrifuge at Naval Air Development Center, Johnsville, Pa. NASA S-63-3978. The photographer writes "Gordo Cooper in Centrifuse" below image. Provenance: from the personal files of Willene Whisenhant, the photographer. Fine.........100-150

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157. [SPACE PHOTOGRAPHY] WILLENE WHISENHANT - early NASA photographer. Offered here is an original color vintage photograph of astronaut Gordon Cooper standing near plane. Whisenhant writes in ink below image "Cooper's Private Plane." NASA S-63-1757. Provenance: from the personal files of Willene Whisenhant, the photographer. Fine....100-200

 158. [FRANCE]  Jules Charles-Roux  (1841-1918)   manufacturer, shipowner and French politician. The death of his father, he took over the management of the factory that completely modernized. In 1877, he teamed with his brother Charles Canaple and two, they manage to represent 10% of the Marseille production end of the century. It is named that year director of the Banque de France to Marseille in 1877, along with Gustave Luce and Joseph Bonnasse .  He led an active struggle for the recognition of the profession of soap manufacturer. He also won several international awards and medals coming devote his business.  In the year 1900 , he crowns his career by going to chair several shipping companies, including the General Transatlantic Company, which he rectifies the situation in 1904. He also exercises the chairmanship of several other companies linked with maritime transport (shipyards, banks and insurance companies), the Marseilles Company steamship Fraissinet and C ie, Building and Ateliers de Provence, the Building Workshops and Saint-Nazaire , the Building Society Levallois-Perret, of "The Land-Transport» Marine Insurance Company, and then became president of the Central Committee of France Shipowners from 1910 to 1917.   ALS, 1905, 4 full pages...............80-120

159. [PORTRAIT] Andrew Hull Foote (1806-1863) American naval officer who was noted for his service in the American Civil War and also for his contributions to several naval reforms in the years prior to the war. When the war came, he was appointed to command of the Western Gunboat Flotilla, predecessor of the Mississippi River Squadron. In that position, he led the gunboats in the Battle of Fort Henry. For his services with the Western Gunboat Flotilla, Foote was among the first naval officers to be promoted to the then-new rank of rear admiral. Original antique engraved portrait, image approx. 7 x 5" plus margins. VG........25-35

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160. [FILM] Ned Beatty  (b. 1937) American actor who has appeared in more than 100 films and has been nominated for an Academy Award. Signed color photo from the film "Deliverance", 10x8". VG. Signed in silver ink...........25-35

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161. [MUSIC - FRANCE] Henri Montan Berton (1767-1844)  French composer, teacher, and writer.  He is principally remembered as a composer of operas, most of which were first performed at the Opéra-Comique. Riding a wave of anti-clericalism which arose at the time of the French Revolution, his first real success was with Les rigueurs du cloître (23 August 1790), "in which a young nun is saved from entombment at the hands of a corrupt mother superior."[1] The work has been described as the first rescue opera. One of his greatest early successes was Aline, reine de Golconde (1803), which was performed internationally.  ALS, no date, 1p, about 4-1/4 x 7".   The picture of him is  not included here. VG.............100-150

162. [FILM] Daniel "Danny" Kaye  (1911-1987) American actor, singer, dancer, and comedian. His performances featured physical comedy, idiosyncratic pantomimes, and rapid-fire nonsense songs.  He was the first ambassador-at-large of UNICEF in 1954 and received the French Legion of Honor in 1986 for his years of work with the organization. Signed Israeli cover postmarked 1967. Nice example. Signed "Daniel Kaye." VG..........50-75

163. [FILM] Whoopi Goldberg - American actress. Signed American Film magazine, Dec. 1985. Signed on cover picturing her, in silver ink. VG.........25-35

164. [ART] Gilroy Roberts (1905-1992) American sculptor, gemstone carver, and the ninth Chief Engraver of the United States Mint between 1948 and 1964. He designed the obverse of the United States Kennedy half dollar, which was first issued in 1964. After he retired from the U.S. Mint, he became chairman of the Franklin Mint, where he continued to use his engraving talents. He served in this position until 1971. Signed 3x5 card...........20-30

165. [ART] Jules Adeline (1845-1909), historian, draughtsman, architect and engraver. Original etching, plate signed, 1885, image 5-1/8 x 3-1/2" plus margins. Toned top margin but well away from image...........80-120

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166. [ART] Original photograph of a painting inscribed on the back by the artist to fellow artist, Albert Sterner. Written on the back - In sincere homage To Albert Sterner, this wise and always young nestor of American painters on his 80th birthday from his admirer Josp Nicolas. Approx. 9.5 x 8". Sterner, of course, was a prominent artist who died in 1946. Sterner was born in 1863 so that would date this present around 1943. There are some surface scratches that show when held at certain angle o/w very good......50-75

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167. [ART] Sylvie Harachouse - signed ink drawing, 1972, approx. 9-1/4 x 12-1/4"......50-75

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168. [ENTERTAINMENT] Don DeFore (1913-1993) American actor who played "the regular guy" and "the good, ol' boy next door" in many films in the 1940s and 1950s but probably best remembered for his television roles. SIGNED & inscribed 8x10 vintage photo. Signed in semi-dark area but contrast is OK...............25-35

169.  Group of 7 biographical proof sheets signed. These are for the 1946-47 edition of WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA. Includes: W. Morgenstierne, Paul V. McNutt [signed with initials], Clarence E. manion, Chesly Manly, L.C. Marshal, Wm. McChesney Martin Jr., and James Lewis Morrill......................40-60

170. Hjalmar H. Boyesen [1848-1895] Norwegian-American author and college professor. ALS, 1891, 1p, regarding lectures scheduled & unable to attend invitation. On Columbia College letterhead. VG.......50-75

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171. Benjamin  Altman (1840–1913) American businessman who in 1865  founded B. Altman & Co., opening a store on Third Avenue and 10th Street in NYC. In 1906, he moved the business to Fifth Avenue and 34th Street. Benjamin Altman died without heirs. Shortly before the death, he founded the Altman Foundation. Until 1985, it owned B. Altman & Co., which latter closed the last store in 1990.  Altman was an avid collector of Rembrandt paintings and china, much of which he acquired through art dealer Joseph Duveen. Upon his death, he donated the collection to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Signed Chemical National Bank check, 1906.  VG................75-100

173. [ENGLAND] Sir Robert Howard (1626-1698) English playwright and politician, born to Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire and his wife Elizabeth. As the 18-year-old son of a royalist family, he fought at the battle of Cropredy Bridge and was knighted for the bravery he showed there. In the years after the English Civil War his royalist sympathies led to his imprisonment at Windsor Castle in 1658. After the Restoration , he quickly rose to prominence in political life, with several appointments to posts which brought him influence and money. He was Member of Parliament for Stockbridge, and believed in a balance of parliament and monarchy. All his life he continued in a series of powerful positions; in 1671 he became secretary to the Treasury, and in 1673 auditor of the Exchequer. He helped bring William of Orange to the throne and was made a privy councillor in 1689. His interest in financial matters continued, and in later life he subscribed to the newly founded Bank of England while continuing his work on currency reform. He was thought of as arrogant and was caricatured in a play by Shadwell as Sir Positive-At-All, a boastful knight. Howard died on 3 September 1698 and is buried in Westminster Abbey. His signature on a document fragment dated 1691, approx. 3.5 x 5". Also signed by Thomas Howard (1619-1706) English peer, styled Hon. Thomas Howard until 1679. He was the second son of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire. Howard represented Wallingford in Parliament from 1640 to 1646. He was colonel of a regiment of Royalist horse in 1643, and subsequently a brigadier. In 1661, after the English Restoration, he was rewarded with the sinecure office of Clerk of the Markets of the Household. Thomas inherited the earldom after the death of his childless brother, Charles in 1679. He was succeeded by his great-nephew Henry Howard, who then united the earldoms of Suffolk and Berkshire. He was reputed to have fathered at least one illegitimate child, Moll Davies, who became an actress and mistress to Charles II, bearing him a daughter, Lady Mary Tudor who married the Earl of Derwentwater. Moll Davis was born around 1648 in Westminster and was said by Samuel Pepys , the famous diarist, to be "a bastard of Collonell Howard, my Lord Barkeshire" - probably meaning Thomas Howard, third Earl of Berkshire...........80-120

174. [THEATRE] Beatrice Cameron (1868-1940) actress who was married to Richard Mansfield. She earned an enviable reputation as leading lady in many of his most successful plays. ANS, no date, about 4-1/4 x 4-3/4". Says she has a fatigued throat. VG.........20-30

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

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

178. [MIXED LOT] [1] Frank Pace, Jr. (1912-1988) United States public official and business executive. He was Sec. of Army in the Eisenhower administration. SIGNED card. [2] Harriet Winslow Sewall (1819-1889) was an American poet, and editor of the collected letters of Lydia Maria Child. SIGNED ALBUM PAGE, Jan. 12, 1886. Also signed by her husband, Samuel E. Sewall. Harriet Winslow was born in Portland, Maine on June 20, 1819 into a Quaker family. She was educated in Portland and at a boarding school in Providence, Rhode Island. She was, at least in her early years, interested in transcendentalism and animal magnetism; and arguably more practically engaged with contemporary anti-slave and women's rights movements. In 1882 she arranged for publication the letters of her friend, the author Lydia Maria Child. VG. [3] Makio Murayama - Biochemist who conducted vital research in the U.S. that laid the groundwork for combating sickle-cell anemia. SIGNED 3x5 card. [4] Ernest W. Gibson (1872-1940) United States Representative and Senator from Vermont. Signed card. Fine. [5] Douglas Volk - famous artist. Signed 1906 bank check. [6] [US CONGRESSMEN] album page signed on both sides by: BRUNDIDGE, Stephen, Jr., (1857 - 1938) Ark; BURKE, Robert Emmet, (1847 - 1901) Texas - volunteered as a private in Company D, Tenth Georgia Cavalry, Confederate Army, at the age of sixteen and served throughout the Civil War; STOKES, James William, (1853 - 1901) SC. Signed on other side by: TODD, Albert May, (1850 - 1931) Mich; LANHAM, Samuel Willis Tucker, (1846 - 1908) Texas - entered the Confederate Army when a boy; and McRAE, Thomas Chipman, (1851 - 1929) Ark. VG. [7] NICHOLS, Matthias H., [1824-1862] Representative from Ohio. CLIP SIGNATURE [8] William Alfred [1922-1999] Playwright and Harvard professor. Signed bookplate. [9] John Manke - NASA test pilot. Signed 1973 cover honoring his flight piloting the X-24B Lifting Body flight. [10] David Paul Brown (1795-1872) American lawyer and orator, whose tragedy, "Sertorius" was a vehicle for the English actor Junius Brutus Booth (1796-1852), whose son John Wilkes Booth assassinated U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in 1865. CLIP SIGNATURE dated 1842. Light spotting. [11] (BRITISH SIGNATURES) - F.T. BUCKLAND & SAMUEL WHITBREAD. Needs research............80-120

179. [PA] John Heinz (1938-1991) US Senator (1977-1991). Heinz and six other people were killed when a helicopter collided with the Senator's Piper Aerostar plane over Merion Elementary School in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania. Signed color 8x10 photo.............40-60

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

181. [FRANCE] Pierre Louis Parisis - Roman Catholic bishop of the Bishopric of Langres from 1835 to 1851. He was one of the strongest right wing figures in the French Catholic Church of his era. In 1847 he formed the Archconfraternity of Reparation for blasphemy and the neglect of Sunday to promote Acts of Reparation to Jesus Christ. He is also noted for his efforts within the Assembly of 1848 for establishing the ecclesiastical college of St. Dizier and for his discussions concerning the educational reforms. He was a member of the commission which prepared the draft project for the Falloux Laws increasing the Catholic clergy's influence in French education. ALS, 1855, 1p, 5-1/4 x 8-1/4 in. Addressed to De Loisne. Not translated. VG............75-100

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

192. J. Glenn Beall (1894-1971) Republican member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1953-1965. He was also a United States Congressman, representing the sixth district of Maryland from 1943-1953. Group of 5 TLSs, 1957-1975, to Vernon Talberett [1] & 4 to another person. Only the letter to Talberett has the mounting residue on the verso...........25-35

194. [BRITISH WRITERS] Misc. lot: [1] Horace Annesley Vachell (1861-1955) TLS, 1933, 1p. [2] John Gibson Lockart (1794-1854) Scottish writer best known for his "Life of Sir Walter Scott." Clip signature with engraved portrait. [3] Sir Henry John Newbolt (1862-1938) poet. Signature with sentiment 1934. [4] Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton (1809-1885) poet. Brief ALS, 1p. [5] Cecil Woodham-Smith (1896-1977] historian. Signed 1974 FDC. [6] William Davenport Adams (1828-1891) journalist & author. ALS, 1876, 1p. [soiled]. [7] Sir Owen Seaman (1861-1936) writer & poet. Signed card [foxing spots]. [8] Thomas Anstey Guthrie (1856-1934) novelist. Signed card 1910. Each accompanied by biographical sheet......100-150

196. [MARYLAND] Charles McC. Mathias, Jr. (1922- 2010) Republican member of the United States Senate, representing Maryland. GROUP OF 5 TLSs, 1965-78, each 1p. All to the President of a financial corporation discussing minimum wage, Federal Trade Commission, etc. All very good condition..........50-75

197. Louisa Murray [1818-1894] British born, Canadian author & poet. ALS, 1863, 1p, regarding receiving money on account from having poems published. VG.........40-60

198.  (BRITISH SCIENCE/MEDICINE NOTABLES) SIR OLIVER JOSEPH LODGE (1851-1940) Physicist, writer who was noted for his work on the “Wireless Telegraph” also his work on the improvement of motor cars when he invented the “electric spark ignition. ” SIGNATURE with sentiment.   LYON PLAFAIR, 1st Baron Playfair (1818-1898) Scottish scientist, politician Gentleman Usher to Prince Albert and Sec. to the Dept of Science. SIGNED address panel (1873).  SIR GEORGE HOWARD DAWIN (1845-1912) Astronomer and geophysicist, he was the 2nd son of Charles Darwin. His most significant work is of the evolution of the Earth-Moon System. SIGNATURE.   NICHOLAS CARLISLE (1771-1821) Antiquary, topographer. Most noted for his work of topographical records of Ireland. RARE ALS (1823) he died young. On inside on 2nd page is a letter written pencil by Thomas Thomson, a scathing letter written in pencil, which is apparently the well known Antiquarian/Archivist (1768-1852) about a personal family history. Thomson worked at the General Register House in Edinburgh where this letter was addressed  by Carlisle.  ALEXANDER GORDON, 4th Duke of Gordon (1743-1827) Scottish Nobleman who achieved great success in creating the “Gordon Setter” having popularized the 200 year old breed and formulized the breed in 1820. Clipped SIGNATURE mounted to card..............75-100

199. [MUSIC] Cathinka von Dietz [b. 1816] Bavarian pianist. She made her Paris debut in 1836. Brief ALS, no year, 1p, 4x5". VG............40-60

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201. Isaac Samuels Pennybacker (1805 - 1847) American lawyer, federal judge, and politician from Harrisonburg, Virginia. Pennybacker represented Virginia in the U.S. House from 1837-1839. He was offered by President Martin Van Buren the office of Attorney General, but declined. Similarly, he declined a position as justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia, and would not accept the nomination of the Democratic party for Governor of Virginia. On April 23, 1839, Pennybacker received a recess appointment from Van Buren to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia the death of Alexander Caldwell. Formally nominated on January 29, 1840, Pennybacker was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 17, 1840, and received his commission the same day. He resigned from his judgeship on December 6, 1845, and then served as United States Senator from Virginia from 1845-1847. James K. Polk named Pennybacker to the very first Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, a group which included Vice-President George M. Dallas, Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, D.C. Mayor William W. Seaton, Senator Sidney Breese, Rep. William J. Hough, Rep. Robert Dale Owen, Rep. Henry W. Hilliard, Rufus Choate, Richard Rush, Dr. Benjamin Rush, William C. Preston, Alexander Dallas Bache, and Joseph G. Totten, among others, who met for the first time in September 1846. ALS, Washington City, 1837, 1p, 8 x 4.5. In response to an autograph collector wanting autographs of "the most distinguished men of our country." VG...............75-100

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Portrait of Pennybacker

Founded the first school for pilots in the world

202. [SCIENCE] René Quinton (1866-1925), also named French Darwin, was a naturalist, physiologist and biologist. At the end of the 19th century, Quinton worked with Étienne-Jules Marey, Member of academy of medicine and president of the academy of sciences. In 1896, he formulated the theory of constance that made him called the French Darwin. Quinton worked as assistant at the Laboratoire de Pathologie Physiologique in the Collège de France. He studied temperatures and salt concentration between species. He observed that ocean water is quite similar to human blood and made it drinkable and injectable. Successful experiments on animals and humans made Quinton plasma registered as medicine in many countries. His work was also significant in the development of aviation. Quinton co-founded the Aero-club de France. In 1908, he also founded the first school for pilots in the world named Ligue Nationale Aérienne. Quinton worked with Paul Doumer, André Michelin et Paul Painlevé. TLS, 1907, 1p, approx. 5-1/4 x 8-1/4". Signed Quinton. VG.......100-150

212. John Gould (1908-2003) American humorist, essayist, and columnist who wrote a column for the Christian Science Monitor for over sixty years from a farm in Lisbon Falls, Maine. He was published in most major American newspapers and magazines and wrote thirty books. SIGNED, inscribed 10 x8 photo, dated April 3, 2002. VG...........40-60

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221. Josiah Priest (1788 - 1851) was a popular American nonfiction writer of the early 19th century. His books and pamphlets, which presented both standard and speculative history and archaeology sold in the thousands. Although Priest appears to have been poorly educated, he attempted to portray himself as an authority in his books. Priest is often identified as one of the creators of pseudoscientific and pseudohistoric literature. Although his work was widely read and several of his works were published in multiple editions, his books were characterized by theories that were used to justify the violent domination over both the Native American and African-American peoples. Priest's works were among the most overtly racist of his time. Priest's offensive works help set the stage for the genocide of the Trail of Tears and the defense of slavery that contributed to the conflicts of the Civil War. Priest was born in Unadilla. New York. At the age of 24 he married Eliza Perry from Lansingburgh, New York. After a brief period in Lansingburgh, they migrated to Albany, New York around the year 1819. While there, Priest was first employed as a coach "trimmer" or upholsterer. He later worked in leather, mainly fashionmg saddles and harnesses. After graduating from Hamilton College, he attended the seminary and became a clergyman. He was reportedly well-liked by the churchgoers for his dramatic performance during the sermons, ultimately causing several of them to receive publication. Around 1824, Priest decided to give up his profession as a leather worker and become a writer. It did not take him long to get published; withm the same year, a small booklet he wrote titled The Wonders of Nature and Providence Displayed was printed. However, he did not experience significant success until 1833, with the publication of American Antiquities and Discoveries of the West. RARE ALS, October 29, 1840, 2pp, concerning one of his pamphelts and payment to a Mr. Treadwell of Albany, NY..............100-150

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223. [ART] Emile Wauters (1846-1933)  Belgian painter. He was born in Brussels. Successively the pupil of Portaels and Jean-Léon Gérôme, he produced in 1868 The Battle of Hastings: the Finding of the body of Harold by Edith, a work of striking, precocious talent.  As his youth disqualified him for the medal of the Brussels Salon, which otherwise would have been his, he was sent, by way of compensation, by the minister of fine arts, as artist-delegate to Suez for the opening of the canal, a visit that was fruitful later on.  In 1870, when he was yet only twenty-two years of age, Wauters exhibited his great historical picture of Mary of Burgundy entreating the Sheriffs of Ghent to pardon the Councillors Hugonet and Humbercourt (Liege Museum) which created a veritable furore, an impression which was confirmed the following year at the London International Exhibition.  It was eclipsed by the celebrated Madness of Hugo van der Goes (1872, Brussels Museum), a picture which led to the commission for the two large works decorating the Lions staircase of the Hotel de Ville Mary of Burgundy swearing to respect the Communal Rights of Brussels, 1477 and The Armed Citizens of Brussels demanding the Charta from Duke John IV of Brabant. His other large compositions comprise Sobieski and his Staff before Besieged Vienna (Brussels Museum) and the Harvest of a journey to Spain and Tangiers, The Great Mosque, and Serpent Charmers of Sokko, and a souvenir of his Egyptian travel, Cairo, from the Bridge of Kasr-el-Nil (Antwerp Museum). His vast panorama probably the noblest and most artistic work of this class ever produced Cairo and the Banks of the Nile (1881), 380 ft. by 49 ft., executed in six months, was exhibited with extraordinary success in Brussels, Munich, and the Hague. He received the Order of Merit of Prussia, and is Commander of the Order of Leopold, and of that of St. Michael of Bavaria, Officer of the Légion d'honneur, among other awards.  ALS, no date, 1p., approx. 4-1/2 x 7". Very Fine condition............125-175

227. [OPERA] John M. Wieting M.D. (1817-1888) physician and medical lecturer. HHe is perhaps best known for his Wieting Opera House, considered a "world class" cultural institution. Originally, a building called Wieting Hall, which was a lecture hall, was built at 100 West Water Street at the corner of South Salina Street in 1852 and was lost to fire in 1856. The building was rebuilt and reopened in 1870 as the Wieting Opera House and had a seating capacity of 1,017. The first opera that took place in the house, however, did not occur until 1886 when the American Opera Company made a brief appearance. In fact, opera was never intended as the main venue in the theater. At that time, towns throughout America had opera houses where operas were seldom or never performed. The "opera house" designation simply provided a respectable cover for places that presented a variety of popular entertainments. Oftentimes they were called "museums." ALS, Bromfield House, 1854, 1p. Reply to an autograph collector. VG...........40-60

228. [NEW YORK] Roswell Pettibone Flower (1835-1899 Governor of New York from 1892 to 1894. TLS, HOUSE OF REP., Wash. DC, 1890, 1p. To Hon. Edward Wemple, Albany, NY. "My dear Sir: I received your list and returned it some time ago, and I thank you for it. It is very complete and no wonder, with such organizing powers, you could be elected in your District to Congress when no body else could. I regret not having seen you at Albany on Wednesday evening." This letter is laid to a mounting sheet.............25-35

229. [THEATRE] GERALD SAVORY [1909-1996] Playwright. ALS, NY, 1939, 2pp, 8vo. To Roland Young. All his plans have clashed badly on the verge of a production in London. Seriously considering a return to Hollywood if you should hear of an assignment..........75-100

231.  [FRANCE] BISHOP OF CHARTRES [1717-1780, Pierre-Augustin-Bernardin de Rosset de Fleury]. He was Bishop from 1748-1780. Document Signed, Paris, 1778, 1p, approx. 6-1/2 x 8-1/4". About Madame de Vauldrey. VG...........100-150

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234. J.S. DILLER (Joseph Silas) [b. 1850] American geologist, born in Plainfield, Pennsylvania. He was graduated at Lawrence scientific school of Harvard in 1879, and spent two years in postgraduate studies at Harvard and at the University in GSttingen. From 1873 till 1877 he taught in the State normal school in Westfield, Massachusetts, and from 1881 till 1883 was geologist of the Assos expedition. In 1883 he became assistant geologist on the U. S. geological survey, and in that capacity has traveled extensively throughout the United States. He is a member of several scientific societies, and author of numerous papers that have been published in scientific journals in the United States and in Europe, the principal of which are "Notes on the Geology of the Troad" (1883); "Diamonds in the United States" (1886) ¥ and "Notes on the Geology of Northern California" (1886). TLS, US Geological Survey, Nov. 5, 1907, 1p, 4to. To Dr. R.S. Woodward. Sends copy of Miss Bascom's letter. "If there are steep slopes near the 'Race Course' to furnish the angular blocks her view seems possible but the evenness of the upper surface would still be difficult to understand...."etc. ................125-175

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235. [SHOW BIZ] Mixed Lot: [1] Dame Edith Evans [1888-1976] Eng. actress. Signature. [2] Mary Healey - actress. Sig. 3x5 card. [3] Sylvia Sidney [1910-1999] actress. Sig 3x5 card w/note. [4] Olga San Juan - signed album page [1947]. [5] CRAIG STEVENS (1918-2000) American Actor - He was well showcased as a soft-hearted gangster in At the Stroke of Twelve, a 1941 two-reel adaptation of Damon Runyon's The Old Doll's House, but his feature film roles were merely adequate at best. By 1950, Stevens was reduced to playing a standard mustachioed villain in the Bowery Boys epic Blues Busters. His saving turnaround came about when Stevens was cast in the title role of the 1958 Blake Edwards-produced TV private eye series Peter Gunn. Though obviously imitating Cary Grant in the early episodes of this three-season hit, Stevens eventually developed a hard-edged acting style all his own. He later re-created his TV role in the 1967 theatrical feature Gunn. Subsequent TV-series assignments for Stevens included the British-filmed weekly Man of the World (1962) and CBS' Mr. Broadway (1964). SIGNED 3x5 card with sentiment. SLIGHT SMEAR TO 1st letter. [6] (Hortense) Rhea [1844-1899] Belgium actress. Sig. card, w/sentiment, 1894. [7] Stuart Robson [1836-1903] stage actor. Signature w/sentiment. [8] Henry Wilcoxon (1905-1984) was an actor born in Roseau, Dominica, British West Indies, and best known as a leading man in many of Cecil B. DeMille's films, also serving as DeMille's associate producer on his later films. VINTAGE SIGNATURE WITH SENTIMENT ON ALBUM PAPER. [9] Gladys Walton [1896-1993] Am. actress of the silent screen. Signature, inscribed. [10] Lillian Gish [1893-1993] Am. actress. Signed 3x5 card............100-150

237. Chauncey M. Depew (1834-1928) was an attorney for Cornelius Vanderbilt's railroad interests, president of the New York Central Railroad System, and a United States Senator from New York from 1899 to 1911.  Signed card, 3-1/4 x 2-1/4".  VG..........25-35

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238. [MUSIC] Eleanor Steber (1914-1990) American operatic soprano. Steber is noted as one of the first major opera stars to have achieved the highest success with training and a career based in the United States. TLS, 1953, 1p..........35-45

239. [MUSIC] Amanda McBroom (b. 1947) American singer, songwriter actress and cabaret performer. Notable among the songs she has written is "The Rose", which Bette Midler sang in the film of the same name , and which has been covered by many other recording artists. McBroom is also known for her collaborations as lyricist with songwriter Michele Brourman, including some of the songs in the The Land Before Time film series, Balto II: Wolf Quest, and the musical Dangerous Beauty based on the film of the same name, which was scheduled to have its world premiere at the Pasadena Playhouse in February 2011. Signed 8x10 photo. VG........25-35

240. [DANCE] Ruth St. Denis (1879-1968) was a modern dance pioneer, introducing eastern ideas into the art. She was co-founder of the American Denishawn School of Dance and the teacher of several notable performers. Signed collectors card, dated 1921. VG.........40-60

241. [MUSIC] Jarmila Novotna (1907-1994) was a celebrated Czech soprano and actress and, from 1940 to 1956, a star of the Metropolitan Opera. ALS, 1993, 1p............35-45

242.  [ART] Scott Leighton (1849-1898)  Although American artist Nicholas Winfield Scott Leighton is best known for his paintings of horses, horse racing and barnyard scenes, Scott Leighton was also an accomplished landscape artist.  At the age of 17, Scott Leighton moved to Portland, Maine, and received his early artistic training under Harrison Bird Brown (1831-1915).  In 1880, Leighton moved to Boston to set up a studio of his own.  He continued to be involved with horses and their trainers and produced many lithographs for Currier and Ives.  Some of his paintings that were reproduced in prints included: On the Road, In the Stable, Three Veterans, and The Fearnaught Stallions.  The artist exhibited his work at the Boston Art Club, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the National Academy of Design.  Leighton’s talent and skill as an artist was so great, he was often complimented as the “Landseer of the United States.”  This was a direct reference to British artist Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, RA (1802-1873), an acclaimed nineteenth-century artist who specialized in animal paintings.  Unfortunately, Leighton met with a sad and tragic end. According to a New York Times article published on January 4, 1898:“Scott Leighton, the well-known artist, was committed to the McLean Insane Asylum to-day…Mr. Leighton’s condition was certified to by Dr. George F. Jelly, the expert on mental diseases.”  The article continues to relate the event by stating:  “Mr. Leighton’s delusion is that he is possessed of millions, and wants to build a great theatre.  He also planned a big banquet for Sunday night, at which all his friends were to be present…As the time for dinner approached…Mr. Leighton put on his dress suit and paraded up and down the corridor of the Revere House awaiting the arrival of his guests.  Then he fell to singing negro songs.  The hotel rang with the notes of his powerful voice, which years ago was trained for choir singing.  To Dr. Jelly, who examined him, [Leighton] said: “If I go to the McLean Asylum for treatment, Doctor, will it hurt my business or reputation when I leave it?” “Not in the least,” replied Dr. Jelly. “All right, I’ll go”’ the artist answered at once.”  Scott Leighton passed away on the morning of January 18, 1898 from complications of pneumonia.  CLIP SIGNATURE, approx. 4-1/2 x 2-1/8"..............50-75

243. [NOBEL PRIZE] Sir Aaron Klug , OM, PRS (b.1926) British chemist and biophysicist, and winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his development of crystallographic electron microscopy and his structural elucidation of biologically important nucleic acid-protein complexes. His scientific biography is currently being written by former colleague Kenneth Holmes. SIGNED 6.5 x 8.5" photo. VG............25-35

245. [MUSIC] Keely Smith (b. 1928) American jazz and popular music singer who enjoyed popularity in the 1950s and 1960s. She collaborated with, among other, Louis Prima and Frank Sinatra. SIGNED, INSCRIBED 8 X 10 PHOTO. VG...........25-35

247. [MUSIC] Richard Adler  (1921-2012)  American lyricist, composer and producer of several Broadway shows. Signed, 10 x 8 photo dated 1992. VG...........50-75

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248. [FILM] DON PORTER [1912-1997] actor who appeared in a number of films in the 1940s, including Top Sergeant and Eagle Squadron. ISP, 8 x 10.......35-45

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

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250. [BRITISH] Richard Chenevix Trench (1807-1886) Anglican archbishop and poet. In 1856 Trench became Dean of Westminster Abbey, a position which suited him. Here he introduced evening nave services. In January 1864 he was advanced to the post of Archbishop of Dublin. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley had been first choice, but was rejected by the Irish Church , and, according to Bishop Wilberforce's correspondence, Trench's appointment was favoured neither by the prime minister nor the lord-lieutenant. It was, moreover, unpopular in Ireland, and a blow to English literature; yet it turned out to be fortunate. Trench could not prevent the disestablishment of the Irish Church, though he resisted with dignity. But, when the disestablished communion had to be reconstituted under the greatest difficulties, it was important that the occupant of his position should be a man of a liberal and genial spirit. Brief ALS, 1868, 1p,, mounted to album sheet...........25-35

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Portrait of Trench

251. Margaret Truman (1924-2008) American singer who later became the successful author of a series of murder mysteries and a number of works on U.S. First Ladies and First Families, including a biography of her father, President Harry S. Truman. Signed card, 4 x 3-1/2". VG...........30-40

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252. [MUSIC] Ronnie Milsap  (b. 1943)  one of country music's most popular and influential performers of the 1970s and 1980s.  Signed color picture portrait. VG.............25-35

253. [MUSIC] Jan Kubelik  (1880-1940)  Czech violinist and composer. Signed postcard on verso, with ANS by his accompanist Alfred Holecek...........75-100

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254. [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

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

257. [MUSIC-FILM] Lothar Wallerstein  (1882-1949) American film director, conductor and Opera Director. ALS, 1944, 1p........40-60

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

259. [ART] Germaine Nordmann (1902-1997) French Impressionist painter. Original oil painting executed on photograph, c. 1984, approx. 4.5 x 5". VG...........75-100

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260. [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

261. Patent of Robert P. Parrott, assignor to General Electric Company, for Improvement in Airport Illumination, Granted April 9, 1935, total 5 pages,  8 x 12.5". VG...........80-120
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262. [FRANCE] Jean Chrysostome Louis Baron de Muller  (1774-1851) Mayor of Colmar from 1817-1830.  Document signed, 1826, written on both sides, approx. 8 x 12".  Very good for its age..........100-150

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263. [FILM] Lewis Croft (1919-2008) American actor with dwarfism, best known for his role as a Munchkin soldier in the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz". ALS, [1990], written on both sides of 6x9 sheet. Nice letter about OZ and the other Munchkins. VG.........35-45

264. [FILM] Lewis Croft (1919-2008) American actor with dwarfism, best known for his role as a Munchkin soldier in the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz". Signed, inscribed 5x7 photo. Shows him holding the vest he wore in the film...........30-40

265. SAMUEL LONGFELLOW (1819-1892) American Clergyman, author and hymn writer  - the brother of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. A Unitarian pastor and compiler of Hymns, among those of his own: Now on Land and Sea Descending, other works Hymns of the Spirit (1864).  ALS, no yr., 1p. VG...........60-80

266.  [NAPOLEONIC WARS]  Warren Marmaduke Peacocke  (17?? - 1849) British Military Officer.  Ensign 88th Foot* 1780, Lieutenant 88th Foot* 1782, Captain-Lieutenant 88th Foot* 1783, Half-pay 1783, Captain 17th Foot 1786, Captain 59th Foot 1792, Captain Independent Company 1793, Lieutenant & Captain 2nd Foot Guards 1793, Brevet Major 1794, Brevet Lieutenant Colonel 1798, Captain-Lieutenant &  Lieutenant-Colonel 2nd Foot Guards 1800, Captain &  Lieutenant-Colonel 2nd Foot Guards 1800, Brevet Colonel 1808, Brigadier General on the Staff 1811, Major General 1811, Lieutenant General 1821, General 1838. Early Service: Flanders 1793,  Aide de Camp Ireland 1796-1799, Helder 1799, Egypt 1800-1801, Hanover 1805, Copenhagen 1807.  Peninsular War: Commanded brigade June 1809. Commanded brigade 4th Division June 1809. Commandant of Lisbon June 1809- April 1814.  Knighted 1815. KCH 1832. Colonel of the 19th Foot 1843-1849. ALS, Lisbon, 8 Jan. 1812, 1p, approx. 7-1/4 x 12-3/4". To Charles Stuart. VG............100-150

267. [THEATRE] CADET - Ernest Alexandre Honoré Coquelin (1848 -1909) French actor. Also called Coquelin cadet, to distinguish him from his brother. He graduated with the first prize in comedy and made his debut in 1867 at the Odéon. The next year he appeared with his brother at the Théâtre Français and became a sociétaire in 1879. He played a great many parts, in both the classic and the modern repertoire, and also had much success in reciting monologues of his own composition. He wrote Le Livre des convalescents (1880), Le Monologue moderne (1881), Fairiboles (1882), Le Rire (1887), Pirouettes (1888). He died within days of his famous older brother Constant. Brief ALS, no date, 1p, 4 x 4.5". VG. Not translated. Signed "Cadet."..........50-75

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268.  [MUSIC - FILM] GLADYS SWARTHOUT (1900-1969) American Mezzo-Soprano, Film Star. SIGNED inscribed 8x10, 1930’s photo. VG....75-100

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269. [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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270. [NAVAL] William Faxon (1822-1883) was a journalist who served as chief clerk of the United States Navy from 1861 to 1866 and as United States Assistant Secretary of the Navy from 1866 until 1869. In 1861, President Abraham Lincoln appointed Gideon Welles as United States Secretary of the Navy. Welles wanted to appoint Faxon as chief clerk of the Navy at this time, but the politically influential Francis Preston Blair and his son Montgomery Blair pressured Lincoln to appoint Gustavus Fox instead. As a compromise, the post of Assistant Secretary of the Navy was created for Fox, and Faxon joined the United States Department of the Navy as a clerk in March 1861, and then succeeded Fox as chief clerk on July 31, 1861. As chief clerk of the Navy during the American Civil War, Faxon was in charge of the records, correspondence, and personnel of the Office of the Secretary of the Navy and oversaw the finances of the Department of the Navy. On June 1, 1866, Faxon succeeded Fox as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, holding this office until 1869. CLIP SIGNATURE..........20-30

Faxon signature

271. Gabriel Garcia Tassara [1817-1875] Spanish  writer. Clip signature......20-30

272. [INVENTOR] William Henry Bristol [1859-1930] inventive genius, pioneering manufacturer, educator, and environmentalist. After graduating from the Stevens Institute of Technology in 1884 with an engineering degree, he returned there in 1886 as an instructor and progressed to become a professor of mathematics in 1899. While at Stevens, he patented products including a steel lacing for industrial belts and a pressure chart recorder . The need to manufacture these products led to the founding of the Bristol Company in 1889 with his brother, Franklin, and his father, Benjamin. By 1915, the company was manufacturing the largest and most complete line of industrial instruments in the world, including instruments to measure and record temperature, electricity, pressure, motion, time, flow, and humidity. These instruments were the first to provide an uninterrupted history of manufacturing plant operations; increasing efficiency, improving quality, and allowing higher rates of productivity. In 1904, Professor Bristol invented the first practical pyrometer for measuring high temperatures. This created another new industry and led to the formation of the William H. Bristol Pyrometer Company in New York City. In 1915, he invented the "Bristolphone" to simultaneously record voices and other sounds with motion in moving pictures. He founded the William H. Bristol Talking Picture Corporation to develop "synchronized talking motion pictures," and produced one of the first full-length motion pictures with sound. The Bristolphone was used in nearly one hundred movie houses in the U.S. He also developed and manufactured loud speakers, power amplifiers, radios and phonograph recorders. His "Audiophone," which was used at Yankee Stadium and Grand Central Station in New York, revolutionized public address systems. Bristol was awarded the John Scott Medal in 1890. Edward Longstreth Medal in 1894. He was also awarded medals at expositions in Chicago (1893), Paris (1900), Saint Louis (1904), San Francisco (1915) and Philadelphia (1926). He received two awards from the Franklin Institute to honor his distinguished career. He gained worldwide recognition while making possible major advances in both pure scientific knowledge and industrial technology. Bristol, who received nearly 100 patents during his lifetime. Document Signed, DEC. 1, 1925, 4PP, 8.5 X 14 IN, PLUS the blueprint map. An exchange of properties between the Bristol Co. and the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co, located in the Town of Waterbury, Connecticut. VG and EXTREMELY RARE...........250-350

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273. [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

Photo of Coquelin

[THEATRE] Original photograph of Benoît-Constant Coquelin (1841-1909), known as Coquelin aîné, the French actor, "one of the greatest theatrical figures of the age." In excellent condition. This is unsigned and comes from the Coquelin family archives.

274. Coquelin - photograph. This photo is by the photographer, Luigi Peimoli. Approx. 7 x 10 in. including mount............80-120

275. 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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276. [FRANCE] Old French manuscript page, ca. late 18th century [could be earlier], about Henry IV, French King at Folembray Castle in Laon. Very fine...........75-100

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277. Robert Brent (1764-1819) was the first mayor of Washington, D.C., the federal capital of the United States of America. Brent was born into a prominent Catholic family in Woodstock, Stafford County, Virginia. His mother was Ann Carroll, whose brother John Carroll was the first Catholic Bishop appointed for the United States. Brent's father was a contractor and quarry owner. In 1789 Brent married Mary Young &emdash; the daughter of Notley Young, a plantation owner in Prince George's County, Maryland . The couple resided on the Young family property after their marriage, and a few years later, Young's property was among those annexed by the Federal government for the new national capital, making Brent one of the first residents of the newly created Washington City. He soon took over his father's businesses, selling sandstone to the U.S. government for the White House, U.S. Capitol, and other early construction projects in the District of Columbia and thereby becoming one of the capital's most prominent merchants. In 1802 Congress officially incorporated the city, including in its incorporation a directive for a mayor to be appointed annually by the President of the United States. On June 3, 1802 Thomas Jefferson wrote to Brent informing him of his intention to appoint Brent as mayor of the city. Brent replied accepting the appointment that same day. Brent was reappointed to the position seven times by Jefferson and three times by James Madison , finally relinquishing the position in June 1812. During his tenure, he essentially created the city government from the ground up &emdash; establishing markets, public schools, a police department, a fire department, and a system for taxation. In addition, since city planner Pierre L'Enfant had been dismissed before completion of his design, Brent was responsible for laying out many of the streets in the new city. For all his ten years of busy service, Brent drew no salary for his service as mayor. During his lifetime, Brent also served as Paymaster General of the Army. Letter Signed, Army Pay Office, City of Washington, April 3, 1816, 1p. Brent signs as Paymaster. VG........100-150

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Portrait of Brent

278. [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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279. ROBERT LEE [1793-1877] noted obstetric physician, author. In 1817 Lee moved to London and took charge of an epileptic patient, the son of the Honorable William Lamb (afterwards Lord Melbourne). On relinquishing this appointment he spent the winter of 1821-22 in Paris, furthering his medical education through the study of anatomy. He remained abroad for the following year, employed as domestic physician to a family of high rank. He traveled with them through the South of France and Northern Italy. On his return to England he became a licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of London, in March 1823, and began to practice as an obstetric physician. He suffered a severe illness at this time. When he recovered he obtained a medical appointment with the East India Company. However, before leaving for Calcutta, he received the offer of appointment as domestic physician to Prince Woronzow, then governor-general of the Crimea and the Russian provinces around the Black Sea. He left for Odessa in October 1824. In 1825 he traveled with the Prince and his family to the Crimea, where he was presented to Czar Alexander a few days before the Czar's sudden death from epidemic fever. Lee later published an account of the Czar's final days, Last Days of Alexander and the First Days of Nicholas (1854), in order to counteract rumours that the Czar had died a suspicious death. Lee returned to England with Prince Woronzow in 1826, and again began to practice as an obstetrician in London. In 1827 he was elected physician to the British Lying-in Hospital, and began to lecture on midwifery. In 1829 he also became lecturer on midwifery in the Webb Street School of Anatomy and Medicine. From his settling in London in 1827, Lee devoted much time and effort to investigations into the pathology of the diseases of women, puerperal fever, and in prolonged dissections of the ganglia and nerves of the uterus. In 1842 he published what some consider his most valuable contribution, Clinical Midwifery (2nd ed. 1848), which contained 545 cases of difficult labour. His subsequent work, Three Hundred Consultations in Midwifery (1864) was also deemed to be important. ALS, London, 1842, 2-1/2 pages. All though noted mentioned, this letter is to Sir. John Churchill [1801-75] the London medical publisher. This letter is from his papers. In part - "I think I could succeed with little trouble in finding a Bookseller to publish the volume of Clinical Midwifery....you may not feel disposed to take the responsibility of publication upon you..........100-150

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280. [FRANCE] DECRET De La Convention Nationale, 4 December 1792, 2-pages, signed inprint by Garat & Lebrun, 7 x 9-1/2". Two months after abolition of Royalty. Very fresh condition..........80-120

281. [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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282. [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

283. Mystery Collection of 30 clip signatures affixed to single page, 9x11". These appear to be English. Certainly in need of some research...............50-75

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284. [FILM] Eddie Bracken (1915- 2002) American actor. ISP, 8 x 10.  One edge tear middle right side..........25-35

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285. [ART] Thomas Gambier Parry, J.P., D.L., (1816-1888)  English artist and art collector.  He is best remembered for his development of the Gambier Parry process of fresco painting, and for forming the significant collection of early Italian paintings and objects that his heirs gave to the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, where many are displayed in the Courtauld Gallery. CLIP SIGNATURE. Approx. 3-1/2 x 2"............25-35

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

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287 [WW II] Love letters - group of 10 letters written by Marjorie to her sweetheart Gunner Jeahes, who is in the British military. Lengthy but unread by us. Each with envelope.....50-75

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288. [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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289. [ART] Augustus Vincent Tack (1870–1949)  American painter of portraits, landscapes and abstractions. After graduating from St. Francis Xavier College in New York City in 1890, Tack studied at the Art Students League of New York until 1895. He is believed to have frequented the studio of painter and stained glass designer John La Farge, whose portrait he painted around 1900. He had his first solo exhibition at the Kraushaar Galleries in New York City in 1896. The following year he moved to an artists’ colony in Deerfield, Massachusetts, where he met and later married Agnes Gordon Fuller, daughter of artist George Fuller.  Tack maintained a studio in New York from 1894 until the end of his life. He had frequent exhibitions at New York City galleries. From 1900 until the 1920s his work was shown regularly at the Worcester Art Museum, at the Carnegie International exhibitions in Pittsburgh, and at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. He taught at the Art Students League of New York between 1906 and 1910 and at Yale University from 1910 to 1913. About 1914 to 1915 his work attracted the notice of Washington DC art collector and critic Duncan Phillips, who became his close friend and chief patron. Phillips and Tack also collaborated on the organization of the Allied War Salon of 1918. Tack died in 1949 in New York City. Signature.  Approx. 4-3/4 x 2". VG........35-45

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290. [ART] Irving Wiles (1861-1948) American artist, born in Utica, New York.  From 1879 to 1881 he studied in the Art Students League of New York under James Carroll Beckwith and William Merritt Chase, and later in Paris under Carolus-Duran.  In his early years, he worked as an illustrator for American magazines, and later he devoted himself with great success to portraiture.  He was a member of the Society of American Artists, which prefaced his 1897 election into the National Academy of Design as an associate. Wiles was also a member of the American Water Color Society. His paintings include Russian Tea, Lady at Fireplace, Scallop Boats, Peconic, and Portrait of Juliet Inness. Clip Signature from 1894 letter. Approx. 4-1/2 x 2-3/4". VG..........35-45

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291. [FILM] Ernest Borgnine (1917-2012) Signed 3x5 card..........20-30

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292. GEORGE DAVIDSON [1825-1911] pioneer west coast scientist. Probably no name is better known in the scientific world of the Pacific Coast than that of Professor George Davidson, of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. His active and untiring efforts, extending over a long period of time in advancing the interests of science on this coast, are well known; and the work he has accomplished in the service in which he holds high rank has earned for him a name and reputation which might be envied by any man. He determined the Eastern boundary, 120th meridian, of California in 1873. Lengthy ALS, 1908, WRITTEN IN THE 3RD PERSON. "Mr George Davidson expresses his thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Woodward for their kind invitation to meet the members of the National Academy of Sciences on the evening of Wednesday the twenty-second of April, and regrets his inability to be present. San Francisco Cal. March 22/08." VG............100-200

293. [THEATRE] Jules Tuffier (1856-1943) Celebrated French actor, dramatist. He was a most popular actor of the French Theatre. He was associated with the Comedie-Francaise from 1888-1913. Signed cabinet portrait photograph, with lengthy inscription. Will put up scan on request...........50-75

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294. [MUSIC] John Sims Reeves (1821-1900), usually called simply Sims Reeves, was the foremost English operatic, oratorio and ballad tenor vocalist of the mid-Victorian era. ALS, Nov. 5, 1858, 1p., plus engraved portrait.............60-80

Reeves letter

295. Morgan Dix (1827-1908)  American Episcopal Church priest, theologian, and religious author. ALS, 1890, 1p. PLUS unsigned cabinet portrait photograph. VG..........50-75

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

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297. [THEATRE] (John) Augustin DALY (1838-1899) American playwright and theatrical manager. CLIP SIGNATURE.

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298. [MUSIC] Domenico Brescia (1866-1939) Italian composer who taught in Chile and Ecuador, then became known in the United States for writing chamber music as well as musical accompaniment for dramatic performances. Signed, inscribed photograph, 10 x 7 in. mounted to larger sheet. "To my friend Miss Doris Osborne". He has also written a Musical Quote at top. VG..........75-100

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299. [ART] Henry Bone (1755-1834) English enamel painter who was also officially employed in that capacity by three successive monarchs - George III, George IV and William IV. In his early career he worked as a porcelain and jewelry painter. He was elected a Royal Academician and was responsible for producing the largest enamel paintings ever seen up to that time. ALS, 1805, 1p, 7 x 6-3/4". laid to stiff backing paper. Says he has finished the enamel of the recipient's mother............100-150

Bone letter

300. [FILM] Warren Berlinger (b. 1937)  American character actor, with Broadway runs, movie and television credits, and much work in commercials.  His signed contract for the film "BILLIE", starring Patty Duke. Also signed by Milt Ebbins [see lot 58 in this auction].  Includes 3 additional Rider pages, each signed with the initials of Berlinger and Ebbins. VG..........100-150

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Portrait of Berlinger

301. [FILM] Richard Deacon (1921-1984) American television and motion picture actor. The tall, bald and usually bespectacled character actor often portrayed pompous, prissy, or imperious figures. He played PRINCIPAL WILSON in the Patty Duke film "BILLIE".  Offered here is Deacon's signed 1965 contract for that film. Accompanied by a 2-page Rider also signed in full. VG........100-150

302. [FILM] Charles Lane (1905-2007) American character actor whose career spanned 64 years. Lane turned in his last performance at the age of 90. Lane appeared in many Frank Capra films, including You Can't Take It With You (1938), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) and It's a Wonderful Life (1946). He was a favored supporting actor of Lucille Ball, who often used him as a no-nonsense authority figure and comedic foe of her scatterbrained TV character on her TV series I Love Lucy, The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour and The Lucy Show. His first film of more than 250 movies was as a hotel clerk in Smart Money (1931) starring Edward G. Robinson and James Cagney.  His signed contract for the film "BILLIE", starring Patty Duke. Also signed by Milt Ebbins.   Includes 2 additional Rider pages, each signed with the initials of Lane and Ebbins. VG..........100-150

303. [MEDICINE] Jonas Salk (1914-1995)  American medical researcher and virologist. He discovered and developed the first successful inactivated polio vaccine.  Signed 3x5 card. VG...........40-60

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304. [OPERA] Geraldine Farrar [1882-1967] opera singer and film actress whose stage presence earned her a fanatic following of Gerryflappers in the early 20th century. TLS, 1958, 1p, regarding a Bill in congress that she isn't interested in making a comment about.........60-80

305. [TV] Ed McMahon (1923 - 2009) most famous for his work on television as Johnny Carson's announcer and sidekick on The Tonight Show from 1962 to 1992. Signed, inscribed color picture portrait. VG.............25-35

306. Edgar Fawcett (1847-1904) American novelist and poet. ALS, Dec. 1, no yr, 2 separate pages. "Dear Dana, I have just come in, found your message, and afterward your gloves. You didn't leave them on the mantel, by the way, but on my magnificent marble-topped arrangement under the right mirror - right, that is, from the grand main staircase way, as one ascends from the street." VG............75-100

308. 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

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

Eames - front of card

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

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

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

313. THE ODD COUPLE - Tony Randall (1920-2004) & Jack Klugman (1922-2012). Signed 3x5 cards. Fine.......25-35

314. [TV]  Polly Holliday (b. 1937) is an American actress. She has appeared on stage, television and in film. She is best known for her portrayal of sassy waitress "Flo" on the hit 1970s sitcom Alice, and her starring role in its short-lived spinoff, Flo. Flo's signature line was "Kiss my grits!".  Warner Bors. paycheck, 1985, endorsed by her on verso. VG...........20-30

315. [TV] Imogene  Coca (1908-2001) American comic actress best known for her role opposite Sid Caesar on Your Show of Shows. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.........50-75

316. [TV]  Edd Byrnes  (b. 1933)  American actor known for his starring role in the television series 77 Sunset Strip. He also was featured in the 1978 film Grease as television teen-dance show host, Vince Fontaine, and a single-charted recording artist with "Kookie, Kookie -- Lend Me Your Comb" (with Connie Stevens).  Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo. VG.........25-35

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317. [CHRISTIAN SOCIALIST] Edward Ellis Carr [b. 1866] he organized the Christian Socialist Fellowship. TLS, The Christian Socialist, 1912, 1p, 4to. To Rev. Roland D. Sawyer [he ran as Socialist for Gov. of Mass.] Re: publishing Sawyer article as pamphlet.......50-75

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318. [GOLF] 5 Celebrity Golf Score Cards SIGNED. Includes: (1) Bill Murray the actor who first gained national exposure on Saturday Night Live, and went on to star in a number of critically and commercially successful comedic films including Caddyshack (1980), Ghostbusters (1984), and Groundhog Day (1993). See scan below - Murray signed quickly on right side as Amatueur. Something was smeared all over this card, perhaps mustard. Also signed by Davey Johnson - former second baseman, designated hitter, and manager in Major Leaeue Baseball. (2) Neal Anderson - retired football player who played for the Florida Gators and Chicago Bears. (3) Don Majkowski "Majik Man'' - former quarterback for the Green Bay Packers, Indianapolis Colts and Detroit Lions. Also signed by Rob Schmidt - American film director and writer. His film credits include Wrong Turn, a 2003 horror film, Crime and Punishment in Suburbia and Saturn. (4) Bobby Anderson - former halfback for the Denver Broncos. the New England Patriots and the Washmgton Redskins. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2006 & Rick Meli (5) Billy Joe Tolliver - played football for the San Diego Chargers, Atlanta Falcons, Houston Oilers, Kansas City Chiefs and New Orleans Saints & John Turner................50-75

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National Poet of Cuba

319. Nicolás Cristóbal Guillén Batista (1902 -1989) Cuban poet, journalist, political activist, and writer; best remembered as the national poet of Cuba. He was awarded the Stalin Peace Prize in 1954, which in 1954, which was later renamed for Lenin under de-Stalinization and also the Laureate Of The International Botev Prize in 1976. Rare ALS, 1977, 1p, 6-1/2 x 8-1/4". Except for mail folds VG. Not translated.........150-200

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Portrait of Batista

320. [FRANCE] DECRET De La Convention Nationale, 28 July 1791, 2-pages, signed inprint Duport for the King, 6-1/2 x 8-1/2". Concerns Principaute de Sedan. Very fresh condition..........80-120

321. [MEDICINE] MYLES STANDISH (1851-1928) American physician, ophthalmic surgeon, geneologist, author of THE STANDISHES OF AMERICA (1894). Document Signed, The Riggs National Bank, Washington D.C., 1906, bank check, 7.5 x 2.75. Fine............25-35

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

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

325.  [AMERICANA] John Gatling - Attorney at Law. ALS, Forrest City, Ark., 1896, 26 full pages, 8-1/4 x 10-3/4". To his sister Mrs. P.G. Hollowell, at Elizabeth City, NC. Extremely detailed and touching letter about the death of their mother. John was with his mother and he describes the conversations leading up to her passing. Bottom edge sunned 1st page. Yes - 26 pages............75-100

326. [THEATRE] Frank Corsaro (b. 1924) is one of America's foremost stage directors of opera and theatre. His Broadway productions include The Night of the Iguana (with Bette Davis, 1961). SIGNED, inscribed 8x10 photo [Bill Swersey, photographer] PLUS ANS MENTIONING HIS BOOK "MAVERICK." Two pieces.........50-75

327. William Milligan [1821-1892] was a renowned Scottish theologian. He studied at the University of Halle in Germany, and eventually became a professor at the University of Aberdeen. He is best known for his commentary on the Revelation of St. John. He also wrote two other well known books that are classics: The Resurrection of our Lord and The Ascension of our Lord. ALS, 1868, 3pp, signed with his initials on page 4. Small loss affecting a word or two along edge.........50-75

328. WILLIAM DANIELS (1927- ) American Actor. He in the long-running Broadway play Life with Father in 1945, Daniels. His confidence eroded by several years of relative inactivity, Daniels nearly turned down an opportunity to play Brick in a road company production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, but the play's author Tennessee Williams insisted upon casting Daniels. In 1960, the actor was cast with George Maharis in the Edward Albee play The Zoo Story, which won him the Obie and Clarence Derwent Awards and led to such choice Broadway assignments as One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever and A Thousand Clowns. Much to his own amazement, Daniels found himself cast in a superhero-spoof sitcom, Captain Nice, in 1967, which fortunately wasn't on long enough to typecast him. The actor achieved recognition of a more positive nature for his role as Dustin Hoffman's obtuse father in The Graduate (1967) (he was all of ten years older than Hoffman). Daniels' role as John Adams in the 1969 Broadway musical 1776 resulted in another strong film showing when the play was transferred to celluloid in 1972. Reportedly as reserved and taciturn as his screen characters in real life, Daniels was perhaps ideally cast as the abrasive Dr. Mark Craig on the long-running (1982-88) TV drama St. Elsewhere. SIGNED/inscribed 8x10 photograph.............20-30

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

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

333. Charles Shaw-Lefevre, 1st Viscount Eversley GCB, PC [1794-1888] British Whig politician. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1839 to 1857. He is the second-longest serving Speaker of the House of Commons, behind Arthur Onslow. ALS, no date, requesting that ticket be sent to a relative for the Exhibition at the Royal Botanic Gardens. About 7 x 4.5". Slightly soiled; fold lines............40-60

334. Sir Owen Seaman, 1st Baronet [1861-1936] British writer, journalist and poet. He is best known as editor of Punch, from 1906 to 1932. ALS, 1933, 1p. VG..........50-75

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

342. St. John Greer Ervine (1883 -1971) Irish author, writer, critic and dramatist. He wrote the plays Anthony and Anna in 1926 and The First Mrs. Fraser in 1929. He was born in Belfast, Ireland but moved to London while in his teens. His 1956 biography George Bernard Shaw was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. TLS, 1932, 1p.........25-35

343. [THEATRE] Katharine C. Herne [1857-1943] American popular stage actress. ALS, 1902, 2pp. Slight show-thru stain on back of 1st page; stain is more prominent on last page but well below text.............25-35

344. [BALLET] David Lichine (1910-1972) Russian/US ballet dancer. His wife was Tatiana Riabouchinska, whom he was partnered with in most of his ballets. In Walt Disney's Make Mine Music, Lichine and his wife performed a live action dance together in the segment "Two Sihouettes." ALS, not dated, 1p, 5.5 x 7.5. Late in sending picture because he has been dancing...........25-35

345. General Charles Richard Fox [1796-1873] British army general, and later a politician. Signed address panel postmarked May 25, 1837. Good example.........25-35

346. Duncan McArthur (1772-1839) Federalist and National Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the 11th Governor of Ohio. CLIP SIGNATURE.........25-35

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PORTRAIT OF McArthur

347. Mahlon Dickerson (1770-1853) American judge and politician. He was elected Governor of New Jersey as well as United States Senator from that state. He was twice appointed Secretary of the Navy - under Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin van Buren. CLIP SIGNATURE..........25-35

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PORTRAIT OF Dickerson

348. John C. Spencer (1788-1855) American lawyer, politician, judge and United States Cabinet secretary in the administration of President John Tyler. He served as both Sec. of War and Sec. of the Treasury. CLIP SIGNATURE.........20-30

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PORTRAIT of Spencer

349. Levi Woodbury (1789-1851) Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, a U.S. Senator, Governor of New Hampshire and cabinet member in three administrations. He was the first Justice to have attended law school. CLIP SIGNATURE...........40-60

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PORTRAIT of Woodbury

350. William J. Worth (1794-1849) United States general during the Mexican-American War, War of 1812, and Second Seminole War. CLIP SIGNATURE.........40-60

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351. SIR GERALD DURRELL (1925-1995) British Naturalist/Zoologist/Author. In 1947 he financed, organized, and led his first animal-collecting expedition to the Cameroons. This was followed by a expeditions in 1948 and 1949, this time to British Guiana. He has also made expeditions to Paraguay, Argentina, Sierra Leone, Mauritius, Assam, Mexico, and Madagascar. In 1962 he and his wife went to New Zealand, Australia and Malaya to film a TV series, Two in the Bush. In 1959 he founded the Jersey Zoological Park ,and in 1964 he founded the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust. Author of many books. 3x5 color photo SIGNED ON VERSO...........25-35

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

359. Sir Max Pemberton [1863-1950] was a popular British novelist, working mainly in the adventure and mystery genres. Brief ALS, no date, 1p. Multiple small foxing spots.......25-35

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360. David E. Lilienthal (1899-1981) capable and controversial American public official. Appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as one of three directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority in 1933, Lilienthal served as the Authority's chairman from 1941 to 1946 and was known as "Mr. TVA." ALS, 1973, 1p......25-35

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

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

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

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

365. [FRANCE] Group of approx. 54 calling cards with handritten notes on them, identified as being from eminent judges and lawyers sent to Conscillier Boissier.  Needs research.............75-100

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

367. [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

368. [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

369. [FRENCH FILM & THEATRE] Pierre Dux (1908-1990) one of the most important theatre & film French actors. He appeared in 50 films between 1932 and 1990. ANS, 4 lines with 1985 postmarked envelope addressed to Felix Bonagi, Paris. VG...........50-75

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

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

372. [SIGNED BOOK] Albert L. Murray (b. 1916) African-American literary and jazz critic, novelist and biographer. SIGNED, INSCRIBED COPY OF HIS BOOK "CONJUGATIONS AND REITERATIONS - Poems", [1992] in VG dust jacket. Inscribed & dated 2002 on half-title page. VG.............40-60

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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381. [ATOMIC] JERROLD R. ZACHARIAS (1905-1986) American Nuclear Physicist. He participated in the first molecular beam magnetic resonance experiments; he measured nuclear magnetic moments and electric quadrupole moments of various nuclei, including the proton and deuteron; he confirmed the anomalous hyperfine separation in atomic hydrogen; and he developed the first commercial atomic clocks. During World War II, he developed radar systems at MIT and nuclear weapons at Los Alamos. In the years following the war he initiated and led important national defense studies. Large Signature on bottom part of correspondents letter to him...........20-30

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

383. [FRANCE] DUCHESSE d'UZES [Marie Adrienne Anne Clementine de Rochechouart de Mortemart. 1847-1933] Great female figure in France. Feminist pioneer, she was the first woman to get a driver's license. She was a hunter and a talented sculptor whose work was shown in various salons. She was President of "Union des Femmes Peintres et Sculpteurs." Offered here is an ALS, 1899, 3pp, on mourning stationery. Not translated........75-100

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

399. [FRANCE] Jules-Martin Cambon (1845-1935) French diplomat.  He began his career as a lawyer in (1866), served in the Franco-Prussian War and entered the civil service in 1871. He was prefect of the départment of Nord (1882) and of the Rhône (1887–1891), and in 1891 became governor-general of Algeria, where he had served in a minor position in 1874.  He was nominated French ambassador at Washington D.C. in 1897, and in that capacity negotiated the preliminaries of peace on behalf of the Spanish government after the war with the United States. He was serving as the French ambassador to the United States during the War of 1898.He was an active participant in the peace negotiations between Spain and United States and a contributor to the final agreement, the Treaty of Paris of 1898. His role in those negotiations helped Spain and France to develop a strong political partnership.  He was transferred in 1902 to Madrid, and in 1907 to Berlin, where he served as French ambassador to Germany until the outbreak of World War I in 1914, and then as the head of the political section of the French foreign ministry during the war.  ALS, 1929, 2pp, 5-1/4 x 7".  Picture of him is not included here.  VG............100-150

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400. [FRANCE] Louis François Joseph de Bourbon (1734-1814) was the last Prince of Conti, scion of a cadet branch of the Bourbon dynasty, senior branches of which ruled France until 1848. Born at the Hôtel de Conti in Paris on 1 September 1734 and baptised in the presence of the king and queen, he succeeded his father Louis François de Bourbon as head of the most junior branch of the House of Bourbon in 1776. His mother was Louise Diane d'Orléans, youngest daughter of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, regent of France during the minority of Louis XV.  From birth he was known as the comte de La Marche. His mother died 26 September 1736 giving birth to a later child who did not survive. After her death, his father retired from the court to the château de L'Isle-Adam, pursuing his love of hunting, although he would later emerge to have a distinguished military career.  He took the side of Maupeou in the struggle between the chancellor and the parlements, and in 1788 declared that the integrity of the constitution must be maintained. He emigrated following the French Revolution, but refused to take part in plans for the invasion of France. He returned to his native country in 1790. Arrested by order of the National Convention in 1793, he was acquitted, but was reduced to poverty by the confiscation of his possessions.  A vellum sheet with his handwriting and signature written on it, approx. 11 x 9". His picture is not included here..............100-150

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His portrait

402. [ART] Eugene A. Champollion (1848 - 1901) French etcher. Original etching called "Choosing the Model", image size 5 3/4 x 9 inches, plate signed l.r. "E. Champollion sc.", after a painting by Fortuny. Large clean margins. VG...........200-300

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403. [ART - FRANCE] Andre Giroux  (1801-1879) "The Pond at Ville - d'Avray."   Original etching after Corot, image size: 6-1/8 x 9 3/4 inches plus wide clean margins, plate signed lower right.  c. 1870.  VG...........150-200

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404. [ART] Original c. 1755-59 engraving by Louis Simon Lempercur  (b. 1725) French engraver, image approx. 11-1/4 x 8-1/2" plus margins.  Another example of this particular print is in the British Museum collection.  Also the Harvard Art Museum has 9 prints by Lempercur in their collection.  Margins slightly soiled; some tears at outer edges...............200-300

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405.  [ART - FRANCE] Alfred-Alexandre Delauney (1830-1894) - "A Forest Road"    Original etching after Hobbema, image size: 6-1/2 x 9 inches plus wide clean margins, plate signed lower right. c. 1870.   VG...........150-200

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406. [ART - FRANCE] Benjamin-Auguste-Louis Damman  (1835-1921) - "The Gleaners"    Original etching after Millet, image size: 7-1/8 x 9-3/4 inches plus wide clean margins, plate signed lower right. c. 1870.  On Nov. 4, 2010, at the Bloomsbury House  auction in London, another example of this etching sold for $266. VG...........200-250

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407. [FRANCE] Leon Dufourny (1754-1818) French architect  whose works belong to the neo-classical movement of the late eighteenth century.  Leon Dufourny was Commissioner of the French Republic to the King of Naples and made ​​a trip to Sicily from 1787 to 1794 to study the ancient temples Greek.  In 1796 Dufourny was elected member of the Academy of Fine Arts and was also appointed Chairman of the Committee of the Fund and the Central administrative board of the Institute of France, and Nivôse Ventôse Year XII (1802).  Around 1800, he seized the castle of Richelieu, confiscated during the Revolution as many emigrated, had been emptied of its furniture collections and then stripped of its materials - before being demolished - the rectangular tray mosaic marble and hard stone of a ceremonial table, completed after a carved wooden base, and preserved from the Louvre (Galerie d'Apollon); a color lithograph nineteenth century this exceptional furniture and a replica of his legs are kept at the Museum of Fine Arts Tours.  ALS, 1806, 1p. approx. 5-1/2 x 5-3/4".........100-150

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409. . [FRANCE] Charles-François Turinaz (1838-1918)  He was bishop of Moutiers-Tarentaise from 1873 to 1882, and Bishop of Nancy in 1882 to 1918. ALS, 1906, 4pp. VG.............100-150

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410. [FRANCE] Guillaume-René Meignan (1817-1896) French Catholic apologist and scriptural exegete, Archbishop of Tours and Cardinal. ALS, 1887, 1-1/5 pp, 8vo. Not translated. VG........100-150

411. [FRANCE] Jacques Raillon (1762-1835) Bishop of Orleans; also of Dijon; also Archbishop of Aix.  Letter Signed, Paris, 1813, 1p, approx. 8x10". To Monseigneur.  This churchman lived through the troubling history of France's Catholicism Revolution; Napoleon's problems with Pius VII; return of the monarchy, etc.  He made a famous funeral speech at Notre-Dame for Marshall Lannes. VG...........100-150

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